CAPPS, LOIS (a Representative from California)

Amendments

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), H774 [15FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4054, H4066 [26JN]

Power resources: develop plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands in response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown (H.R. 4480), H3923 [21JN]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H1282 [8MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H1543 [22MR]

Animals: expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (see H.R. 3886), H4864 [12JY]

——— restrict use of exotic and nondomesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions (see H.R. 3359), H6279 [21SE]

Armed Forces: add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans benefits that recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 6046), H5766 [10SE]

——— commend, make permanent, oppose proposals to diminish national security role of, and recognize the National Guard as the foundation of the Operational Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 129), H6234 [20SE]

——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 6188), H5860 [11SE]

——— pay monthly annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to a supplemental or special needs trust established for the benefit of a disabled dependent child of a participant (see H.R. 4329), H1804 [29MR]

——— provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see H.R. 2288), H966 [27FE]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 2028), H2033 [19AP]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see H. Res. 774), H6152 [19SE]

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), H1571 [26MR]

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), H3404 [1JN]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 6421), H6060 [14SE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H6280 [21SE]

Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 964), H1497 [21MR]

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

Crime: save money and reduce tragedies through teen dating abuse prevention grants (see H.R. 3515), H6280 [21SE]

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]

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]

——— establish a working group to review and improve TRICARE program policy relative to child health care (see H.R. 4341), H2289 [27AP]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H221 [31JA] (see H.R. 4816), H2212 [26AP]

——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 2547), H6152 [19SE]

——— reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 1342), H3976 [21JN]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 2794), H5728 [7AU]

Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see H.R. 2730), H3167 [22MY]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (see H.R. 6163), H5078 [19JY]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 6155), H6280 [21SE]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tree (see H.R. 4209), H1390 [19MR]

——— make grants to train elementary and secondary school nurses how to respond to a biological or chemical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school building or on school grounds (see H.R. 5690), H2566 [9MY]

——— provide cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see H.R. 3625), H182 [25JA]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H221 [31JA]

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3266), H220 [31JA]

——— 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), H2329 [7MY]

Dept. of Justice: classify human trafficking as a violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program (see H.R. 2982), H441 [2FE]

——— establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 83), H115 [23JA]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 3086), H3976 [21JN]

Dept. of the Interior: carry out programs and activities for connecting children and families with the outdoors (see H.R. 3353), H6152 [19SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H1273 [7MR]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 4287), H3808 [19JN]

——— improve comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 2559), H1978 [18AP]

——— presume service connection for illnesses associated with water contaminants at Camp Lejeune, NC, and provide health care to those affected by such contamination (see H.R. 1742), H2663 [11MY]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 4315), H1803 [29MR]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 6087), H4908 [17JY]

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

——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 2194), H3267 [30MY]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (see H.R. 2746), H512 [6FE]

Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls (see H. Res. 694), H4158 [27JN]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 86), H1847 [16AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1903), H4864 [12JY]

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), H1210 [6MR]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H571 [7FE]

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), H3578 [6JN]

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), H2135 [25AP]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H376 [1FE]

Great Ape Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1760), H1209 [6MR]

Health: expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities (see H. Res. 759), H6234 [20SE]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H3481 [5JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs for individuals with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 4238), H3363 [31MY]

Housing Act: revise requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see H.R. 273), H2288 [27AP]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5905), H3660 [7JN]

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), H571 [7FE]

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

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3481 [5JN]

Inouye, Daniel K.: tribute (see H. Res. 837), H7360 [19DE]

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), H2447 [8MY]

——— require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child’s congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1955), H945 [17FE]

Iran: 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), H6280 [21SE]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H1807 [29MR]

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), H2072 [24AP]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H3363 [31MY]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H2329 [7MY]

——— count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1543), H4869 [13JY]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H4828 [11JY]

——— extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H1391 [19MR]

——— provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 3790), H1306 [8MR]

——— reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 2741), H3267 [30MY]

——— 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), H2211 [26AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 4120), H1306 [8MR]

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

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 3643), H1367 [16MR]

Mental health: increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see H.R. 5989), H7585 [2JA]

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

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H1017 [28FE]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 341), H1101 [29FE]

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

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

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of establishment (see H.R. 5840), H4908 [17JY]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 605), H1805 [29MR]

National Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 6150), H6280 [21SE]

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), H1306 [8MR]

Petroleum: provide relief from high gas prices by repealing subsidies for large oil companies, releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, reforming royalty laws, and penalizing price gouging (see H.R. 1748), H1497 [21MR]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H3267 [30MY]

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), H6676 [5DE]

Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H2566 [9MY]

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

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 589), H1808 [29MR]

Public lands: sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 3496), H4828 [11JY]

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), H27 [17JA]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H3733 [18JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 14), H2328 [7MY]

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), H6001 [13SE]

SBA: establish loan guarantee program to assist small business concerns that manufacture clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4185), H1304 [8MR]

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 3875), H572 [7FE]

Social Security: treat permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 4609), H2066 [24AP]

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), H1847 [16AP]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 2697), H1847 [16AP]

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]

——— clarify that any person who, for commercial purposes, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products (see H.R. 4134), H1847 [16AP]

——— encourage greater use of propane as a transportation fuel (see H.R. 2014), H4605 [28JN]

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

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (see H.R. 15), H5330 [30JY]

——— extend enhanced charitable deduction for corporate contributions of computer inventory for educational purposes (see H.R. 6549), H6318 [26OC]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H3163 [18MY]

——— increase and extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 694), H3733 [18JN]

——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 687), H5860 [11SE]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 2866), H1847 [16AP]

——— provide an investment credit for waste-to-energy facilities (see H.R. 66), H1306 [8MR]

——— provide estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax relief (see H.R. 16), H5330 [30JY]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H5631 [1AU]

——— provide incentives for clean energy and to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for big oil companies (see H.R. 5187), H2716 [15MY]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 1780), H1428 [20MR]

Udall, Stewart L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 6494), H6536 [29NO]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 4124), H1133 [1MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (see H.R. 6291), H5704 [2AU]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H1641 [27MR]

Voting: 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), H6397 [15NO]

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

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3145), H1391 [19MR]

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), H3662 [7JN]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 5647), H2443 [8MY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 47), H513 [6FE]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 589), H1808 [29MR]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1718), H1209 [6MR]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H376 [1FE]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H5526 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: stop sale of products fraudulently labeled as organic, require organic producers and certifiers to maintain and provide records, and impose penalties on violators of organic food laws (see H.R. 5962), H3806 [19JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (see H.R. 4314), H1803 [29MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish alternate guidelines for measuring progress of State and local performance for entrepreneurial training services under the Workforce Investment Act (see H.R. 5805), H3102 [17MY]

FDA: improve postmarket risk identification and analysis for medical devices (see H.R. 5341), H2317 [7MY]

Motor vehicles: prevent car and truck rental companies from renting or selling vehicles that are under manufacturer recall (see H.R. 6094), H4774 [10JY]

Tariff: women’s footwear covering the ankle (see H.R. 5030), H2268 [27AP]

——— women’s footwear not covering the ankle (see H.R. 5029), H2268 [27AP]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 3884), H439 [2FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: stop sale of products fraudulently labeled as organic, require organic producers and certifiers to maintain and provide records, and impose penalties on violators of organic food laws (H.R. 5962), H3807 [19JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (H.R. 4314), H1806 [29MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish alternate guidelines for measuring progress of State and local performance for entrepreneurial training services under the Workforce Investment Act (H.R. 5805), H3104 [17MY]

FDA: improve postmarket risk identification and analysis for medical devices (H.R. 5341), H2321 [7MY]

Motor vehicles: prevent car and truck rental companies from renting or selling vehicles that are under manufacturer recall (H.R. 6094), H4775 [10JY]

Tariff: women’s footwear covering the ankle (H.R. 5030), H2277 [27AP]

——— women’s footwear not covering the ankle (H.R. 5029), H2277 [27AP]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (H.R. 3884), H440 [2FE]

Letters

Leasing of on-shore, sub-surface mineral rights near Vandenberg AFB, CA: Kevin W. Billings, Dept. of the Air Force, H774 [15FE]

Lists

Organizations supporting the Dept. of HHS Prevention and Public Health Fund, H2247–H2250 [27AP]

Motions

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), H2246 [27AP]

——— prohibit from overreaching into academic affairs financial aid program eligibility (H.R. 2117), H995 [28FE]

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H6254 [21SE]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H92 [23JA], H137 [24JA]

Remarks

American Heart Month: observance, H817 [16FE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H477 [6FE]

Aurora, CO: condemn movie theater shootings and express condolences for victims and gratitude to responders to the shootings (H. Con. Res. 134), H5302• [26JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1697• [28MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), consideration (H. Res. 597), H1656 [28MR]

Carpinteria, CA: anniversary of Carpinteria Valley Chamber of Commerce, E78• [25JA]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transactions by Members and employees (H.R. 1148), H228 [1FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H6490 [28NO]

——— WIC funding, H6490 [28NO]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 3826), H2143 [26AP]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), motion to recommit, H2246 [27AP]

——— prohibit from overreaching into academic affairs financial aid program eligibility (H.R. 2117), motion to recommit, H995 [28FE]

——— protect students from higher education costs and increased student loan interest rates, H995 [28FE]

Dept. of Energy: determine if impact analyses of EPA rules and actions on energy prices are infeasible to conduct, requires data that does not exist, or would generate unreliable or useless results, H3924 [21JN]

——— impact of budget sequestration on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, H6768 [13DE]

Dept. of HHS: clarify standards relative to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification (H.R. 6118), H6141 [19SE]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H627 [8FE]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (H.R. 6163), H6139 [19SE]

——— Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, H2247 [27AP]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 1440), H7300 [19DE]

Dept. of HUD: Housing Counseling Assistance Program funding, H4054 [26JN]

Dept. of the Interior: certify oil drilling platforms are capable of handling new drilling before allowing coastline drilling to take place, H5170 [24JY]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), motion to recommit, H6255 [21SE]

——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California, H5170 [24JY]

——— permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties in California, H774, H775 [15FE]

——— prohibit leasing of on-shore, sub-surface mineral rights near Vandenberg AFB, CA, H5170 [24JY]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), H5170 [24JY]

——— set clear rules for development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development (H.R. 3408), H774, H775 [15FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4054 [26JN]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6379 [15NO]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7364 [20DE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H92 [23JA]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to instruct conferees, H137, H142, H143 [24JA]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 2072), H2481 [9MY]

FDA: improve postmarket risk identification and analysis for medical devices, H3224 [30MY], H3865 [20JN]

——— revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (H.R. 5651), H3224 [30MY]

——— revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (S. 3187), H3865 [20JN]

Health: prohibit cuts in health insurance benefits for women and children, H2246 [27AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4729 [10JY]

House of Representatives: tribute to departing Members, H6744 [12DE]

Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (H. Res. 556), E294• [1MR]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for physicians, H137, H143 [24JA]

——— reform, H1656 [28MR]

Morro Bay, CA: NOAA Excellence in Local Government award recipient, H5025 [19JY]

Motor vehicles: preserve fuel efficiency standards, H6255 [21SE]

National Nurses Week: observance, E747• [9MY]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings (H. Res. 833), E1947• [18DE]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H477 [6FE]

——— prohibit oil and gas drilling off the coast of California, H3818 [20JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H1441 [21MR]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H324 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4729 [10JY]

Power resources: develop plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands in response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown (H.R. 4480), H3924 [21JN]

——— develop plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands in response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown (H.R. 4480), consideration (H. Res. 691), H3818 [20JN]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (H. Res. 689), H4709 [10JY]

San Joaquin River: address certain water-related concerns (H.R. 1837), E295• [1MR]

San Luis Obispo, CA: Teach Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, H6515 [29NO]

SEC: report on increase in initial public offerings, specifically in the manufacturing and high technology industry, resulting from efforts to improve access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies, H1283, H1284 [8MR]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H1283, H1284 [8MR]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), E1390• [2AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief, E1390• [2AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (H.R. 15), H7364 [20DE]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (H.R. 3307), H5871 [12SE]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, H5871 [12SE]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), H7364 [20DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 436), E1025• [8JN]

Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), H477 [6FE]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (H.R. 4124), H6143 [19SE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), consideration (H. Res. 656), H2733 [16MY]

Votes: correction, H1114• [1MR]

——— position on missed, H1119 [1MR], H6338• [13NO], E1755• [14NO], E1950• [18DE]

Women: health care for women, H1030 [29FE], H5536 [1AU]

——— impact of budget sequestration on maternal and child health programs and resesarch, H6490 [28NO]

——— improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women, H3865 [20JN]

——— improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (H.R. 3526), H817 [16FE]

Tributes

Gaynes, George, E789• [15MY]

Payne, Donald M., H1277 [8MR]

Schimberg, Henry A., E1253• [17JY]