CUNNINGHAM, RANDY ``DUKE'' (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H229 [26JA]
Conferee: H.R. 3010, Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations, H9992 [8NO]
Robert T. Matsui funeral attendees, H129 [6JA]
U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors, H3239 [12MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 356), H195 [25JA]
Americans With Disabilities Act: require that any civil action against a place of public accommodation or commercial facility allow an opportunity for alleged violations to be corrected (see H.R. 2804), H4295 [8JN]
Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H3114 [10MY]
Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 377), H287 [1FE]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 783), H583 [10FE]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 602), H353 [2FE]
Armenia: ensure U.S. foreign policy reflects understanding of issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in records relative to the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 316), H8090 [15SE]
Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1871), H2646 [27AP]
Bankruptcy: exempt from means testing certain National Guard and Reserve members (see H.R. 2060), H3262 [12MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 58), H5801 [13JY]
Capitol Police: increase the mandatory retirement age (see H.R. 1335), H4561 [15JN]
Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 535), H1779 [5AP]
Children and youth: revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1505), H2551 [26AP]
Citizenship: restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 698), H11035 [18NO]
Courts: amend procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants (see H.R. 516), H348 [2FE]
———clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2389), H3434 [17MY]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 748), H581 [10FE]
Cuba: anniversary of human rights crackdown (see H. Con. Res. 81), H984 [3MR]
Dalip Singh Saund Post Office Building, Temecula, CA: designate (see H.R. 120), H286 [1FE]
Dept. of Energy: make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities (see H.R. 1071), H2394 [20AP]
Dept. of HHS: establish Offices of Women's Health (see H.R. 949), H3056 [5MY]
———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H10157 [10NO]
Dept. of Justice: authorize export of certain narcotic drugs and nonnarcotic controlled substances to a country for subsequent export from that country to another country, if certain conditions are met (see H.R. 184), H77 [4JA]
———authorizing appropriations for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 557), H6205 [20JY]
———provide authority to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal enterprise terror (see H.R. 4239), H9695 [4NO]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a feasibility study to design and construct a four reservoir intertie system to improve the water supply reliability and water yield of San Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Reservoirs (see H.R. 1190), H8809 [7OC]
Disasters: improve ability of Depts. of Agriculture and the Interior to promptly implement recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting forest lands (see H.R. 4200), H10910 [17NO]
Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 3616), H7611 [29JY]
———extend preventive-health and research programs for prostate cancer (see H.R. 2945), H4723 [17JN]
———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H6206 [20JY]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1288), H5604 [30JN]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H1025 [8MR]
Egypt: condemn terrorist bombings in Sharm el-Sheik and express condolences to the families of the victims (see H. Res. 384), H6650 [26JY]
Endangered Species Act: provide greater results conserving and recovering listed species (see H.R. 3824), H8389 [27SE]
FAA: relax maximum age requirements for certain pilots (see H.R. 65), H797 [17FE]
FCC: treat private land use rules as State or local regulations for purposes of certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 3876), H9426 [28OC]
Financial institutions: ease credit union regulatory burdens, advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, and modernize credit union net worth standards (see H.R. 2317), H3259 [12MY]
———prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 111), H74 [4JA]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 800), H2103 [14AP]
———protect and enforce the right to obtain and use firearms for security, self-defense, and other legitimate purposes (see H.R. 47), H5638 [11JY]
Firefighters: provide portal-to-portal compensation for Federal wildland firefighters (see H.R. 408), H234 [26JA]
Fish and fishing: protect certain areas of the seafloor by establishing a maximum diameter size limit on rockhopper, roller, and all other groundgear used on bottom trawls (see H.R. 2673), H4139 [26MY]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H8809 [7OC]
Gold Star Mothers Day: support goals and ideals (see H.J. Res. 61), H6204 [20JY]
Head Start Program: reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (see H.R. 2123), H3052 [5MY]
Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H6432 [25JY] (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]
———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 583), H1417 [14MR]
———strengthen programs for stroke education, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 898), H2738 [28AP]
Help America Vote Act: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 1835), H3056 [5MY]
Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign-issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 925), H1779 [5AP]
———provide for true enforcement and border security (see H.R. 4313), H10161 [14NO]
———require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification (see H.R. 19), H135 [6JA]
Immigration and Nationality Act: impose mandatory sentencing ranges with respect to aliens who reenter the U.S. after having been removed (see H.R. 3150), H5915 [14JY]
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (see H.R. 282), H1851 [8AP]
Karl Malden Station, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 3667), H7862 [13SE]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 500), H285 [1FE]
Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 136), H413 [8FE]
Law enforcement: provide grants for prosecutions of cases cleared through use of DNA backlog clearance funds (see H.R. 1602), H4073 [25MY]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H350 [2FE]
Legislative branch of the Government: establish coordinated program for reuse, recycling, and disposal of obsolete computers and other electronic equipment used by legislative offices, H10226 [15NO]
Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office, Covina, CA: designate (see H.R. 4053), H8809 [7OC]
Medicaid: permit local public agencies to act as enrollment brokers (see H.R. 306), H193 [25JA]
Medicare: reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 2356), H4144 [26MY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 916), H3436 [17MY]
Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 20), H798 [17FE]
Monuments and memorials: ensure memorials commemorating the service of U.S. servicemembers may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 2229), H3112 [10MY]
National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 2088), H2976 [4MY]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H8089 [15SE]
National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 874), H2648 [27AP]
National Month of the Military Child: observance (see H. Res. 212), H2881 [3MY]
National MPS Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 85), H2106 [18AP]
National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (see H.R. 418), H235 [26JA]
Navy: require naval forces to include a certain number of operational aircraft carriers (see H.R. 304), H413 [8FE]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 266), H3114 [10MY]
Petroleum: prohibit price gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in areas declared major disasters (see H.R. 3782), H8342 [22SE]
Postal Service: reform postal laws (see H.R. 22), H2394 [20AP]
Power resources: promote fusion energy development (see H.R. 1793), H2471 [21AP]
Ray Charles Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 504), H1896 [12AP]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN]
Refugees: victims of torture treatment programs funding (see H.R. 2017), H4188 [7JN]
Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, CA: designate (see H.R. 787), H1969 [13AP]
Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S: designate (see H.R. 2112), H3556 [18MY]
Russia: protect intellectual property rights (see H. Con. Res. 230), H8343 [22SE]
Schools: recognize benefits and importance of school-based music education (see H. Con. Res. 45), H353 [2FE]
Sergeant First Class John Marshall Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 289), H287 [1FE]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 525), H348 [2FE]
Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1438), H1694 [17MR]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H76 [4JA]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H413 [8FE]
Stockdale, James B.: tribute (see H. Res. 404), H7561 [28JY]
Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 3098), H8089 [15SE]
———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 2089), H2976 [4MY]
———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H2150 [19AP]
———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 2952), H8089 [15SE]
———exclude from income taxation all compensation received for active duty as a member of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 756), H582 [10FE]
———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H2150 [19AP]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 1684, 1685), H2148 [19AP]
———make the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H7614 [29JY]
———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H8735 [6OC]
———permit tax-free distribution from governmental retirement plans for payment of health and long-term care insurance premiums for public safety officers (see H.R. 2177), H3054 [5MY]
———reduce rates on distilled spirits (see H.R. 1791), H2471 [21AP]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 64), H73 [4JA]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 1898), H5963 [18JY]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1306), H1847 [6AP]
———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 66), H73 [4JA]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 968), H4187 [7JN]
———provide additional compensation to survivors of Bataan Death March (see H.R. 30), H72 [4JA]
———recognize positive effect of outreach activities known as Stand Down events on homeless veterans and commend organizers of such events (see H. Con. Res. 87), H988 [7MR]
Victor V. Veysey Dam: designate (see H.R. 1152), H1023 [8MR]
Vietnam: anniversary of fall to communist forces of North Vietnam (see H. Res. 228), H2551 [26AP]
Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 1245), H7564 [28JY]
World War II: recognize contributions of the Marine Corps and other units of the Armed Forces on the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima (see H. Res. 119), H797 [17FE]
———tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (see H. Con. Res. 26), H196 [25JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
American Thoracic Society: anniversary (see H. Res. 89), H587 [14FE]
Bureau of Reclamation: continue participation in construction of the North San Diego County Area Water Recycling Project (see H.R. 2587), H3892 [24MY]
California: require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and land development of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 319), H194 [25JA]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 457), H283 [1FE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H195 [25JA]
Tariff: clarify classification of laser light sources for semiconductor manufacturing (see H.R. 1336), H1620 [16MR]
Taxation: provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see H.R. 1834), H2549 [26AP]
———provide tax incentives to encourage manufacturers of computer, cell phone, and television equipment to operate environmentally sound recycling programs for consumers discarding equipment (see H.R. 320), H194 [25JA]
Veterans: recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 302), H193 [25JA]
Lists
Veterans organizations supporting H.J. Res. 10, constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration of the U.S. Flag, H4906 [22JN]
Lyrics
``Don't Laugh at Me,'' Steven Seskin and Allen Shamblin, H1502 [15MR]
Remarks
Amtrak: restore funding to certain routes, H5407 [29JN]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), H1485 [15MR]
———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), conference report, H3010 [5MY]
Armed Forces: TRICARE military health benefits for reservists and guardsmen, H4080 [26MY]
Bock, Quincy: Girl Scout Gold Award recipient, E734
Border Patrol: assure adequate funding for additional agents, H3390 [17MY]
Bureau of Reclamation: continue participation in construction of the North San Diego County Area Water Recycling Project (H.R. 2587), E1076
California: require a temporary moratorium on leasing, exploration, and land development of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 319), E59
Credit cards: prohibit issuers from increasing a consumers interest rate based on credit information unrelated to transactions with the consumer, H5278 [28JN]
Davis, Ossie: tribute (H. Res. 69), H473 [9FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), H4038 [25MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), H4776 [20JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (H.R. 457), E115
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), H3390 [17MY]
Dept. of Justice: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3402), H8475 [28SE]
———State Criminal Alien Assistance Program funding, H8475 [28SE]
Dept. of the Interior: exempt natural gas from the prohibition on oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf, H3628 [19MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3628, H3636 [19MY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: making supplemental appropriations for veterans medical care (H.R. 3130), E1421
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), consideration (H. Res. 298), H4080, H4081 [26MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), consideration (H. Res. 337), H4995 [23JN]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3058), H5407 [29JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3058), consideration (H. Res. 342), H5278 [28JN]
Ecology and environment: enforce certain enviromental laws, expand the definition of environmental justice, and direct each Federal agency to establish an Environmental Justice Office, H2430 [21AP]
Education: Even Start Program funding, H1327 [10MR], H1501 [15MR]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (H.J. Res. 10), H4903, H4906, H4907 [22JN], E53
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3057), H5288, H5294 [28JN]
Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), consideration (H. Res. 387), H6664 [27JY]
Head Start Program: provide hiring protections for faith-based organizations providing Head Start services, H8271 [22SE]
———reauthorize and improve the school readiness of disadvantaged children (H.R. 2123), H8271 [22SE]
Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3814, H3831 [24MY]
House Rules: amend procedures of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Res. 240), adoption (H. Res. 241), H2622 [27AP]
Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, H4038 [25MY]
National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), H466, H469 [9FE], H555 [10FE]
Outer Continental Shelf: allow oil and gas exploration if crude oil imports account for more than two-thirds of U.S. consumption, H3636 [19MY]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2430 [21AP]
San Diego County, CA: expedite construction of a security fence to reduce illegal immigration, H555 [10FE]
San Marcos, CA: Twin Oaks Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E669
Saudi Arabia: allocation of foreign aid, H1485 [15MR]
Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program Act: prohibit funding for certain provisions relative to distribution of Federal contracts, H4776 [20JN]
Solana Beach, CA: Earl Warren Middle School recipient of Dept. of Education No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools award, E669
Taxation: provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (H.R. 1834), E764
———provide tax incentives to encourage manufacturers of computer, cell phone, and television equipment to operate environmentally sound recycling programs for consumers discarding equipment (H.R. 320), E61
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), H6235 [21JY]
Veterans: health care funding, H4080 [26MY], H5294 [28JN]
———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (H.R. 302), E56
World War II: tribute to Tuskegee Airmen (H. Con. Res. 26), E217
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1352 [10MR], H5736 [12JY], H6103 [19JY], H6202 [20JY]
Subpoena Notices
Southern District of California Federal Grand Jury, H5597 [30JN]
Superior Court for Imperial County, CA, H4726 [20JN]
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, H6176 [20JY]
Tributes
Alanis, McKing, E286
Bersin, Alan D., E1369
DeVore, Douglas P., E1263
Fowler, Tillie K., H1016
Ishibashi, Hayato, E2059
Ishibashi, Keita, E2059
Link, Clifford D., E1892
Markstein, Ken and Carole, E1000
McCollough, William, H3899 [25MY]
Pfankuch, Mike, E1166