DEATH AND DYING

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase dollar amounts for payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 6047), consideration (H. Res. 1300), H3642 [20MY]

Law enforcement officers: revise administrative procedures relating to public safety officers’ death benefits (S. 3897), S4549, S4550, S4585 [7AU]

Articles and editorials

Congress Is Debating the Details. Our Military Families Are Living the Consequences, H3701 [21MY]

Losing My Dad While the Knicks Win, S4235 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity payable upon death of servicemember and provide for annual cost-of-living adjustments to such death gratuity (see S. 4807), S2893 [17JN] (see H.R. 7932), H2483 [12MR]

——— require report and briefing on impact of military sexual trauma and intimate partner violence on suicidal ideation and suicide for servicemembers and veterans (see S. 4871), S3058 [23JN]

Capital punishment: prohibit imposition for any violation of Federal law (see S. 4608), S2416 [20MY] (see H.R. 8940), H3669 [20MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (see H. Con. Res. 73), H1976 [3FE]

CFTC: prohibit event contracts based on terrorism, assassination, war, gaming, illegal activity, or other activities contrary to public interest, and allow States to exempt themselves from prohibition on gaming contracts (see H.R. 7840), H2471 [5MR]

——— prohibit listing of contracts relating to war, death, and similar activities (see S. 4035), S958 [10MR] (see H.R. 7942), H2529 [16MR]

Courts: create private right of action to hold private detention centers liable for wrongful death of any person being held in such centers (see H.R. 9883), H5176 [22JY]

Crime: revise applicable standards relative to death resulting from deprivation of rights under color of law (see H.R. 7290), H1921 [30JA]

Day of Remembrance and Commitment to Maternal Health Equity: observance (see H. Res. 1163), H2830 [9AP]

Dept. of Defense: ensure transparency and integrity of casualty accounting and benefits and awards for military and civilian personnel during military operations (see S. 5300), S4514 [6AU]

Dept. of Education: promote comprehensive college campus mental health and suicide prevention plans (see S. 4843), S2935 [18JN] (see H.R. 8978), H3723 [21MY]

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]

——— award grants to establish or expand programs to implement evidence-aligned practices in health care settings to reduce suicide rates of covered individuals (see S. 4210), S1614 [25MR] (see H.R. 8070), H2710 [25MR]

——— carry out demonstration programs to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based strategies to prevent suicide among children and adolescents (see H.R. 8989), H3723 [21MY]

——— conduct study on feasibility of developing accurate and reliable standardized test for detecting tuberculosis in tissue from human cadaver (see H.R. 9561), H4364 [30JN]

——— conduct study on suicide risk factors faced by construction workers (see S. 5327), S4515 [6AU]

——— convene task force to develop strategies and coordinate efforts to eliminate preventable maternal mortality (see S. 4149), S1367 [19MR]

——— end preventable maternal mortality, severe maternal morbidity, and maternal health disparities in U.S. (see S. 5283), S4514 [6AU]

——— enhance outreach to first responders in implementation of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program (see H.R. 8367), H2994 [20AP]

——— enhance programs for youth suicide prevention and intervention (see H.R. 8657), H3336 [4MY]

——— establish interagency working group on peer-to-peer behavioral health programs for law enforcement officers and first responders (see H.R. 8493), H3091 [23AP]

——— improve data collection on maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity (see S. 4187), S1614 [25MR] (see H.R. 8080), H2710 [25MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize deployment and assistance of U.S. Customs and Border Protection relative to investigations of certain violent acts, shootings, and mass killings (see H.R. 7098), H919 [15JA]

——— notify Congress of any serious injury or death of any individual while in custody (see H.R. 9113), H3774 [2JN]

Dept. of Justice: make grants to establish national training and technical assistance center to provide for ongoing promotion and adoption of lethality assessment programs to reduce domestic violence-related homicides (see H.R. 7494), H2185 [11FE]

——— simplify claim process for beneficiaries of public safety officers who die from heart attack or stroke to receive payment through Public Safety Office Benefit Program (see H.R. 9845), H5174 [22JY]

Dept. of State: require report on investigation into death of Shireen Abu Akleh (see H.R. 7281), H1920 [30JA]

Dept. of the Interior: provide funding for National Law Enforcement Museum community outreach, public education, and officer safety and wellness programs (see S. 3719), S344 [28JA]

Dept. of Transportation: enhance underride protection on trailers, semitrailers, and single unit trucks and improve motor carrier, passenger motor vehicle, and vulnerable road user safety (see S. 3775), S489 [4FE] (see H.R. 7354), H2030 [4FE]

——— issue guidance regarding State projects to reduce trespassing fatalities (see H.R. 7358), H2030 [4FE]

——— promulgate Federal motor vehicle safety standard to reduce injury and death occurring to children and others, including vulnerable road users and pets, during low-speed incidents (see S. 4936), S3202 [24JN]

——— reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050 (see S. Res. 753), S2444 [21MY] (see H. Res. 1316), H3724 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out program to award grants for development of predictive models to evaluate risk factors that contribute to incidence of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 8486), H3091 [23AP]

——— codify National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report and study effects of Chaplain Service on risk of suicide among veterans (see H.R. 9376), H4125 [18JN]

——— establish centralized portal for storage of information on unclaimed remains of veterans (see H.R. 9006), H3724 [21MY]

——— establish list of covered providers that complete annual training on prevention of suicide among veterans and make such list available to veterans (see H.R. 8793), H3452 [13MY]

——— establish new national cemetery in Hawaii (see S. 3613), S130 [12JA]

——— extend burial benefits for certain veterans who die in hospice care (see S. 3898), S650 [24FE]

——— increase burial and funeral expenses in cases of death from service-connected disability (see S. 4108), S1090 [17MR] (see H.R. 9055), H3739 [29MY]

——— increase dollar amounts for payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 6047), consideration (see H. Res. 1300), H3625 [19MY]

——— make certain spouses eligible for services under disabled veterans’ outreach program (see S. 5014), S4137 [16JY]

——— notify Congress of any suicide or attempted suicide of veteran in facility of Dept. or Community Care provider (see H.R. 9018), H3730 [22MY]

——— provide burial allowance for certain veterans who die at home while in receipt of hospice care (see H.R. 7199), H1349 [22JA]

——— report annually to Congress on National Cemetery Administration (see H.R. 7260), H1914 [27JA]

——— standardize payment of burial and funeral expenses and plot allowances for deceased veterans (see H.R. 6943), H11 [6JA]

Dept of HHS: modify mental health and substance use disorder services grants for students in higher education and National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program to address youth suicide prevention and intervention (see S. 5305), S4514 [6AU]

Disabled: allow disabled individuals with terminal illnesses to receive disability insurance benefits without waiting period and prohibit concurrent receipt of disability benefits and unemployment insurance (see S. 3648), S256 [15JA] (see H.R. 7104), H919 [15JA]

District of Columbia: prohibit Council of the District of Columbia from enacting any law to permit euthanasia and assisted suicide (see H.R. 7196), H1349 [22JA]

——— treat domestic partnership as marriage for Federal survivor benefits for police officer, firefighter, or teacher and adopt Federal age limit for surviving spouse to remarry without benefits loss (see H.R. 9654), H4407 [13JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of death of son or daughter (see H.R. 8207), H2824 [6AP]

Federal firefighters: include Parkinson’s disease in list of illnesses and diseases deemed to be proximately caused by employment in fire protection activities (see S. 4658), S2496 [2JN]

Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 846), S4564 [7AU]

Flags: designate Freedom Flag as official symbol of remembrance for September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 9522), H4316 [29JN]

Gold Star Father’s Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H5213 [3AU]

Happy Land Social Club Fire Day of Remembrance: designate (see H. Res. 1123), H2597 [18MR]

Health: improve end-of-life care and establish guidelines for advance care planning (see S. 5219), S4407 [3AU] (see H.R. 10013), H5212 [3AU]

Health care facilities: require hospitals and freestanding birth centers to notify each mother of miscarried fetus of her rights relative to such fetus (see S. 4507), S2277 [13MY] (see H.R. 8784), H3452 [13MY]

Heroism: establish medal of sacrifice for law enforcement officers and first responders killed in line of duty (see S. 3765), S470 [3FE]

Iran: condemn for violent repression of peaceful protesters, documented pattern of human rights abuses, and sponsorship of extremist militant groups across Middle East (see H. Res. 1031), H1949 [2FE]

Law enforcement officers: revise administrative procedures relating to public safety officers’ death benefits (see S. 3897), S650 [24FE] (see H.R. 7718), H2328 [25FE]

Medicaid: repeal requirement that States establish Medicaid Estate Recovery Program and limit circumstances in which State may place lien on Medicaid beneficiary’s property (see H.R. 6951), H12 [6JA]

Medicare: ensure integrity of Medicare-furnished hospice care (see S. 4118), S1090 [17MR] (see H.R. 7966), H2550 [17MR]

——— provide for additional oversight of hospice programs and home health agencies (see H.R. 8883), H3626 [19MY]

Memorial Day: observance (see H. Res. 1320), H3730 [22MY]

Missouri: honor lives of fallen Missouri police officers and express condolences to their families (see S. Res. 630), S958 [10MR]

National Extreme Heat Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1361), H4111 [11JN]

National Naloxone Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 770), S2784 [15JN]

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 S. 3735), S377 [29JA] (see H.R. 7251), H1914 [27JA]

New York, NY: recognize victims of Happy Land Social Club fire in Bronx, NY, on March 25, 1990 (see H. Res. 1123), H2597 [18MR]

NIH: provide research on, and services for, individuals with clinical mental health complications following pregnancy loss (see H.R. 9065), H3739 [29MY]

OSHA: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose violations of workplace safety regulations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide safe worksite (see S. 4413), S2080 [28AP]

Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day: designate (see S. Res. 761), S2698 [9JN]

Social Security: provide for phased-in payment of disability insurance payments during waiting period for individuals with terminal illness (see S. 4255), S1669 [26MR]

SSA: request President furnish information to House of Representatives relative to Dept. of Government Efficiency access to and usage of NUMIDENT and other personally identifiable information in SSA possession (see H. Res. 1241), H3331 [30AP]

States: prevent premature seizure of individual’s securities, digital assets, or investment accounts in custody of financial institution under State escheatment laws (see H.R. 8338), H2959 [16AP]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: establish grant program to support models for providing stabilization services to individuals with serious thoughts of suicide (see H.R. 8124), H2776 [26MR]

Taxation: extend time period for contribution of military death benefits to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 9489), H4262 [25JN]

——— give individuals with deceased spouses same exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence as is allowed to married couples, regardless of how much time has passed since such death (see H.R. 7349), H2029 [4FE]

——— increase estate, gift, and generation-skipping taxes on certain wealthy estates and deposit such revenues in Social Security Trust Fund (see S. 4196), S1614 [25MR]

——— provide tax relief relative to public safety officers’ death benefits (see S. 4497), S2236 [12MY] (see H.R. 9308), H4111 [11JN]

——— provide tax relief to families of public safety officers who died as result of injuries sustained in line of duty (see S. 4510), S2277 [13MY]

Wildfires: honor lives and service of wildland firefighters killed in line of duty and all those who risk their lives during wildfire season to protect communities (see S. Res. 844), S4564 [7AU] (see H. Res. 1446), H5176 [22JY]

Women: end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and close disparities in maternal health outcomes (see S. 4195), S1614 [25MR] (see H.R. 7973), H2595 [18MR] (see H.R. 8074), H2710 [25MR]

Cost Estimates

Medal of Sacrifice Act (H.R. 3497): CBO, H1927 [2FE]

Letters

Veterans Benefits Expansion Act: John B. Hashem, Reserve Organization of America, Paul K. Hopper, Marine Corps Reserve Association, and John D. Gipe, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., H3702 [21MY]

——— several organizations, H3701 [21MY]

Lists

Names of veterans added to Clarence, NY, Veteran’s Memorial honor wall, E477 [21MY]

Proclamations

Memorial Day observance: Representative Joe Wilson, E467 [19MY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: tribute to women who have died due to loss of access to abortion care services, H4228 [24JN]

Armed Forces: honor memory and sacrifice of servicemembers killed during military operations against Iran, H5182 [23JY]

——— honor memory and sacrifice of servicemembers killed during military operations against Iran and express condolences to family members, H3681 [21MY]

Capital punishment: provide additional aggravating factors for imposition of death penalty relative to killing law enforcement officers or first responders (H.R. 378), H3518 [14MY], E424 [11MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Con. Res. 73), H2651, H2652 [24MR]

CFTC: prohibit event contracts based on terrorism, assassination, war, gaming, illegal activity, or other activities contrary to public interest, and allow States to exempt themselves from prohibition on gaming contracts (H.R. 7840), H2588 [18MR]

Crime: make coercion of children to commit harm criminal offense (H.R. 6732), H632–H634 [12JA]

——— revise applicable standards relative to death resulting from deprivation of rights under color of law (H.R. 7290), H1989 [4FE]

Dept. of Defense: require briefing on B–52 test mission crash at Edwards AFB, CA, H5055 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: enhance outreach to first responders in implementation of National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program (H.R. 8367), H3446 [13MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged with crime that resulted in death or serious injury of another person, H2173 [11FE]

Dept. of State: require report on investigation into death of Shireen Abu Akleh (H.R. 7281), E85 [30JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase dollar amounts for payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, H4606, H4611 [16JY]

——— increase dollar amounts for payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 6047), H3683, H3699–H3707 [21MY]

——— increase dollar amounts for payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation (H.R. 6047), consideration (H. Res. 1300), H3632–H3642 [20MY]

——— make certain improvements to laws relating to payment of certain benefits that are affected by death (H.R. 3123), H1930–H1932 [2FE]

District of Columbia: treat domestic partnership as marriage for Federal survivor benefits for police officer, firefighter, or teacher and adopt Federal age limit for surviving spouse to remarry without benefits loss (H.R. 9654), E671 [13JY]

Federal employees: increase death gratuities and funeral allowances (H.R. 3317), H3119 [27AP]

Flags: designate Honor and Remember Flag as official symbol to recognize and honor Armed Forces members who died in line of duty, H3327 [30AP]

Health care facilities: require hospitals and freestanding birth centers to notify each mother of miscarried fetus of her rights relative to such fetus (H.R. 8784), H4233 [24JN]

Heroism: establish medal of sacrifice for law enforcement officers and first responders killed in line of duty (H.R. 3497), H1925–H1927 [2FE]

Holocaust Memorial Day: observance, E319, E322 [14AP]

Law enforcement: tribute to law enforcement officers killed in line of duty, H3379 [12MY]

Los Angeles, CA: address ongoing public health emergency caused by Lineage Logistics warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, H4194 [23JN]

Memorial Day: observance, H3673, H3676, H3677, H3681, H3683, H3716 [21MY], E464 [19MY], E477 [21MY]

Mental health: address suicide rate of veterans, H3685, H3689 [21MY]

NIH: authorize funding for Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Initiative (H.R. 6238), H4651, H4652 [20JY]

Puerto Rico: tribute to Armed Forces members killed in action, E464 [19MY]

Trump, President: deployment of Federal agents and/or military personnel to conduct law enforcement operations in U.S. cities, H2016–H2021 [4FE]

Women: end preventable maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity and close disparities in maternal health outcomes, H2988–H2993 [20AP]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: honor memory and sacrifice of servicemembers killed during military operations against Iran and express condolences to family members, S4200 [21JY]

Capital punishment: prohibit imposition for any violation of Federal law (S. 4608), S2417 [20MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Con. Res. 73), S2241 [12MY]

Dept. of HHS: implement measures to prevent improper payments to managed care organizations for deceased Medicaid enrollees, S185 [14JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase dollar amounts for payment of certain disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation, S4313 [29JY]

Dover AFB, DE: tribute to dignified transfer ceremony for fallen servicemembers, S907 [9MR], S1083 [17MR]

Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 846), S4553 [7AU]

Heroism: establish medal of sacrifice for law enforcement officers and first responders killed in line of duty (H.R. 3497), S2204 [11MY], S2314 [14MY]

Law enforcement officers: revise administrative procedures relating to public safety officers’ death benefits (S. 3897), S4549, S4550 [7AU]

LeRette Funeral Chapel Inc: tribute, S288 [27JA]

Memorial Day: observance, S2348 [19MY], S2394 [20MY], S2436, S2437 [21MY], S2485 [2JN]

Money: prohibit U.S. currency featuring likeness of living or sitting President (S. 3408), S4222, S4223 [22JY]

——— prohibit U.S. currency featuring likeness of living or sitting President (S. 3408), unanimous-consent request, S4223 [22JY]

National Naloxone Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 770), S2792 [15JN]

Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day: designate (S. Res. 761), S3024 [22JN]

Wildfires: honor lives and service of wildland firefighters killed in line of duty and all those who risk their lives during wildfire season to protect communities (S. Res. 844), S4553 [7AU]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 6047, Veterans Benefits Expansion Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1300) (H. Rept. 119–653), H3625 [19MY]

Medal of Sacrifice Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3497) (H. Rept. 119–466), H1914 [27JA]

NIH Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 6238) (H. Rept. 119–734), H4378 [9JY]

Public Safety Officers’ Benefit Program Expansion Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 3897), S2372 [19MY]

Use of Capitol Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 73) (H. Rept. 119–544), H2529 [16MR]

Veterans Benefits Expansion Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 6047) (H. Rept. 119–577), H2819 [2AP]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 73, use of Capitol Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition, H2651 [24MR]

H. Res. 1300, consideration of H.R. 6047, Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, H3632 [20MY]

H.R. 3497, Medal of Sacrifice Act, H1925 [2FE]

H.R. 6047, Veterans Benefits Expansion Act, H3699 [21MY]

H.R. 6238, NIH Implementing a Maternal Health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (NIH IMPROVE) Act, H4651 [20JY]

H.R. 6732, Coercion and Sexual Abuse Free Environment (CSAFE) Act, H632 [12JA]

S. 4608, Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act, S2418 [20MY]

S. Res. 630, honor lives of fallen Missouri police officers and express condolences to their families, S960 [10MR]

S. Res. 753, reduce traffic fatalities to zero by 2050, S2447 [21MY]

S. Res. 761, Social Media Harms Victim Remembrance Day, S2701 [9JN]

S. Res. 770, National Naloxone Awareness Day, S2791 [15JN]

S. Res. 844, honor lives and service of wildland firefighters killed in line of duty and all those who risk their lives during wildfire season to protect communities, S4569 [7AU]

S. Res. 846, Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, S4569 [7AU]