REYES, SILVESTRE (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4310, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H6782 [13DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H3733 [18JN]

Arlington National Cemetery: establish a Tomb of Remembrance for interment of unidentifiable or unclaimed remains of members of the Armed Forces killed in Afghanistan, Iraq, or a subsequent conflict (see H.R. 5735), H2645 [10MY]

Armed Forces: provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see H.R. 2288), H726 [14FE]

Aviation: require individuals seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked against the terrorist watchlist (see H.R. 6159), H5328 [26JY]

Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1175), H1017 [28FE]

Children and youth: promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see H.R. 469), H1741 [28MR]

Colleges and universities: require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 1048), H1543 [22MR]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H3177 [29MY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1588), H1915 [17AP]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see H.J. Res. 90), H4158 [27JN]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H5009 [18JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H6623 [4DE]

Dept. of Defense: ensure detainees on U.S. soil have access to due process, the court system, and will not be detained indefinitely by the military (see H.R. 4192), H1304 [8MR]

Dept. of Education: establish a demonstration program to provide skills to classroom teachers and staff who work with children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 5195), H2448 [8MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H181 [25JA]

——— provide interest-free deferment on unsubsidized student loans during periods of unemployment (see H.R. 5895), H3480 [5JN]

——— restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 4286), H4065 [26JN]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H4158 [27JN]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 3679), H3976 [21JN]

——— implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H4775 [10JY]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H1846 [16AP]

——— provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and PCP abuse (see H.R. 5711), H2644 [10MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect children affected by immigration enforcement actions (see H.R. 2607), H476 [3FE]

Dept. of Justice: enhance use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 6019), H4158 [27JN]

Dept. of Labor: strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 4227), H1642 [27MR]

Dept. of State: authorize payment of a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals (see H.R. 4077), H1498 [21MR]

Dept. of the Interior: require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail System (see H.R. 6257), H5628 [1AU]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 300), H641 [8FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H1847 [16AP]

——— 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), H1017 [28FE]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 4287), H3363 [31MY]

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see H.R. 3687), H182 [25JA]

——— recognize tinnitus as a mandatory condition for research and treatment (see H.R. 4327), H5728 [7AU]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 329), H220 [31JA]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 6087), H6318 [26OC]

Diseases: require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer’s disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H1134 [1MR]

Drugs: address critical drug shortages (see H.R. 3839), H1978 [18AP]

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), H1543 [22MR]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2234), H376 [1FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and include domestic partners (see H.R. 3151), H1807 [29MR]

——— 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), H1915 [17AP]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H5860 [11SE]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1066), H1807 [29MR]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H3662 [7JN]

——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3578 [6JN]

——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H3577 [6JN]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H4656 [29JN]

Foreign aid: provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H5328 [26JY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (see H.R. 5949), H3808 [19JN]

Fraternal organizations: tribute to tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies for charitable works and volunteer activities in communities across the country (see H. Con. Res. 116), H5526 [31JY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H4064 [26JN]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H160 [24JA]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H1543 [22MR]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H6469 [27NO]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 32), H966 [27FE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H5009 [18JY]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 6412), H6152 [19SE]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1848 [16AP]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 5796), H4864 [12JY]

Israel: reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H1274 [7MR]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H1847 [16AP]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H1571 [26MR]

Medicare: extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H3707 [15JN]

——— 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), H115 [23JA]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H5202 [24JY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 3858), H219 [31JA]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 640), H2274 [27AP]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 552), H902 [16FE]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: prevent drunken driving injuries and fatalities (see H.R. 2324), H1210 [6MR]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 655), H2646 [10MY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 644), H2320 [7MY]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 525), H221 [31JA]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 573), H1209 [6MR]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H945 [17FE]

NSF: provide grants to increase minority students receiving college degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and to recruit, retain, and advance minority STEM faculty members (see H.R. 4483), H2064 [24AP]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: increase public awareness about the dangers of synthetic drugs through the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign (see H.R. 4205), H1390 [19MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 191), H6001 [13SE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 452), H1134 [1MR]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2970), H187 [27JA]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H727 [14FE]

Postal Service: reduce operating costs and provide for continued postal services for certain areas (see H.R. 3916), H1018 [28FE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H2569 [9MY]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H1306 [8MR]

Tariff: self-contained, single-element unidirectional (cardioid) dynamic microphones (see H.R. 4821), H2289 [27AP]

——— single-driver sound isolating earphones (see H.R. 4820), H2289 [27AP]

——— sound-isolating earphones with multiple balanced armature speakers (see H.R. 4819), H2289 [27AP]

Taxation: extend allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets (see H.R. 4196), H1978 [18AP]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H5766 [10SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3661), H159 [24JA]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H5711 [2AU]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 3903), H1847 [16AP]

Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H512 [6FE]

Transportation Security Administration: transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) (see H.R. 2179), H950 [24FE]

Veterans: clarify responsibilities of small businesses relative to employment and reemployment rights of veterans (see H.R. 3860), H803 [15FE]

——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 4114), H1741 [28MR]

——— issue a Victory for Veterans stamp (see H.R. 6121), H4863 [12JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H1742 [28MR]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 5799), H3102 [17MY]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H441 [2FE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 3658), H4065 [26JN]

Women: improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 3526), H512 [6FE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Bataan defenders (see H.R. 3712), H945 [17FE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1273 [7MR]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H160 [24JA]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H3578 [6JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: enter into reimbursable fee agreements for the provision of additional services at customs ports of entry (see H.R. 6055), H4603 [28JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reduce trafficking of drugs and prevent human smuggling across the Southwest border by deterring construction and use of border tunnels (see H.R. 4119), H1133 [1MR]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic or Paralympic medal winners (see H.R. 6359), H5727 [7AU]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: enter into reimbursable fee agreements for the provision of additional services at customs ports of entry (H.R. 6055), H4605 [28JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reduce trafficking of drugs and prevent human smuggling across the Southwest border by deterring construction and use of border tunnels (H.R. 4119), H1134 [1MR]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic or Paralympic medal winners (H.R. 6359), H5728 [7AU]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1647 [28MR]

Remarks

Adams, Keitha: Conference USA Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year award recipient, E368• [13MR]

Army: anniversary, H3486 [6JN]

Aviation: include ultralight aircraft under the definition of aircraft relative to aviation smuggling and identify equipment and technology to track illegal use of such aircraft near the Mexican border (H.R. 3801), H165 [25JA]

Azerbaijan: U.S. policy, E490• [29MR]

Brain Injury Awareness Month: observance, E367• [13MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2630• [10MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1793• [29MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1519), E1036• [8JN]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas issued to Attorney General Holder (H. Res. 706), H4419 [28JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H2789 [16MY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), H2245• [27AP]

Dept. of HHS: Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, H2245• [27AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), E1028• [8JN]

——— reduce trafficking of drugs and prevent human smuggling across the Southwest border by deterring construction and use of border tunnels (H.R. 4119), H2671 [15MY]

Dept. of the Interior: set clear rules for development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development (H.R. 3408), consideration (H. Res. 547), H746 [15FE]

Dixon, Diamond: tribute for participation in Olympic Games, E1301• [23JY]

El Paso, TX: Douglas Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1622• [21SE]

——— El Paso Independent School District recipient of ChildObesity 180 (organization) Active Schools Acceleration Project School Programs Regional award, E1048• [15JN]

——— Mission Early College High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1651• [21SE]

——— tribute to El Paso Youth Symphony Orchestra Diplomatic International Cultural Exchange Tour, E1149• [27JN]

Federal employees: extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (H.R. 3835), H310• [1FE]

——— secure annuities of civilian employees (H.R. 3813), consideration (H. Res. 547), H746 [15FE]

FEMA: Urban Areas Security Initiative funding through reductions in Dept. of Homeland Security science and technology research funding, E1028• [8JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4802• [11JY]

House of Representatives: find Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 711), H4415• [28JN]

Israel: reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (H.R. 4133), H2489• [9MY]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (H.R. 365), H2676 [15MY]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, E754• [9MY]

National Women’s History Month: observance, E368• [13MR]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H2775• [16MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4802• [11JY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (H.R. 1648), H3810 [20JN], E1090• [20JN]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (H.R. 998), H3810 [20JN], E1090• [20JN]

Sisters of Loretto (organization): anniversary, E94• [31JA]

Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 547), H746 [15FE]

Turkey: U.S. policy, E490• [29MR]

University of Texas at El Paso: Master of Business Administration Program and Reverse Transfer Program recipients of Excelencia in Education (organization) award, E1661• [28SE]

Violence Against Women Act: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H2775• [16MY]

——— ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H2775• [16MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2775• [16MY]

Voting: impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ‘‘voter suppression’’ legislation, H6072 [19SE]

——— prohibit election officials from requiring individuals to provide photo identification as a condition of obtaining or casting a ballot or registering to vote in an election for Federal office, H6072 [19SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H20 [17JA], H76 [18JA], H510 [6FE], H1151 [5MR], H4903 [17JY], H5129 [23JY], H5198 [24JY], H6698 [11DE], H6763 [12DE], H6826 [17DE]

Resolutions by organizations

National security and veterans’ benefits funding: El Paso County, TX, Commissioners Court, E439• [26MR]

Tributes

Capshaw, Kenneth, E882• [22MY]

Chavez, Cesar E., H1648 [28MR]

Davenport, David, E189• [14FE]

Elizares, Brandon, H3810 [20JN], E1090• [20JN]

Gaghan, Frederick E., E1275• [18JY]

Giffords, Representative, H165 [25JA]

Gilliland, John E., E1627• [21SE]

Gomez, Angel, E1705• [16OC], E1724• [26OC]

Medina, Victor, E367• [13MR]

Simonelli, Joseph, E887• [25MY]