HERRERA BEUTLER, JAIME (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4745 [7JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H3115 [6MY]

American Legion: provide for an additional power under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to individual departments and posts, but not control of activities of such entities (see H.R. 2369), H6273 [20SE]

Armed Forces: designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 546), H2108 [30MR]

———encourage commercial air carriers to provide certain benefits to members traveling on official military orders and are being deployed or are returning from an overseas deployment (see H. Con. Res. 60), H4578 [24JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H357 [19JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6416 [22SE]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H7627 [15NO]

CPSC: exempt off-highway vehicles from certain lead prohibitions (see H.R. 412), H1726 [10MR]

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (see H.R. 1981), H8125 [2DE]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 2299), H7627 [15NO]

Dallas Mavericks (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 311), H4327 [16JN]

Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1529), H3987 [2JN]

Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1704), H3305 [13MY]

———require payment of certain Impact Aid Program payments to eligible local educational agencies within 3 years (see H.R. 2094), H6506 [3OC]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H7257 [2NO]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H7892 [18NO]

———provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1629), H2912 [15AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H6782 [11OC]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit provision of grants or funds to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for a motorcycle riders (see H.R. 904), H3411 [24MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1025), H6273 [20SE]

———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), H6921 [13OC]

Employment: require Federal contractors to participate in the E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 282), H553 [8FE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H3062 [4MY]

EPA: consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, or guidance, or implementing any new or substantially altered program (see H.R. 1872), H3759 [26MY]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (see H.R. 2250), H4530 [23JN]

FDA: allow manufacturers to distribute and cite scientific research on health benefits of foods and dietary supplements without affecting regulatory category of the product (see H.R. 1364), H4794 [8JY]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 10), H7399 [4NO]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1697), H4794 [8JY]

———provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H4794 [8JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 822), H3411 [24MY]

———update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions (see H.R. 58), H4794 [8JY]

Fish and fishing: reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon (see H.R. 946), H1618 [8MR]

———reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon and other nonlisted species (see H.R. 3069), H6552 [4OC]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H2039 [29MR]

Government: prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 819), H2535 [7AP]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H2106 [30MR]

———transfer administrative jurisdiction, custody, and control of a building in the District of Columbia to the National Gallery of Art and relocate the FTC from such building (see H.R. 690), H1252 (see H.R. 690), H1364 [18FE]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 3096), H7831 [17NO]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H7257 [2NO]

Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H4750 [7JY]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H9946 [19DE]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H8319 [8DE]

———provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce (see H.R. 371), H776 [14FE]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4188 [14JN]

Labor unions: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 972), H3220 [11MY]

Libya: disapprove U.S. intervention (see H. Con. Res. 58), H3985 [2JN]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H4750 [7JY]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H3759 [26MY]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 420), H7008 [24OC]

National Mediation Board: apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative (see H.R. 3538), H8075 [1DE]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 407), H6271 [20SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2667 [13AP]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H3343 [23MY]

———repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 1580), H5375 [21JY]

Pharmacies: ensure and foster safety and quality of care and competitive marketplace by exempting independent pharmacies from antitrust laws in negotiations with health and health insurance providers (see H.R. 1946), H6233 [15SE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H4852 [11JY]

Roads and highways: amend laws relative to vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system (see H.R. 763), H3062 [4MY]

SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 1425), H4577 [24JN]

———reform the HUBZone program for small business concerns (see H.R. 2131), H7830 [17NO]

Securities: amend laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration (see H.R. 1965), H6782 [11OC]

Ships and vessels: regulate discharges from commercial vessels (see H.R. 2840), H6855 [12OC]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 4), H200 [12JA] (see H.R. 144), H38 [5JA]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 468), H7893 [18NO]

Social Security: 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. 718), H8076 [1DE]

Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H6415 [22SE]

Taxation: allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 1058), H3646 (see H.R. 1058), H3684 [25MY]

———allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (see H.R. 1011), H1724 [10MR]

———broaden special rules for certain governmental health reimbursement arrangements to include plans established by political subdivisions (see H.R. 2698), H5928 [26AU]

———establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H7900 [25NO]

———improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 2010), H3754 [26MY]

———increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1004), H6139 [13SE]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 476), H507 [26JA]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H2918 [15AP]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 390), H3062 [4MY]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H7715 [16NO]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations (see H.R. 937), H1797 [14MR]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 177), H2917 [15AP]

———repeal the volumetric ethanol excise tax credit (see H.R. 1075), H2040 [29MR]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H3758 [26MY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H3758 [26MY]

Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H7929 [29NO]

———award Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to memorials established at 3 sites honoring individuals killed in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2864), H6140 [13SE]

Transportation Security Administration: establish limitations on the use of advanced imaging technololgy for aircraft passenger screening (see H.R. 1279), H6010 [8SE]

———prohibit certain employees from using title of ``officer'' and from wearing uniforms and badges resembling those of law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3608), H8317 [8DE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9928 [16DE]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H6978 [14OC]

University of Washington: anniversary (see H. Res. 458), H7398 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

EPA: exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2541), H5085 [14JY]

Government: reduce pay for Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President (see H.R. 1012), H1724 [10MR]

Constitutional authority statements

EPA: exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (H.R. 2541), H5087 [14JY]

Government: reduce pay for Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President (H.R. 1012), H1726 [10MR]

Remarks

Afghanistan: prohibit funding for contractors to pay any taxes to the Afghan Ministry of Finance, H4745 [7JY]

———prohibit funding for tax collection by the Afghan Ministry of Finance, H4721 [7JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7790 [17NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5270 [20JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2693), H5806 [30JY]

———deficit, H7790 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H3415 [25MY]

Committees of the House: direct certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from Federal agencies (H. Res. 72), H648 [10FE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4721, H4745 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior: require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), consideration (H. Res. 257), H3178 [11MY]

Economy: address issues relative to senior citizens, H7123 [26OC]

———impact of Government regulations, H648 [10FE], H4071, H4073 [13JN]

———importance of job creation, H4068, H4071, H4073 [13JN], H4361 [21JN], H4519 [23JN], H7317, H7321 [3NO], H7989 [30NO]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5270 [20JY]

EPA: continue to require industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators to reduce emissions if such emissions are damaging children's development, H6647 [6OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6647 [6OC], H7318 [3NO]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H7989 [30NO]

Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (H.R. 1229), H4929 [12JY]

Health: improve patient safety and reduce incidence of medical errors, E663 [7AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H226 [18JA]

Medicare: reform, H7123 [26OC]

National objectives: economic recovery, H4519 [23JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (H.R. 2021), H4928 [12JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal, H4519 [23JN]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H226 [18JA]

Power resources: national energy policy, H4928 [12JY]

Public debt: ceiling, H3415 [25MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4361 [21JN], H7317, H7321, H7322 [3NO]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H1544 [3MR]

Taxation: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, H1544 [3MR]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1593 [12SE]

Votes: position on missed, H5790 [30JY], H6881 [13OC]