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Recognizing the longstanding partnership between the United States and Australia to share critical firefighting resources during times of crisis.

Whereas Australia and the United States have long held a unique relationship, marked by diplomatic, security, and economic cooperation; Whereas Australia and the United States celebrated 100 years of mateship on July 4, 2018, marking the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Hamel, which helped turn the tide of World War I; Whereas the United States and Australia have shared firefighting resources, including specialist firefighters, for over 15 years; Whereas the United States and Australia are experiencing some of the hottest and driest weather conditions on record, exacerbating the threat of wildfires and contributing to longer wildfire seasons in both nations; Whereas over 100 Australian firefighters traveled to the United States in August 2018, to assist with efforts to contain wildfires that threatened communities in California, Oregon, and Washington; Whereas over 200 American firefighters have been mobilized to Australia over the past month to help combat and contain devastating bushfires that have burned over 12,500,000 acres of land; and Whereas multiple United States agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Fish and Wildlife Services, have provided American firefighters to help combat Australia’s bushfires: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes the value of the longstanding partnership between the United States and Australia to share critical firefighting resources during times of crisis; (2) recognizes the efforts and bravery of Australian firefighters who have not only risked their lives to fight wildfires in their own country but also helped contain several dangerous wildfires in North America; (3) recognizes the efforts and bravery of American firefighters who have not only risked their lives to fight wildfires in their own country but have also provided their services to combat the bushfires currently ravaging the Australian continent; (4) expresses full support for the people of Australia during the ongoing bushfire crisis; (5) supports continued partnership between the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and United States Federal agencies to share research, technology, and best practices related to wildfire mitigation and suppression; and (6) supports continued cooperation and greater collaboration between Australia and the United States to mitigate the underlying factors driving extended and more intense wildfire years in both countries.

Summary: This resolution expresses support for Australia, as well as greater collaboration between the United States and Australia to promote wildfire mitigation and prevention.
Designating the National Center of Excellence for research in coastal flooding and recurrent flooding, a partnership among Old Dominion University and William & Mary, including the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Virginia Coastal Policy Center at William & Mary Law School.

Whereas universities engaged in both fundamental and applied coastal flooding research are key resources for partnerships with Federal agencies; Whereas Old Dominion University and William & Mary, including the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Virginia Coastal Policy Center at William & Mary Law School; Whereas other coastal regions in the United States are vulnerable to flooding and coastal hazards, and the applied research and partnership structure developed in the Virginia can be replicated throughout the Nation, increasing community resilience and national security; Whereas the universities convened State, local, regional, nonprofit, and private sector partners to develop relationships and began the process of building new strategies to respond to increasing coastal threats; Whereas the universities have a proven record of accomplishment and natural and social scientific expertise in coastal flooding and are located in a natural test bed at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay; Whereas the designation made by this resolution will further the ability of these university partners to collaborate with relevant Federal agencies on flood-related topics and share best practices with stakeholders in and outside Virginia; Whereas maintaining the facility and personnel readiness at bases and Federal facilities in Virginia, including Norfolk Naval Station, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren, and Joint Expeditionary Base Langley Eustis, which are vulnerable to flooding and coastal hazards, is essential to our Nation’s national security; and Whereas the universities have a history of working with Federal agencies in coastal flooding and convening stakeholders, and are legislatively designated jointly by the Commonwealth of Virginia as a provider of technical and scientific advice: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives recognizes— (1) the National Center of Excellence for research in coastal flooding and recurrent flooding, a partnership among Old Dominion University and William & Mary, including the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Virginia Coastal Policy Center at William & Mary Law School; and (2) Old Dominion University’s Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience, William & Mary, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and the Virginia Coastal Policy Center at William & Mary Law School, each as a National Center of Excellence for research in coastal flooding and recurrent flooding.

Summary: This resolution recognizes each of the following schools as a National Center of Excellence for research in coastal flooding and recurrent flooding: Old Dominion University's Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience, William & Mary, the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and the Virginia Coastal Policy Center at William & Mary Law School.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1808) to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 1808) to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117–60, modified by the amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit. Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

Summary: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1808) to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited.
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Harry Mason Reid, Jr.

That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable Harry Mason Reid, Jr., a Senator from the State of Nevada. 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.

Summary: This resolution offers the condolences of the House of Representatives regarding the death of Senator Harry Reid, Jr.
Recognizing the significant milestone of Senior Corps volunteers serving 50,000,000 hours in 2018.

Whereas volunteers in the United States who are 55 years of age and older (referred to in this preamble as senior volunteers Whereas Senior Corps, through the RSVP, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, provides meaningful volunteer opportunities to 220,000 senior volunteers and recruits thousands of additional community volunteers; Whereas, for more than 5 decades, RSVP volunteers, Foster Grandparents, and Senior Companions have played an important role in strengthening communities by contributing their experience, knowledge, and accomplishments in order to— (1) help their neighbors recover from natural and manmade disasters; (2) provide nutrition services; (3) mentor and tutor schoolchildren; (4) support veterans and military families; and (5) provide respite care to caregivers; Whereas in 2018, Senior Corps volunteers provided more than 50,000,000 hours of direct service through more than 23,000 nonprofit, educational, and faith-based community groups nationwide; Whereas structured volunteering by senior volunteers— (1) keeps those senior volunteers active, healthy, and engaged; (2) helps communities across the United States by solving local problems; (3) helps the United States by saving taxpayer dollars, reducing health care costs, and strengthening democracy; and (4) helps seniors live independent and productive lives; Whereas the RSVP, Foster Grandparent, and Senior Companion programs have proven to be cost-effective ways to engage senior volunteers in volunteer service that meets pressing community needs; Whereas recent research suggests that— (1) volunteering not only slows the cognitive decline of aging for older individuals in the United States, but also provides an important pathway for alleviating loneliness; and (2) throughout the United States, and especially in rural areas, older individuals are aging in place Whereas the United States should expand senior volunteer service opportunities to take advantage of the talents and experiences of the 10,000 baby boomers who will retire each day for the next 20 years; Whereas, at a time of mounting social need and growing interest in service by older individuals in the United States, the United States has an unprecedented opportunity to harness the talents of senior volunteers to address community challenges; and Whereas the people of the United States should join in the celebration of Senior Corps volunteers during Older Americans Month That the House of Representatives— (1) acknowledges the contributions that Senior Corps volunteers make to— (A) the communities in which those volunteers live and serve; and (B) the United States; and (2) encourages the people of the United States to recognize the contributions of senior volunteers.

Summary: This resolution acknowledges the contributions that Senior Corps volunteers make to the communities in which they live and serve and to the United States.
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, of high misdemeanors.

that Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is unfit to be President, unfit to represent the American values of decency and morality, respectability and civility, honesty and propriety, reputability and integrity, is unfit to defend the ideals that have made America great, unfit to defend liberty and justice for all as extolled in the Pledge of Allegiance, is unfit to defend the American ideal of all persons being created equal as exalted in the Declaration of Independence, is unfit to ensure domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare and to ensure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity as lauded in the preamble to the United States Constitution, is unfit to protect the government of the people, by the people, for the people as elucidated in the Gettysburg Address, and is impeached for high misdemeanors that the following Article of Impeachment be exhibited to the Senate: Article of Impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States, in the name of itself, of the people of the United States, against Donald John Trump, President of the United States, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high misdemeanors committed as President constituting harm to American society to the manifest injury of the people of the United States: Article I The House of Representatives on July 16, 2019, strongly condemned President Donald Trump’s racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color by saying that our fellow Americans who are immigrants, and those who may look to the President like immigrants, should go back invaders In all of this, the aforementioned Donald John Trump has, by his statements, brought the high office of the President of the United States in contempt, ridicule, disgrace, and disrepute, has sown seeds of discord among the people of the United States, has demonstrated that he is unfit to be President, and has betrayed his trust as President of the United States to the manifest injury of the people of the United States, and has committed a high misdemeanor in office. Therefore, Donald John Trump by causing such harm to the society of the United States is unfit to be President and warrants impeachment, trial, and removal from office.

Summary: This resolution impeaches President Trump of high misdemeanors based on racist comments that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new Americans and people of color.
Electing the Clerk of the House of Representatives.

That Cheryl L. Johnson of the State of Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

Summary: This resolution elects Cheryl L. Johnson as Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Designating the caucus room in the Cannon House Office Building as the "Speaker Nancy Pelosi Caucus Room".

Speaker Nancy Pelosi Caucus Room That the caucus room in the Cannon House Office Building (room 390) is designated as the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Caucus Room Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk.

Summary: This resolution designates the caucus room in the Cannon House Office Building (room 390) as the Speaker Nancy Pelosi Caucus Room.
Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7160) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the limitation on the amount certain married individuals can deduct for State and local taxes, and providing for consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 987) denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposes.

That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 7160) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the limitation on the amount certain married individuals can deduct for State and local taxes. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and on any amendment thereto to final passage without intervening motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means or their respective designees; and (2) one motion to recommit. 2. 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. 987) denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration, and for other purposes. The resolution shall be considered as read. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resolution and preamble 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 Energy and Commerce or their respective designees. February 5, 2024 Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Summary: Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 7160) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the limitation on the amount certain married individuals can deduct for State and local taxes, and providing for consideration of the resolution (H.Res. 987) denouncing the harmful, anti-American energy policies of the Biden administration.
Recognizing that the irresponsible withdrawal of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is a threat to the security of the United States.

Whereas the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 was enacted on December 22, 1975, creating the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to respond to the global oil crisis; Whereas the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is divided into four sites, Bryan Mound, Big Hill, West Hackberry, and Bayou Choctaw, near the Gulf of Mexico, with an authorized total storage capacity of 714 million barrels of oil; Whereas the President has the sole control over the drawdown and sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; Whereas there have only been three emergency drawdowns from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in its history—during Operation Desert Storm in 1991, during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and, in coordination with the International Energy Agency, responding to instability in the Middle East and North Africa in 2011; Whereas President Biden’s administration, since day one, has irresponsibly attacked the energy sector of the United States, halting the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, creating bureaucratic challenges to the permitting process, and promoting the exclusive use of wind and solar energy (sources that are not entirely reliable), making the United States dependent on foreign powers; Whereas, on March 31, 2022, President Biden announced the release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve of one million barrels of crude oil per day for six months to stabilize volatile energy costs; Whereas, on July 26, 2022, President Biden authorized the sale of an additional 20 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to other countries, including China; Whereas, on September 30, 2022, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve held only 416.4 million barrels of oil, the lowest level since December 1985, significantly affecting the ability of the United States to respond to natural disasters or an attack on the United States; and Whereas President Biden’s release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to artificially lower gas prices at the expense of the national security of the United States is motivated by political, rather than economic or security, reasons: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives— (1) recognizes energy security is national security; (2) recognizes that President Biden’s attack on domestic production of oil and gas has resulted in the United States being energy dependent; (3) encourages higher levels of domestic oil and gas production as Americans produce energy more cleanly and more efficiently than any other country; and (4) calls upon President Biden to halt the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and to begin replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Summary: This resolution calls on President Biden to stop the sale of petroleum products from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves and instead prioritize the replenishment of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves.
Recognizing the roles and the contributions of Americas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their critical role in providing quality health care for the public and the Nation's Armed Forces for more than 150 years, through multiple public health emergencies, and beyond.

Whereas Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) are essential to America’s health care system, providing high-quality, cost-effective anesthesia and pain management care; Whereas nurse anesthetists were some of the first anesthesia providers ever and have been providing care for more than 150 years; Whereas CRNAs safely administer more than 50,000,000 anesthetics to patients each year; Whereas CRNAs are the primary providers of anesthesia care in rural America, enabling health care facilities in these medically underserved areas to offer obstetrical, surgical, trauma stabilization, and pain management services for millions of underserved and at-risk people; Whereas CRNAs practice in every setting in which anesthesia is delivered, including traditional hospital surgical suites and obstetrical delivery rooms, the offices of dentists, podiatrists, ophthalmologists, and plastic surgeons, ambulatory surgical centers, and United States Military and Public Health Services and Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities; Whereas CRNAs have served on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, using their advanced skills in airway management, intubation, and ventilator management to help the sickest COVID–19 patients, leaving the comfort of their homes and families to travel to hospitals and facilities across the country so they can assist where the need is greatest; and Whereas the purpose of National CRNA Week, held January 23, 2023, through January 28, 2023, is to raise public awareness of and celebrate the Nation’s 59,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and student registered nurse anesthetists: Now, therefore, be it That the House of Representatives thanks and promotes the profession of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and their incredible, selfless, and dedicated service for over 150 years, by encouraging patients, hospital administrators, health care professionals, policymakers, and others to utilize CRNAs to their full potential and to recognize the work of CRNAs by participating in National CRNA Week.

Summary: This resolution recognizes the service of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and encourages participation in National CRNA Week.