SMITH, TINA (a Senator from Minnesota)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4016), S116 [8JA]

Dept. of HUD: expand low-income housing tax credit, provide tenant support through expanded rental assistance, combat homelessness, and prohibit discrimination based on income and limited English proficiency (H.R. 6644), S894 [5MR], S939 [9MR]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), S222 [14JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Amor, Nicole M.: tribute (see S. Res. 648), S1091 [17MR]

Black History Month: observance (see S. Res. 615), S681 [25FE]

Campbell, Ben Nighthorse: tribute (see S. Res. 585), S257 [15JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to Capitol personnel on anniversary of January 6, 2021, attack on U.S. Capitol (see S. Res. 574), S50 [6JA]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 617), S707 [26FE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: reduce excessive credit card late fees (see S. 3660), S379 [29JA]

Courts: include Tribal courts as courts of competent jurisdiction relative to access to electronic evidence for criminal investigations (see S. 1574), S732 [2MR]

Credit: extend consumer protections relative to interest rates and credit limits provided to Armed Forces members to all consumers (see S. 3793), S509 [5FE]

Cryptocurrency: prohibit bailouts of digital asset market participant (see S. 4157), S1367 [19MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize Tribal meat inspection by Tribal personnel (see S. 3994), S802 [4MR]

——— expand national organic certification cost-share program into comprehensive organic program (see S. 3717), S344 [28JA]

Dept. of Commerce: require establishment and use of short form applications for rural communities applying for economic development grant programs (see S. 3965), S762 [3MR]

Dept. of Education: provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see S. 3777), S489 [4FE]

——— provide students with disabilities and their families with access to critical information needed to select right college and succeed once enrolled (see S. 3589), S89 [7JA]

——— require local educational agencies to include mental health and suicide prevention information on student identification cards (see S. 4061), S1009 [11MR]

——— reverse reductions in Federal loan availability for graduate and professional students (see S. 4039), S958 [10MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require all Federal law enforcement officers engaged in or supporting immigration enforcement or related activities to wear and operate body camera to ensure transparency and accountability (see S. 3699), S290 [27JA]

Dept. of the Interior: assist Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations with protection, conservation, and fostering of buffalo herds and habitat on Indian lands (see S. 3478), S682 [25FE]

——— study feasibility of constructing project to supply municipal, rural, and industrial water to expand capacity and reach of Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, Inc., in Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota (see S. 3725), S652 [24FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: require Sec. of the Treasury testify before Congress (see S. 3940), S706 [26FE]

Dept. of Transportation: authorize urbanized area formula grants for service improvement and safety and security enhancement (see S. 3455), S732 [2MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see S.J. Res. 103), S442 [2FE]

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 S. 3869), S609 [12FE]

FDA: provide for regulation of cannabis and cannabinoid products (see S. 3474), S162 [13JA]

FDIC: clarify authority to claw back certain compensation paid to executives of failed banks (see S. 4050), S1009 [11MR]

FERC: promote creation of data center load queues and data center-specific rate classes to mitigate impact of data centers on other electricity consumers (see S. 3682), S257 [15JA]

Financial institutions: provide requirements for bulk auction or group sale of certain non-performing loans (see S. 3753), S419 [30JA]

Government: prohibit from attacking individuals and organizations for their political speech or participation (see S. 3646), S220 [14JA]

Housing: ensure that federally-backed financing for construction, rehabilitation, or purchase of manufactured home communities is available only if owner has implemented minimum consumer protections in lease agreements (see S. 1194), S553 [10FE]

——— impose tax on purchase of single-family homes by certain large investors (see S. 3754), S419 [30JA]

Insurance: provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services relative to congenital anomaly or birth defect (see S. 1677), S763 [3MR]

International Year of the Woman Farmer: designate (see S. Res. 592), S377 [29JA]

IRS: codify Direct File program (see S. 3948), S706 [26FE]

Medicare: eliminate 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services (see S. 4076), S1046 [12MR]

——— expand scope of practitioners eligible for payment for telehealth services (see S. 3834), S577 [11FE]

——— provide coverage of ambulance services that do not include transportation (see S. 3730), S377 [29JA]

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 S. 2667), S471 [3FE]

Motor vehicles: ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide choices for maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles (see S. 1379), S707 [26FE]

National CACFP Week: designate (see S. Res. 656), S1517 [22MR]

National FFA Week: designate (see S. Res. 622), S707 [26FE]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see S. Res. 600), S510 [5FE]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 596), S489 [4FE]

National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 601), S510 [5FE]

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see S. Res. 653), S1368 [19MR]

Native Americans: recognize heritage, culture, and contributions of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian women in U.S. (see S. Res. 650), S1205 [18MR]

Olympic Games: mint coins in commemoration of 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, CA, and 2034 Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, UT (see S. 2265), S1206 [18MR]

——— tribute to U.S. Olympic Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Teams (see S. Res. 623), S707 [26FE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see S. 3991), S802 [4MR]

Proprietary Education Interagency Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 4056), S1009 [11MR]

SSI: update eligibility (see S. 4001), S881 [5MR]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see S. 4109), S1090 [17MR]

Taxation: deny interest and depreciation deductions for certain taxpayers (see S. 3904), S650 [24FE]

——— exempt qualified student loan bonds from volume cap and alternative minimum tax (see S. 3761), S733 [2MR]

——— impose windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and rebate tax collected back to individual taxpayers (see S. 4111), S1090 [17MR]

——— modify railroad track maintenance credit (see S. 1532), S916 [9MR]

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 S. Con. Res. 25), S221 [14JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: require Economic Research Service to conduct research on consolidation and concentration in livestock industry (see S. 4168), S1580 [24MR]

Dept. of Education: support preparation and retention of outstanding educators in all fields to ensure bright future for children in under-resourced and under-served communities (see S. 4025), S915 [9MR]

Dept. of HHS: improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see S. 3990), S802 [4MR]

——— improve data collection on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (see S. 4187), S1614 [25MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish Climate Financial Risk Committee and Climate Financial Risk Advisory Committee on Financial Stability Oversight Council (see S. 3711), S344 [28JA]

Dept. of Transportation: increase Federal operating share for rural transit (see S. 3978), S762 [3MR]

Cloture motions

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access (S. 1383), S1466 [21MR]

——— establish Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access (S. 1383), House amendment, S1348 [19MR]

Remarks

Dept. of Homeland Security: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding, S319 [28JA]

Dept. of HUD: expand low-income housing tax credit, provide tenant support through expanded rental assistance, combat homelessness, and prohibit discrimination based on income and limited English proficiency (H.R. 6644), S999 [11MR]

Depts. of Defense, Education, Homeland Security, HHS, HUD, Labor, and Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 7148), motion to proceed, S319 [28JA]

Minneapolis, MN: shooting of Alex Pretti by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, S319 [28JA]

——— shooting of Renee N. Good by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, S319 [28JA]

Trump, President: deployment of Federal agents and/or military personnel to conduct law enforcement operations in U.S. cities, S319 [28JA]

——— evaluation of administration relative to immigration, S319 [28JA]