HAYES, JAHANA (a Representative from Connecticut)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for economic assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 7206), H1349 [22JA]

Animal Welfare Act: expand and improve Attorney General enforcement capabilities relative to seizure and removal of abused animals (see H.R. 3112), H2221 [12FE]

Animals: provide for humane treatment of dogs (see H.R. 2253), H2221 [12FE]

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see H.R. 6391), H2221 [12FE]

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

Business and industry: prohibit employers from terminating employee group health plan coverage while employer is engaged in lock-out or employee is engaged in lawful strike (see H.R. 3532), H2297 [24FE]

CDC: reauthorize and expand WISEWOMAN program (see H.R. 7417), H2259 [23FE]

Clemente, Roberto: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 1787), H1949 [2FE]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 1542), H2333 [26FE]

Correctional institutions: improve recruitment and retention of Federal correctional officers (see H.R. 7033), H2033 [4FE]

Crime: allow use of certain grant funds to investigate elder financial fraud, ‘‘pig butchering’’ scams, and general financial fraud, and clarify that Federal law enforcement may assist in use of certain tracing tools (see H.R. 2978), H2259 [23FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: eliminate reduced price breakfasts and lunches, require income guidelines for determining eligibility for free meals, and base such eligibility on certain percentage of poverty-level (see H.R. 2680), H253 [8JA]

——— expand national organic certification cost-share program into comprehensive organic program (see H.R. 7318), H2477 [9MR]

——— extend eligibility of new moms for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) (see H.R. 8055), H2675 [24MR]

——— improve Child and Adult Care Food Program (see H.R. 2818), H253 [8JA]

——— increase reimbursements under Child and Adult Care Food Program (see H.R. 2859), H253 [8JA]

——— repeal work requirements that disqualify able-bodied adults from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 7522), H2217 [12FE]

——— transition Puerto Rico to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5168), H2259 [23FE]

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. 5476), H2221 [12FE]

——— eliminate tuition at public colleges and universities, increase Pell Grant amounts, establish inclusive student success grants, and invest in low-income students and minority-serving institutions (see H.R. 3543), H253 [8JA]

——— ensure that graduate and professional students have same annual and aggregate limits for Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans (see H.R. 6574), H2188 [11FE]

——— ensure that paraprofessionals and education support staff are paid living wage (see H.R. 7032), H717 [13JA]

——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see H.R. 7340), H2029 [4FE]

——— reverse reductions in Federal loan availability for graduate and professional students (see H.R. 6677), H2221 [12FE]

——— support preparation and retention of outstanding educators in all fields to ensure bright future for children in under-resourced and under-served communities (see H.R. 7883), H2476 [9MR]

Dept. of HHS: carry out National Headache Disorders Initiative and establish Advisory Council on Headache Disorders Research, Care, and Services (see H.R. 5536), H2221 [12FE]

——— conduct public health education, awareness, and outreach campaign to enhance access to abortion and related health services (see H.R. 2497), H2623 [19MR]

——— dedicate sufficient resources for support of LGBTQ+ youth seeking help from 9-8-8 suicide prevention hotline (see H.R. 5434), H2033 [4FE]

——— ensure that Federally-qualified health centers are not required to pay more than 340B ceiling price for covered outpatient drugs at time of purchase (see H.R. 7391), H2330 [25FE]

——— improve data collection on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (see H.R. 8080), H2710 [25MR]

——— increase access to mental health, substance use, and counseling services for first responders (see H.R. 6601), H2623 [19MR]

——— provide grants and guidance to grow and diversify perinatal workforce (see H.R. 8089), H2710 [25MR]

——— support State-based maternal mortality review committees and disseminate best practices on maternal mortality prevention to hospitals, State-based professional societies, and perinatal quality collaboratives (see H.R. 1909), H2622 [19MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 7481), H2531 [16MR]

——— remove U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding allocated in One Big Beautiful Bill Act (see H.R. 7346), H2029 [4FE]

——— require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to perform initial health screening on detainees (see H.R. 7335), H2033 [4FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish grant program to establish prison libraries to reduce recidivism and increase educational opportunities for incarcerated persons (see H.R. 7247), H2677 [24MR]

——— establish Reentry Rental Assistance and Housing Services Grant Program (see H.R. 7057), H1352 [22JA]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that certain caregiving employees are no longer exempted from overtime and minimum wage protections (see H.R. 7917), H2623 [19MR]

Dept. of State: transmit certain documents to House of Representatives relative to administration’s stance on Greenland (see H. Res. 1001), H893 [14JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct review of deaths of certain veterans who committed suicide (see H.R. 6858), H2712 [25MR]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see H.J. Res. 144), H2623 [19MR]

——— provide annual increase in stipend for books, supplies, equipment, and other educational costs under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 1965), H2677 [24MR]

Education: strengthen and expand adult education programs (see H.R. 2789), H2032 [4FE]

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]

——— clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment age discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 3522), H2330 [25FE]

FDA: protect individuals’ ability to access approved medications and protect health care providers’ ability to provide such medications (see H.R. 4525), H2623 [19MR]

——— specify that hair straightening or smoothing products containing formaldehyde or formaldehyde releasing substances will be considered adulterated (see H.R. 7685), H2327 [25FE]

Federal agencies and departments: improve access to Federal services by individuals with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 7223), H2120 [10FE]

——— require agencies that use, fund, or oversee algorithms to have office of civil rights focused on bias, discrimination, and other harms of algorithms (see H.R. 7110), H1352 [22JA]

FERC: hold technical conference on protecting residential ratepayers from increased costs associated with large loads (see H.R. 6529), H253 [8JA]

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]

——— make it unlawful to sell firearms without promoting safe storage, disseminate safe storage best practices, create grants for safe storage device distribution, and allow tax credit for such device sales (see H.R. 4487), H253 [8JA]

——— require serialization of firearms produced through additive manufacturing and of unserialized firearms possessed by federally licensed firearms dealers and gunsmiths and establish penalties for violations (see H.R. 8059), H2675 [24MR]

Foreign aid: ensure sufficient food assistance for civilian population of Gaza (see H.R. 7565), H2219 [12FE]

Foreign trade: prohibit imposition of additional tariffs on agricultural inputs imported from countries to which U.S. has extended normal trade relations (see H.R. 7716), H2328 [25FE]

FTC: establish protections for individual rights relative to computational algorithms (see H.R. 6356), H253 [8JA]

History: recognize historical significance of slave ship Clotilda, condemn U.S. role in Atlantic slave trade, and acknowledge lasting impact on African Americans (see H. Res. 1086), H2332 [26FE]

House Rules: require that individual elected by special election shall have oath of office administered and be seated not later than five legislative days after special election results are certified (see H.R. 7101), H919 [15JA]

Immigration: exempt unaccompanied alien children from certain fees tied to humanitarian protection, cancel funding for body examinations of children in custody, and prohibit sharing of sponsor information (see H.R. 6389), H136 [7JA]

——— repeal provision to require certain State and local law enforcement cooperation relative to communication on citizenship or immigration status (see H.R. 7252), H2033 [4FE]

Insurance: provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services relative to congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 3277), H2598 [18MR]

——— require group health plans and health insurance issuers providing coverage for mental health and substance use disorder services to eliminate cost-sharing from pregnancy diagnosis to 1-year postpartum (see H.R. 7227), H2623 [19MR]

International Year of the Woman Farmer: designate (see H. Res. 1027), H1921 [30JA]

Iran: express support for Iranian people protesting for free and democratic Iran and condemn use of violence to suppress protests (see H. Res. 993), H895 [14JA]

IRS: codify Direct File program (see H.R. 7806), H2420 [4MR]

Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.: fly U.S. flag at half-staff in honor of memory (see H. Res. 1107), H2471 [5MR]

——— tribute (see H. Res. 1106), H2420 [4MR]

Medicare: coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 4231), H2221 [12FE]

——— provide hereditary cancer genetic testing for individuals with family history of gene mutation and coverage of certain cancer screenings or preventive surgeries to reduce risk of developing preventable cancer (see H.R. 4752), H2623 [19MR]

——— require hospitals to develop discharge plans for pregnant individuals (see H.R. 7830), H2623 [19MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: require certain long-term care facilities to permit essential caregivers access during any period in which regular visitation is restricted (see H.R. 6766), H895 [14JA]

Middle East: prevent violence in West Bank and impose sanctions on any foreign person endangering U.S. national security and undermining prospects for two-state solution by committing illegal violent acts (see H.R. 3045), H1977 [3FE]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 1047), H2095 [9FE]

National Museum of African American History and Culture: support African American history education programs (see H.R. 7740), H2332 [26FE]

Noem, Sec. of Homeland Security: impeachment (see H. Res. 996), H1916 [27JA]

Older Americans Act: recognize value of nutrition program in addressing hunger, malnutrition, and isolation, and improving health and quality of life for millions of seniors each year (see H. Res. 1002), H1352 [22JA]

OMB: review and make certain revisions to Standard Occupational Classification System (see H.R. 637), H135 [7JA]

One Big Beautiful Bill Act: restore certain energy-related provisions as in effect prior to enactment (see H.R. 5862), H136 [7JA]

Passports: authorize certain public libraries to collect and retain fee for execution of passport application (see H.R. 6997), H2330 [25FE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 7802), H2598 [18MR]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1197), H2677 [24MR]

SBA: require training on increasing contract awards to small business concerns owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 865), H2677 [24MR]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with young-onset Alzheimer’s (see H.R. 6799), H2033 [4FE]

Taxation: establish refundable tax credit for residential energy expenditures (see H.R. 6758), H1950 [2FE]

Transgender Bill of Rights: develop and implement to protect and codify rights of transgender and nonbinary people under law and ensure access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security (see H. Res. 1058), H2221 [12FE]

Trump, President: condemn pardons for individuals found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police officers (see H. Res. 116), H136 [7JA]

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]

Women: end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and close disparities in maternal health outcomes (see H.R. 7973), H2595 [18MR] (see H.R. 8074), H2710 [25MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: provide grants to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings (see H.R. 7497), H2185 [11FE]

Dept. of HHS: address social determinants of maternal health to eliminate maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities (see H.R. 8008), H2620 [19MR]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Children and youth: provide grants to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings (H.R. 7497), H2187 [11FE]

Dept. of HHS: address social determinants of maternal health to eliminate maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities (H.R. 8008), H2622 [19MR]

Remarks

Dept. of Education: Individuals With Disabilities Education Act funding, H698, H699, H700, H701, H702, H704 [13JA]

Dept. of HHS: provide for grant program to support access to free eye care services for students attending public elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3541), H703 [13JA]

Tributes

Reid-Coleman, Joyce, H109 [7JA]