BECERRA, XAVIER (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3598 [25MY]
Appointments
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select), H5903 [12AU]
Committee to escort Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, into the House Chamber, H1624 [9MR]
Committee to escort Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak into the House Chamber, H6882 [13OC]
Committee to escort the President, H457 [25JA]
Committee to escort the President into the House chamber, H6005 [8SE]
Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H3 [5JA]
Conferee: H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H10025 [23DE]
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents, H2901 [15AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
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), H4751 [7JY]
Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H8881 [13DE]
Armed Forces: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H10017 [20DE]
———require to display flags of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed (see H.R. 985), H3111 [5MY]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 243), H2999 [3MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5581 [26JY]
Case, Stephen M.: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see H.J. Res. 40), H1039 (see H.J. Res. 40), H1070 [16FE]
Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H. Res. 130), H1908 [16MR]
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]
Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: establish (see H.R. 3653), H8880 [13DE]
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), H8076 [1DE]
Dams: further allocate and expand availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam (see H.R. 470), H2328 [5AP]
Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H4187 [14JN]
Dept. of HHS: require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief (see H.R. 3333), H7329 [3NO]
Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 1234), H4366 [21JN]
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: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H3111 [5MY]
Diseases: require reporting on the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and on the status of international progress on universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment (see H.R. 1880), H3279 [12MY]
Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]
———urge Congress to consider and pass critical jobs legislation to address the crisis facing communities of color and nationwide (see H. Res. 348), H5897 [5AU]
Egypt: express solidarity with Egyptian people, condemn use of violence against protesters, express gratitude toward Egyptian military for restraint, and support transition to a representative government (see H. Res. 88), H1040 (see H. Res. 88), H1071 [16FE]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 38), H1070 [16FE]
Ethnic groups: express regret for passage of discriminatory laws against Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act (see H. Res. 282), H5375 [21JY]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]
Firearms: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H1797 [14MR]
First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 1975), H4076 [13JN]
Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H680 [10FE]
Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H34 [5JA]
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H3304 [13MY]
Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3281 [12MY]
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]
Jackson, Shirley A.: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see H.J. Res. 39), H1039 (see H.J. Res. 39), H1070 [16FE]
Kogod, Robert P.: appoint as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see H.J. Res. 38), H1039 [16FE]
Labor unions: recognize importance in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by workers (see H. Res. 452), H7207 [1NO]
Los Angeles County, CA: designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 as the ``Jenny Oropeza Highway'' (see H.R. 1472), H2570 [8AP]
Medicare: repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H2854 [14AP]
Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 2500), H4945 [12JY]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 2954), H6273 [20SE]
National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]
Native Americans: improve education (see H.R. 3569), H8967 [14DE]
———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H33 [5JA]
Northern Mariana Islands: resolve the status of certain legally residing persons under U.S. immigration laws (see H.R. 1466), H3112 [5MY]
Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1351), H6010 [8SE]
Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building, Yountville, CA: designate (see H.R. 3004), H6416 [22SE]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.: tribute (see H. Res. 432), H6853 [12OC]
Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 675), H1456 [1MR]
Specialist Jake Robert Velloza Post Office, Inverness, CA: designate (see H.R. 793), H1177 (see H.R. 793), H1197 [17FE]
Taxation: create jobs through infrastructure investment (see H.R. 992), H1722 [10MR]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]
Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H9946 [19DE]
U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H6921 [13OC]
Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3346), H7330 [3NO]
Wayne Grisham Post Office, La Mirada, CA: designate (see H.R. 2158), H4188 [14JN]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6922 [13OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Committee on the Judiciary (House): minority party appointments (see H. Res. 486), H8261 [7DE]
Smithsonian Institution: establish the Smithsonian American Latino Museum (see H.R. 3459), H7828 [17NO]
Constitutional authority statements
Smithsonian Institution: establish the Smithsonian American Latino Museum (H.R. 3459), H7829 [17NO]
Remarks
Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5711 [28JY]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5192 [19JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2879 [15AP], H3768 [31MY]
Colleges and universities: military academies' diversity recruitment funding, H3602 [25MY]
Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5711 [28JY]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): minority party appointments (H. Res. 486), H8238 [7DE]
Committees of the House: minority party appointments (H. Res. 62), H500 [26JA]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3602 [25MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4735 [7JY]
———military service academy recruitment and outreach funding, H4735 [7JY]
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), H3364 [24MY]
Economy: extension of tax cuts for upper-income households, H2879 [15AP]
———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H9969 [20DE]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H310 [19JA]
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions, H3744
Medicare: reform, H2879 [15AP], H3768 [31MY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (H.R. 1546), E717
Palmieri, Eddie: District of Columbia Jazz Festival Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1052
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H310 [19JA]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (H.R. 1954), H3768 [31MY]
Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 990), Senate amendment, H3744
Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 990), Senate amendment, H3744
Smithsonian Institution: establish the Smithsonian American Latino Museum (H.R. 3459), E2060
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), H175 [12JA]
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions, H3744
Votes: position on missed, H496
Subpoena Notices
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, H10003 [20DE]
Tributes
Baclig, Faustino (Mang Peping), E418
Bae, Ho S., E1025
Hanuman, Shashi, E1028