Rep. Paul A. Gosar

Making Excellence Replace Identity Traits Act or the MERIT Act This bill prohibits the federal government from establishing or implementing any hiring practice or program for federal employees or members of the uniformed services that uses affirmative action as a basis for personnel action, specifically affirmative action based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability. The bill also prohibits the award of federal funds to entities that use such a practice or program, including contractors.

Air America Act of 2021 This bill establishes the service of Air America employees as qualifying service for purposes of the Civil Service Retirement System. (Air America was a government-owned airline that provided air transport for certain covert operations in Southeast Asia, including Laos and Vietnam, between 1950 and 1976.) The bill applies to U.S. citizens who were employees of Air America or another affiliated company, as specified, between January 1, 1950 and December 31, 1976. Benefit applications must be filed within two years of the date of enactment of this bill.

This bill prohibits federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting after FY2023.

This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for National Public Radio or radio-content acquisition.

Local Opportunities, Conservation, and American Lands Act or the LOCAL Act This bill directs that the headquarters for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shall remain located in Grand Junction, Colorado. The Department of the Interior shall study the feasibility of relocating more existing BLM employee positions to Grand Junction or Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. Interior must determine, among other things, whether such relocation will improve management of federal lands, increase coordination with local communities, and strengthen tourism, conservation, outdoor recreation, grazing, or responsible energy production.

This resolution recognizes that the national debt is a threat to national security and that deficits are unsustainable, irresponsible, and dangerous. It also commits to (1) restoring regular order to the appropriations process, and (2) addressing the fiscal crisis faced by the United States.

Saving Gig Economy Taxpayers Act This bill modifies requirements for third party settlement organizations to eliminate their reporting requirement with respect to the transactions of their participating payees unless they have earned more than $20,000 on more than 200 separate transactions in an applicable tax period. A third party settlement organization is the central organization that has the contractual obligation to make payments to participating payees (generally, a merchant or business) in a third party payment network. This reverses a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that lowered the reporting threshold to $600 with no minimum on the number of transactions.

See the Crisis Act This bill limits international travel by the Vice President until after certain activities are undertaken regarding the southwest border. Specifically, the bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for the Vice President's travel expenses to travel outside of the United States until the Vice President (1) personally travels to at least one of several specified counties along the border to review the activities of federal agencies responsible for enforcing and implementing immigration laws, and (2) submits a report relating to the situation at the border.

This resolution directs the Office of the Attending Physician to update the mask-wearing guidance (consistent with public guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) applicable to the Hall of the House of Representatives and committee meeting spaces for Members and staff who are vaccinated against COVID-19.

This resolution expresses support for the designation of DIPG Awareness Day. DIPG is diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, a terminal childhood brain cancer.