Amendments to H.R. 5894 – Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024

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En blocs receive up to twenty minutes of debate. Standalone amendments receive up to 10 minutes of debate.

Green indicates amendments en bloc. Black indicates standalone amendments.

En Bloc #1, offered by Aderholt (R-AL): ADOPTED BY VOICE

Sherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 3 – Increases funding for the Department of Education’s Office of Elementary and Secondary Education— Education for the Disadvantaged account by $5 million to allow K-12 schools to implement and administer high-impact tutoring programs that will help students recover from COVID-related academic challenges. Reduces funding for the Department of Labor’s Departmental Management—Salaries and Expenses account by $5 million

Harris (R-MD) – Amendment No. 5 – Decreases the Office of the Secretary of HHS by $10,000,000. Increases the HRSA Health Workforce topline by $9,500,000

Caraveo (D-CO) – Amendment No. 7 – Increases and decreases the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant by $35 million for the purpose of providing support for maternal and child health care services; prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care; and screenings, diagnostic and treatment services to improve the health and well-being of mothers, children, and families

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 12 – Transfers funds from HHS General Department Management to suicide prevention research and techniques to combat the mental health epidemic 

Castor (D-FL) – Amendment No. 14 – Increases and decreases funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in support of the President’s request to prevent HPV-related cancers through the Cancer Moonshot Initiative 

Miller (R-WV) – Amendment No. 15 – Directs $5,000,000 of funding to the CDC’s TGS program to promote early detection of emerging pathogens and infectious diseases through airport wastewater study. Reduces funding for the Office of the Secretary of the HHS by the same amount

Pfluger (R-TX) – Amendment No. 16 – Decreases and increases funds by $1,500,000 within the CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases for the purpose of funding grants for research and surveillance activities on the prevalence of Valley Fever and the health impacts on the population affected

Murphy (R-NC) – Amendment No. 17 – Increases and decreases funding for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to support the Presidential Physical Fitness Test

Sherrill (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 18 – Increases funding by $5 million for the CDC Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Account to award grants for the creation of programs to improve prevention, identification, and treatment of cardiovascular disease in women. The offset of $5 million is from the Office the Secretary General Departmental Management Account

Gallagher (R-WI) – Amendment No. 20 – Increases funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ALS Registry by $5,000,000 to support research to prevent ALS among active military personnel and veterans, and reduces funding for the Office of the Secretary of General Departmental Management by $5,000,000

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 21 – Increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000 in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Environmental Health account to emphasize the importance of every child having access to drinking water at school that’s free of lead and dangerous materials

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 23 – Increases and decreases funding by $5 million for the National Cancer Institute to support improved access to lifesaving screening, diagnostic, and treatment services in an effort to reduce disparities and advance health equity in breast and cervical cancer

Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 24 – Increases funding for the National Cancer Institute by $2,000,000 to research triple negative breast cancer 

Murphy (R-NC) – Amendment No. 25 – Transfers $1,000,000 from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to fund a Pediatric-Onset Epilepsies Consortium to enable cooperative research studies, accelerate the development of knowledge about the epilepsies, and rapidly advance therapeutic options and their implementation to improve treatments and healthcare outcomes

Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) – Amendment No. 27 – Increases and decreases funding for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to recognize the economic burden of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease and highlight the importance of developing a vaccine for its prevention

Caraveo (D-CO) – Amendment No. 29 – Increases and decreases the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development by $10 million, for the purpose of continued research and training to understand human development across the lifespan to improve health outcomes and reduce costs associated with illness and disability 

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 30 – Increases funding by $10 million for the National Institute on Aging to strengthen the Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center’s research on Alzheimer’s disease including causes, diagnostic tools, treatments, and cures. The offset of $10 million is from the Office of the Secretary General Departmental Management Account

Barragán (D-CA) – Amendment No. 31 – Increases and decreases funds for the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) by $1,000,000 to express the intent that increased funding be included for the NIMHD Research Endowment Program to provide continued support to existing grantees, and to expand the number of statutorily eligible institutions receiving grants through a competitive process

Steil (R-WI) – Amendment No. 37 – Increases the Substance Abuse Mental Health Budget by $18 million for the 9- 8-8 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The offset is decreasing funding from the NIH Office of the Director

Balint (D-VT) – Amendment No. 40 – Increases and decreases funding for the SAMHSA Disaster Response Program to highlight the importance of supporting disaster survivors’ mental health 

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 41 – Subtracts and adds $10,000,000 to highlight the importance of bolstering 988 infrastructure and care coordination

Murphy (R-NC) – Amendment No. 42 – Transfers $2 million from the Office of the Secretary General Departmental Management to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration to increase available grants to prevent prescription drug and illicit opioid overdoses 

Caraveo (D-CO) – Amendment No. 43 – Increases and decreases the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative by $7 million for the purpose of raising awareness of the impact of traumatic stress on children and adolescents and to increase availability and accessibility of trauma-informed care, services, and treatments

Barr (R-KY) – Amendment No. 44 – Increases funding for the Treatment, Recovery, and Workforce Support Program 

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 45 – Increases funding by $10 million for the Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use to award grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for planning, establishing, or administering programs to prevent and address the misuse of opioids, related drugs, and other drugs commonly used in pain management or injury recovery, as well as the co-use of one or more such drugs with other substances, by students and student athletes. The offset of $10 million is from the Office of the Secretary General Departmental Management Account

Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 46 – Transfers $2 million from the Office of Secretary General Departmental Management Account to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration for the purpose of expanding mobile Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) units in rural communities

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 47 – Subtracts and adds $2,000,000 to specify that SAMHSA should explore using its funds for crisis stabilization centers that provide walk-in care services for individuals with serious mental health conditions and/or substance use disorders as an effective approach to reducing emergency department visits, hospitalizations, or incarceration

Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 48 – Increases and decreases funding to the Administration for Children and Families by $2,000,000 to highlight the need for innovative foster care programming that recognizes the adversities, challenges, and traumas that children and families involved in the foster care system often confront in such vulnerable periods 

Ramirez (D-IL) – Amendment No. 49 – Increases and decreases funding for the Services for Survivors of Torture Program 

Ciscomani (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 50 – Increases and decreases funding for Head Start 

Jackson Lee (D-TX) – Amendment No. 51 – Increases funds by $2,000,000 for the Head Start Act, including Head Start partnerships

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 52 – Increases and decreases funding for the Administration of Community Living by $5,000,000 to build up telephone reassurance services to support the mental health and overall well-being of socially vulnerable older adults

Dunn (R-FL) – Amendment No. 53 – Increases and decreases the funding by $400 million for the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response‘s (ASPR) Project Bioshield to highlight the importance of HHS funding oral antiviral therapeutics as part of Project NextGen

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 56 – Transfers $2,000,000 from HHS office of the Secretary and transfer it to the Office of Inspector General to support investigation and oversight functions of HHS in disrupting counterfeit medicine 

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 57 – Increases and decreases Medicare Hearings and Appeals funding by $196,000,000 to direct CMS to transmit information, either on the CMS website or on the claim denial notification, to those whose Medicare/Medicaid claims are denied about how to effectively appeal their denied claims

Houchin (R-IN) – Amendment No. 59 – Increases and decreases the ESEA account by $1 million dollars to highlight the importance of the Literacy Education for All, Results for the Nation program under ESEA

Houchin (R-IN) – Amendment No. 60 – Increases and decreases the HEA account by $1million dollars to highlight the importance of our future educators teaching the science of reading through a phonics-based curriculum

Scott, David (D-GA) – Amendment No. 64 – Increases and decreases funding for the Assistance for Arts Education to highlight the need for professional development for arts educators to better include and accommodate students with disabilities

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 65 – Increases and decreases IDEA funding to emphasize the importance of supporting students with intellectual and developmental disabilities

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 66 – Increases and decreases IDEA funding to highlight the importance for schools districts to inform parents of their right to have a thirdparty advocate in IEP meetings 

Steil (R-WI) – Amendment No. 67 – Transfers $5,000,000 from the Department of Education’s Departmental Management Program Administration account to the Department of Education’s Special Education account for the purpose of carrying out Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

McGarvey (D-KY) – Amendment No. 68 – Increases and decreases funding by $2 million to highlight the importance of continued funding for the American Printing House for the Blind and their mission providing accessible and innovative reading materials to people who are blind or low vision

Molinaro (R-NY) – Amendment No. 72 – Increases and decreases Department of Education funding to ensure that students are protected against antisemetic activity and those students who are affected have access to adequate counseling services. 

Moore (D-WI) – Amendment No. 73 – Demonstrates the importance of the TRIO program by increase/decrease by $1 million

Ramirez (D-IL) – Amendment No. 74 – Increases and decreases funding for Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence grants

Ramirez (D-IL) – Amendment No. 75 – Increases and decreases funding for Development Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program 

Lawler (R-NY) – Amendment No. 77 – Increases/decreases funding at the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights to prioritize the investigation of antisemitic incidents on college campuses

Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 79 – Increases and decreases funds by $10 million to hire more Social Security Administration employees in the Office of Hearing Operations to reduce hearings backlog and processing times for disability claims 

Schweikert (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 141 – Increases and decreases funding of $5 million for the National Institute on Drug Abuse to support research on cures for synthetic opioids and fentanyl. Offsets the increase with a decrease in funding of $5 million from the General Departmental Management account under the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services

Miller (R-IL) – Amendment No. 1 – Reduces the funds provided to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to $0 – VOTE REQUESTED

Higgins (R-LA) – Amendment No. 2 –  Reduces the Mine Safety and Health Administration’s Salary and Expenses account by $1,000,000, attributed to the salary and benefits cuts of William O’Dell and Christopher Williamson and redirects these funds to the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General’s account – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Cloud (R-TX) – Amendment No. 4 – Strikes a reference to a job corps center on Treasure Island in Sec. 114 and replaces it with the job corps center located in San Marcos, Texas – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Meuser (R-PA) – Amendment No. 6 – Provides the Health Workforce Account with an additional $10 million for the Nurse Corps programs which is offset with a $19 million deduction to the National Institute of Nursing Research – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 8 – Transfers funds from HHS General Department Management to the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 9 – Transfers funds from HHS General Department Management for the purchase and implementation of telehealth services to improve health care coordination for rural veterans between rural providers and the Department of Veterans Affairs – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 10 – Transfers funds from HHS General Department Management to the Rural Emergency Hospital Technical Assistance Program – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 11 – Transfers funds from HHS General Department Management to the Rural Residency Planning and Development Program to support physician workforce expansion in rural areas – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 13 – Transfers funds from HHS General Department Management to the Inspector General to combat waste, fraud, and abuse – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Mills (R-FL) – Amendment No. 19 – Reduces the appropriated amount for the Public Health Scientific Services to the FY19 appropriated amount – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Grothman (R-WI) – Amendment No. 22 – Increases and decreases funding in CDC-Wide Activities and Program Support by $1,000,000 to express the intent for the CDC to conduct a study on the connection between vitamin D deficiencies and COVID–19 mortality rates in the United States; and the role of vitamin D in suppressing severe COVID–19 symptoms; and determine whether or not a recommendation should be made on the supplemental intake of vitamin D to boost immune health and protect against complications associated with respiratory illness and infections – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Brecheen (R-OK) – Amendment No. 26 – Reduces funding for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to FY16 levels – NOT OFFERED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 28 – Transfers $10 million allocated for the Office of Diversity in Biomedical Research to the Spending Reduction Account – VOTE REQUESTED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 32 – Transfers $524.4 million from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to the Spending Reduction Account – VOTE REQUESTED

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 33 –  #152 Prohibits funding for the John E. Fogarty International Center saving approximately $95 million – VOTE REQUESTED

Pfluger (R-TX) – Amendment No. 34 – Decreases the amount appropriated to the NIH’s Office of the Director by $3,748,715 to redress the amount of federal funds the NIH awarded EcoHealth Alliance, Inc. to conduct gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Mills (R-FL) – Amendment No. 35 – Reduces the appropriated amount for the Office of the Director, NIH to the FY19 appropriated amount – VOTE REQUESTED

Boebert (R-CO), on behalf of Clyde (R-GA) – Amendment No. 36 – Reduces funds for the NIH – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Harris (R-MD) – Amendment No. 38 – Decreases the appropriation for NIH buildings and facilities by $59,000,000. Increases the appropriation for Project BioShield by $50,000,000 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Harris (R-MD) – Amendment No. 39 – Decreases the appropriation for NIH buildings and facilities by $119,000,000. Increases the appropriation for the Strategic National Stockpile by $100,000,000 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Carter (R-GA) – Amendment No. 54 – Directs $15 million to carry out section 2409 of Public Law 117-328 to allow states to build or maintain their own medical stockpile for their specific and unique needs, while coordinating with the SNS and ensuring it is robust – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 55 – Transfers $28 million allocated for Minority AIDS prevention to the Spending Reduction Account – VOTE REQUESTED

Griffith (R-VA) – Amendment No. 58 – Strikes “located in New York” to clarify and ensure no federal funds go to EcoHealth Alliance Inc – NOT OFFERED

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 61 – Transfers funds from the Department of Education bureaucracy to Charter School Grants – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 62 – Transfers funds from the Department of Education bureaucracy to Rural School Programs – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 63 – Transfers funds from the Department of Education bureaucracy to the Office of Indian Education – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 69 – Cuts funding for the Student Financial Assistance Program – VOTE REQUESTED

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 70 – Strikes funding to the Student Aid Administration – VOTE REQUESTED

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 71 – Strikes funding to the Higher Education Program – VOTE REQUESTED

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 76 – Strikes funding to the Institute of Education Sciences – VOTE REQUESTED

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 78 – Reduces funding for the National Labor Relations Board by $100 million – VOTE REQUESTED

Kiley (R-CA) – Amendment No. 80 – Prohibits funds made available under this Act from being used by the Department of Health and Human Services or any grantee to implement a mask mandate for children at Head Start programs – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 81 – Transfers funds from the Department of Education bureaucracy to the Office of the Inspector General to combat Waste, Fraud, and abuse – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Allen (R-GA) – Amendment No. 82 – Restricts any funds made available by this Act to be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled “Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary” or any substantially similar rule – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Wagner (R-MO) – Amendment No. 83 – Prohibits the Department of Labor from using funds to finalize, implement, or enforce proposed amendments to class prohibited transaction exemptions (PTEs) available to investment advice fiduciaries – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Norman (R-SC) – Amendment No. 84 – Prohibits funding to carry out the actions described in the fact sheet released by the White House related to cracking down on junk fees in retirement investment advice – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 85 – Prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from making any voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Biggs (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 86 – Prohibits the use of funds to pay for the salary and expenses of ORR Director Robin Dunn Marcos – VOTE REQUESTED

Brecheen (R-OK) – Amendment No. 87 – Prohibits funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the proposed rule entitled “Safe and Appropriate Foster Care Placement Requirements for Titles IV-E and IV-B,” which requires foster families to affirm a foster child’s LGBTQI+ identity – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Burlison (R-MO) – Amendment No. 88 – Prohibits funds made available by this Act to provide for the COVID–19 At Home Testing Digital Toolkit – NOT OFFERED

Burlison (R-MO) – Amendment No. 89 – Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed overtime rule entitled “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees” – NOT OFFERED

Cammack (R-FL) – Amendment No. 90 – Prohibits funds from being used to finalize any rule or regulation that has resulted in or is likely to result in an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Collins (R-GA) – Amendment No. 91 – Reduces the salary of Gil Lang II, the Chief Diversity Officer of the Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General to $1 – NOT OFFERED

Crane (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 92 – Reduces federal education funding by $37,735,000 – VOTE REQUESTED

Crenshaw (R-TX) – Amendment No. 93 – Prohibits funds from being used for the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity of the Department of Health and Human Services – NOT OFFERED

Crenshaw (R-TX) – Amendment No. 94 – Prohibits funds made available by this Act to implement a Civilian Climate Corps Initiative (section 215 of Executive Order 14008) – NOT OFFERED

Crenshaw (R-TX) – Amendment No. 95 – Prohibits funds from being used to suspend, revise, or rescind the final rule entitled ‘‘Definition of ‘Employer’ Under Section 3(5) of ERISA-Association Health Plans’’ published by the Employee Benefits Security Administration in the Federal Register on June 21, 2018 (83 Fed. Reg. 28912) – NOT OFFERED

Good (R-VA) – Amendment No. 96 – Prohibits funds from being used to require universities to enforce COVID-19 vaccine requirements for students and faculty – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Gooden (R-TX) – Amendment No. 97 – Prohibits funds from being used to end the distribution of Employer Correction Request Notices (EDCOR) or “no-match letters” – NOT OFFERED

Gooden (R-TX) – Amendment No. 98 – Prohibits funds to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) from being used to prevent the proper vetting of sponsors for unaccompanied children during the safe and timely release process – NOT OFFERED

Gosar (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 99 – Prohibits funding for NIH grant R01AI110964 “Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence” and Cooperative Agreement U01AI151797 “Understanding Risk of Zoonotic Virus Emergence in EID Hotspots of Southeast Asia” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Graves (R-LA) – Amendment No. 100 – Prohibits the use of funds to promulgate new major rules if OMB determines that the regulation is likely to result in a significant impact on the economy, a major increase in prices for consumers, or adverse effects on American global competition – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 101 – Prohibits funding for the implementation of the CDC’s recommendation to add the Covid vaccine to the child and adolescent immunization schedule – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 102 – Prohibits funding for vaccine mandates – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 103 – Reduces the salary of Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 104 – Reduces the salary of Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Education, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 105 – Prohibits the Department of Labor from providing climate literacy training – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 106 – Prohibits the Department of Labor from administering environmental justice grant programs – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 107 – Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to implement or carry out the strategies provided by the Department of Education’s September 2023 report titled “Strategies for Increasing Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Education” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 108 – Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to carry out educational priorities, including invitational priorities, concerning the American History and Civics Education programs, and referenced in 86 FR 20348 relating to “Proposed Priorities – American History and Civics Education” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

McCormick (R-GA), on behalf of Harris (R-MD) – Amendment No. 109 – Limits the amount that the National Institutes of Health provides grantees for facilities and administrative costs to 30% of the total grant – WITHDRAWN

Hern (R-OK) – Amendment No. 110 – Prohibits funds from being used for a Confucius Classroom – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Hern (R-OK) – Amendment No. 111 – Ensures the Department of Health and Human Services implements consumer protections passed in the surprise billing law that provides patients with an advanced cost estimate for their healthcare services – VOTE REQUESTED

Higgins (R-LA) – Amendment No. 112 – Reduces the salary of Christopher Williamson, Assistant Secretary of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Higgins (R-LA) – Amendment No. 113 – Reduces the salary of William O’Dell, District Manager in Dallas, Texas, of the Mine Safety and Health Administration, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Lawler (R-NY) – Amendment No. 114 – Prohibits funding under this Act from going toward colleges and universities that authorize, facilitate, provide funding for, or otherwise support any event promoting antisemitism on campus – VOTE REQUESTED

Massie (R-KY) – Amendment No. 115 – Prohibits funds from being used to fund any grant related to any transgenic edible vaccine – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Massie (R-KY) – Amendment No. 116 – Prohibits funds from being made available to conduct or support gain of function research – ADOPTED BY VOICE

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 117 – Reduces the salary of Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Miller (R-IL) – Amendment No. 118 – Reduces the salary of Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Miller (R-IL) – Amendment No. 119 – Reduces the salary of Douglas L. Parker, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Miller (R-IL) – Amendment No. 120 – Prohibits funds to the World Health Organization – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Miller (R-IL) – Amendment No. 121 – Prohibits funds to Office of Population Affairs – VOTE REQUESTED

Murphy (R-NC), on behalf of Miller (R-WV) – Amendment No. 122 – Prevents funds from being used to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule published by the Department of Health and Human Services entitled “Medicaid Program; Misclassification of Drugs, Program Administration and Program Integrity Updates Under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program” (88 Fed. Reg. 34238 (May, 26, 2023)) – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Miller-Meeks (R-IA) – Amendment No. 123 – Prohibits funding for CDC’s firearm injury and mortality prevention research – VOTE REQUESTED

Moore (R-UT) – Amendment No. 124 – Increases and decreases funding for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HRSA-Wide Activities and Programs Support account to urge HRSA to provide Congress an accounting of unpaid and partially paid claims by HRSA’s COVID-19 Uninsured Program, an accounting of funding to pay these claims since its initiation, including instances in which funding intended for this program was diverted to other activities, and a plan for payment of legitimate claims still outstanding for services provided under this program – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Murphy (R-NC) – Amendment No. 125 – Reduces the salary of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to $1 – NOT OFFERED

Murphy (R-NC) – Amendment No. 126 – Prohibits funds from being used to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled: “Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting (CMS 3442-P)” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 127 – Prohibits funds from use to impose a COVID-19 mask mandate – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 128 – Prohibits funds for Guidance issued by Secretary Becerra regarding mandated use of preferred pronouns – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 129 – Prohibits the use of funds for the Mine Safety and Health Administration to finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule entitled, “Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica and Improving Respiratory Protection” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 130 – Prohibits the use of funds for the NLRB to implement, administer, or enforce the “Representation-Case Procedures” rule, which imposes “ambush” elections – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 131 – Prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce the “Cemex” decision which imposes a back-door card check system for union elections – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Pfluger (R-TX) – Amendment No. 132 – Prohibits funding to finalize, implement or enforce policies in CMS’s policies included in the informational bulletin promulgated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Center for Medicaid & CHIP Services on February 17, 2023, and proposed limitation for state directed payments as stated in the May 3, 2023, proposed rule titled “Medicaid Program; Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Managed Care Access, Finance, and Quality” – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 133 – Prohibits funds made available by this Act from conducting or supporting any gain-of-function research involving a potential pandemic pathogen by Rocky Mountain Laboratories – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 134 – Reduces the salary of Vincent Munster, Chief, Virus Ecology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to $1 – VOTE REQUESTED

Rosendale (R-MT) – Amendment No. 135 – Prohibits funds from being used to implement the proposed rule entitled “Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule” issued by the Administration for Children and Families – WITHDRAWN

Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 136 – Prohibits funds appropriated by this Act to implement certain executive orders regarding climate change – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Santos (R-NY) – Amendment No. 137 – Prohibits funds from being used to establish, implement, or enforce any vaccine mandate – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Schweikert (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 138 – Increases funding for the National Eye Institute by $5 million for the development of autonomous eye screening for diabetic retinopathy. Offsets the increase with a decrease in funding of $5 million from the General Departmental Management account under the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services – ADOTED BY VOICE

Schweikert (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 139 – Increases funding by $2 million  for the CDC “Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Disease account with the intention that these funds be used for Coccidioidomycosis otherwise known as “Valley Fever.” Offsets the increase with a decrease in funding of $2 million from the General Departmental Management account under the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Schweikert (R-AZ) – Amendment No. 140 – Reduces each amount appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated or made available by a provision of law by 26.2 percent, equal to the amount that entities with taxing authority receive in the bill – REJECTED BY VOICE

Smucker (R-PA) – Amendment No. 142 – Prohibits ED from using funds to implement, administer, or enforce a provision of their Oct. 31 final rule that would prohibit education and training programs from exceeding their state’s minimum hours requirements – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 143 – Prohibits funding for Executive Order 14019 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Van Duyne (R-TX) – Amendment No. 144 – Prohibits funds from being used to enforce ASC-20 of the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting Program (ASCQR) which requires ASCs to report their COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel data – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Walberg (R-MI) – Amendment No. 145 – Prevents the National Labor Relations Board from implementing the Stericycle, Inc. decision which adopted a strict new legal standard for evaluating the validity of workplace rules under the National Labor Relations Act, hindering an employer’s ability to create a harmonious work environment for employees – NOT OFFERED

Lawler (R-NY) – Amendment No. 146 – Increases funding for Head Start – ADOPTED BY VOICE