LARSEN, RICK (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3003 [17MY]

Appointments

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

Articles and editorials

House Reaches Agreement on Export-Import Bank Reauthorization To Strengthen American Manufacturing, Spur Job Creation, H2477• [9MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H2813 [16MY]

Animals: prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (see H.R. 2966), H182 [25JA]

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), H4156 [27JN]

——— 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), H6152 [19SE]

——— ensure that relocation of an active duty servicemember away from the servicemember’s principal residence does not prevent the refinancing of a mortgage on that residence (see H.R. 4740), H2125 [25AP]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H2329 [7MY]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 621), H2330 [7MY]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see H. Res. 774), H5765 [10SE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3179), H6469 [27NO]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the pioneers and participants of the civil rights movement (see H.R. 3866), H572 [7FE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H3404 [1JN]

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

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5887), H3404 [1JN]

Colleges and universities: add disclosure requirements to the institution financial aid offer form and make such form mandatory (see H.R. 6506), H6274 [21SE]

——— improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H6344 [13NO]

——— require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 1048), H2033 [19AP]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H4686 [9JY]

Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 321), H6318 [26OC]

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]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H945 [17FE] (see H.R. 4816), H2289 [27AP]

——— restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 4286), H3734 [18JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H2813 [16MY]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 3679), H2211 [26AP]

——— provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths (see H.R. 894), H4907 [17JY]

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), H4907 [17JY]

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), H641 [8FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 2052), H6152 [19SE]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 4287), H2329 [7MY]

——— improve disability compensation evaluation procedures for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (see H.R. 930), H2447 [8MY]

——— improve educational counseling opportunities for veterans (see H.R. 6101), H5202 [24JY]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 2985), H1642 [27MR]

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: 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), H5079 [19JY]

Drugs: address critical drug shortages (see H.R. 3839), H3171 [25MY]

Enterprise (U.S.S.): tribute to the Navy and current and former officers and crew upon completion of final deployment (see H. Con. Res. 143), H6765 [12DE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H4828 [11JY]

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: improve (see H.R. 5871), H6397 [15NO]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H3163 [18MY]

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), H4158 [27JN]

Federal Property and Administrative Services Act: extend number of years that multiyear contracts may be entered into for purchase of advanced biofuel (see H.R. 1847), H1391 [19MR]

Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3267 [30MY]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H7264 [18DE]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H5200 [24JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H1306 [8MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 6388), H6310 [16OC]

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

Hydroelectric power: recognize as the most abundant source of clean, renewable energy and should be fully utilized in pursuit of energy independence and affordable energy (see H. Res. 579), H1305 [8MR]

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

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H220 [31JA]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2716 [15MY]

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), H1274 [7MR]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H3662 [7JN]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H3976 [21JN]

Mann-Grandstaff Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Spokane, WA: designate (see H.R. 3197), H4065 [26JN]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H3363 [31MY]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H4907 [17JY]

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority: ensure compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (see H.R. 6592), H6429 [16NO]

Music and dance: preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz (see H.R. 2823), H6469 [27NO]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 756), H5707 [2AU]

National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 803), H6276 [21SE]

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

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 655), H2646 [10MY]

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

National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office, Eatonville, WA: designate (see H.R. 5788), H2812 [16MY]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable (see H.R. 4154), H3105 [17MY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1306 [8MR]

NOAA: establish an expedited award process for grants to address marine debris emergencies (see H.R. 6251), H5628 [1AU]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: tribute to establishment of Federal interagency neuroscience working group (see H. Res. 613), H4865 [12JY]

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), H1391 [19MR]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H4907 [17JY]

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

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (see H. Res. 592), H1427 [20MR]

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), H3163 [18MY]

Public buildings: improve security at State and local courthouses (see H.R. 6185), H5766 [10SE]

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]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H1306 [8MR]

SBA: increase small business lending (see H.R. 5851), H3162 [18MY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H694 [9FE]

——— direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H6298 [28SE]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H476 [3FE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (see H.R. 3606), H1017 [28FE]

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), H2447 [8MY]

Syria: strengthen sanctions, enhance multilateral commitment to address threatening policies, and establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government (see H.R. 2106), H1571 [26MR]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 2697), H220 [31JA]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified manufacturing facility construction costs (see H.R. 6120), H4863 [12JY]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H4686 [9JY]

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

——— exclude dividends from controlled foreign corporations from the definition of personal holding company income for purposes of the personal holding company rules (see H.R. 6660), H7425 [20DE]

——— 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 the Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 11), H1641 [27MR]

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

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 3903), H1847 [16AP]

Transportation: provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 572), H5130 [23JY]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (see H.R. 3173), H2072 [24AP]

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

University of Washington: tribute to men’s crew team (see H. Res. 699), H3975 [21JN]

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

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H1742 [28MR]

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), H4828 [11JY]

——— 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]

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]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H3662 [7JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: place certain lands in Skagit and San Juan Counties, WA, into trust for the Samish Indian Nation (see H.R. 5992), H3974 [21JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R. 6527), H6275 [21SE]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4302), H1803 [29MR]

Jackson, Henry M.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 125), H3162 [18MY]

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in Glacier Peak Wilderness (see H.R. 6039), H4156 [27JN]

Voting: permit an individual who is required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet such requirement by signing an affidavit attesting to the individual’s identification (see H.R. 6419), H6060 [14SE]

Western Washington University: tribute to men’s basketball team (see H. Res. 607), H1805 [29MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of the Interior: place certain lands in Skagit and San Juan Counties, WA, into trust for the Samish Indian Nation (H.R. 5992), H3975 [21JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (H.R. 6527), H6278 [21SE]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 4302), H1805 [29MR], H2031 [19AP]

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest: preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in Glacier Peak Wilderness (H.R. 6039), H4157 [27JN]

Voting: permit an individual who is required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet such requirement by signing an affidavit attesting to the individual’s identification (H.R. 6419), H6061 [14SE]

Letters

Eximbank reauthorization: George Landrith, H2477• [9MY]

——— Representative Carolyn McCarthy, H2476• [9MY]

——— Representative Yoder, H2477• [9MY]

Residential and Commuter Toll Fairness Act: Gregory M. Cohen, American Highway Users Alliance, H5606 [1AU]

Press releases

Levin, McDermott Urge Reauthorization of Export-Import Bank: Committee on Ways and Means (House) Democrats, H2477• [9MY]

New Dems Support Multi-Year Ex-Im Reauthorization: New Democrat Coalition, H2477• [9MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 5973), consideration (H. Res. 697), H4022 [26JN]

Bellingham, WA: anniversary of Kiwanis Club of Bellingham, E317• [6MR]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), concur in Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 825), H6643 [5DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H2792 [16MY], H3137, H3138 [18MY], E850•, E851• [18MY]

——— include finding that deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to South Korea would destabilize the Western Pacific region, E851• [18MY]

——— limit funding to any institution or organization established by U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, E850• [18MY]

——— small business contracting reforms funding, H2792 [16MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), E1022• [7JN]

Dept. of Transportation: State distracted driving prevention grant funding, E1149• [27JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), consideration (H. Res. 697), H4022 [26JN]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 2072), H2468, H2476• [9MY]

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), E1341• [26JY]

Gulf of Mexico: 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), conference report, H4608 [29JN]

Illabot Creek: designate segment as a component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 1740), H3441 [5JN]

Immigration: permanently authorize EB–5 regional center program, E1022• [7JN]

——— 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), H5816 [11SE]

Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 1171), H5610 [1AU]

Minnesota: remove designation of Mille Lacs Lake as a federally navigable body of water to eliminate Federal regulation of certain activities (H.R. 5797), H5607 [1AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Supreme Court decision on constitutionality, H4163 [28JN]

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), conference report, H4608 [29JN]

——— 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, E1149• [27JN]

Space policy: remove commercial satellites and related components from the U.S. Munitions List subject to certain restrictions, H2792 [16MY]

Transportation: authorize and sanction programs for residential and commuter toll, user fee, and fare discounts by States, municipalities, other localities, as well as all related agencies and departments (H.R. 897), H5605, H5606 [1AU]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): prohibit reductions to strategic delivery systems pending certification that Russia has met certain conditions, H3137, H3138 [18MY]

Veterans: improve assistance programs, E1339• [26JY]

Violence Against Women Act: protect foreign women brought to the U.S. through the mail-order bride industry from serial abusers, H2769 [16MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2769 [16MY]

Tributes

Costello, Representative, H5911• [12SE]

Morrison, Stephanie, E1138• [26JN]