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Recognizing the benefits of natural gas to the United States economy and environment, and recognizing natural gas as an affordable and "green" energy.

Bill: 118-hres-1167
Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2024-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: 
This resolution recognizes domestically produced natural gas as affordable, green, and necessary for energy independence while asserting that the United States should take a broad approach to meet energy needs. It also opposes any efforts to limit, delay, or ban the approval of liquified natural gas export facilities in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the designation of the week of April 21 through April 27, 2024, as "National Crime Victims Rights Week".

Bill: 118-hres-1168
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2024-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: 
This resolution supports the designation of National Crime Victims' Rights Week and its theme—
How would you help? Options, services, and hope for crime survivors.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut men's basketball team, the UConn Huskies, for winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Basketball Championship, and commending and congratulating the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team for securing a place in the Final Four.

Bill: 118-hres-1169
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2024-04-23 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: 
This resolution commends the University of Connecticut men’s basketball team for winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s basketball championship.

The resolution also commends the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team for reaching the Final Four of the NCAA women’s basketball championship for the 23rd time in the program's history.

Further, the resolution congratulates Coach Geno Auriemma of the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team and Coach Dan Hurley of the men's team.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Members of the House of Representatives from bringing or displaying a flag of a foreign nation on the floor of the House, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hres-1170
Sponsor: Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2024-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
National symbols

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda and joining people in Rwanda and around the world in remembering and mourning the victims of the genocide.

Bill: 118-hres-1171
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2024-04-26 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: 
This resolution recognizes the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.

The resolution also reaffirms the commitment of the United States to the goals of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.

Bill: 118-hres-1172
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2024-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
New Jersey

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: 
This resolution expresses the sorrow of the House of Representatives upon the announcement of the death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr., a Representative from New Jersey.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H2689)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H2689)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H2689)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the goals and ideals of Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month.

Bill: 118-hres-1174
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40]
Introduced: 2024-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: 
This resolution supports the goals and ideals of Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that hydropower is a vital component to an all-of-the-above approach to energy development which is critical to United States national security.

Bill: 118-hres-1175
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2024-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: 
This resolution urges the Department of Energy (DOE) to create a hydropower independence plan which articulates a clear and comprehensive proposal for how DOE intends to create, maintain, improve, and expand a vigorous domestic hydropower industry. It also expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that (1) hydropower is a necessary part of an all-of-the-above approach to energy development; (2) protecting the existing hydropower resources and establishing new ones are critical to national security; (3) increased hydropower production will lower energy prices for consumers, decrease the national carbon footprint, and enhance the resiliency of the U.S. power grid; and (4) hydro-hegemony will provide the United States with an edge over global competitors and foreign bad actors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Expressing disapproval of the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative entered into by the Biden administration.

Bill: 118-hres-1176
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2024-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for the designation of May 5, 2024, as the "National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls".

Bill: 118-hres-1177
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2024-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Commemorative events and holidays
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Missing persons
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: 
This resolution expresses support for the designation of a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Proclaiming a Declaration of Environmental Rights for Incarcerated People.

Bill: 118-hres-1178
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2024-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: 
This resolution declares that incarcerated people have the right to (1) healthy and safe environments, and (2) advocate for protecting and improving their environmental health. 

This resolution also supports efforts to enact legislation that is guided by the principles of the Declaration of Environmental Rights for Incarcerated People (as described in this resolution).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for the designation of May 2024 as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month.

Bill: 118-hres-1179
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]
Introduced: 2024-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: 
This resolution (1) expresses support for the designation of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month; (2) recognizes that motorcyclists have a right to the road and that all motorists should safely share the roadways; and (3) encourages rider safety education, training, and proper gear.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in medical education.

Bill: 118-hres-1180
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2024-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: 
This resolution expresses support for diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at medical education institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for designation of April as "National Donate Life Month" and expressing gratitude to all Americans who have registered to be organ and tissue donors.

Bill: 118-hres-1181
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2024-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: 
This resolution expresses support for the designation, goals, and ideals of National Donate Life Month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the role of Semper Fi & America's Fund and their contributions to supporting members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and military families for the past 20 years.

Bill: 118-hres-1182
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2024-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: 
This resolution recognizes and thanks Semper Fi and America’s Fund for their work over the past 20 years supporting veterans, members of the Armed Forces, and military families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Commending the University of South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team for winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletics Association Women's Basketball National Championship.

Bill: 118-hres-1183
Sponsor: Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2024-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: 
This resolution commends the University of South Carolina Gamecocks for winning the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association women’s basketball national championship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Ms. Foundation for Women.

Bill: 118-hres-1184
Sponsor: Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2024-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: 
This resolution recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Ms. Foundation for Women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Designating the month of May as "National First Responder Month".

Bill: 118-hres-1185
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2024-04-30 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: 
This resolution expresses support for National First Responder Month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the indispensable role of the Indigenous people of Guatemala in ensuring a democratic transition following the 2023 general election in the face of judicial corruption, political exclusion, and historic marginalization, and urging the Government of Guatemala to follow through on its commitments to represent and equitably serve all Guatemalans.

Bill: 118-hres-1186
Sponsor: Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2024-04-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the 49th anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975.

Bill: 118-hres-1187
Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2024-04-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: 
This resolution recognizes the significance of the 49th anniversary of Black April and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, when South Vietnam was overthrown by communist forces. The resolution also honors (1) the service of members of the U.S. Armed Forces and South Vietnamese forces who fought in Vietnam, including those who gave their lives; (2) the contributions of Vietnamese Americans to the United States; and (3) the memory of those Vietnamese who lost their lives attempting to flee Vietnam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for the month of May as "Fallen Heroes Memorial Month".

Bill: 118-hres-1188
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2024-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: 
This resolution honors the veterans who gave their lives in service to the country and recognizes the families and loved ones of such veterans. Additionally, the resolution requests the President issue an annual proclamation designating Fallen Heroes Memorial Month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the designation of the week of April 29 through May 3, 2024, as "National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Appreciation Week".

Bill: 118-hres-1189
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2024-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: 
This resolution supports the designation of National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel Appreciation Week.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents, calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2024, as "D.C. Statehood Day".

Bill: 118-hres-1190
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2024-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: 
This resolution expresses support for the designation of D.C. Statehood Day and calls on Congress to pass the Washington, D.C., Admission Act (i.e., H.R. 51 and S. 51).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Armed Services, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Expressing support for the designation of May 4, 2024, as a "National Day of Reason" and recognizing the central importance of reason in the betterment of humanity.

Bill: 118-hres-1191
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2024-05-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: 
This resolution supports the designation of a National Day of Reason to encourage a focus on the central importance of reason, critical thought, the scientific method, and free inquiry to resolving social problems and promoting human welfare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-05-01
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing widening threats to freedom of the press and free expression around the world, reaffirming the vital role that a free and independent press plays in countering the growing threats of authoritarianism, misinformation, and disinformation, and reaffirming freedom of the press as a priority of the United States Government in promoting democracy, human rights, and good governance in commemoration of World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2024.

Bill: 118-hres-1192
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2024-05-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-02
text: 
This resolution recognizes the centrality of a free press to free societies and democratic governance and expresses concerns about threats to the exercise of freedom of expression globally. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2024-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-05-02
text: Introduced in House