LaTURNER, JAKE (a Representative from Kansas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination by abortion against unborn children due to Down syndrome (see H.R. 461), H325 [25JA]

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

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 431), H325 [25JA]

——— 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]

American Rescue Plan Act: rescind unobligated balance of appropriations (see H.R. 564), H1465 [27MR]

Animals: mint coins in commemoration of invaluable service that working dogs provide to society (see H.R. 807), H4987 [3OC]

——— provide protection for good faith donation of pet products (see H.R. 4750), H7008 [22DE]

Armed Forces: prohibit from promoting anti-American and racist theories (see H.R. 1228), H968 [28FE]

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]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 68), H489 [27JA]

CBO: provide information on payments from Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 6853), H6997 [19DE]

Children and youth: modernize online child protection laws (see H.R. 5182), H5014 [13OC]

——— prohibit gender transition procedures on minors (see H.R. 3328), H2345 [15MY]

Chisholm National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 247), H325 [25JA]

Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency: establish (see H.R. 281), H202 [11JA]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: protect against foreign influence over agriculture production and supply chains (see H.R. 513), H431 [26JA]

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: 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), H3162 [30JN]

——— amend certain regulations to clarify that livestock auction owners may have interest in small meat packing businesses (see H.R. 530), H3162 [30JN]

——— establish groundwater conservation easement program (see H.R. 4902), H4028 [26JY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit from paying or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services (see H.R. 1297), H3162 [30JN]

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

——— restore exemption of family farms and small businesses from definition of assets relative to Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) (see H.R. 1250), H969 [28FE]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit sale of petroleum products from Strategic Petroleum Reserve to certain entities (see H.R. 59), H153 [10JA]

Dept. of HHS: authorize use of Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grants to purchase life-saving opioid antagonists for schools and provide training and education to students and teachers (see H.R. 4582), H3476 [12JY]

——— carry out national project to prevent and cure Parkinson’s disease to be known as National Parkinson’s Project (see H.R. 2365), H4459 [21SE]

——— establish clearinghouse of zip-code based information to expecting mothers (see H.R. 5406), H4952 [2OC]

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

——— prohibit certain research on human fetal tissue obtained pursuant to abortion (see H.R. 398), H430 [26JA]

——— prohibit discrimination against eligible States, individuals, or other entities for refusing to counsel or refer for abortions relative to awarding of family planning grants (see H.R. 5076), H4151 [28JY]

——— prohibit from finalizing proposed rule on minimum staffing for nursing facilities and establish advisory panel on nursing home workforce (see H.R. 5796), H6816 [11DE]

——— reauthorize and extend Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Services program (see H.R. 3946), H3860 [19JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to fingerprint noncitizen minors entering U.S. to combat human trafficking and impose criminal penalties for child recycling to gain entry into U.S. (see H.R. 6522), H6048 [30NO]

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

——— prohibit limiting or restricting award of Continuum of Care program funds to providers who require benefit recipients participate in certain wraparound services (see H.R. 3405), H2423 [17MY]

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), H3642 [17JY]

Dept. of Labor: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers under National Labor Relations Act and Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 2826), H1945 [25AP]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights’’ (see H.J. Res. 30), H737 [7FE]

Dept. of State: submit report on designation of Reynosa/Los Metros faction of Gulf Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel, and Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas as foreign terrorist organizations (see H.R. 1564), H1297 [17MR]

Dept. of Transportation: expand access to parking and rest facilities for truck drivers, lessen regulatory burdens during emergencies, and modernize commercial driver license (CDL) process to improve trucking supply chain (see H.R. 471), H2246 [10MY]

——— provide emergency relief for short line railroads (see H.R. 3782), H2712 [1JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see H.J. Res. 31), H737 [7FE]

——— improve certain programs for home and community based services for veterans (see H.R. 542), H2120 [28AP]

——— 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), H626 [1FE]

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), H5937 [28NO]

Diseases and disorders: provide programs to assist diagnosis, awareness, and education of blood clot conditions (see H.R. 5699), H5108 [25OC]

——— require audit of coronavirus relief funding (see H.R. 348), H233 [12JA]

District of Columbia: disapprove action of District of Columbia Council in approving Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act (see H.J. Res. 17), H234 [12JA] (see H.J. Res. 24), H576 [31JA]

——— disapprove law enacting certain justice reforms that limit police powers (see H.J. Res. 42), H1249 [9MR]

——— provide for transfer of administrative jurisdiction over Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Campus to GSA and leasing of Campus to District for commercial and residential development (see H.R. 4984), H4213 [29AU]

Domestic policy: express that all-of-the-above strategy to energy is most viable approach to U.S. energy independence (see H. Res. 339), H2118 [28AP]

Drugs: reduce threshold for mandatory minimum penalties for certain fentanyl-related offenses (see H.R. 335), H1950 [25AP]

EPA: eliminate renewable fuel standard advanced biofuel corn starch prohibition (see H.R. 3337), H2765 [6JN]

——— expand ethanol waiver for Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 1608), H1286 [14MR]

——— prohibit from imposing fees on certain facilities for methane emissions (see H.R. 246), H325 [25JA]

——— update modeling used for lifecycle greenhouse gas assessments for corn-based ethanol and biodiesel (see H.R. 6152), H5228 [1NO]

FAA and TSA: jointly issue regulations relating to air carrier transport of human organs (see H.R. 4362), H4912 [29SE]

Families and domestic relations: improve research and data collection on stillbirths (see H.R. 5012), H6816 [11DE]

FCC: reform Universal Service Fund contribution system (see H.R. 1812), H5009 [12OC]

FDA: improve regulation of abortion drugs by prohibiting approval of new drugs, preventing labeling changes of existing drugs, and limiting dispensing of drugs remotely, by mail, or telemedicine (see H.R. 427), H325 [25JA]

FEC: remove certain impediments to protect political speech and promote election integrity, voter confidence, and effective administration of elections for States, District of Columbia, and military voting programs (see H.R. 4563), H3205 [11JY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from contracting with companies engaged in boycott of Israel (see H.R. 4564), H4991 [6OC]

——— prohibit from entering into contracts with entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries (see H.R. 53), H100 [9JA]

——— 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]

——— require all officials who stop enforcing law for any reason to report to Congress (see H.R. 264), H150 [10JA]

——— 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), H430 [26JA]

Federal employees: prohibit from advocating for censorship of viewpoints in their official capacity (see H.R. 140), H917 [27FE]

Firearms: ban imposition of any State or local liability insurance, tax, or user fee requirement for firearm or ammunition ownership or commerce (see H.R. 385), H491 [27JA]

——— define ‘‘State of residence’’ and ‘‘resident’’ relative to listing of address by firearm buyers on ATF forms (see H.R. 1508), H1248 [9MR]

——— discontinue collection by Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses and require destruction of such collected records (see H.R. 1271), H1046 [1MR]

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

——— remove short-barreled shotguns from definition of firearms for purposes of National Firearms Act (see H.R. 151), H103 [9JA]

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

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. 1122), H2934 [14JN] (see H.R. 5403), H4262 [12SE]

GSA: prohibit from constructing or acquiring public buildings or entering into leases based on legality or availability of abortion (see H.R. 4672), H3702 [18JY]

Health: codify rule requiring hospitals and insurers disclose discounted cash pricing and negotiated rates to consumers (see H.R. 3561), H3145 [23JN]

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 1385), H2314 [11MY]

——— modernize prescription verification process for contact lenses and clarify consumer protections regarding false advertising of contact lenses (see H.R. 2748), H3163 [30JN]

Insurance: require group health plans to provide exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 2630), H2599 [24MY]

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

——— impose sanctions on certain Iranian officials (see H.R. 589), H1912 [20AP]

——— 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), H2503 [22MY]

——— provide for rescission of certain waivers and licenses (see H.R. 5947), H5007 [12OC]

——— 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), H1153 [7MR]

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

Israel: mint coins in recognition of late Prime Minister Golda Meir and anniversary of U.S.-Israel relationship (see H.R. 987), H2886 [13JN]

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]

LGBTQI+: prohibit taxpayer-funded gender transition procedures (see H.R. 3329), H2345 [15MY]

Lobbying Disclosure Act: clarify provision relative to certain contents of registrations (see H.R. 1190), H874 [24FE]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary and support programs at Marine Corps Heritage Center (see H.R. 1096), H2665 [30MY]

Medicare: add physical therapists to list of health care providers allowed to utilize locum tenens (substitute) arrangements (see H.R. 1617), H1292 [17MR]

——— coverage of pharmacist-administered tests for common repiratory illnesses, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), strep throat, and coranavirus (see H.R. 1770), H7000 [19DE]

——— protect access to telehealth services in rural and underserved communities (see H.R. 3440), H2425 [17MY]

——— provide coverage for all physicians’ services furnished by chiropractors within scope of their license (see H.R. 1610), H1729 [13AP]

——— provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 2407), H4212 [29AU]

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. 768), H4993 [10OC] (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]

Motor vehicles: prevent elimination of sale of internal combustion engines (see H.R. 1435), H1204 [8MR]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 875), H5899 [17NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 875), H5899 [17NO]

National Annuity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 528), H3163 [30JN]

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

National Police Week: observance (see H. Res. 363), H2175 [9MY]

Native Americans: provide for settlement of claims by Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation relative to Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation in Illinois (see H.R. 3144), H2170 [9MY]

Nigeria: express need to designate as Dept. of State Country of Particular Concern for engaging in and tolerating violations of religious freedom and need to appoint Special Envoy for Nigeria and Lake Chad region (see H. Res. 82), H917 [27FE]

NIH: extend Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program (see H.R. 3391), H2548 [23MY]

NLRB: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Standard for Determining Joint Employer Status’’ (see H.J. Res. 98), H5669 [9NO]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see H.R. 6176), H5361 [2NO]

——— provide for moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services and increase funding for other women’s health care service providers (see H.R. 128), H430 [26JA]

Power resources: impose additional sanctions relative to import or facilitation of import of pretroleum products from Iran (see H.R. 3774), H3860 [19JY]

——— increase production, exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, promote transparency, accountability, permitting, and production, and improve water quality certification and energy projects (see H.R. 1), H1465 [27MR]

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

Route 66 National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 4338), H3141 [23JN]

Schools: prohibit Federal education funds for elementary and secondary schools that receive direct or indirect support from China (see H.R. 6816), H6984 [14DE]

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), H1251 [9MR]

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

Senate Rules: create point of order against spending that will increase inflation unless inflation is not greater than certain percentage (see H.R. 252), H150 [10JA]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 82), H236 [12JA]

Socialism: denounce (see H. Con. Res. 9), H324 [25JA]

States: prohibit from receiving or using funds or certain donations from private entities for administration of Federal election (see H.R. 2934), H2083 [27AP]

Supreme Court: constitutional amendment to require Supreme Court be composed of nine Justices (see H.J. Res. 8), H106 [9JA]

Taiwan: importance of unified transatlantic role in deterring Chinese Communist Party from disrupting peace and stability in Taiwan Strait (see H. Res. 352), H2175 [9MY]

——— resume normal diplomatic relations, negotiate bilateral free trade agreement, and support membership in international organizations (see H. Con. Res. 10), H324 [25JA]

Taxation: allow credit for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary students (see H.R. 531), H426 [26JA]

——— allow married couples to apply student loan interest deduction limitation separately to each spouse (see H.R. 5920), H4998 [11OC]

——— allow qualified distributions from health savings accounts for certain home care expenses (see H.R. 1795), H3145 [23JN]

——— exclude from gross income interest received on certain loans secured by agricultural real property (see H.R. 3139), H3953 [25JY]

——— exempt telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules (see H.R. 1843), H1696 [30MR]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for work opportunity credit (see H.R. 1277), H1047 [1MR]

——— 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]

——— permanently allow tax deduction at time investment in qualified property is made (see H.R. 2406), H4212 [29AU]

——— permanently extend new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2539), H2935 [14JN]

——— 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), H4147 [27JY]

——— permit 529 college savings program funds to be used for certain non-degree technical training certificate programs and apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 329), H232 [12JA]

——— prohibit seller of electric vehicle to be eligible for tax credit if vehicle is sold to Federal Government (see H.R. 326), H430 [26JA]

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

——— reduce tax credit for new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles by State subsidies for these vehicles (see H.R. 327), H430 [26JA]

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

——— restore deduction for research and experimental expenditures (see H.R. 2673), H2314 [11MY]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1582), H2129 [2MY]

——— treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see H.R. 700), H2961 [15JN]

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. 211), H105 [9JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: disapprove rule relative to endangered and threatened wildlife status for lesser prairie-chicken (see H.J. Res. 29), H737 [7FE]

U.S. Foundation for International Conservation: establish (see H.R. 6727), H7000 [19DE]

Veterans Day: observance (see H. Res. 859), H5669 [9NO]

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

Western National Historic Trail: designate (H.R. 2512) (see H.R. 247), H325 [25JA]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: require affirmative consent from governing body of certain Indian Tribes for jurisdiction to be conferred to Kansas for offenses committed on reservations (see H.R. 1552), H1278 [10MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: restore and standardize work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1550), H1278 [10MR]

Dept. of State: establish International Children With Disabilities Protection Program (see H.R. 5847), H4909 [29SE]

Dept. of the Interior: designate Quindaro Townsite National Historic Landmark (see H.R. 5878), H4985 [3OC]

FCC: require telecommunications carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (see H.R. 6823), H6984 [14DE]

Medicaid: implement minimum work requirement for able-bodied adults (see H.R. 1551), H1278 [10MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: require providers of services and health maintenance organizations establish policies on do-not-resuscitate orders or similar physician’s orders for unemancipated minors receiving services (see H.R. 6344), H5668 [9NO]

Motor vehicles: support continued inclusion of AM radios in automobiles (see H. Res. 465), H2741 [5JN]

Taxation: improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts (see H.R. 2959), H2084 [27AP]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Crime: require affirmative consent from governing body of certain Indian Tribes for jurisdiction to be conferred to Kansas for offenses committed on reservations (H.R. 1552), H1280 [10MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: restore and standardize work requirements for able-bodied adults enrolled in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 1550), H1280 [10MR]

Dept. of State: establish International Children With Disabilities Protection Program (H.R. 5847), H4911 [29SE]

Dept. of the Interior: designate Quindaro Townsite National Historic Landmark (H.R. 5878), H4986 [3OC]

FCC: require telecommunications carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (H.R. 6823), H6987 [14DE]

Medicaid: implement minimum work requirement for able-bodied adults (H.R. 1551), H1280 [10MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: require providers of services and health maintenance organizations establish policies on do-not-resuscitate orders or similar physician’s orders for unemancipated minors receiving services (H.R. 6344), H5670 [9NO]

Taxation: improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts (H.R. 2959), H2087 [27AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1467 [28MR]

Remarks

Chase County, KS: anniversary of Chase County Courthouse, H4411 [20SE]

China: U.S. policy, H4411 [20SE]

Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party (House, Select): tribute, H4411 [20SE]

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: tribute, H4411 [20SE]

Power resources: increase energy production, exports, infrastructure, and critical minerals processing, promote transparency, accountability, and permitting, and improve water quality certification (H.R. 1), H1505 [28MR]

West Mineral, KS: anniversary of Bucyrus-Erie 1850–B (Big Brutus) electric shovel, H4411 [20SE]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, H168 [11JA]

Tributes

Burleson, Marisa, E261• [27MR]

Straub, Monet, E849• [14SE]