PUERTO RICO, COMMONWEALTH OF

Announcements

House of Representatives: receipt of Resident Commissioner and Delegate credentials, H2 [7JA]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Agriculture: acquire and manage lands in Puerto Rico to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (see S. 1256), S7831 [12JN] (see H.R. 2488), H5467 [17JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a commemorative quarter dollar coin program for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 2993), H7838 [3SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize a major medical facility project at the San Juan Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical center (see H.R. 3021), H8016 [5SE]

———authorize construction of a medical center at a site that would best serve the needs of both veterans and Dept. of Defense medical beneficiaries (see H.R. 3020), H8016 [5SE]

———authorize major medical facility projects for the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative and satisfy requirements on natural disasters (see S. 1605), S11349 [10SE] (see H.R. 3061), H8174 [10SE]

Ferre, Luis A.: tribute (see H. Res. 433), H10457 [5NO]

Food Stamp Act: increase amount payable to provide nutrition assistance (see H.R. 3290), H9477 [15OC]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 675), H390 [11FE]

Medicare: increase payments to hospitals in Puerto Rico (see S. 653), S3881 [18MR] (see H.R. 1351), H2131 [19MR] (see H.R. 1739), H3302 [10AP]

National forests: designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 1723), H3301 [10AP]

Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building, Carolina, PR: designate (see H.R. 2826), H7453 [23JY]

Taxation: eligibility of residents for the earned income tax credit, the refundable portion of the child tax credit, and SSI benefits (see S. 1658), S11988 [25SE]

Letters

Dept. of Defense transfer of Vieques Island land to the Dept. of the Interior for use as a national wildlife refuge: Craig Manson, Dept. of the Interior, H3622 [1MY]

———Hansford T. Johnson, Dept. of the Navy, H3622 [1MY]

Naval Station Roosevelt Roads facilities usage: Resident Commissioner Acevedo-Vila, H6300, H6301 [8JY]

Remarks in House

Albino, Johnny: Yaucano del Ano award recipient, E1140 [5JN]

Arecibo Observatory: anniversary, E2181 [31OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: acquire and manage lands in Puerto Rico to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (H.R. 2488), E1278 [17JN]

Dept. of State: revise geographic definition of U.S. to include U.S. territories for purposes of educational travel from a foreign area posting, H6808 [15JY]

Institute for the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Elderly, Inc.: anniversary, E1897 [25SE]

Medicaid: remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (H.R. 675), E199 [12FE]

Medicare: increase payments to hospitals in Puerto Rico, H5039 [5JN]

National forests: designate certain National Forest System lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, H3056 [10AP]

Naval Station Roosevelt Roads: closure, H8791, H8792 [24SE]

———prohibit closure, H6300 [8JY]

Political reform, H1725 [11MR]

Roads and highways: infrastructure and transportation funding, H8059 [9SE]

Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building, Carolina, PR: designate (H.R. 2826), H8460, H8461 [23SE]

Roosevelt Roads Naval Station: closing, H11001 [7NO]

Territories: eligibility for supplemental, contingency, and child care block grant programs funding, H528 [13FE]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: reauthorization, E1334 [24JN]

University of Puerto Rico: anniversary, H1693 [11MR]

Varona, Aleida: Dept. of HHS Office of Child Support Enforcement Achievement Beyond the Call of Duty Award recipient, E1743 [9SE]

Vieques Island: Dept. of Defense transfer of land to the Dept. of the Interior for use as a national wildlife refuge, H3621 [1MY], E945 [14MY]

Remarks in Senate

Dept. of Agriculture: acquire and manage lands in Puerto Rico to protect critical aquifers, watersheds, and the tropical forests of the Karst Region (S. 1256), S7840 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize major medical facility projects for the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative and satisfy requirements on natural disasters (S. 1605), S11352 [10SE]

Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building, Carolina, PR: designate (H.R. 2826), S12303 [1OC]

Taxation: eligibility of residents for the earned income tax credit, the refundable portion of the child tax credit, and SSI benefits (S. 1658), S11999 [25SE]

———treatment of distilled spirits in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, S1136 [17JA]

Reports filed

Nomination of Humberto S. Garcia To Be U.S. Attorney: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S3252 [6MR]

Texts of

H.R. 2826, Roberto Clemente Walker Post Office Building, Carolina, PR, H8460 [23SE]

S. 1256, Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act, S7840 [12JN]

S. 1605, authorize major Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facility projects for the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services initiative and satisfy requirements on natural disasters, S11352 [10SE]

S. 1658, Puerto Rico Economic Stimulus Act, S12000 [25SE]