CARDOZA, DENNIS A. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4298 [1AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8138 [15JY]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (H.R. 3791), H13106 [18NO]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9632 [16SE]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), H11609 [22OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6808, H6809, H6812 [15JN]

Water Research and Development Initiative: implement (H.R. 1145), H4705 [23AP]

Appointments

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [6JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alabama: express condolences to families of victims of shooting rampage (see H. Res. 341), H4689 [22AP]

AmeriCorps: recognize accomplishments of members and alumni and the contributions made to lives of the people of the U.S. (see H. Res. 453), H5712 [18MY]

Armed Forces: mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H13354 [19NO]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]

Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building, Portola, CA: designate (see H.R. 3319), H8707 [23JY]

Averett University: anniversary (see H. Res. 347), H5582 [13MY]

Bass, Karen: tribute (see H. Res. 49), H163 [9JA]

Borel, Calvin: tribute (see H. Res. 429), H6077 [2JN]

Budget: extend discretionary spending caps and pay-as-you-go for direct spending (see H.R. 2116), H4839 [27AP]

———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers (see H.R. 3750), H11110 [7OC]

———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. 856), H1041 [4FE]

California: honor first responders, express condolences to victims, mourn loss of firefighters Tedmund D. Hall and Arnaldo Quinones, and condemn act of arson relative to Southern California wildfires (see H. Res. 724), H9396 [9SE]

———prohibit restriction of Central Valley Project operations based on an Endangered Species Act biological opinion if it would result in less than historical maximum export levels (see H.R. 3105), H7838 [8JY]

Cates, Clifton B.: encourage the Navy to name an appropriate ship in honor (see H. Res. 330), H6077 [2JN]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 1820), H4688 [22AP]

Chicago, IL: support initiatives of Chicago Wilderness (organization) and the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights (see H. Res. 860), H13355 [19NO]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1422), H3145 [10MR]

Children and youth: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1064), H7023 [18JN]

China: urge release of incarcerated democratic activist Liu Xiaobo (see H. Con. Res. 151), H9738 [21SE]

Chula Vista, CA: tribute to Chula Vista Park View Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 725), H9396 [9SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]

Clean Air Act: amend relative to renewable fuel standard (see H.R. 2409), H5664 [14MY]

Colleges and universities: create jobs through the hiring of new faculty and counselors at community colleges (see H.R. 4196), H15504 [16DE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H2632 [24FE]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (see H.R. 977), H5063 [30AP]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H442 [21JA]

Courts: create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships (see H.R. 4089), H13267 [18NO]

Credit: permanently increase conforming loan limits for the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and the FHA maximum mortgage amount limitations (see H.R. 2483), H5791 [19MY]

———permit deferrals on certain home mortgage foreclosures to take remedial action and require home mortgage servicers to provide notice of any upcoming reset of interest rates (see H.R. 527), H527 [26JA]

———require mortgage servicers of single family homes to notify mortgagors of possible eligibility for Federal mortgage assistance (see H.R. 2181), H4999 [29AP]

Crime: increase and enhance resources and penalties relative to the investigation and prosecution of violent gangs and expand and improve gang prevention programs (see H.R. 1022), H9962 [24SE]

Dept. of Defense: establish searchable database of names and citations of members of the Armed Forces and civilians awarded the Medal of Honor or other medals authorized for the military (see H.R. 666), H493 [23JA]

Dept. of Education: establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 2377), H10520 [6OC]

Dept. of Justice: provide Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program grants to increase number of law enforcement officers in cities with the highest crime rates (see H.R. 3154), H8495 [21JY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize drought assistance for projects and activities that will help alleviate unemployment and diminished agricultural production in California (see H.R. 4225), H13627 (see H.R. 4225), H14371 [8DE]

———enter into agreement with National Academy of Sciences to conduct comprehensive study of sustainable water and environmental management in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, CA (see H.R. 2977), H7084 [19JN]

———permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 204), H6265 [4JN]

———study suitability and feasibility of designating the Honouliuli Internment Camp in Hawaii as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 2079), H5667 [14MY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H4063 [26MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for relief of homeowners and neighborhoods (see H.R. 3068), H7703 [26JN]

———use amounts made available under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for relief for homeowners and affordable rental housing (see H.R. 3766), H11165 [8OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H10520 [6OC]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H4582 [21AP]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 775), H14446 [9DE]

———restore plot allowance eligibility for veterans of any war and restore headstone or marker allowance for eligible persons (see H.R. 4044), H12586 [6NO]

Diseases: conduct a joint Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs study on the incidence of breast cancer among Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 3926), H12365 [4NO]

———continue research into causes, treatment, education, and an eventual cure for diabetes, commend those involved, and support designation of Latino Diabetes Awareness Month (see H. Res. 69), H6077 [2JN]

———establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (see H.R. 1189), H8495 [21JY]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H8495 [21JY]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4251 [31MR]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for colorectal cancer (see H.R. 1330), H5169 [5MY]

District of Columbia: express sympathy for Metrorail accident victims and their families, friends, and associates (see H. Res. 612), H7740 [7JY]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9207 [30JY]

Election Assistance Commission: establish a Vote by Mail grant program (see H.R. 1604), H3702 [19MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 3564), H15503 [16DE]

Families and domestic relations: recognize contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, support responsible fatherhood, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 428), H6267 [4JN]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H2981 [4MR]

Federal agencies and departments: require review of Government programs for purposes of assessing their performance and improving their operations, and establish the Performance Improvement Council (see H.R. 2142), H5401 [7MY]

Financial institutions: 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), H196 [13JA]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see H. Res. 357), H4733 [23AP]

Food: encourage national fresh food financing initiative to increase access to healthy foods in underserved low-income communities while improving health and stimulating economic development (see H. Res. 975), H14982 [15DE]

———ensure safety (see H.R. 1332), H3053 [5MR]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 252), H3527 [17MR]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (see H. Res. 385), H5062 [30AP]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H29 [6JA]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H442 [21JA]

Health: achieve access to comprehensive primary health care services and reform organization of primary care delivery through Community Health Center and National Health Service Corps programs expansion (see H.R. 1296), H3056 [5MR]

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H7838 [8JY]

House Rules: require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (see H. Res. 40), H162 [9JA]

Immigration: improve agricultural job opportunities, benefits, and security for aliens in the U.S. (see H.R. 2414), H5664 [14MY]

———reform detention procedures (see H.R. 1215), H11713 [22OC]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H3834 [24MR]

Intermediate Space Challenge: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 411), H6416 [9JN]

Iran: authorize State and local governments to direct divestiture from, and prevent investment in, companies with certain investments in Iran's energy sector (see H.R. 1327), H4688 [22AP]

———expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H6015 [21MY]

Iraq: support religious and ethnic minorities (see H. Res. 944), H13520 [3DE]

Johnny Grant Hollywood Post Office Building, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 2760), H6415 [9JN]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: urge the granting of clemency to Laura Ling and Euna Lee and support efforts to secure their release (see H. Res. 555), H8010 [10JY]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

Law enforcement: require entrance of all missing children in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database and that certain information be provided to reporters of missing children (see H.R. 4129), H13352 [19NO]

Lim Poon Lee Post Office, San Francisco, CA: designate (see H.R. 3119), H7740 [7JY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H9443 [10SE]

Major Charles R. Soltes, Jr., O.D. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center, Long Beach, CA: designate (see H.R. 4360), H15499 [16DE]

Medicare: apply a consistent premium for all beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3631), H9898 [23SE]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 437), H5666 [14MY]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11869 [27OC]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 831), H11869 [27OC]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: anniversary (see H. Res. 454), H6307 [8JN]

National Children and Families Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 534), H7707 [26JN]

National Coaches Appreciation Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 6), H8873 [27JY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 109), H4735 [23AP]

National Dairy Month: support goals (see H. Res. 507), H6539 [10JN]

National Day of Service and Remembrance: observance (see H. Res. 718), H9343 [8SE]

National Drowning Prevention and Water Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 331), H5170 [5MY]

National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H. Res. 95), H602 [27JA]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 114), H922 [3FE]

National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: establish (see H. Res. 737), H9490 [14SE]

National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities: designate (see H.R. 2778), H7706 [26JN]

National Military Appreciation Month: support goals and objectives (see H. Con. Res. 84), H5063 [30AP]

National Nutrition Month: designate (see H. Res. 274), H4027 [25MR]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 211), H3055 [5MR]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H780 [28JA]

NATO: commend role in trans-Atlantic peace and articulate a vision and strategy for the future (see H. Res. 152), H3056 [5MR]

New Orleans, LA: anniversary of school integration (see H. Res. 901), H13355 [19NO]

New York, NY: tribute to Chesley Sullenberger III, Jeffrey Skiles, the crew and passengers, and all responders for efforts relative to safe emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 (see H. Res. 75), H442 [21JA]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H10456 [1OC]

Oakland, CA: tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty (see H. Res. 290), H4063 [26MR]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4525 [2AP]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H10519 [6OC]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H2836 [25FE]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 47), H1080 [9FE]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H3401 [12MR]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H485 [22JA]

Poverty: prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future (see H.R. 3982), H12197 [2NO]

Power resources: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 3731), H11384 [14OC]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H5096 [4MY]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H5791 [19MY]

Read Across America Day: designate (see H. Res. 146), H2836 [25FE]

Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H9491 [14SE]

Roy Wilson Post Office, Palm Desert, CA: designate (see H.R. 4214), H14827 [11DE]

San Joaquin River: implement restoration settlement (see H.R. 372), H159 [9JA]

SBA: ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns (see H.R. 2568), H6009 [21MY]

Schools: encourage later start to school day for secondary schools (see H. Con. Res. 176), H9279 [31JY]

Social Security: ensure certain disability determinations on the basis of SSA hearings are made on a timely basis and monitor number of disability determinations under reconsideration (see H.R. 3469), H9276 [31JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H1607 [13FE]

Taxation: allow an additional credit for adoption of an older child (see H.R. 3409), H9205 [30JY]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H9670 [16SE]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 147), H8025 [13JY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H9442 [10SE]

———extend the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account (see H.R. 3931), H13267 [18NO]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H4250 [31MR]

———modify the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 1993), H9999 [25SE]

———modify withholding requirement with respect to proceeds from certain pari-mutuel wagers (see H.R. 2140), H6904 [16JN]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H9442 [10SE]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H9671 [16SE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H3749 [23MR]

———provide incentives for affordable housing (see H.R. 906), H1044 [4FE]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H1607 [13FE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 275), H8008 [10JY]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H8185 [15JY]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H9281 [31JY]

———treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses under certain college savings plans and allow certain individuals a credit for contributions to such plans (see H.R. 1351), H9442 [10SE]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9056 [29JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H1607 [13FE]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H3437 [16MR]

Truth in Lending Act: establish additional protections for consumers with regard to payday loans (see H.R. 2563), H10408 [30SE]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (see H. Res. 867), H12045 [28OC]

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: prohibit recommendations from being used to deny health insurance coverage of mammography services and other items or services (see H. Res. 971), H14981 [15DE]

Unemployment: provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4183), H13466 [2DE]

———recognize rates have reached a level of a national crisis (see H. Res. 946), H14744 [10DE]

———temporarily extend certain unemployment benefits and make available further additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3404), H13355 [19NO]

University of California, Davis: anniversary (see H. Res. 448), H5666 [14MY]

University of California, Irvine: tribute to men's volleyball team (see H. Res. 567), H10458 [1OC]

University of Southern California: tribute to men's tennis team (see H. Res. 514), H6265 [4JN]

Veterans: allow individuals eligible for Post-9/11 educational assistance enrolled in an institute of higher education in a State that charges fees in lieu of tuition to use amounts payable for such fees (see H.R. 2474), H5893 [20MY]

———enhance burial benefits (see H.R. 4045), H12587 [6NO]

Water: encourage efficiency (see H.R. 2368), H5484 [12MY]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 203), H2925 [3MR] (see H. Res. 234), H3749 [23MR]

White House Conference on Children and Youth: convene (see H.R. 618), H442 [21JA]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H4580 [21AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H2836 [25FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1990), H4580 [21AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: initiate consultations under Endangered Species Act on existing and proposed operations of the Central Valley Project and California State Water Project (see H.R. 3999), H12287 [3NO]

Central Valley Project Improvement Act: assist in efforts to avoid losses of juvenile anadromous fish (see H.R. 3794), H11297 [13OC]

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), consideration (see H. Res. 406), H5305 [6MY]

Crime: provide increased imprisonment for certain offenses by public officials (see H.R. 90), H31 [6JA]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), consideration (see H. Res. 617), H7836 [8JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish an Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Community Financial Institutions and an Office of Ombudsman for Community Financial Institutions (see H.R. 2676), H6154 [3JN]

Electric power: promote energy independence and self-sufficiency through net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems (see H.R. 2895), H6903 [16JN]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), consideration (see H. Res. 501), H6154 [3JN]

Housing: prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and increase availability of affordable new mortgages (see H.R. 230), H68 [7JA]

Merced, CA: recognize historical significance of, and establish a memorial at, the Merced Assembly Center, as a reporting site for Japanese Americans who were unjustly interned during World War II (see H. Res. 129), H1044 [4FE]

Molalla River: designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2781), consideration (see H. Res. 908), H13068 [17NO]

Native Americans: extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (H.R. 1385), consideration (see H. Res. 490), H6074 [2JN]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), consideration (see H. Res. 490), H6074 [2JN]

Real estate: prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and increase availability of affordable new mortgages and affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 2588), H6010 [21MY]

Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 324), consideration (see H. Res. 760), H9806 [22SE]

Taxation: provide a nonrefundable credit against income tax for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 2202), H5060 [30AP]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), consideration (see H. Res. 108), H919 [3FE]

University of California, Merced: tribute to graduating class (see H. Res. 396), H5096 [4MY]

Letters

Molalla River portions designation as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Christopher P. Salotti, Dept. of the Interior, H13274 [19NO]

———Representative Schrader, H13274 [19NO]

Water Transfer Facilitation Act: Donn Zea, Northern California Water Association, E2481 [8OC]

———Graham L. Allen, Placer County, CA, Water Agency, E2496 [8OC]

———Jeffrey Kightlinger, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, E2481 [8OC]

———Jeffrey Sutton, Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority, E2481 [8OC]

———Regina J. Cherovsky, Yolo County, CA, Reclamation District 2035, E2497 [8OC]

———Timothy Quinn, Association of California Water Agencies, E2480 [8OC]

———Tovey Giezentanner, Conaway Preservation Group, LLC, E2496 [8OC]

Lists

Actions and projects to address California's water supply crisis, H11427 [15OC]

Motions

House of Representatives: recommit to fiscal restraint, return to an open and transparent appropriations process, and require Committee on Rules (House) to report out open rules for general appropriations, H7864 [9JY]

Remarks

Budget: allow for emergency exceptions to pay-as-you-go requirement, E32 [7JA]

———reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (H.R. 2920), consideration (H. Res. 665), H8508 [22JY]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers (H.R. 3750), E2480, E2496 [8OC]

———allow the Central Valley Project to facilitate certain water transfers beyond county lines, H8138 [15JY]

California: Dept. of the Interior and National Academy of Sciences study on impact of changes in Sierra Nevada snow pack on water resources relative to the San Joaquin Valley water supply, H4705 [23AP]

———expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 2442), H11427 [15OC]

Colleges and universities: prioritize areas with high unemployment rates when awarding grants for community college reform, H9632 [16SE]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), consideration (H. Res. 250), H3541 [18MR]

Credit: reform and provide accountability for mortgage practices, establish licensing and registration requirements for mortgage originators, and provide certain minimum standards for mortgage loans (H.R. 1728), consideration (H. Res. 406), H5313, H5314, H5316, H5319, H5323 [7MY]

Dept. of Energy: expand types of technologies able to be considered for solar energy projects, H11609 [22OC]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 617), H7855, H7858, H7861, H7862 [9JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: exempt from compensation standards community banks receiving less than a certain amount of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance, H4299, H4300 [1AP]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4299, H4300 [1AP]

Economy: create Economic Disaster Area designation to aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, H4256 [1AP], E765 [25MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8138 [15JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3183), conference report, H10432 [1OC]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 626), consideration (H. Res. 501), H6216, H6217, H6218, H6220, H6223 [4JN]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (H.R. 3791), H13107 [18NO]

———consider unemployment rates in criteria used to evaluate grant applications, H13107 [18NO]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), H9632 [16SE]

House Rules: require each standing committee to hold periodic hearings on waste, fraud, abuse, or mismanagement in Government programs that committee may authorize (H. Res. 40), H268, H269, H270, H272 [14JA]

Israel: support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip and condemn the end of the ceasefire by Hamas, E13 [6JA]

Merced, CA: recognize historical significance of, and establish a memorial at, the Merced Assembly Center, as a reporting site for Japanese Americans who were unjustly interned during World War II (H. Res. 129), H1176 [11FE]

Molalla River: compensate local educational agencies and governments for tax revenues lost when the Federal Government designates portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, H13277 [19NO]

———designate portions as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2781), consideration (H. Res. 908), H13272, H13273, H13275, H13277, H13279 [19NO]

Native Americans: extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (H.R. 1385), consideration (H. Res. 490), H6099, H6100 [3JN]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (H.R. 31), consideration (H. Res. 490), H6099, H6100 [3JN]

NOAA: prohibit funding for implementation of report entitled ``Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion on the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project'', H6947 [17JN]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), H11609 [22OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, H13276 [19NO]

San Joaquin County, CA: drought crisis assistance funding, H10432 [1OC]

Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 324), consideration (H. Res. 760), H9840, H9841 [23SE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6947 [17JN]

Television: move forward the date on which the transition to digital television is to occur (S. 352), consideration (H. Res. 108), H976 [4FE]

University of California, Merced: tribute to graduating class (H. Res. 396), H5124 [5MY]

Votes: position on missed, H7778 [8JY], H11724 [23OC], E2622 [23OC]

Water Research and Development Initiative: implement (H.R. 1145), H4705 [23AP]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act and H.R. 1385, Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 490) (H. Rept. 111-131), H6074 [2JN]

Consideration of H.R. 324, Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 760) (H. Rept. 111-263), H9806 [22SE]

Consideration of H.R. 626, Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 501) (H. Rept. 111-133), H6154 [3JN]

Consideration of H.R. 1728, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 406) (H. Rept. 111-98), H5305 [6MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2781, Molalla River Portions Designation as Components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 908) (H. Rept. 111-339), H13068 [17NO]

Consideration of H.R. 3081, Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 617) (H. Rept. 111-193), H7836 [8JY]

Consideration of S. 352, DTV Delay Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 108) (H. Rept. 111-11), H919 [3FE]

Statements

Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act: Executive Office of the President, H6223 [4JN]

Tributes

May, Steve, E2078 [29JY]

Siefkin, Randy, E1046 [4MY]