Don Bacon

Remembering the life of Corey Comperatore who passed away on Saturday, July 13, 2024.

To amend section 431 of the Social Security Act to include peer mentoring service programs in the provision of certain services, and for other purposes.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary to award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities to establish, maintain, or improve activities related to the detection and monitoring of infectious diseases through wastewater for public health emergency preparedness and response purposes, and for other purposes.

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

To amend the Transportation, Treasury, Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006 and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to allow for housing assistance to certain individuals enrolled as students at an institution of higher education, and for other purposes.

Expressing support for the designation of the month of July as American Patriotism Month.

To make certain individuals ineligible to receive any Federal financial aid under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit discrimination against health care entities that do not participate in abortion, and to strengthen implementation and enforcement of Federal conscience laws.

To develop a scenario-based training curriculum for law enforcement personnel, and for other purposes.

To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to enhance direct certification under the school lunch program.

To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to DNA test family units.

To extend the obligation deadline of funds made available to recipients under the American Rescue Plan Act for the purposes of supporting homeless children and youth.

Condemning the Biden administration’s politically motivated ban on liquefied natural gas exports to non-free trade agreement countries.

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish requirements with respect to the use of prior authorization under Medicare Advantage plans.

To amend title II of the Public Health Service Act to include as an additional right or privilege of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service (and their beneficiaries) certain leave provided under title 10, United States Code to commissioned officers of the Army (or their beneficiaries).

Recognizing June 12, 2024, as this year’s observance of Philippines Independence Day to honor the 126th anniversary of the independence of the Philippines.

To include the Czech Republic in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E–1 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of the Czech Republic.

To establish protections for warehouse workers, and for other purposes.

To provide for automatic acquisition of United States citizenship for certain internationally adopted individuals, and for other purposes.

To amend the Federal Reserve Act to prohibit the Federal reserve banks from offering certain products or services directly to an individual, to prohibit the use of central bank digital currency for monetary policy, and for other purposes.