FARR, SAM (a Representative from California)

Appointments

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

Conferee: H.R. 2892, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H10419 [1OC]

———H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H10042 [29SE]

House Democracy Assistance Commission, H6545 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: promote empowerment of women (see H.R. 2214), H9342 [8SE]

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: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 3480), H9277 [31JY]

———enhance and increase the number of veterinarians trained in veterinary public health (see H.R. 2999), H11868 [27OC]

———ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 3907), H13387 [1DE]

———improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (see H.R. 1018), H4915 [28AP]

———issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H5169 [5MY]

———prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals and prohibit certain computer-assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 2308), H7706 [26JN]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1326), H3053 [5MR]

———treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under certain regulations governing illegal trade or possession of wildlife (see H.R. 80), H163 [9JA]

Antarctic Treaty: anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 51), H1520 [12FE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 39), H13628 (see H.R. 39), H14372 [8DE]

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), H12197 [2NO]

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), H7085 [19JN]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H4583 [21AP]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 816), H2980 [4MR]

———prohibit retaliatory personnel actions against members who testify about their sexual orientation in a congressional hearing or regarding the policy on homosexuality in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 4180), H15509 [23DE]

———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), H601 [27JA]

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

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 840), H921 [3FE]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat and chemical and biological injuries (see H.R. 4269), H14743 [10DE]

———tribute to meritorious service of aviators shot down over, or otherwise forced to land in, hostile territory yet evaded enemy capture or were captured but subsequently escaped (see H. Res. 925), H13353 [19NO]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2567), H6009 [21MY]

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

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 435), H5581 [13MY]

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), H780 [28JA]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 225), H442 [21JA]

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

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

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]

Central America: mourn loss of life caused by a landslide in Guatemala and an earthquake in Costa Rica and assist affected people and communities (see H. Res. 76), H527 [26JA]

Cesar E. Chavez Post Office, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 1820), H10520 [6OC]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H6973 [17JN]

Children and youth: help keep students safe on school-run, overnight, off-premises field trips (see H.R. 729), H6619 [11JN]

———support goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program (see H. Res. 362), H4733 [23AP]

———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), H3053 [5MR]

China: support detained human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren relative to investigation of the role poor construction and corruption played in death of children in school collapses during Sichuan earthquake (see H. Res. 877), H12289 [3NO]

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]

Clothing industry: improve accuracy of fur products labeling (see H.R. 2480), H5790 [19MY]

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

Coastal zones: authorize acquisition of coastal and estuarine areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit the environment and economies of such areas (see H.R. 368), H159 [9JA]

———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]

Colleges and universities: permit States to determine residency standards for higher education purposes and cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1751), H4251 [31MR]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and study the impact of dams on endangered salmon and steelhead (see H.R. 3503), H9278 [31JY]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans: establish (see H.R. 1425), H6415 [9JN]

Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees: establish (see H.R. 1425), H6415 [9JN]

Communications Act: establish a Lifeline Assistance Program for universal broadband adoption (see H.R. 3646), H14446 [9DE]

Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 2129), H4839 [27AP]

Contracts: require accountability for personnel performing private security functions under Federal contracts (see H.R. 2177), H4999 [29AP]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1866), H12197 [2NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H37 [6JA]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 860), H1042 [4FE]

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

Cousteau, Jacques-Yves: tribute (see H. Res. 518), H7251 [24JN]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 3421), H12457 [5NO]

———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]

———prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 3149), H12142 [29OC]

Credit cards: establish a national usury rate for consumer accounts under open end consumer credit plans (see H.R. 4300), H14826 [11DE]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1913), H4841 [27AP]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see H.R. 1531), H5792 [19MY]

———grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 187), H6076 [2JN]

———lift trade embargo (see H.R. 188), H6076 [2JN] (see H.R. 1530), H5792 [19MY] (see H.R. 2272), H5306 [6MY]

———lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H1042 [4FE] (see H.R. 1528), H5792 [19MY]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3567), H9548 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: clarify authority regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System lands subject to ski area permits (see H.R. 2476), H10408 [30SE]

———establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see H.R. 3519), H11740 [23OC]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (see H.R. 1905), H4520 [2AP]

———establish a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program (see H.R. 3650), H10520 [6OC]

———establish NOAA and a National Climate Enterprise (see H.R. 2685), H6154 [3JN]

———make grants to coastal States for surveys of coastal and Federal waters to identify areas suitable for exploration, development, and production of renewable energy (see H.R. 1690), H3834 [24MR]

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: 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 HHS: establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1179), H5792 [19MY]

———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), H3402 [12MR]

———make grants to community health coalitions to assist in the development of integrated health care delivery (see H.R. 1614), H5308 [6MY]

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

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 444), H6619 [11JN]

Dept. of Labor: provide effective career training and technical education programs, address barriers resulting from family responsibilities, and encourage entrance into nontraditional occupations (see H.R. 2074), H4732 [23AP]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H920 [3FE]

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), H3056 [5MR]

———develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 1520), H3706 [19MR]

———establish and operate a visitor facility for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (see H.R. 3511), H11298 [13OC]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: require purchase of certain bonds to return State and local entities to where they would have been had emergency assistance not been provided to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (see H.R. 467), H6807 [15JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H5308 [6MY]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 2103), H4838 [27AP]

———provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 1410), H3402 [12MR]

Disabled: protect the interests of each resident of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in class action lawsuits on behalf of such resident (see H.R. 1255), H6904 [16JN]

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: 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), H3528 [17MR]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H4130 [30MR]

———provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1210), H2926 [3MR]

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

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9283 [31JY]

———improve early education (see H.R. 702), H601 [27JA]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: promote environmental education (see H.R. 2054), H5892 [20MY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H7838 [8JY]

———provide family and medical leave to caregivers of regular component servicemembers and veterans with service-related injuries and allow exigency leave for all foreign-deployed members (see H.R. 3403), H10408 [30SE]

———provide for a paid family and medical leave insurance program (see H.R. 1723), H4584 [21AP]

EPA: establish water system adaptation partnerships (see H.R. 2969), H9282 [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), H381 [15JA]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see H.R. 981), H1607 [13FE]

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

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 3047), H7445 [25JN]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2132), H4913 [28AP]

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]

———implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H3146 [10MR]

———prescribe a standard to preclude commercials from being broadcast at louder volumes than the program material they accompany (see H.R. 1084), H7023 [18JN]

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

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H5890 [20MY]

———provide coverage of acupuncturist services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 646), H485 [22JA]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 948), H1157 [10FE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see H.R. 1346), H9056 [29JY]

———preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H3525 [17MR]

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

———modify provisions relative to beach monitoring (see H.R. 2093), H7146 [23JN]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 2324), H13386 [1DE]

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

———strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (see H.R. 1080), H1605 [13FE]

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

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

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 875), H1159 [10FE]

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, stimulate rural economies, and improve emergency response to food crises (see H.R. 3077), H9491 [14SE]

———develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H7086 [19JN]

Foreign policy: condemn use of child soldiers in hostilities around the world and find remedies to end this practice (see H. Con. Res. 20), H1080 [9FE]

———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), H4735 [23AP]

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

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), H7837 [8JY]

Georgia: express condolences to families of victims of storms and floods, honor emergency responders, and support FEMA efforts to respond to needs of those affected by floods (see H. Res. 765), H9899 [23SE]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H9491 [14SE]

Government regulations: make certain regulations have no force or effect (see H.R. 570), H380 [15JA]

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]

Haiti: make nationals eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 144), H2925 [3MR]

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. 2065), H4731 [23AP] (see H.R. 2190), H5060 [30AP]

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]

———apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1204), H2835 [25FE]

———ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met (see H. Con. Res. 48), H3105 [9MR]

———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]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H2835 [25FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H525 [26JA]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H34 [6JA]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 873), H3105 [9MR]

———provide for the licensure of biosimilar and interchangeable biological products (see H.R. 1548), H6807 [15JN]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 1551), H3525 [17MR]

———require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 2137), H5063 [30AP]

———support efforts to reduce infant mortality (see H. Res. 260), H4584 [21AP]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 2350), H5483 [12MY]

———provide for a loan repayment program for faculty members at programs of general dentistry or pediatric dentistry to alleviate faculty shortages (see H.R. 1930), H4841 [27AP]

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

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 783), H11384 [14OC]

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), H6619 [11JN]

Honduras: condemn coup d'etat, call for return of duly elected President, suspend nonhumanitarian assistance, ensure fair elections, and support mediation by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias (see H. Res. 630), H8008 [10JY]

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

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), H326 [14JA]

Housing: require all newly constructed, federally assisted single-family houses and town houses meet minimum standards of visitability for the disabled (see H.R. 1408), H3144 [10MR]

Hunger: address global hunger and improve food security through development and implementation of a comprehensive governmentwide global hunger reduction strategy (see H.R. 2817), H6807 [15JN]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 3710), H10456 [1OC]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H1517 [12FE]

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 1314), H8100 [14JY]

———exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see H.R. 2412), H5664 [14MY]

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

———provide for naturalization of certain high school graduates (see H.R. 2681), H11713 [22OC]

———reform (see H.R. 4321), H14981 [15DE]

———reform detention procedures (see H.R. 1215), H3749 [23MR]

Immigration and Nationality Act: promote family unity (see H.R. 2709), H8026 [13JY]

Indonesia: condemn bombings in Jakarta hotels, express condolences for victims, and support efforts to prosecute attacks and combat terrorism (see H. Res. 675), H8707 [23JY]

Insurance: establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (see H.R. 4014), H14982 [15DE]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1619), H3703 [19MR]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see H.R. 1558), H5063 [30AP]

———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]

Inter-American Foundation: anniversary (see H. Res. 858), H11712 [22OC]

International Conference on Population and Development: provide for continued support of the Program of Action (see H. Res. 947), H14982 [15DE]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 194), H2874 [26FE]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H8185 [15JY]

Jim Saxton Post Office Building, Mount Holly, NJ: designate (see H.R. 986), H2632 [24FE]

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

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

King, Lawrence: condemn murder and encourage efforts to address bullying, harassment, and discrimination on school campuses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 52), H1608 [13FE]

Kuwait: recognize and honor historic election of women to the Kuwait parliament and its implications for gender equality in the region (see H. Res. 480), H6078 [2JN]

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]

Los Angeles Lakers (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 566), H7085 [19JN]

Madagascar: condemn illegal extraction of natural resources (see H. Res. 839), H11740 [23OC]

Marine mammals: promote international whale conservation, protection, and research (see H.R. 2455), H8873 [27JY]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 509), H5485 [12MY]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance (see H. Res. 73), H443 [21JA]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1625), H8495 [21JY]

———provide an option of States to cover a children's program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 722), H3835 [24MR]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1670), H8708 [23JY]

———require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 2697), H8101 [14JY]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H780 [28JA]

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

———cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 1693), H10520 [6OC]

———deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 684), H3706 [19MR]

———distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2251), H8100 [14JY]

———eliminate in-home restriction for coverage of mobility devices for individuals with long-term needs (see H.R. 3184), H8024 [13JY]

———establish a hospice care demonstration program and grant programs for cancer palliative care and symptom management programs (see H.R. 1844), H11713 [22OC]

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

———increase per resident payment floor for direct graduate medical education payments to hospitals (see H.R. 2094), H4841 [27AP]

———phase-out waiting period for coverage of disabled individuals and waive waiting period for people with life-threatening illnesses (see H.R. 1708), H4688 [22AP]

———provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1927), H11516 [20OC]

———provide coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 646), H485 [22JA]

———provide coverage of substitute adult day care services (see H.R. 3043), H10520 [6OC]

———provide for consolidated coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 574), H4999 [29AP]

———recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 2425), H8185 [15JY]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 3790), H11297 [13OC]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 43), H11167 [8OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: promote use of advance directives (see H.R. 3253), H8355 [17JY]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for, individuals with postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 20), H28 [6JA]

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

Middle East: commend efforts to teach the history of both Israelis and Palestinians to students in Israel and the West Bank to foster mutual understanding, respect, and tolerance (see H. Res. 511), H6265 [4JN]

Migratory Bird Treaty Act: provide penalties and enforcement for intentionally taking protected avian species (see H.R. 2062), H4731 [23AP]

Military Officers Association of America: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 2017), H7146 [23JN]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H2603 [23FE]

Motion pictures: authorize grants for organizations that use documentary films to promote understanding of the U.S. abroad and understanding of global perspectives and other countries in the U.S. (see H.R. 1976), H5000 [29AP]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H6620 [11JN]

Motown Records (business): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 50), H6267 [4JN]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 14), H2836 [25FE]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 35), H1080 [9FE]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 407), H5582 [13MY]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see H.R. 1816), H4249 [31MR]

National Child Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 438), H5666 [14MY]

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

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

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 92), H4397 [1AP]

National Estuaries Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 710), H9443 [10SE]

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 Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H5891 [20MY]

National Link Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 191), H2835 [25FE]

National Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 787), H11168 [8OC]

National Nutrition Month: designate (see H. Res. 274), H5309 [6MY]

National Passport Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 717), H9671 [16SE]

National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 247), H3749 [23MR]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children eligible for free school meals (see H.R. 3705), H15503 [16DE]

National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century (see H. Res. 363), H5064 [30AP]

———establish a border protection strategy and address ecological and environmental impacts of border security infrastructure, measures, and activities (see H.R. 2076), H5063 [30AP]

———establish reasonable procedural protections for the use of national security letters (see H.R. 1800), H4129 [30MR]

National Veterans History Project Week: designate (see H. Res. 866), H12142 [29OC]

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), H3106 [9MR]

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]

Newman, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 18), H37 [6JA]

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), H9961 [24SE]

———establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see H.R. 2055), H5793 [19MY]

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

Noncommissioned Officer Corps of the U.S. Army: recognize service, sacrifice, honor, and professionalism (see H.J. Res. 44), H8586 [22JY]

Nowruz: observance of Iranian New Year (see H. Res. 267), H3705 [19MR]

NSF: establish a global warming education program (see H.R. 1926), H4521 [2AP]

Nuclear weapons: recognize nonproliferation options for nuclear understanding to keep everyone safe (NO NUKES) (see H. Res. 333), H4735 [23AP]

———reduce number and accessibility and prevent proliferation, and direct a portion of the resulting savings towards child survival, hunger and universal education (see H. Res. 278), H11869 [27OC]

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]

Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H6973 [17JN]

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

Pakistan: express condolences to friends and families of victims of bombing of U.N. World Food Program offices (see H. Res. 823), H11298 [13OC]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4064 [26MR]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 406), H160 [9JA]

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 336), H442 [21JA]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1826), H13002 [16NO]

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), H3055 [5MR]

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 safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H7705 [26JN]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance (see H. Res. 299), H4526 [2AP]

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

———repeal limitation on authorized uses of former bombardment area on Culebra and prohibition on Federal Government responsibility for decontamination of the area (see H.R. 1958), H5063 [30AP]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1618), H8009 [10JY]

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

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H5168 [5MY]

Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 57), H4064 [26MR]

Santa Barbara, CA: observe anniversary of oil spill off the coast as an ecological and economic disaster that triggered major environmental legislation and helped launch the modern environmental movement (see H. Con. Res. 32), H779 [28JA]

Schools: direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters only if the student's parent provides written request for the release (see H.R. 1091), H2926 [3MR]

Senior citizens: improve research, diagnosis, and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, conditions, and injuries and conduct a longitudinal study on aging (see H.R. 1021), H5308 [6MY]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and requirement for reconsideration between benefit entitlement decision and hearing (see H.R. 33), H6265 [4JN]

———eliminate waiting period for people with disabilities for entitlement to disability and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2263), H5713 [18MY]

———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]

———ensure payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics (see H.R. 2840), H8960 [28JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H69 [7JA]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 678), H4840 [27AP]

Taiwan Relations Act: reaffirm U.S. commitment (see H. Con. Res. 55), H3528 [17MR]

Takamiyama Daigoro: honor contributions to Sumo wrestling and to U.S.-Japan relations (see H. Res. 479), H6307 [8JN]

Taxation: allow carryback of certain net operating losses (see H.R. 2452), H12456 [5NO]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (see H.R. 159), H34 [6JA]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1203), H3402 [12MR]

———establish a temporary surtax to offset the costs of the Afghanistan war (see H.R. 4130), H13352 [19NO]

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

———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), H11790 [26OC]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H9807 [22SE]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1596), H3641 [18MR]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H9808 [22SE]

———repeal reduction in deductible portion of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 3333), H8808 [24JY]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see H.R. 562), H442 [21JA]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1265), H2923 [3MR]

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]

Television: provide for carriage and display of public, educational, and government channels in a manner consistent with commercial channels (see H.R. 3745), H13629 (see H.R. 3745), H14372 [8DE]

Terrorism: improve gathering of human intelligence through effective interrogation and detention of suspects and bring terrorists to justice through effective, constitutional prosecution (see H.R. 591), H527 [26JA]

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 Security Administration: enhance personnel system (see H.R. 1881), H5000 [29AP]

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), H7021 [18JN]

Treaties and agreements: review existing trade agreements, renegotiate such agreements based on the reviews, set terms for future agreements, and strengthen congressional trade policymaking (see H.R. 3012), H12972 [7NO]

U.N.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 146), H6306 [8JN]

———support goals and ideals of the Office on Sport for Development and Peace (see H. Res. 633), H12198 [2NO]

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]

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), H7838 [8JY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3548), H9671 [16SE]

———temporarily extend certain unemployment benefits and make available further additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3404), H9205 [30JY]

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

University of Southern California: tribute to football team (see H. Res. 153), H1159 [10FE]

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), H13002 [16NO]

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

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2030), H7446 [25JN]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Fund: establish (see H.R. 3202), H8495 [21JY]

Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 2134), H5486 [12MY]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1869), H4735 [23AP]

Wildlife: prevent introduction and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (see H.R. 669), H3105 [9MR]

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), H8707 [23JY]

———strengthen U.S. advocacy for women's rights by establishing a Dept. of State Office of International Women's Rights and a U.S. Commission on International Women's Rights (see H.R. 606), H2926 [3MR]

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see H.R. 3042), H8303 [16JY]

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), H922 [3FE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2000), H8009 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: increase amount of fruits and vegetables purchased for school breakfast and lunch programs (see H.R. 4333), H15498 [16DE]

Dept. of Defense: assist local communities with closed and active military bases (see H.R. 2295), H5397 [7MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for ceremonies on or near Independence Day to administer oaths of allegiance to legal immigrants whose applications for citizenship have been approved (see H.R. 2363), H5484 [12MY]

District of Columbia: authorize Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work (see H.R. 4195), H13519 [3DE]

Drugs: provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (see H.R. 3939), H11868 [27OC]

Los Padres National Forest: redesignate Monterey Ranger District as the Big Sur Management Unit, transfer lands, adjust wilderness area boundaries, and designate certain river segments as wild and scenic (see H.R. 4040), H12586 [6NO]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (see H.R. 556), H380 [15JA]

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

National Travel and Tourism Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 105), H4733 [23AP]

NOAA: establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program and a national undersea research program (see H.R. 366), H158 [9JA]

Oceans: establish a national ocean policy, strengthen NOAA, and establish a national and regional ocean governance structure (see H.R. 21), H28 [6JA]

Peace Corps: provide continued funding and increase readjustment allowance for returning volunteers (see H.R. 1066), H1604 [13FE]

Pinnacles National Park: establish (see H.R. 3444), H9275 [31JY]

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

Letters

Peace Corps funding: Senator Bond, H7885 [9JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), conference report, H11074 [7OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (H. Res. 609), H7791 [8JY]

Animals: improve management and long-term health of wild free-roaming horses and burros (H.R. 1018), E1857 [21JY]

Armed Forces: express condolences for soldiers killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX (H. Res. 895), H12492 [6NO]

———tribute to Army 54th Coast Artillery Regiment, E2750 [6NO]

Big Sur, CA: anniversary of Big Sur Health Center, E1706 [9JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014 (H. Con. Res. 85), H4457 [2AP]

California: expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (H.R. 2442), H11424 [15OC]

———impact of diversion of water from agricultural communities in the San Joaquin Valley relative to drought conditions, H11424 [15OC]

Carmel, CA: tribute to Carmel High School class of 1959 reunion, E2376 [25SE]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (H.R. 627), Senate amendment, H5837 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H3037, H3038 [5MR]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to any facility in the U.S., H11406 [15OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2892), conference report, H11406 [15OC]

Dept. of State: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2410), H6441, H6488 [10JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3081), H7885 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize major medical facility leases (S. 1717), H10560 [7OC]

———provide assistance to caregivers of veterans and improve the provision of health care to veterans (S. 1963), H12492 [6NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 3082), H7970 [10JY]

FDA: improve safety of food in the global market (H.R. 2749), H9158 [30JY]

———improve safety of food in the global market (H.R. 2749), consideration (H. Res. 691), H9134 [30JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), H8249, H8250 [16JY]

Firearms: preserve rights granted under second amendment to the Constitution in national parks and national wildlife refuge areas, H5837 [20MY]

Foreign Service: modernize (H.R. 2410), H6441, H6488 [10JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8437 [21JY], H11810 [27OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12883, H12927 [7NO]

———prohibit Federal funding of abortions under any national health care plan, H12927 [7NO]

Israel: support right of self-defense against terrorism in the Gaza Strip, encourage certain actions by Hamas, protect innocent civilians, and promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process (H. Res. 34), H113 [9JA]

Kinship Center (organization): tribute to Gabilan Chapter, E136 [26JA]

Life Lab Science Program (organization): anniversary, E2245 [10SE]

Marine mammals: establish a research program to provide for the recovery of the southern sea otter (H.R. 556), H8831 [27JY], E2413 [1OC]

Monterey, CA: anniversary of Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, E2580 [20OC]

———tribute to Monterey Museum of Art, E950 [23AP]

Morris K. Udall Foundation: provide additional resources for operations and rename as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (H.R. 1035), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 806), H11060 [7OC]

NAACP: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 35), H1114 [10FE]

National Day of Silence: observance, H4719 [23AP]

Naval Postgraduate School: anniversary, E1353 [9JN]

Peace Corps: funding, H6488 [10JN], H7885 [9JY]

Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS): anniversary, E903 [21AP]

Salinas, CA: anniversary of Salinas Public Library, E2378 [25SE]

Santa Cruz County, CA: tribute to ``Follow the Women—Pedal for Peace'' event participants, E2479 [8OC]

SBA: prohibit funding for El Pajaro Community Development Corp., Commercial Kitchen Business Incubator project, H8249, H8250 [16JY]

Sea Otter Awareness Week: observance, E2413 [1OC]

Taxation: restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (H.R. 562), H3808 [24MR]

Travel and tourism: effect of travel on national and local economies, H3806, H3807, H3809, H3810, H3811 [24MR]

———establish a nonprofit corporation to communicate U.S. entry policies and otherwise promote leisure, business, and scholarly travel to the U.S., H11060 [7OC]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (H. Res. 867), H12244 [3NO]

University of California, Santa Cruz: tribute to listing on the National Register of Historic Places, E2658 [29OC]

Statements

Different Discussion About Aid: Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, H6488 [10JN]

Tribute to Carmel High School, Carmel, CA, Class of 1959: Lucinda Lloyd, E2376 [25SE]

Tributes

Bliss, Edwin E., E717 [19MR]

Bradford, John, E1814 [16JY]

Goff, Lynda J., E1588 [26JN]

Green, Mary Reese, E138 [26JA]

Mitchell, Jean Booth, E171 [2FE]

Newman, Edward F., E2683 [2NO]

Oehler, Gerald, E1274 [2JN]

Ord, Robert, E2506 [13OC]

Ortega, Daniel M., E61 [9JA]

Parra, Jose (Roy), E2699 [3NO]

Pinney, Frank, E1817 [16JY]

Post, Billy, E2143 [31JY]

Silva, Eduardo S., E1523 [23JN]

Skillicorn, Dale, E856 [2AP]

Skow, Richard W., E62 [9JA]

Tanimura, John T., E1102 [7MY]

Vance, Stephen, E949 [23AP]

Wormhoudt, Mardi, E2738 [6NO]

Young, Diane, E185 [3FE]

Zarazua, Aquilino, E2789 [17NO]