CASTRO, JOAQUIN (a Representative from Texas)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities against Venezuela (see H. Con. Res. 68), H253 [8JA]

Azerbaijan: provide for review of sanctions (see H.R. 5369), H1352 [22JA]

Brazil: terminate national emergency declared to impose duties on articles imported from Brazil (see H.J. Res. 147), H1948 [2FE]

Courts: provide civil remedy for individual whose rights have been violated by person acting under Federal authority (see H.R. 6091), H1352 [22JA]

Dept. of Defense: certify that Azerbaijan has taken certain meaningful steps relative to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh region (see H.R. 6840), H1352 [22JA]

Dept. of Education: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1810), H1949 [2FE]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 5486), H2033 [4FE]

Dept. of HHS: conduct research to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth from child abuse and neglect, include such demographics in child abuse reports, and train personnel on meeting needs of such youth (see H.R. 3757), H2032 [4FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide civil remedy for any individual whose rights have been violated by officer or agent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 7297), H1921 [30JA]

Dept. of Justice: establish Office of the National Coordinator To Counter Antisemitism (see H.R. 6806), H2259 [23FE]

Dept. of Labor: create annual restrictions on H–2A temporary worker program (see H.R. 7541), H2218 [12FE]

Dept. of State: call for accountability for killing of civilians in attack in Gaza City on January 29, 2024, by Israel Defense Forces and report to Congress on such attack, including use of U.S.-supplied weapons and training (see H.R. 7903), H2481 [12MR]

Employment: allow employees to earn paid sick time to address their health needs, health needs of their families, or to seek assistance relative to domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault (see H.R. 7531), H2217 [12FE]

EPA: promulgate certain limitations relative to pre-production plastic pellet pollution (see H.R. 7543), H2552 [17MR]

Families and domestic relations: establish and expand child care programs for parents who work nontraditional hours (see H.R. 7498), H2334 [26FE]

Firearms: issue extreme risk protection orders to allow family or law enforcement to petition to have firearms temporarily removed from person who may present danger to others or themselves (see H.R. 7599), H2228 [17FE]

Foreign policy: prohibit action to, or use of Federal funds to, invade NATO countries and territories (see H.R. 7016), H655 [12JA]

Foreign Service: mint coin in recognition of anniversary (see H.R. 6126), H2297 [24FE]

GAO: conduct audit of U.S. and Venezuela energy deal (see H.R. 7819), H2470 [5MR]

——— submit report on effects of AID stop work order, discontinuation of services, and shuttering of AID (see H.R. 7271), H1915 [27JA]

Investments: prohibit stock trading and ownership by Members of Congress, President, Vice President, and their spouses and dependents (see H.R. 6731), H2330 [25FE]

Israel: prohibit use of U.S.-origin defense articles in West Bank and Gaza unless certain conditions are met (see H.R. 7645), H2257 [23FE]

Library of Congress: carry out activities to support Armenian Genocide education programs (see H.R. 2585), H1352 [22JA]

Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5309), H2033 [4FE]

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), H2477 [9MR]

Noem, Sec. of Homeland Security: impeachment (see H. Res. 996), H925 [16JA]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 7802), H2419 [4MR]

Power resources: promote U.S. and allied energy and mineral security (see H.R. 7037), H717 [13JA]

Texas: interconnect Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., to its neighbors (see H.R. 7728), H2332 [26FE]

Tucson, AZ: anniversary of shootings at ‘‘Congress on Your Corner’’ event and honor survivors, victims, including former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords for her work to end gun violence (see H. Con. Res. 69), H252 [8JA]

Venezuela: prohibit availability of Federal funds for certain U.S. assertions relative to Venezuela (see H.R. 6980), H251 [8JA]

Women: end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and close disparities in maternal health outcomes (see H.R. 7973), H2595 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: prohibit funding to use in or against Mexico (see H.R. 7059), H892 [14JA]

Dept. of State: establish Initiative on Foreign Investment Screening (see H.R. 7675), H2326 [25FE]

Rodriguez, Cristina M.: tribute (see H. Res. 1012), H1172 [21JA]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Armed Forces: prohibit funding to use in or against Mexico (H.R. 7059), H894 [14JA]

Dept. of State: establish Initiative on Foreign Investment Screening (H.R. 7675), H2329 [25FE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities against Iran (H. Con. Res. 38), H2407 [4MR]

——— remove from unauthorized hostilities against Venezuela (H. Con. Res. 68), H1322 [22JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, H2019 [4FE]

Iran: reaffirm as largest state sponsor of terrorism (H. Res. 1099), E193• [5MR]

Tariff: terminate national emergency declared by President to institute tariffs relative to influx of illegal aliens and illicit drugs from Canada (H.J. Res. 72), H2159 [11FE]

Trump, President: deployment of Federal agents and/or military personnel to conduct law enforcement operations in U.S. cities, H2019 [4FE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to Iran, H2407 [4MR]

——— evaluation of administration relative to tariffs, H2159 [11FE]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, H1993 [4FE]

Tributes

Coronado, Gil, E148• [20FE]

Griffin, Doris, E54• [20JA]