CLEAVER, EMANUEL (a Representative from Missouri)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: recognize and celebrate significance of Black history museums and cultural institutions (see H. Res. 1088), H2333 [26FE]

Animals: oppose use of onychectomy, also known as declawing, for elective surgery in cats (see H. Res. 985), H615 [9JA]

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities against Iran (see H. Con. Res. 38), H2259 [23FE]

——— remove from unauthorized hostilities against Venezuela (see H. Con. Res. 68), H616 [9JA]

Bureau of the Census and Dept. of Agriculture: maintain interagency food security measurement program to coordinate annual collection, analysis, and reporting of data on food insecurity and hunger (see H.R. 6252), H2778 [26MR]

Capital punishment: prohibit imposition for any violation of Federal law (see H.R. 8940), H3669 [20MY]

Census: require that individual incarcerated on date on which decennial census is taken shall be attributed to last place of residence prior to incarceration (see H.R. 7375), H2030 [4FE]

Chuck Stone Post Office, St. Louis, MO: designate (see H.R. 7746), H2485 [12MR]

Consumers: reinstate energy improvement tax credits, incentivize energy efficiency, assist low-income households with energy bills, crack down on price gouging, and ensure high-consumption facilities pay their own costs (see H.R. 7977), H2596 [18MR]

CPSC: remove exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from definition of ‘‘consumer product’’ in order to permit issuance of safety standards (see H.R. 7499), H2185 [11FE]

Crime: prohibit making of short-term, Buy Now, Pay Later loans for purchase of semiautomatic assault weapons (see H.R. 8694), H3340 [7MY]

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

——— permit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of items and increase amount of such benefits (see H.R. 2512), H3454 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: support States and high-need local educational agencies in increasing number of mental health services providers in schools (see H.R. 4253), H3093 [23AP]

Dept. of Energy: study and accelerate more productive use of U.S. energy resources (see H.R. 7606), H2233 [20FE]

——— study and modernize measurement and reporting of U.S. energy use (see H.R. 7607), H2233 [20FE]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H2040 [5FE]

——— establish and implement Perinatal Care Alternative Payment Model Demonstration Project (see H.R. 8907), H3627 [19MY]

——— establish grant program to protect vulnerable mothers and babies from climate change risks (see H.R. 8397), H3093 [23AP]

——— improve detection, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues among public safety officers (see H.R. 1902), H3093 [23AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 7481), H2677 [24MR]

——— prohibit obligation or expenditure of funds for television advertisements promoting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 7395), H2040 [5FE]

——— 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), H1975 [3FE]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit use of Federal funds to compensate individuals who were prosecuted for involvement in attack on U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 (see H.R. 7711), H3671 [20MY]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that certain caregiving employees are no longer exempted from overtime and minimum wage protections (see H.R. 7917), H2482 [12MR]

Dept. of the Interior: designate Quindaro Townsite National Historic Landmark (see H.R. 8276), H2885 [14AP]

——— establish Urban Bird Treaty Program (see H.R. 3276), H2677 [24MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 7128), H1352 [22JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see H.J. Res. 144), H2926 [15AP]

Earth Day: observance (see H. Res. 1208), H3067 [22AP]

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: establish low-income water assistance program (see H.R. 8254), H2834 [13AP]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 81), H2776 [26MR]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: make improvements (see H.R. 7333), H2259 [23FE]

Federal agencies and departments: conduct benefit-cost analysis on relocations involving movement of employment positions to different areas (see H.R. 2470), H2421 [4MR]

Federal employees: increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 7480), H2118 [10FE]

FEMA: condemn Federal workforce reductions that undermine preparedness, response, and recovery, and express concern relative to proposed future staffing cuts (see H. Res. 1035), H1976 [3FE]

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), H894 [14JA]

Firefighters: increase preparation of structural firefighters to assist in wildfire and wildland-urban interface fire response efforts and coordination of firefighting teams across all levels of government (see H.R. 4852), H3047 [21AP]

Foreign trade: call for trade policy that supports workers, consumers, independent farmers, small businesses, and environment (see H. Res. 1286), H3531 [14MY]

——— prohibit import of certain goods produced, sourced, made, or otherwise derived from deforestation and sale of such items in interstate commerce (see H.R. 8744), H3392 [12MY]

Government: prevent abuses of Presidential power, restore checks and balances and accountability and transparency, and defend elections against foreign interference (see H.R. 8831), H3530 [14MY]

Greensboro, NC: recognize significance of Greensboro Four Woolworth lunch counter sit-in (see H. Res. 1040), H2041 [5FE]

Haiti: protect rights of women and girls to ensure success for transition from crisis to stability, condemn failure to center women’s leadership and distinct needs, and call for urgent measures to secure human rights (see H. Res. 1018), H1350 [22JA]

Health: clarify that organ donation surgery qualifies as serious health condition under Family and Medical Leave Act (see H.R. 4582), H2778 [26MR]

——— prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see H.R. 4583), H2778 [26MR]

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]

International Transgender Day of Visibility: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 82), H2790 [27MR]

Investments: prohibit stock trading and ownership by Members of Congress, President, Vice President, and their spouses and dependents (see H.R. 6731), H13 [6JA]

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]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: honor Dr. King by celebrating diversity, promoting tolerance, and condemning hate (see H. Res. 1004), H920 [15JA]

Labor unions: accelerate workplace time-to-contract under National Labor Relations Act for new unions (see H.R. 5408), H3047 [21AP]

Medicaid: allow States to make medical assistance available to inmates during period preceding their release (see H.R. 2586), H1949 [2FE]

Medicare: establish definition of essential health system (see H.R. 7145), H3069 [22AP]

——— improve Medicare Advantage prior authorization process through common-sense transparency, electronic adoption, and analysis of items and services subject to prior authorization (see H.R. 3514), H1352 [22JA]

——— improve payment method and increase beneficiary access to oxygen and oxygen related equipment, supplies, and services (see H.R. 2902), H135 [7JA]

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), H2832 [9AP]

Money: ensure that U.S. currency is treated as legal tender to be accepted as payment for purchases of goods and services at U.S. brick-and-mortar businesses (see H.R. 1138), H3347 [11MY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1039), H2031 [4FE]

National Endowment for the Humanities: establish National Council on African American History and Culture (see H.R. 7549), H2218 [12FE]

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

National parks and recreation areas: prohibit use of image of living political figures on America the Beautiful—National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass (see H.R. 7251), H1914 [27JA]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 1254), H3337 [4MY]

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), H3133 [28AP]

Noem, Sec. of Homeland Security: impeachment (see H. Res. 996), H1923 [30JA]

Philadelphia, PA: recognize desegregation efforts at Girard College and leaders involved in African-American integration and civil rights expansion (see H. Res. 1071), H2258 [23FE]

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

Postal Service: require mail-in ballots to use barcode service (see H.R. 7265), H2552 [17MR]

——— submit report to Congress on mail and package delivery service performance in St. Louis, MO, region (see H.R. 8599), H3329 [30AP]

Social Security: eliminate waiting periods for disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage for individuals with young-onset Alzheimer’s (see H.R. 6799), H2422 [4MR]

Specialist Jeffrey L. White, Jr., Post Office, Pacific, MO: change address (see H.R. 8359), H2998 [20AP]

Tariff: eliminate authority to impose certain import surcharges to address balance of payments deficits (see H.R. 2459), H2370 [3MR]

Taxation: expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 3105), H1977 [3FE]

TSA: enhance security operations and stabilize transportation security workforce by applying unified personnel system to employees (see H.R. 2086), H3344 [7MY]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove withdrawal of rule entitled ‘‘Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Consumer Protections for Home Sales Financed Under Contracts for Deed’’ (see H.J. Res. 162), H3331 [30AP]

Correctional institutions: ensure incarcerated workers are paid Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 8002), H2620 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: increase civics education programs (see H.R. 8402), H3044 [21AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish grant program to establish prison libraries to reduce recidivism and increase educational opportunities for incarcerated persons (see H.R. 7247), H1914 [27JA]

——— establish pilot program to develop, expand, and maintain digital community resource guides to advance reentry efforts of individuals returning to their communities after incarceration (see H.R. 7309), H1948 [2FE]

——— require independent review process for prohibition of books at Bureau of Prisons facilities (see H.R. 8325), H2958 [16AP]

EPA: require potential threats to human health and environment relative to natural disasters and hazards due to climate change be incorporated into any plans to clean-up Superfund sites (see H.R. 8296), H2924 [15AP]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: disapprove withdrawal of rule entitled ‘‘Truth in Lending (Regulation Z); Consumer Protections for Home Sales Financed Under Contracts for Deed’’ (H.J. Res. 162), H3333 [30AP]

Correctional institutions: ensure incarcerated workers are paid Federal minimum wage (H.R. 8002), H2622 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: increase civics education programs (H.R. 8402), H3046 [21AP]

Dept. of Justice: establish grant program to establish prison libraries to reduce recidivism and increase educational opportunities for incarcerated persons (H.R. 7247), H1915 [27JA]

——— establish pilot program to develop, expand, and maintain digital community resource guides to advance reentry efforts of individuals returning to their communities after incarceration (H.R. 7309), H1949 [2FE]

——— require independent review process for prohibition of books at Bureau of Prisons facilities (H.R. 8325), H2960 [16AP]

EPA: require potential threats to human health and environment relative to natural disasters and hazards due to climate change be incorporated into any plans to clean-up Superfund sites (H.R. 8296), H2925 [15AP]

Remarks

Dept. of HUD: expand low-income housing tax credit, provide tenant support, combat homelessness, and prohibit discrimination based on income and limited English proficiency (H.R. 6644), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 1299), H3621 [19MY]

——— 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), H2071 [9FE]

Tributes

Brooks, Alvin, H2373 [4MR]

Iseman, Charles, E439• [13MY]

Kitchen, Alice, E15• [8JA]

Purefoy, Nathaniel (Rex), E175• [3MR]