FARR, SAM (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), H2925 [19MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 5151), H2175 [4MY]
Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H1854 [26AP]
Alquist, Alfred E.: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H1390 [30MR]
Animals: establish a competitive grant program to build capacity in veterinary medical education and expand the workforce of veterinarians engaged in public health practice and biomedical research (see H.R. 2206), H1059 [15MR]
Armed Forces: prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 4949), H972 [14MR]
Arts Presenters (organization): tribute to global cultural exchange efforts (see H. Con. Res. 314), H566 [2MR]
Bankruptcy: reform executive compensation in corporate bankruptcies (see H.R. 5113), H1744 [25AP]
Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 4898), H1390 [30MR]
Bush, President: censure for lack of response to information requests and alleged misstatements relative to Iraq war, intelligence manipulation, torture policy, and retaliation against critics (see H. Res. 636), H160 [7FE]
Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 4923), H867 [9MR]
Chavez, Cesar E.: establish an honorary legal public holiday (see H. Res. 127), H333 [15FE]
Cheney, Vice President: censure for lack of response to information requests and alleged misstatements relative to Iraq war, intelligence manipulation, torture policy, and retaliation against critics (see H. Res. 637), H160 [7FE]
Children and youth: establish a grant program to provide comprehensive eye examinations (see H.R. 2238), H2339 [9MY]
———update definition of ``food of minimal nutritional value'' to conform to current nutrition science and protect Federal investment in national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 5167), H1679 [6AP]
Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 5642), H4327 [20JN]
Coach John Wooden Post Office Building, Reseda, CA: designate (see H.R. 4646), H160 [7FE]
Commission on Mexican Americans Removal During 1929-1941: establish (see H.R. 5161), H4795 [28JN]
Committee on Administration Predetermination To Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 635), H160 [7FE]
Consumers: protect from usury and unreasonable fees (see H.R. 1619), H3137 [23MY]
Credit: establish requirements on the terms of consumer credit extended to an Armed Forces member or the dependent of a member (see H.R. 97), H509 [1MR]
Crime: provide search and rescue dogs the same protections as other animals used in law enforcement (see H.R. 4764), H332 [15FE]
Defense Contract Audit Agency: review contracts relating to reconstruction or troop support in Iraq involving contractors or Federal employees that have been indicted or convicted for improprieties (see H.R. 4351), H274 [14FE]
Dept. of Commerce: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate economic losses caused by declining Klamath River salmon and develop a research and recovery plan for Klamath River salmon (see H.R. 5213), H1852 [26AP]
Dept. of Defense: improve effectiveness of programs for remediation of unexploded ordnance on former defense sites (see H.R. 5172), H1741 [25AP]
Dept. of Education: urge withdrawal of changes contained in the ``Additional Clarification of Intercollegiate Athletics Policy—Three-Part Test-Part Three'' that harm Title IX (see H. Res. 735), H1130 [16MR]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H3425 [6JN]
Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H1743 [25AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase assistance for disabled veterans for specially adapted housing and provide for annual increases in such assistance (see H.R. 4791), H388 [16FE]
———provide free credit monitoring and credit reports for veterans and others affected by the theft of veterans' personal data and ensure notification of such thefts (see H.R. 5455), H3227 [24MY] (see H.R. 5588), H4918 [29JN]
Disasters: establish a program to provide reinsurance for State natural catastrophe insurance programs (see H.R. 4366), H566 [2MR]
———protect disaster assistance employee reservists activated by FEMA from demotion or termination in their places of employment (see H.R. 4998), H1129 [16MR]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H645 [7MR]
Diseases: establish an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry (see H.R. 4033), H2833 (see H.R. 4033), H2890 [18MY]
———increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H3138 [23MY]
Education: provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 2178), H2706 (see H.R. 2178), H2758 [17MY]
FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H1681 [6AP]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit assistance to entities for course material development or instruction on human development and sexuality, if such material includes medically inaccurate information (see H.R. 5598), H3907 [13JN]
Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H3016 [22MY]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 697), H1196 [28MR]
Firearms: ban transfer of certain sniper weapons and regulate in same manner as machine guns (see H.R. 654), H225 [8FE]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5051), H1388 [30MR]
Friedan, Betty: tribute (see H. Res. 695), H389 [16FE]
Government: designate certain functions as inherently governmental (see H.R. 5204), H4555 [26JN]
———require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Health: encourage enactment of compehensive health care reform legislation (see H. Con. Res. 410), H2961 [19MY]
———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1671), H3226 [24MY]
Higher Education Act: reduce interest rates for student and parent borrowers (see H.R. 5150), H3016 [22MY]
House Rules: protect integrity of the institution of the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 659), H24 [31JA]
Huerta, Dolores: tribute (see H. Res. 787), H4328 [20JN]
Immigration: permit admission of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are spouses or children of permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 4448), H26 [31JA]
Intelligence services: reiterate that certain statutes are the exclusive means by which domestic electronic surveillance may be conducted (see H.R. 5371), H2833 (see H.R. 5371), H2891 [18MY]
Iraq: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces, prevent the establishment of a permanent U.S. military presence, and halt attempts to control the flow of Iraqi oil (see H. Con. Res. 348), H1131 [16MR]
Japan: encourage issuance of an apology for the sexual enslavement of young women during colonial occupation of Asia during World War II (see H. Res. 759), H1854 [26AP]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 3476), H1742 [25AP]
Library of Congress: grant employees competitive status for appointment and extend to displaced employees career-transition assistance comparable to that granted to certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 5328), H4328 [20JN]
Lincoln, Abraham: mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial of birth (see H.R. 2808), H3643 [8JN]
Medicaid: provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 910), H3723 [9JN]
Medicare: coverage of marriage and family therapist services (see H.R. 1447), H1680 [6AP]
———improve payments made by prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plans to pharmacies for covered drugs (see H.R. 5166), H1744 [25AP]
———provide additional funding for State health insurance counseling programs (see H.R. 4737), H333 [15FE]
———require the sponsor of a prescription drug plan or an organization offering a Medicare Advantage-Prescription Drug plan to promptly pay submitted claims (see H.R. 5182), H2175 [4MY]
———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5348), H2833 (see H.R. 5348), H2891 [18MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: assure uninterupted access to necessary medicines under the prescription drug benefit (see H.R. 4685), H226 [8FE]
———reimburse States for costs incurred by covering dual eligible populations under the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan (see H.R. 4665), H23 [31JA]
Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 401), H3227 [24MY]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H224 [8FE]
National Brain Injury Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 99), H26 [31JA]
National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 395), H1916 [27AP]
National Clean Beaches Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 760), H1981 [2MY]
National Commission on Surveillance Activities and the Rights of Americans: establish (see H.R. 5223), H1915 [27AP]
National security: support efforts to track terrorist financing under existing law and express concern over disclosure of classified information on methods by which terrorists are traced (see H. Res. 900), H4916 [29JN]
National Security Agency: require Dept. of Justice to submit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 643), H26 [31JA]
National Tourism Week: observance (see H. Res. 729), H1129 [16MR]
Native Americans: award Congressional Gold Medal to Code Talkers who served the U.S. during 20th Century foreign conflicts (see H.R. 4597), H4009 [14JN]
NOAA: recognize National Marine Sanctuaries Program as critical to managing the ocean and Great Lakes resources (see H. Res. 856), H3642 [8JN]
Nuclear energy: express concern regarding nuclear proliferation with respect to proposed full civilian nuclear cooperation with India (see H. Con. Res. 318), H275 [14FE]
Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 4782), H388 [16FE]
Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 788), H1980 [2MY]
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H1917 [27AP]
Public Health Service Act: amend relative to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss (see H.R. 5250), H1916 [27AP]
———expand and improve traumatic brain injury programs (see H.R. 5738), H4915 [29JN]
———provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures with respect to breast and cervical cancers (see H.R. 5472), H4680 [27JN]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio operators (see H.R. 691), H154 [1FE]
Senior citizens: establish the Silver Scholarship program to provide transferable educational awards to older individuals who have performed certain volunteer services (see H.R. 5275), H1980 [2MY]
Simpson-Miller, Portia: tribute (see H. Res. 727), H973 [14MR]
Social Security: provide entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program to permanent partnerships (see H.R. 5152), H1678 [6AP]
Taxation: clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 4985), H3309 (see H.R. 4985), H3361 [25MY]
———equalize income exclusion of employer-provided parking and transit benefits and provide a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2390), H274 [14FE]
———include heavier vehicles and sport utility vehicles in the limitations on the depreciation of certain luxury automobiles and to impose the gas guzzler tax on such vehicles (see H.R. 5579), H3723 [9JN]
———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H2102 [3MY]
———prohibit tax return preparers from requesting taxpayer consent to disclose or use return information (see H.R. 5063), H1453 [4AP]
Terrorism: reduce threat of terrorists acquiring shoulder-fired missiles (see H.R. 5333), H2641 [16MY]
Voting Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 9), H2705 (see H.R. 9), H2757 [17MY]
Women: strengthen family planning services (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3309 (see H. Con. Res. 404), H3362 [25MY]
World Water Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 658), H452 [28FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Homeland Security: provide ceremonies on or near Independence Day for administering oaths of allegiance to legal immigrants whose applications for citizenship have been approved (see H.R. 5323), H2338 [9MY]
Taxation: extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4727), H224 [8FE]
Letters
NOAA funding: James D. Watkins and Leon E. Panetta, Joint Ocean Commission Initiative (organization), H4699 [28JN]
Prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, H2786 [18MY]
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and hurricane relief and recovery (H.R. 4939), H1114
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3255 [25MY]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, H3683
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H2793
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 653), H54
———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), conference report, H2462
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H2751
Civil liberties: clarify disclosure requirements for individuals who receive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders and national security letters, and for library records (S. 2271), H592
Crosby, Colleen: International Women in Coffee Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E277
Cuba: lift trade embargo, H3952 [14JN]
Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 123), H1745 [26AP]
Dept. of Commerce: provide emergency disaster assistance to mitigate the economic losses caused by salmon fishery restrictions along the California and Oregon coast, H4686, H4703, H4704 [28JN]
Dept. of Defense: improve effectiveness of programs for remediation of unexploded ordnance on former defense sites, H2920 [19MY]
Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prevent certain States from implementing State laws authorizing use of medical marijuana, H4737 [28JN]
Dept. of State: Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding for Colombia, H3654, H3662
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5386), H2786, H2793
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 5385), H2920, H2925 [19MY]
Depts. of Transportation, the Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5576), H3952
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5522), H3654, H3662
Iran: hold current regime accountable for its threatening behavior and support a transition to democracy (H.R. 282), H1772
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H1114
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 73), H4092 [15JN]
Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (H. Con. Res. 90), H1947
Middle East: promote the development of democratic institutions in areas under the administrative control of the Palestinian Authority (H.R. 4681), E942
———withhold U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if any representative political party holding a majority of parliamentary seats calls for the destruction of Israel (S. Con. Res. 79), H288
Monterey, CA: anniversary of Monterey Civic Club, E283
Monterey Bay, CA: anniversary of relationship with Boso Peninsula of Japan, E605
Monterey County, CA: tribute to Just Run Program, E1164
Monterey History and Art Association: anniversary, E974
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners: American Institute of Architects Architecture Firm Award recipients, E80
National security: support conflict response fund to address threat of failing countries, E1109
National Tourism Week: observance (H. Res. 729), H3408
NOAA: U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy recommendations implementation funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4698
Not This Time Vets (organization): tribute, E285
Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions, H2786 [18MY]
———provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (H.R. 4761), H4835 [29JN]
Pacific Grove, CA: anniversary of California State Parks Asilomar Conference Center, E1349
Peace Corps: anniversary, H457 [1MR], E275
Power resources: establish and implement competitive and environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (H.R. 5429), H3255 [25MY]
Santa Cruz, CA: anniversary of Santa Cruz Surfing Museum, E976
Santa Cruz Foundation for the Dream: tribute, E1033
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5672), H4686, H4698
Stanford University: Green Dorm team recipient of the EPA P3 award, E1009
Stroud, Joseph: Witter Bynner Foundation Witter Bynner Fellowship award recipient, E142
Supreme Court: decision on allowing military recruiting on campuses of colleges that receive Federal funding (H. Con. Res. 354), H886
Taxation: extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (H.R. 4727), E119
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), H4092 [15JN]
U.N.: U.S. contribution, H4806
Veterans: health care funding through repeal of certain tax breaks, H2925 [19MY]
Votes: correction, H2872 [18MY]
Wheeler, John: SBA California Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E545
Subpoena Notices
Superior Court for the District of Columbia, H1536 [5AP]
Tables
Science, Depts. of State, Justice, Commerce, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 5672): impact of Committee on Appropriations (House) mark on NOAA funding, H4699
Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4297): individual savings, H2462
Tributes
Balestreri, Viola Georgian, E102
Cass, Elaine, E1306
Christie, Scott, E606
Danner, Art, E75
Denton, Denice D., E1299
Elster, Richard, E1214
Fish, Stefan, E606
Jones, Carter, E606
Magyar, Stephen, E1014
Mathews, Cynthia, E193
Meheen, Michael, E1015
Reichmuth, William E., E1105
Reliford, Curtis, E418
Robotti, John J., E1013
Slater, Jean Burns, E537