Votes in the U.S. House
HR 1093:
To direct the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on implementation of the advanced capabilities pillar of the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Voting 393 for and 4 against, the House on Wednesday passed a bill that requires the Department of State to report to Congress on State Department efforts to implement the advanced capabilities pillar of the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States. (One of the goals of the partnership is to develop and provide joint advanced military capabilities, such as artificial intelligence, hypersonics, and electronic warfare.)
The report must include the average and median times for the U.S. government to review applications for export licenses for defense articles or services to the governments and persons (entities and individuals) of Australia or the UK, information about certain violations of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations by the governments or persons of Australia or the UK, and recommended changes to the export control laws and regulations of the three partnership countries to implement the partnership.
Yes: Brian Fitzpatrick, R-1st (Bucks, parts of Montgomery); Dan Meuser, R-9th (Schuylkill, parts of Berks); Matt Cartwright, D-8th (most of Monroe); Susan Wild, D-7th (Lehigh, Northampton, parts of Monroe and Carbon).
Not voting: Madeleine Dean, D-4th (Montgomery, parts of Berks)
HR 1159: To amend the Taiwan Assurance Act of 2020 to require periodic reviews and updated reports relating to the Department of State’s Taiwan Guidelines.
Voting 404 for and 7 against, the House on Wednesday passed a bill that modifies an existing requirement for the Department of State to review and report on its guidance to federal agencies on the U.S.-Taiwan relationship. (The U.S.-Taiwan relationship has been unofficial since 1979, when the United States established diplomatic relations with China and broke them with Taiwan.)
Current law requires the State Department to conduct a one-time review of its guidance governing relations with Taiwan and report to Congress on this review. Under this bill, the State Department must review that guidance and report to Congress every two years while the guidance is in effect.
The reports to Congress must describe how the guidance takes into account certain considerations, such as the sense of Congress that Taiwan is governed by a representative government peacefully constituted through free and fair elections; and identify opportunities and plans to lift self-imposed restrictions on relations with Taiwan.
Yes: Fitzpatrick, Meuser, Cartwright, Dean, Wild
HRes.241: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the Nation’s public schools.
Voting 219 for and 204 against, the House on Thursday passed a bill that sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5) to ensure the rights of parents are honored and protected in the nation’s public schools. Yes: Fitzpatrick, Meuser No: Cartwright, Dean, Wild HR 406: Providing Appropriate Recognition and Treatment Needed to Enhance Relations with ASEAN Act Voting 388 for and 33 against, the House on Thursday passed a bill that establishes that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) shall be covered by the International Organizations Immunities Act, which provides immunities and privileges to certain international organizations, such as immunity from certain lawsuits and exemption from property taxes. (ASEAN is Southeast Asia’s primary multilateral organization. It has 10-member nations, including Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam.)
HR5: Parents Bill of Rights Act Voting 386 for and 39 against, the House on Thursday passed a bill establishing various rights of parents and guardians regarding the elementary or secondary school education of their children. Local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools must comply with the requirements of the bill in order to receive federal education funds.
Specifically, the bill requires schools to notify parents and guardians of their rights regarding the education of their children. These rights include the right to review the curriculum of their child’s school; meet with each teacher of their child at least twice each school year; review the budget, including all revenues and expenditures, of their child’s school; inspect the books and other reading materials in the library of their child’s school; address the school board of the LEA; receive information about violent activity in their child’s school; and know if their child is not grade-level proficient in reading or language arts at the end of 3rd grade.
Each LEA must post on a publicly accessible website (or otherwise widely disseminate to the public) the curriculum for each grade level, and include detailed budget information in its annual report card. The bill provides for additional family educational and privacy rights, including by prohibiting schools from selling student information for commercial or financial gain. An elementary school or a school consisting of only grades 5.
Yes: Fitzpatrick, Meuser, Cartwright, Dean, Wild