THOMPSON, MIKE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3062 [17MY]

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), H820 [16FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743), H3297 [31MY]

San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), H1062 [29FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H2715 [15MY]

California: expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (see H.R. 3910), H803 [15FE]

Cecil E. Bolt Post Office, Fowler, CA: designate (see H.R. 4389), H1976 [18AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H3707 [15JN]

Conservation of natural resources: strengthen the U.S. role in the international community in conserving natural resources to further global prosperity and security (see H.R. 6038), H6234 [20SE]

Corps of Engineers: review policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees (see H.R. 5831), H3161 [18MY]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 2086), H1846 [16AP]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H5328 [26JY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H2134 [25AP]

——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 2547), H5711 [2AU]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H6234 [20SE]

——— conduct programs to screen adolescents, and educate health professionals, with respect to bleeding disorders (see H.R. 1919), H1543 [22MR]

——— establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 2557), H1210 [6MR]

——— protect and preserve access of Medicare beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers and extend discounts under the 340B Drug Pricing Program (see H.R. 5194), H2271 [27AP]

——— 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), H1571 [26MR]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see H.R. 4157), H2134 [25AP]

Dept. of the Interior: provide assistance to non-Federal interests for levee stability improvements located within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta related to certain water deliveries (see H.R. 6484), H6273 [21SE]

——— provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see H.R. 3599), H441 [2FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 812), H2072 [24AP]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 2052), H903 [16FE]

——— 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), H1847 [16AP]

——— 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), H2040 [23AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder (see H.R. 396), H1100 [29FE]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H2813 [16MY]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see H.R. 2226), H2072 [24AP]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H1571 [26MR]

——— improve the safety of Internet pharmacies (see H.R. 4095), H2134 [25AP]

——— require the label of drugs to contain a parenthetical statement identifying the source of any ingredient constituting or derived from a grain or starch-containing ingredient (see H.R. 4972), H6062 [14SE]

Federal agencies and departments: intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending (see H.R. 4053), H900 [16FE]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H6234 [20SE]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H7424 [20DE]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement the Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 4100), H5712 [2AU]

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 1344), H5202 [24JY]

Floods: analyze challenges faced by agricultural areas and rural communities designated as an area having special flood hazards for purposes of the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 6034), H4156 [27JN]

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: receive and determine validity and amount of claims for loss of wages and other property of those plaintiffs in the case Bruce D. Abbott et al. v. Libya (see H.R. 3713), H6152 [19SE]

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

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H1363 [13MR]

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), H6298 [28SE]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3497), H6535 [29NO]

Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 6412), H6234 [20SE]

Insurance: establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (see H.R. 3125), H2813 [16MY]

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

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), H2134 [25AP]

James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 6166), H5130 [23JY]

Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office, Mountain View, CA: designate (see H.R. 6260), H5766 [10SE]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H571 [7FE]

Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1171), H1363 [13MR]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H1543 [22MR]

Medicare: amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers’ compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 5284), H2273 [27AP]

——— clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H3481 [5JN]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H220 [31JA]

——— establish smart card pilot program (see H.R. 2925), H1543 [22MR]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H6298 [28SE]

——— protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 3859), H373 [1FE]

——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 1044), H4864 [12JY]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 3831), H181 [25JA]

——— recognize certain certified diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes self-management training services (see H.R. 2787), H1741 [28MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 4066), H3105 [17MY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 3858), H441 [2FE]

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

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H3662 [7JN]

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

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of establishment (see H.R. 5840), H5860 [11SE]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable (see H.R. 4154), H1363 [13MR]

Nelson ‘Mac’ MacWilliams Post Office Building, Ramona, CA: designate (see H.R. 4062), H901 [16FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1274 [7MR]

NOAA: establish a Working Waterfront Grant Program (see H.R. 3109), H3662 [7JN]

——— establish an expedited award process for grants to address marine debris emergencies (see H.R. 6251), H5628 [1AU]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 1960), H1846 [16AP]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H692 [9FE]

Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 6587), H6397 [15NO]

Private First Class Victor A. Dew Post Office, Roseville, CA: designate (see H.R. 3892), H440 [2FE]

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

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4606 [28JN]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 6154), H5077 [19JY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 14), H1496 [21MR]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H5328 [26JY]

——— provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H6587 [3DE]

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 3875), H476 [3FE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3599), H441 [2FE]

Social Security: 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), H3976 [21JN]

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]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1479), H1543 [22MR]

——— 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]

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

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2989), H1391 [19MR]

——— expand availability of cash method of accounting for small businesses (see H.R. 4643), H2123 [25AP]

——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 4049), H2033 [19AP]

——— extend allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets (see H.R. 4196), H1808 [29MR]

——— extend bonus depreciation (see H.R. 5974), H3914 [20JN]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H1390 [19MR]

——— 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 publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see H.R. 6437), H6150 [19SE]

——— 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]

——— 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), H182 [25JA]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3661), H4864 [12JY]

——— modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 5746), H3977 [21JN]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 2962), H220 [31JA]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 749), H7436 [27DE]

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

——— provide a temporary tax credit for increased payroll and eliminate certain tax benefits for major integrated oil companies (see H.R. 6030), H4156 [27JN]

——— provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (see H.R. 4096), H1016 [28FE]

——— provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods (see H.R. 2382), H6304 [9OC]

——— provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1802), H6675 [5DE]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H6312 [19OC]

——— support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings (see H. Con. Res. 101), H901 [16FE]

Veterans: improve protection and enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 6015), H6152 [19SE]

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

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 5799), H3164 [18MY]

——— 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), H6429 [16NO]

Wildlife: establish improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent introduction and establishment in the U.S. of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites (see H.R. 5864), H6302 [5OC]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H3703 [12JN]

World War I: establish a commission to observe centennial and rededicate certain memorials as the National World War I Memorial and the National World War I Museum and Memorial (see H.R. 6364), H6152 [19SE]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H1363 [13MR]

Yosemite National Park: modify boundaries (see H.R. 5907), H3808 [19JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area: designate (see H.R. 5545), H2441 [8MY]

California Coastal National Monument: designate Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 4969), H2267 [27AP]

Dept. of Commerce: issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program (see H.R. 6362), H5764 [10SE]

Health: improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see H.R. 6719), H7469 [30DE]

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

Udall, Stewart L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 6494), H6274 [21SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area: designate (H.R. 5545), H2444 [8MY]

California Coastal National Monument: designate Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System (H.R. 4969), H2275 [27AP]

Dept. of Commerce: issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program (H.R. 6362), H5765 [10SE]

Health: improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (H.R. 6719), H7469 [30DE]

Taxation: extend and expand the credit for qualifying advanced energy projects (H.R. 6182), H5291 [25JY]

Udall, Stewart L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 6494), H6277 [21SE]

Letters

Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act: David Nesmith and Nick Di Croce, California Environmental Water Caucus, H1050 [29FE]

Lists

Organizations opposing H.R. 1837, Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability Act, H1050, H1053–H1055 [29FE]

Remarks

Bureau of Reclamation: management of Lake Berryessa in California relative to concession bidding process, H3354, H3355 [31MY]

California: ensure compliance with State laws and require use of best available science relative to certain water-related concerns, H1071 [29FE]

——— protect agriculture and fishery-related jobs north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta when addressing certain water-related concerns, H1062, H1063 [29FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary, E1047• [15JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4957 [18JY], H5051, H5052 [19JY]

——— require purchase of U.S. flags manufactured in the U.S. using U.S. materials, H5051, H5052 [19JY]

——— traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H4957 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte, Sonoma and Marin Counties in California, H820, H821 [16FE]

——— set clear rules for development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development (H.R. 3408), H820, H821 [16FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5325), H3354, H3355 [31MY]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 5949), H5898 [12SE]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1465 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4737 [10JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743), H3292, H3298 [31MY]

Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1171), E1422• [3AU]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: report on improving methods of granting security clearances to subcontractors and notifying them of Federal classified contracting opportunities, H3298 [31MY]

Orange, CA: anniversary of Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, E914• [31MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4737 [10JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1465 [21MR]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), H6177 [20SE]

Rhode, Kim: tribute for participation in Olympic Games, E1447• [7AU]

San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), H1049, H1051, H1062, H1063, H1071 [29FE]

——— address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), consideration (H. Res. 566), H1037 [29FE]

Sonoma County, CA: anniversary of Sonoma County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, E1866• [4DE]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), E621• [24AP]

St. Helena, CA: anniversary of St. Helena High School, E1448• [7AU]

Taxation: expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), H5668 [2AU]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), H2000 [19AP]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 436), H3609 [7JN]

Votes: position on missed, E1587• [21SE]

Tributes

Burton, Lincoln (Ed), E1528• [14SE]

Chaney, Steve, E1667• [28SE]

Douglas, Peter M., E603• [19AP]

Irwin, Liz, E1773• [15NO]

Mullan, J. Matthew, E1857• [30NO]

Smith, Kendall, E1925• [13DE]

Wright, Cathie M., E979• [5JN]