PASTOR, ED (a Representative from Arizona)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H4828 [11JY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H5860 [11SE]

Arizona: anniversary of statehood (see H. Con. Res. 100), H726 [14FE] (see H. Res. 551), H802 [15FE]

——— convey certain land inholdings owned by the U.S. to the Tucson Unified School District and to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona (see H.R. 4222), H2212 [26AP]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H1101 [29FE]

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 (see H.R. 3596), H28 [17JA]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the pioneers and participants of the civil rights movement (see H.R. 3866), H374 [1FE]

——— restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H4864 [12JY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H4864 [12JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H6623 [4DE]

Dept. of Education: improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 885), H2211 [26AP]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H3177 [29MY]

——— 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), H5923 [12SE]

——— make grants to volunteer dental projects, improve oral health education and dental disease prevention, and enhance Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program dental services (see H.R. 1666), H2569 [9MY]

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), H727 [14FE]

Dept. of State: authorize payment of a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals (see H.R. 4077), H3808 [19JN]

Diseases: issue a semipostal stamp for the fight against colorectal cancer (see H.R. 893), H1807 [29MR]

——— 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), H5860 [11SE]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 266), H2033 [19AP]

——— statehood (see H.R. 265), H2033 [19AP]

FAA: establish an Aviation Rulemaking Committee to address flight attendant duty time limitations and rest requirements (see H.R. 3824), H803 [15FE]

FDA: 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), H1741 [28MR]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H6001 [13SE]

Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 1781), H7425 [20DE]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 591), H7425 [20DE]

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), H5712 [2AU]

Foreign trade: prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 3057), H727 [14FE]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H6062 [14SE]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H4864 [12JY]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see H.R. 267), H2033 [19AP]

Housing Act: revise requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see H.R. 273), H2288 [27AP]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H476 [3FE]

IRS: permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see H.R. 4123), H1133 [1MR]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H2288 [27AP]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H1428 [20MR]

Medicare: amend provisions relative to payment for partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 3442), H512 [6FE]

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

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

National Heritage Area Program: authorize (see H.R. 4099), H1016 [28FE]

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

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 Science and Technology Policy: tribute to establishment of Federal interagency neuroscience working group (see H. Res. 613), H3578 [6JN]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H803 [15FE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H2569 [9MY]

Public lands: sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 3496), H4864 [12JY]

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

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 5991), H6675 [5DE] (see H.R. 6154), H6701 [11DE]

SSA: ensure continuation of services under the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (see H.R. 6061), H5712 [2AU]

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), H3808 [19JN]

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), H1847 [16AP]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6001 [13SE]

——— extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H3703 [12JN]

——— provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1802), H2134 [25AP]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H1134 [1MR]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1675), H2813 [16MY]

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), H2447 [8MY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H2212 [26AP]

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), H5131 [23JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Jim Kolbe Post Office, Patagonia, AZ: designate (see H.R. 5939), H3699 [8JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Jim Kolbe Post Office, Patagonia, AZ: designate (H.R. 5939), H3699 [8JN]

Remarks

Cruz, Terri: Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives (publication) Arizona Latina Trailblazer Award recipient, E565• [18AP]

Translational Genomics Research Institute: anniversary, E1144• [26JN]

Votes: position on missed, H2246• [27AP]

Tributes

Barber, Representative, H3753 [19JN]

Gutierrez, Sonia, E1476• [11SE]

Maynes, Beki Sigworth, E482• [29MR]

Maynes, J.O., Jr. (Rocky), E482• [29MR]

Poulos, Lou, E457• [27MR]

Rogers, Marie Lopez, E1923• [13DE]

Smith, David R., E566• [18AP]

Sullivan, John V., H1633 [27MR]