DENHAM, JEFF (a Representative from California)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H94 [15JA]

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3553 [13JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4953 [23JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H6557 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H1356 [12MR]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1797), H3216 [5JN]

Agriculture: codify exemptions for farming, forestry, and ranching relative to permit requirements for dredged or fill material (see H.R. 2581), H5052 [24JY]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H2349 [25AP]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2084), H5802 [20SE]

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. 777), H595 [15FE] (see H.R. 994), H1318 [6MR]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian and contractor personnel, Coast Guard, and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3232), H6174 [2OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian personnel and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3241), H6223 [3OC]

——— extend duration of Physical Disability Board of Review and expand authority of such Board to review the separation of members on the basis of a mental condition not amounting to disability (see H.R. 975), H982 [5MR]

——— issue a forever stamp to honor sacrifices of members who are still prisoner, missing, or unaccounted for (see H.R. 2794), H5093 [26JY]

BLM: establish Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Joaquin Rocks Wilderness, and designate additional components of the national wild and scenic rivers system in California (see H.R. 1776), H2391 [26AP]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 293), H5090 [25JY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7111 [14NO]

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

California: amend Wild and Scenic Rivers Act relative to a FERC project located on a segment of the Lower Merced River (see H.R. 934), H949 [4MR]

CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (see H.R. 1038), H1330 [11MR]

Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 853), H3096 [4JN]

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), H1720 [20MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H2655 [15MY]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (see H.R. 3080), H5834 [25SE]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H301 [29JA]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 732), H1360 [12MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: include California as a separate Federal milk marketing order upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers (see H.R. 1396), H1825 [21MR]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 979), H2535 [8MY]

——— repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program (see H.R. 1355), H1823 [21MR]

Dept. of Defense: declare the attack at Fort Hood, TX, a terrorist attack and ensure victims of such attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those killed or wounded in overseas combat zones (see H.R. 3111), H6546 [11OC]

——— modify authorities relative to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by removing prosecution of serious crimes from the chain of command (see H.R. 2016), H5348 [1AU]

Dept. of State: develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly (see H.R. 1151), H2485 [7MY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize water rights settlement with the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (see H.R. 2508), H4078 [26JN]

——— take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (see H.R. 3313), H6767 [23OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 508), H2958 [23MY]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of individuals operating commercial motor vehicles for sleep disorders is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (see H.R. 3095), H5589 [17SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 679), H501 [13FE]

——— extend homeless veterans reintegration programs (see H.R. 2150), H2953 [23MY]

——— make certain clarifications and improvements in academic and vocational counseling programs (see H.R. 3399), H6952 [30OC]

——— prohibit medical exam requests of veterans who have submitted sufficient evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals and improve efficiency of disability claims processing (see H.R. 1980), H2603 [14MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: establish a prize program to award a prize and contract for the development of a fully-integrated electronic health records program (see H.R. 2055), H2802 [20MY]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7508 [4DE]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (see H.R. 311), H176 [18JA]

——— exempt the conduct of silvicultural activities from national pollutant discharge elimination system permitting requirements (see H.R. 2026), H4080 [26JN]

——— prohibit certain exports of electronic waste (see H.R. 2791), H7628 [10DE]

——— require congressional review of certain rules (see H.R. 2916), H5342 [1AU]

——— withdraw proposed order pertaining to the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride (see H.R. 1496), H2067 [16AP]

Federal agencies and departments: include language in certain educational and advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and disseminated at taxpayer expense (see H.R. 3308), H6829 [28OC]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 367), H278 [23JA]

Federal employees: provide for investigative leave requirements relative to Senior Executive Service employees (see H.R. 2579), H4173 [28JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify maintenance exemption regarding removal of sediment, debris, and vegetation from certain structures (see H.R. 1296), H1719 [20MR]

FEMA: allow repair, expansion, and construction, without elevation, of agricultural structures located in special flood hazard zones under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3315), H6767 [23OC]

——— enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1878), H2532 [8MY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H703 [27FE]

Forests: expedite the salvage of fire-killed timber in Stanislaus National Forest, Yosemite National Park, and BLM lands impacted by the Rim Fire in California (see H.R. 3188), H5883 [26SE]

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

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H4858 [22JY]

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

Immigration: reform (see H.R. 15), H6829 [28OC]

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 (see H.R. 2775), H5348 [1AU]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1721 [20MR]

IRS: clarify application of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and require convening of a regulatory review panel for certain rules (see H.R. 3169), H5806 [23SE]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H4488 [15JY]

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

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

Medicare: ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H2125 [17AP]

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), H3097 [4JN]

Native Americans: grant Indian tribes jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence that occur in the Indian country of that tribe (see H.R. 780), H595 [15FE]

——— honor service in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 63), H6954 [30OC]

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

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H6604 [15OC]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see H.R. 2019), H3216 [5JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3350), H6957 [30OC]

——— delay implementation (see H.R. 2809), H5922 [27SE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2575), H5263 [31JY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 763), H950 [4MR]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H278 [23JA]

——— repeal provisions relative to premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 1908), H4080 [26JN]

Peralta, Rafael: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 26), H1630 [19MR]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 935), H1911 [10AP]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H4145 [27JN]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 596), H431 [8FE]

Smithsonian Institution: establish the Smithsonian American Latino Museum (see H.R. 1217), H5175 [30JY]

Stanislaus National Forest: permit certain activities to be conducted on Federal land within the Emigrant Wilderness at the same level as before wilderness designation (see H.R. 3606), H8118 [16DE]

Taiwan: strengthen and clarify commercial, cultural, and other relations between the U.S. and Taiwan (see H.R. 419), H2570 [9MY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to limit congressional power to impose a tax on failure to purchase goods or services (see H.J. Res. 28), H3253 [6JN]

——— establish Small Business Start-Up Savings Accounts (see H.R. 774), H595 [15FE]

——— express that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the economy (see H. Con. Res. 24), H1427 [14MR]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1550 [15MR]

——— prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 4), H1431 [14MR]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H4979 [23JY]

——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see H.R. 2671), H4482 [11JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H4485 [11JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H410 [6FE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H4599 [17JY]

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. 792), H595 [15FE]

Turkey: support an equitable and stable relationship with Armenia based on full acknowledgment of facts and consequences of the Armenian Genocide and fair and just resolution of this crime against humanity (see H. Res. 227), H3358 [12JN]

Veterans: improve hiring by the Federal Government and State governments (see H.R. 2785), H4857 [22JY]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H8118 [16DE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H4177 [28JN]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1549 [15MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (see H.R. 2066), H2838 [21MY]

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 2377), H3652 [14JN]

——— better connect current and former members with employment opportunities by consolidating duplicative Federal Government websites and conserve resources by merging redundant and competing programs (see H.R. 3405), H6952 [30OC]

——— extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to members who are involuntarily separated with a service-connected disability and their dependents (see H.R. 1131), H1395 [13MR]

California: increase water storage availability at the New Melones Reservoir to provide additional water for areas served below the reservoir (see H.R. 2554), H4142 [27JN]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see H.R. 695), H545 [14FE]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: ensure that vet centers have access to Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval System and VA/Dept. of Defense Identity Repository (see H.R. 1132), H1395 [13MR]

Hurricanes: improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 219), H84 [14JA]

Pipelines: modify requirements relative to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents (see H.R. 2576), H4173 [28JN]

Stanislaus River: develop a pilot program to remove non-native predator fishes to protect the native anadromous fishery resources affected by certain operations of the Central Valley Project (see H.R. 2705), H4597 [17JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (H.R. 2066), H2839 [21MY]

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (H.R. 2377), H3654 [14JN]

——— better connect current and former members with employment opportunities by consolidating duplicative Federal Government websites and conserve resources by merging redundant and competing programs (H.R. 3405), H6955 [30OC]

——— extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to members who are involuntarily separated with a service-connected disability and their dependents (H.R. 1131), H1397 [13MR]

California: increase water storage availability at the New Melones Reservoir to provide additional water for areas served below the reservoir (H.R. 2554), H4144 [27JN]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (H.R. 695), H548 [14FE]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: ensure that vet centers have access to Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval System and VA/Dept. of Defense Identity Repository (H.R. 1132), H1397 [13MR]

Hurricanes: improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 219), H85 [14JA]

Pipelines: modify requirements relative to the availability of pipeline safety regulatory documents (H.R. 2576), H4176 [28JN]

Stanislaus River: develop a pilot program to remove non-native predator fishes to protect the native anadromous fishery resources affected by certain operations of the Central Valley Project (H.R. 2705), H4598 [17JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2127 [18AP], H2777 [20MY], H5407 [6SE], H6645 [22OC], H7569 [9DE]

Letters

Northern Route Approval Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2862 [22MY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2863 [22MY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H5407 [6SE], H8130 [23DE]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), H6482 [10OC]

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service, H3553, H3554 [13JN]

Blue Diamond Growers (company): tribute to opening of Turlock, CA, plant, E827• [6JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H2490 [8MY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2862, H2863, H2866, H2881, H2883, H2884 [22MY]

Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus: tribute, H674 [27FE]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6716 [23OC]

——— Newman, CA, levee construction funding, H6716 [23OC]

Courts: extend filing deadline for judicial review of claims by residents of areas affected by Keystone XL Pipeline, H2883 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3553, H3554 [13JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4953 [23JY]

——— Trans-Regional Web Initiative funding, H4953 [23JY]

Dept. of Education: ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4693 [18JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4693 [18JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: permit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recognition of a State court order amending an internationally adopted child’s birth date or name (S. 1614), H8130 [23DE]

Domenichelli, Cheryl: Association of California School Administrators Secondary Principal of the Year award recipient, E1268• [9SE]

GAO: conduct study on cost of cleanup activities in event of Keystone XL Pipeline spills, H2883, H2884 [22MY]

Hurricanes: improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 219), H65, H68, H70, H72 [14JA]

Immigration: reform, H4994 [24JY]

Journal: question of approval, H7569 [9DE]

Leadership Turlock (organization): anniversary, E80• [1FE]

McCauley, Daniel: Stanislaus Medical Society John Darroch Memorial Award recipient, E620• [8MY]

Modesto, CA: tribute to Modesto Chamber of Commerce Leadership Modesto program, E39• [18JA]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (H.R. 1526), H5751 [19SE]

——— waive judicial review on any timber salvage project resulting from a wildfire, H5751 [19SE]

National Health Center Week: observance, E1194• [1AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7093 [14NO]

Pipelines: reinstate requirement for a Presidential permit to construct the Keystone XL Pipeline across an international border, H2881 [22MY]

——— subject Keystone XL Pipeline to appropriate oversight through the permit process for operation and maintenance, H2881 [22MY]

Rocha, Ed: Stanislaus County, CA, Agricultural Hall of Fame ‘‘Legends in Agriculture’’ inductee, E1660• [14NO]

Russell, Chad A.: California State Fair Instructor Sweepstakes Award recipient, E1266• [9SE]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5751 [19SE]

Tracy, CA: anniversary of Tracy Republican Women, Federated, E1109• [22JY]

TransCanada Pipelines LTD.: require Keystone XL Pipeline oil spill response plan be sent to each State, H2884 [22MY]

Turlock, CA: anniversary of Our Lady of the Assumption of the Portuguese Church, E1032• [9JY]

Votes: position on missed, E784• [4JN]

Tributes

Bassitt, William, E1267• [9SE]

Brown, Wayne, E514• [23AP]

Burke, Adrian W., E1076• [17JY]

Caseri, Gary, E270• [12MR]

Dodge, Minnie, E229• [28FE]

Ennis, David, E205• [27FE]

Gorr, Walter R., E1063• [16JY]

Hadley, Carol, E1535• [22OC]

Halverson, John, E517• [23AP]

Hinshaw, Gary, E1028• [9JY]

Lopez, Manuel, E521• [23AP]

Marks, Cindy, E1664• [14NO]

McNally-Dial, Heidi, E208• [27FE]

Nino, Monica, E1266• [9SE]

Ornellas, Alfred L. (Leroy), E81• [1FE]

Peterson, Harold A., III, E897• [17JN]

Price, Robert, E519• [23AP]

Robinson, Mae E., E1854• [12DE]

Sahyoun, Lois M., E207• [27FE]

Sanchez Loumena, Mary S., E80• [1FE]

Serpa, John J., E304• [14MR]

Villegas, Hector, E250• [6MR]