CUELLAR, HENRY (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743), H3300 [31MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (see H.R. 3521), H182 [25JA]

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S. (see H.R. 5144), H2270 [27AP]

——— modify commencement date of active force drawdown period used for reimplementation of the temporary early retirement authority to restore benefits for certain members (see H.R. 3904), H1571 [26MR]

Aviation: require individuals seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked against the terrorist watchlist (see H.R. 6159), H5328 [26JY]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 567), H1100 [29FE]

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

Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building, Gainesville, TX: designate (see H.R. 6589), H7425 [20DE]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant (see H.R. 2997), H4065 [26JN]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H3363 [31MY]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H6061 [14SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H5861 [11SE]

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

Dept. of HHS: 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]

Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize, enhance, and reform certain port security programs through increased efficiency and risk-based coordination (see H.R. 4251), H1542 [22MR]

——— provide for annual reports on the status of operational control of international land and maritime borders of the U.S. and unlawful entries (see H.R. 6025), H4606 [28JN]

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), H2813 [16MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: disapprove rule relative to U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (see H.J. Res. 108), H2645 [10MY] (see H.J. Res. 113), H4604 [28JN]

——— prevent expansion of U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (see H.R. 2568), H2288 [27AP]

Ecuador: condemn repression of democracy and human rights, express concern on lack of counternarcotics cooperation and relationship with Iran, and discourage renewal of trade preference systems (see H. Res. 745), H6234 [20SE]

EPA: amend the renewable fuel program to allow domestic alternative fuel to be used to satisfy a portion of the required applicable volume of renewable fuel (see H.R. 3773), H1101 [29FE]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H1428 [20MR]

——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H4656 [29JN]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 6174), H5200 [24JY]

House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H2072 [24AP]

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]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2329 [7MY]

Israel: reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H1498 [21MR]

Members of Congress: 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), H641 [8FE]

Mexico: apply whole-of-government plan, in coordination with Mexican Government, to combat Mexican-based transnational criminal organizations (see H.R. 6280), H5704 [2AU]

NASA: preserve U.S. space leadership by establishing a Board of Directors to review and reform space programs and extend the term of the Administrator (see H.R. 6491), H6274 [21SE]

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

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H945 [17FE]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 3760), H159 [24JA]

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), H1847 [16AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H802 [15FE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H1135 [1MR]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H3977 [21JN]

Taxation: allow qualified scholarship funding corporations to access tax-exempt financing for alternative private student loans (see H.R. 6209), H5326 [26JY]

——— extend rule disregarding tax refunds in the administration of Federal or federally-assisted programs (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

——— extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H2072 [24AP]

——— prevent certain discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property (see H.R. 4847), H5860 [11SE]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H4685 [9JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H3703 [12JN]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 1639), H3808 [19JN]

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]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H441 [2FE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1100 [29FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Foreign trade: allow public-private partnerships to fund additional staffing and alternative financing for infrastructure improvements at land border ports of entry (see H.R. 5964), H3806 [19JN]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: lease space for a park headquarters, expand boundary, and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions (see H.R. 5988), H3974 [21JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Foreign trade: allow public-private partnerships to fund additional staffing and alternative financing for infrastructure improvements at land border ports of entry (H.R. 5964), H3807 [19JN]

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park: lease space for a park headquarters, expand boundary, and conduct a study of potential land acquisitions (H.R. 5988), H3975 [21JN]

Remarks

Azerbaijan: anniversary of Soviet attack on citizens of Baku, E64• [24JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Border Enforcement Security Task Force, H3245 [30MY]

——— tribute to U.S. Border Patrol Academy graduating class, E589• [19AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure timely payments to non-VA medical providers, H3317 [31MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3317 [31MY]

Ender, Elma T.S.: Laredo-Webb County, TX, Bar Association Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1854• [30NO]

Government: require establishment of customer service standards for Federal agencies (H.R. 538), H5779 [11SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743), H3300 [31MY]

Law enforcement: coordinate efforts to protect U.S. border cities from drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across U.S. borders (H.R. 915), H3245 [30MY]

——— coordinate efforts to protect U.S. border cities from drug trafficking, gunrunning, illegal alien smuggling, violence, and kidnapping along and across U.S. borders (H.R. 915), Senate amendment, H6438 [27NO]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: authorize participation in information sharing with Canada and Mexico for the purposes of border security and combating drug trafficking, H3300 [31MY]

Sharyland, TX: tribute to Sharyland High School boys’ soccer team, E628• [24AP]

Votes: position on missed, E847• [18MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H3318 [31MY]

Tributes

Baldwin, Hal, E531• [16AP]

Canales, Kaleb, E455• [27MR]

Figueroa-Munoz, Adelita, E1032• [8JN]

Hall, Horace C., III, E1377• [1AU]

Herrera, Tomas S., E1288• [19JY]

Hyatt, Robert, E646• [25AP]

Juarez, Marina A. (Toni), E548• [17AP]

Matthies, Betty Ann, E1326• [25JY]

Meza, Juan, E110• [1FE]

Owen, Charles W., E568• [18AP]

Schott, Harold, E669• [26AP]