McCARTHY, KEVIN (a Representative from California)

Addresses

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

Appointments

C.W. Bill Young funeral attendees, H6778 [28OC]

Committee to escort Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye into the House Chamber, H2487 [8MY]

Committee to escort the President, H443 [12FE]

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [3JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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]

——— 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]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 293), H5263 [31JY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H6999 [12NO]

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]

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]

Courts: appoint additional Federal district judges for the eastern district of California (see H.R. 3058), H5399 [2AU]

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]

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), H6829 [28OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims (see H.R. 2189), H2954 [23MY]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H5403 [2AU]

——— award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 325), H5345 [1AU]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7628 [10DE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 1406), H1911 [10AP]

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), H3929 [19JN]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H5051 [24JY]

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

Los Angeles, CA: celebrate upcoming 2015 Special Olympics World Games (see H. Res. 317), H5050 [24JY]

NASA: making continuing appropriations (see H.J. Res. 94), H6604 [15OC]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H2396 [26AP]

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

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), H5655 [18SE]

Public lands: reduce the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands (see H.R. 957), H981 [5MR]

Taxation: terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 352), H278 [23JA]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H5403 [2AU]

——— award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 325), H5345 [1AU]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1632 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

BLM: transfer certain public land to administrative jurisdiction of the Dept. of the Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, CA (see H.R. 1673), H2246 [23AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a standardized scheduling policy for veterans enrolled in the health care system (see H.R. 2661), H4482 [11JY]

——— resolve backlog of disability claims (see H.R. 2138), H2952 [23MY]

Dryden Flight Research Center, Palmdale, CA: redesignate as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (see H.R. 667), H501 [13FE]

Space policy: streamline process of commercial space launch licensing and establish demonstration projects involving use of experimental aircraft in support of commercial space launch activities (see H.R. 3038), H5398 [2AU]

Voting: improve ballot accessibility and voter registration opportunities, strengthen voting rights, and provide voter assistance to absent overseas uniformed services voters (see H.R. 3576), H7353 [21NO]

Constitutional authority statements

BLM: transfer certain public land to administrative jurisdiction of the Dept. of the Navy for inclusion in Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, CA (H.R. 1673), H2247 [23AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a standardized scheduling policy for veterans enrolled in the health care system (H.R. 2661), H4484 [11JY]

——— resolve backlog of disability claims (H.R. 2138), H2956 [23MY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H8076 [12DE]

Boston, MA: condemn bombings at the Boston Marathon and express condolences to victims and their families, H2074 [17AP]

——— tribute to first responders and citizens for efforts to respond to Boston Marathon bombings, H2076 [17AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, H463 [13FE]

——— require that, if the President’s budget does not achieve balance in the budget’s covered year, the President shall submit a supplemental unified budget by a certain date (H.R. 444), H390 [6FE]

——— require the President’s budget to include a means-tested direct spending category and a nonmeans-tested direct spending category, H390 [6FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, H8076 [12DE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2873 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4948 [23JY]

——— prohibit employees paid through the Working Capital Fund Account from being furloughed, H4948 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims (H.R. 2189), H6793 [28OC]

Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co.: anniversary, E1272• [10SE]

Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (H.R. 1900), H7319 [21NO]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), H7657 [11DE]

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 (H.R. 3350), H7081 [14NO], H7132 [15NO]

Ridgecrest, CA: anniversary, E1601• [30OC]

——— anniversary of Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, E1603• [30OC]

Remarks in House relative to

House of Representatives: selection as majority whip, H5 [3JA]

Tributes

Pilios, John, E1211• [2AU]

Sandoval, Willie, E824• [6JN]