McCAUL, MICHAEL T. (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees, H391 [24JA]

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H1595 [10AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: require strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign countries and nongovernmental organizations to Taliban (see H.R. 260), H88 [9JA]

Africa: establish comprehensive initiative to build capacity of young leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa (see H.R. 4332), H3198 [10JY]

Agent Raul H. Gonzalez, Jr., Memorial Post Office, McAllen, TX: designate (see H.R. 1986), H1065 [10MR]

Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge: rename as Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge (see H.R. 3179), H1853 [5MY]

Armed Forces: making continuing appropriations for military pay (see H.R. 5401), H4534 [10OC]

——— tribute to service members killed during evacuation of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan (see H.J. Res. 116), H3718 [29AU]

Arms Export Control Act: modify certain provisions relative to Australia, United Kingdom, U.S. Security Treaty (AUKUS Treaty) defense trade cooperation (see H.R. 3068), H1727 [29AP]

Burma: provide protection, support, and humanitarian assistance to Rohingya refugees and internally displaced people as well as promote accountability and path out of genocide and crimes against humanity for Rohingya (see H.R. 4140), H2969 [25JN]

Chief Zeb Smith Post Office, Fritch, TX: designate (see H.R. 282), H89 [9JA]

China: impose sanctions on certain persons and prohibit and require notifications relative to certain investments by U.S. persons in China (see H.R. 2246), H1187 [21MR]

——— state U.S. policy relative to religious freedom (see H.R. 5838), H4557 [28OC]

Coast Guard: tribute to Air Station Corpus Christi and crew of CG–6553 for heroic efforts and courageous response to catastrophic flooding across central Texas (see H. Res. 618), H3663 [29JY]

Coastal zones: extend U.S. customs waters (see H.R. 1268), H675 [12FE]

Committee To Defeat the Mexican Drug Cartels (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 262), H1337 [27MR]

Cooper Dawson Post Office Building, Greenville, TX: designate (see H.R. 1025), H503 [5FE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Office of Civic Bridgebuilding (see H.R. 4329), H4312 [15SE]

Corporate Transparency Act: repeal (see H.R. 425), H3704 [19AU]

Crime: increase punishment for certain offenses involving children (see H.R. 4472), H3367 [16JY]

——— provide for detention, inadmissibility, and removal of aliens who commit sexual assault (see H.R. 134), H32 [3JA]

Cuba: prohibit removal from list of state sponsors of terrorism until certain conditions are satisfied (see H.R. 450), H184 [15JA]

Cybersecurity Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5079), H3756 [2SE]

Defense Health Agency: conduct study on prevalence and mortality of cancer among military rotary wing pilots and aviation support personnel (see H.R. 4704), H3644 [23JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish New World screwworm fly rearing facility (see H.R. 3392), H2050 [14MY]

——— study and report on strategies to combat New World screwworm and enhance U.S. preparedness and response capabilities against potential outbreaks (see H.R. 3806), H2532 [6JN]

Dept. of Commerce: increase civil penalties that may be imposed under Export Control Reform Act (see H.R. 5853), H4558 [28OC]

Dept. of Defense: establish National Security and Defense Artificial Intelligence Institute (see H.R. 5466), H4453 [18SE]

Dept. of Education: conduct study on Holocaust educational efforts in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 768), H402 [28JA]

——— restore exemption of family farms and small businesses from definition of assets relative to Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) (see H.R. 1131), H584 [7FE]

Dept. of Energy: address effect of litigation on applications to export liquefied natural gas (see H.R. 3592), H2890 [23JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize dedicated transnational repression office to analyze and monitor transnational repression and related terrorism threats and require actions to prevent such repression (see H.R. 2158), H1161 [14MR]

——— conduct annual assessments on terrorism threats to U.S. relative to malicious use of unmanned aircraft systems by covered foreign adversaries, including terrorist organizations (see H.R. 6846), H6113 [18DE]

——— continue to implement Migrant Protection Protocols (see H.R. 273), H89 [9JA]

——— establish Federal Clearinghouse on Safety and Best Practices for Nonprofit Organizations, Faith-based Organizations, and Houses of Worship (see H.R. 5645), H5114 [9DE]

——— establish U.S. Customs and Border Protection pilot program to adopt dogs from local animal shelters to be trained as therapy dogs (see H.R. 3965), H2819 [12JN]

——— publicize U.S. Customs and Border Protection operational statistics and report on foreign terrorist organizations (see H.R. 1079), H554 [6FE]

——— require border threat assessment on criminal gang Tren de Aragua and associated strategic plan (see H.R. 4070), H2887 [23JN]

——— take into custody aliens who have been charged in U.S. with theft (see H.R. 29), H28 [3JA]

Dept. of Justice: establish Animal Cruelty Crimes Section within Environment and Natural Resources Division (see H.R. 1477), H1174 [18MR]

——— establish appropriate penalties for obstruction of justice by picketing or parading in or near court buildings or residences of judges, jurors, witnesses, or other court officers (see H.R. 2724), H1505 [8AP]

——— temporarily provide additional deposits into Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 909), H615 [10FE]

Dept. of State: establish domestic protection mission relative to unmanned aircraft system and unmanned aircraft (see H.R. 1386), H714 [14FE]

——— establish Pacific Counternarcotics Initiative to assist certain countries with counterdrug interdiction efforts (see H.R. 4955), H4512 [30SE]

——— express urgent need to appoint Special Envoy for Sudan to address ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis and advance U.S. national security interests (see H. Res. 479), H2506 [5JN]

——— modify responsibilities of Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts (see H.R. 4995), H3702 [19AU]

——— monitor Arctic Region, promote U.S. interests in region, and combat Russian, Chinese, and other foreign malign influence (see H.R. 2000), H1564 [9AP]

——— provide authority to enhance security assistance with countries engaged in regional security cooperation efforts in Middle East and North Africa (see H.R. 4335), H3198 [10JY]

——— provide for economic affairs authorities of Dept. (see H.R. 5248), H4365 [16SE]

——— report to Congress on ties between criminal gangs and political and economic elites in Haiti and impose sanctions on political and economic elites involved in such criminal activities (see H.R. 2643), H1417 [3AP]

——— require sports diplomacy strategy to strategically leverage major sporting events being hosted in U.S. in next decade to enhance U.S. soft power, diplomatic relationships, and global leadership (see H.R. 5021), H3706 [22AU]

Dept. of the Interior: provide funding for National Law Enforcement Museum community outreach, public education, and officer safety and wellness programs (see H.R. 309), H712 [13FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for certain fee agreements for services rendered in preparation, presentation, and prosecution of initial claims and supplemental claims for benefits (see H.R. 3132), H4995 [2DE]

——— award grants to nonprofit organizations to assist such organizations in carrying out programs to provide service dogs to eligible veterans (see H.R. 2605), H4503 [26SE]

——— direct physician or nurse practitioner employed by Dept., to certify death of veteran not later than 48 hours after learning of such death (see H.R. 4398), H5811 [11DE]

Depts. of Defense and State: monitor efforts by China to build or buy strategic foreign ports (see H.R. 1701), H1153 [11MR]

Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice: develop database of sanctuary jurisdictions and prohibit Federal funds from being obligated or expended relative to such jurisdictions (see H.R. 5005), H3703 [19AU]

——— establish State Border Security Reinforcement Fund and State Criminal Alien Prosecution and Detention Fund to reimburse States and local agencies for border security costs (see H.R. 3464), H2103 [15MY]

DIPG Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 419), H2104 [15MY]

Employment: require any applicant for Federal grant to certify they are not in violation of section of Immigration and Nationality Act relative to unlawful employment of aliens (see H.R. 245), H87 [9JA]

Export Control Reform Act: modify certain definitions (see H.R. 6331), H4965 [1DE]

Federal-State relations: provide that sanctuary jurisdictions that provide benefits to aliens in U.S. unlawfully are ineligible for Federal funds intended to benefit such aliens (see H.R. 32), H28 [3JA]

Feulner, Edwin J.: tribute (see H. Res. 614), H3656 [25JY]

Foreign aid: limit funds to U.N. and other organizations that provide any status, rights, or privileges beyond observer status to PLO (see H.R. 3208), H1879 [6MY]

Foreign policy: make improvements to trilateral security partnership between Australia, United Kingdom, and U.S. (see H.R. 5013), H3706 [22AU]

Foreign trade: restrict export of U.S. intellectual property and sensitive information relative to synthetic biology to foreign entities of concern (see H.R. 6624), H5807 [11DE]

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. 1919), H1036 [6MR]

General Bernie Mittemeyer VA Clinic, Lubbock, TX: designate (see H.R. 255), H2508 [5JN]

Global Fragility Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3005), H1623 [24AP]

Hinduism: recognize holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 824), H4548 [21OC]

Immigration: prohibit officers, officials, representatives, spokespersons, and members of, and individuals who endorse or espouse activities of, terrorist organizations from entering or remaining in U.S. (see H.R. 3926), H2654 [11JN]

——— recognize State sovereign power to repel invasion and defend citizenry from overwhelming and imminent danger posed by paramilitary, narco-terrorist cartels at southern border (see H. Res. 50), H221 [16JA]

International Criminal Court: impose sanctions against if engaged in any effort to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute any protected person of U.S. and its allies (see H.R. 23), H27 [3JA]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 925), H5026 [3DE]

——— impose sanctions on persons engaged in logistical transactions and sanctions evasion relating to oil, gas, liquefied natural gas, and related petrochemical products from Iran (see H.R. 1422), H1376 [31MR]

——— provide congressional review of actions to terminate or waive imposed sanctions (see H.R. 2012), H1066 [10MR]

Jimmy Lai Day: observance (see H. Res. 930), H5051 [4DE]

Jones, James Earl: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1933), H1603 [10AP]

Kirk, Charlie: tribute (see H. Res. 719), H4458 [18SE]

Korean War: anniversary of Battle of the Chosin Reservoir (see H. Res. 912), H5563 [10DE]

Law enforcement: authorize use of FBI criminal history record information for administration of interstate compacts (see H.R. 2332), H1272 [25MR]

Mayor Jerry H. Hodge Post Office Building, Amarillo, TX: designate (see H.R. 4677), H3643 [23JY]

Medicaid: prohibit States from making medical assistance available to certain individuals (see H.R. 584), H1173 [18MR]

Medicare: provide coverage of multi-cancer early detection screening tests (see H.R. 842), H2420 [3JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of services furnished by freestanding emergency centers (see H.R. 3134), H3202 [10JY]

Middle East: impose sanctions on Popular Resistance Committees and other associated entities (see H.R. 2346), H1273 [25MR]

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: study prevalence and mortality of cancer among individuals who served as active duty aircrew in Armed Forces (see H.R. 530), H724 [18FE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: issue rule requiring access to AM broadcast stations in motor vehicles (see H.R. 979), H724 [18FE]

National Police Week: observance (see H. Res. 421), H2104 [15MY]

New York, NY: mint coins in commemoration of 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on U.S. and support programs at National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center (see H.R. 1993), H4518 [3OC]

Olympic Games: award Congressional Gold Medals to members of 1980 U.S. Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Team in recognition of their extraordinary achievement at Winter Olympics in historic ‘‘Miracle on Ice’’ (see H.R. 452), H1011 [5MR]

Pope Leo XIV: tribute (see H. Res. 412), H2052 [14MY]

Radio: oppose new fees, taxes, royalties, or charges on local, over the air, radio stations (see H. Con. Res. 12), H731 [21FE]

Russia: impose sanctions and other measures if Russia refuses to negotiate peace agreement with Ukraine, violates any such agreement, or initiates another military invasion of Ukraine (see H.R. 2548), H1626 [24AP]

San Jacinto Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 343), H1626 [24AP]

Serbia: end impunity of persons responsible for Serbian sexual war crimes during Kosovo War and bring to justice persons responsible for rape of Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman (see H. Con. Res. 26), H2378 [29MY]

Smithsonian Institution: permit American Women’s History Museum to be located within National Mall Reserve (see H.R. 1329), H1881 [6MY]

Social Security: streamline enrollment process for eligible out-of-State providers under Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (see H.R. 1509), H921 [27FE]

Socialism: denounce (see H. Con. Res. 58), H4553 [24OC]

State Justice Institute: establish State Judicial Threat Intelligence and Resource Center (see H.R. 4602), H3552 [22JY]

States: authorize States to place temporary structures on certain Federal land to secure U.S. international border (see H.R. 534), H220 [16JA]

Taxation: add qualified semiconductor design expenditures to advanced manufacturing investment credit (see H.R. 802), H404 [28JA]

——— make permanent deduction for qualified business income (see H.R. 703), H386 [23JA]

——— provide tax credit to encourage replacement or modernization of inefficient, outdated freight railcars (see H.R. 1200), H1911 [7MY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1301), H706 [13FE]

——— treat certain postsecondary credentialing expenses as qualified higher education expenses for purposes of 529 accounts (see H.R. 1151), H1948 [9MY]

Texas: express condolences and support for victims of, commend first responders and volunteers for response to, and commit to stand with those impacted by, severe flooding (see H. Res. 782), H4509 [30SE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1144), H584 [7FE] (see H.R. 2796), H1562 [9AP] (see H.R. 2961), H1612 [17AP]

Trump, President: commend for redesignating Nigeria as country of particular concern due to engagement in, and tolerance of, systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom (see H. Res. 860), H4588 [7NO]

——— condemn assassination attempts in Butler, PA, and West Palm Beach, FL, honor victims of shooting and first responders for response, and call on citizens to unite against political violence (see H. Res. 571), H3247 [14JY]

United Kingdom: recognize self determination of Gibraltar to determine its status as British Overseas Territory (see H. Res. 952), H5942 [16DE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 2102), H1159 [14MR]

——— honor military service, sacrifices, and contributions of veterans from Texas (see H. Res. 863), H4585 [7NO]

Voting: require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 22), H27 [3JA]

Yemen: impose sanctions on Houthis for attacks on international shipping (see H.R. 2052), H1149 [11MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Courts: clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California (see H.R. 625), H299 [22JA]

FDA: establish additional authorities regarding conduct of pediatric investigations of molecularly targeted drugs to treat cancer (see H.R. 1262), H675 [12FE]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 371), H1810 [1MY]

Russia: call for return of abducted Ukrainian children before finalizing any peace agreement to end war against Ukraine (see H. Res. 564), H3036 [30JN]

Tibet: commemorate birthday of Dalai Lama and express support for human rights, religious freedom, and cultural and linguistic protection of Tibetan people (see H. Res. 515), H2826 [13JN]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Courts: clarify where court may be held for certain district courts in Texas and California (H.R. 625), H300 [22JA]

FDA: establish additional authorities regarding conduct of pediatric investigations of molecularly targeted drugs to treat cancer (H.R. 1262), H678 [12FE]

Letters

Artificial intelligence (AI) transfer to foreign entities: by, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), S3339 [11JN]

Remarks

Bastrop, TX: Bastrop Chamber of Commerce recipient of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Five-Star Accreditation, E1071• [17NO]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: John Templeton Foundation Templeton Prize recipient, E858• [16SE]

FDA: establish additional authorities regarding conduct of pediatric investigations of molecularly targeted drugs to treat cancer (H.R. 1262), H4934 [1DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H4934 [1DE]

Tributes

Harlan, Denice, E870• [17SE]

Sharp, John, E565• [12JN]