FERGUSON, A. DREW, IV (a Representative from Georgia)

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H1790 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Aaron, Henry L. (Hank): tribute (see H. Res. 128), H840 [14FE]

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H97 [9JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 26), H98 [9JA]

Armed Forces: making continuing appropriations for military pay (see H.R. 5641), H4858 [28SE]

ATF: prohibit Federal funding to finalize, implement, or enforce proposed rule entitled ‘‘Definition of ‘Engaged in the Business’ as a Dealer in Firearms’’ (see H.R. 6734), H6939 [13DE]

Atlanta, GA: condemn violent ‘‘Stop Cop City’’ movement (see H. Res. 252), H1438 [24MR]

Birds: provide greater protection of roosters (see H.R. 2742), H5365 [2NO]

Carter, Rosalynn Smith: tribute (see H. Res. 910), H6144 [5DE]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality toward labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1209), H914 [27FE]

Crime: combat organized crime involving illegal acquisition of retail goods to sell such illegally obtained goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (see H.R. 895), H2811 [12JN]

——— condemn recent attacks on pro-life facilities (see H. Con. Res. 3), H107 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see H.R. 1147), H2992 [20JN]

——— authorize National Detector Dog Training Center (see H.R. 1480), H1247 [9MR]

——— codify Rural Hospital Technical Assistance Program (see H.R. 4713), H4207 [25AU]

Dept. of Defense: use, transfer, or donate all stored excess construction materials intended for wall on southwest border (see H.R. 5130), H4157 [1AU]

Dept. of Education: conduct study on Holocaust educational efforts in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 603), H489 [27JA]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Waivers and Modifications of Federal Student Loans’’ (see H.J. Res. 45), H1464 [27MR]

——— provide for Parents’ Bill of Rights (see H.R. 5), H1152 [7MR]

——— update postsecondary student data system to ensure students and families have access to accurate and complete information on student outcomes (see H.R. 2957), H2175 [9MY] (see H.R. 2957), H2812 [12JN]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit export or sale of petroleum products from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China (see H.R. 22), H206 [11JA]

——— prohibit from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing proposed rule titled ‘‘Energy Conservation Program—Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional Cooking Products’’ (see H.R. 1640), H1696 [30MR]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize grants to address dental workforce needs (see H.R. 3843), H4167 [4AU]

——— report on impact of certain Medicare regulations on provider and payer consolidation (see H.R. 3284), H2342 [15MY]

——— study and prevent child abuse in youth residential programs (see H.R. 2955), H3074 [21JN]

Dept. of HUD: ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may lawfully possess firearms (see H.R. 4860), H3949 [25JY]

Dept. of Justice: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Factoring Criteria for Firearms With Attached ‘Stabilizing Braces’’’ (see H.J. Res. 44), H1294 [17MR]

——— establish National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support and Community Outreach program (see H.R. 3381), H2376 [16MY]

Dept. of Labor: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H–2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the U.S.’’ (see H.J. Res. 59), H6742 [7DE]

——— promote registered apprenticeships and other work-based learning programs for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors (see H.R. 6044), H5103 [25OC]

——— provide incentives for States to recover fraudulently paid Federal and State unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1163), H873 [24FE]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure authorizations to foreign air carriers to operate in U.S. comply with certain labor standards or labor-related rights and principles (see H.R. 4021), H2807 [12JN]

——— establish pilot program to provide flight training for military veterans (see H.R. 6380), H5938 [28NO]

——— increase number of within and beyond perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (see H.R. 3185), H2599 [24MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize representatives of veterans service organizations to promote certain benefits available to veterans during Transition Assistance Program preseparation counseling (see H.R. 3933), H5546 [7NO]

——— improve provision of care and services under Veterans Community Care Program (see H.R. 3520), H5546 [7NO]

——— prepare annual report on suicide prevention (see H.R. 4157), H5654 [8NO]

——— provide administrative support to certain dental care providers and establish pilot program to provide dental care to certain veterans (see H.R. 2410), H1690 [30MR]

——— restore veterans’ rights to own or possess firearms by requiring proof of danger to self or others before reporting to National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 705), H2886 [13JN]

Depts. of HHS and State: formulate strategy to secure support from foreign countries, multilateral organizations, and others to facilitate development and commercialization of qualified pandemic or epidemic products (see H.R. 1305), H1048 [1MR]

Diseases and disorders: eliminate coronavirus vaccine mandate on health care providers furnishing items and services under certain Federal health care programs (see H.R. 497), H322 [25JA]

——— terminate national emergency relative to coronavirus pandemic (see H.R. 382), H579 [31JA] (see H.J. Res. 7), H631 [1FE]

Drugs: reduce threshold for mandatory minimum penalties for certain fentanyl-related offenses (see H.R. 335), H2088 [27AP]

Employment: recognize contributions of gig workers and independent contractors to American economy (see H. Res. 72), H510 [30JA]

FCC: improve enforcement and enhance penalties for violations involving illegal robocalls (see H.R. 800), H1153 [7MR]

FDA: allow digital communication of prescribing information for drugs, including biological products (see H.R. 1503), H2961 [15JN]

——— establish additional authorities regarding conduct of pediatric investigations of molecularly targeted drugs to treat cancer (see H.R. 3433), H5937 [28NO]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from entering into contracts with entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries (see H.R. 53), H1465 [27MR]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds to implement Executive order relative to reproductive health services (see H.R. 407), H248 [20JA]

——— provide that major rules of executive branch shall have no force or effect unless joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 277), H202 [11JA]

——— submit study to Congress on impact of expanded telework and remote work by agency employees during coronavirus pandemic and plan for future telework and remote work (see H.R. 139), H579 [31JA]

FEMA: authorize certain appropriations for Operation Stonegarden border patrol grant program (see H.R. 163), H917 [27FE]

Financial institutions: prohibit certain financial service providers who deny fair access to financial services from using taxpayer funded discount window lending programs (see H.R. 2743), H2642 [25MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H99 [9JA]

——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see H.R. 152), H103 [9JA]

Foreign countries: provide enforcement of remedies against extraterritorial and discriminatory taxes of foreign countries (see H.R. 3665), H2635 [25MY]

Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1409 [23MR]

FRS: prohibit Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to individuals and prohibit use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy (see H.R. 5403), H4410 [19SE]

Gold Star Father’s Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 65), H2638 [25MY]

Health: improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 1385), H2174 [9MY]

——— modernize prescription verification process for contact lenses and clarify consumer protections regarding false advertising of contact lenses (see H.R. 2748), H3074 [21JN]

——— protect access to genetically targeted technologies (see H.R. 5547), H6816 [11DE]

Health care professionals: extend Emergency Declaration Blanket Waiver beyond coronavirus emergency period relative to training and certification of nurse aides (see H.R. 468), H276 [24JA]

Historic buildings and sites: enhance protection and preservation of America’s battlefields (see H.R. 3448), H2426 [17MY]

Immigration: secure U.S. borders and reform immigration policies (see H.R. 2), H2174 [9MY]

Insurance: apply additional payments, discounts, and other financial assistance towards cost-sharing requirements of health insurance plans (see H.R. 830), H3952 [25JY]

——— require group health plans to provide exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2630), H5039 [20OC]

Iran: condemn massacre of political prisoners in 1988 and uprisings of recent years, including 2018, 2019, and 2022 uprisings, and call for justice for victims (see H. Res. 627), H4207 [25AU]

——— impose additional sanctions and modify existing sanctions (see H.R. 6114), H5180 [30OC]

——— recognize right of Iranian people to establish democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic and condemn state-sponsored terrorism and human rights violations (see H. Res. 100), H738 [7FE]

IRS: provide accountability for funding provided under Inflation Reduction Act (see H.R. 888), H833 [10FE]

——— rescind certain funds appropriated under Inflation Reduction Act (see H.R. 23), H97 [9JA]

——— terminate tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations (see H.R. 6408), H5938 [28NO]

Jews: condemn antisemitism at U.S. institutions of higher education and encourage college and university leaders, administrators, and faculty to speak out against antisemitism (see H. Res. 839), H5938 [28NO]

John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and Frankie Smiley VA Clinic, Hinesville, GA: designate (see H.R. 593), H488 [27JA]

Labor unions: extend certain free choice protections relative to labor organization participation to independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking flexible work options (see H.R. 2700), H1885 [19AP]

——— protect free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1200), H914 [27FE]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary and support programs at Marine Corps Heritage Center (see H.R. 1096), H2547 [23MY]

Medicaid: codify value-based purchasing arrangements and reforms relative to price reporting under such arrangements (see H.R. 2666), H5546 [7NO]

——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1634), H5467 [6NO]

Medicare: add physical therapists to list of health care providers allowed to utilize locum tenens (substitute) arrangements (see H.R. 1617), H4991 [6OC]

——— clarify application of in-office ancillary services exception to physician self-referral prohibition for drugs (see H.R. 5526), H5182 [30OC]

——— clarify congressional intent and preserve patient access to home infusion therapy (see H.R. 4104), H5467 [6NO]

——— clarify use of national coverage determination process (see H.R. 133), H2246 [10MY]

——— coverage of pharmacist-administered tests for common repiratory illnesses, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), strep throat, and coranavirus (see H.R. 1770), H2138 [5MY]

——— delay implementation of inclusion of oral-only End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) related drugs in End-Stage Renal Disease prospective payment system (see H.R. 5074), H5900 [17NO]

——— ensure equitable payment for, and beneficiary access to, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under hospital outpatient prospective payment system (see H.R. 1199), H1209 [8MR]

——— ensure prompt coverage of breakthrough devices (see H.R. 1691), H2174 [9MY]

——— ensure stability in payments to home health agencies (see H.R. 5159), H4267 [12SE]

——— establish certain standards for pharmacy benefit managers under prescription drug program (see H.R. 2880), H5182 [30OC]

——— make improvements to physician fee schedule (see H.R. 6371), H5727 [13NO] (see H.R. 6683), H6861 [12DE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 972), H3145 [23JN]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1634), H5467 [6NO]

——— provide coverage for all physicians’ services furnished by chiropractors within scope of their license (see H.R. 1610), H2174 [9MY]

——— provide coverage of external infusion pumps and non-self-administrable home infusion drugs (see H.R. 5397), H5232 [1NO]

——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 2407), H1729 [13AP]

——— repeal changes to exception to prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals (see H.R. 977), H832 [10FE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 11), H107 [9JA]

Middle East: express support for Israel as it defends itself against barbaric war launched by Hamas (terrorist organization) and other terrorists (see H. Res. 771), H4998 [11OC]

——— making emergency supplemental appropriations to provide funding to Israel in response to act of war by Hamas (terrorist organization) (see H.R. 6126), H5227 [1NO]

National Apprenticeship Week: designate (see H. Res. 866), H5729 [13NO]

National FFA Week: designate (see H. Res. 147), H866 [21FE]

NOAA: prohibit interim or final rule that includes area closure in South Atlantic for species managed under Snapper-Grouper Fishery Management Plan until South Atlantic Great Red Snapper Count study is complete (see H.R. 4587), H5857 [14NO]

NSF: award grants to institutions of higher education to research or develop makerspaces and prioritize community college, historically Black college and university, and minority-serving institution applicants (see H.R. 2475), H1698 [3AP]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: require Caribbean border counternarcotics strategy (see H.R. 920), H4198 [22AU]

Power resources: increase energy production, exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, promote transparency, accountability, and permitting, and improve water quality certification (see H.R. 1), H1296 [17MR]

SEC: improve quality of proxy advisory firms to protect investors and economy and to foster accountability, transparency, responsiveness, and competition in industry (see H.R. 448), H275 [24JA]

——— prohibit from requiring issuers to disclose information relative to greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 1018), H838 [14FE]

Second Lieutenant Patrick Palmer Calhoun Post Office, Mount Vernon, GA: designate (see H.R. 3944), H2785 [9JN]

Ships and vessels: mint coins to honor and memorialize tragedy of Sultana Steamboat explosion (see H.R. 1388), H1147 [7MR]

Socialism: denounce (see H. Con. Res. 9), H511 [30JA]

SSA: reissue Social Security numbers to children in cases where confidentiality of number has been compromised (see H.R. 3667), H2766 [6JN]

Supreme Court: constitutional amendment to require Supreme Court be composed of nine Justices (see H.J. Res. 8), H280 [24JA]

Taiwan: approve and implement agreement between American Institute in Taiwan and Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office regarding trade between U.S. and Taiwan (see H.R. 4004), H2806 [12JN]

Taxation: allow credit for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary students (see H.R. 531), H2088 [27AP]

——— allow qualified distributions from qualified tuition programs for certain aviation maintenance and commercial pilot courses (see H.R. 1818), H1526 [28MR]

——— deny certain green energy tax benefits to companies connected to certain countries of concern (see H.R. 6175), H5361 [2NO]

——— exclude certain broadband grants from gross income (see H.R. 889), H822 [9FE]

——— exempt telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules (see H.R. 1843), H2743 [5JN]

——— impose tax on acquisition of U.S. agricultural interest by disqualified persons (see H.R. 3996), H3074 [21JN]

——— increase limitations on expensing of depreciable business assets (see H.R. 3661), H2635 [25MY]

——— increase transaction reporting requirement threshold from 600 dollars to 5000 dollars to account for cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3991), H2787 [9JN]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 1277), H2174 [9MY]

——— make permanent certain Tax Cuts and Jobs Act provisions affecting individuals, families, and small businesses (see H.R. 976), H832 [10FE]

——— make permanent deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 4721), H3700 [18JY]

——— make permanent 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 2696), H1846 [18AP]

——— modify rehabilitation credit for certain small projects, eliminate requirement that taxpayer’s basis in building be reduced by amount of rehabilitation credit determined relative to such building (see H.R. 1785), H1848 [18AP]

——— permanently allow tax deduction at time investment in qualified property is made (see H.R. 2406), H1690 [30MR]

——— permanently extend new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2539), H1709 [6AP]

——— permanently increase standard deduction (see H.R. 3270), H2310 [11MY]

——— permit amounts paid for programs to obtain recognized postsecondary credential or license to be treated as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 account (see H.R. 1477), H5904 [21NO]

——— provide tax credit to encourage replacement or modernization of inefficient, outdated freight railcars (see H.R. 838), H708 [6FE]

——— recognize importance of stepped-up basis of certain inherited property in preserving family-owned farms and small businesses (see H. Res. 237), H1301 [21MR]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3238), H2308 [11MY]

——— 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. 190), H105 [9JA]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 936), H824 [9FE]

——— restore deduction for research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 2673), H1845 [18AP]

——— secure supply chain by providing election to determine foreign income taxes paid or incurred to certain Western Hemisphere countries without regard to certain regulations (see H.R. 4029), H2807 [12JN]

——— terminate Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate (see H.R. 3678), H2766 [6JN]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 700), H2174 [9MY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: authorize livestock producers and their employees to take black vultures in order to prevent death, injury, or destruction of livestock (see H.R. 1437), H4198 [22AU]

University of Georgia: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 16), H151 [10JA]

Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation: develop and disseminate civic education curriculum and oral history resources on certain political ideologies (see H.R. 5349), H4222 [5SE]

Water: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Revised Definition of ‘Waters of the U.S.’’’ (see H.J. Res. 27), H679 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: establish program to develop antimicrobial innovations targeting most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections (see H.R. 2940), H2083 [27AP]

Dept. of HUD: establish national land bank network in Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. (see H.R. 2832), H1946 [25AP]

Depts. of Education, Justice, and the Treasury: prohibit mass cancellation of student loans (see H.R. 1622), H1292 [17MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify status of independent contractor (see H.R. 781), H677 [2FE]

IRS: prohibit implementation of new requirements to report bank account deposits and withdrawals (see H.R. 1010), H838 [14FE]

Janssen, Michael: relief (see H.R. 493), H278 [24JA]

Medicare: ensure fairness in hospital payments by establishing floor for area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals (see H.R. 3635), H2595 [24MY]

Passantino, Steven: relief (see H.R. 493), H278 [24JA]

SSA: provide for single point of contact for victims of identity theft (see H.R. 3765), H2707 [31MY] (see H.R. 3784), H2712 [1JN]

Taxation: allow deduction for investment advisory expenses of certain funeral and cemetery trusts during suspension of miscellaneous itemized deductions (see H.R. 5251), H4196 [22AU]

——— establish special rules for capital gains invested in rural opportunity zones (see H.R. 3906), H2778 [7JN]

——— exclude gain from sale or exchange of entire interest in wholly-owned rural incumbent local exchange carrier (see H.R. 1178), H874 [24FE]

——— restore limitation on downward attribution of stock ownership in applying constructive ownership rules to controlled foreign corporations (see H.R. 5751), H4712 [27SE]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Dept. of HHS: establish program to develop antimicrobial innovations targeting most challenging pathogens and most threatening infections (H.R. 2940), H2086 [27AP]

Dept. of HUD: establish national land bank network in Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. (H.R. 2832), H1949 [25AP]

Depts. of Education, Justice, and the Treasury: prohibit mass cancellation of student loans (H.R. 1622), H1294 [17MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify status of independent contractor (H.R. 781), H681 [2FE]

IRS: prohibit implementation of new requirements to report bank account deposits and withdrawals (H.R. 1010), H841 [14FE]

Janssen, Michael: relief (H.R. 493), H279 [24JA]

Medicare: ensure fairness in hospital payments by establishing floor for area wage index applied with respect to certain hospitals (H.R. 3635), H2597 [24MY]

Passantino, Steven: relief (H.R. 493), H279 [24JA]

SSA: provide for single point of contact for victims of identity theft (H.R. 3765), H2709 [31MY]

——— provide for single point of contact for victims of identity theft (H.R. 3784), H2713 [1JN]

Taxation: allow deduction for investment advisory expenses of certain funeral and cemetery trusts during suspension of miscellaneous itemized deductions (H.R. 5251), H4197 [22AU]

——— establish special rules for capital gains invested in rural opportunity zones (H.R. 3906), H2780 [7JN]

——— exclude gain from sale or exchange of entire interest in wholly-owned rural incumbent local exchange carrier (H.R. 1178), H876 [24FE]

——— restore limitation on downward attribution of stock ownership in applying constructive ownership rules to controlled foreign corporations (H.R. 5751), H4714 [27SE]

Remarks

Autos Drive America (organization): tribute, E1048• [2NO]

Health: support patient access to gene therapy treatments for rare diseases, E932• [3OC]

Modi, Narendra: U.S. visit by Indian Prime Minister, E594• [21JN]

Taxation: provide for health reimbursement arrangements integrated with individual health insurance coverage (H.R. 3799), E598• [22JN]

Tributes

Burns, Kathy, E620• [27JN]

Dekmar, Lou, H350 [26JA]

Stankiewicz, Bill, H556 [31JA]