INSLEE, JAY (a Representative from Washington)

Appointments

Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming (House, Select), H881 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory cattle (see H.R. 4356), H15499 [16DE]

Air pollution: provide for creation of a Federal greenhouse gas registry (see H.R. 232), H69 [7JA]

Alpine Lakes Wilderness: expand to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic (see H.R. 1769), H4063 [26MR]

Animals: prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H15503 [16DE]

Apple Crunch: support goals and ideals of healthy food choice event (see H. Res. 613), H7838 [8JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H8707 [23JY]

Arizona: withdraw Tusayan Ranger District and BLM-managed Federal land in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 644), H13354 [19NO]

Armed Forces: 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]

———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), H4734 [23AP]

———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]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 840), H5000 [29AP]

BLM: dedicate a portion of wind and solar energy project rental fees for administrative costs of processing applications for new wind and solar projects (see H.R. 2662), H6074 [2JN]

———establish the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 404), H160 [9JA]

Budget: 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]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H7087 [19JN]

Children and youth: update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see H.R. 1324), H5000 [29AP]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H15503 [16DE]

Coastal Zone Management Act: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 2548), H6539 [10JN]

Coastal zones: develop a Federal ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and coastal State waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive economic zone, and the Continental Shelf (see H.R. 365), H158 [9JA]

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

Conservation of energy: establish national energy and environmental building retrofit policies for both residential and commercial buildings (see H.R. 1778), H4128 [30MR]

———incorporate smart grid capability into Energy Star Program, reduce peak electric demand, reauthorize energy efficiency public information program to include smart grid information (see H.R. 1774), H5308 [6MY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H2603 [23FE]

Corps of Engineers: extend the authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of certain permits (see H.R. 4165), H13629 (see H.R. 4165), H14372 [8DE]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 627), H2836 [25FE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1913), H4735 [23AP]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H5400 [7MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program (see H.R. 3650), H12142 [29OC]

———establish NOAA and a National Climate Enterprise (see H.R. 2685), H9491 [14SE]

———reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see H.R. 4393), H15501 [16DE]

Dept. of Education: establish a partnership with National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers (see H.R. 2081), H4732 [23AP]

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

———promote development of practical fusion energy (see H.R. 3177), H8008 [10JY]

———provide a voucher or coupon to a consumer who trades in an inefficient vehicle and purchases a more efficient vehicle (see H.R. 520), H324 [14JA]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 579), H381 [15JA]

Dept. of HHS: establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H6415 [9JN]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 988), H5485 [12MY]

Dept. of State: provide assistance to eradicate trafficking in children in eligible countries through implementation of Child Protection Compacts (see H.R. 2737), H12288 [3NO]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (see H.R. 2523), H7838 [8JY]

———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), H1246 [11FE]

———reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 3742), H11168 [8OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (see H.R. 2640), H6012 [21MY] (see H.R. 2751), H6305 [8JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H13467 [2DE]

———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), H8410 [20JY]

Disabled: enhance and further research into paralysis and improve rehabilitation and quality of life for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities (see H.R. 307), H2980 [4MR]

Disasters: ensure availability and affordability of homeowners' insurance coverage for catastrophic events (see H.R. 2555), H6009 [21MY]

Diseases: 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), H6744 [12JN]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H5892 [20MY]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H12288 [3NO]

———support efforts to raise awareness, improve education, and encourage research of inflammatory breast cancer (see H. Res. 395), H5893 [20MY]

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), H5308 [6MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1380), H5400 [7MY]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H3640 [18MR]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H7249 [24JN]

EPA: establish water system adaptation partnerships (see H.R. 2969), H7084 [19JN]

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), H381 [15JA]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H13467 [2DE]

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), H10408 [30SE]

———implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H2836 [25FE]

FDA: provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products (see H.R. 1256), H2923 [3MR]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H7446 [25JN]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 3791), H12588 [6NO]

Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3339), H9808 [22SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H2979 [4MR]

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 4375), H15500 [16DE]

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: improve conservation of sharks (see H.R. 81), H31 [6JA]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3381), H9055 [29JY]

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]

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H15503 [16DE]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H5485 [12MY]

Global Warming Economic Oversight Commission: establish (see H.R. 2147), H5063 [30AP]

Government: require acquisition of a certain number of plug-in hybrid vehicles (see H.R. 580), H381 [15JA]

Harris County, TX: Aldine Independent School District recipient of Broad Foundations Broad Prize for Urban Education (see H. Res. 791), H10456 [1OC]

Hawaii: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 593), H8101 [14JY]

Hazardous substances: phase out use of mercury in manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (see H.R. 2190), H13629 (see H.R. 2190), H14372 [8DE]

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]

———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 emergency medical services for children (see H.R. 479), H2926 [3MR]

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

Health Care Comparative Effectiveness Research Institute: establish (see H.R. 2502), H7706 [26JN]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see H. Con. Res. 144), H9671 [16SE]

———tribute to Barnes Jewish Hospital, Henry Ford Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Integris Baptist Hospital for completion of successful 16-person kidney transplant (see H. Res. 664), H12588 [6NO]

Hillerich & Bradsby Co.: anniversary of production of Louisville Slugger baseball bat (see H. Res. 314), H6620 [11JN]

Hinduism: recognize the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 798), H11740 [23OC]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H7947 [9JY]

Home Safety Month: designate (see H. Res. 543), H6973 [17JN]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1236), H2874 [26FE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H8009 [10JY]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: revise and extend (see H.R. 2708), H6263 [4JN]

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]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1339), H3053 [5MR]

Investments: regulate futures transactions involving energy commodities and credit default swaps and strengthen FERC enforcement authorities (see H.R. 2448), H5666 [14MY]

Johnson, Jim: tribute (see H. Res. 693), H9808 [22SE]

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]

Lakewood, WA: express condolences to families of slain police officers (see H. Res. 939), H13386 [1DE]

Medicaid: extend drug rebate program to enrollees of managed care organizations (see H.R. 904), H6076 [2JN]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H3703 [19MR]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 1829), H4250 [31MR]

———create a value indexing mechanism for the physician work component of the physician fee schedule (see H.R. 2844), H6742 [12JN]

———eliminate disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of treatment performance measures for a quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system (see H.R. 2279), H11458 [15OC]

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

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 2700), H6263 [4JN]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 902), H1043 [4FE]

———provide continued coverage for immunosuppressive drugs furnished to beneficiaries that have received a kidney transplant and whose coverage would otherwise expire (see H.R. 1458), H6076 [2JN]

———provide that initial preventive physical examinations not be required for referrals for ultrasound screenings for abdominal aortic aneurysms and for such screenings for at-risk beneficiaries (see H.R. 1213), H4915 [28AP]

———reimburse certain midwife services (see H.R. 1101), H6538 [10JN]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H3105 [9MR]

Motor vehicles: establish a program to deploy and integrate plug-in electric drive vehicles in multiple regions (see H.R. 1742), H5485 [12MY]

NASA: anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing (see H. Res. 607), H8026 [13JY]

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

National Aerospace Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 167), H8409 [20JY]

National Apple Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 613), H7838 [8JY]

National Commission on Presidential War Powers and Civil Liberties: establish (see H.R. 104), H4734 [23AP]

National Community Gardening Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 649), H8184 [15JY]

National Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 914), H13266 [18NO]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 817), H11166 [8OC]

National Estuaries Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 710), H9280 [31JY]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1030), H1518 [12FE]

National Nutrition Month: designate (see H. Res. 274), H4130 [30MR]

National Park and Recreation Month: designate (see H. Res. 288), H8303 [16JY]

National Pipeline Safety Day: designate (see H. Res. 484), H6013 [21MY]

National Veterans Wheelchair Games: tribute (see H. Res. 625), H8008 [10JY]

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

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H196 [13JA]

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), H13069 [17NO]

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

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

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1672), H3748 [23MR]

Oceans: develop and coordinate interagency ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and establish ocean acidification program within NOAA (see H.R. 14), H28 [6JA]

Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H7087 [19JN]

Oregon: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 170), H4130 [30MR]

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

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

Philippines: express condolences to the citizens and support for Philippine Government in aftermath of devastating tropical storms (see H. Res. 800), H11112 [7OC]

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), H4582 [21AP]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (see H.R. 3585), H10070 [29SE]

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

———provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration (see H.R. 3165), H8960 [28JY]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 1523), H6076 [2JN]

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]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train new land managers, and promote public service (see H.R. 1612), H4525 [2AP]

Public utilities: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard for certain electric utilities (see H.R. 890), H3402 [12MR]

———provide additional authority and definitions to public utility contracts (see H.R. 175), H1607 [13FE]

Puget Sound: provide assistance for programs and activities to protect water quality (see H.R. 4029), H12456 [5NO]

Radio: provide parity in performance rights to artists for use of their sound recordings (see H.R. 848), H5400 [7MY]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 515), H324 [14JA]

———promote production of molybdenum-99 for medical isotope production and condition and phase out export of highly enriched uranium for production of medical isotopes (see H.R. 3276), H11516 [20OC]

Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 942), H13466 [2DE]

Renewable energy: include algae-based biofuel in the renewable fuel program and include such fuels in the cellulosic biofuel producer tax credit (see H.R. 3460), H9276 [31JY]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H5485 [12MY]

Ships and vessels: promote secure ferry transportation (see H.R. 2172), H4998 [29AP]

SSI: disregard, for purposes of eligibility, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 2866), H11384 [14OC]

Sultana (vessel): anniversary of boiler explosion disaster (see H. Res. 329), H4689 [22AP]

Susan G. Komen for the Cure (organization): observe anniversary of Susan G. Komen National Race for the Cure and commend transition to Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure (see H. Con. Res. 109), H6016 [21MY]

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

———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), H13385 [1DE]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 891), H1043 [4FE]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 16), H28 [6JA]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H8303 [16JY]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for financing clean energy improvements under State and local property assessed clean energy programs (see H.R. 4155), H15504 [16DE]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H9341 [8SE]

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

———provide a tax credit for qualified distributed thermal energy storage property (see H.R. 3918), H14744 [10DE]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (see H.R. 690), H8960 [28JY]

Telecommunications: require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the FCC (see H.R. 3125), H7836 [8JY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H3835 [24MR]

———restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1521), H7741 [7JY]

Transportation: establish national transportation objectives and performance targets to assess progress toward meeting national transportation objectives (see H.R. 2724), H6264 [4JN]

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

U.S. Military Academy: Forbes (publication) America's Best College honoree (see H. Res. 747), H11384 [14OC]

University of Washington: tribute to women's softball team (see H. Res. 517), H6306 [8JN]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H3105 [9MR] (see H.R. 333), H3145 [10MR]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 2894), H6902 [16JN]

Washington (State): anniversary of Pig War crisis on San Juan Island (see H. Res. 652), H8302 [16JY]

———honor citizen-soldiers, including the 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy) of the Washington Army National Guard and Air National Guard (see H. Res. 627), H8008 [10JY]

Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 3206), H8099 [14JY]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 234), H3145 [10MR]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1869), H5485 [12MY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 61), H8495 [21JY]

———establish programs to reduce number of unplanned pregnancies, decrease need for abortion, help women bear healthy children, and support new parents (see H.R. 3312), H9282 [31JY]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H5712 [18MY]

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), H90 [8JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Animals: support and provide financial resources for projects of persons with expertise and conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 411), H160 [9JA]

Clean Air Act: regulate transportation fuels and establish a low carbon fuel standard (see H.R. 1787), H4128 [30MR]

Climate: distribute emission allowances to facilities in certain industrial sectors to prevent an increase in greenhouse gas emissions by facilities in countries without commensurate greenhouse gas regulation (see H.R. 1759), H4062 [26MR]

Copyrights: provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters (see H.R. 2344), H5483 [12MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish the Clean Energy Corps (see H.R. 1394), H3104 [9MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish community gardens (see H.R. 3225), H8184 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: establish the Grants for College Access and Completion Program (see H.R. 3259), H8409 [20JY]

Dept. of Energy: improve innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide additional options for deploying energy technologies (see H.R. 2212), H5061 [30AP]

EPA: mitigate the effects of black carbon emissions domestically and globally (see H.R. 1760), H4062 [26MR]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3692), H10455 [1OC]

Gulf Diver IV (vessel): certificate of documentation (see H.R. 2694), H6155 [3JN]

John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: designate (see H.R. 955), H1157 [10FE]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act: improve process of reallocation of spectrum from Federal Government uses to commercial uses (see H.R. 3019), H7249 [24JN]

National Trails System Act: provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail (see H.R. 1641), H3704 [19MR]

Native Americans: settle claims of the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation concerning contributions to production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam (see H.R. 3097), H7704 [26JN]

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]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (see H.R. 1191), H2834 [25FE]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (see H.R. 3709), H10456 [1OC]

———facilitate planning, construction, and operation of a secure national clean energy grid (see H.R. 2211), H5061 [30AP]

Renewable energy: promote development and use of marine renewable energy technologies (see H.R. 2148), H4914 [28AP]

Taxation: modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (see H.R. 4144), H13353 [19NO]

Wilson, Valerie Plame: relief (see H.R. 1773), H4063 [26MR]

Letters

American Medical Isotopes Production Act: Howard W. Dickson, Health Physics Society, H12406 [5NO]

———Michael P. Duffy, Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., H12406 [5NO]

———Timothy R. Wright, Covidien (company), H12405 [5NO]

Ensure public land protection measures in transmission policy reforms: Carl Zicliella, Sierra Club, E1629 [26JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: effects of greenhouse gas emissions on climate change and impact on insect infestations, H4009 [25MR]

Air Force: assessment of contracting system used to award the KC-X military air refueling tanker contract, H14845 [14DE]

———urge Dept. of Defense to factor in subsidies to Airbus S.A.S. when considering cost estimates for military air refueling tankers proposals, H11106-H11108 [7OC], H13270 [19NO]

Air pollution: impact of economy-wide global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, H3498, H3499, H3500, H3502 [17MR], H4004, H4006, H4007, H4008, H4009, H4010 [25MR]

Animals: support and provide financial resources for projects of persons with expertise and conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (H.R. 411), H4535, H4536 [21AP]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H567 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1251 [12FE], H1524 [13FE]

Bainbridge Graduate Institute: tribute, E1943 [24JY]

Boeing Co.: tribute to maiden flight of Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Paine Field Airport, Everett, WA, E3055 [17DE]

Clean Air Act: regulate transportation fuels and establish a low carbon fuel standard (H.R. 1787), H6354 [9JN]

Climate: global warming, H14378 [9DE]

———provide for reduction of greenhouse gases, H5457, H5458, H5459 [12MY]

Coal: promote the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide and the use of energy produced from coal, H3500 [17MR]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), H11640 [22OC]

———negotiate with Canada to ensure tugboat escorts for laden oil tankers, H11640 [22OC]

Community service: reauthorize and reform national service laws (H.R. 1388), H3590 [18MR]

Conservation of energy: establish national energy and environmental building retrofit policies for both residential and commercial buildings, H13120, H13121, H13122 [18NO]

Copyrights: provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters (H.R. 2344), H6331 [9JN], E1190 [18MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: allow the Clean Energy Corps to design clean energy programs that meet the needs of rural communities, H3590 [18MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: make grants to establish community gardens (H.R. 3225), E1784 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: establish the Grants for College Access and Completion Program (H.R. 3259), E1844 [20JY], E2318 [17SE]

Dept. of the Interior: adjust boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness in the North Cascades National Park to allow rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain (H.R. 2806), H11746 [26OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 2751), H6354 [9JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for voucher program for consumers to trade in a high polluting vehicle and purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle (H.R. 3435), H9238 [31JY]

Direct Service Industries, Inc.: eligibility to receive allocation of emission allowances, E1847 [20JY]

Economy: economic effect of green business practices, E1537 [23JN]

———importance of job creation, H1251 [12FE], H4004, H4007, H4008 [25MR]

———promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, H2892 [3MR], H3838 [25MR], H5299-H5304 [6MY]

Electric power: facilitate transition to a smart electricity grid, H4009 [25MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), H8119 [15JY]

EPA: conduct a study on environmental impact of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in water supply and develop recommendations on treatment and prevention, H3361 [12MR]

———impact of proposed listing of carbon dioxide as a pollutant subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act on ocean acidification, H10412 [1OC]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (H.R. 3692), E2427 [1OC]

Hanford, WA: nuclear waste cleanup funding, H8119 [15JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7744 [8JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8589 [23JY], H8887 [28JY], H9499 [15SE], H11803 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12592, H12842 [7NO], E2858 [1DE]

Higher Education Act: amend (H.R. 3221), E2318 [17SE]

John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: designate (H.R. 955), H3464 [17MR]

Lakewood, WA: express condolences to families of slain police officers, H13555 [8DE]

Medicare: allow waiver of copays for biosimilar interchangeable drugs, H12842 [7NO]

Motor vehicles: promote the domestic development and production of advanced technology vehicles, H3500 [17MR]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act: improve process of reallocation of spectrum from Federal Government uses to commercial uses (H.R. 3019), E1560 [24JN]

National Trails System Act: provide for a study of the Cascadia Marine Trail (H.R. 1641), H11747 [26OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H12404 [5NO]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H3498 [17MR]

Pharmaceuticals: provide for disposal of controlled substances by ultimate users and care takers through State take-back disposal programs and prohibit drug label recommendations on disposal by flushing (H.R. 1191), E386 [25FE]

Power resources: authorize noncompetitive leasing of certain areas adjoining other lands for which a qualified company or individual holds a preexisting right to develop geothermal resources (H.R. 3709), E2434 [1OC]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, H5492 [13MY], H14449 [10DE]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7256 [25JN], H7631 [26JN], H10412 [1OC], H10525 [7OC], E1847 [20JY]

———enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (H.R. 3585), H11602 [22OC]

———national energy policy, H3444 [17MR], H5457, H5458, H5459 [12MY]

Radioactive substances: promote production of molybdenum-99 for medical isotope production and condition and phase out export of highly enriched uranium for production of medical isotopes (H.R. 3276), H12404, H12405 [5NO]

Renewable energy: create jobs and reduce dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources by promoting the production of green energy, H5449 [12MY], H13120, H13121, H13122, H13123 [18NO]

———promote development and use of marine renewable energy technologies, H8119 [15JY]

———promote development and use of marine renewable energy technologies (H.R. 2148), E1003 [28AP]

Social Security: extend and improve the State Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), Senate amendment, H965 [4FE]

Suquamish, WA: tribute to Suquamish Tribal Canoe Journey, E2032 [28JY]

Taxation: provide incentives to accelerate the production and adoption of plug-in electric vehicles and related component parts, H13123 [18NO]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 1262), H3361 [12MR]

———study regional impacts of the changing climate on water availability, H4703 [23AP]

Water Research and Development Initiative: implement (H.R. 1145), H4703 [23AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H7247 [24JN], H11579 [21OC]

Tributes

Auken, Svend, E2716 [4NO]

Honick, Morris, E249 [12FE]

Pomeroy, Representative, H4006 [25MR]