CALVERT, KEN (a Representative from California)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Air Force: limit Air Force Space Command personnel reduction (see H.R. 5497), H3307 (see H.R. 5497), H3359 [25MY]
Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H2103 [3MY]
Alquist, Alfred E.: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H1390 [30MR]
Armed Forces: enhance national defense through empowerment of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau and enhancement of National Guard Bureau functions (see H.R. 5200), H2833 (see H.R. 5200), H2891 [18MY]
———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1743 [25AP]
———support military recruiting (see H. Con. Res. 339), H509 [1MR]
Beverly J. Wilson Post Office Building, Lincoln, CA: designate (see H.R. 4720), H868 [9MR]
Bureau of Reclamation: authorize appropriations to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program in Arizona, California, and Nevada (see H.R. 5180), H1741 [25AP]
California: designate certain public lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the Eastern Sierra region (see H.R. 5149), H2180 [8MY]
———remediate contamination in water sources caused by perchlorates (see H.R. 4798), H1453 [4AP]
CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H1197 [28MR]
Charities: encourage all Americans to increase charitable giving (see H. Con. Res. 337), H225 [8FE]
Clean Air Act: reduce the proliferation of boutique fuels (see H.R. 5700), H4794 [28JN]
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H646 [7MR]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H1917 [27AP]
Corps of Engineers: carry out programs and activities to enhance the safety of levees (see H.R. 4650), H2102 [3MY]
Courts: simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of Federal agencies or other government officials or entities acting under color of State law (see H.R. 4772), H1197 [28MR]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]
Davis-Bacon Act: create additional category of construction workers called ``helpers'' (see H.R. 3907), H155 [1FE]
———suspend wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared a national disaster (see H.R. 3684), H26 [31JA]
Day of Hearts—Congenital Heart Defect Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 629), H26 [31JA]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H450 [28FE]
Dept. of Energy: establish grants and advisory board for U.S.-Israeli joint ventures on alternative/renewable energy sources and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2730), H3226 [24MY]
———establish monetary prizes for achievements in overcoming scientific and technical barriers associated with hydrogen energy (see H.R. 5143), H1981 [2MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H4009 [14JN]
———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H1390 [30MR]
Dept. of Justice: provide officers of State and local educational agencies with certain access to national crime information databases (see H.R. 4894), H3424 [6JN]
Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1370), H1853 [26AP]
———make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass available at a discount to certain veterans (see H.R. 5452), H4521 [22JN]
Dept. of Transportation: carry out certain transportation projects in California to relieve congestion on State Route 91 (see H.R. 5329), H2338 [9MY]
Disasters: prohibit the confiscation of firearms during certain national emergencies (see H.R. 5013), H4958 [10JY]
Diseases: provide grants to conduct research toward the development of a vaccine against valley fever (see H.R. 5416), H4220 [19JN]
Education: authorize programs relative to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology education at the NSF and the Dept. of Energy Office of Science (see H.R. 5358), H2584 [11MY]
Endangered Species Act: improve information to consumers about the costs associated with compliance for protecting endangered and threatened species (see H.R. 4857), H3227 [24MY]
Federal agencies and departments: establish a commission to review efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 3282), H4917 [29JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: reduce human exposure to mercury through vaccines (see H.R. 881), H2833 (see H.R. 881), H2890 [18MY]
Firearms: make technical changes to Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 5005), H4958 [10JY]
Health: improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 963), H274 [14FE]
Housing: modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the FHA to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers (see H.R. 5121), H2586 [11MY]
Immigration: prohibit loans by Federal agencies to aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 4580), H2586 [11MY]
———prohibit the unauthorized construction of tunnels between the U.S. and another country (see H.R. 4830), H791 [8MR]
Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 4751), H3309 (see H.R. 4751), H3361 [25MY]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H3497 [7JN]
Libya: condition Dept. of State recognition of government representatives on fulfillment of financial obligations to Pan Am Flight 103 victims' families and other cases involving victims of terrorism (see H. Res. 838), H4220 [19JN]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H4795 [28JN]
Medicaid: include podiatrists as physicians for purposes of covering physicians services (see H.R. 699), H2641 [16MY]
Medicare: improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1981 [2MY]
Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Con. Res. 50), H156 [1FE]
NASA: recognize dedication of employees at the Michoud Assembly Facility, LA, who risked their lives during Hurricane Katrina to keep generators and pumps running to protect the facilities and flight hardware (see H. Res. 892), H4554 [26JN]
National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H1981 [2MY]
National Dam Safety Program Act: amend (see H.R. 4981), H2102 [3MY]
National Homeownership Month: observance (see H. Res. 854), H4521 [22JN]
National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 800), H4918 [29JN]
National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H1453 [4AP]
National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 222), H2103 [3MY]
Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H26 [31JA]
Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]
NOAA: reorganize (see H.R. 5450), H3724 [9JN]
Office of Veterans Identity Protection Claims: establish to reimburse persons for injuries suffered due to unauthorized use, disclosure, or dissemination of stolen identifying information (see H.R. 5520), H4220 [19JN]
Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H1917 [27AP]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H4681 [27JN]
Paris Wine Tasting: anniversary of U.S. winemakers' victory (see H. Con. Res. 399), H2101 [3MY]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]
Power resources: authorize energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities (see H.R. 5656), H4423 [21JN]
———authorize research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities for advanced energy technologies (see H.R. 5634), H4189 [16JN]
———limit Federal court jurisdiction over certain suits on the application of a price threshold in determining the volume for which suspension of royalties applies to certain offshore oil and gas leases (see H.R. 5231), H1915 [27AP]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H564 [2MR]
Research: authorize the NSF and certain Dept. of Energy programs to provide grants to early career researchers to conduct high-risk, high-return research in areas relevant to industry (see H.R. 5357), H2584 [11MY]
———authorize the NSF and the Dept. of Energy Office of Science to provide grants to early career researchers to establish innovative research programs and integrate education and research (see H.R. 5356), H2584 [11MY]
School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H226 [8FE]
Schools: prohibit from receiving Federal funds if the school prevents a student from displaying or wearing in a respectful manner a representation of the U.S. flag (see H.R. 5255), H3309 (see H.R. 5255), H3361 [25MY]
Social Security: reduce risk of identity theft by limiting use of Social Security numbers on certain Government-issued identification cards and Government documents (see H.R. 5636), H4189 [16JN]
Supreme Court: decision on allowing military recruiting on campuses of colleges that receive Federal funding (see H. Con. Res. 354), H790 [8MR]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of idling reduction systems for diesel-powered on-highway vehicles (see H.R. 4672), H1197 [28MR]
———allow deduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 3883), H274 [14FE]
———allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 4961), H3309 (see H.R. 4961), H3361 [25MY]
———extend the investment tax credit relative to solar energy property and qualified fuel cell property (see H.R. 5206), H1981 [2MY]
———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 5638), H4521 [22JN]
———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]
———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]
———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), H1917 [27AP]
———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 947), H154 [1FE]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1548), H1742 [25AP]
———treat certain farming business machinery and equipment as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 4236), H1197 [28MR]
Terrorism: reduce threat of terrorists acquiring shoulder-fired missiles (see H.R. 5333), H2833 (see H.R. 5333), H2891 [18MY]
Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H25 [31JA]
Venezuela: actively support strategies for ensuring secure airport facilities that meet international certifications to prevent trafficking of controlled substances, narcotics, and laundered money (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2585 [11MY]
Veterans: increase amount of Medal of Honor special pension and provide for payment of that pension to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient (see H.R. 5669), H4796 [28JN]
———recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 4574), H2962 [19MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
NASA: commemorate anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System and honor individuals involved with the space program (see H. Con. Res. 366), H1320 [29MR]
Letters
Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act: Joe Geever, Surfrider Foundation, H1939
Remarks
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5122), H2529 [11MY]
Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4751 [28JN]
Dept. of the Interior: assist in research and development, environmental and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Dana Point Desalination Project located at Dana Point, CA (H.R. 3929), H1939
NASA: commemorate anniversary of the first flight of the Space Transportation System and honor individuals involved with the space program (H. Con. Res. 366), H1531 [5AP]
———funding, H4634 [27JN]
———prohibit funding for a manned space mission to Mars, H4728 [28JN]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall, and Theodor W. Hansch for physics and Yves Chauvin, Robert H. Grubbs, and Richard R. Schrock for chemistry (H. Res. 541), H1536
Office of National Drug Control Policy: commission reports and establish clearinghouse relative to methamphetamine epidemic, H826
———reauthorize (H.R. 2829), H826
Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4841
Sahabi, Ali: Corona, CA, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E12
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4634 [27JN], H4728, H4751 [28JN]
Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4093 [15JN]
Transportation: include comprehensive analysis of future air lift and sea lift mobility requirements in update of mobility capability study, H2529 [11MY]
Votes: correction, E1328
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3785 [12JN]
Tributes
Mathis, Michael G., E15
Reaume, Mike, E109