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Congratulating the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon on its continued success in support of the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.

Whereas the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (commonly referred to as THON Whereas student volunteers at the Pennsylvania State University annually raise money and dance for 46 consecutive hours at the Bryce Jordan Center, bringing energy and excitement to the Pennsylvania State University campus for the mission of conquering pediatric cancer and promoting awareness of the disease to thousands of individuals; Whereas all THON activities support the mission of the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, which provides financial and emotional support to pediatric cancer patients and their families and funds research on pediatric cancer; Whereas THON is the largest donor to the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital each year, having raised more than $100,000,000 since 1977, when the 2 organizations first partnered; Whereas, in 2013, THON set a new fundraising record of $12,374,034.46, surpassing the previous record of $10,686,924.83, set in 2012; Whereas THON— (1) has helped more than 2,000 families through the Four Diamonds Fund; (2) is helping to build a new Pediatric Cancer Pavilion at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital; and (3) has supported pediatric cancer research that has caused some pediatric cancer survival rates to increase to nearly 90 percent; and Whereas THON has inspired similar organizations and events across the United States, including at high schools and institutions of higher education, and continues to encourage students across the United States to volunteer and remain involved in great charitable causes in their communities: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) congratulates the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (commonly referred to as THON (2) commends the Pennsylvania State University students, volunteers, and supporting organizations for their hard work in organizing another record-breaking THON.

Summary: Congratulates the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) on its continued success in support of the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. Commends the school's students, volunteers, and supporting organizations for their hard work in organizing another record breaking THON.
Electing Members to a standing committee of the House of Representatives.

That the following Members be, and are hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the House of Representatives: Committee on the Budget: Mr. Garrett, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Cole, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Flores, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Woodall, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Rigell, Mrs. Hartzler, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Messer, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, and Mr. Williams. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

Summary: Elects specified named Members to the House Committee on the Budget.
Declaring support for Brain Awareness Week.

Whereas more than 1,000 neurological and neurodegenerative diseases, such as schizophrenia, traumatic brain injury, autism and Parkinson’s disease affect the lives of nearly 100 million Americans; Whereas neurological and neurodegenerative diseases are the leading contributors to global disease burden; Whereas neurological illnesses and mental disorders cost the United States more than $760 billion per year and can only be decreased through improved prevention, treatment, and the development of cures; Whereas the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative, whose multi-agency, cross-disciplinary work involves private and public entities, including the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, among others, is promoting research to develop new tools and technologies to revolutionize our understanding of the human brain and create lifesaving breakthroughs; and Whereas one dollar of research funding for the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation each generates more than two dollars of economic output: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives does hereby declare support for Brain Awareness Week and calls upon all Americans to recognize the valuable contributions that have been made to date in brain and spinal cord research and to support the conduct of this critical research in the future.

Summary: This resolution declares support for Brain Awareness Week and calls upon Americans to recognize and support brain and spinal-cord research.
Expressing support for the designation of a "Women's Health Research Day".

Women’s Health Research Day Whereas women constitute 50.8 percent of Americans; Whereas women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups experience many diseases and disorders differently than men; Whereas the incidence, prevalence, symptomology, and severity of disease may differ between men and women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups; Whereas women and men have fundamental biological differences; Whereas women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups vary in the risks and benefits of medical therapies; Whereas for many years, women across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups were underrepresented in biomedical and clinical research; Whereas the improvement of women’s health relies on sex- and gender-based biomedical and clinical research; Whereas the promise of individualized medicine cannot be realized without sex- and gender-based parity in research; Whereas, on January 25, 2016, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) implemented a policy requiring federally funded investigators to consider sex as a biological variable in preclinical research; and Whereas this policy ushered in a new era of inclusivity and parity in women’s health research: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) expresses support for the designation of a Women’s Health Research Day (2) supports efforts to— (A) recognize the importance of biomedical and clinical research to women’s health and well-being to advancing human health; (B) increase awareness of the value of sex- and gender-based biomedical research; and (C) encourage individuals, including researchers and patients, to advocate on behalf of sex- and gender-inclusive research across races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, and age groups.

Summary: This resolution expresses support for the designation of a Women's Health Research Day. It also supports efforts to (1) recognize the importance of biomedical and clinical research to women's health, (2) increase awareness of the value of sex- and gender-based biomedical research, and (3) encourage individuals to advocate on behalf of sex- and gender-inclusive research.
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint resolution to include an analysis of whether the bill or joint resolution creates a program, office, or initiative that would duplicate or overlap with an existing program, office, or initiative, and for other purposes.

That clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (i) (1) Each report of a committee on a public bill or public joint resolution shall contain the following: (A) An analysis by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to determine if the bill or joint resolution creates any new Federal program, office, or initiative that would duplicate or overlap with any existing Federal entity with similar mission, purpose, goals, or activities, along with a listing of all such instances of duplication or overlapping created by the bill or joint resolution. (B) If the analysis provided under subdivision (A) indicates that the new program, office, or initiative would create duplication or overlapping, an explanation provided by the committee as to why the creation of the new program, office, or initiative is necessary. (2) It shall not be in order to consider a public bill or public joint resolution reported by a committee unless the committee has posted on its public website the analysis provided under subparagraph (1)(A) and (if necessary) the explanation provided under subparagraph (1)(B). .

Summary: Amends Rule XIII (the Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each committee report on a public bill or joint resolution to contain: an analysis by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of whether the measure creates any new federal program, office, or initiative that would duplicate or overlap with any existing federal entity with similar mission, purpose, goals, or activities, along with a listing of all the instances of duplication or overlapping; and if the analysis indicates that the new program, office, or initiative would create duplication or overlapping, the committee's explanation as to why such creation is necessary. Makes it out of order in the House to consider a committee report on such legislation unless the committee has posted on its website the analysis and (if necessary) the explanation.
Recognizing the Kansas City Chiefs on the 54th anniversary of their first Super Bowl victory.

Whereas, on January 11, 1970, the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Minnesota Vikings by a score of 23–7 in Super Bowl IV; Whereas this was the final game ever played by an American Football League franchise as the league merged with the National Football League in 1970; Whereas this triumph marked the first Super Bowl victory for the Kansas City Chiefs; and Whereas many recognize the defining play of this game, the fake run play, called the 65 Toss Power Trap That the House of Representatives recognizes the Kansas City Chiefs on the 54th anniversary of their victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV.

Summary: This resolution recognizes the Kansas City Chiefs on the 54th anniversary of their victory over the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl IV.
Recognizing World Oceans Day and the necessity to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources.

Whereas the oceans cover more than 70 percent of our Whereas the oceans generate the oxygen we breathe, regulate our climate and weather patterns, and provide healthy meals for people every day; Whereas scientists estimate more than 95 percent of the oceans remain unexplored; Whereas the health of our oceans is a reflection of the health of our planet; Whereas changes in ocean chemistry pose a very real threat to marine resources, industries, and jobs; Whereas our oceans absorb chemical inputs, including carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and the breakdown of organic matter, and become more acidic; Whereas ocean acidification harms oysters, mussels, lobsters, clams, corals, and other species building shells, skeletons, and reproducing; Whereas according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 80 percent of pollution to the oceans comes from land; Whereas increased temperatures and nutrient runoff can result in colonies of harmful algal blooms that grow excessively and produce toxins leaving ocean areas and waterways in a hypoxic state that threatens marine life; Whereas Tribes have a right and a deep cultural and historical connection to the fish populations threatened by changing ocean chemistry; Whereas according to the United Nations more than eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans each year; Whereas marine debris is considered a growing global crisis that requires collaborative work with partners from across the world; Whereas we need to improve our understanding of the implications of environmental stressors, such as harmful algal blooms and hypoxia, marine debris, warming and more acidic ocean waters, overfishing, and rising sea levels; Whereas these problems are indicators of a changing climate and threaten our economy and the livelihood of vulnerable coastal communities; Whereas across the United States the ocean economy supports more than 3 million jobs and contributes at least $352 billion in economic activity annually; Whereas, in 2008, the United Nations General Assembly designated June 8 as World Oceans Day Whereas World Oceans Day provides an opportunity to recommit to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild our oceans and its resources: Now, therefore, be it that the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes World Oceans Day and affirms the individual and collective duty, both nationally and internationally, to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources; (2) affirms the stewardship of ocean resources is vital to both present and future generations; and (3) commits to increasing the investment of Federal funds in scientific research and monitoring to better understand our changing oceans.

Summary: Recognizes World Oceans Day and affirms the individual and collective duty to protect, conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean and its resources. Expresses commitment to increasing the investment of federal funds into scientific research and monitoring to better understand the changing oceans.
Honoring the 65th anniversary of the landmark decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (347 U.S. 483 (1954)).

Whereas, in 1950, 9-year-old Linda Brown, the daughter of Oliver L. Brown, was denied entry into the all White Sumner Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas, and forced to attend the all Black Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas; Whereas, on February 28, 1951, the complaint in Brown v. Board of Education was filed with the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, with Oliver L. Brown as the lead plaintiff; Whereas the plaintiffs in Brown v. Board of Education appealed the ruling of the district court to the Supreme Court; Whereas, at the Supreme Court, the case of Brown v. Board of Education was combined with other cases from South Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, and the District of Columbia regarding segregation in public schools; Whereas Thurgood Marshall argued the case of Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court as lead counsel for the appellants; Whereas, on May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous opinion holding that— (1) separate educational facilities are inherently unequal; and (2) the separate but equal Whereas Brown v. Board of Education (347 U.S. 483 (1954))— (1) overruled the 1896 decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (163 U.S. 537 (1896)); (2) ended discriminatory Jim Crow laws; and (3) invalidated the separate but equal Whereas, in a second opinion issued on May 31, 1955, the Supreme Court decreed that schools should be desegregated with all deliberate speed; Whereas, because of the role that Linda Brown played in ending racial segregation in the United States, Linda Brown became a civil rights icon and continued to be a voice for school desegregation in Topeka, Kansas; Whereas Linda Brown passed away on March 27, 2018, at the age of 75 in Topeka, Kansas; and Whereas Congress established the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, which is located at Monroe Elementary School in Topeka, Kansas, the school that Linda Brown attended: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives recognizes and celebrates— (1) the 65th anniversary of the landmark decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (347 U.S. 483 (1954)); and (2) the contribution the decision has made to— (A) equal education; and (B) equal justice under the law, which is recognized in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.

Summary: This resolution honors the 65th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
Electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.

That the following named Member be, and is hereby, elected to the following standing committee of the House of Representatives: Committee on Armed Services: Mr. Panetta. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

Summary: Elects a specified Member to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 31) making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes, and providing for proceedings during the period from February 15, 2019, through February 22, 2019.

That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider the conference report to accompany the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 31) making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the conference report to its adoption without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate; and (2) one motion to recommit if applicable. 2. On any legislative day during the period from February 15, 2019, through February 22, 2019— (a) the Journal of the proceedings of the previous day shall be considered as approved; and (b) the Chair may at any time declare the House adjourned to meet at a date and time, within the limits of clause 4, section 5, article I of the Constitution, to be announced by the Chair in declaring the adjournment. 3. The Speaker may appoint Members to perform the duties of the Chair for the duration of the period addressed by section 2 of this resolution as though under clause 8(a) of rule I. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

Summary: This resolution sets forth the rule for consideration of the conference report on H.J.Res. 31 (FY2019 Department of Homeland Security appropriations).
Expressing opposition to the completion of Nord Stream II, and for other purposes.

Whereas Nord Stream II is an underwater gas pipeline that, if completed, will transport natural gas from the Russian Federation through the Baltic Sea to Germany; Whereas Russia controls the supply of nearly 40 percent of Europe’s gas and 11 European countries rely on Russian gas for 75 percent or more for their annual needs; Whereas Nord Stream II will increase Russian control over the European energy market; Whereas Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, stated that Nord Stream II would not help diversification, nor would it reduce [European] dependency Whereas it has been longstanding United States policy to support European energy security through diversification of supplies, such as the Southern Gas Corridor which will deliver Caspian Sea energy resources to Southern and Central Europe; Whereas the existing Ukrainian gas transit system currently has 55 billion cubic meters of spare capacity which is equal to Nord Stream II’s planned capacity; Whereas Ukraine has been a stable and reliable transit hub for energy flowing to European destinations; Whereas Russia’s geopolitical interest in Nord Stream II is not to increase European energy security, but rather to drive a wedge between countries in Europe and drastically diminish Ukraine’s political leverage regarding Russia and the significant income Ukraine derives from transit fees; Whereas according to Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Diplomacy, Sandra Oudkirk, because [Nord Stream II] has such a potentially large impact on the national security of some of our largest partners in the world, it has an impact on our national security Whereas Members of Congress on a bipartisan basis have expressed strong opposition to Nord Stream II through statements and legislation: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) finds that Nord Stream II is a drastic step backwards for European energy security and United States interests; (2) calls upon European governments to reject the Nord Stream II project; (3) urges the President to use all available means to support European energy security through a policy of reducing reliance on the Russia Federation; and (4) supports the imposition of sanctions with respect to Nord Stream II under section 232 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( 22 U.S.C. 9526 Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

Summary: Expresses opposition to the completion of Nord Stream II, the gas pipeline that would transport natural gas from Russia through the Baltic Sea to Germany. Urges the President to support European energy security through a policy of diversification to lessen reliance on Russia. Supports the imposition of sanctions with respect to Nord Stream II.
Recognizing the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year in 2020.

Whereas Lunar New Year begins on the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the first day of the new year according to the lunisolar calendar, and extends until the full moon 15 days later; Whereas the 15th day of the new year, according to the lunisolar calendar, is called the Lantern Festival; Whereas Lunar New Year is often referred to as Spring Festival in various Asian countries; Whereas many religious and ethnic communities use lunar-based calendars; Whereas Lunar New Year began in China more than 4,000 years ago and is widely celebrated in East and Southeast Asia; Whereas the Asian diaspora has expanded the Lunar New Year celebration into an annual worldwide event; Whereas Lunar New Year is celebrated by millions of Asian Americans, and by many non-Asian Americans, in the United States; Whereas Lunar New Year is celebrated with community activities and cultural performances; Whereas participants celebrating Lunar New Year travel to spend the holiday reuniting with family and friends; and Whereas Lunar New Year is traditionally a time to wish upon others good fortune, health, prosperity, and happiness: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes the cultural and historical significance of Lunar New Year; (2) in observance of this Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rat, expresses its deepest respect for Asian Americans and all individuals throughout the world who celebrate this significant occasion; and (3) wishes Asian Americans and all individuals who observe this holiday a happy and prosperous new year.

Summary: This resolution recognizes the cultural and historical significance of the Lunar New Year. The resolution expresses, in observance of this Lunar New Year, the Year of the Rat, the deepest respect of the House of Representatives for Asian Americans and all individuals throughout the world who celebrate this significant occasion. The resolution wishes Asian Americans and all individuals who observe this holiday a happy and prosperous new year.
Providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes.

That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the conference report to its adoption without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate; and (2) one motion to recommit if applicable. 2. The provisions of section 7 of the War Powers Resolution ( 50 U.S.C. 1546 50 U.S.C. 1544 Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

Summary: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through FY2023. Prohibits provisions of the War Powers Resolution concerning congressional priority procedures from applying during the remainder of the 115th Congress to a concurrent resolution introduced with respect to Yemen.