BILBRAY, BRIAN P. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4993 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afridi, Shakeel: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4069), H1101 [29FE]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H1210 [6MR]

Americans With Disabilities Act: require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to voluntarily correct a violation prior to commencing civil action (see H.R. 3356), H966 [27FE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H6234 [20SE]

Armed Forces: tribute to members for service in Iraq (see H. Res. 528), H181 [25JA]

Bataan-Corregidor Month: designate (see H. Res. 636), H2274 [27AP]

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

Budget: subject the pay of the President, Vice-President, and Members of Congress to any sequestration order (see H.R. 6438), H6234 [20SE]

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), H2663 [11MY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H1154 [5MR]

Congress: approve construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border (see H.R. 6164), H5130 [23JY]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see H.R. 4326), H1804 [29MR]

Crime: constitutional amendment to protect the rights of crime victims (see H.J. Res. 106), H6280 [21SE]

——— prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H6234 [20SE]

Dept. of Defense: provide for transfer of excess aircraft to the Forest Service for wildfire suppression activities (see H.R. 6248), H5628 [1AU]

Dept. of Education: strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 2794), H5711 [2AU]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H1847 [16AP]

——— 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]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit from granting deferred action or otherwise suspending effectiveness or enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 5957), H3916 [20JN]

——— provide certain information to intellectual property right owners of semiconductor chip products to facilitate identification of suspected counterfeit microchips (see H.R. 6012), H5293 [25JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2721), H5711 [2AU]

Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H3363 [31MY]

——— promote increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable associated hospitalizations (see H. Res. 295), H6234 [20SE]

FDA: expedite approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions (see H.R. 4132), H1210 [6MR]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (see H.R. 6729), H7565 [1JA]

Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3363 [31MY]

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), H694 [9FE]

Forest Service: make First and Second Generation Modular Airborne Firefighting System (MAFFS) units available to certain Air National Guard and Reserves to alleviate shortage of air tankers to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5965), H5079 [19JY]

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), H6152 [19SE]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 6043), H6152 [19SE]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3497), H5202 [24JY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 6388), H6152 [19SE]

Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 6429), H6068 [18SE]

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3363 [31MY]

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), H3915 [20JN]

——— preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H182 [25JA]

——— repeal medical loss ratio requirements for health insurance (see H.R. 2077), H2647 [10MY]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H5711 [2AU]

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

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H694 [9FE]

Medicare: exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H4157 [27JN]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2108), H5292 [25JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 4066), H6298 [28SE]

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

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

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), H1101 [29FE]

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 4385), H3976 [21JN]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 1960), H3577 [6JN]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 3523), H1807 [29MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 5842), H3481 [5JN]

Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 6587), H6680 [7DE]

Postal Service: authorize the sale, at fair market value, of any post office building subject to relocation (see H.R. 6238), H5525 [31JY]

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), H1392 [19MR]

Public debt: retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (see H. Res. 826), H6765 [12DE]

Public lands: expedite authorizations for private landowners to conduct vegetation removal on National Forest System or BLM lands to reduce risk of wildfires that would threaten residential structures (see H.R. 6519), H6275 [21SE]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 5991), H5923 [12SE] (see H.R. 6154), H6280 [21SE]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic medal winners (see H.R. 6267), H5766 [10SE]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H5202 [24JY]

——— extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 942), H5923 [12SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3661), H6314 [23OC]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H5923 [12SE]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 3522), H6429 [16NO]

——— provide a credit for production of renewable chemicals (see H.R. 4953), H2206 [26AP]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H1428 [20MR]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 6048), H4603 [28JN]

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

Unemployment: include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (see H.R. 4128), H1133 [1MR]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1571 [26MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Buy American Week: designate (see H. Res. 705), H4064 [26JN]

Dept. of HHS: grant provisional approval to fast-tracked drugs used in therapies and treatments for life-threatening diseases (see H.R. 6288), H5704 [2AU]

Dept. of the Interior: issue a final decision whether or not to issue a permit under the Endangered Species Act authorizing construction of an elementary school in San Diego, CA (see H.R. 4244), H1541 [22MR]

FDA: expedite development, evaluation, and approval of breakthrough drugs (see H.R. 5334), H2316 [7MY]

——— extend market exclusivity periods for drugs in certain combinations of drugs (see H.R. 6502), H6274 [21SE]

——— prevent States from conducting duplicative inspections of establishments in which a drug or device is manufactured, processed, packed, or held by a manufacturer or wholesale distributor (see H.R. 4056), H901 [16FE]

NIH: establish Skin Cancer Research Fund (see H.R. 5716), H2644 [10MY]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 6503), H6274 [21SE]

Tariff: fairway wood heads (see H.R. 5552), H2441 [8MY]

——— golf club driver heads (see H.R. 5551), H2441 [8MY]

——— golf club iron heads (see H.R. 5553), H2441 [8MY]

——— golf club putter heads (see H.R. 5554), H2441 [8MY]

——— golf wedge club heads (see H.R. 5555), H2442 [8MY]

——— hybrid golf club heads (see H.R. 5556), H2442 [8MY]

——— liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assemblies (see H.R. 5550), H2441 [8MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HHS: grant provisional approval to fast-tracked drugs used in therapies and treatments for life-threatening diseases (H.R. 6288), H5708 [2AU]

Dept. of the Interior: issue a final decision whether or not to issue a permit under the Endangered Species Act authorizing construction of an elementary school in San Diego, CA (H.R. 4244), H1542 [22MR]

FDA: expedite development, evaluation, and approval of breakthrough drugs (H.R. 5334), H2321 [7MY]

——— extend market exclusivity periods for drugs in certain combinations of drugs (H.R. 6502), H6277 [21SE]

——— prevent States from conducting duplicative inspections of establishments in which a drug or device is manufactured, processed, packed, or held by a manufacturer or wholesale distributor (H.R. 4056), H902 [16FE]

NIH: establish Skin Cancer Research Fund (H.R. 5716), H2646 [10MY]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (H.R. 6503), H6277 [21SE]

Tariff: fairway wood heads (H.R. 5552), H2444 [8MY]

——— golf club driver heads (H.R. 5551), H2444 [8MY]

——— golf club iron heads (H.R. 5553), H2444 [8MY]

——— golf club putter heads (H.R. 5554), H2444 [8MY]

——— golf wedge club heads (H.R. 5555), H2444 [8MY]

——— hybrid golf club heads (H.R. 5556), H2444 [8MY]

——— liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assemblies (H.R. 5550), H2444 [8MY]

Essays

Antibiotics Redux—Medicines That Change the Course of History: Jeff Stein, E2024• [31DE]

Remarks

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: tribute to FDA approval of Belviq for treatment of obesity, E1232• [11JY]

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 (H.R. 3596), H3750 [19JN]

California: amend certain laws relative to a FERC project located on a segment of the Lower Merced River (H.R. 2578), consideration (H. Res. 688), H3750 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4993 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to remove any portion of Mount Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, CA, H4993 [18JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3629 [7JN]

——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce memos from John Morton relative to immigration enforcement priorities and guidance on prosecutorial discretion, H3629 [7JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support enforcement of Federal immigration laws, H2422 [8MY]

Dept. of the Interior: issue a final decision whether or not to issue a permit under the Endangered Species Act authorizing construction of an elementary school in San Diego, CA (H.R. 4244), E423• [22MR]

FDA: expedite development, evaluation, and approval of breakthrough drugs, H3228• [30MY]

——— expedite process for requesting de novo classification of a device, 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), H3227• [30MY], E929• [31MY]

——— 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), H3866 [20JN]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H7564 [1JA]

Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), H6192 [20SE]

——— reform, H7564 [1JA]

Monuments and memorials: ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the U.S. Armed Forces may contain religious symbols (H.R. 290), H133 [24JA]

Nandipati, Snigdha: E.W. Scripps Co., National Spelling Bee winner, E964• [1JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2422 [8MY]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 436), H3612 [7JN]

U.S. Tennis Association: tribute to military tennis camp, E933• [31MY]

Votes: position on missed, H6248• [21SE]

World War II: anniversary of Bataan Death March, E664• [26AP]

Remarks in House relative to

House of Representatives: tribute to departing Members, H6742–H6751 [12DE]

Leave of absence: granted, H964 [27FE], H6673 [5DE]

Tribute, H6495, H6496 [28NO]

Tributes

Brubaker, Jim, E922• [31MY]

Ekard, Walter F., E1862• [3DE]

Schwartz, Debra, E356• [8MR]

Stein, Jeff, E2023• [31DE]

Tenney, Lester, E664• [26AP]

Watson, Muriel, E801• [15MY]