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Directing the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to conduct a study and issue a report about ways to increase the accessability of live broadcasts of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives to individuals without cable or satellite television, and for other purposes.

1. Study to identify options for accessible streaming of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives (a) Study The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall conduct a study on how to increase the accessibility of live broadcasts of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives to individuals without cable or satellite television service, that— (1) identifies ways an individual without cable or satellite television service can watch or stream a live broadcast of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives, including— (A) a list of covered providers and which streaming platforms (if any) that the live broadcast of floor proceedings of the House of Representatives offered by each covered provider is available through; and (B) a list of covered providers with a software application and which smart television platforms (if any) the software application is compatible with; and (2) identifies and assesses ways that a private sector entity, a public sector broadcasting service, or a partnership between public and private sector entities could create or expand broadcast services to allow more individuals to watch live floor proceedings of the House of Representatives, especially individuals who do not have cable or satellite television service and individuals who use a smart television. (b) Report Not later than 6 months after the date of the adoption of this resolution, the Chief Administrative Officer shall submit to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, and make available to the public, a report that details the findings of the study described in subsection (a). (c) Covered provider defined In this section, the term covered provider

Summary: This resolution requires a study on how to increase the accessibility of live broadcasts of House floor proceedings for those without cable or satellite television, including through the use of streaming services and software applications.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the democratic Constitution of the Republic of India and United States-India relations on India's Republic Day.

Whereas with over 1,200,000,000 people, the Republic of India is the largest democracy in the world; Whereas on January 26, 1950, India became a Republic and formed a parliamentary democracy through the adoption of a constitution; Whereas the Constitution of India guarantees universal suffrage for all those over age 18; Whereas the Constitution of India includes principles found in the Constitution of the United States, including the separation of powers and the creation of an independent Supreme Court; Whereas members of India's numerous ethnic groups, minorities, and religions including Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, and Christians all participate in the governance of India; Whereas the people of the United States and the people of India maintain a shared commitment to building democratic institutions; Whereas relations between the United States and India have exponentially increased over the past decade, including in areas of defense, global security, poverty alleviation, education, economic growth, and job creation; Whereas the United States-India relationship is essential to promoting stability, democracy and prosperity in the 21st century; Whereas successive United States Presidents have worked on a bipartisan basis to strengthen and deepen relations between the United States and India; Whereas approximately 3,000,000 Indian-Americans reside in the United States and contribute to the economic, cultural, and community strength of the United States; and Whereas people-to-people ties between the United States and India strengthen the rapidly growing bilateral partnership: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) calls for the continued strengthening of relations between the United States and the Republic of India; (2) recognizes the democratic values shared between the United States and India; and (3) believes that together, India and the United States can bring immense benefits to the people of both countries as well as make enormous contributions to addressing global challenges of the 21st century.

Summary: Calls for the continued strengthening of relations between the United States and India. Recognizes the democratic values shared between the United States and India.
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

That the following named Members be, and are hereby, elected to the following committees of House of Representatives: Committee on the Budget: Mr. Grothman (to rank immediately after Mr. McClintock), Mr. Smucker (to rank immediately after Mr. Grothman), Mr. Carter of Georgia (to rank immediately after Mr. Burgess). Committee on Ethics: Mr. Joyce of Ohio, Mr. Rutherford, Mr. Armstrong. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

Summary: This resolution elects designated Members to specified standing committees of the House of Representatives.
Recognizing the celebration of the Hmong New Year in 2021.

Whereas the Hmong New Year is traditionally celebrated at the end of the rice harvest season in Laos and Southeast Asia in late November or early December; Whereas the Hmong New Year traditionally spans multiple days, with each village starting and ending the New Year on a different date to allow other villages to come, support, and visit each other; Whereas the Hmong New Year is traditionally a time to give thanks to ancestral spirits and visit other villages; Whereas Hmong New Year celebrations traditionally include song, dance, food, and courtship games for youth, including pov pob, a ball-throwing game; Whereas Hmong Americans across the United States celebrate the New Year on weekends from October to December; and Whereas Hmong New Year celebrations are a significant cultural tradition in many communities across the United States: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes the cultural and historical significance of the Hmong New Year; (2) expresses the deepest respect for Hmong Americans celebrating this occasion; and (3) wishes Hmong Americans and all individuals who observe this holiday a happy New Year.

Summary: This resolution recognizes the cultural and historical significance of the Hmong New Year and wishes Hmong Americans and all individuals who observe this holiday a happy new year.
Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 789) censuring Representative Paul Gosar.

That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider in the House the resolution (H. Res. 789) censuring Representative Paul Gosar. The amendment to the resolution printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution shall be considered as adopted. The resolution, as amended, shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and preamble, as amended, to adoption without intervening motion or demand for division of the question except one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ethics or their respective designees. November 17, 2021 Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Summary: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 789) censuring Representative Paul Gosar.
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable John Sidney McCain, III, a Senator from the State of Arizona.

That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable John Sidney McCain, III, a Senator from the State of Arizona. That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate and transmit a copy thereof to the family of the deceased. That when the House adjourns today, it adjourn as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased Senator. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

Summary: Declares that the House of Representatives has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable John Sidney McCain, III, a Senator from Arizona. Declares that when the House adjourns on August 31, 2018, it adjourn as a further mark of respect to the memory of the deceased Senator.
Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Rules in the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress.

1. Amounts for Committee Expenses For the expenses of the Committee on Rules (hereafter in this resolution referred to as the Committee 2. Session Limitations Of the amount specified in section 1— (1) not more than $4,167,807 shall be available for expenses incurred during the period beginning at noon on January 3, 2023, and ending immediately before noon on January 3, 2024; and (2) not more than $4,167,807 shall be available for expenses incurred during the period beginning at noon on January 3, 2024, and ending immediately before noon on January 3, 2025. 3. Vouchers Payments under this resolution shall be made on vouchers authorized by the Committee, signed by the Chairman of the Committee, and approved in the manner directed by the Committee on House Administration. 4. Regulations Amounts made available under this resolution shall be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Administration.

Summary: This resolution provides amounts for the expenses of the House Committee on Rules for the 118th Congress.
Supporting the idea of celebrating the 50th year of the Walnut Valley Festival.

Whereas Bob and Kendra Redford, Stuart Mossman, and Joe Muret founded the Walnut Valley Festival in the Fourth District of Kansas back in 1972; Whereas Bob Redford served more than 40 years as its president until his passing in December 2016; Whereas Bob and Kendra Redford’s son Bart is the Executive Director of the Walnut Valley Festival; Whereas Bob and Kendra Redford, Stuart Mossman and Joe Muret’s dedication to live music resulted in this legendary event, which is one of the longest running music festivals in United States history, and for 50 years, pickers and music lovers have journeyed to this special place on the Kansas plains to celebrate life with music; Whereas Bob and Kendra Redford have given so much to the community in Cowley County, Kansas, and dedicated years of service to leading and promoting this iconic festival that has become known as Pickers Paradise; Whereas the Walnut Valley Festival is home to the National Flat Pick Championships, the International Finger Style Championships, and the International Autoharp, National Mandolin, National Mountain Dulcimer, National Hammered Dulcimer, National Bluegrass Banjo, and Walnut Valley Old Time Fiddle Championships; Whereas Bob Redford’s legacy lives in the community of musicians and music lovers from around the world, who will gather the third weekend in September in the pecan grove along the Walnut River in Winfield, Kansas, for the 50th Annual Walnut Valley Festival, where thousands return year after year to experience outstanding live music in the grandstands, performed by world famous musicians, along with legendary campground jams; and Whereas the Walnut Valley Festival has long prided itself on being educational as well as enjoyable, but most of all, the Festival is a homecoming not just because of the music and community, but coming home to a place in the soul and the heart with a spirit of celebration: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives supports the idea of celebrating the 50th year of the Walnut Valley Festival.

Summary: This resolution supports the idea of celebrating the 50th year of the Walnut Valley Festival in Kansas.
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

That the following named Members be, and are hereby, elected to the following standing committees of the House of Representatives: Committee on Appropriations: Mrs. Lowey, Chair. Committee on the Budget: Mr. Yarmuth, Chair. Committee on Energy and Commerce: Mr. Pallone, Chair. Committee on Financial Services: Ms. Waters, Chair. Committee on Rules: Mr. McGovern, Chair. Committee on Ways and Means: Mr. Neal, Chair. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

Summary: This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) the Budget, (3) Energy and Commerce, (4) Financial Services, (5) Rules, and (6) Ways and Means.
Commending Korean American veterans of the Vietnam War for their service to the United States.

Whereas Korean veterans of the Vietnam War served honorably throughout the conflict, fighting courageously alongside the United States Armed Forces and often making the ultimate sacrifice, with many later becoming United States citizens; Whereas the United States holds as its highest ideals freedom, democracy, and self-determination; Whereas during the Vietnam War, more than 3,000,000 members of the United States Armed Forces fought bravely to preserve and defend these ideals with some still missing in action; Whereas 58,193 members of the United States Armed Forces were killed, more than 300,000 were wounded, and 2,000 are missing in action; Whereas soldiers from the Republic of Korea were sent to the Vietnam War to support the United States Armed Forces and the cause of freedom at the request of the United States; Whereas 325,517 Korean soldiers served in Vietnam from 1964 until the last soldier left Saigon on March 23, 1973, making Korean soldiers the second largest contingent of troops sent by allies of the United States; Whereas Korean troops fought bravely throughout the theater and were known for their dedication, tenacity, and effectiveness on the battlefield; Whereas 5,099 Korean soldiers were killed and 10,962 Korean soldiers were injured, many in defense of United States friends and allies; Whereas it is estimated that 20 percent of Korean veterans of the Vietnam War suffer from significant injuries including post-traumatic stress disorder, total disability, and the effects of the toxic defoliant Agent Orange; and Whereas Korean American veterans of the Vietnam War honorably upheld the highest ideals of the United States through their dedicated service and considerable sacrifices: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives commends Korean American veterans of the Vietnam War for their service to the United States.

Summary: Commends Korean American veterans of the Vietnam War for their service to the United States.
Denouncing the Biden administration's open-borders policies, condemning the national security and public safety crisis along the southwest border, and urging President Biden to end his administration's open-borders policies.

Whereas the United States is in the midst of the worst border security crisis in the Nation’s history; Whereas, during every month of the Biden administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered more than 100,000 illegal aliens along the southwest border; Whereas the total number of illegal aliens encountered along the southwest border during the Biden administration exceeds 7 million; Whereas the Biden administration has released at least 3.3 million of those illegal aliens into the interior of the United States; Whereas, during the Biden administration, more than 1.7 million known illegal alien gotaways Whereas, during the Biden administration, an untold number of unknown illegal alien gotaways Whereas the record 312 illegal aliens on the Terrorist Screening Dataset encountered by Border Patrol along the southwest border during the Biden administration represents a more than 2,700-percent increase when compared to the total number of such aliens encountered during all four years of the previous administration; Whereas the Biden administration created the illegal alien crisis at the southwest border by terminating the Migrant Protection Protocols, halting border wall construction, abusing parole authority, mass releasing millions of illegal aliens into the country, and implementing policies that incentivize illegal immigration, among other actions; Whereas the Biden administration systematically dismantled immigration enforcement and restricted the ability of immigration officials to deport aliens who violate United States law, ensuring relatively few aliens, including criminal aliens, are removed from the country; Whereas the Biden administration’s lax immigration enforcement policies have resulted in numerous violent criminal aliens being released into United States communities; Whereas the Biden administration’s lax border enforcement policies have allowed fentanyl to saturate United States communities and kill Americans; Whereas the Biden administration’s historic border crisis has made every State a border State; Whereas the Biden administration refuses to use tools already at its disposal to end the border crisis; and Whereas the Biden administration’s proposed solution to the historic border crisis—legislation to grant amnesty to tens of millions of illegal aliens—will do nothing but incentivize additional illegal immigration: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) denounces the Biden administration’s open-borders policies; (2) condemns the national security and public safety crisis that President Joe Biden, Border Czar (3) urges President Biden to end his administration’s open-borders policies.

Summary: This resolution condemns the Biden Administration's border policies and urges the President to end such policies.
Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 11) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.

That immediately upon adoption of this resolution, the House shall proceed to the consideration in the House the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 11) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices. All points of order against consideration of the joint resolution are waived. The joint resolution shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the joint resolution are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the majority leader and minority leader or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit. 2. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the consideration of H.J. Res. 11.

Summary: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 11) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require that the Supreme Court of the United States be composed of nine justices.
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of Cascade Head Preserve, an Oregon natural icon.

Whereas the 270-acre Cascade Head Preserve is located north of Lincoln City, Oregon, and came to be protected from development in 1966; Whereas, nestled within lands managed by the United States Forest Service, is home to many species of wildlife, plants, and grassland communities that were once abundant along the Oregon Coast; Whereas the local community and volunteers helped protect the Cascade Head Preserve 50 years ago and have remained actively engaged in its stewardship along with The Nature Conservancy; Whereas Cascade Head Preserve and the adjacent segment of the Siuslaw National Forest have been recognized as a National Scenic Research Area and a United Nations Biosphere Reserve for its ecological significance; Whereas an estimated 15,000 or more people visit the Cascade Head Preserve annually and use it as nature’s laboratory to learn about grassland restoration and threatened species, such as the Oregon silverspot butterfly, or to enjoy recreational activities along the Pacific Ocean and its coastal estuaries; Whereas Cascade Head Preserve is known for harboring rare and endemic plants, including 99 percent of the world’s known Cascade Head catchfly population; Whereas Cascade Head Preserve has hosted teams of world-known ecologists and experts from universities, zoological institutions, and Federal and State agencies who have employed cutting-edge science to catch, rear in captivity, and reintroduce the threatened Oregon silverspot butterfly; Whereas tourism and recreation in Cascade Head Preserve have helped stimulate the local economy by supporting several seasonal and full-time jobs and driving economic activity along the Oregon Coast; and Whereas Cascade Head Preserve also serves as nature’s classroom to youth from across the United States who learn about the importance of adjacent habitats, including restoring tidal wetlands that provide vital salmon habitat and the recent protection of 122 square miles of marine reserves along the Oregon coast, which support community fisheries and local livelihoods: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Cascade Head Preserve; and (2) applauds the outstanding commitment of the Preserve’s stewards, naturalists, volunteers, and community leaders for protecting the ecological significance of the Preserve and supporting the local economy through tourism, recreation, and local livelihoods.

Summary: Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Cascade Head Preserve in Oregon. Applauds the outstanding commitment of the Preserve's stewards, naturalists, volunteers, and community leaders in protecting the ecological significance of the Preserve and in supporting the local economy through tourism, recreation, and local livelihoods.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any infrastructure legislation to promote broadband internet access or communications facilities deployment should treat all broadband and communications facilities in a competitively and technologically neutral manner.

Whereas broadband brings extraordinary opportunities for economic growth and investment across multiple platforms and technologies, including wireline, wireless, and cable; Whereas broadband and related information technology add nearly $1 trillion annually to the United States economy; Whereas broadband and related communications and technology sectors support roughly 10 million American jobs; Whereas wireline, wireless, and cable broadband providers collectively invested $76 billion in 2016, and roughly $1.6 trillion since 1996; Whereas wireline, wireless, and cable broadband providers are consistently ranked among the top companies investing annually in the United States; Whereas broadband traffic over wireline, wireless, and cable technologies continues to grow at an exponential rate; and Whereas world-class communications networks will require a complementary mix of wireline, wireless, cable, and any other technology capable of transmitting voice, video, or data communications services using Internet Protocol or any successor protocol-enabled service: Now, therefore, be it That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that any infrastructure legislation to promote broadband internet access or communications facilities deployment should treat all broadband and communications facilities in a competitively and technologically neutral manner.

Summary: Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that infrastructure legislation for broadband internet access or communications facilities deployment should treat all broadband and communications facilities in a competitively and technologically neutral manner.