CAPPS, LOIS (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: reform and enhance Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing programs, provide equitable revenue sharing for coastal States, and reorganize the Minerals Management Service (H.R. 2231), H4153 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 3471), H7357 [21NO]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H2719 [16MY]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H5435 [9SE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 847), H700 [27FE]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2224), H5589 [17SE]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H1861 [9AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H1359 [12MR]

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. 683), H544 [14FE]

——— exempt retired pay of certain disabled veterans from full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment and prevent adverse impact of such adjustment on Survivor Benefit Plan annuities (see H.R. 3789), H8125 [19DE]

——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1333), H1822 [21MR]

——— lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 1389), H1824 [21MR]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3790), H8125 [19DE]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1630), H2157 [18AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7312 [20NO]

Budget: prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on the budget resolution (see H. Res. 424), H7508 [4DE]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (see H.R. 3302), H6674 [22OC]

CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (see H.R. 1038), H2354 [25AP]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see H. Res. 132), H1994 [12AP]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H1549 [15MR]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H1322 [6MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H279 [23JA]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H2351 [25AP]

Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1154), H7153 [15NO]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H6545 [11OC]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 812), H818 [28FE]

——— support community college and industry partnerships (see H.R. 2560), H4143 [27JN]

Commission on America and Its Veterans: establish (see H.R. 1492), H1955 [11AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2959 [23MY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H701 [27FE]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 728), H599 [15FE]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1844), H5767 [19SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 19), H284 [23JA]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 71), H455 [12FE]

Corps of Engineers: review policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees (see H.R. 399), H280 [23JA]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H316 [1FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 2523), H4078 [26JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: modernize conservation programs, protect long term investments, increase small and midsize farmer’s access to programs, and prioritize modern-day conservation needs (see H.R. 1890), H2533 [8MY]

——— oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H2840 [21MY]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 1414), H2604 [14MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund (see H.R. 400), H280 [23JA]

——— issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program (see H.R. 2646), H4980 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 2839), H5088 [25JY]

Dept. of Education: collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H6998 [12NO]

——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1763), H2351 [25AP]

——— establish feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk students on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (see H.R. 1395), H3688 [17JN]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1433), H1857 [9AP] (see H.R. 1595), H2123 [17AP]

——— make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1857), H2571 [9MY]

——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 2702), H4523 [16JY]

Dept. of HHS: award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (see H.R. 2094), H4040 [25JN]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see H.R. 1732), H3097 [4JN]

——— encourage use of medical checklists through research (see H.R. 116), H31 [3JA]

——— establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension (see H.R. 2073), H2838 [21MY]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H1861 [9AP]

——— lift restrictions on research agencies from conducting research on firearms safety and gun violence (see H.R. 321), H294 [25JA]

——— 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 tier (see H.R. 460), H341 [4FE]

——— promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority (see H.R. 2286), H3250 [6JN]

——— provide for a national public outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness of women’s preventive health (see H.R. 2457), H3988 [20JN]

——— provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see H.R. 1019), H1320 [6MR]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H2438 [6MY]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (see H.R. 297), H170 [15JA]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 541), H411 [6FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1175), H7153 [15NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans’ benefits to recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 2529), H8127 [19DE]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 897), H1860 [9AP]

——— 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. 958), H3015 [3JN]

——— improve disability compensation evaluation procedures for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (see H.R. 671), H501 [13FE]

——— make grants with minority-serving institutions to establish verified delivery systems to address social and academic problems facing veterans enrolled at such institutions (see H.R. 1251), H2959 [23MY]

——— provide additional assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to veterans pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) (see H.R. 1816), H7357 [21NO]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1725), H2349 [25AP]

Developing countries: promote sexual and reproductive health of individuals and couples (see H.R. 3206), H6225 [3OC]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (see H.R. 2322), H3287 [11JN]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1801), H2392 [26AP]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H8127 [19DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 20), H6644 [16OC]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1286), H1718 [20MR]

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H3216 [5JN]

——— improve beach monitoring by requiring coastal States to adopt water quality standards, conduct quicker water testing, and improved monitoring and public notification programs (see H.R. 2601), H4174 [28JN]

——— regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H7153 [15NO]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1858 [9AP]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2028), H2717 [16MY]

FDA: require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (see H.R. 584), H456 [12FE]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3135), H5765 [19SE]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6052 [30SE]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H2485 [7MY]

——— 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. 137), H628 [25FE]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H1829 [21MR]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H628 [25FE]

——— provide protection from gun violence by banning access to certain weapons, strengthening mental health infrastructure, and improving the understanding of gun violence (see H.R. 2910), H5341 [1AU]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 93), H86 [14JA]

Fish and fishing: call for ban and prevent the import of shark fins from sharks caught through the practice of finning (see H. Res. 285), H4310 [9JY]

——— strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 69), H455 [12FE]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 1012), H1319 [6MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2738), H4724 [18JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H5348 [1AU]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2030), H2959 [23MY]

General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic—A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility, Marina, CA: designate (see H.R. 272), H3253 [6JN]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H173 [15JA]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H284 [23JA]

Health: expand eligibility and permit additional individuals to enroll in the preexisting condition insurance program to be funded by a temporary increase in the cigarette tax (see H.R. 1578), H2065 [16AP]

Health care professionals: extend authorization for certain health care workforce loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1827), H4309 [9JY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 363), H6053 [30SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H2605 [14MY]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2300 [24AP]

Housing Act: revise census data and population requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see H.R. 858), H1430 [14MR]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 519), H599 [15FE] (see H.R. 717), H546 [14FE]

——— provide punishments for immigration consultants that provide fraudulent services to immigrants (see H.R. 2936), H5589 [17SE]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6545 [11OC]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1531), H1991 [12AP]

Iran: call for release of Saeed Abedini and condemn persecution of religious minorities (see H. Res. 147), H3217 [5JN]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 904), H2354 [25AP]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H5402 [2AU]

James ‘Jim’ Kohnen Post Office, Dublin, CA: designate (see H.R. 1671), H2246 [23AP]

James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 1378), H1824 [21MR]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H7689 [11DE]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1329), H1861 [9AP]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H1860 [9AP]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H1911 [10AP]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H700 [27FE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H4078 [26JN]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 800), H596 [15FE]

——— provide comprehensive audiology services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2330), H3355 [12JN]

——— provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1661), H2571 [9MY]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H3592 [13JN]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1325), H1837 [25MR] (see H.R. 1428), H1856 [9AP]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (see H.R. 2810), H5348 [1AU]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H2067 [16AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H1958 [11AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H1426 [14MR]

Members of Congress: prohibit automatic salary adjustments for the remainder of the 113th Congress (see H.R. 636), H499 [13FE]

——— 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. 310), H176 [18JA]

——— provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 1884), H2533 [8MY]

——— suspend salary during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3224), H6290 [4OC]

Mental health: increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see H.R. 1263), H1829 [21MR]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H6493 [10OC]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR]

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 526), H5262 [31JY]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 262), H168 [15JA]

Municipal bonds: tribute to history, anniversary of tax exemption, and important contribution to economic growth and wellbeing in States and municipalities (see H. Res. 112), H2571 [9MY]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2159 [18AP]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 203), H2575 [13MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H4142 [27JN]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 201), H2437 [6MY]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1359 [12MR]

Nelson ‘Mac’ MacWilliams Post Office Building, Ramona, CA: designate (see H.R. 1356), H1823 [21MR]

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 282), H4215 [8JY]

NOAA: improve ability to address severe marine debris events (see H.R. 1425), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities to address marine debris impacts of 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami (see H.R. 1491), H1955 [11AP]

Oil Pollution Act: require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (see H.R. 1743), H2350 [25AP]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 915), H1550 [15MR]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H2249 [23AP]

——— provide for the computation of normal-cost percentage for postal employees as a separate and distinct class and the disposition of certain excess retirement contributions (see H.R. 961), H2803 [20MY]

——— recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H2839 [21MY]

Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 2077), H2838 [21MY]

——— reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H8127 [19DE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 2248), H3095 [4JN]

Public lands: designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (see H.R. 1187), H1426 [14MR]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H3929 [19JN]

Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 2368), H6957 [30OC]

Ryan, Leo J.: tribute (see H. Res. 423), H7252 [19NO]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H1427 [14MR]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H2158 [18AP]

Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education program from the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (see H.R. 3774), H8117 [16DE]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H2804 [20MY]

——— 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. 3050), H5398 [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. 1692), H2438 [6MY]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H2157 [18AP]

——— clarify that tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum (see H.R. 786), H2125 [17AP]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H500 [13FE]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2350 [25AP]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1829 [21MR]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H5589 [17SE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H6999 [12NO]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H5049 [24JY]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H3689 [17JN]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H1837 [25MR]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 1851), H3592 [13JN]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 924), H2248 [23AP]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H7628 [10DE]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 2990), H5396 [2AU]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 609), H454 [12FE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H3286 [11JN]

Transportation: provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 2958), H5343 [1AU]

Veterans: ensure education and training received by Armed Forces members and veterans better assists them in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses (see H.R. 1796), H2392 [26AP]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2001), H2654 [15MY]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 235), H84 [14JA]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: acknowledge donor contributions at Visitor Center (see H.R. 588), H413 [6FE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H221 [22JA]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H277 [23JA]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1921), H3760 [18JN]

Wildlife: establish improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent introduction and establishment in the U.S. of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites (see H.R. 996), H1318 [6MR]

——— prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 1998), H5513 [11SE]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H5344 [1AU]

——— 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. 1975), H2602 [14MY]

——— recognize the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2393 [26AP]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H2438 [6MY]

——— provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1835), H2436 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: stop sale of products fraudulently labeled as organic, require organic producers and certifiers to maintain and provide records, and impose penalties on violators of organic food laws (see H.R. 2400), H3687 [17JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (see H.R. 764), H594 [15FE]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2308), H3286 [11JN]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 2023), H2717 [16MY]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (see H.R. 225), H84 [14JA]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (see H.R. 698), H545 [14FE]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (see H.R. 2632), H4308 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 2486), H4037 [25JN]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1429), H1856 [9AP]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see H.R. 765), H594 [15FE]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 3718), H8107 [12DE]

Firearms: protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see H.R. 1177), H1426 [14MR]

Los Padres National Forest: convey certain lands (see H.R. 3008), H5397 [2AU]

Medicaid: encourage adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology by safety net providers and clinics (see H.R. 2676), H4483 [11JY]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (see H.R. 2477), H4037 [25JN]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 1821), H2400 [30AP]

Oil Pollution Act: establish oil spill research committee, program, and interagency plan (see H.R. 373), H279 [23JA]

Schools: enhance safety (see H.R. 1470), H1909 [10AP]

Veterans: develop guidelines for use of unofficial sources of information to determine eligibility for benefits and decorations when service records are incomplete due to damage while in Dept. of Defense possession (see H.R. 3397), H6952 [30OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: stop sale of products fraudulently labeled as organic, require organic producers and certifiers to maintain and provide records, and impose penalties on violators of organic food laws (H.R. 2400), H3688 [17JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (H.R. 764), H597 [15FE]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 2308), H3287 [11JN]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (H.R. 2023), H2718 [16MY]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (H.R. 225), H85 [14JA]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (H.R. 698), H548 [14FE]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (H.R. 2632), H4309 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (H.R. 2486), H4038 [25JN]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (H.R. 1429), H1859 [9AP]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (H.R. 765), H597 [15FE]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 3718), H8110 [12DE]

Firearms: protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (H.R. 1177), H1429 [14MR]

Los Padres National Forest: convey certain lands (H.R. 3008), H5401 [2AU]

Medicaid: encourage adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology by safety net providers and clinics (H.R. 2676), H4484 [11JY]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (H.R. 2477), H4038 [25JN]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (H.R. 1821), H2400 [30AP]

Oil Pollution Act: establish oil spill research committee, program, and interagency plan (H.R. 373), H282 [23JA]

Schools: enhance safety (H.R. 1470), H1910 [10AP]

Veterans: develop guidelines for use of unofficial sources of information to determine eligibility for benefits and decorations when service records are incomplete due to damage while in Dept. of Defense possession (H.R. 3397), H6955 [30OC]

Letters

HIV Organ Policy Equity Act: John P. Roberts, United Network for Organ Sharing, H6970 [12NO]

——— several HIV/AIDS advocacy, treatment, research, and transplant groups, H6970 [12NO]

Immigration reform: several California legislators, H5646 [18SE]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) reauthorization and Dept. of HHS National Pediatric Research Network establishment: Daniel Hayden and Michael Calise, FightSMA (organization), H6965 [12NO]

——— Jim Kaufman, Children’s Hospital Association, H6965 [12NO]

——— Nick Manetto, Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research, H6965 [12NO]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) reauthorization and Prematurity Awareness Month observance: Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes Foundation, H6966 [12NO]

——— several health organizations, H6966 [12NO]

Sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees improvement: Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the U.S. and Michael Markarian, Humane Society Legislative Fund (organization), H6966 [12NO]

Motions

Dept. of HHS: making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6368, H6369 [8OC]

EPA: require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy (H.R. 1582), H5291 [1AU]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2703 [16MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 45), H2703 [16MY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H955 [5MR]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H3739 [18JN]

American Cancer Fund for Children (organization) and Kids Cancer Connection (organization): anniversary, E373• [25MR]

Animals: improve sanctuary system for surplus chimpanzees, H6964 [12NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6368, H6369 [8OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent request, H6555 [12OC]

California Polytechnic State University: dedication of Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics, E1599• [30OC]

Childhood Cancer Awareness Week: observance, E373• [25MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H1840 [9AP], H3108 [5JN]

Climate: global warming, H569 [15FE], H1401 [14MR], H2106 [17AP], H3368 [13JN], H7406 [3DE]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, H741 [28FE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2868 [22MY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H2892 [22MY]

Cuesta College: anniversary, E510• [23AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5672, H5677 [19SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (H.R. 764), H569 [15FE], H1401 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), consideration (H. Res. 256), H3313 [12JN]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H4608 [18JY]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults, H3313 [12JN]

Dept. of Education: establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), H4048 [26JN]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (H.R. 2023), H2812 [21MY]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network, H6963 [12NO]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (H.R. 225), H323 [4FE]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (S. 330), H6968, H6969 [12NO]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (H.R. 2632), H4222 [9JY]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), motion to recommit, H6368, H6369 [8OC]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 252), H6963 [12NO]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H5268 [1AU]

Dept. of Labor: establish alternate guidelines for measuring progress of State and local performance for entrepreneurial training services under the Workforce Investment Act, H1411 [14MR]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit certain activities and require a report on expenditures relative to the National Ocean Policy established by Executive order, E1002• [28JN]

——— prohibit offshore hydraulic fracturing activities until completion of environmental and public health impact study, H7204 [19NO]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off certain areas of the coast of California, H4052 [26JN], H4153, H4154 [28JN]

——— reform and enhance Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing programs, provide equitable revenue sharing for coastal States, and reorganize the Minerals Management Service (H.R. 2231), H4153, H4154 [28JN], E1002• [28JN]

——— reform and enhance Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing programs, provide equitable revenue sharing for coastal States, and reorganize the Minerals Management Service (H.R. 2231), consideration (H. Res. 274), H4052 [26JN]

——— streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development (H.R. 1965), consideration (H. Res. 419), H7204 [19NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H5268 [1AU]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (H.R. 1429), E969• [26JN]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (H. Res. 198), H2454 [7MY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), consideration (H. Res. 113), H1411 [14MR]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (H.R. 765), H569 [15FE], H1401 [14MR]

——— ensure ability to enforce rules that result in reduced incidence of cancer, premature mortality, asthma attacks, or respiratory disease in children and seniors, H5291 [1AU]

——— funding, H4992 [24JY]

——— require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy (H.R. 1582), motion to recommit, H5291 [1AU]

Equal Pay Act: anniversary, H3108 [5JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H1840 [9AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: anniversary, H353 [5FE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6368, H6369 [8OC], H6555 [12OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2685 [16MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), motion to recommit, H2703 [16MY]

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association: anniversary, E233• [4MR]

Immigration: reform, H5645 [18SE]

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), H5519 [12SE]

Journal: question of approval, H1839 [9AP]

Kids Cancer Connection (organization): anniversary, E373• [25MR]

Medicaid: anniversary, H5100 [30JY]

Medicare: anniversary, H5100 [30JY]

National Nurses Week: observance, E643• [13MY]

National Preeclampsia Awareness Month: observance, E781• [4JN]

National School Breakfast Week: observance, H956 [5MR]

National Scleroderma Awareness Month: observance, E969• [26JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7081 [14NO], H7259 [20NO]

——— preserve certain provisions relative to women, children, and pre-existing conditions, H2703 [16MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2685 [16MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), motion to recommit, H2703 [16MY]

Pipelines: treatment of tar sands or oil sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline as crude oil relative to contributions to Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, H2892 [22MY]

Santa Barbara, CA: anniversary of Santa Barbara Women’s Political Committee, E616• [8MY]

——— tribute to Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Museum and Channel City Club (organization) Committee on Foreign Relations symposium ‘‘70 Years On . . . Celebrating the ‘Bomber Boys’ of World War II’’, E509• [23AP]

Santa Barbara Summit for Tibet (organization): tribute, E405• [10AP]

States: recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), consideration (H. Res. 419), H7204 [19NO]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H185 [22JA]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 47), H741 [28FE]

Votes: position on missed, E29• [15JA], E1029• [9JY], E11181• [23JY]

Tributes

Clark, William P., E1256• [9SE]

Kielburger, Craig, E1534• [22OC]

Kielburger, Marc, E1534• [22OC]

Serra, Junípero, E512• [23AP]

Tedford, Jim, E895• [17JN]

Teixeira, Phil, E1035• [10JY]