CAPPS, LOIS (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4597 [6JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5061, H5063 [14JY]

EPA: provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (H.R. 2681), H6555 [4OC], H6589 [5OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6553 [4OC], H6653 [6OC]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (H.R. 2401), H6423 [23SE]

Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (H.R. 2021), H4407 [22JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction (H.R. 1214), H2935 [2MY]

Appointments

House Democracy Partnership, H527 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: require the President to transmit a plan with timeframe and completion date and reports with status updates on the transition of U.S. military and security operations to the Government of Afghanistan (see H.R. 1735), H4279 [15JN]

Agriculture: promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 3286), H7402 [7NO]

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), H5399 [22JY]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H1390 [28FE]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H6855 [12OC]

———prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (see H.R. 2966), H6237 [19SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H3161 [10MY]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide a memorial marker on Chaplains Hill to honor the memory of Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1180 (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1200 [17FE]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds to ensure prompt payment of death gratuity payments upon the death of members when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1469), H2570 [8AP]

———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), H1988 [17MR]

———expand matters covered by preseparation counseling (see H.R. 535), H1621 [8MR]

———improve provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members and veterans (see H.R. 1941), H3987 [2JN]

———lift statutory bans on denying servicewomen coverage for abortions in cases of rape or incest and preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 2085), H3984 [2JN]

———limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3702), H9925 [16DE]

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.: revise Federal charter to reflect a change in eligibility requirements (see H.R. 2815), H5939 [6SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5373 [21JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see H.R. 2029), H3755 [26MY]

CERCLA: provide for use of funds in the Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 1596), H3001 [3MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1397), H2410 [6AP]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H7892 [18NO]

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. 2111), H4034 [3JN]

Committee on Job Creation (Joint, Select): establish (see H.R. 2835), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2835), H5938 [6SE]

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]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H3162 [10MY]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 738), H1180 (see H.R. 738), H1199 [17FE]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H138 [7JA]

Credit: permanently increase conforming loan limits for the housing-related Government-sponsored enterprises and the FHA maximum mortgage amount limitations (see H.R. 1754), H5375 [21JY]

———prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 1488), H2603 [12AP]

Crime: improve the health care system's assessment and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 1578), H2935 [2MY]

———prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H6552 [4OC]

Dams: further allocate and expand availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam (see H.R. 470), H1392 [28FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H1905 [16MR]

Dept. of Commerce: promote coastal jobs creation, promote sustainable fisheries and fishing communities, and revitalize waterfronts (see H.R. 594), H2917 [15AP]

Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 820), H1250 (see H.R. 820), H1362 [18FE]

———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), H8187 [6DE]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H3062 [4MY]

Dept. of HHS: encourage use of medical checklists through research (see H.R. 3386), H7397 [4NO]

———establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see H.R. 1833), H3282 [12MY]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H5888 [1AU]

———make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools and kindergarten (see H.R. 2229), H4326 [16JN]

———provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths (see H.R. 894), H2039 [29MR]

———provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see H.R. 416), H468 [25JA]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H3218 [11MY]

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 751), H1176 (see H.R. 751), H1195 [17FE]

Dept. of HUD: create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined regulations (see H.R. 3325), H7256 [2NO]

Dept. of Justice: provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (see H.R. 1523), H2665 [13AP]

Dept. of the Interior: establish and collect fees for inspections of Outer Continental Shelf facilities, including mobile offshore drilling units (see H.R. 2566), H5734 [28JY]

———establish and operate a visitor facility for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (see H.R. 1207), H1984 [17MR]

———prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price (see H.R. 1352), H2291 [4AP]

Dept. of Transportation: require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 1695), H3112 [5MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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. 178), H1770 [11MR]

Developing countries: promote sexual and reproductive health of individuals and couples (see H.R. 1319), H2265 [1AP]

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3357), H7330 [3NO]

Diseases: require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H7715 [16NO]

Drugs: improve safety (see H.R. 1483), H2858 [14AP]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 12), H7134 [26OC]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1876), H3278 [12MY]

———promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 2315), H4526 [23JN]

EPA: establish a program that tests chemicals found in drinking water to determine whether they are endocrine disruptors and the extent of their ability to interfere with human hormones (see H.R. 553), H1392 [28FE]

———establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure (see H.R. 2030), H5811 [30JY]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5661 [27JY]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 1681), H3411 [24MY]

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. 2364), H4573 [24JN]

FDA: expedite process for requesting de novo classification of a device (see H.R. 3203), H6975 [14OC]

———require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (see H.R. 520), H3870 (see H.R. 520), H3911 [1JN]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H7890 [18NO]

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 2269), H6626 [5OC]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 3300), H7333 [3NO]

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act: extend number of years that multiyear contracts may be entered into for purchase of advanced biofuel (see H.R. 1847), H5734 [28JY]

FEMA: establish a grant program to improve the ability of trauma center hospitals and airports to withstand earthquakes (see H.R. 1132), H2328 [5AP]

———suspend flood insurance rate map updates in geographic areas in which certain levees are being repaired (see H.R. 898), H1573 [3MR]

Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 1781), H3108 [5MY]

———establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 591), H3220 [11MY]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H1180 (see H.R. 308), H1199 [17FE]

First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 1975), H3409 [24MY]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2639), H5488 [25JY]

———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H8077 [1DE]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H5966 [7SE]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3465), H7829 [17NO]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2543), H5923 [19AU]

Government: prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 819), H2572 [8AP]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H3112 [5MY]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H3161 [10MY]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H138 [7JA]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H36 [5JA]

Health: provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 2376), H6673 [6OC]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H7333 [3NO]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1724), H4038 [3JN]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 590), H599 [9FE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H2854 [14AP] (see H.R. 1796), H3114 [6MY]

———cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H5901 [9AU]

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 410), H434 [24JA]

Insurance: provide for equal access to COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 1028), H1724 [10MR] (see H.R. 2310), H4526 [23JN]

———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. 111), H37 [5JA]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 148), H1619 [8MR]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H7134 [26OC]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H6782 [11OC]

Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1171), H3112 [5MY]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1761), H10016 [20DE]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (see H.R. 2134), H4035 [3JN]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 999), H1723 [10MR]

———ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7159 [27OC]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H4364 [21JN]

———improve access to, and increase utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits (see H.R. 2020), H4460 [22JN]

———promote medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 891), H3281 [12MY]

———provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H5966 [7SE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H5888 [1AU]

———require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 2190), H4750 [7JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1589), H2910 [15AP]

National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: implement recommendations (see H.R. 501), H508 [26JA]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 40), H2665 [13AP]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1810), H3159 [10MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H6098 [12SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: conduct research program on endocrine-disrupting chemicals and reduce exposure to such chemicals (see H.R. 2521), H5018 [13JY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 75), H551 [8FE] (see H. Res. 83), H681 [10FE]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H471 [25JA]

NOAA: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 3109), H6624 [5OC]

Nuclear energy: ensure that nuclear powerplants can withstand and adequately respond to earthquakes, tsunamis, strong storms, or other events that threaten a major impact (see H.R. 1242), H5150 [18JY]

Oil Pollution Act: establish oil spill research committee, program, and interagency plan (see H.R. 1568), H5888 [1AU]

———require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (see H.R. 492), H508 [26JA]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H1454 [1MR]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2216 [31MR]

Power resources: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 1881), H3279 [12MY]

———prevent Federal residential and commercial mortgage lending regulators from adopting policies that contravene established State and local property assessed clean energy (PACE) laws (see H.R. 2599), H5285 [20JY]

Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building, Yountville, CA: designate (see H.R. 3004), H6416 [22SE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 432), H1392 [28FE]

Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]

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. 1916), H3301 [13MY]

———designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (see H.R. 3334), H7329 [3NO]

Real estate: proposed settlement between Dept. of Justice, State attorneys general, and mortgage services relative to mortgage fraud and the economic crisis (see H. Con. Res. 85), H8968 [14DE]

Renewable energy: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (see H.R. 2994), H6855 [12OC]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1574), H3063 [4MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 1084), H1841 [15MR]

SBA: reform the HUBZone program for small business concerns (see H.R. 2131), H7257 [2NO]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H5286 [20JY]

———direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H2039 [29MR]

———end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H1723 [10MR]

———provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H6231 [15SE]

Shuttlesworth, Fred L.: tribute (see H. Res. 432), H6853 [12OC]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 584), H598 [9FE]

Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see H.R. 1085), H1841 [15MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H2266 [1AP]

Specialist Jake Robert Velloza Post Office, Inverness, CA: designate (see H.R. 793), H1177 (see H.R. 793), H1197 [17FE]

Sports: facilitate hosting of America's Cup by authorizing certain eligible vessels to participate in activities related to the competition (see H.R. 3270), H7159 [27OC]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with refined petroleum product (see H.R. 1017), H1724 [10MR]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H5661 [27JY]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H8320 [8DE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5661 [27JY]

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 865), H2293 [4AP]

———improve commuting and transportation options (see H.R. 1825), H3217 [11MY]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H7579 [14NO]

———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. 2412), H4671 [6JY]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H2269 [1AP]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H4852 [11JY]

———provide a credit for employing returning heroes and wounded warriors (see H.R. 3402), H7579 [14NO]

———provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see H.R. 2959), H6231 [15SE]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H4529 [23JN]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 601), H678 [10FE] (see H.R. 1689), H2998 [3MY]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H6673 [6OC]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1908 [16MR]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see H.R. 2830), H7900 [25NO]

Transportation: provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (see H.R. 1515), H2664 [13AP]

———provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H6920 [13OC]

———provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 572), H1392 [28FE]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H7332 [3NO]

Uganda: honor life of David Kato and all who are victims of violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 100), H2109 [30MR]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3346), H7893 [18NO]

Veterans: establish veterans' treatment courts (see H.R. 2026), H5150 [18JY]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 287), H2215 [31MR]

Water: encourage efficiency (see H.R. 1967), H3409 [24MY]

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H2572 [8AP]

Wayne Grisham Post Office, La Mirada, CA: designate (see H.R. 2158), H4188 [14JN]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H4327 [16JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]

———protect breastfeeding, provide performance standards for breast pumps, provide tax incentives to employers to encourage breastfeeding, and provide reasonable break time for nursing mothers (see H.R. 2758), H5923 [19AU]

———recognize the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change (see H. Con. Res. 84), H7331 [3NO]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6855 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Commerce: establish regulatory system and research program for sustainable offshore aquaculture in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (see H.R. 2373), H4574 [24JN]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3189), H6920 [13OC]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 3314), H7255 [2NO]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 1597), H2910 [15AP]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H2933 [2MY]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see H.R. 2738), H5883 [1AU]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1066), H1796 [14MR]

Gulf of Mexico: ensure Government access to independent, peer-reviewed scientific data to assess health of oil spill clean-up workers and vulnerable residents resulting from Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 832), H1390 [28FE]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and grant programs for provider education (see H.R. 3705), H9925 [16DE]

———provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 876), H1524 [2MR]

Oceans: promote ocean and human health (see H.R. 3570), H8186 [6DE]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 2853), H5964 [7SE]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 3526), H7998 [30NO]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Commerce: establish regulatory system and research program for sustainable offshore aquaculture in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (H.R. 2373), H4576 [24JN]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3189), H6921 [13OC]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (H.R. 3314), H7257 [2NO]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (H.R. 1597), H2914 [15AP]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (H.R. 1672), H2934 [2MY]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (H.R. 2738), H5886 [1AU]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 1066), H1796 [14MR]

Gulf of Mexico: ensure Government access to independent, peer-reviewed scientific data to assess health of oil spill clean-up workers and vulnerable residents resulting from Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 832), H1391 [28FE]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and grant programs for provider education (H.R. 3705), H9927 [16DE]

———provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (H.R. 876), H1525 [2MR]

Oceans: promote ocean and human health (H.R. 3570), H8187 [6DE]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (H.R. 2853), H5965 [7SE]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (H.R. 3526), H7999 [30NO]

Declarations

Reject Nuclear Deterrence—An Urgent Call to Action: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, E997 [31MY]

Motions

EPA: provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (H.R. 2681), H6641 [6OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), H6901 [13OC]

Poems

``Run to Me,'' Albert C. Caswell, E1434 [28JY]

Press releases

ACOG Opposes the Foxx Amendment to H.R. 1216: American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, H3373 [24MY]

Remarks

Abortion: ensure conscience protections for health care providers do not exempt provision of emergency abortion services to protect the life of the pregnant woman, H6901 [13OC]

———prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 237), H3017 [4MY]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), H2557 [8AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), H2801 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), H2796 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H951, H971, H1011 [16FE], H1161 [17FE], H1211, H1260 [18FE], E257 [17FE], E271, E317 [18FE]

Association of Amputee Surfers (AmpSurf): tribute to Operation Restoration on Pismo Beach, CA, H6793 [12OC]

bin Laden, Osama: tribute to President Obama and military and intelligence agencies for successful completion of the operation that led to death in Pakistan, H3053 [4MY]

BLM: prohibit funding to implement Secretarial order regarding wilderness land designations, H5621 [27JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2545 [8AP]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5721 [28JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5225 [19JY]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H450 [25JA]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2675, H2821 [14AP]

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement: funding, H5545 [26JY]

Clean Air Act: funding, H971 [16FE]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5721 [28JY]

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), H641 [10FE]

———instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), consideration (H. Res. 26), H113 [7JA]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, E257 [17FE]

Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, E1314 [13JY]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3189), H6924 [14OC]

Dept. of Energy: expedite consideration and approval of construction and operation of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 1938), H5510 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3362, H3373 [24MY]

———family planning services funding, H1011 [16FE]

———National Health Service Corps program funding, H450 [25JA]

———prohibit graduate medical education funding from being used to provide abortions, abortion training, or distributed to organizations that discriminate against pro-life healh care providers, H3373 [24MY]

———reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 2405), H8159 [6DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), E1017 [2JN]

Dept. of State: withhold U.S. contributions to the U.N. if the U.N. adopts a resolution recognizing a state of Palestine outside of a final status agreement negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians (H. Res. 297), E1262 [7JY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (H.R. 1230), H3081 [5MY]

———Land and Water Conservation Fund funding, E1415 [27JY]

———prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price, H1260 [18FE]

———require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), H3191 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5457 [25JY], H5545, H5558 [26JY], H5621 [27JY], E1415 [27JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3070), H6522 [4OC]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (H.R. 910), H2353 [6AP]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H641 [10FE]

———importance of job creation, H5592 [27JY], H7082 [26OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H6151 [14SE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H6568 [5OC]

Education: Pell Grants funding, H951 [16FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5061, H5063 [14JY]

EPA: delay implementation of rules on maximum achievable control technology and cross-State air pollution produced by powerplants, H6379 [22SE]

———implement air pollution control standards for cement manufacturing facilities located near schools, day care centers, and certain hospitals, and provide community notification on emissions from such facilities, H6641 [6OC]

———include findings for health costs and benefits resulting from implementing standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators, H6653, H6654 [6OC]

———include findings for health costs and benefits to standards for cement manufacturing facilities, H6589 [5OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (H.R. 2681), H6589 [5OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (H.R. 2681), motion to recommit, H6641 [6OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6653, H6654 [6OC]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (H.R. 2401), H6379 [22SE], H6424 [23SE]

———require analysis of impact of delay of certain rules and actions on incidence of birth and developmental defects and infant mortality, H6424 [23SE]

———require implementation costs and feasibility of compliance be considered when setting national ambient air quality standards, H6379 [22SE]

FCC: disapprove rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices (H.J. Res. 37), H2557 [8AP]

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 (H.R. 10), H8203 [7DE]

FEMA: remove restriction limiting Urban Areas Security Initiative funding to certain high-risk areas, E1017 [2JN]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5301 [21JY]

FRS: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding through reductions in IRS enforcement funding, E317 [18FE]

———ensure authority of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect consumers from abusive, predatory, unfair, and deceptive financial practices, H8744 [13DE]

Goleta, CA: tribute to Dos Pueblos High School science bowl team, E874 [12MY]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H2557 [8AP]

Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (H.R. 1229), H3122 [10MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: health-care related provisions implementation funding, H1211 [18FE]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H283 [19JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H113 [7JA]

Medicaid: reform, H2675 [14AP]

Medicare: reform, H2545 [8AP], H2821 [14AP], H4199 [15JN]

National Academy of Sciences: Institute of Medicine report on women's preventive health services, H5249 [20JY]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), H1957 [17MR]

National Stroke Awareness Month: observance, E952 [25MY]

NRC: prohibit funding for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant license renewal, H5061 [14JY]

———prohibit funding for draft supplemental environmental impact statement regarding Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, H5063 [14JY]

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: tribute, E997 [31MY]

Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (H.R. 2021), H4397, H4407, H4408 [22JN]

———preserve State authority over air quality protections for offshore drilling activities, H4407, H4408 [22JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation funding, H1211 [18FE]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), H6892 [13OC]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), motion to recommit, H6901 [13OC]

———repeal, H50 [6JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H283 [19JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H113 [7JA]

———repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction (H.R. 1214), H2971 [3MY]

———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), H2955 [3MY]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), H2634 [13AP]

Peace Corps: anniversary, H1437 [1MR]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H1161 [17FE]

Public debt: increase statutory limit, H5592 [27JY]

Santa Barbara, CA: anniversary of Old Mission Santa Barbara, E2175 [2DE]

Santa Barbara County, CA: tribute to opening of veterans treatment court, H7732 [17NO]

Santa Maria, CA: anniversary of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, E2084 [17NO]

Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, H7942 [30NO]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 359), H489 [26JA]

Telecommunications: return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards (H.R. 1343), H6571, H6573 [5OC]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H5978 [8SE]

Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (H. Res. 32), H182 [12JA]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: prohibit funding limitations for listing of endangered species and critical habitat designations, H5558 [26JY]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), H6796 [12OC]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (H.R. 2853), H7640 [16NO]

Votes: position on missed, H499 [26JA], H7236 [2NO], E1353 [19JY], E1945 [26OC], E2037 [14NO]

World Stroke Day: observance, E2012 [4NO]

Tributes

Dressler, Terry, E1258 [7JY]

Elliott, Cody J., E1434 [28JY]

Fletcher, Harrell, E37 [7JA]

Haile, Barbara, E1544 [7SE]

Lacayo, Henry L., E1524 [19AU]

LaLanne, Jack, H474 [26JA]

Linden, Deborah E., E2207 [8DE]

Shepherd, Wallace, H3168 [11MY]

Strohsahl, George H., Jr., E985 [27MY]

Sutherlin, Jack, H3810 [1JN]