LUJAN, BEN RAY (a Representative from New Mexico)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 5136), H4051 [27MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: require a plan for the safe, orderly, and expeditious redeployment of U.S. Armed Forces (see H.R. 5015), H2578 [14AP]

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation, clarify evidentiary rules for alcohol matters, and ensure collection of all alcohol taxes (see H.R. 5034), H5819 [20JY]

Alejandro Renteria Ruiz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Artesia, NM: designate (see H.R. 4307), H4638 [21JN]

American Diabetes Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1690), H7549 [17NO]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: reserve funds for payments to the Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Indian Education for Indian children (see H.R. 4475), H265 [20JA]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 4626), H646 [22FE]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide a site for a memorial marker to honor the memory of the members of the Army's 24th Infantry Division who have received the Medal of Honor (see H. Con. Res. 232), H387 [26JA]

Armed Forces: authorize reimbursement of mental health counselors under TRICARE (see H.R. 3839), H3745 [24MY]

———call for the President to overturn the policy that prohibits sending a Presidential letter of condolence to the family of a member who has died by suicide (see H. Res. 1229), H2459 [25MR]

———improve and enhance substance use disorder programs for members (see H.R. 3420), H327 [21JA]

Army: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 286), H4424 [14JN]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 5220), H3275 [6MY]

Census: recognize importance and significance of 2010 Census and encourage each Native American community to name an elder to be the first member of that community to answer the 2010 Census (see H. Res. 1086), H934 [25FE]

Chicago Blackhawks (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 1439), H4507 [15JN]

Chile: express condolences to families of the victims of earthquake as well as solidarity with and support for the people as they plan for recovery and reconstruction (see H. Res. 1144), H1220 [9MR]

Cibola National Forest: expand boundaries (see H.R. 5388), H3822 [25MY]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 3421), H140 [13JA]

Crime: prevent video depictions of animal cruelty (see H.R. 5092), H3703 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: assist eligible schools and nonprofit entities to implement farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in eligible schools (see H.R. 5456), H4214 [28MY]

———authorize loans to certain entities to make loans to consumers to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce home energy use (see H.R. 4785), H3202 [5MY]

———create a local food credit program to assist schools purchase of healthy food from local farmers (see H.R. 5806), H5919 [21JY]

———require milk served in school lunch programs be consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, expand eligibility for Special Milk Program, and provide low-fat cheeses for breakfast and lunch (see H.R. 4963), H2697 [20AP]

Dept. of Commerce: reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see H.R. 4393), H327 [21JA]

Dept. of Defense: amend Homeowners Assistance Program to allow flexibility setting homeowner assistance commencement date for Armed Forces members permanently reassigned during mortgage crisis (see H.R. 4324), H1397 [12MR]

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), H2460 [25MR]

———anniversary of Impact Aid Program (see H. Res. 1641), H6880 [22SE]

———establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 5220), H3275 [6MY]

———establish grant programs to help pregnant and parenting students stay in school (see H.R. 5460), H5618 [14JY]

———pay Fort Lewis College an amount equal to the tuition charges for Indian students that are not residents of Colorado (see H.R. 5974), H6405 (see H.R. 5974), H6456 [29JY]

———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), H4387 [10JN]

Dept. of Energy: establish Energy Innovation Hubs (see H.R. 4907), H2460 [25MR]

———guide and provide for research activities at the Office of Science (see H.R. 4905), H2460 [25MR]

———reauthorize the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (see H.R. 4906), H2460 [25MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for national or regional instructional programs for low-income youth under the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4480), H1324 [10MR]

———carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies (see H.R. 5033), H4780 [23JN]

———improve mental health and substance abuse health care (see H.R. 2369), H146 [15JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize appropriations for the Science and Technology Directorate (see H.R. 4842), H2505 [13AP]

Dept. of HUD: set-aside Community Development Block Grant Program funds for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of their facilities (see H.R. 4632), H646 [22FE]

Dept. of Justice: provide incentive payments under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes (see H.R. 4614), H834 [24FE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3123 [4MY]

Dept. of Transportation: study and establish a motor vehicle safety standard that provides for a means of alerting blind and other pedestrians of motor vehicle operation (see H.R. 734), H140 [13JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reduce period of time for which a veteran must be totally disabled before survivors are eligible for certain benefits (see H.R. 2980), H4023 (see H.R. 2980), H4084 [27MY]

Drugs: establish a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, support residential treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and improve prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction (see H.R. 2818), H140 [13JA]

———reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 2855), H3824 [25MY]

Earth Day: commemorate anniversary and honor founder, Gaylord Nelson (see H. Con. Res. 255), H1744 [19MR]

Economy: invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (see H.R. 5116), H3278 [7MY]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 2460), H2696 [20AP]

———provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (see H.R. 4812), H2579 [14AP]

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act: establish Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health for the contractor employee compensation program (see H.R. 6189), H6990 [23SE]

Escalante, Jaime A.: tribute (see H. Res. 1265), H2641 [15AP]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H4425 [14JN]

Federal aid programs: increase benefits for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities for one month in 2011 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 5987), H6881 [22SE]

Federal employees: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 5746), H6684 [14SE]

———provide premium pay for employees whose official duties require the use of one or more languages besides English (see H.R. 4832), H3745 [24MY]

FEMA: suspend flood insurance rate map updates in geographic areas in which certain levees are being repaired (see H.R. 3415), H2319 [24MR]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 197), H4677 [22JN]

———facilitate establishment of additional or expanded public target ranges in certain States (see H.R. 3781), H3441 [12MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 1074), H4677 [22JN]

Food: provide plant-based commodities under the school lunch program and the school breakfast program (see H.R. 4870), H3311 [11MY]

Foreign aid: provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 5117), H5503 [1JY]

Foreign trade: prohibit certain exports of electronic waste (see H.R. 6252), H8264 [8DE]

Haiti: provide customs support services (see H.R. 5160), H3124 [4MY]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 3652), H2697 [20AP]

Housing Assistance Council: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 5122), H2842 [22AP]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 4594), H2579 [14AP]

Insurance: increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see H.R. 5206), H3312 [11MY]

Klein, Gerda Weissmann: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (see H. Res. 1743), H8031 [2DE]

Law enforcement: reform the ATF, modernize firearms laws and regulations, and protect the community from criminals (see H.R. 2296), H4636 [17JN]

Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 5471), H5504 [1JY]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H7155 (see H.R. 1616), H7212 [28SE]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see H.R. 1670), H140 [13JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: enhance penalties to combat fraud, establish a data-mining system and biometric technology program, and support GAO study on Medicare administrative contractors (see H.R. 5044), H3658 [19MY]

Members of Congress: permit to administer the oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization (see H.R. 4862), H1744 [19MR]

Mental health: change references in Federal law to mental retardation or mentally retarded individuals to references to an intellectual disability (see H.R. 4544), H3124 [4MY]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 1258), H3015 [28AP]

Mexico: assist in fighting drug cartels and curbing violence against Mexican and U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 1032), H556 [3FE]

Moriarty, NM: designate DWI Memorial of Perpetual Tears as the official National DWI Victims Memorial (see H.R. 5415), H3870 [26MY]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 6534), H8597 [16DE]

National Dairy Month: support goals (see H. Res. 1368), H3541 [18MY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 442), H4636 [17JN]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: carry out a collaborative research effort to prevent drunk driving injuries and fatalities (see H.R. 4890), H6881 [22SE]

National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: designate (see H. Res. 1611), H6682 [14SE]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H2642 [15AP]

National Public Health Week: observance (see H. Res. 1162), H3080 [29AP]

National Rifle Association: tribute to Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program (see H. Res. 1365), H4678 [22JN]

National School Lunch Act: improve access to nutritious meals for young children in child care (see H.R. 4402), H4597 [16JN]

Native Americans: establish effective consultation and coordination procedures between Federal agencies and Indian tribes regarding government activities that impact tribal lands and interests (see H.R. 5023), H5819 [20JY]

———repeal a restriction on treating as Indian country certain lands held in trust for Indian pueblos in New Mexico (see H.R. 4445), H139 [13JA]

New Mexico (U.S.S.): tribute (see H. Res. 1132), H1027 [2MR]

Northern Mariana Islands: encourage students to become civically engaged through local and Federal government fellowships (see H.R. 4339), H6804 [16SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 5808), H5920 [21JY]

Political campaigns: prohibit foreign influence, prevent Federal contractors from making expenditures, and establish additional spending disclosure requirements relative to Federal elections (see H.R. 5175), H3312 [11MY]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 173), H3745 [24MY]

Public safety officers: provide collective bargaining rights for State or local government employees (see H.R. 413), H2844 [22AP]

Public welfare programs: extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (see H.R. 4564), H934 [25FE]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (see H.R. 5931), H7397 [29SE]

Riverside County, CA: authorize water rights settlement with the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (see H.R. 5413), H3870 [26MY]

Rollins College: anniversary (see H. Res. 1169), H3484 [13MY]

SBA: improve the Express Loan Program (see H.R. 4598), H1104 [3MR]

———make grants to small business concerns to assist the commercialization of research developed with funds received under the second phase of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 4549), H556 [3FE]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 4530), H3441 [12MY]

———improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see H.R. 4181), H3542 [18MY]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H266 [20JA]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5220), H3275 [6MY]

Spirit of '45 Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 226), H4873 [24JN]

Stewart Lee Udall Dept. of the Interior Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5128), H2842 [22AP]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects (see H.R. 4817), H1323 [10MR]

Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (see H.R. 4462), H193 [19JA]

———allow a credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required by reason of a permanent change in the duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 4693), H2505 [13AP]

———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), H3014 [28AP]

———allow employers a credit for telecommuting equipment and expenses in rural and small town areas (see H.R. 3627), H387 [26JA]

———clarify types of energy conservation subsidies provided by public utilities eligible for income exclusion (see H.R. 5839), H5984 [22JY]

———encourage deployment of highly efficient combined heat and power property (see H.R. 4751), H2697 [20AP]

———expand the rehabilitation credit for older buildings (see H.R. 3715), H140 [13JA]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2625), H7155 (see H.R. 2625), H7213 [28SE]

———increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1552), H146 [15JA]

———modify rules relative to the treatment of individuals as independent contractors or employees (see H.R. 3408), H3542 [18MY]

———permit issuance of tax-exempt bonds for financing clean energy improvements under State and local property assessed clean energy programs (see H.R. 4155), H194 [19JA]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 3615), H266 [20JA]

———provide an investment credit for equipment used to fabricate solar energy property (see H.R. 4085), H3703 [20MY]

———provide exception to arbitrage rules for prepayments for electricity generated from renewable resources (see H.R. 4967), H2457 [25MR]

———provide that solar electric property need not be located on the property to which it is generating electricity to qualify for residential energy efficient property credit (see H.R. 5464), H4214 [28MY]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H1656 [18MR]

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), H194 [19JA]

U.S. Public Service Academy: establish (see H.R. 2102), H648 [22FE]

Veterans: establish a pilot program to encourage employment of veterans in energy-related positions (see H.R. 4592), H1441 [15MR]

———establish veterans' treatment courts (see H.R. 2138), H327 [21JA]

———improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 5120), H3745 [24MY]

———increase dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses (see H.R. 2243), H3870 [26MY]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding water resources research and technology institutes (see H.R. 5487), H4507 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Carson National Forest: adjust boundary (see H.R. 6209), H6989 [23SE]

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 300), H5920 [21JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (see H.R. 5119), H2842 [22AP]

El Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area: establish in New Mexico (see H.R. 5334), H3540 [18MY]

Native Americans: facilitate business and agricultural leasing of Navajo Nation lands (see H.R. 6210), H6989 [23SE]

Public utilities: establish uniform national standards for the interconnection of certain small power production facilities (see H.R. 5082), H2695 [20AP]

Taos, NM: congratulate Taos Pueblo, its leaders and its people, on the anniversary of the return of their sacred Blue Lake lands (see H. Res. 1634), H6804 [16SE]

Letters

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act: Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico, H288 [21JA]

———David Ortiz, Pojoaque Valley Irrigation District, H288 [21JA]

———Harry B. Montoya, Santa Fe County, NM, Commissioners Office, H287 [21JA]

———Margo Cutler, Rio de Tesuque Acequia Association, H288 [21JA]

———Meade P. Martin, Rio Pojoaque Acequia and Water Well Users Association, H288 [21JA]

Remarks

Bureau of Reclamation: develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, and approve settlement of water rights claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque tribes (H.R. 3342), H287, H288, H289 [21JA]

Dept. of Justice: improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (H.R. 5119), E661 [26AP]

Dept. of the Interior: approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Agreement (H.R. 3254), H277 [21JA]

Earth Day: anniversary, E658 [26AP]

Economy: invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (H.R. 5116), H3362 [12MY]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), conference report, H4913 [29JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H1468 [16MR]

Las Vegas, NM: anniversary, E1743 [24SE]

Native Americans: authorize leases of up to 99 years for lands held in trust for Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo (S. 3903), H8980 [22DE]

———facilitate business and agricultural leasing of Navajo Nation lands (H.R. 6210), E1732 [23SE]

Stewart Lee Udall Dept. of the Interior Building, Washington, DC: designate (H.R. 5128), H3610 [19MY]

Taos, NM: congratulate Taos Pueblo, its leaders and its people, on the anniversary of the return of their sacred Blue Lake lands (H. Res. 1634), E1667 [16SE]

Resignations

Committee on Homeland Security (House), H3191 [5MY]

Tributes

Udall, Stewart L., H594 [4FE]