STRONG, DALE W. (a Representative from Alabama)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 3838), H4208 [10SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3944, Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H4258 [11SE]

Congressional-Executive Commission on China, H3195 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H297 [22JA]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 722), H394 [24JA]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise proper degree of care in cases of children who survive abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 21), H50 [6JA]

Armed Forces: making continuing appropriations for military pay (see H.R. 5401), H4362 [16SE]

Army: anniversary (see H. Res. 483), H2534 [6JN]

Bureau of Prisons: develop and implement strategy to interdict fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in mail at Federal correctional facilities (see H.R. 1046), H3369 [16JY]

Business and industry: preserve franchise business model (see H.R. 5267), H5811 [11DE]

Constitution Day: observance (see H. Res. 729), H4410 [17SE]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality toward labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 2126), H1160 [14MR]

Corporate Transparency Act: repeal (see H.R. 425), H558 [6FE]

Crime: combat organized crime involving illegal acquisition of retail goods and cargo to sell such illegally obtained goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (see H.R. 2853), H1856 [5MY]

——— reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relative to claims for Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 1732), H916 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: require Risk Management Agency to carry out research and development relative to winter canola (see H.R. 2858), H1598 [10AP]

Dept. of Defense: carry out pilot program to assist certain members of Armed Forces and dependents with additional supplemental coverage relative to cancer (see H.R. 3148), H1809 [1MY]

——— enhance bilateral defense cooperation with Israel (see H.R. 1229), H947 [3MR]

——— prohibit participation of males in athletic programs or activities at military service academies that are designated for women or girls (see H.R. 3917), H3555 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to assist rural hospitals (see H.R. 3063), H3369 [16JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: 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]

——— establish funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have relationship with Confucius Institutes (see H.R. 881), H431 [31JA]

——— provide for education and training programs and resources of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (see H.R. 1000), H502 [5FE]

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

Dept. of Justice: allow use of grants under Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to combat sex trafficking (see H.R. 520), H219 [16JA]

——— assert jurisdiction over murders committed by certain inadmissible or deportable aliens (see H.R. 3294), H1943 [8MY]

——— temporarily provide additional deposits into Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 909), H712 [13FE]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for benefit of Poarch Band of Creek Indians (see H.R. 4147), H2969 [25JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: place foreign telecommunications companies engaged in economic or industrial espionage on Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List (see H.R. 1795), H944 [3MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: award grants to nonprofit organizations to assist such organizations in carrying out programs to provide service dogs to eligible veterans (see H.R. 2605), H4412 [17SE]

——— 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), H3314 [15JY]

——— improve provision of care and services under Veterans Community Care Program (see H.R. 740), H3037 [30JN]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 1772), H943 [3MR]

FCC: modify penalties for violations of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (see H.R. 6449), H5049 [4DE]

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. 685), H385 [23JA]

Federal agencies and departments: eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and funding for agencies, contractors, organizations receiving grants, and educational accreditation agencies (see H.R. 925), H456 [4FE]

——— prohibit from entering into contracts with entity that discriminates against firearm or ammunition industries (see H.R. 45), H94 [9JA]

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. 987), H615 [10FE]

——— prohibit payment card networks and covered entities from requiring use of or assigning merchant category codes distinguishing firearms retailer from general-merchandise or sporting-goods retailer (see H.R. 1181), H947 [3MR]

Firearms: discontinue collection by Federal Government of firearm transaction records of discontinued firearms businesses and require destruction of such collected records (see H.R. 563), H231 [20JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 38), H28 [3JA]

——— remove silencers from definition of firearms relative to taxation, registration, and transfer laws (see H.R. 404), H646 [11FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 101), H2826 [13JN]

Foreign countries: take measures for property nationalized or expropriated by foreign governments and include expropriation of U.S. persons’ assets in acts, policies, and practices that are unreasonable or discriminatory (see H.R. 4577), H3526 [21JY]

Foreign trade: facilitate administration and enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 1548), H3693 [12AU]

——— increase civil penalties for, and improve enforcement relative to, customs fraud (see H.R. 1284), H921 [27FE]

Housing: remove requirement on lessors to provide thirty day notice to vacate (see H.R. 1078), H2470 [4JN]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in U.S. who are nationals and citizens of U.S. at birth (see H.R. 569), H256 [21JA]

——— make changes related to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce number of such immigrants (see H.R. 2705), H4166 [9SE]

Kirk, Charlie: tribute (see H. Res. 719), H4363 [16SE]

Labor unions: protect free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1232), H674 [12FE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 12), H49 [6JA]

Memorial Day: observance (see H. Res. 444), H2368 [23MY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 855), H4588 [7NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 855), H4588 [7NO]

National Police Week: observance (see H. Res. 421), H2363 [21MY]

National School Choice Week: designate (see H. Res. 63), H387 [23JA]

NSF: improve Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service Program (see H.R. 494), H218 [16JA]

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), H1153 [11MR]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: restore benefits guaranteed in certain pension plans for retirees following company bankruptcy (see H.R. 1357), H4412 [17SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding (see H.R. 599), H297 [22JA]

Roads and highways: criminalize intentional destruction of roadways on Interstate Highway System (see H.R. 1057), H679 [12FE]

Ships and vessels: support U.S. national defense and economic security by supporting U.S. vessels, ports, and shipyards and U.S. maritime workforce (see H.R. 3151), H1809 [1MY]

Socialism: denounce (see H. Con. Res. 58), H4707 [17NO]

Talladega National Forest: modify boundaries (see H.R. 2740), H1564 [9AP]

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

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

——— repeal income tax, abolish IRS, and institute national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H28 [3JA]

Time: make daylight savings time permanent (see H.R. 139), H94 [9JA]

TSA: update security screening requirements for certain covered air carrier operations (see H.R. 2353), H4543 [17OC]

Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Post Office, Tuskegee, AL: designate (see H.R. 6006), H4590 [10NO]

U.S.: mint and issue $2.50 numismatic coins and $2.50 circulating coins in commemoration of semiquincentennial anniversary of establishment (see H.R. 5616), H4568 [31OC]

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]

Volkert, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 330), H1600 [10AP]

Voting: require proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 22), H435 [31JA]

Wildfires: make immune from liability any manufacturer of critical infrastructure for claims resulting from wildfire incidents (see H.R. 4194), H4529 [8OC]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to 761st Tank Battalion in recognition of their crucial role in Allied forces success in Europe and example they set as first Black armored unit (see H.R. 1628), H5113 [9DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air Force: anniversary of announcement of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL, as preferred location for U.S. Space Command Headquarters (see H. Res. 37), H111 [13JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit foreign nationals associated with certain foreign governments from purchase or lease of agricultural land in U.S. and from participating in any agricultural programs for farmers (see H.R. 1438), H722 [18FE]

Dept. of Education: require recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and display of American Flag in certain federally funded elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1351), H709 [13FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to U.S. by Chinese Communist Party (see H.R. 708), H386 [23JA]

——— improve biodetection functions (see H.R. 706), H386 [23JA]

——— safeguard research and development from unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, sensitive information in research and development acquisitions (see H.R. 901), H432 [31JA]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to States, local government, and Tribal governments for creation and operation of veterans response teams within law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 3312), H1944 [8MY]

Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice: establish counter-UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) training and standards for training individuals seeking to operate detection and mitigation systems, equipment, or technology (see H.R. 709), H387 [23JA]

FAA: modify authority for space transportation infrastructure modernization grants (see H.R. 5447), H4410 [17SE]

Immigration: make voting in Federal election by unlawfully present alien aggravated felony (see H.R. 707), H386 [23JA]

Marshall Space Flight Center: anniversary (see H. Res. 560), H3033 [27JN]

National Public Radio: eliminate taxpayer funding (see H.R. 1146), H584 [7FE]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit foreign nationals associated with certain foreign governments from purchase or lease of agricultural land in U.S. and from participating in any agricultural programs for farmers (H.R. 1438), H724 [18FE]

Dept. of Education: require recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and display of American Flag in certain federally funded elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 1351), H712 [13FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to U.S. by Chinese Communist Party (H.R. 708), H389 [23JA]

——— improve biodetection functions (H.R. 706), H389 [23JA]

——— safeguard research and development from unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, sensitive information in research and development acquisitions (H.R. 901), H434 [31JA]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to States, local government, and Tribal governments for creation and operation of veterans response teams within law enforcement agencies (H.R. 3312), H1945 [8MY]

Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice: establish counter-UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) training and standards for training individuals seeking to operate detection and mitigation systems, equipment, or technology (H.R. 709), H389 [23JA]

FAA: modify authority for space transportation infrastructure modernization grants (H.R. 5447), H4411 [17SE]

Immigration: make voting in Federal election by unlawfully present alien aggravated felony (H.R. 707), H389 [23JA]

National Public Radio: eliminate taxpayer funding (H.R. 1146), H586 [7FE]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H65 [9JA], H617 [11FE], H1857 [6MY]

Remarks

Air Force: selection of Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL, as preferred location for U.S. Space Command Headquarters, H4418 [18SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish working group relating to countering terrorist, cybersecurity, border and port security, and transportation security threats posed to U.S. by Chinese Communist Party (H.R. 708), H1050 [10MR]

——— improve biodetection functions (H.R. 706), H1047 [10MR]

——— safeguard research and development from unauthorized access to, or disclosure of, sensitive information in research and development acquisitions (H.R. 901), H1051 [10MR]

Huntsville, AL: anniversary of Redstone Arsenal Prototype Integration Facility, H2458 [4JN]

National Police Week: observance, H2066 [15MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5001 [3DE]

Tributes

Cook, David, E1166• [9DE]

McCrary, John R., H2066 [15MY]

Moore, Kevin, H559 [7FE]

Rasch, Robert A., Jr., H4417 [18SE]