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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on provision of abortion services to protect women’s right to determine whether to continue or end pregnancy and protect health providers ability to provide reproductive services (see H.R. 12), H2246 [10MY]

African Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Africans and their descendants who served as slaves (see H.R. 1244), H2246 [10MY]

Alvarez, Everett, Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1097), H2743 [5JN]

American Samoa: restore ability to approve amendments to territorial constitution (see H.R. 6062), H5546 [7NO]

Animal Welfare Act: expand and improve Attorney General enforcement capabilities relative to seizure and removal of abused animals (see H.R. 5041), H5182 [30OC]

Animals: mint coins in commemoration of invaluable service that working dogs provide to society (see H.R. 807), H1660 [29MR]

——— prohibit slaughter of equines for human consumption (see H.R. 3475), H4991 [6OC]

——— provide for humane treatment of dogs (see H.R. 1624), H4991 [6OC]

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see H.R. 1351), H1112 [3MR]

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 390), H2310 [11MY]

Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Week: observance (see H. Res. 736), H4855 [28SE]

Black Maternal Health Week: designate (see H. Res. 289), H1725 [13AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit District of Columbia and each U.S. territory to provide statues honoring their citizens for placement in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 1026), H838 [14FE]

——— permit each U.S. territory to provide statues honoring their citizens for placement in National Statuary Hall (see H.R. 3251), H2309 [11MY]

CDC: promote mental wellness and resilience, heal mental and behavioral health and psychosocial problems, and award grants for community-based mental wellness and resilience programs (see H.R. 3073), H4987 [3OC]

Chinese Exclusion Act: anniversary of repeal (see H. Res. 936), H6985 [14DE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 17), H1277 [10MR]

——— restore right to individual civil actions in cases involving disparate impact (see H.R. 3445), H2425 [17MY]

Congress: require two-thirds supermajority vote by House and Senate to pass any legislation to reduce benefits provided under Social Security or Medicare (see H.R. 814), H842 [14FE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: establish grant program to establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 2821), H1945 [25AP]

Cosmetics: substantially restrict use of animal testing for cosmetics (see H.R. 5399), H5546 [7NO]

Courts: require Justices, judges, magistrate judges, or bankruptcy judges and their spouses and dependent children to place certain assets into qualified blind trusts (see H.R. 3534), H2455 [18MY]

Crime: condemn shootings that occurred in Monterey Park, CA, and Half Moon Bay, CA, honor memory of victims, express condolences to families, and provide support to those impacted (see H. Res. 200), H1150 [7MR]

——— reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relative to claims for Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 1139), H865 [21FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow certain States to directly purchase commodities (see H.R. 5059), H4141 [27JY]

——— authorize rural health facilities to use certain Federal agricultural credit assistance to refinance debt obligations, update necessary services, technology, and equipment, and support ancillary needs (see H.R. 5989), H5232 [1NO]

——— establish renewable energy grant program for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and conduct GAO study on renewable energy efficiency in such territories (see H.R. 5191), H4181 [11AU]

——— improve Micro-Grants for Food Security Program (see H.R. 3543), H2455 [18MY]

——— provide mandatory funding from CCC for reimbursement payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 3657), H2596 [24MY]

——— repeal work requirements that disqualify able-bodied adults from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 1510), H1248 [9MR]

——— treat attendance at institution of higher education same as work in determining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 3183), H5000 [11OC]

Dept. of Education: authorize grants to support new and expand existing voluntary community-driven strategies to increase diversity in schools (see H.R. 3444), H2425 [17MY]

——— award grants to carry out educational programs that include history of peoples of African descent, institution of slavery, U.S. expansion, and economical and cultural impact (see H.R. 703), H626 [1FE]

——— double Pell Grant award amount, improve Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and reduce interest rates (see H.R. 1731), H1327 [22MR]

——— expand Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility to certain short-term workforce development programs (see H.R. 6585), H7000 [19DE]

——— make grants to higher education institutions to provide free meals to low-income students through existing on-campus meal programs (see H.R. 4812), H3888 [20JY]

——— prohibit and prevent seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing, and prevent and reduce use of physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 3470), H2452 [18MY]

——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see H.R. 5049), H4141 [27JY]

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. 3850), H2812 [12JN]

——— expand drug price negotiation program (see H.R. 4895), H4161 [1AU]

——— extend Child Care Stabilization Grant program funding (see H.R. 5433), H4296 [13SE]

——— promote child care and early learning (see H.R. 2976), H2084 [27AP]

——— provide for participation of physical therapists in National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program and include coverage of physical therapy services in certain programs (see H.R. 4829), H5365 [2NO]

——— provide set-aside of funds for territories under health profession opportunity grant program and make Northern Mariana Islands eligible for such grants (see H.R. 1675), H1300 [21MR]

——— revise and extend projects relative to children and violence and provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 3713), H2637 [25MY]

Dept. of Justice: direct National Institute of Justice to collect, study, and analyze online content created by mass shooters to early identify potential mass shooters (see H.R. 563), H427 [26JA]

——— establish grant program to establish prison libraries to reduce recidivism and increase educational opportunies for incarcerated persons (see H.R. 2825), H1945 [25AP]

——— make grants to States to provide right to counsel in civil actions relative to eviction (see H.R. 6696), H6814 [11DE]

——— require certain reporting on sexual assault kit testing (see H.R. 5721), H4858 [28SE]

Dept. of Labor: expand national apprenticeship system and promote labor standards to safeguard welfare of apprentices (see H.R. 2851), H1946 [25AP]

——— issue occupational safety and health rule that requires covered health care and social service employers to adopt comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan (see H.R. 2663), H3478 [12JY]

——— provide subsidized summer and year-round employment for youth who face systemic barriers to employment and viable career options and improve high school graduation and youth employment rates (see H.R. 5511), H4913 [29SE]

——— train personnel to effectively detect and assist law enforcement in preventing human trafficking during course of their primary roles and responsibilities (see H.R. 443), H250 [20JA]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples in Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see H.R. 1833), H2709 [31MY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize leases of up to 99 years for land held in trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes (see H.R. 1246), H1411 [23MR]

——— create dedicated funds to protect North American butterflies, Pacific Island plants, freshwater mussels, and Southwest desert fish (see H.R. 3494), H2453 [18MY]

——— provide for study of Puerto Rico National Scenic Trail (see H.R. 4218), H2990 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure that educational assistance paid to individual who pursued program or course of education that was suspended or terminated for certain reasons shall not be charged against entitlement (see H.R. 1767), H1761 [17AP]

——— establish minimum requirement for number of Vet Centers per State (see H.R. 733), H628 [1FE]

——— establish Zero Suicide Initiative pilot program (see H.R. 1639), H1293 [17MR]

——— expand access to health care for veterans in Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau (see H.R. 3948), H3167 [3JY]

——— extend eligibility for work-study allowance paid to certain individuals who pursue programs of rehabilitation, education, or training (see H.R. 3601), H2887 [13JN]

——— improve authority to hire psychiatrists (see H.R. 5247), H4267 [12SE]

——— improve benefits to certain individuals who served under U.S. command in Philippines forces and Philippine Scouts during World War II (see H.R. 6121), H5181 [30OC]

——— improve certain programs for home and community based services for veterans (see H.R. 542), H1251 [9MR]

——— provide or assist in providing vehicle adapted for operation by disabled individuals to certain eligible persons and pay expenses associated with delivery of such vehicle (see H.R. 522), H5022 [17OC]

——— treat certain individuals who served in Vietnam with Republic of Korea Armed Forces as U.S. Armed Forces veteran for purposes of provision of health care (see H.R. 366), H1912 [20AP]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: making appropriations (see H.R. 4295), H3479 [12JY]

Discrimination: prohibit on basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see H.R. 15), H3069 [21JN]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 51), H99 [9JA]

Drugs: establish requirements relative to cost-sharing for certain insulin products (see H.R. 1488), H4147 [27JY]

Earth Day: observance (see H. Res. 315), H1909 [20AP]

Ecology and environment: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice, health equity, climate justice, and civil rights (see H.R. 1705), H5984 [29NO]

Education: support public schools that provide students with well-rounded education and prepare students for success in life, foster parental involvement, and protect civil rights of students and families (see H. Res. 219), H1279 [10MR]

Employment: strengthen workers’ right to organize and bargain for higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions and deter employers from violating workers’ rights to form unions (see H.R. 20), H967 [28FE]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1249 [9MR]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: make improvements (see H.R. 2604), H2503 [22MY]

FDA: establish additional authorities regarding conduct of pediatric investigations of molecularly targeted drugs to treat cancer (see H.R. 3433), H6988 [14DE]

——— provide authority to investigate animal feeding operations near produce farms where foodborne illness outbreaks occur to better determine root causes of such outbreaks (see H.R. 4110), H4409 [19SE]

Federal agencies and departments: establish position of Special Advisor for Insular Areas (see H.R. 5001), H4138 [27JY]

——— reduce cost-sharing requirements for certain grants with nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 787), H677 [2FE]

——— require certain agencies to develop scientific integrity policies (see H.R. 4893), H5177 [26OC]

FEMA: establish Territorial Disaster Recovery Program to identify and address factors and capability gaps that hinder disaster recovery activities in U.S. territories (see H.R. 6567), H6080 [1DE]

Filipino American History Month: observance (see H. Res. 744), H4910 [29SE]

Firearms: ban assault weapons, bump stocks, high-capacity ammunition magazines, and devices designed to evade assault weapons ban, and ensure right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 698), H625 [1FE]

——— establish Federal requirements for safe storage, penalties for violations, and incentives for States to establish similar requirements (see H.R. 660), H631 [1FE]

——— 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. 3018), H2710 [31MY]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 625), H509 [30JA]

——— provide for 3–day waiting period before person may receive handgun (see H.R. 667), H3208 [11JY]

——— require background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 715), H2642 [25MY]

——— strengthen background check procedures to be followed before Federal firearms licensee may transfer firearm to person who is not such a licensee (see H.R. 2403), H6816 [11DE]

Foreign policy: establish comprehensive, long-term U.S. strategy and policy for Pacific Islands (see H.R. 4538), H3204 [11JY]

Freedom of religion: ensure laws intended to protect religious freedom do not infringe upon laws intended to protect civil rights (see H.R. 2725), H1886 [19AP]

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. 1247), H1116 [3MR]

FRS: require Board of Governors to prescribe regulations relative to network competition in credit card transactions (see H.R. 3881), H4440 [20SE]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 4340), H3141 [23JN]

Green New Deal: address climate change, invest in infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gases and agricultural and hazardous waste, convert to clean energy, create jobs, and protect vulnerable communities (see H. Res. 319), H1947 [25AP]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3090), H2134 [5MY]

Human rights: constitutional amendment to prohibit use of slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime (see H.J. Res. 72), H4167 [4AU]

Immigration: authorize cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens known as Dreamers as well as for people covered by Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure (see H.R. 16), H4265 [12SE]

——— provide earned path to citizenship, address root causes of migration, responsibly manage southern border, and reform immigrant visa system (see H.R. 3194), H2244 [10MY]

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: designate as legal public holiday and replace term ‘‘Columbus Day’’ with ‘‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’’ in laws and regulations (see H.R. 5822), H4913 [29SE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4519), H3176 [10JY]

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. 1400), H1148 [7MR]

International Mother Language Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H866 [21FE]

Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 580), H3479 [12JY]

Korean American Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 36), H238 [13JA]

Labeling: establish requirements for quality and discard dates voluntarily declared on food labels (see H.R. 3159), H2744 [5JN]

Lunar New Year: observance (see H. Res. 49), H251 [20JA]

Lunar New Year Day: establish as Federal holiday (see H.R. 430), H250 [20JA]

Marine mammals: amend certain legislation relative to conservation of North Atlantic right whale (see H.R. 1213), H915 [27FE]

Medicare: coverage of pharmacist-administered tests for common repiratory illnesses, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), strep throat, and coronavirus (see H.R. 1770), H4223 [5SE]

——— ensure stability in payments to home health agencies (see H.R. 5159), H5232 [1NO]

——— establish improved Medicare for All national health insurance program (see H.R. 3421), H2424 [17MY]

——— permit nurse practitioners and physician assistants to satisfy documentation requirement for coverage of certain shoes for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 704), H5671 [9NO]

——— provide for distribution of additional residency positions (see H.R. 2389), H1761 [17AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve treatment of U.S. territories (see H.R. 1029), H838 [14FE]

Mental Health Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 372), H2171 [9MY]

National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Mental Health Day: designate (see H. Res. 385), H2245 [10MY]

National CRNA Week: observance (see H. Res. 55), H431 [26JA]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H5229 [1NO]

National Gun Violence Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 459), H2708 [31MY]

National Gun Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 459), H2708 [31MY]

National Recovery Month: designate (see H. Res. 729), H4499 [26SE]

National Rural Health Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 870), H5855 [14NO]

Native Americans: authorize any Indian Tribe to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer real property to which they hold fee title without consent of Federal Government (see H.R. 1532), H1329 [22MR]

Older Americans Bill of Rights: establish to guarantee affordable health care, financial, and retirement security for seniors (see H. Res. 460), H2708 [31MY]

Philippines: reaffirm U.S. commitment to Mutual Defense Treaty, implement Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, and object to China’s sovereignty claims to South China Sea (see H. Res. 837), H5468 [6NO]

——— suspend security assistance until certain reforms to military and police forces are made (see H.R. 1433), H1696 [30MR]

Poverty: establish national child poverty reduction target and make investments and policy changes to fully address child poverty (see H. Res. 551), H3142 [23JN]

Public lands: improve recreation opportunities on, and facilitate greater access to, Federal public land (see H.R. 6492), H5982 [29NO]

Public Schools Week: designate (see H. Res. 173), H915 [27FE]

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. 2757), H2314 [11MY]

——— establish Fort San Gerónimo del Boquerón as affiliated area of National Park System (see H.R. 359), H237 [13JA]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 13), H709 [6FE]

Ralph David Abernathy, Sr., National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 737), H628 [1FE]

SBA: extend period during which credit for contracting with Puerto Rico businesses and covered territory businesses are double counted (see H.R. 5063), H4141 [27JY]

Shipping industry: require fair shipping prices for non-contiguous areas of U.S. (see H.R. 4700), H3699 [18JY]

Social Security: enhance benefits and ensure long-term solvency (see H.R. 1046), H917 [27FE]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 4583), H3476 [12JY]

——— provide equitable formula for individuals with non-covered employment and provide relief for individuals currently affected by Windfall Elimination Provision (see H.R. 4260), H3891 [20JY]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H280 [24JA]

SSI: extend to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 256), H150 [10JA]

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 employee (see H.R. 4963), H4299 [13SE]

——— increase and make child tax credit fully refundable, establish increased child tax credit for young children, index credits for inflation, and set up advance payments on monthly basis (see H.R. 3899), H2777 [7JN]

Treaties and agreements: approve agreements to amend Compact of Free Association and appropriate funds to carry out such agreements (see H.J. Res. 96), H5546 [7NO]

U.S. Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation: establish (see H. Con. Res. 44), H2647 [26MY]

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), H1153 [7MR]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to more stringent review of changes to voting laws or procedures (see H.R. 14), H4406 [19SE]

Water: provide access to reliable, clean, and drinkable water on Native American lands (see H.R. 4746), H5405 [3NO]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 25), H576 [31JA]

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: amend and reauthorize (see H.R. 6655), H7009 [22DE]

World Oceans Day: observance (see H. Res. 486), H2788 [9JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: establish integrated research, education, and extension competitive grant program and scholarship grant program for certain Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving institutions (see H.R. 2783), H1909 [20AP]

Dept. of Labor: include Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa as part of nationwide system of public employment offices, known as Employment Service (see H.R. 3193), H2244 [10MY]

Medicaid: eliminate general funding limitations for U.S. territories (see H.R. 949), H825 [9FE]

——— exclude expenditures attributable to State Medicaid fraud control unit from payment limits for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 5906), H4990 [6OC]

——— extend eligibility for grants for aid and services to needy families with children programs to Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 6437), H5892 [15NO]

——— increase payment limit for Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 3260), H2309 [11MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: modify requirement to remain outside of U.S. for Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers (see H.R. 1420), H1149 [7MR]

——— reform immigration policies (see H.R. 560), H427 [26JA]

SBA: amend microloan program to define State (see H.R. 5661), H4456 [21SE]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Dept. of Agriculture: establish integrated research, education, and extension competitive grant program and scholarship grant program for certain Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving institutions (H.R. 2783), H1911 [20AP]

Dept. of Labor: include Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa as part of nationwide system of public employment offices, known as Employment Service (H.R. 3193), H2246 [10MY]

Medicaid: eliminate general funding limitations for U.S. territories (H.R. 949), H829 [9FE]

——— exclude expenditures attributable to State Medicaid fraud control unit from payment limits for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (H.R. 5906), H4991 [6OC]

——— extend eligibility for grants for aid and services to needy families with children programs to Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 6437), H5894 [15NO]

——— increase payment limit for Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 3260), H2313 [11MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: modify requirement to remain outside of U.S. for Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers (H.R. 1420), H1152 [7MR]

——— reform immigration policies (H.R. 560), H429 [26JA]

SBA: amend microloan program to define State (H.R. 5661), H4459 [21SE]

Letters

Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid funding: Vicenta Borja, Northern Mariana Islands Medicaid Director, E427• [11MY]

Remarks

Dept. of Agriculture: establish integrated research, education, and extension competitive grant program and scholarship grant program for certain Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving institutions (H.R. 2783), E340• [20AP]

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of Guam-Northern Marianas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), E56• [26JA]

Medicaid: eliminate general funding limitations for U.S. territories (H.R. 949), E111• [9FE]

——— exclude expenditures attributable to State Medicaid fraud control unit from payment limits for Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa (H.R. 5906), E938• [6OC]

——— extend eligibility for grants for aid and services to needy families with children programs to Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 6437), E1107• [15NO]

——— increase payment limit for Northern Mariana Islands (H.R. 3260), E427• [11MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: modify requirement to remain outside of U.S. for Commonwealth Only Transitional Workers (H.R. 1420), E185• [7MR]

——— reform immigration policies (H.R. 560), E59• [26JA], E72• [30JA]

Public debt: extend public debt ceiling limit, H2616 [25MY]

SBA: amend microloan program to define State (H.R. 5661), E876• [21SE]

Tributes

Pangelinan, Edward D.G., E100• [7FE]