LOFGREN, ZOE (a Representative from California)

Articles and editorials

Protect Immigrant Women From Violence, Leith Anderson and Lynne Hybels, CNN.com (Internet site), H2765 [16MY]

STEM Jobs Act a Step Backward on Immigration Reform, Warns Free Market Group, Competitive Enterprise Institute, H6543 [30NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory cattle (see H.R. 3704), H7425 [20DE]

Animals: disapprove use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals and support State laws requiring the use of drugs for euthanasia by animal shelters (see H. Res. 736), H6765 [12DE]

Arab countries: call for protection of religious minority rights and freedoms (see H. Res. 732), H5079 [19JY]

Armed Forces: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3702), H476 [3FE]

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

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 621), H1914 [17AP]

Bahrain: limit issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and services to Bahrain (see H.J. Res. 80), H1543 [22MR]

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

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: provide for gathering of copyright and trademark information on merchandise presented for examination (see H.R. 4216), H6675 [5DE] (see H.R. 6654), H6806 [13DE]

California: expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program (see H.R. 3910), H512 [6FE]

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

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 4457), H2030 [19AP]

Children and youth: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1381), H6061 [14SE]

Civil rights: restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H3914 [20JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H3404 [1JN]

Consumers: clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer’s informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet (see H.R. 6671), H6828 [17DE]

Copyrights: adopt fair standards and procedures by which determinations of Copyright Royalty Judges are made with respect to webcasting (see H.R. 6480), H6273 [21SE]

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

Courts: provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings (see H.R. 5163), H2271 [27AP]

——— provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see H.R. 5956), H3733 [18JN]

Credit: require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications and establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs (see H.R. 1477), H1741 [28MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: create a local food credit program to assist schools purchase of healthy food from local farmers (see H.R. 1722), H220 [31JA]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H1571 [26MR]

——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 3405), H571 [7FE]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 2794), H3915 [20JN]

Dept. of Energy: improve high-end computing research and development program (see H.R. 6454), H6344 [13NO]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H572 [7FE]

——— ensure that immigration status alone is not a disqualification for foster child placement and clarify State and local laws on parental rights in foster care cases (see H.R. 6128), H5328 [26JY]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H3267 [30MY]

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3266), H694 [9FE]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from liver cancer (see H.R. 3381), H6279 [21SE]

Dept. of Labor: provide off-base transition training for Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4051), H4775 [10JY]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 5976), H3914 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: display in each facility a Women Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 809), H641 [8FE]

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), H3105 [17MY]

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: authorize and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection and encourage interdisciplinary collaborative research on the relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions (see H.R. 2033), H4656 [29JN]

——— establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H6304 [9OC]

——— expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H376 [1FE]

——— 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), H3578 [6JN]

Drugs: address critical drug shortages (see H.R. 3839), H3481 [5JN]

Economy: provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and work-based training for unemployed adults and youth (see H.R. 3425), H1642 [27MR]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 555), H1100 [29FE]

——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (see H.R. 4170), H2716 [15MY]

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

——— 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), H2716 [15MY]

——— strengthen ability to seek advice from external experts on rare diseases, their burdens, and unmet medical needs of individuals with rare diseases (see H.R. 4156), H3976 [21JN]

Federal agencies and departments: develop public access policies relative to research conducted by that agency or from funds administered by that agency (see H.R. 4004), H1391 [19MR]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: prohibit disposing of certain real estate owned of such Agency and by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (see H.R. 5823), H5010 [18JY]

FEMA: revise regulations regarding estimated cost of the assistance and localized impacts factors (see H.R. 5870), H5860 [11SE]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3553), H476 [3FE]

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), H1808 [29MR]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H572 [7FE]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 6043), H6069 [18SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 6388), H6701 [11DE]

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3734 [18JN]

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), H2211 [26AP]

——— 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), H1273 [7MR]

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

Iran: appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for the purpose of ensuring U.S. diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons and avoid war (see H.R. 4173), H4065 [26JN]

——— condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 134), H694 [9FE]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H1428 [20MR]

Israel: allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E–2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated U.S. nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel (see H.R. 3992), H692 [9FE]

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), H1498 [21MR]

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), H512 [6FE]

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H966 [27FE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 4378), H4864 [12JY]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 876), H512 [6FE]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 3831), H1808 [29MR]

——— 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), H2033 [19AP]

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

Minimum wage: provide for increases consistent with inflation (see H.R. 6211), H5326 [26JY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 2954), H6061 [14SE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H6765 [12DE]

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

National Month of Voter Registration: designate (see H. Res. 758), H5707 [2AU]

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

Patents: provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles (see H.R. 3889), H440 [2FE]

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), H6623 [4DE]

Postal Service: recalculate and restore retirement annuities, eliminate requirement to pre-fund health benefits fund, restrict facility closures, and create incentives to maintain levels of service (see H.R. 3591), H1498 [21MR]

Power resources: promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 6275), H6469 [27NO]

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

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 432), H476 [3FE]

Public lands: sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 3496), H3808 [19JN]

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

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]

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]

Space policy: confirm full ownership rights for astronauts of certain artifacts from space missions (see H.R. 4158), H1642 [27MR]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1479), H6300 [2OC]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H476 [3FE]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H950 [24FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H5860 [11SE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H3915 [20JN]

——— 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), H2212 [26AP]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions (see H.R. 3313), H476 [3FE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3661), H2288 [27AP]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 3522), H1978 [18AP]

——— provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes (see H.R. 6319), H5705 [2AU]

Telecommunications: require accurate disclosure to consumers of the terms and conditions of 4G service and other advanced wireless mobile broadband service (see H.R. 2281), H802 [15FE]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see H.R. 1746), H1209 [6MR]

Turkey: urge reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Theological School of Halki without condition or further delay (see H. Res. 506), H5079 [19JY]

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

Veterans: authorize military departments to provide an exception to standards for awarding the Purple Heart for World War II veterans whose service records are incomplete due to damage (see H.R. 6095), H5712 [2AU]

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

Vietnam: condemn crackdown on democracy activists, repeal measures used to persecute peaceful political dissent, release political prisoners, and ensure compliance with international human rights standards (see H. Res. 484), H966 [27FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (see H.R. 6291), H6152 [19SE]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 5799), H3102 [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 for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 3658), H6062 [14SE]

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), H4864 [12JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H6151 [19SE]

——— provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1718), H726 [14FE]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H572 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Ahmad, Masroor: welcome to Washington, DC, and commend promotion of peace and justice and counseling of Ahmadi Muslims to avoid violence, even in the face of persecution (see H. Res. 709), H4156 [27JN]

Citizenship: provide for certain children of U.S. servicemen born overseas during the Vietnamese Conflict or Korean War (see H.R. 5156), H2271 [27AP]

Crime: amend provisions relative to disclosures to governments by communications-related service providers of certain information consisting of or relating to communications (see H.R. 6529), H6275 [21SE]

Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 6412), H6060 [14SE]

Technology: combat trade barriers that threaten maintenance of an open, global Internet, that mandate unique technology standards as a condition of market access, and promote free flow of information (see H.R. 6530), H6275 [21SE]

U.N.: recognize the Proclamation of the Refugee Congress (see H. Res. 690), H3807 [19JN]

Vietnam: prohibit duty-free treatment of imports into the U.S. under the Generalized System of Preferences of the Trade Act (see H.R. 5157), H2271 [27AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Citizenship: provide for certain children of U.S. servicemen born overseas during the Vietnamese Conflict or Korean War (H.R. 5156), H2281 [27AP]

Crime: amend provisions relative to disclosures to governments by communications-related service providers of certain information consisting of or relating to communications (H.R. 6529), H6278 [21SE]

Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (H.R. 6412), H6061 [14SE]

Technology: combat trade barriers that threaten maintenance of an open, global Internet, that mandate unique technology standards as a condition of market access, and promote free flow of information (H.R. 6530), H6278 [21SE]

Vietnam: prohibit duty-free treatment of imports into the U.S. under the Generalized System of Preferences of the Trade Act (H.R. 5157), H2281 [27AP]

Motions

Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), H6556 [30NO]

Remarks

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Afghanistan, E1105• [21JN]

Consumers: clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer’s informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet (H.R. 6671), H6851 [18DE]

Contracts: improve enactment of certain laws relative to public contracts (H.R. 6080), H5814 [11SE]

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

Dept. of Energy: National Ignition Facility continued support of nuclear weapons stockpile, inertial fusion energy development, and basic science research funding, H3354 [31MY]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3624, H3628, H3631, H3633, H3635 [7JN]

——— prohibit funding to cities and towns that do not follow Federal immigration law, H3635 [7JN]

——— prohibit funding to enforce Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency, H3624 [7JN]

——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce memos from John Morton relative to immigration enforcement priorities and guidance on prosecutorial discretion, H3628 [7JN]

——— provide training to State and local law enforcement to identify, process, and detain possible immigration offenders, H3633 [7JN]

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

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 5949), H5891 [12SE]

——— prohibit the use of information on U.S. citizens obtained through the search of a legally amassed data pool without prior warrant authorization, H5891 [12SE]

House of Representatives: tribute to departing Members, E1924• [13DE]

Immigration: investigate allegations of fraud in diversity immigrant program, H6544 [30NO]

——— permanently reauthorize the EB–5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program (S. 3245), H5815 [11SE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (H.R. 6412), H6188, H6193 [20SE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), H6187, H6188, H6193 [20SE], H6543, H6544, H6550, H6552 [30NO]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), motion to recommit, H6559 [30NO]

——— require accreditation of certain educational institutions for purposes of a nonimmigrant student visa (H.R. 3120), H5505 [31JY]

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (H. Con. Res. 127), H5601 [1AU]

Israel: allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E–2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated U.S. nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel (H.R. 3992), H1373• [19MR]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H2765 [16MY]

——— pay Quapay (O-Gah-Pah) Tribe of Oklahoma and its members for trust damages for mismanagement of assets (H.R. 5862), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (H. Res. 668), H7281 [19DE]

San Jose, CA: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 332, E1557• [19SE]

——— Dartmouth Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E1089• [20JN]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit funding for security officers or behavior detection officers outside an airport, H3631 [7JN]

Vietnam: call for release of Nguyen Quoc Quan, H5839• [11SE]

——— condemn crackdown on democracy activists, repeal measures used to persecute peaceful political dissent, release political prisoners, and ensure compliance with international human rights standards (H. Res. 484), H5846• [11SE]

——— promote freedom and democracy (H.R. 1410), H5839• [11SE]

Violence Against Women Act: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H2765 [16MY]

——— ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H2765, H2770 [16MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2765, H2770 [16MY]

Tributes

Christensen, Terry, E489• [29MR]

Jachimowicz, Esther Bendzinski, E1926• [13DE]

Judge, Joe, E1802• [27NO]

LaCuesta, Lloyd R., E1051• [18JN]

Moore, Chris, E1923• [13DE]

Morgado, Travis, H3587 [7JN]

Pyle, Nancy, E1883• [5DE]

Ramirez, Edward, Sr., E1295• [23JY]