HUNTER, DUNCAN (a Representative from California)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 5032), H1889 [1AP]
Adopt-a-Platoon Soldier Support Effort (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 959), H1342 [5MR]
Africa: develop strategy to protect civilians, facilitate humanitarian operations, reduce violence, and move toward sustainable peace in regions of Chad, Central African Republic, and Sudan (see H. Res. 1011), H1890 [1AP]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for war on terror, international affairs, and national defense matters (see H.R. 6026), H4061 [15MY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: transfer certain lands to Alaska to expedite development of oil, natural gas, and other resources (see H.R. 6579), H7057 [23JY]
Armed Forces: anniversary of integration (see H. Con. Res. 297), H4322 [20MY]
———deny Federal funds to any State, city, county, or other political subdivision that prohibits or unduly restricts the establishment or operation of a military recruiting office (see H.R. 5462), H993 [14FE]
———ensure fair treatment of members discharged early due to being the only surviving child in a family in which an immediate family member was killed, MIA, or disabled in the line of duty (see H.R. 5825), H2442 [16AP]
———express that all Americans should participate in a moment of silence to reflect upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both at home and abroad (see H. Res. 953), H996 [14FE]
———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see H.R. 5714), H2068 [8AP]
———protect child custody arrangements for parents who are members deployed in support of a contingency operation (see H.R. 6048), H4061 [15MY]
———recognize heroism and sacrifice of Medal of Honor recipients and commend efforts of Medal of Honor Host City Program in Gainesville, TX, to celebrate recipients and encourage expansion of program (see H. Res. 271), H7809 [1AU]
———take certain additional and timely measures to ensure that members and their dependents are provided with reasonable information on how to register to vote and vote in the 2008 general elections (see H. Con. Res. 388), H6229 [8JY]
———tribute to families of servicemembers (see H. Con. Res. 295), H2760 [24AP]
Armed Forces Day: observance (see H. Res. 1122), H2761 [24AP]
Army: tribute to 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), known as the Screaming Eagles (see H. Res. 1080), H2011 [3AP]
Berkeley, CA: condemn resolution impugning integrity of the Marine Corps, rescind funds appropriated for certain local entities, and commend the service and efforts of Marine Corps members (see H. Res. 958), H872 [12FE]
———rescind funds appropriated for certain local entities and transfer such funds to the Marine Corps (see H.R. 5222), H620 [6FE]
Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]
Buckley, William F., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1016), H1220 [4MR]
Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 338), H2852 [29AP]
Chi Mui Post Office Building, San Gabriel, CA: designate (see H.R. 5477), H2225 [10AP]
Children and youth: require recipients of universal service support for schools and libraries to protect minors from commercial social networking websites and chat rooms (see H.R. 1120), H4061 [15MY]
———require schools and libraries that receive discounted Internet access services to educate minors about safe online behavior (see H.R. 6145), H8477 [18SE]
China, People's Republic of: condemn discrimination, harassment, imprisonment, torture, and execution of its prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 821), H1446 [10MR]
———condemn manufacture and export of unsafe products, disregard for environment, and exploitation of workers and encourage U.S. suspension of importation and purchase of goods (see H. Res. 925), H872 [12FE]
Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 4133), H25 [15JA]
Contracts: extend requirement for certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 5596), H2443 [16AP]
Courts: provide for habeas corpus review for detainees held in the war on terror (see H.R. 6705), H7785 [31JY]
Crime: provide penalties for the destruction of memorials, headstones, markers, and graves commemorating persons serving in the Armed Forces on private property (see H.R. 5131), H2225 [10AP]
Czech Republic: commend for agreeing to host a U.S. radar system for tracking trajectories of ballistic missiles that would threaten the collective security of the U.S., the Czech Republic, and their NATO allies (see H. Res. 1349), H6577 [15JY]
Declaration of Independence: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 386), H6577 [15JY]
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency: anniversary (see H. Res. 968), H1032 [25FE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (see H.R. 4986), H293 [16JA] (see H.R. 5658), H1821 [31MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: require a report on Federal efforts to secure borders of the U.S. (see H.R. 5552), H1417 [6MR]
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. 5532), H1446 [10MR]
———establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6107), H5329 [11JN]
Drugs: improve safety (see H.R. 5839), H4061 [15MY]
Families and domestic relations: call upon the courts to uphold the fundamental and constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children (see H. Res. 1076), H2011 [3AP]
———constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 89), H4831 [22MY]
Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 5782), H2265 [14AP]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (see H.R. 5440), H1032 [25FE]
Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building, Rancho Mirage, CA: designate (see H.R. 6085), H4320 [20MY]
Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building, San Jose, CA: designate (see H.R. 6558), H6733 [21JY]
Heston, Charlton: tribute (see H. Res. 1091), H2225 [10AP]
Insurance: provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4460), H2487 [17AP]
Iraq: make technical corrections to legislation providing special immigrant status for certain Iraqis (see H.R. 5837), H2485 [17AP]
———support idea that coalition victory is possible (see H. Con. Res. 315), H1619 [12MR]
Keith, Toby: tribute to commitment to Armed Forces members (see H. Res. 1255), H6178 [26JN]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H2356 [15AP]
Macedonia: stop utilization of materials that violate agreement with Greece regarding ``hostile activities or propaganda'' and work to find a mutually-acceptable official name for the former Yugoslav republic (see H. Res. 356), H1446 [10MR]
National Airborne Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 348), H3777 [13MY] (see H. Res. 1364), H6825 [22JY]
National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1106), H2761 [24AP]
National Child Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1296), H6734 [21JY]
National Day of the Cowboy: designate (see H. Res. 984), H943 [13FE]
National Guard: recognize dedication and honorable service of members who are serving or have served in Operation Jump Start (see H. Res. 1306), H7309 [29JY]
National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 393), H8478 [18SE]
Native Americans: reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 2762), H1418 [6MR]
———require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H7789 [31JY]
Palestinians: condemn ongoing rocket attacks on Israeli civilians (see H. Res. 951), H1222 [4MR]
Passports: provide for the security of U.S. passports (see H.R. 5752), H2150 [9AP]
Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1973 [2AP]
Power resources: develop energy independence, lower gas prices, and open reliable national sources of energy (see H.R. 6207), H5408 [12JN]
———provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence (see H.R. 6709), H7809 [1AU]
———secure unrestricted reliable energy for American consumption and transmission (see H.R. 3089), H6577 [15JY]
POW/MIA: recognize courage and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces held as POW and call for a full accounting of Americans unaccounted for as a result of the Vietnamese Conflict (see H. Res. 986), H994 [14FE]
Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5235), H6342 [9JY]
Roosevelt, Theodore: tribute (see H. Res. 1352), H7166 [24JY]
Russia: express concern regarding arms transfers to Iran and Syria and implement sanctions against those found to be in violation of U.S. law prohibiting such transfers (see H. Con. Res. 257), H2487 [17AP]
Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 6453), H7956 [9SE]
Science: prohibit human-animal hybrids (see H.R. 5910), H2759 [24AP]
Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Officer Building, Bremen, GA: designate (see H.R. 6092), H4454 [21MY]
Shimkus, Representative: tribute (see H. Res. 1223), H4831 [22MY]
Shipping industry: require that fuel surcharges collected by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder be passed through to the person responsible for bearing the cost of fuel (see H.R. 5977), H7854 [8SE]
———require that fuel surcharges collected by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder be passed through to the person responsible for bearing the cost of fuel, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 5977), H8020 [10SE]
Space policy: congratulate the Navy and the Dept. of Defense for successfully intercepting the disabled National Reconnaissance Office satellite, NROL-21 (see H. Res. 1004), H1154 [27FE]
Taxation: allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes (see H.R. 3660), H2356 [15AP]
———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 6348), H5864 [23JN]
———extend relief from the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5031), H348 [17JA]
———provide a credit for algae derived fuels (see H.R. 6943), H8475 [18SE]
———provide for the limited continuation of clean energy production incentives and incentives to improve energy efficiency (see H.R. 5984), H7308 [29JY]
———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 5109), H455 [23JA]
———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals and replace it with an alternative tax individuals may choose (see H.R. 3818), H2356 [15AP]
Terrorism: anniversary of bombing of Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 1421), H8050 [11SE]
U.S. Sentencing Commission: make certain changes in sentencing guidelines as they affect certain human trafficking offenses (see H.R. 5652), H6177 [26JN]
Voting: require applications for voter registration to include a statement that an alien who falsely claims to be a U.S. citizen is deportable (see H.R. 5695), H2443 [16AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Cardona Molina, Consuelo: relief (see H.R. 6103), H4321 [20MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for two-layered, 14-foot reinforced fencing along the southwest border (see H.R. 5124), H455 [23JA]
Dunoyer Cardona, Camilo: relief (see H.R. 6103), H4321 [20MY]
Dunoyer Cardona, Pablo: relief (see H.R. 6103), H4321 [20MY]
Dunoyer Mejia, Roberto L.: relief (see H.R. 6103), H4321 [20MY]
Poems
``Breaking Chad,'' Albert C. Caswell, E1631
``Thou Art,'' Albert C. Caswell, E2044
Remarks
Air Force: awarding of contract to Airbus S.A.S. to build military air refueling tankers, H4460 [22MY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H2844 [29AP]
Armed Forces: provide for transitional health care for members separated from active duty who agree to serve in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve, H4794 [22MY]
Army: provision of steel for manufacture of uparmored High Mobility Multipurposed Wheeled Vehicles (Humvees), H10121 [26SE]
———require public disclosure of names of students and instructors at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, H4798 [22MY]
Bush, President: report on long-term costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, H4780 [22MY]
Congress: provide transparency and integrity in the earmark process, H4792, H4793 [22MY]
Contracts: reform acquisition practices of the Federal Government, H4773 [22MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 3001), H9207, H9210, H9211 [24SE], H10121 [26SE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), H4417, H4418, H4420, H4422, H4427, H4431 [21MY], H4743, H4745, H4758, H4760, H4761, H4762, H4763, H4765, H4766, H4773, H4775, H4776, H4777, H4778, H4780, H4792, H4793, H4794, H4795, H4796, H4797, H4798, H4801, H4803, H4804, H4805, H4809 [22MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), consideration (H. Res. 1213), H4339 [21MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), consideration (H. Res. 1218), H4460 [22MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5658), earmark declaration, E1052
———counter-weapons of mass destruction and terrorism funding through reductions in national missile defense system funding, H4760, H4761, H4762 [22MY]
———national missile defense system funding, H4758 [22MY]
———prohibit contractors from using foreign shell companies incorporated outside the U.S. or Canada to perform the work of the contract, H4801 [22MY]
———prohibit domestic propaganda and conduct a study on violations of previous propaganda prohibitions, H4803, H4804 [22MY]
———prohibit use of private contractors to conduct interrogations of detainees, H4795, H4796 [22MY]
———require videotaping of intelligence-gathering interrogations and other pertinent actions involving a detainee or prisoner under the control of U.S. Armed Forces, H4796, H4797 [22MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2638), earmark declaration, E2023
———provide for two-layered, 14-foot reinforced fencing along the southwest border (H.R. 5124), H2841, H2842 [29AP]
Economy: authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers (H.R. 7321), H10919 [10DE]
———proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10401
Federal agencies and departments: clarify requirement on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H4765, H4766 [22MY]
Immigration: create a temporary employment program for certain Iraqi immigrants to act as translators, interpreters, or cultural awareness instructors, H4777 [22MY]
Iran: require Director of National Intelligence to submit regular updates of the National Intelligence Estimate regarding Iran's nuclear program, H4809 [22MY]
Iraq: assessment of war and reconstruction efforts, H10954-H10957 [10DE]
———provide for congressional consultation relative to certain long-term agreements and ensure that such agreements are in the form of a treaty to which the Senate has given advice and consent, H4775, H4776 [22MY]
———tribute to members of Armed Forces, intelligence services, and security services for service in Iraq, H10954-H10957 [10DE]
Languages: create a temporary employment program for certain Iraqi immigrants to act as translators, interpreters, or cultural awareness instructors, H4778 [22MY]
Lantos, Tom: tribute (H. Res. 975), H854 [12FE]
Monsoor, Michael A.: Medal of Honor recipient, E544
National Nuclear Security Administration: Reliable Replacement Warhead Program funding, H4763 [22MY]
National security: establish an advisory panel among the Dept. of Defense, Dept. of State, and AID to improve integration of national security matters, H4743, H4745 [22MY]
Nuclear weapons: establish a fellowship program for graduate students in nuclear chemistry and set up a Nuclear Forensics Advisory Panel, H4805 [22MY]
Parliamentary inquiry, H8455 [18SE]
Peralta, Rafael: award Medal of Honor, H8455 [18SE]
Power resources: national energy policy, H2844 [29AP]
POW/MIA: recognize courage and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces held as POW and call for a full accounting of Americans unaccounted for as a result of the Vietnamese Conflict (H. Res. 986), H4176, H4177 [20MY]
San Diego, CA: tribute to local golfers who have played in the U.S. Open tournament, H5301 [11JN]
Taxation: provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers (H.R. 3997), Senate amendment, H10401
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1971 [2AP], H4826 [22MY], H5211 [10JN], H5326 [11JN], H6087 [25JN], H8473 [18SE], H10125 [26SE], H10957 [10DE]
Tribute, H4819 [22MY], E2011 [26SE]
Tributes
Andrews, Representative, H4825 [22MY], H6667 [16JY]
Barnes, John R., E1244
Cedillo, Cato, H9952 [25SE]
Cole, Rex, H9952 [25SE]
Dickinson, William L., H1947 [2AP]
Everett, Representative, H4339 [21MY], H4825 [22MY], H6666 [16JY]
Farley, Steven, H6086 [25JN]
Harris, Joshua T., E2044
O'Leary, Henry, E11
Saxton, Representative, H4339 [21MY], H4825 [22MY], H6666 [16JY]
Starr, Carole, H6665 [16JY]
Udall, Representative Tom, H4825 [22MY]
Van Deerlin, Lionel, H4281 [20MY]
Watson, Chad M., E1631
Weiland, James, E1501