BENTZ, CLIFF (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments

Dept. of Agriculture: reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 7567), H3269 [29AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H3532 [14MY]

——— improve provision of care and services under Veterans Community Care Program (see H.R. 740), H2477 [9MR]

Health: modernize prescription verification process for contact lenses and clarify consumer protections regarding false advertising of contact lenses (see H.R. 4282), H2778 [26MR]

Kay Hagan Tick Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4348), H3629 [19MY]

Medicare: apply improved prompt payment requirements to Medicare Advantage organizations (see H.R. 5454), H3671 [20MY]

——— create Radiation Oncology Case Rate Value Based Payment Program exempt from budget neutrality adjustment rule and create exception for discounted transportation for patients to receive radiation therapy services (see H.R. 2120), H2097 [9FE]

——— ensure prompt coverage of breakthrough devices (see H.R. 5343), H894 [14JA]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist-administered tests for common respiratory illnesses, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), strep throat, and coronavirus (see H.R. 3164), H2962 [16AP]

——— provide for coverage of blood-based screening tests for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 6130), H4118 [15JN]

——— provide long-term stability for beneficiary access to clinical diagnostic lab tests by improving accuracy of, and feasibility of data collection for, private payor-based fee schedule payment rates for such tests (see H.R. 5269), H2259 [23FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: ensure appropriate approval for certain skilled nursing facility and nursing facility nursing aide training and competency evaluation programs (see H.R. 7096), H3395 [12MY]

Members of Congress: prohibit stock puchases by Members, their spouses, or their dependent children and require notice of stock sales (see H.R. 7008), H1173 [21JA]

National FFA Week: designate (see H. Res. 1073), H2258 [23FE]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in America’s Legacy Restoration Fund to address public lands maintenance backlog (see H.R. 9250), H4085 [10JN]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 8092), H2775 [26MR]

Oregon: tribute to Olympics and Paralympics participants (see H. Res. 1169), H2886 [14AP]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with metastatic breast cancer (see H.R. 2048), H2259 [23FE]

Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5160), H3125 [27AP]

Taxation: exclude qualified wildfire relief payments from gross income (see H.R. 7825), H2470 [5MR]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 2398), H2484 [12MR]

Voting: prohibit use of Federal funds for administration of elections for Federal office in States that permit ballot harvesting (see H.R. 7356), H2030 [4FE]

Women: improve obstetric emergency care (see H.R. 1254), H3532 [14MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to individuals and communities who volunteered or donated items to North Platte Canteen in North Platte, NE (see H.R. 1502), H3735 [26MY]

——— 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), H3741 [29MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: ensure meaningful consultation and cooperation between Federal and local entities in operation of Federal water projects in Reclamation States (see H.R. 8259), H2885 [14AP]

Crook County, OR: grant right-of-way for construction of new road in Juniper Canyon (see H.R. 8958), H3722 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: adjust compensation of Administrator of Bonneville Power Administration (see H.R. 8132), H2789 [27MR]

Endangered Species Act: limit application relative to certain actions under national flood insurance program (see H.R. 7862), H2475 [9MR]

Lumber industry: amend legislation commonly referred to as ‘‘O&C Act’’ relative to timber production (see H.R. 7603), H2233 [20FE]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Bureau of Reclamation: ensure meaningful consultation and cooperation between Federal and local entities in operation of Federal water projects in Reclamation States (H.R. 8259), H2886 [14AP]

Crook County, OR: grant right-of-way for construction of new road in Juniper Canyon (H.R. 8958), H3725 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: adjust compensation of Administrator of Bonneville Power Administration (H.R. 8132), H2790 [27MR]

Endangered Species Act: limit application relative to certain actions under national flood insurance program (H.R. 7862), H2476 [9MR]

Lumber industry: amend legislation commonly referred to as ‘‘O&C Act’’ relative to timber production (H.R. 7603), H2234 [20FE]

Remarks

Dept. of Agriculture: modify definition of renewable biomass under renewable fuel program to include low-value forest materials and mill residuals for biofuels, H3269, H3270 [29AP]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 7567), H3269, H3270 [29AP]

Tributes

LaMalfa, Doug, H236 [8JA]