THOMPSON, MIKE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 2647), H7360 [25JN]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H1024 [4FE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alejandro Renteria Ruiz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Artesia, NM: designate (see H.R. 4307), H14982 [15DE]

American Kennel Club: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 160), H10409 [30SE]

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]

Animals: issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H5097 [4MY]

Aquarium of the Pacific (organization): Alliance To Save Energy Super Nova Star of Energy Efficiency Award recipient (see H. Res. 912), H13266 [18NO]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 1478), H12588 [6NO]

———commend soldiers and civilian personnel stationed at Fort Gordon, GA (see H. Con. Res. 206), H12044 [28OC]

———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1283), H2924 [3MR]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H10408 [30SE]

———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]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H11111 [7OC]

———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable (see H.R. 707), H780 [28JA]

———recognize vital role family readiness volunteers play in supporting service members and their families (see H. Res. 408), H9900 [23SE]

———require mental health screenings for members deployed in connection with a contingency operation (see H.R. 2058), H4731 [23AP]

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

Bass, Karen: tribute (see H. Res. 49), H527 [26JA]

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]

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]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 1820), H11458 [15OC]

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]

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]

Climate: cap emissions of greenhouse gases through requirement to purchase carbon permits and distribute proceeds of such purchases to eligible individuals (see H.R. 1862), H4396 [1AP]

Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 2548), H6008 [21MY]

Coastal zones: establish a national integrated system of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing systems (see H.R. 367), H158 [9JA]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H8873 [27JY]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 682), H8302 [16JY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H36 [6JA]

Cousteau, Jacques-Yves: tribute (see H. Res. 518), H6973 [17JN]

Credit: 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), H603 [27JA]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR]

de Veuster, Damien: canonization (see H. Res. 786), H10408 [30SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program (see H.R. 3650), H11869 [27OC]

Dept. of Defense: submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan (see H.R. 2404), H5663 [14MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see H.R. 3943), H12198 [2NO]

———provide grants to support professional development and extracurricular activities to improve international education and foreign language in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3359), H12457 [5NO]

Dept. of Energy: implement Clean Cities Program (see H.R. 3488), H9277 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a loan program for eligible hospitals to establish residency training programs (see H.R. 914), H4064 [26MR]

———establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1179), H5169 [5MY]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 745), H4397 [1AP]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H11740 [23OC]

———implement a National Neurotechnology Initiative (see H.R. 1483), H4525 [2AP]

———provide for osteoporosis and related bone disease education, research, and surveillance (see H.R. 3856), H11514 [20OC]

Dept. of the Interior: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 980), H5892 [20MY]

———provide for administration of Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 1044), H3402 [12MR]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3641 [18MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H6267 [4JN]

———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), H3438 [16MR]

———provide wartime disability compensation for certain veterans with Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1428), H7741 [7JY]

———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), H3706 [19MR]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 11), H27 [6JA]

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]

———establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 2112), H12141 [29OC]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4061 [26MR]

———increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Res. 35), H12588 [6NO]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H5097 [4MY]

Drugs: allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 2835), H6618 [11JN]

Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve: recognize as a unique and precious ecosystem (see H. Res. 701), H9443 [10SE]

Ecology and environment: establish an integrated Federal program to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources in response to the threats of climate change and ocean acidification (see H.R. 2192), H5060 [30AP]

Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 1240), H2981 [4MR]

———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 374), H5309 [6MY]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: make any local educational agency receiving funds under part A of title I or public charter school eligible for a Troops to Teachers participant (see H.R. 1313), H8708 [23JY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H8708 [23JY]

EPA: award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (see H.R. 1580), H3640 [18MR]

———establish water system adaptation partnerships (see H.R. 2969), H7251 [24JN]

———provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (see H.R. 3518), H9279 [31JY]

Executive departments: congressional disapproval of rule submitted by the Depts. of the Interior and Commerce relative to interagency cooperation under the Endangered Species Act (see H.J. Res. 18), H1249 [11FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: clarify eligibility requirements relative to airline flight crews (see H.R. 912), H1079 [9FE]

FCC: establish broadband policy and conduct public broadband summits to assess competition, consumer protection, and consumer choice issues relating to broadband Internet access services (see H.R. 3458), H12457 [5NO]

———prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H1605 [13FE]

———prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 226), H68 [7JA]

———prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 226), H197 [13JA]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1256), H3835 [24MR]

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), H15503 [16DE]

Filipino American History Month: observance (see H. Res. 780), H12045 [28OC]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see H.R. 1404), H3835 [24MR]

Fish and fishing: conserve U.S. fish and aquatic communities through partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation and improve the quality of life for the people of the U.S. (see H.R. 2565), H8708 [23JY]

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), H9397 [9SE]

Foreign trade: restrict certain exports of electronic waste (see H.R. 2595), H6010 [21MY]

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

Gambling: delay compliance date for certain regulations relative to prohibition on funding of unlawful Internet gambling (see H.R. 2266), H8873 [27JY]

———provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 2267), H8873 [27JY]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H9281 [31JY]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 223), H36 [6JA]

Hazardous substances: enhance public awareness of potential health effects posed by mercury (see H. Res. 648), H11299 [13OC]

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), H2978 [4MR]

———expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 463), H194 [13JA]

———improve access to emergency medical services and provide additional Medicare physician payments for such services (see H.R. 1188), H2834 [25FE]

———improve emergency medical services for children (see H.R. 479), H2603 [23FE]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H3525 [17MR]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see H. Con. Res. 144), H8960 [28JY]

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), H196 [13JA]

———require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 554), H9999 [25SE]

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

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]

Intelligence services: close detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, limit use of certain interrogation techniques, prohibit interrogation by contractors, and notify International Red Cross of detainees (see H.R. 374), H526 [26JA]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H9730 [17SE]

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

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]

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), H1519 [12FE]

Medicaid: restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H526 [26JA]

Medicare: establish an accountable care organization pilot program to reduce the growth of expenditures and improve health outcomes (see H.R. 2959), H7022 [18JN]

———exempt unsanctioned State-licensed retail pharmacies from surety bond requirements for suppliers of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (see H.R. 1970), H6155 [3JN]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 1894), H4519 [2AP]

———provide coverage for consultations regarding orders for life sustaining treatment and provide grants for development and expansion of programs for such orders (see H.R. 1898), H5712 [18MY]

———provide for a pilot program to improve the quality of oncology care (see H.R. 2939), H7021 [18JN]

———transition to use of metropolitan statistical areas as fee schedule areas for physician fee schedule in California (see H.R. 2820), H6617 [11JN]

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 Brain Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1044 [4FE] (see H. Res. 178), H1607 [13FE]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see H.R. 653), H8960 [28JY]

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), H4735 [23AP]

National Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) Month: designate (see H. Res. 536), H8357 [17JY]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 192), H5000 [29AP]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H9962 [24SE]

National Prader-Willi Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 55), H5097 [4MY]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 247), H3836 [24MR]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see H. Res. 700), H11168 [8OC]

National Trails Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 475), H6013 [21MY]

National Women's Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 120), H5307 [6MY]

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), H1159 [10FE]

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]

New York Yankees (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 893), H12456 [5NO]

NIH: establish Office of Mitochondrial Medicine (see H.R. 3502), H9278 [31JY]

NOAA: establish education and watershed programs which advance environmental literacy, including preparedness and adaptability for the likely impacts of climate change in coastal watershed regions (see H.R. 3644), H11298 [13OC]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H13002 [16NO]

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

Oceans: adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, and study its impacts and effects on marine ecosystems and coastal economies (see H. Res. 989), H15502 [16DE]

———establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H163 [9JA]

Oregon: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 170), H3056 [5MR]

Outer Continental Shelf: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 1906), H4520 [2AP]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4397 [1AP]

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 336), H922 [3FE]

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

Philippines: express condolences to the citizens and support for Philippine Government in aftermath of devastating tropical storms (see H. Res. 800), H10519 [6OC]

Pittsburgh Steelers (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 110), H1046 [4FE]

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), H2875 [26FE]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H7741 [7JY]

Real estate: impose a moratorium on the Home Valuation Code of Conduct (see H.R. 3044), H8410 [20JY]

SEC: reinstate uptick rule on short sales of securities (see H.R. 302), H922 [3FE]

Ships and vessels: establish national standards for discharges from cruise vessels (see H.R. 3888), H11580 [21OC]

Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 186), H9731 [17SE]

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), H196 [13JA]

Surface Transportation Board: consider impact of certain railroad transactions on local communities (see H.R. 3410), H9205 [30JY]

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H10000 [25SE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1646), H3704 [19MR]

———allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H8185 [15JY]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1126), H7741 [7JY]

———allow loans from simplified employee pension accounts of small business owners for use in small business (see H.R. 3079), H7703 [26JN]

———encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1835), H4395 [1AP]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 1205), H3527 [17MR]

———establish an auction and revenue collection mechanism for a carbon market that ensures price stability with environmental integrity (see H.R. 1666), H3748 [23MR]

———expand availability of saver's credit, make credit refundable, and make Federal matching contributions into the retirement savings of the taxpayer (see H.R. 1961), H4522 [2AP]

———expand definition of cellulosic biofuel to include algae-based biofuel for purposes of the cellulosic biofuel producer credit and special allowance for plant property (see H.R. 4168), H14827 [11DE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 3724), H10518 [6OC]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H13002 [16NO]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1586), H3640 [18MR]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3379), H9055 [29JY]

———increase limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 3050), H10520 [6OC]

———modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades (see H.R. 3049), H7445 [25JN]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (see H.R. 3590), H9729 [17SE]

———permit the IRS to set the standard mileage rate deduction for charitable use of an automobile and exclude charitable mileage reimbursements from gross income (see H.R. 524), H324 [14JA]

———provide a credit for property certified by the EPA under the WaterSense program (see H.R. 1908), H10070 [29SE]

———provide a renewable electricity integration credit for a utility that purchases or produces renewable power (see H.R. 4149), H15504 [16DE]

———provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing new advanced broadband infrastructure (see H.R. 760), H778 [28JA]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H4688 [22AP]

———provide consumer rebates for purchases of certain new passenger motor vehicles (see H.R. 1808), H4249 [31MR]

———provide for a second generation biofuel producer credit (see H.R. 3985), H13267 [18NO]

———provide for rollover of gain from divesting certain qualified securities of businesses engaged in Iran or Sudan discouraged activities (see H.R. 3516), H9279 [31JY]

———provide for the designation of Clean Energy Business Zones and tax incentives for the construction of, and employment at, energy-efficient buildings and clean energy facilities (see H.R. 3919), H11739 [23OC]

———provide tax credit parity for electricity produced from renewable resources (see H.R. 2626), H9999 [25SE]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H2875 [26FE]

———regulate and tax Internet gambling (see H.R. 2268), H9207 [30JY]

———require the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly (see H.R. 510), H780 [28JA]

———simplify and improve the current education tax incentives (see H.R. 386), H196 [13JA]

———treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1718), H4026 [25MR]

———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), H4734 [23AP]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H3748 [23MR]

Television: expand satellite carriage of local television signals (see H.R. 927), H3056 [5MR]

———provide for carriage and display of public, educational, and government channels in a manner consistent with commercial channels (see H.R. 3745), H11168 [8OC]

Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (see H. Res. 505), H6265 [4JN]

Transportation: require metropolitan planning organizations to consider greenhouse gas emissions in long-range plans and improvement programs (see H.R. 803), H920 [3FE]

Travel and tourism: establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 2935), H9731 [17SE]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see H.R. 2478), H11458 [15OC]

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

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

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H10071 [29SE]

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), H5790 [19MY]

———revise eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection of certain diseases and disabilities for veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during military service (see H.R. 2573), H12588 [6NO]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H6015 [21MY]

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), H163 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see H.R. 624), H442 [21JA]

California: designate Stornetta Public Lands as an Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as a part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 4192), H13519 [3DE]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties in California (see H.R. 204), H35 [6JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: repeal provision in appropriations legislation relative to geothermal energy receipts (see H.R. 4060), H12587 [6NO]

Forests: provide a tax exemption for forest conservation bonds (see H.R. 3302), H8585 [22JY]

Health: improve provision of Medicare telehealth services and provide grants for development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2068), H4731 [23AP]

Insurance: require coverage of preventive care for children (see H.R. 2292), H5307 [6MY]

Legislative branch of the Government: establish a program for reuse, recycling, and disposal of obsolete computers and other electronic equipment (see H. Res. 938), H13354 [19NO]

Marin County, CA: enable a Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve water supply, water quality, and environmental restoration objectives (see H.R. 285), H70 [7JA]

Medicare: eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 2291), H5307 [6MY]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see H.R. 2055), H4687 [22AP]

Taxation: impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance (see H.R. 1572), H3526 [17MR]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1974), H4523 [2AP]

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

———provide a credit to facilitate accelerated development and deployment of advanced safety systems for commercial motor vehicles (see H.R. 2024), H4685 [22AP]

———provide a tax credit for qualified distributed thermal energy storage property (see H.R. 3918), H11712 [22OC]

———provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (see H.R. 4210), H13520 [3DE]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H9279 [31JY]

———provide an investment credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property (see H.R. 4085), H13068 [17NO]

———treat certain solar energy credits as refundable, allow a new refundable credit for equipment used to manufacture solar energy property, and waive application of the subsidized financing rules to such property (see H.R. 546), H325 [14JA]

———treat nonrecourse small business investment company loans from the SBA as amounts at risk for purposes of determining the deduction for losses (see H.R. 4211), H13520 [3DE]

———treat trees and vines producing fruit, nuts, or other crops as placed in service in the year in which it is planted for purposes of special allowance for depreciation (see H.R. 2739), H6265 [4JN]

———treatment of bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities, and other specified greenhouse gas emission technologies (see H.R. 3525), H9279 [31JY]

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

Remarks

American Association of University Women of Napa County, CA: anniversary, E821 [31MR]

Animals: issue commemorative stamped envelope to honor Seabiscuit (racehorse), E1118 [12MY]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H563 [27JA]

Barnum, Robert: Ingomar Club of Eureka, CA, Lumberman of the Year award recipient, E2714 [4NO]

California: expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 2442), H11422 [15OC]

Cloverdale, CA: tribute to opening of Cloverdale Historical Society Cloverdale History Center, E2492 [8OC]

DePeters, Ed: University of California, Davis Prize for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarly Achievement recipient, E1090 [7MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), H7973 [10JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), H3283 [11MR]

EPA: award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (H.R. 1580), H4609 [22AP]

Glaseroff, Alan: Humboldt County, CA, Democratic Central Committee Citizen of the Year award recipient, E2342 [23SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12858 [7NO]

Hoxsey, Andrew: Napa Valley Grapegrowers (organization) Grower of the Year award recipient, E1149 [14MY]

Kemp, Elizabeth: Sonoma, CA, Honorary Mayor of the Year award recipient, E318 [24FE]

KRCB-TV/Radio (Rohnert Park, CA): anniversary, E2362 [24SE]

Lake County, CA: anniversary of Sutter Lakeside Hospital, E2797 [18NO]

Lipetz, Lin: Sonoma, CA, Cultural and Fine Arts Commission Sonoma Treasure Artist of the Year award recipient, E2745 [6NO]

Mary's Pizza Shack (business): Sonoma Valley, CA, Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year award recipient, E2487 [8OC]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (H.R. 3961), H13306 [19NO]

Mendocino, CA: anniversary of Mendocino Presbyterian Church, E2697 [3NO]

Napa Valley Horsemen's Association: anniversary, E2606 [22OC]

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'', H6946, H6948 [17JN]

Point Arena, CA: anniversary of Point Arena Light Station, E2699 [3NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), H6946, H6948 [17JN]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), H253 [14JA]

———extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H968 [4FE]

Sonoma, CA: anniversary of Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce, E3006 [15DE]

Taxation: expand certain solar energy credits, H563 [27JA]

Trinity River: fishery resources restoration funding, H3283 [11MR]

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, H7973 [10JY]

Votes: position on missed, E1523 [23JN], E1713 [10JY], E2641 [27OC], E2691 [3NO], E3005 [15DE]

Tributes

Aust, Mel, E2804 [18NO]

Bengston, Dave, E107 [16JA]

Boaz, Shannon, E2893 [3DE]

Buffalo, Norton, E2834 [19NO]

Dudley, S., E2659 [29OC]

Freeman, Donna Cook, E3001 [15DE]

Gruhn, Albin, E1241 [21MY]

Horne, Marilyn, E109 [16JA]

Kindig, Pamela A., E180 [3FE]

Mackenzie, Andrea, E1205 [19MY]

Morton-Weil, Lynn, E1339 [8JN]

Olson, JoAline, E227 [10FE]

Reilly, Mike, E183 [3FE]

Robey, Ed, E19 [6JA]

Rodeno, Michaela, E1254 [21MY]

Sercu, Raymond, E1040 [30AP]

Sparks, Bennett S. (Bud), E1388 [12JN]

Spetzler, Cheyenne, E2976 [11DE]

Tunney, Gene, E2366 [24SE]