HARDER, JOSH (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Committee to escort Speaker-elect to the Chair, H44 [6JA]

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), H4188 [15AU]

Alan S. Lowenthal Post Office Building, Long Beach, CA: designate (see H.R. 3574), H2499 [22MY]

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: increase enforcement of Animal Welfare Act violations (see H.R. 1788), H2547 [23MY]

——— mint coins in commemoration of invaluable service that working dogs provide to society (see H.R. 807), H5937 [28NO]

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

——— prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 4241), H3070 [21JN]

——— provide for humane treatment of dogs (see H.R. 1624), H2138 [5MY]

——— provide protection for good faith donation of pet products (see H.R. 4750), H4161 [1AU]

Armed Forces: exclude basic allowance for housing from income for purposes of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 1763), H4266 [12SE]

——— making continuing appropriations for military pay (see H.R. 5667), H5900 [17NO]

Bureau of Prisons: develop and implement strategy to interdict fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in mail at Federal correctional facilities (see H.R. 5266), H4350 [14SE]

Business and industry: repeal certain exemptions from antitrust laws (see H.R. 1696), H1325 [22MR]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for imposition of death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (see H.R. 11), H4193 [18AU]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 110), H781 [8FE]

CDC: collaborate with State and local health departments to provide information and education to public on asthma (see H.R. 5749), H5405 [3NO]

——— 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), H5856 [14NO]

Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation: provide comprehensive dementia care management services, eliminate patient cost-sharing, support caregivers, and provide outreach to underrepresented populations (see H.R. 1637), H3478 [12JY]

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

Corporal Michael D. Anderson Jr., Post Office Building, Modesto, CA: designate (see H.R. 1555), H5856 [14NO]

Cosmetics: substantially restrict use of animal testing for cosmetics (see H.R. 5399), H4464 [22SE]

Credit: clarify Federal law relative to reporting positive consumer credit information to consumer reporting agencies (see H.R. 3418), H5022 [17OC]

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), H1761 [17AP]

——— direct certain Federal agencies to develop strategy to improve Federal investigations of organized retail crime (see H.R. 316), H2598 [24MY]

——— establish task force on street racing (see H.R. 6224), H5985 [29NO]

——— exempt possession, sale, or purchase of fentanyl drug testing equipment from punishment under Federal drug paraphernalia laws (see H.R. 3563), H5904 [21NO]

——— make deliberate, targeted attack on law enforcement officer a Federal crime (see H.R. 743), H1761 [17AP]

——— reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relative to claims for Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 1139), H5903 [21NO]

DEA: include fentanyl-related substances under schedule I of Controlled Substances Act, designating they have high potential for abuse and no medical use (see H.R. 568), H2598 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow certain participants in Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to receive variety of types of milk, including whole milk (see H.R. 5383), H5001 [11OC]

——— allow schools that participate in National School Lunch Program to serve whole milk (see H.R. 1147), H1411 [23MR]

——— amend Natural Resources Conservation Service emergency watershed program relative to reconstruction of flood prevention infrastructure and flood mitigation projects (see H.R. 5250), H4716 [27SE]

——— authorize capacity building grants for community college agriculture and natural resources programs (see H.R. 3425), H2425 [17MY]

——— authorize emergency assistance for high value crop losses (see H.R. 4464), H6111 [4DE]

——— award grants to eligible organizations to encourage development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial domestic market for domestically produced specialty crop commodities (see H.R. 5061), H4502 [26SE]

——— award grants to specialty crop producers to acquire certain automation and mechanization equipment and provide training for use of such equipment (see H.R. 5062), H4502 [26SE]

——— carry out program to provide payments to producers experiencing certain crop losses due to disaster (see H.R. 5057), H4213 [29AU]

——— clarify availability and appropriateness of training for local school food service personnel (see H.R. 4844), H4266 [12SE]

——— establish alternative manure management program (see H.R. 4327), H4173 [8AU]

——— establish Farm Service Agency Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program (see H.R. 3955), H4464 [22SE]

——— establish forest conservation easement program (see H.R. 3424), H4266 [12SE]

——— establish grant program to assist with purchase, installation, and maintenance of point-of-entry and point-of-use drinking water quality improvement products (see H.R. 1721), H2174 [9MY]

——— 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), H2547 [23MY]

——— establish Office of Agritourism (see H.R. 5203), H4181 [11AU]

——— establish program to certify artificial intelligence software used in connection with producing agricultural products (see H.R. 6806), H7000 [19DE]

——— establish Specialty Crop Mechanization and Automation Research and Development Program (see H.R. 4173), H3702 [18JY]

——— establish waiver from matching requirement for certain grants under Specialty Crop Research Initiative (see H.R. 679), H575 [31JA]

——— exempt persons or legal entities that derive income from agriculture from agricultural conservation assistance programs payment limitations (see H.R. 4800), H4161 [1AU]

——— exempt persons or legal entities that derive income from agriculture from agricultural disaster assistance programs payment limitations (see H.R. 4127), H3702 [18JY]

——— expand Emergency Watershed Protection Program to enhance long-term protection of watersheds (see H.R. 5257), H4383 [18SE]

——— expand national organic certification cost-share program into comprehensive organic program (see H.R. 3650), H2812 [12JN]

——— extend additional reimbursement rates for certain child nutrition programs (see H.R. 1424), H3153 [27JN]

——— extend and expand Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program (see H.R. 648), H857 [17FE]

——— extend scope of Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority to address harmful animal and plant pathogens and provide States additional access to agricultural innovation projects (see H.R. 2385), H2089 [27AP]

——— harmonize population threshold for rural communities for Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 5359), H4383 [18SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 4483), H3953 [25JY]

——— leverage incentives for adoption of costly precision agriculture technology (see H.R. 1459), H2051 [26AP]

——— make publicly available information on infant formula procurement under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 3151), H5000 [11OC]

——— modify limitations on amounts of farm ownership loans and operating loans (see H.R. 5631), H5904 [21NO]

——— modify market development programs (see H.R. 2723), H4409 [19SE]

——— permit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of items and increase amount of such benefits (see H.R. 3519), H2454 [18MY]

——— preserve foreign markets for goods using common names (see H.R. 3423), H4212 [29AU]

——— provide fresh produce to individuals facing food and nutrition insecurity (see H.R. 5589), H4716 [27SE]

——— reauthorize and improve ReConnect loan and grant program (see H.R. 4227), H4299 [13SE]

——— reauthorize Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program (see H.R. 5308), H5894 [15NO]

——— require research and development regarding policy to insure wine grapes against losses due to smoke exposure (see H.R. 4308), H3109 [22JN]

——— require school food authorities to make publicly available any waiver of Buy American Act requirements for National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 4613), H3702 [18JY]

——— support commercial fishing industry (see H.R. 4940), H6082 [1DE]

——— treat attendance at institution of higher education same as work in determining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 3183), H2243 [10MY]

Dept. of Education: carry out grant program to support recruitment and retention of paraprofessionals in public elementary schools, secondary schools, and preschool programs (see H.R. 4550), H4232 [8SE]

——— include certain individuals who work on farms or ranches as individuals employed in public service jobs for purposes of loan forgiveness eligibility under Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 2728), H1951 [25AP]

——— promote comprehensive college campus mental health and suicide prevention plans (see H.R. 5740), H7009 [22DE]

——— provide for refinancing and recalculation of certain Federal student loans (see H.R. 5710), H5857 [14NO]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants to children’s hospitals for increasing their capacity to provide pediatric behavioral health services (see H.R. 2412), H4266 [12SE]

——— authorize grants to establish national network of statewide legal hotlines for senior citizens (see H.R. 4153), H2956 [15JN]

——— award grants to develop and implement comprehensive program to promote student access to defibrillation in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2370), H2599 [24MY]

——— establish grant pilot program to provide child care for minor children of law enforcement officers to accommodate shift work and abnormal work hours, and to enhance recruitment and retention of officers (see H.R. 2722), H1886 [19AP]

——— establish grant program for family community organizations that provide support for individuals struggling with substance use disorder and their families (see H.R. 3879), H4212 [29AU]

——— establish grant program to support schools of medicine and schools of osteopathic medicine in underserved areas (see H.R. 4985), H4232 [8SE]

——— establish National Task Force on the Nursing Shortage (see H.R. 4328), H4148 [27JY]

——— establish or expand and operate programs using network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 3443), H2935 [14JN]

——— extend National Alzheimer’s Project (see H.R. 619), H4172 [8AU]

——— increase access to mental health, substance use, and counseling services for first responders (see H.R. 6415), H6211 [6DE]

——— reauthorize grants for first responder training (see H.R. 4089), H2930 [14JN]

——— 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 Homeland Security: establish Joint Task Force To Combat Opioid Trafficking (see H.R. 3658), H4857 [28SE]

Dept. of HUD: amend definition of homelessness used to verify eligibility for homeless assistance programs to meet needs of homeless families and honor assessments and priorities of local communities (see H.R. 5221), H6944 [13DE]

——— establish mortgage insurance program for first responders (see H.R. 3170), H2599 [24MY]

——— exclude certain veteran disability payments from income when determining housing assistance programs eligibility (see H.R. 6179), H5904 [21NO]

——— extend Fair Housing Act protections to persons suffering discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 4439), H4857 [28SE]

——— extend Fair Housing Act protections to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and sex trafficking (see H.R. 2918), H3173 [6JY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize law enforcement agencies to use Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants to recruit and retain law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3376), H5022 [17OC]

——— authorize use of grants to provide training for first responders on use of containment devices to prevent exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances and for purchasing such devices (see H.R. 795), H5182 [30OC]

——— direct Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program to provide grants to State and local law enforcement agencies to combat auto theft and stolen automobile trafficking (see H.R. 847), H1729 [13AP]

——— establish grant program for States to modernize criminal justice data infrastructure to facilitate automated record sealing and expungement (see H.R. 2983), H2085 [27AP]

——— establish grant program to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3184), H2243 [10MY]

——— establish grant program to provide for qualified accreditation and re-certification of local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1649), H5016 [16OC]

——— establish National Law Enforcement Officers Remembrance, Support and Community Outreach program (see H.R. 3381), H5177 [26OC]

——— propose program to make treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder available to public safety officers (see H.R. 472), H5182 [30OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish eligibility requirements for education support professionals at schools under Family and Medical Leave Act (see H.R. 770), H4218 [1SE]

——— exclude child and dependent care services and payments from rate used to compute overtime compensation (see H.R. 3271), H2310 [11MY]

——— 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), H5029 [18OC]

——— summer youth employment programs funding to expand availability of subsidized jobs and to develop innovative program activities that improve academic, economic, and criminal justice outcomes (see H.R. 5908), H5022 [17OC]

Dept. of State: provide special immigrant visas to certain Fulbright Scholars (see H.R. 1832), H4459 [21SE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide grants to acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes and develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities (see H.R. 1065), H4188 [15AU]

Dept. of the Interior and Forest Service: conduct evaluation relative to use of container aerial firefighting system (see H.R. 3389), H2710 [31MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish grant program to facilitate installation on bridges of suicide prevention nets and barriers (see H.R. 3759), H2962 [15JN]

——— modify certain regulations relative to requirements for commercial driver’s license testing and commercial learner’s permit holders (see H.R. 3013), H2117 [28AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adjust rate of per diem payments to grantees that provide services to homeless veterans (see H.R. 491), H856 [17FE]

——— conduct review of deaths of certain veterans who committed suicide (see H.R. 5633), H5731 [13NO]

——— improve and expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain veterans (see H.R. 1083), H4223 [5SE]

——— improve VA Work-Study program (see H.R. 3600), H4266 [12SE]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with firefighting (see H.R. 4306), H3163 [30JN]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for illnesses associated with service in Armed Forces in Panama Canal Zone (see H.R. 2447), H2547 [23MY]

Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior: establish wildfire technology testbed pilot program (see H.R. 4235), H4383 [18SE]

Disabled: clarify and strengthen integration mandate for individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports (see H.R. 2708), H3614 [14JY]

——— prohibit discrimination on basis of mental or physical disability in cases of anatomical gifts and organ transplants (see H.R. 2706), H5546 [7NO]

——— promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see H.R. 5748), H4712 [27SE]

Discrimination: condemn recent hate crimes committed against Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (see H. Res. 450), H2744 [5JN]

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

Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 599), H489 [27JA]

Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building, San Bernardino, CA: designate (see H.R. 1060), H1700 [3AP]

Drugs: prohibit certain uses of xylazine (see H.R. 1839), H1848 [18AP]

——— reauthorize certain programs to provide for opioid use disorder prevention, recovery, and treatment (see H.R. 4531), H3578 [13JY]

Ecology and environment: address harmful algal blooms and hypoxia through research, forecasting and monitoring, and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and mitigate such events (see H.R. 6235), H5904 [21NO]

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]

Family and Medical Leave Act: repeal certain limits on leave for married individuals employed by same employer (see H.R. 5037), H5022 [17OC]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: make improvements (see H.R. 2604), H2599 [24MY]

Father’s Day: designate (see H. Res. 517), H2959 [15JN]

FDA: deny approval of new drug application for opioid analgesic drug on basis of such drug not being clinically superior to other commercially available drugs (see H.R. 1375), H1729 [13AP]

——— establish additional authorities regarding conduct of pediatric investigations of molecularly targeted drugs to treat cancer (see H.R. 3433), H5984 [29NO]

——— modernize methods of authenticating controlled substances in pharmaceutical distribution supply chain (see H.R. 4988), H6210 [6DE]

——— strengthen use of patient-experience data within benefit-risk framework for approval of new drugs (see H.R. 1092), H4502 [26SE]

Federal agencies and departments: require certain agencies to develop scientific integrity policies (see H.R. 4893), H5033 [19OC]

Federal employees: amend definition of law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1322), H2598 [24MY]

——— cover, for purposes of workers’ compensation, services by physician assistants and nurse practitioners provided to injured Federal workers (see H.R. 618), H5029 [18OC]

——— provide pay equality and more accurate computation of retirement benefits for certain firefighters employed by Federal Government (see H.R. 1235), H3208 [11JY]

Federal firefighters: provide special base rates of pay for Federal wildland firefighters (see H.R. 5169), H4171 [8AU]

——— reform and enhance pay and benefits of Federal wildland firefighters (see H.R. 3108), H2812 [12JN]

Federal Labor Relations Authority: provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions (see H.R. 3539), H2766 [6JN]

FEMA: establish pilot grant program for mobile pet shelters during emergencies and major disasters (see H.R. 5175), H4183 [11AU]

——— include extreme heat in definition of major disaster (see H.R. 3965), H4160 [1AU]

——— provide flexibility with Federal cost share for fire management assistance (see H.R. 480), H2088 [27AP]

——— provide grants for fire station construction (see H.R. 1814), H4912 [29SE]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 2891), H5044 [24OC]

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), H782 [8FE]

——— regulate bump stocks in same manner as machine guns (see H.R. 396), H5022 [17OC]

——— require background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 715), H683 [2FE]

Food for Peace Act: ensure use of U.S.-grown commodities in international food aid programs (see H.R. 4293), H4952 [2OC]

Foreign Service: mint coin in recognition of anniversary (see H.R. 3537), H3145 [23JN]

Forest Service: improve health and resiliency of giant sequoias (see H.R. 2989), H2116 [28AP]

GAO: study and report on efficacy of Federal drug surveillance systems (see H.R. 6045), H5232 [1NO]

Government: allow suit against U.S. for injuries and deaths of members of Armed Forces caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 4334), H4383 [18SE]

——— establish National Biodiversity Strategy (see H. Res. 195), H2503 [22MY]

Health: codify rule requiring hospitals and insurers disclose discounted cash pricing and negotiated rates to consumers (see H.R. 3561), H4147 [27JY]

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 1385), H4160 [1AU]

——— prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see H.R. 2923), H2935 [14JN]

Health care facilities: expand take-home prescribing of methadone through pharmacies (see H.R. 1359), H1729 [13AP]

Health care professionals: tribute to frontline health workers contributions to global health programs, saving lives around world and strengthening U.S. security and global economic prosperity (see H. Res. 389), H5895 [15NO]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3090), H2599 [24MY]

Immigration: reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (see H.R. 4319), H5009 [12OC]

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

Information technology: require large social media platforms to work with safety software so that children or parents may delegate permission to software to manage child’s online interactions, content, and account settings (see H.R. 5778), H6816 [11DE]

Insurance: require coverage of hearing devices and systems in certain private health insurance plans (see H.R. 2439), H4299 [13SE]

Iran: impose sanctions with respect to countries, individuals, and entities engaging in any effort to acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer, or deploy Iranian missiles and related goods and technology (see H.R. 3152), H4198 [22AU]

——— 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), H830 [9FE]

Iraq: commemorate, increase understanding, and reject efforts to deny Semele Massacre (see H. Res. 472), H2962 [15JN]

John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship: establish to fund international internships and research placements for early- to mid-career professionals to study nonviolent movements to establish and protect civil rights around world (see H.R. 1150), H4383 [18SE]

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act: amend short title in honor of Dianne Feinstein (see H.R. 6081), H5173 [26OC]

Law enforcement officers: provide public safety officer benefits for exposure-related cancers (see H.R. 1719), H2547 [23MY]

Library of Congress: carry out activities to support Armenian Genocide education programs (see H.R. 2803), H2642 [25MY]

Lucille Roybal-Allard Post Office Building, Downey, CA: designate (see H.R. 3575), H2499 [22MY]

Major Megan McClung Post Office Building, Mission Viejo, CA: designate (see H.R. 3608), H4182 [11AU]

Medicaid: allow States to make medical assistance available to inmates during period preceding their release (see H.R. 2400), H2430 [17MY]

——— codify value-based purchasing arrangements and reforms relative to price reporting under such arrangements (see H.R. 2666), H6145 [5DE]

——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1634), H4223 [5SE]

——— delay certain disproportionate share hospital payment reductions (see H.R. 2665), H2175 [9MY]

——— remove coverage exclusion for inmates in custody pending disposition of charges (see H.R. 3074), H2126 [2MY]

——— remove exclusion from medical assistance of items and services for patients in institution for mental diseases (see H.R. 1201), H6145 [5DE]

Medicare: coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 4818), H4440 [20SE]

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

——— expand scope of practitioners eligible for payment for telehealth services (see H.R. 3875), H4409 [19SE]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1634), H4223 [5SE]

——— protect beneficiaries with limb loss and other orthopedic conditions by providing access to safe and effective orthotic and prosthetic care and reduce fraud, waste, and abuse relative to orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 4315), H5900 [17NO]

——— provide benefits for first responders at age of 57 (see H.R. 3725), H6816 [11DE]

——— provide for distribution of additional residency positions (see H.R. 2389), H2642 [25MY]

——— provide incentives for behavioral health integration (see H.R. 5819), H5405 [3NO]

Members of Congress: reduce rate of pay if public debt limit is reached or Government shutdown occurs (see H.R. 3538), H4716 [27SE]

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

Middle East: express support for Israel as it defends itself against barbaric war launched by Hamas (terrorist organization) and other terrorists (see H. Res. 768), H4993 [10OC] (see H. Res. 771), H4998 [11OC]

Motor vehicles: ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide choices for maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles (see H.R. 906), H5984 [29NO]

——— prevent theft of catalytic converters and other precious metal car parts (see H.R. 621), H4459 [21SE]

National Animal Rescue Day: designate (see H. Res. 751), H4910 [29SE]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support goals and theme (see H. Res. 330), H2744 [5JN]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H5904 [21NO]

National Estuaries Week: designate (see H. Res. 688), H4384 [18SE]

National Guard: anniversary of National Guard Youth Challenge Program (see H. Res. 921), H6814 [11DE]

National Military and Veterans Suicide Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 674), H4410 [19SE]

National Police Week: observance (see H. Res. 363), H2351 [15MY]

National Source Water Protection Week: designate (see H. Res. 719), H4716 [27SE]

NCAA: establish due process requirements for investigation of intercollegiate athletics (see H.R. 5491), H4345 [14SE]

NIH: establish Youth Mental Health Research Initiative (see H.R. 5976), H5020 [17OC]

——— prohibit Federal funds to conduct biological, medical, or behavioral research involving testing of dogs (see H.R. 574), H6111 [4DE]

——— require annual budget estimate for initiatives pursuant to reports and recommendations made under National Alzheimer’s Project Act (see H.R. 620), H3614 [14JY]

Olympic Games: mint coins in commemoration of 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, CA (see H.R. 1794), H2379 [16MY]

Paul Ignatius Post Office, Glendale, CA: designate (see H.R. 1687), H1300 [21MR]

Postal Service: modify role and duties of U.S. Postal Service police officers (see H.R. 3005), H2935 [14JN]

Power resources: impose additional sanctions relative to import or facilitation of import of pretroleum products from Iran (see H.R. 3774), H4160 [1AU]

Public lands: provide mandatory funding for hazardous fuels reduction projects on certain Federal land (see H.R. 6525), H6049 [30NO]

Real estate: require government-sponsored enterprises to include disclaimer on Uniform Residential Loan Application to increase awareness of Dept. of Veterans Affairs direct and guaranteed home loan programs (see H.R. 5979), H5731 [13NO]

SBA: reauthorize and limit pre-disaster mitigation program to protect against disaster related damages (see H.R. 2966), H5022 [17OC]

Schools: require silent alarms in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4999), H5731 [13NO]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 549), H3208 [11JY]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H683 [2FE]

Supreme Court: promulgate code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 927), H1761 [17AP]

Taxation: allow qualified distributions from qualified tuition programs for certain aviation maintenance and commercial pilot courses (see H.R. 1818), H2743 [5JN]

——— 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), H4207 [25AU]

——— establish neighborhood revitalization tax credit (see H.R. 3940), H4350 [14SE]

——— exclude certain Nurse Corps payments from gross income (see H.R. 5080), H5030 [18OC]

——— exclude from gross income settlement funds received relative to certain wildfire damages and establish deduction for attorney fees awarded for such damages (see H.R. 176), H5022 [17OC]

——— increase exclusion from gain of sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1321), H4383 [18SE]

——— make credit for adoption of special needs children refundable (see H.R. 2510), H4266 [12SE]

——— permanently extend new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2539), H3208 [11JY]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 4355), H3897 [24JY]

——— provide lookback rule for amounts related to earned income for purposes of determining tax credits for certain federally declared disasters (see H.R. 2619), H1725 [13AP]

——— provide tax relief with respect to certain Federal disasters (see H.R. 5863), H5857 [14NO]

——— reform low-income housing credit (see H.R. 3238), H4160 [1AU]

——— restore deduction for research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 2673), H5000 [11OC]

——— simplify reporting requirements, promote tax compliance, and reduce tip reporting compliance burdens in beauty service industry (see H.R. 45), H6145 [5DE]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 700), H4265 [12SE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5856), H6211 [6DE]

TSA: assist trafficking survivors who lack government issued identification in accessing air travel (see H.R. 5720), H4858 [28SE]

U.S. Geological Survey: establish program to map zones at greater risk of sinkhole formation (see H.R. 2855), H4266 [12SE]

Venezuela: call for immediate release of Eyvin Hernandez (see H. Res. 578), H5023 [17OC]

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), H1047 [1MR]

——— 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. 4335), H5022 [17OC]

——— 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. 4569), H5857 [14NO]

Vietnamese Conflict: award Congressional Gold Medal to Army Dust Off crews (see H.R. 1015), H5365 [2NO]

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 Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 5664), H4503 [26SE]

Waterways: address severe subsidence impacts that have substantially reduced carrying capacity of water delivery system in California (see H.R. 2419), H1691 [30MR]

Wildfire Preparedness Week: support goals (see H. Res. 343), H2118 [28AP]

William L. Reynolds Post Office Building, Santa Clarita, CA: designate (see H.R. 292), H280 [24JA]

Women: improve treatment of women in criminal justice system (see H.R. 2954), H2647 [26MY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 25), H2599 [24MY]

World War I: award Congressional Gold Medal to female telephone operators of Army Signal Corps, known as ‘‘Hello Girls’’ (see H.R. 1572), H4265 [12SE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to those trained at Camp Ritchie, MD, known as ‘‘Ritchie Boys’’ (see H.R. 3545), H2935 [14JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air pollution: authorize President to declare smoke emergency (see H.R. 5329), H4217 [1SE]

Colleges and universities: support establishment of apprenticeship college consortium (see H.R. 3786), H2712 [1JN]

Corps of Engineers: establish task force on California snowpack and flood mitigation (see H.R. 4247), H3070 [21JN]

——— permit sale of technologies to certain water and irrigation districts to expedite removal of harmful algal blooms (see H.R. 5756), H4713 [27SE]

——— prohibit from issuing permit for Delta Conveyance Project in California (see H.R. 924), H824 [9FE]

——— streamline levee rehabilitation program regulations to allow emergency repairs after natural disasters (see H.R. 5304), H4210 [29AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize use of certain grants to deliver peer-to-peer mental health support to individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, farm work, and other occupations relating to agriculture (see H.R. 5637), H4455 [21SE]

——— award grants to eligible entities for projects with potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse emissions that convert and valorize tree nut harvest by-products into higher value bicarbon products (see H.R. 4617), H3574 [13JY]

——— carry out program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out projects that further agricultural resiliency and modernization (see H.R. 3814), H2740 [5JN]

——— modify eligibility for prevented planting insurance under certain drought conditions (see H.R. 5992), H5031 [19OC]

——— provide additional payments under environmental quality incentives program for implementation of nutrient management practice (see H.R. 4066), H2883 [13JN]

Dept. of Commerce: conduct study and hold public meetings with respect to artificial intelligence systems (see H.R. 3369), H2376 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: include certain mental health professionals as specialized instructional support personnel (see H.R. 3055), H2125 [2MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize law enforcement agencies to use Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants for recruitment activities (see H.R. 4246), H3070 [21JN]

——— establish pilot program to provide grants to community mental health centers for placement of social workers with law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 4911), H4028 [26JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish grant program to support out-of-school-time youth workforce readiness programs providing employability skills, work-based learning, and workforce opportunities for eligible youth (see H.R. 3416), H2424 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide certain information to medical center staff and homelessness service providers on Dept. of HUD Coordinated Entry program (see H.R. 6340), H5668 [9NO]

FEC: limit authority of corporations to establish and operate separate segregated funds for political purposes, including political committees, to nonprofit corporations (see H.R. 5941), H5007 [12OC]

Forest Service: require standardization of reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements (see H.R. 3396), H2423 [17MY]

Medicare: extend period for certain teaching hospitals to establish full-time equivalent residency caps for new residency training programs impacted by coronavirus pandemic (see H.R. 4680), H3639 [17JY]

Power resources: prohibit natural gas price gouging after disaster (see H.R. 2596), H1724 [13AP]

Water: promote water supply reliability and improved water management for rural communities (see H.R. 5483), H4344 [14SE]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Air pollution: authorize President to declare smoke emergency (H.R. 5329), H4218 [1SE]

Colleges and universities: support establishment of apprenticeship college consortium (H.R. 3786), H2713 [1JN]

Corps of Engineers: establish task force on California snowpack and flood mitigation (H.R. 4247), H3072 [21JN]

——— permit sale of technologies to certain water and irrigation districts to expedite removal of harmful algal blooms (H.R. 5756), H4715 [27SE]

——— prohibit from issuing permit for Delta Conveyance Project in California (H.R. 924), H828 [9FE]

——— streamline levee rehabilitation program regulations to allow emergency repairs after natural disasters (H.R. 5304), H4211 [29AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize use of certain grants to deliver peer-to-peer mental health support to individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, farm work, and other occupations relating to agriculture (H.R. 5637), H4458 [21SE]

——— award grants to eligible entities for projects with potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse emissions that convert and valorize tree nut harvest by-products into higher value bicarbon products (H.R. 4617), H3576 [13JY]

——— carry out program to award grants to eligible entities to carry out projects that further agricultural resiliency and modernization (H.R. 3814), H2742 [5JN]

——— modify eligibility for prevented planting insurance under certain drought conditions (H.R. 5992), H5032 [19OC]

——— provide additional payments under environmental quality incentives program for implementation of nutrient management practice (H.R. 4066), H2885 [13JN]

Dept. of Commerce: conduct study and hold public meetings with respect to artificial intelligence systems (H.R. 3369), H2378 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: include certain mental health professionals as specialized instructional support personnel (H.R. 3055), H2127 [2MY]

Dept. of Justice: authorize law enforcement agencies to use Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants for recruitment activities (H.R. 4246), H3072 [21JN]

——— establish pilot program to provide grants to community mental health centers for placement of social workers with law enforcement agencies (H.R. 4911), H4031 [26JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish grant program to support out-of-school-time youth workforce readiness programs providing employability skills, work-based learning, and workforce opportunities for eligible youth (H.R. 3416), H2428 [17MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide certain information to medical center staff and homelessness service providers on Dept. of HUD Coordinated Entry program (H.R. 6340), H5670 [9NO]

FEC: limit authority of corporations to establish and operate separate segregated funds for political purposes, including political committees, to nonprofit corporations (H.R. 5941), H5008 [12OC]

Forest Service: require standardization of reciprocal fire suppression cost share agreements (H.R. 3396), H2427 [17MY]

Medicare: extend period for certain teaching hospitals to establish full-time equivalent residency caps for new residency training programs impacted by coronavirus pandemic (H.R. 4680), H3641 [17JY]

Power resources: prohibit natural gas price gouging after disaster (H.R. 2596), H1727 [13AP]

Water: promote water supply reliability and improved water management for rural communities (H.R. 5483), H4348 [14SE]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H5479 [7NO]

Remarks

California: anniversary of Stockton East Water District, E555• [13JN]

Dept. of Education: provide for Parents’ Bill of Rights (H.R. 5), H1336 [23MR]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4366), H3965 [26JY]

Hibbard, John D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E556• [13JN]

Hibbard, William R.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E556• [13JN]

Hinduism: recognize holiday of Diwali, H5480 [7NO]

India: anniversary of Sikh massacre, E552• [13JN]

Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month: observance, H5944 [29NO]

Stockton, CA: address shortage of primary care physicians at Stockton VA Clinic, H3965 [26JY]

——— Don Riggio Elementary School Chris Anderson Center for the Arts, E554• [13JN]

Veterans: improve healthcare for veterans, H4391 [19SE]

Tributes

Junn, Ellen, E551• [13JN]