SCHIFF, ADAM B. (a Representative from California)
Addresses
Reading of U.S. Constitution, H58 [6JA]
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3601 [25MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4847, H4854 [11JY], H5006 [13JY]
FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H2208, H2210 [31MR]
Appointments
Committee on Ethics (House): investigative subcommittees, H1991 [29MR]
Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H500 [26JA]
Committee to escort Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the House Chamber, H3348 [24MY]
Conferee: H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7289 [3NO]
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), H7009 [24OC]
Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H1988 [17MR]
Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 943), H1797 [14MR]
———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H4038 [3JN]
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), H554 [8FE]
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]
———authorize members to designate anyone as the person authorized to direct disposition of the remains of the member if the member dies while on active duty (see H.R. 1046), H5239 [19JY]
———eliminate per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 1283), H5781 [29JY]
———extend time period for submission of retroactive stop-loss special pay claims (see H.R. 573), H598 [9FE]
———limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3702), H9925 [16DE]
———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 493), H1621 [8MR]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 243), H2999 [3MY]
Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]
Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1175), H8076 [1DE]
Business and industry: establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (see H.R. 1716), H3060 [4MY]
———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 1240), H4794 [8JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5399 [22JY]
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), H9928 [16DE]
Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H5966 [7SE]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H6983 [18OC]
Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H3344 [23MY]
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), H7830 [17NO]
Consumers: delay implementation of proposed or final rules relative to reasonable and proportional fees and rules for electronic debit transactions (see H.R. 1081), H7714 [16NO]
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora: tribute (see H. Res. 47), H2040 [29MR]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H42 [5JA]
Copyrights: provide protection for fashion design (see H.R. 2511), H5018 [13JY]
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), H6233 [15SE]
———require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 1498), H3304 [13MY]
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), H5127 [15JY]
———prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H8967 [14DE]
Dams: further allocate and expand availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam (see H.R. 470), H601 [9FE]
Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H1905 [16MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: exclude value of vehicles used for household transportation, or to obtain or continue employment, from resource limitation for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 3233), H6976 [14OC]
Dept. of Commerce: establish a competitive grant program to promote domestic regional tourism (see H.R. 3484), H8967 [14DE]
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. 237), H1580 [4MR]
———develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits as part of the TRICARE program (see H.R. 409), H6182 [14SE]
Dept. of Education: award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 820), H3986 [2JN]
———establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]
———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H4673 [6JY]
———promote environmental education (see H.R. 2547), H5086 [14JY]
Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H1797 [14MR]
———implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H5285 [20JY]
———reform and modernize the Office of Refugee Resettlement (see H.R. 1475), H2667 [13AP]
———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 3126), H7209 [1NO]
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), H3758 [26MY]
Dept. of HUD: provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see H.R. 709), H922 [15FE]
Dept. of Justice: prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property by seeking injunctions against foreign websites dealing in illegal content and goods (see H.R. 3261), H7133 [26OC]
Dept. of Labor: require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (see H.R. 1325), H4329 [16JN]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 612), H679 [10FE]
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: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H776 [14FE]
———deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1025), H2934 [2MY]
———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]
———establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure (see H.R. 3337), H7329 [3NO]
———exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (see H.R. 923), H1727 [10MR]
———extend age of eligibility of dependent children for receipt of transferred educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 614), H679 [10FE]
———improve comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 2559), H5489 [25JY]
———improve provision of rehabilitative services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1855), H5489 [25JY]
———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), H1180 (see H.R. 178), H1199 [17FE]
———require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 329), H1844 [15MR]
Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 396), H1797 [14MR]
Diseases: extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H4187 [14JN]
———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]
Drugs: clarify that persons who conspire or engage in conduct within the U.S. to possess, traffic, or abet traffickers of illegal drugs outside the U.S., may be criminally prosecuted in the U.S. (see H.R. 313), H254 [18JA]
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]
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), H8077 [1DE]
Ethnic groups: express regret for passage of discriminatory laws against Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act (see H. Res. 282), H4674 [6JY]
Executive Office of the President: require preparation of a quadrennial National Manufacturing Strategy (see H.R. 1366), H7892 [18NO]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5661 [27JY]
———issue regulations to reduce helicopter noise pollution in residential areas of Los Angeles County, CA (see H.R. 2677), H5966 [7SE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2234), H6626 [5OC]
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), H7208 [1NO]
Federal agencies and departments: submit annual forecast of grant solicitations expected to be issued to OMB for publication on a website (see H.R. 2393), H4574 [24JN]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 2269), H5888 [1AU]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1066), H5239 [19JY]
Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H6415 [22SE]
Firearms: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H1252 (see H.R. 308), H1364 [18FE]
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]
Foreign policy: 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. 304), H4186 [14JN]
———establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations (see H.R. 2880), H7400 [4NO]
Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H6506 [3OC]
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), H7208 [1NO]
Global Youth Service Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 210), H2605 [12AP]
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H138 [7JA]
Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 451), H4750 [7JY]
Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3281 [12MY]
House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 453), H506 [26JA] (see H.R. 590), H599 [9FE]
Immigration: allow companies to attract foreign graduates of U.S. universities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and reform and create new immigration categories to stimulate the economy (see H.R. 2161), H4185 [14JN]
———allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H2854 [14AP]
———cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H4578 [24JN]
Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H3000 [3MY]
———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]
Iran: condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 134), H5489 [25JY]
———strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H3759 [26MY]
Kenya: provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service members and U.S. citizens who were killed as a result of the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya on August 7, 1998 (see H.R. 2881), H6042 [9SE]
Korean War: call for repatriation of POW/MIA and abductees (see H. Res. 376), H7135 [26OC]
Law enforcement: change state of mind requirement for certain identity theft offenses (see H.R. 2552), H5125 [15JY]
Los Angeles County, CA: designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 as the ``Jenny Oropeza Highway'' (see H.R. 1472), H2570 [8AP]
Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H3987 [2JN]
Medicare: improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H4945 [12JY]
———study issues on access to intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) for beneficiaries in all care settings and establish demonstration project on benefits of coverage to administer IVIG in the home (see H.R. 1845), H3218 [11MY]
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 Congress on Your Corner Day: designate (see H. Res. 58), H509 [26JA]
National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H1580 [4MR]
National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 227), H3344 [23MY]
National Tsunami Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 185), H2269 [1AP]
Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H1252 (see H.R. 27), H1364 [18FE]
Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 353), H5126 [15JY]
Nuclear energy: improve and underscore importance of international nuclear safety cooperation for operating power reactors and support Convention on Nuclear Safety efforts (see H.R. 1326), H2266 [1AP]
Peace Corps: anniversary (see H. Res. 11), H141 [11JA]
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H2934 [2MY]
Peace Corps Month: designate (see H. Res. 11), H141 [11JA]
Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H4037 [3JN]
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), H3112 [5MY]
———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H1908 [16MR]
———reform (see H.R. 1262), H3162 [10MY]
Power resources: 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), H6674 [6OC]
Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building, Yountville, CA: designate (see H.R. 3004), H6416 [22SE]
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]
Puerto Rico: increase number of military service academy appointees (see H.R. 1000), H1797 [14MR]
Railroads: amend limitation on liability for certain passenger rail accidents or incidents (see H.R. 304), H3758 [26MY]
Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H9928 [16DE]
SBA: extend temporary program allowing refinancing of certain eligible fixed assets under the Certified Development Company/504 Loan Program (see H.R. 2950), H6231 [15SE]
———improve the Express Loan Program (see H.R. 2936), H6230 [15SE]
Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H4750 [7JY]
———direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H1580 [4MR]
———end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H4852 [11JY]
———provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H7134 [26OC]
Securities Investor Protection Corp.: provide insurance coverage for certain indirect investors caught in Ponzi schemes (see H.R. 1987), H6011 [8SE]
Small business: modify goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns (see H.R. 2949), H6231 [15SE]
———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 584), H598 [9FE]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 1001), H2858 [14AP]
———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H2266 [1AP]
———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), H2412 [6AP]
Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]
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]
States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 419), H469 [25JA]
Taxation: allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see H.R. 743), H5489 [25JY]
———create jobs through infrastructure investment (see H.R. 992), H4852 [11JY]
———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H7161 [27OC]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5661 [27JY]
———extend the Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 11), H5019 [13JY]
———extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H7892 [18NO]
———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 865), H4852 [11JY]
———increase and extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 694), H1580 [4MR]
———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), H4852 [11JY]
———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), H3162 [10MY]
———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 1635), H6467 [29SE]
Telecommunications: require carriers to provide call location information to law enforcement during emergencies (see H.R. 847), H1454 [1MR]
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), H8077 [1DE]
———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]
Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see H.R. 2830), H7900 [25NO]
Transportation: improve accountability and transparency in infrastructure spending by requiring life-cycle cost analysis of major projects, use of design standards, and alternate bidding procedures (see H.R. 2602), H7166 [31OC]
———prevent and remedy discrimination relating to federally funded transportation projects (see H.R. 2019), H4038 [3JN]
———provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H7161 [27OC]
———provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 572), H598 [9FE]
———require public employees to perform inspection of State and local surface transportation projects and ensure public safety, cost-effective use of funds, and timely project delivery (see H.R. 328), H4037 [3JN]
———revise certain infrastructure finance provisions (see H.R. 1123), H3344 [23MY]
Turkey: disapprove issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and services to Turkey (see H.J. Res. 83), H7406 [10NO]
———end religious discrimination, safeguard Christian heritage, and return confiscated church properties (see H. Res. 306), H4277 [15JN]
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), H6854 [12OC]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H353 [19JA]
———issue a medal to those who died after service in the Vietnamese Conflict as a result of that service (see H.R. 540), H5374 [21JY]
———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 287), H435 [24JA]
Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H2327 [5AP]
Wayne Grisham Post Office, La Mirada, CA: designate (see H.R. 2158), H4075 [13JN]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]
Workforce Investment Act: integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards (see H.R. 1616), H3759 [26MY]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H4852 [11JY]
———award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H5812 [30JY]
———provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1718), H10016 [20DE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Africa: promote strengthening of the private sector in Egypt and Tunisia through allocation of enterprise funds (see H.R. 2237), H4327 [16JN]
Aviation: allow mandatory nighttime curfews at certain airports (see H.R. 842), H1390 [28FE]
Dept. of Justice: design and implement a procedure to permit enhanced searches of the National DNA Index System (see H.R. 3361), H7331 [3NO]
———establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see H.R. 1360), H2292 [4AP]
———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. 988), H1665 [9MR]
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), H724 [11FE]
First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office, Altadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 697), H774 [14FE]
First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 1975), H3409 [24MY]
Immigration: establish entrepreneur-based immigrant category for aliens who have completed or are in the process of completing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) related fields (see H.R. 3692), H9431 [15DE]
Taxation: extend the Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 747), H1039 (see H.R. 747), H1070 [16FE]
Constitutional authority statements
Africa: promote strengthening of the private sector in Egypt and Tunisia through allocation of enterprise funds (H.R. 2237), H4329 [16JN]
Aviation: allow mandatory nighttime curfews at certain airports (H.R. 842), H1392 [28FE]
Dept. of Justice: design and implement a procedure to permit enhanced searches of the National DNA Index System (H.R. 3361), H7332 [3NO]
———establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (H.R. 1360), H2293 [4AP]
———provide incentive payments under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes (H.R. 988), H1666 [9MR]
First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office, Altadena, CA: designate (H.R. 697), H775 [14FE]
First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (H.R. 1975), H3410 [24MY]
Immigration: establish entrepreneur-based immigrant category for aliens who have completed or are in the process of completing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) related fields (H.R. 3692), H9431 [15DE]
Taxation: extend the Build America Bonds program (H.R. 747), H1040, H1071 [16FE]
Essays
Armenian Genocide Survivor: Mary Boghossian, E903
Letters
Dept. of Energy Office of Science funding: Energy Sciences Coalition and Task Force on American Innovation, H5002 [13JY]
Remarks
Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H891, H894, H896, H898 [15FE], H1050, H1058 [16FE], E247
Armenian Genocide Congressional Record Project: survival stories, E903
Aviation: allow mandatory nighttime curfews at certain airports, H2208, H2209 [31MR]
Azerbaijan: anniversary of Armenian genocide at Sumgait, E326
Burbank, CA: anniversary, E1008
———anniversary of Knights of Columbus St. Cabrini Council 3472, E1995
Dept. of Energy: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding, H5006 [13JY]
———Office of Science funding, H5002 [13JY]
———plutonium-238 production restart project funding, H4847 [11JY]
Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA Cross-Agency Support funding, H891 [15FE], E247
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: funding, H1050 [16FE]
———Multilateral Economic Assistance Account funding, H1058 [16FE]
Drugs: clarify that persons who conspire or engage in conduct within the U.S. to possess, traffic, or abet traffickers of illegal drugs outside the U.S., may be criminally prosecuted in the U.S. (H.R. 313), H8833 [13DE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4847 [11JY], H5002, H5006 [13JY]
FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H2208, H2209, H2210 [31MR]
———require operator of Los Angeles International Airport to consult with nearby communities regarding airport operations and their impact on the community, H2210 [31MR]
Fauvre, Joan: California 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year award recipient, E514
First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (H.R. 1975), H5725 [28JY]
Fish, Nanette: California 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year award recipient, E523
Glendale, CA: anniversary of YMCA of Glendale, E1020
Grace, Ana Maria: California 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year award recipient, E526
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H314
House of Representatives: moment of silence in tribute to Carlos J. Moorhead, H8106 [2DE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), Senate amendment, H9809 [16DE]
———U.S. Overhead Architecture funding, H9809 [16DE]
Kechichian, Maro: California 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year award recipient, E515
LSC: funding, H896, H898 [15FE]
Martin, Anita: California 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year award recipient, E516
Mayorga, Emily: California 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year award recipient, E521
NASA: reallocate climate research programs funding to manned space flight funding, H894 [15FE]
National objectives: economic recovery, H7633 [16NO]
National Women's History Month: observance, E514
Nuclear weapons: expand sanctions on individuals who transfer to Iran, Syria, or North Korea equipment or technology relevant to mining or milling uranium or support other proliferation activities (H.R. 2105), H8868 [13DE]
Outer Continental Shelf: monitor activities relative to air pollution (H.R. 2021), consideration (H. Res. 316), H4389, H4390 [22JN]
Parks, Susan C.: California 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year award recipient, E528
Pasadena, CA: anniversary, E1028
———anniversary of League of Women Voters Pasadena Area chapter, E151
———anniversary of New Revelation Missionary Baptist Church, E218
Patent and Trademark Office: prohibit diversion, redirection, or transfer of funding, H4389, H4390 [22JN]
Patents: reform (H.R. 1249), H4492 [23JN]
———reform (H.R. 1249), consideration (H. Res. 316), H4389, H4390 [22JN]
———transition from a first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system, H4492 [23JN]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H314
Regas, George F.: Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (organization) George F. Regas Courageous Peacemaker Award recipient, E1548
Syria: support peaceful demonstrations and universal freedoms and condemn human rights violations, H3284 [13MY], H4677 [7JY], E893
Tanita, Carol N.: California 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year award recipient, E529
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), H155 [12JA]
Turkey: end religious discrimination, safeguard Christian heritage, and return confiscated church properties (H. Res. 306), H8874 [13DE]
Votes: position on missed, H6120 [13SE]
Walsh, Maureen: California 29th Congressional District Woman of the Year award recipient, E520
World Press Freedom Day: observance, E918
Tributes
Aidlin, Joseph W., E1014
Bell, Vincent J., H8977 [15DE]
Cortines, Ramon C., E732
Grigorian, Hilda, E926
Hatch, McKay, E123
Hovsepian, Vatche, E1117
Lieberman, Ellin, E257
Moorhead, Carlos J., H8105 [2DE]
Waldman, Ariel B., E75