NEWHOUSE, DAN (a Representative from Washington)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 8800), H5067 [22JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit discrimination by abortion against unborn children on basis of Turner syndrome (see H.R. 7177), H1171 [21JA]
America 250 flag: recognize as official flag of U.S. semiquincentennial and authorize to be flown alongside Star Spangled Banner and POW/MIA flags worldwide over Government buildings, embassies, and official U.S. locations (see H. Res. 1314), H3724 [21MY]
American Grown Flower and Foliage Month: designate (see H. Res. 1459), H5203 [27JY]
BLM: codify categorical exclusion proposed in National Environmental Policy Act implementing procedures relative to timber salvage harvesting to address tree density (see H.R. 8688), H3340 [7MY]
Business and industry: preserve franchise business model (see H.R. 5267), H2677 [24MR]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: require Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test comprehensive alternative response for emergencies model to support treatment-in-place services for seniors (see H.R. 2538), H2825 [6AP]
China: authorize sanctions relating to production and distribution of illicit synthetic narcotics (see H.R. 10138), H5251 [24AU]
Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: provide greater jurisdiction over land purchases, impose guards against foreign adversary purchases of land near sensitive sites, and expand definition of sensitive sites (see H.R. 8700), H3341 [7MY]
Crime: combat organized crime involving illegal acquisition of retail goods and cargo to sell such illegally obtained goods through physical and online retail marketplaces (see H.R. 2853), H656 [12JA]
Dept. of Commerce: require license for export, reexport, or in-country transfer of certain integrated circuits (see H.R. 6875), H1352 [22JA]
Dept. of Education: amend definition of professional student (see H.R. 8691), H3629 [19MY]
——— provide for freedom of association protections on college campuses (see H.R. 2555), H3551 [15MY]
Dept. of Energy: adjust compensation of Administrator of Bonneville Power Administration (see H.R. 8132), H3126 [27AP]
——— provide technology grants to strengthen domestic mining education (see H.R. 2457), H2032 [4FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: require updates to northern border threat analysis and northern border strategy (see H.R. 5517), H2033 [4FE]
Dept. of Justice: establish grants to combat opioid trafficking (see H.R. 8818), H3530 [14MY]
——— provide for inclusion of information related to developmental disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia, in alerts issued through Ashanti Alert communications network (see H.R. 9118), H4683 [20JY]
Dept. of State: modify duties of Special Presidential Envoy for the Abraham Accords, Negev Forum, and Related Normalization Agreements (see H.R. 9147), H3909 [4JN]
Dept. of the Interior: assist Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations with protection, conservation, and fostering of buffalo herds and habitat on Indian lands (see H.R. 7954), H2550 [17MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve benefits for veterans and administration of Dept. (see H.R. 9237), H4247 [24JN]
Distracted Driving Awareness Month: observance (see H. Res. 1194), H3134 [28AP]
Families and domestic relations: improve research and data collection on stillbirths (see H.R. 5469), H2097 [9FE]
FERC: modernize hydropower licensing process (see H.R. 9337), H4124 [18JN]
Granger, Kay: tribute (see H. Res. 1481), H5235 [13AU]
Immigration: modernize process for admission of H–2A workers (see H.R. 9535), H4362 [30JN]
Insurance: require group health plans to provide exceptions process for any medication step therapy protocol (see H.R. 5509), H2926 [15AP]
International Year of the Woman Farmer: designate (see H. Res. 1027), H1921 [30JA]
Law enforcement: recognize contributions and sacrifices officers make to protect and serve communities (see H. Con. Res. 96), H3396 [12MY]
Medicare: expand access to telehealth services (see H.R. 4206), H4318 [29JN]
——— improve payment method and increase beneficiary access to oxygen and oxygen related equipment, supplies, and services (see H.R. 2902), H2835 [13AP]
Mental Health Awareness in Agriculture Day: designate (see H. Res. 1301), H3627 [19MY]
National FFA Week: designate (see H. Res. 1073), H2258 [23FE]
National Lineman Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 1199), H3134 [28AP]
National Police Week: observance (see H. Res. 1252), H3337 [4MY]
National School Choice Week: designate (see H. Res. 1023), H1915 [27JA]
National Small Business Week: designate (see H. Res. 1261), H3342 [7MY]
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), H3344 [7MY]
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 H.R. 4382), H5426 [1SE]
Postal Service: facilitate implementation of security measures (see H.R. 1065), H894 [14JA]
Russia: impose sanctions and other measures if Russia refuses to negotiate peace agreement with Ukraine, violates any such agreement, or initiates another military invasion of Ukraine (see H.R. 2548), H2236 [20FE]
Seattle Seahawks (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 1049), H2118 [10FE]
Taxation: exempt home distillery establishments from taxation and other requirements (see H.R. 10157), H5426 [1SE]
——— reinstate special rate calculation of clean fuel production credit relative to sustainable aviation fuel (see H.R. 6518), H5426 [1SE]
Time: make daylight savings time permanent, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 139), H4469 [14JY]
Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies in the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 7325), H2033 [4FE]
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.: establish commemorative work in District of Columbia and its environs (see H.R. 9849), H5516 [4SE]
U.S. Representative Colleen Hanabusa Post Office Building, Wai’anae, HI: designate (see H.R. 8945), H3669 [20MY]
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), H4086 [10JN]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: include Sec. of the Interior as member (see H.R. 7074), H893 [14JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: provide producers with option to confirm absence of prohibited substances through testing (see H.R. 7406), H2041 [5FE]
Medicare: allow for designation of certain facilities as critical access hospitals (see H.R. 8986), H3723 [21MY]
National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls: designate (see H. Res. 1257), H3337 [4MY]
Roy A. Rutherford Air Traffic Control Tower, Yakima, WA: designate (see H.R. 8703), H3341 [7MY]
Constitutional authority and single subject statements
Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: include Sec. of the Interior as member (H.R. 7074), H894 [14JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: provide producers with option to confirm absence of prohibited substances through testing (H.R. 7406), H2041 [5FE]
Medicare: allow for designation of certain facilities as critical access hospitals (H.R. 8986), H3725 [21MY]
Roy A. Rutherford Air Traffic Control Tower, Yakima, WA: designate (H.R. 8703), H3343 [7MY]
Designated Speaker pro tempore
House of Representatives, H1125 [21JA], H2039 [5FE], H4321 [30JN]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H2039 [5FE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 8646), H3843 [4JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 7147), H1313 [22JA]
FERC: extend time period during which licensees are required to commence construction of certain hydropower projects (S. 1020), H3024 [21AP]
Quincy, WA: tribute to Quincy-Columbia Basin Irrigation District, E761• [3AU]
Tributes
Grieb, Julie and Juergen, H2983 [20AP]
LaMalfa, Doug, H236 [8JA]
Reed, Matt, H2205 [12FE]
Roske, Ken, H3078 [23AP]
Salazar, Edgar, H4530 [15JY]
Tonasket, Mel, E659• [9JY]
Washines, Davis (Yellowash), H3839 [4JN]