GARAMENDI, JOHN (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3898 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3615 [14JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4940 [23JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4283, H4302, H4311 [9JY], H4347 [10JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act, H7080 [14NO]

Articles and editorials

WWII Veteran Honored for Heroic Bombing Raid—Moke Hill Man Was a B–24 Gunner, Joel Metzger, Calaveras (CA) Enterprise, H5793 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: express that specialty crops are vital and propose and enact funding programs that reflect importance and support priorities of specialty crops (see H. Res. 182), H2351 [25AP]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H3688 [17JN]

——— reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H2067 [16AP]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 3022), H8127 [19DE]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H6829 [28OC]

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]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H8112 [12DE]

——— limit use of funds for introduction into hostilities (see H.R. 383), H280 [23JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see H.R. 3793), H8125 [19DE]

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area: designate (see H.R. 1025), H1327 [7MR]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 1008), H1328 [7MR]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 293), H4486 [11JY]

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), H7628 [10DE]

Bureau of Reclamation: participate in design, planning and construction of the South Sacramento County Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project (see H.R. 1540), H3097 [4JN]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 919), H2570 [9MY]

Buy American Act: clarify applicability to products purchased for use of legislative branch and prohibit exceptions for products bearing an official congressional insignia (see H.R. 194), H2575 [13MY]

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

Cargo transportation: establish national policies and programs to strengthen freight-related infrastructure (see H.R. 974), H1911 [10AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 1250), H5548 [12SE]

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

Children and youth: require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 680), H501 [13FE]

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), H1430 [14MR]

——— 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), H6493 [10OC]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H6053 [30SE]

Commission on Health Care Savings Through Innovative Wireless Technologies: establish (see H.R. 3577), H7353 [21NO]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2571 [9MY]

Contracts: allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract (see H.R. 1332), H2570 [9MY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 19), H703 [27FE]

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]

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

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

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), H1861 [9AP]

——— oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H2067 [16AP]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 1414), H1959 [11AP]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize appropriations for the SelectUSA Initiative (see H.R. 1413), H2249 [23AP]

——— authorize appropriations to establish public-private partnerships under the International Trade Administration Market Development Cooperator Program (see H.R. 1420), H2913 [22MY]

——— establish Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund (see H.R. 400), H2604 [14MY]

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), H7395 [2DE]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 1593), H2123 [17AP]

——— provide service records of veterans to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs in an efficient electronic format (see H.R. 1729), H3016 [3JN]

Dept. of Education: create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 3435), H6953 [30OC]

——— 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]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1595), H2300 [24AP]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, increasing cap on subsidized loans, and refinancing current fixed-rate loans (see H.R. 1946), H2914 [22MY]

——— provide funds for student loans through the FRS and ensure that such loans are available at interest rates equivalent to that at which the Government provides loans to banks (see H.R. 1979), H4146 [27JN]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1027), H2570 [9MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see H.R. 1100), H1357 [12MR]

——— establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension (see H.R. 2073), H6676 [22OC]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1907), H8112 [12DE]

——— 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), H6454 [9OC]

——— 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), H6453 [9OC]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H6412 [8OC]

——— 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), H6012 [28SE]

——— 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), H6493 [10OC]

Dept. of Labor: 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. 2909), H6902 [29OC]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a global rare earth element assessment (see H.R. 981), H2604 [14MY]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see H.R. 2428), H3927 [19JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance treatment of certain small business concerns for purposes of contracting goals and preferences (see H.R. 3098), H5546 [12SE]

Depts. of Labor and Commerce: establish Make It in America Incentive Grant Program (see H.R. 375), H2719 [16MY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to achieve food and nutrition security, increase sustainable and equitable agricultural development, reduce hunger, improve nutrition, and stimulate rural economies (see H.R. 2822), H5087 [25JY]

Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2611), H4310 [9JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (see H.J. Res. 31), H547 [14FE]

Employment: promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 951), H981 [5MR]

EPA: eliminate certain renewable fuel standard program requirements (see H.R. 1482), H1909 [10AP]

Fab Foundation: provide a Federal charter for the National Fab Lab Network, a network of digital fabrication facilities providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools (see H.R. 1289), H2959 [23MY]

Federal agencies and departments: increase requirement for American-made content in products purchased under Federal contracts and strengthen certain waiver provisions for Federal contracts (see H.R. 3346), H6957 [30OC]

——— modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recover of improper payments to deceased individuals (see H.R. 3555), H7365 [22NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify maintenance exemption regarding removal of sediment, debris, and vegetation from certain structures (see H.R. 1296), H6957 [30OC]

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]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H6901 [29OC]

——— improve the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 2199), H5262 [31JY]

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H2400 [30AP]

Firearms: enhance criminal penalties for straw purchasers of firearms (see H.R. 404), H1958 [11AP]

——— ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers (see H.R. 236), H1958 [11AP]

——— 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), H2396 [26AP]

——— 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), H1958 [11AP]

——— establish a gun buyback grant program (see H.R. 227), H1958 [11AP]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 141), H1958 [11AP]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H1993 [12AP]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H1958 [11AP]

——— provide victims of gun violence access to the same civil remedies available to those injured through other means and ensure the gun industry is not shielded from liability when negligent (see H.R. 332), H1958 [11AP]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 93), H1958 [11AP]

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]

——— prohibit importation or exportation of mussels of a certain genus (see H.R. 1823), H7052 [13NO]

Flood Control Act: amend relative to credit for in-kind contributions (see H.R. 2293), H3592 [13JN]

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. 1678), H2246 [23AP]

——— 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), H5093 [26JY]

——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 1440), H2570 [9MY]

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), H2125 [17AP]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H8126 [19DE]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H6829 [28OC]

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]

——— observe a moment of silence on the first legislative day of each month for those killed or wounded in the U.S. engagement in Afghanistan (see H. Res. 323), H5345 [1AU]

Human Rights Day: observance (see H. Res. 436), H7627 [10DE]

Immigration: reform (see H.R. 15), H6173 [2OC]

Internet: combat trade barriers that threaten maintenance of an open, global Internet, that mandate unique technology standards as a condition of market access, and promote free flow of information (see H.R. 889), H2570 [9MY]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2027 [15AP]

Israel: include in the visa waiver program (see H.R. 300), H660 [26FE]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1360 [12MR]

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]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see H.R. 3390), H6951 [30OC]

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

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H6453 [9OC]

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), H3216 [5JN]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H7608 [9DE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H1956 [11AP]

——— provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1661), H6957 [30OC]

——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (see H.R. 3334), H7447 [3DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H5884 [26SE]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 212), H2574 [13MY]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H6103 [1OC]

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

National Anti-Bullying Month: designate (see H. Res. 398), H6954 [30OC]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 3022), H8127 [19DE]

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

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H2161 [18AP]

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

NIST: reauthorize the competitive grant program within the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology program (see H.R. 1418), H2604 [14MY]

Oak Creek, WI: recognize anniversary and condemn shootings at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and express condolences to victims’ families and friends and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see H. Res. 334), H5399 [2AU]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 1648), H2397 [26AP]

Olympic Games: disapprove International Olympic Committee proposal to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games, urge its reinstatement, and commend U.S. Olympic Committee support of wrestling (see H. Res. 71), H629 [25FE]

Peace Corps: allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones (see H.R. 1573), H2026 [15AP]

——— issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 918), H815 [28FE]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 915), H815 [28FE]

Pensions: protect Federal and military retirees by expanding Truth in Lending Act disclosure provisions when a Federal or military pension is used as consideration by predatory lenders (see H.R. 3310), H6829 [28OC]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H7395 [2DE]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H8113 [12DE]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (see H. Res. 158), H1992 [12AP]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H703 [27FE]

——— 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), H2354 [25AP]

Power resources: promote energy security of European allies through opening of the Southern Gas Corridor (see H. Res. 284), H4599 [17JY]

Privacy: prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (see H.R. 2399), H5403 [2AU]

——— 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), H6900 [29OC]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 949), H981 [5MR]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 3040), H7395 [2DE]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see H. Res. 356), H7365 [22NO]

San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (see H.R. 843), H659 [26FE]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H4488 [15JY]

Social Security: prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2159 [18AP]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H2959 [23MY]

——— 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]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1008), H1328 [7MR]

Taxation: allow a credit for equity investments in high technology and biotechnology small business concerns developing innovative technologies that stimulate private sector job growth (see H.R. 1415), H1856 [9AP]

——— 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]

——— allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (see H.R. 1271), H2570 [9MY]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 851), H2575 [13MY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H7446 [3DE]

——— 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), H629 [25FE]

——— extend the Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 535), H2604 [14MY]

——— extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 1424), H2775 [17MY]

——— impose a retail tax on disposable carryout bags (see H.R. 1686), H2246 [23AP]

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

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H1398 [13MR]

——— prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 1556), H2025 [15AP]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H6999 [12NO]

——— provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 929), H2656 [15MY]

——— provide market-based manufacturing incentives (see H.R. 615), H2570 [9MY]

——— reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for U.S. businesses (see H.R. 1555), H2025 [15AP]

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

——— repeal phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care credit (see H.R. 1978), H2959 [23MY]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1554), H2025 [15AP]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: establish penalties for causing environmental damage while cultivating marijuana or other controlled substances on Federal lands or trespassing on private property (see H.R. 2735), H5589 [17SE]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: anniversary (see H. Res. 436), H7627 [10DE]

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]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H6493 [10OC]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H416 [6FE]

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

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 1877), H2532 [8MY]

Water Desalination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 745), H593 [15FE]

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), H3097 [4JN]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H7508 [4DE]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H5051 [24JY]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 111), H173 [15JA]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H950 [4MR]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1720 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Buy American Act: require a certain percentage of domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 1524), H1990 [12AP]

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1004), H1319 [6MR]

Ships and vessels: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (see H.R. 3475), H7051 [13NO]

Sikhism: honor celebration of Vaisakhi (see H. Res. 157), H1992 [12AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Buy American Act: require a certain percentage of domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (H.R. 1524), H1992 [12AP]

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 1004), H1321 [6MR]

Ships and vessels: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (H.R. 3475), H7052 [13NO]

Motions

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal reclamation law (H.R. 678), H1888 [10AP]

Remarks

ACDI/VOCA (organization): anniversary, E939• [20JN], E959• [25JN]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3873, H3896, H3899, H3900, H3903, H3905 [19JN]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (H.R. 2084), H4512, H4513 [16JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5912 [27SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6092, H6093, H6094 [1OC], H6310 [5OC], H6399, H6401, H6403, H6404 [8OC], H6577 [14OC]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3210), H6005 [28SE]

Birds: prosecution of wind energy companies for killing birds in violation of certain species protection laws, H4341 [10JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1345, H1346, H1347, H1348, H1349 [12MR], H5580 [17SE], H6665 [22OC]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration, H2232 [23AP]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (H.R. 699), H687 [27FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1625 [19MR], H6097 [1OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal reclamation law (H.R. 678), H1894 [10AP]

——— require all machinery constructed or used in conduit facilities for hydropower development projects to be made in the U.S., H1888 [10AP]

Buy American Act: require a certain percentage of domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (H.R. 1524), H2599 [14MY], H4514 [16JY], H6667 [22OC]

Climate: global warming, H939 [4MR], H1894 [10AP], H3091 [4JN]

Continuing: making (H.J. Res. 59), H5914 [27SE]

Corps of Engineers: construction account funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration funding, H4347 [10JY]

——— funding, H4244, H4245 [9JY], H4515 [16JY]

——— Hamilton City, CA, levee project funding, H4243 [9JY]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6666 [22OC], H6712 [23OC], H7242, H7243, H7244, H7246, H7247 [19NO], E1589• [29OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: olive oil import restrictions, H3903, H3905 [19JN]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5711 [19SE]

——— Rural Utilities Service Rural Broadband Access Loan and Loan Guarantee Program funding, H3896 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: Afghan Security Forces funding, H4940, H4941 [23JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3572, H3573 [13JN], H3617 [14JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), consideration (H. Res. 260), H3375 [13JN]

——— East Coast missile defense shield funding, H4923, H4924 [23JY]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H687 [27FE]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults, H3375 [13JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4923, H4924, H4927, H4941 [23JY]

——— supplement wages and eliminate furloughs through reductions in Afghan Security Forces funding, H4927 [23JY]

——— withhold Afghan Security Forces equipment funding pending a report clarifying need, operation, and maintenance of such equipment, H3617 [14JN]

Dept. of Education: establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), H4515 [16JY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1595), H4013, H4014, H4015 [25JN]

Dept. of Energy: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration funding, H4283 [9JY]

——— High Energy Physics Program funding through reductions in Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H4276 [9JY]

——— mixed oxide fuel (MOX) program Savannah River site construction funding, H4302, H4303 [9JY]

——— renewable energy, energy reliability, and efficiency, nuclear energy, and fossil energy research and development programs funding, H4271 [9JY]

——— wind energy programs funding, H4341 [10JY]

District of Columbia: condemn Navy Yard shootings and express condolences to victims and gratitude to responders to the shootings, H5576 [17SE]

Economy: historical significance of the American dream and analysis of issues that undermine its survival, H7430 [3DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H2472, H2473 [7MY]

——— impact of tax cuts, H1348 [12MR]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H5576, H5577, H5581 [17SE]

——— importance of job creation, H2470, H2473 [7MY], H3274, H3277 [11JN]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H1343, H1345 [12MR], H1625–H1628 [19MR]

——— revitalize the middle class, H2470 [7MY], H3274, H3276, H3278, H3279 [11JN]

Education: importance of investment in public education, H4514, H4515 [16JY]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H158, H159, H160 [15JA], H1346, H1347, H1349 [12MR], H1627 [19MR], H2232, H2233, H2234, H2235 [23AP], H2473, H2474, H2475 [7MY], H2598, H2600 [14MY], H3089, H3090, H3091, H3092, H3093 [4JN], H3275 [11JN], H4511, H4512, H4513, H4514, H4516 [16JY], H5576, H5578 [17SE], H6665 [22OC], H6981–H6983 [12NO], H7245 [19NO], H7430–H7433 [3DE], H7620, H7621, H7622, H7623, H7624, H7625 [10DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4243, H4244, H4245, H4271, H4276, H4283, H4302, H4303 [9JY], H4341, H4347 [10JY], H4515 [16JY]

FEMA: identify and ensure the safety of dams in need of repair and rehabilitation, H7244 [19NO]

Food for Peace Act: reform food assistance programs, H3873 [19JN]

Forest Service: permit States to allow nongovernmental entities to hold Forest Legacy Program conservation easements, H3899, H3900 [19JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6092, H6094, H6095, H6096, H6097 [1OC], H6309 [5OC], H6399, H6401, H6403, H6404 [8OC], H6577 [14OC], H6608 [16OC], H6664 [22OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2597, H2600 [14MY]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H155, H157, H158 [15JA]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), H4014, H4015 [25JN]

Medicaid: reform, H1347 [12MR]

Medicare: reform, H1348, H1349 [12MR]

Minimum wage: level, H6668 [22OC]

National Infrastructure Bank: establish, H6667 [22OC]

National objectives: economic recovery, H6667 [22OC], H6981 [12NO]

National Security Agency: collection of Verizon Communications, Inc., customer phone records as part of counterterrorism efforts, H3274 [11JN]

Native Americans: making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), motion to instruct conferees, H6577 [14OC]

NIH: funding, H7678, H7679, H7680 [11DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of energy policies, H4011 [25JN]

——— evaluation of environmental and climate policies, H4011 [25JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation, H6005 [28SE]

——— impact, H1349 [12MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2470 [7MY], H6980 [12NO]

——— impact of implementation on Texas, H5913 [27SE]

——— implementation, H5909, H5911, H5914 [27SE], H6095, H6097 [1OC]

——— prohibit funding to implement, H5914 [27SE]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2597, H2600 [14MY]

Power resources: national energy policy, H1345 [12MR], H1628 [19MR], H1894 [10AP], H6666 [22OC]

——— promote clean energy sources to combat climate change, H2598 [14MY]

——— promote geothermal energy, H4516 [16JY]

Public debt: ceiling, H6404 [8OC], H6608 [16OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H5912 [27SE]

Public lands: impact of shutdown on fishing, hunting, and other recreational activities, H6309 [5OC]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (H.R. 949), H2235 [23AP]

Reseach: importance of science, health, agricultural, and alternative energy research investment, H3277, H3278 [11JN]

Ships and vessels: extend exemption from fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (H.R. 1961), H5812, H5814 [25SE]

Syria: U.S. policy, H3573 [13JN]

Taxation: make the research credit permanent and increase the alternative simplified research credit (H.R. 905), H2234 [23AP]

——— provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (H.R. 929), H2234 [23AP]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 523), H2597 [14MY]

——— terminate certain energy tax subsidies and reform the corporate income tax rate, H6665 [22OC]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, H7245 [19NO]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H155, H157, H158, H159, H160 [15JA], H1345, H1346, H1347 [12MR], H1627 [19MR], H2233, H2234 [23AP], H3091, H3092, H3093 [4JN], H3275, H3276, H3277 [11JN], H4511, H4512, H4513, H4514, H4516 [16JY], H5578, H5579 [17SE], H6666 [22OC], H6982 [12NO], H7430, H7431 [3DE], H7624 [10DE]

U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): funding through reduction in Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funding, H3572 [13JN]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), H7623, H7624, H7625 [10DE]

University of California, Davis: tribute to agriculture and forestry programs, H2524 [8MY]

Wheatland, CA: Wheatland Union High School recipient of California Distinguished School award, E719• [22MY]

Tributes

Burton, Mark, E895• [17JN]

Contreras, Rudy, E1762• [2DE]

Cooper, John D., E1511• [15OC]

Kaneko, Jiro J., E302• [14MR]

Orr, Joel R., E1176• [31JY]

Trojanowski, Steven, E1655• [14NO]

Tuttle, Richard E., H5793 [20SE]

Young, C.W. Bill, H6664 [22OC]