WAXMAN, HENRY A. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Energy: phase out the innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide taxpayer protections from pending program participants (H.R. 6213), H6019 [14SE]

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H6214 [20SE]

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), H3899 [20JN]

Appointments

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

——— H.R. 4348, highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration, H2108 [25AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: condemn atrocities and encourage efforts to end threats by the Lord’s Resistance Army and bring Joseph Kony and his top commanders to justice (see H. Res. 583), H1367 [16MR]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory cattle (see H.R. 3704), H1847 [16AP]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H2072 [24AP]

Armed Forces: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H1915 [17AP]

——— limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3702), H376 [1FE]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see H. Res. 774), H6680 [7DE]

Business and industry: prohibit executives of financial firms from insuring against having to repay illegally-received compensation or to pay civil penalties to protect personal assets (see H.R. 5860), H3265 [30MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to honor victims of the Holocaust (see H. Con. Res. 108), H1390 [19MR]

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

Civil rights: restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H6284 [25SE]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H1846 [16AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H2715 [15MY]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transactions by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H375 [1FE]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (see H.J. Res. 78), H6280 [21SE]

——— constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see H.J. Res. 90), H6280 [21SE]

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

Credit: require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 1498), H3577 [6JN]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5526 [31JY]

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), H4864 [12JY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H803 [15FE] (see H.R. 4816), H3267 [30MY]

Dept. of Energy: ensure oil transported through the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline is used in domestic commerce to reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil (see H.R. 3900), H475 [3FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H3733 [18JN]

——— extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care (see H.R. 4083), H4685 [9JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see H.R. 6672), H6828 [17DE]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 5976), H4158 [27JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 4287), H3662 [7JN]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3357), H2033 [19AP] (see H.R. 6087), H5923 [12SE]

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]

——— eliminate discrimination in State criminal and civil laws for those who have tested positive for HIV (see H.R. 3053), H4775 [10JY]

Diseases: recognize potential for virtual elimination of pediatric HIV and AIDS and keeping HIV positive mothers alive (see H. Con. Res. 123), H2645 [10MY]

——— support continued international cooperation to combat HIV/AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 131), H5202 [24JY]

Drugs: provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (see H.R. 6134), H4907 [17JY]

Economy: provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 12), H1497 [21MR]

Europe: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, provide information about Hezbollah to European allies, and support Bulgaria in investigating terrorist attack in Burgas (see H. Res. 834), H7360 [19DE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H375 [1FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and include domestic partners (see H.R. 3151), H6344 [13NO]

——— allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2364), H1915 [17AP]

FDA: ensure that a medical device is not marketed based on a determination that it is substantially equivalent to a device that has been recalled due to a flaw in technology or design that adversely affects safety (see H.R. 3847), H218 [31JA]

——— establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (see H.R. 3988), H640 [8FE]

——— limit the quantity of arsenic and lead in beverages containing fruit juice pursuant to certain tolerances (see H.R. 3984), H1210 [6MR]

——— make corrections relative to user fees (see H.R. 6433), H6150 [19SE]

——— revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (see H.R. 5651), H2565 [9MY]

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]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H3171 [25MY]

Firearms: require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 6241), H6675 [5DE]

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), H6578 [30NO]

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 647), H2814 [16MY]

Hobby Protection Act: amend to make unlawful the provision of assistance or support in violation of that Act (see H.R. 5977), H4908 [17JY]

Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H641 [8FE]

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

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3266 [30MY]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H4064 [26JN]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1210 [6MR]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 4229), H1642 [27MR]

——— 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), H1642 [27MR]

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]

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

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

Moldova: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1463), H376 [1FE]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604 [28JN]

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

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]

NIH: enhance the clinical trial registry data bank reporting requirements and enforcement measures (see H.R. 6272), H5704 [2AU]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H6151 [19SE]

——— prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market (see H.R. 3995), H692 [9FE]

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

——— reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H5078 [19JY]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns (see H.R. 6426), H6280 [21SE]

Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 6587), H6623 [4DE]

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

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]

Rotary International: commend efforts to prevent and eradicate polio (see H. Res. 704), H5202 [24JY]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H1846 [16AP]

——— provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H79 [18JA]

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: remove commercial satellites and related components from the U.S. Munitions List subject to certain restrictions (see H.R. 3288), H2715 [15MY]

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]

Taxation: 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), H1808 [29MR]

——— 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), H5525 [31JY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H1915 [17AP]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H3363 [31MY]

——— extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 942), H3267 [30MY]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H5130 [23JY]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H6279 [21SE]

——— provide incentives for clean energy and to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for big oil companies (see H.R. 5187), H2271 [27AP]

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

Undertaking Spam, Spyware, and Fraud Enforcement With Enforcers Beyond Borders (U.S. SAFE WEB) Act: extend (see H.R. 6131), H5526 [31JY]

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

——— 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), H79 [18JA]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 3658), H3976 [21JN]

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), H6302 [5OC]

Remarks

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E623• [24AP]

Aviation: prohibit operators of civil aircraft of the U.S. from participating in the European Union emissions trading scheme (S. 1956), H6333 [13NO]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2614 [10MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1696• [28MR]

Congress: legislative process, H6286, H6296 [28SE]

Conservation of energy: allow for innovations and alternative technologies that meet or exceed desired energy efficiency goals and make technical corrections to Federal energy efficiency laws (H.R. 6582), H6603, H6606 [4DE]

Corwin, Toni and Bruce: Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, CA, Humanitarian Award recipients, E259• [28FE]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), H2234 [27AP]

Dept. of Energy: analyze regulations other nations apply to their oil and gas industries and compare them to U.S. regulations, H3899 [20JN]

——— ensure the innovative technology loan guarantee program is able to continue to accept applications for new loan guarantees, H6019 [14SE]

——— phase out the innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide taxpayer protections from pending program participants (H.R. 6213), H6011, H6012, H6013, H6019 [14SE]

——— require consultation and input of National Energy Technology Laboratory relative to clean air rules, H3898 [20JN]

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

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (H.R. 6163), H6140• [19SE]

——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (H.R. 733), H6146• [19SE]

——— Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, H2234 [27AP]

——— reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 6672), H7295• [19DE]

——— 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 the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H6199, H6201, H6214 [20SE], H6244, H6246, H6247 [21SE]

——— set clear rules for development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development (H.R. 3408), H757, H758 [15FE]

Diseases: provide for scientific frameworks relative to recalcitrant cancers, H6146• [19SE]

Economy: provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7409 [20DE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), conference report, H914 [17FE], E265•–E267• [28FE]

Electric power: clarify that compliance with an emergency order under the Federal Power Act to generate or transmit electricity may not be considered a violation of environmental laws or regulations (H.R. 4273), H5604• [1AU]

EPA: allow for the distribution, sale, and consumption of remaining inventories of over-the-counter chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) epinephrine inhalers (H.R. 6190), H6725, H6726, H6727 [12DE]

——— expand ability to waive certain pollution control fuel requirements when there is a fuel distribution problem and complete Fuel Harmonization Study with the Dept. of Energy, H3903 [20JN]

——— prohibit consideration of feasibility and cost in revising and supplementing national ambient air quality standards for ozone, H3902 [20JN]

——— prohibit delay in finalization of rules to establish clean air standards and to reduce air pollution if such rules will provide protection against asthma and other health effects, H3899, H3900 [20JN]

——— prohibit implementation of regional haze regulations at the Navajo Generating Station in Page, AZ, H6246, H6247 [21SE]

——— provide States increased flexibility in implementing regional haze management standards through State implementation plans, H6244 [21SE]

——— uphold scientific finding that carbon pollution endangers the public health and welfare, H6214 [20SE]

FCC: provide for creation of a public safety broadband network, ensure a more efficient and innovative allocation of the electromagnetic spectrum, and permit the FCC to conduct incentive auctions, H914 [17FE]

——— provide greater transparency and efficiency in procedures (H.R. 3309), H1611, H1612, H1617• [27MR]

——— require entities sponsoring political advertising to disclose the identity of donors who have contributed over a certain amount over a 2-year election cycle, H1617• [27MR]

FDA: provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products, H3228• [30MY]

——— 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), H3228• [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), H3861, H3862 [20JN]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (S. 743), H6286 [28SE]

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

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline, H757, H758 [15FE]

——— transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), H1957, H1958 [18AP]

——— transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3038, H3039, H3043, H3044 [17MY], H3869 [20JN]

Government regulations: prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), H5232 [25JY]

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), H1957, H1958 [18AP]

——— 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, H3038, H3039, H3043, H3044 [17MY]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1454, H1456, H1457, H1459, H1461, H1463, H1465, H1467 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4726 [10JY]

Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, H2014• [19AP]

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (H. Con. Res. 127), E1403• [3AU]

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (H.R. 1905), Senate amendment (H. Res. 750), E1404• [3AU]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules, H7306• [19DE]

——— reform, H1461 [21MR]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H914 [17FE]

——— 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 (H.R. 1845), H7306• [19DE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H6296 [28SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H323 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4726 [10JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1454, H1456, H1457, H1459, H1465, H1467 [21MR]

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), H3876, H3898, H3899, H3900, H3902, H3903 [20JN]

Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels, H1957, H1958 [18AP], H3869, H3874 [20JN]

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), H1957, H1958 [18AP]

——— 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, H3038, H3039, H3043, H3044 [17MY], H3869, H3874 [20JN]

U.N.: adoption of resolution granting Palestine a change in status from permanent observer before a comprehensive peace agreement has been reached with Israel, E1850• [29NO]

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]

Summaries

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630): Broadband Spectrum Provisions, H915 [17FE]

Tributes

Arness, James, E887• [25MY]

Baca, Representative, E1935• [13DE]

Berman, Representative, E1935• [13DE]

Burke, Warren, H3862 [20JN]

Filner, Representative, E1935• [13DE]

Flamm, Eric, H3862 [20JN]

Nelson, Karen, H3862 [20JN]

Patl, Arun, H3862 [20JN]

Renfrew, Megan, H3862 [20JN]

Richardson, Representative, E1935• [13DE]

Rowland, F. Sherwood, E802• [15MY]

Stark, Representative, E1935• [13DE]

Warschaw, Carmen Harvey, E1805• [27NO]

Woolsey, Representative, E1935• [13DE]