PINGREE, CHELLIE (a Representative from Maine)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

African Americans: recognize and celebrate significance of Black history museums and cultural institutions (see H. Res. 1088), H2822 [2AP]

Agriculture: prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow sale of such products (see H.R. 7880), H2476 [9MR]

——— provide for economic assistance to agricultural producers (see H.R. 7206), H2033 [4FE]

Animals: prohibit commercial greyhound racing, live lure training, and open field coursing (see H.R. 5017), H925 [16JA]

Armed Forces: remove from unauthorized hostilities against Venezuela (see H. Con. Res. 68), H253 [8JA]

CBO: study long-term economic impact of Trump administration immigration policies (see H.R. 7345), H2029 [4FE]

CDC: reauthorize and improve National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (see H.R. 2381), H3394 [12MY]

Children and youth: provide grants to improve trauma support services and mental health care for children and youth in educational settings (see H.R. 7497), H2185 [11FE]

Commission on Presidential Capacity To Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office: establish (see H.R. 8275), H2885 [14AP]

Community College Month: observance (see H. Res. 1209), H3091 [23AP]

Congress: recognize duty to meet needs of working women (see H. Con. Res. 80), H2826 [6AP]

Consumers: prohibit price gouging relative to goods subject to tariffs (see H.R. 6318), H1923 [30JA]

——— 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]

Courts: remove defense of qualified immunity in any action by State or local officials, including police officers, that violates legal and constitutionally secured rights (see H.R. 7046), H1352 [22JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish grocery, farm, and food worker stabilization grant program (see H.R. 7938), H2826 [6AP]

——— expand national organic certification cost-share program into comprehensive organic program (see H.R. 7318), H1948 [2FE]

——— improve Conservation Reserve Program by improving access to grazing, providing more enrollment options to producers, and addressing certain implementation issues (see H.R. 5365), H2033 [4FE]

——— increase reimbursement rate of school meals (see H.R. 5753), H656 [12JA]

——— preserve Traditional Cultural Place of Chi’chil Bildagoteel Historic District listed on National Register of Historic Places (see H.R. 7957), H3455 [13MY]

——— require schools participating in school meal programs to provide free meals to all children, incentivize local food procurement, improve reimbursements, and assist food purchases during summer (see H.R. 8798), H3452 [13MY]

——— transition Puerto Rico to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5168), H2097 [9FE]

Dept. of Education: authorize States to develop directories of career and technical education programs of study and career pathways (see H.R. 7676), H2334 [26FE]

——— award grants to revitalize schoolyards (see H.R. 8303), H3344 [7MY]

——— disapprove rule entitled ‘‘William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program’’ (see H.J. Res. 155), H2830 [9AP]

——— ensure children in schools have right to read (see H.R. 6440), H2677 [24MR]

——— establish Savings Opportunity and Affordable Repayment plan as student loan income contingent repayment plan (see H.R. 8475), H3090 [23AP]

——— provide Direct PLUS Loan forgiveness for parents of disabled students (see H.R. 8518), H3123 [27AP]

——— provide for long-term improvement of public school facilities (see H.R. 7340), H2029 [4FE]

——— require institutions of higher education to provide or allow trained advisors for students facing disciplinary proceedings (see H.R. 5545), H921 [15JA]

——— reverse reductions in Federal loan availability for graduate and professional students (see H.R. 6677), H2484 [12MR]

Dept. of HHS: advance research to achieve medical breakthroughs in brain tumor treatment and improve awareness and adequacy of specialized cancer and brain tumor care (see H.R. 2767), H3347 [11MY]

——— allow certain public health data modernization grants to be used to track hospital bed capacity (see H.R. 2936), H3347 [11MY]

——— award grants to qualified entities to support community paramedicine programs carried out in rural areas (see H.R. 4011), H2962 [16AP]

——— carry out National Headache Disorders Initiative and establish Advisory Council on Headache Disorders Research, Care, and Services (see H.R. 5536), H2835 [13AP]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 3415), H3347 [11MY]

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

——— expand and improve Head Start Program (see H.R. 7637), H2234 [20FE]

——— improve access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce transmission of HIV (see H.R. 7853), H3533 [14MY]

——— provide for participation of physical therapists in National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment program and include coverage of physical therapy services in certain programs (see H.R. 5621), H3348 [11MY]

——— require drug manufacturers to include printed inserts containing drug information when they ship their products to pharmacies (see H.R. 5133), H3125 [27AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish certain limitations on Federal immigration enforcement personnel (see H.R. 5973), H253 [8JA]

——— making appropriations (see H.R. 7481), H2185 [11FE]

——— mandate reporting requirements pertaining to detainees in immigration detention facilities (see H.R. 7347), H2029 [4FE]

——— remove U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding allocated in One Big Beautiful Bill Act (see H.R. 7346), H2029 [4FE]

——— require all immigration enforcement officers to wear and operate body camera during public-facing immigration enforcement actions and promote transparency and accountability (see H.R. 5653), H616 [9JA]

Dept. of HUD: strengthen and standardize ‘‘first look’’ protections for covered properties to ensure families and communities have priority access to foreclosed homes (see H.R. 6962), H2221 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice: comply with domestic emoluments clause of U.S. Constitution by refusing to administratively settle legal claims filed against U.S. by President Trump (see H. Res. 1185), H2960 [16AP]

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 State: transmit certain documents to House of Representatives relative to administration’s stance on Greenland (see H. Res. 1001), H2477 [9MR]

Dept. of Transportation: allow local transit authorities to incorporate art into federally-funded transit projects (see H.R. 8399), H3126 [27AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’ (see H.J. Res. 144), H2712 [25MR]

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]

——— prevent workplace harassment, end mandatory arbitration and pre-employment non-disclosure agreements, expand civil rights protections, empower workers who report harassment, and eliminate tipped minimum wage (see H.R. 7583), H2224 [13FE]

EPA: promulgate certain limitations relative to pre-production plastic pellet pollution (see H.R. 7543), H2218 [12FE]

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

Executive Office of the President: establish Interagency Committee on Soil Carbon Research within Office of Science and Technology Policy (see H.R. 641), H2032 [4FE]

FDA: add alpha-gal to definition of ‘‘major food allergen’’ (see H.R. 1178), H2887 [14AP]

——— deem food containing certain color additives adulterated (see H.R. 5027), H3347 [11MY]

Federal agencies and departments: authorize integration and administrative streamlining of Federal funding for Indian Tribes that have lands or ways of life at risk due to environmental impacts and natural disasters (see H.R. 3654), H3347 [11MY]

——— impose limits on excepting positions from competitive service and transferring positions (see H.R. 492), H2188 [11FE]

Federal employees: calculate cost-of-living adjustments for retirees under Federal Employee Retirement System in same way as those for retirees under Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 491), H2188 [11FE]

——— provide that civilian service as temporary employee after certain date may be creditable service under Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 1522), H3394 [12MY]

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 H.R. 8241), H3334 [30AP]

——— require standardized performance reporting for entities engaged in electricity transmission to improve transparency, accountability, and grid outcomes (see H.R. 6176), H895 [14JA]

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]

——— prohibit Federal licensee from selling or delivering certain semiautomatic centerfire rifles to person under 21 years old, with exception of active military and full-time law enforcement personnel (see H.R. 2368), H2032 [4FE]

Food industry: prohibit retail food stores from price gouging and engaging in surveillance-based price setting practices (see H.R. 4966), H3347 [11MY]

FTC: prohibit unfair and deceptive practice of commercial sexual orientation or gender identity conversion therapy (see H.R. 3243), H2835 [13AP]

Government: prohibit certain Federal officials, appointees, or employees from engaging in covered transactions involving prediction market contracts tied to Government policy, action, or political outcomes (see H.R. 7004), H2835 [13AP]

——— prohibit Federal elected and senior Federal officials from trading on prediction markets (see H.R. 8076), H2835 [13AP]

Health: recognize community water fluoridation as safe, effective public health intervention to prevent tooth decay and promote oral and physical health (see H. Res. 1087), H2826 [6AP]

Herbicides: prohibit use of Federal funds to implement Executive order entitled ‘‘Promoting the National Defense by Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate-Based Herbicides’’ (see H.R. 7601), H2233 [20FE]

Immigration: repeal provision to require certain State and local law enforcement cooperation relative to communication on citizenship or immigration status (see H.R. 7252), H1914 [27JA]

Insurance: prohibit group health plans and group or individual health insurance issuers from imposing cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations (see H.R. 3037), H3133 [28AP]

——— provide for health coverage with no cost-sharing for additional breast screenings for certain individuals at greater risk for breast cancer (see H.R. 6182), H3348 [11MY]

——— provide health insurance benefits for outpatient and inpatient items and services relative to congenital anomaly or birth defect (see H.R. 3277), H3394 [12MY]

——— require health plans to provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings without imposition of cost-sharing requirements (see H.R. 1300), H2996 [20AP]

Investments: prohibit stock trading and ownership by Members of Congress, President, Vice President, and their spouses and dependents (see H.R. 6731), H3395 [12MY]

IRS: codify Direct File program (see H.R. 7806), H2420 [4MR]

Israel: prohibit funds made available for assistance from being used to support certain violations of international law (see H.R. 7545), H2218 [12FE]

——— prohibit use of U.S.-origin defense articles in West Bank and Gaza unless certain conditions are met (see H.R. 7645), H2257 [23FE]

Jackson, Jesse L., Sr.: fly U.S. flag at half-staff in honor of memory (see H. Res. 1107), H2471 [5MR]

Kay Hagan Tick Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4348), H2822 [2AP]

Labor unions: accelerate workplace time-to-contract under National Labor Relations Act for new unions (see H.R. 5408), H2997 [20AP]

Libraries: express support for staff and services of public, school, academic, and special libraries, improve funding, preserve right of citizens to access information and resources, and recognize employee rights (see H. Res. 1212), H3092 [23AP]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 7905), H3348 [11MY]

——— 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: expand coverage of services furnished by genetic counselors under part B (see H.R. 6280), H3395 [12MY]

——— improve access to diabetes outpatient self-management training services and require Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test virtual diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 3826), H2221 [12FE]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 7905), H3348 [11MY]

——— provide coverage for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) furnished by pharmacists (see H.R. 7189), H2832 [9AP]

——— provide for certain cognitive impairment detection in annual wellness visit and initial preventive physical examination (see H.R. 3501), H135 [7JA]

——— provide for coverage of blood-based screening tests for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 6130), H2832 [9AP]

——— rename Medicare Advantage program and prohibit private insurers from using ‘‘Medicare’’ in plan titles or advertisements (see H.R. 7803), H2832 [9AP]

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), H3395 [12MY]

Members of Congress: prohibit stock trading and ownership by Members, their spouses, or their dependent children (see H.R. 5106), H3347 [11MY]

National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls: designate (see H. Res. 1257), H3344 [7MY]

National Farmers Market Week: designate (see H. Res. 638), H949 [20JA]

National Museum of African American History and Culture: support African American history education programs (see H.R. 7740), H2332 [26FE]

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 Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H. Res. 1124), H2621 [19MR]

National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week: designate (see H. Res. 1151), H2821 [2AP]

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

NATO: prohibit actions or expenditure of funds to purchase NATO member country or NATO-protected territory (see H.R. 7088), H2336 [2MR]

Noem, Sec. of Homeland Security: impeachment (see H. Res. 996), H893 [14JA]

OMB: revise Standard Occupational Classification system to establish separate code for direct support professionals (see H.R. 6137), H3348 [11MY]

Postal Service: modify procedures for closure or consolidation of any post office or processing and distribution center (see H.R. 2103), H2677 [24MR]

——— modify procedures for negotiating pay and benefits of supervisory and other managerial personnel (see H.R. 7600), H2778 [26MR]

——— require mail-in ballots to use barcode service (see H.R. 7265), H2677 [24MR]

Public utilities: add standard relative to consideration of large load facilities as class of electric consumers (see H.R. 7066), H892 [14JA]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 3856), H2677 [24MR]

SSI: update eligibility (see H.R. 7828), H2470 [5MR]

Taxation: establish domestic cotton consumption credit (see H.R. 7230), H1950 [2FE]

——— exclude from gross income certain restored benefits received by public-sector employees (see H.R. 7361), H2030 [4FE]

——— expand deduction for student loan interest to include payments toward principal and increase value of deduction (see H.R. 7536), H2218 [12FE]

——— impose tax on certain high net worth households and trusts and establish certain anti-evasion and avoidance measures (see H.R. 8085), H2887 [14AP]

——— impose windfall profits excise tax on crude oil and rebate tax collected back to individual taxpayers (see H.R. 7960), H3533 [14MY]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 2398), H1352 [22JA]

——— provide incentives and assistance to reduce cost of housing, energy, transportation, childcare, education, and health care, and to increase salaries (see H.R. 6900), H2033 [4FE]

Transgender Bill of Rights: develop and implement to protect and codify rights of transgender and nonbinary people under law and ensure access to medical care, shelter, safety, and economic security (see H. Res. 1058), H2186 [11FE]

Trump, President: comply with foreign emoluments clause of U.S. Constitution by requiring President Trump and other officials to turn over payments from foreign states and divest foreign business interests (see H. Res. 1186), H2960 [16AP]

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]

U.S. Geological Survey: reauthorize water resources research and technology institutes program (see H.R. 7889), H2623 [19MR]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: amend Federal crop insurance program to improve education and risk management assistance (see H.R. 7947), H2530 [16MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for limitation on obligation of funds for certain immigration enforcement purposes until report on use of databases by immigration officers is submitted (see H.R. 7743), H2332 [26FE]

——— return identification documents to individuals upon their release from custody (see H.R. 7708), H2328 [25FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize provision of produce prescriptions to veterans (see H.R. 7267), H1915 [27JA]

International Year of the Woman Farmer: designate (see H. Res. 1027), H1921 [30JA]

Constitutional authority and single subject statements

Dept. of Agriculture: amend Federal crop insurance program to improve education and risk management assistance (H.R. 7947), H2530 [16MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for limitation on obligation of funds for certain immigration enforcement purposes until report on use of databases by immigration officers is submitted (H.R. 7743), H2333 [26FE]

——— return identification documents to individuals upon their release from custody (H.R. 7708), H2329 [25FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize provision of produce prescriptions to veterans (H.R. 7267), H1916 [27JA]

Remarks

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of Seafood, H3282, H3283 [29AP]

——— preserve current pesticide labeling and usage and authority of States to issue guidelines, H3171, H3281 [29AP]

——— reform and continue agricultural and other programs (H.R. 7567), H3171, H3280, H3281, H3282, H3283 [29AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and the Interior, energy and water development, environment, science, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6938), H201 [8JA]

FCC: review certain rules and develop recommendations for rule changes to promote precision agriculture, H3280 [29AP]

Keliher, Patrick: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Captain David H. Hart Award recipient, E144• [20FE]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration relative to management of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, H1983 [4FE]

Watson, Annie: Maine Dept. of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Commissioner’s Distinguished Service Award recipient, E68• [22JA]