DOGGETT, LLOYD (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3133 [18MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H5631 [1AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H4064 [26JN]

Armed Forces: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3676, 3702), H27 [17JA]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 6117), H4862 [12JY]

Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building, Gainesville, TX: designate (see H.R. 6589), H7425 [20DE]

Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 3596), H1017 [28FE]

Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H. Res. 130), H1392 [19MR]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H220 [31JA]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H2288 [27AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H5861 [11SE]

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]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 3974), H966 [27FE]

——— review military service records of Jewish American World War I veterans to determine whether they should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1457), H376 [1FE]

Dept. of Education: strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 2794), H5292 [25JY]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 2637), H5292 [25JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 531), H950 [24FE]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 3679), H6397 [15NO]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H6302 [5OC]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H1391 [19MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see H.R. 711), H903 [16FE]

——— provide grants for Civic Justice Corps programs for court-involved, previously incarcerated, and otherwise disadvantaged youth and young adults (see H.R. 3114), H1134 [1MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 329), H966 [27FE]

Developing countries: improve access to microenterprise by the very poor (see H.R. 2524), H5711 [2AU]

Disabled: expand and intensify NIH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see H.R. 2696), H1210 [6MR]

——— expand and intensify NIH programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see H.R. 2695), H1210 [6MR]

Discrimination: condemn discrimination, hate crimes, racism, bigotry, bullying and brutal violence perpetrated against Sikh-Americans, and all acts of vandalism against Sikh Gurdwaras in the U.S. (see H. Res. 785), H6060 [14SE]

Diseases: provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 2194), H3577 [6JN]

——— require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer’s disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H6701 [11DE]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 3300), H220 [31JA]

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H6279 [21SE]

Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 4105), H1099 [29FE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H4157 [27JN]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women’s History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H220 [31JA]

Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance: implement (see H.R. 4282), H1739 [28MR]

Health: recognize importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating progress on global health and saving lives of women and children (see H. Res. 734), H5713 [2AU]

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

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 1971), H1571 [26MR]

Intellectual property: deter unfair imports that infringe upon intellectual property rights (see H.R. 3782), H77 [18JA]

Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (see H.R. 4235), H5631 [1AU]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H3733 [18JN]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H1428 [20MR]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H6302 [5OC]

Medicare: provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program to further fair audits of and payments to pharmacies (see H.R. 4215), H1572 [26MR]

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

Minimum wage: provide for increases consistent with inflation (see H.R. 6211), H5860 [11SE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 2954), H1363 [13MR]

National Foster Care Month: recognize goals and ideals (see H. Res. 659), H2812 [16MY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1306 [8MR]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H966 [27FE]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns (see H.R. 6426), H6060 [14SE]

Public Health Service: appoint doctors of chiropractic to regular and reserved corps (see H.R. 664), H1100 [29FE]

Public lands: sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 3496), H4907 [17JY]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, and train new land managers (see H.R. 587), H726 [14FE]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4158 [27JN]

Russia: impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations (see H.R. 4405), H4065 [26JN]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: lease space for a park headquarters, expand boundary, and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions (see H.R. 5988), H3974 [21JN]

SBA: increase small business lending (see H.R. 5851), H3162 [18MY]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H3976 [21JN]

Small business: encourage initiatives for appropriate and accessible financial products for entities that do not have access to the financial mainstream (see H.R. 3635), H1210 [6MR]

Social Security: establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and format of data used in the administration of certain human services programs (see H.R. 6682), H7264 [18DE]

SSA: ensure continuation of services under the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (see H.R. 6061), H4654 [29JN]

Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 4169), H4908 [17JY]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 3046), H945 [17FE]

——— allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1190), H2211 [26AP]

——— allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund (see H.R. 3352), H2040 [23AP]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H2441 [8MY] (see H.R. 6152), H5077 [19JY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H1210 [6MR]

——— extend and expand the credit for qualifying advanced energy projects (see H.R. 6182), H5290 [25JY]

——— extend certain improvements in the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 6181), H5201 [24JY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H1428 [20MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness and provide exclusions from income for certain payments under the National Mortgage Settlement (see H.R. 4290), H1740 [28MR]

——— extend the production and investment tax credits for wind facilities and modify the foreign tax credit rules applicable to major integrated oil companies which are dual capacity taxpayers (see H.R. 6031), H4156 [27JN]

——— modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 5746), H5202 [24JY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 3729), H2072 [24AP]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 6206), H5326 [26JY]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 3903), H1916 [17AP]

Ukraine: ensure free and fair elections, release opposition leaders sentenced on politically motivated grounds, and deny U.S. visas to officials involved in human rights abuses or anti-democratic actions (see H. Res. 730), H5331 [30JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H2212 [26AP]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 5799), H4158 [27JN]

——— require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5816), H3103 [17MY]

——— require States to establish minimum early voting period and ensure that no individual be required to wait for longer than one hour to cast a ballot at a polling place in an election for Federal office (see H.R. 6591), H6536 [29NO]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1741 [28MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: establish (see H.R. 6655), H6806 [13DE]

Hazardous substances: prohibit manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, and use of coal tar sealants (see H.R. 4166), H1303 [8MR]

Taxation: extend rule disregarding tax refunds in the administration of Federal or federally-assisted programs (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

——— extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: establish (H.R. 6655), H6807 [13DE]

Hazardous substances: prohibit manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, and use of coal tar sealants (H.R. 4166), H1305 [8MR]

Taxation: extend rule disregarding tax refunds in the administration of Federal or federally-assisted programs (H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

——— extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit (H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

Letters

Welfare Integrity Now (WIN) for Children and Families Act: Tom Hansen and Barbara W. Ballard, National Conference of State Legislatures, H318 [1FE]

——— Tracy L. Wareing, American Public Human Services Association, and Paul Lefkowitz, National Association of State TANF Administrators, H318 [1FE]

Motions

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), H3447 [5JN], H3509 [6JN]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), H3447 [5JN], H3509 [6JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), H3447 [5JN], H3509 [6JN]

Remarks

Budget: express that passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance (H. Res. 516), H146 [24JA]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2604 [10MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1675 [28MR]

California: amend certain laws relative to a FERC project located on a segment of the Lower Merced River (H.R. 2578), consideration (H. Res. 688), H3746 [19JN]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), H400 [2FE]

Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: establish (H.R. 6655), H7315, H7316 [19DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), consideration (H. Res. 661), H2837 [17MY]

——— examine potential benefits of closing outdated or excess overseas military bases, H2837 [17MY]

Economy: impact of Bush administration tax cuts, H400 [2FE]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3447 [5JN], H3509, H3510, H3511, H3512 [6JN]

Gulf of Mexico: restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3447 [5JN], H3509, H3510, H3511, H3512 [6JN]

Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance: implement (H.R. 4282), H3450 [5JN]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1473 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), consideration (H. Res. 724), H4720 [10JY]

Medicare: reform, H1675 [28MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H325, H326 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), consideration (H. Res. 724), H4720 [10JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1473 [21MR]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), consideration (H. Res. 788), H6170 [20SE]

——— require States to implement policies to prevent assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being used in strip clubs, casinos, and liquor stores (H.R. 3567), H316, H318, H321 [1FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3447 [5JN], H3509, H3510, H3511, H3512 [6JN]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: lease space for a park headquarters, expand boundary, and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions, H3746 [19JN]

Social Security: prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (H.R. 1509), H7310, H7311, H7313 [19DE]

Taxation: expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), H5671 [2AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), H5584 [1AU]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), H1995, H1996 [19AP]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 436), H3608 [7JN]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, H3509, H3510, H3511, H3512 [6JN]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), consideration (H. Res. 656), H2739 [16MY]