NUNES, DEVIN (a Representative from California)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alcoholic beverages: recognize importance of the U.S. wine industry to the American economy (see H. Con. Res. 429), H9974 [25SE]
Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations for war on terror, international affairs, and national defense matters (see H.R. 6026), H4833 [22MY]
Armed Forces: 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. 6580), H7057 [23JY]
———recognize service of members and support wounded warriors (see H. Res. 1020), H2012 [3AP]
———retain certain active members otherwise retired or separated for a combat-related disability, but still medically able to perform noncombat-related specialties or duties (see H.R. 5868), H2552 [22AP]
Army: tribute to 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), known as the Screaming Eagles (see H. Res. 1080), H2011 [3AP]
Azorean Refugee Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 1401), H7788 [31JY]
BLM: exempt any solar energy project on managed lands from an environmental impact statement requirement (see H.R. 6527), H7165 [24JY]
Boston Celtics (basketball team): tribute (see H. Con. Res. 376), H6728 [17JY]
Boy Scouts: express condolences to victims and those affected by tornado at Boy Scout camp in Iowa and gratitude to law enforcement and emergency responders conducting rescue operations (see H. Res. 1283), H5580 [18JN]
———mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]
Brooke, Edward W., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1000), H2151 [9AP]
Bureau of Reclamation: provide flexibility for operation of certain California pumping plants in times of drought emergency and support a fish hatchery program to preserve and restore the delta smelt (see H.R. 6940), H8475 [18SE]
Burke, Yvonne Brathwaite: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 338), H2948 [30AP]
Chi Mui Post Office Building, San Gabriel, CA: designate (see H.R. 5477), H2225 [10AP]
Children and youth: connect foster youth to the workforce through internship programs and encourage employers to increase employment opportunities for foster youth (see H. Res. 1332), H7166 [24JY]
———support the We Don't Serve Teens campaign (see H. Res. 1042), H6826 [22JY]
Committee on Earmark Reform (Joint, Select): establish (see H. Con. Res. 263), H559 [29JA]
Congress: condition adjournment on enactment of comprehensive energy legislation (see H. Con. Res. 417), H8275 [16SE]
Courts: clarify jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 699), H6407 [10JY]
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), H2070 [8AP]
Dept. of Defense: collect absentee ballots of overseas uniformed services voters for Federal elections and deliver ballots to State election officials prior to the closing of the polls (see H.R. 5673), H2760 [24AP]
Dept. of Justice: establish a State grant program to establish ``Silver Alert'' notification systems to locate missing individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia-related illnesses (see H.R. 5898), H5045 [5JN]
Dept. of the Interior: 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), H5045 [5JN]
———establish oil and gas leasing program for public lands within the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 6758), H7787 [31JY]
———provide with a mechanism to cancel contracts for the sale of certain materials (see H.R. 5887), H7789 [31JY]
District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 6691), H8477 [18SE]
Economy: reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see H.R. 6110), H6825 [22JY]
El Dorado, AR: tribute to El Dorado High School recipients of the Murphy Oil Corp., El Dorado Promise scholarship (see H. Res. 1155), H3051 [5MY]
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), H3778 [13MY]
Financial institutions: increase amount of deposits insured under the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 7235), H10642 [29SE]
———reform the Federal deposit insurance system (see H.R. 7262), H10827 [3OC]
Firefighters: provide death and disability benefits to certain federally contracted aerial firefighters who suffer death or disability in the line of duty (see H.R. 4280), H457 [23JA]
Food: improve safety by providing for improved information technology to identify high-risk imports and enhanced use of science to identify and address food safety issues (see H.R. 5904), H2759 [24AP]
Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building, Rancho Mirage, CA: designate (see H.R. 6085), H5045 [5JN]
Gordon N. Chan Post Office Building, San Jose, CA: designate (see H.R. 6558), H7956 [9SE]
Graham, Billy: tribute (see H. Res. 1358), H7166 [24JY]
Harold D. McCraw, Sr., Post Office Building, Richmond, CA: designate (see H.R. 6286), H6343 [9JY]
Health: establish a pathway for the licensure of biosimilar biological products (see H.R. 5629), H2356 [15AP]
Immigration: provide for a certain initial period of admission for aliens employed as dairy workers and sheepherders (see H.R. 6885), H8049 [11SE]
Iran: respond to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the U.S. by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony (see H. Con. Res. 362), H6010 [24JN]
Israel: recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm bonds of close friendship and cooperation with the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 322), H2356 [15AP]
James Madison University: anniversary (see H. Res. 1051), H5045 [5JN]
Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 4900), H1702 [13MR]
Lebanon: support democratically elected Government and condemn Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran for undermining the Lebanese Government and violations of certain U.N. Security Council resolutions (see H. Res. 1201), H4060 [15MY]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H623 [6FE]
Marisol Heredia Post Office Building, El Monte, CA: designate (see H.R. 4185), H1155 [27FE]
Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act: eliminate certain inappropriate changes in law made to the Medicare Advantage program (see H.R. 6819), H7807 [1AU]
Mondavi, Robert G.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 365), H4831 [22MY]
Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2268), H3109 [6MY]
National Child Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1296), H6734 [21JY]
National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2444 [16AP]
National Heat Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 296), H4833 [22MY]
National Letter Carriers Appreciation Day: establish (see H. Res. 49), H2152 [9AP]
National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 393), H8478 [18SE]
Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H8019 [10SE]
Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions (see H.R. 6529), H6726 [17JY]
Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H1771 [14MR]
Power resources: promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, and increase energy independence (see H.R. 5437), H992 [14FE] (see H.R. 6566), H6824 [22JY]
———promote biogas production (see H.R. 7097), H9973 [25SE]
———provide a comprehensive plan for greater energy independence (see H.R. 6384), H6577 [15JY]
Puerto Rico: provide residents who participate in cafeteria plans under Puerto Rican tax laws an exclusion from employment taxes comparable to exclusion that applies to cafeteria plans under U.S. laws (see H.R. 2238), H8477 [18SE]
Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5235), H6342 [9JY]
States: provide for secure rural schools and counties and enhanced authority for coastal and ocean resources (see H.R. 6779), H7806 [1AU]
Syria: strengthen sanctions, enhance multilateral commitment to address threatening policies, and establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government (see H.R. 2332), H5412 [13JN]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 3934), H1032 [25FE]
Taxation: allow a credit for qualified expenditures paid or incurred to replace certain wood stoves (see H.R. 4244), H558 [29JA]
———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 2329), H10700 [2OC]
———clarify eligibility for certain fuels credits for fuel with insufficient nexus to the U.S. (see H.R. 5713), H7956 [9SE]
———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 2205), H6342 [9JY]
———improve access to health care through expanded health savings accounts (see H.R. 3234), H3777 [13MY]
———modify penalty on the understatement of taxpayer's liability by tax return preparers (see H.R. 4318), H3885 [14MY]
———modify rules relating to coins and bullion that may be held by individual retirement accounts and certain other individually-directed accounts (see H.R. 4099), H943 [13FE]
———modify treatment of qualified restaurant property as 15-year property for purposes of the depreciation deduction (see H.R. 3622), H7629 [30JY]
———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 6214), H6343 [9JY]
———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 643), H2553 [22AP]
———provide for tax-favored retirement health savings accounts (see H.R. 6288), H6343 [9JY]
———reduce depreciation recovery period for roof systems (see H.R. 4126), H2356 [15AP]
———temporarily reduce the excise tax on diesel fuel and kerosene to the rate applicable to gasoline (see H.R. 6106), H6577 [15JY]
———treat Indian tribal governments as State governments for purposes of the public charity/private foundation classification (see H.R. 6005), H3402 [8MY]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1610), H7165 [24JY]
Texas: tribute to wine and winegrape industry (see H. Con. Res. 216), H2659 [23AP]
University of Nebraska at Omaha: anniversary (see H. Res. 1372), H7309 [29JY]
Yosemite National Park: anniversary of the first vertical ascent of the face of El Capitan (see H. Res. 1474), H8578 [22SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: 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]
Azorean Refugee Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 1438), H8127 [15SE]
California State University, Fresno: tribute to baseball team (see H. Res. 1327), H6342 [9JY]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study on constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of California and to provide a water supply (see H.R. 6994), H8577 [22SE]
Tariff: sleeping bags (see H.R. 5538, 5539), H1341 [5MR]
Poems
``I've Sailed Upon Life's Seas,'' Joan Mann, E123
Remarks
Allensworth, CA: anniversary, E2039
Armed Forces: 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 (H.R. 6580), H7278, H7279 [29JY]
Azorean Refugee Act: anniversary (H. Res. 1438), H8524
California: designate the John Krebs Wilderness and add certain land to the Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness (H.R. 3022), H5049, H5050 [9JN]
California State University, Fresno: tribute to baseball team, H6097, H6147 [26JN]
———tribute to baseball team (H. Res. 1327), H6501 [15JY]
Economy: proposed Government bailout of financial institutions, H10759 [3OC]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (H.R. 2537), H2200, H2201 [10AP]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: establish a procedure for authorizing certain acquisitions of foreign intelligence (H.R. 3773), H1087 [27FE]
Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), Senate amendments, H10759 [3OC]
Ozark National Forest: anniversary (H. Res. 1158), H5057 [9JN]
Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H2200, H2201 [10AP], H5051 [9JN]
Power resources: application of energy tax increases to CITGO Petroleum Corp., H1111 [27FE]
———national energy policy, H2200, H2201 [10AP], H5051 [9JN], H6097, H6098 [26JN]
Public lands: oil and gas exploration on Federal lands, H5056, H5058 [9JN]
Riverside County, CA: designate certain lands as wilderness and certain river segments as wild and scenic, and adjust the boundaries of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (H.R. 3682), H5055 [9JN]
Sabinoso Wilderness Area: establish (H.R. 2632), H5051 [9JN]
Simoes, Joe: Tulare, CA, Kiwanis Club Farmers of the Year award recipients, E733
Simoes, Mario: Tulare, CA, Kiwanis Club Farmers of the Year award recipients, E733
Taxation: provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (H.R. 5351), H1111 [27FE]
———provide incentives for production of renewable energy and energy conservation (H.R. 5351), consideration (H. Res. 1001), H1087 [27FE]
Transportation: promote increased use of public transportation and alternative fuels in providing public transportation (H.R. 6052), consideration (H. Res. 1304), H6097, H6098 [26JN]
Votes: position on missed, H1761
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H8473 [18SE]
Special order: granted, H6172 [26JN]
Tributes
Corbett, Max, E1848
Haws, Kent, E24
Mann, Joan, E122
Munger, Edward E., E175