PETERS, SCOTT H. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6743 [23OC]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4272 [9JY]

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), H7508 [4DE]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H4080 [26JN]

Air Force: make competitive grants to support research and development, education, and training to produce a bio-based aviation fuel for use by the Air Force (see H.R. 3125), H6957 [30OC]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H3256 [10JN]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2084), H2910 [22MY]

Animals: disapprove use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals and support State laws requiring the use of drugs for euthanasia by animal shelters (see H. Res. 208), H4146 [27JN]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H1633 [19MR]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 911), H2775 [17MY]

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]

——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1333), H8112 [12DE]

——— lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 1389), H8112 [12DE]

——— notify members of the availability of mental health services, help eliminate stigma associated with utilizing such services, and clarify disclosure policies relative to members utilizing such services (see H.R. 1464), H2656 [15MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see H.R. 3793), H8136 [26DE]

——— tribute to members for service in Iraq (see H. Res. 128), H1631 [19MR]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 189), H2393 [26AP]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 532), H3990 [20JN]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H8118 [16DE]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H4485 [11JY]

——— exempt NIH from current fiscal year sequestration and reduce the sequestration by the amount of the exemption (see H.R. 729), H1322 [6MR]

——— 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), H8113 [12DE]

——— reduce deficit (see H.R. 3146), H5766 [19SE]

——— require the President to submit a budget to Congress listing current fiscal year spending levels for proposed programs and separate amounts for proposed spending increases (see H.R. 2686), H4483 [11JY]

Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in advanced manufacturing to improve competitiveness (see H.R. 1421), H2300 [24AP]

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

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), H3760 [18JN]

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), H1549 [15MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H1430 [14MR]

——— 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), H2656 [15MY]

——— remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H6412 [8OC]

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

Commission on Government Transformation: establish (see H.R. 2675), H4524 [16JY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H6412 [8OC]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H7111 [14NO]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H5175 [30JY]

Conservation of energy: establish a grant program to assist retail power providers with establishment and operation of energy conservation programs using targeted residential tree-planting (see H.R. 1807), H2571 [9MY]

——— incorporate smart grid capability into Energy Star Program, reduce peak electric demand, and reauthorize energy efficiency public information program to include smart grid information (see H.R. 2685), H4726 [18JY]

——— promote energy efficiency via information and computing technologies (see H.R. 540), H1398 [13MR]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 728), H546 [14FE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 19), H1911 [10AP]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (see H.J. Res. 25), H456 [12FE]

Courts: prohibit exclusion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 312), H660 [26FE]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H1829 [21MR]

——— remove knowledge of age as an element of the offense for sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion (see H.R. 1690), H2246 [23AP]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 2523), H4371 [10JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: create competition in canned tuna purchasing program to strengthen buying power, increase availability to school lunch and nutrition programs, and create jobs in canning industry (see H.R. 2842), H5088 [25JY]

——— improve energy programs (see H.R. 2290), H4146 [27JN]

——— 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), H4146 [27JN]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize appropriations to establish public-private partnerships under the International Trade Administration Market Development Cooperator Program (see H.R. 1420), H1911 [10AP]

——— establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (see H.R. 764), H2400 [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List (see H.R. 1855), H2483 [7MY]

——— require notification of congressional defense committees about certain sensitive military operations (see H.R. 1904), H2720 [16MY]

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

Dept. of Education: award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system (see H.R. 521), H1430 [14MR]

——— 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), H2605 [14MY]

——— 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 establish State Networks on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (see H.R. 2592), H4726 [18JY]

——— require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students (see H.R. 2020), H4214 [8JY]

——— restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 2349), H5436 [9SE]

Dept. of Energy: improve high-end computing research and development program (see H.R. 2495), H4858 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize Federal assistance to State adult protective services programs to implement a network of elder abuse prevention and response measures (see H.R. 3090), H7395 [2DE]

——— grant provisional approval to fast-tracked drugs used in therapies and treatments for life-threatening diseases (see H.R. 2090), H2910 [22MY]

——— provide for a national public outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness of women’s preventive health (see H.R. 2457), H4215 [8JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: incorporate into design and construction of reconfigured and new ports of entry certain concerns relative to border location-dependent businesses (see H.R. 2213), H6545 [11OC]

Dept. of HUD: allow investor participation in the National Housing Act loan rehabilitation program (see H.R. 1997), H2654 [15MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting System (see H.R. 354), H8112 [12DE]

Dept. of Transportation: modify final rule relative to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations (see H.R. 182), H6770 [23OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H1632 [19MR]

——— exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans’ pensions (see H.R. 1438), H2067 [16AP]

——— improve authority to hire psychiatrists (see H.R. 2540), H7395 [2DE]

——— improve mental health treatment provided to veterans who served in classified missions (see H.R. 3387), H7312 [20NO]

——— permit the centralized reporting of veterans enrollment by certain groups, districts, and consortiums of educational institutions (see H.R. 331), H818 [28FE]

——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (see H.R. 595), H2913 [22MY]

——— 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), H7188 [18NO]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H1837 [25MR]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: establish a specific timeline to achieve integrated electronic health records (see H.R. 2590), H4599 [17JY]

Developing countries: promote sexual and reproductive health of individuals and couples (see H.R. 3206), H7395 [2DE]

Disasters: reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs (see H.R. 2132), H4146 [27JN]

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]

DNA Day: designate (see H. Res. 180), H2397 [26AP]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H1993 [12AP]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H2125 [17AP]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H8113 [12DE]

——— provide support for elementary and secondary teacher professional development programs in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 3243), H8112 [12DE]

Electric power: provide for an independent assessment of the future resilience and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution system (see H.R. 2962), H5344 [1AU]

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), H2570 [9MY]

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

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), H2570 [9MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1751), H8112 [12DE]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 2725), H4724 [18JY]

——— permit the sale of, and access to, ‘‘research use only’’ products in diagnostic tests (see H.R. 3005), H7188 [18NO]

Federal agencies and departments: create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see H.R. 2506), H4599 [17JY]

——— eliminate unnecessary Federal bank accounts (see H.R. 1856), H4485 [11JY]

——— improve energy efficiency in Federal facilities by encouraging entrance into energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see H.R. 2689), H4522 [16JY]

——— modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recover of improper payments to deceased individuals (see H.R. 3555), H7309 [20NO]

——— promote strategic sourcing principles (see H.R. 2694), H4599 [17JY]

——— reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see H.R. 1999), H2654 [15MY]

——— review efforts to reduce travel expenses through the use of video conferencing (see H.R. 2643), H8127 [19DE]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6290 [4OC]

Federal Railroad Administration: make loans and loan guarantees available for implementing positive train control systems (see H.R. 3634), H7508 [4DE]

FEMA: award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfire (see H.R. 3333), H7253 [19NO]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H4145 [27JN]

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]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H1430 [14MR]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 93), H1549 [15MR]

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]

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]

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

GPO: establish and maintain a public website allowing access to electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports (see H.R. 1380), H8112 [12DE]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H8127 [19DE]

——— improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see H.R. 3306), H7112 [14NO]

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), H2438 [6MY]

House Rules: require a reading of the names of Armed Forces members who died in the previous month as a result of combat operations (see H. Res. 412), H7110 [14NO]

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

Immigration: eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see H.R. 633), H1911 [10AP]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6173 [2OC]

International Boundary and Water Commission: recognize recent efforts to address trash, sediment, and water quality issues with Mexican counterparts (see H. Res. 241), H2955 [23MY]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H3358 [12JN]

——— impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H1430 [14MR]

——— support freedom and civil liberties, and free and fair elections, condemn human rights violations, and lift restrictions on freedoms of assembly, association, and expression (see H. Res. 252), H3251 [6JN]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 1130), H1395 [13MR]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1430 [14MR]

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. 2262), H3215 [5JN]

John Rhoades Federal Judicial Center, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 2262), H3215 [5JN]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: condemn continuing acts of aggression, expressed intent to break Korean War Armistice Agreement, and repeated violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions (see H. Res. 134), H1994 [12AP]

——— improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 1771), H4214 [8JY]

Korean Peninsula: recognize historic importance of Korean War and U.S. alliance with South Korea, honor service of U.S. forces, end nuclear proliferation by North Korea, and encourage peace and reunification (see H. Con. Res. 41), H4980 [23JY]

Leonard Montalto Post Office Building, Staten Island, NY: designate (see H.R. 181), H1430 [14MR]

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

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), H5262 [31JY]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 3616), H7354 [21NO]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1180), H5403 [2AU] (see H.R. 1201), H2299 [24AP]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H3990 [20JN]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H3758 [18JN]

——— permit certain providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain beneficiaries in a different State (see H.R. 3077), H6770 [23OC]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H2485 [7MY]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H5175 [30JY]

——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see H.R. 962), H2125 [17AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H4214 [8JY]

——— provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H2535 [8MY]

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), H284 [23JA]

——— 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), H5922 [27SE]

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), H7508 [4DE]

Monuments and memorials: ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the U.S. Armed Forces may contain religious symbols (see H.R. 1497), H1955 [11AP]

NASA: authorize programs (see H.R. 2616), H4212 [8JY]

National Asian American and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 219), H2774 [17MY]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 69), H703 [27FE]

National Digital Literacy Day: designate (see H. Res. 81), H659 [26FE]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 80), H627 [25FE]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 154), H2125 [17AP]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1398 [13MR]

National Science Week: support goals and ideals of week and biennial USA Science & Engineering Festival (see H. Res. 276), H4488 [15JY]

Nelson ‘Mac’ MacWilliams Post Office Building, Ramona, CA: designate (see H.R. 1356), H1837 [25MR]

NIST: reauthorize the competitive grant program within the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology program (see H.R. 1418), H1856 [9AP]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool (see H.R. 1358), H1994 [12AP]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (see H.R. 624), H2027 [15AP]

Patent and Trademark Office: end application of budget sequestration (see H.R. 2582), H5404 [2AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay application of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 3367), H7608 [9DE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate and penalties for violating such mandate until Federal enrollment website is fully functional (see H.R. 3425), H6953 [30OC]

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

Political action committees: prohibit conversion of leadership political action committee funds to personal use (see H.R. 465), H6957 [30OC]

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

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H629 [25FE]

Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 2368), H7688 [11DE]

Ryan, Leo J.: tribute (see H. Res. 423), H7365 [22NO]

SBA: permit prime contractors covered by a subcontracting plan for a single Federal contract to receive credit against such a plan for using small business subcontractors (see H.R. 2232), H3094 [4JN]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H1550 [15MR]

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

Science: assist scientists in commercializing their ideas by awarding grants to innovative technology transfer programs at universities, research institutes, and national laboratories (see H.R. 2981), H6829 [28OC]

——— establish a position of Science Laureate of the U.S. (see H.R. 1891), H2533 [8MY]

Social Security: 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]

Southeast Asia: promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea (see H.R. 772), H1721 [20MR]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H7053 [13NO]

Taxation: allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see H.R. 474), H2485 [7MY]

——— allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1317), H7628 [10DE]

——— 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 seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 38), H6998 [12NO]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H5834 [25SE]

——— extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 3490), H7395 [2DE]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H7357 [21NO]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H5803 [20SE]

——— extend the qualifying therapeutic discovery project credit (see H.R. 3473), H7508 [4DE]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 1527), H4309 [9JY]

——— provide a credit for production of renewable chemicals (see H.R. 3084), H7188 [18NO]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 184), H2437 [6MY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H5476 [10SE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H2958 [23MY]

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

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 956), H2396 [26AP]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H4215 [8JY]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H5655 [18SE]

Typhoons: express condolences and support to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (see H. Res. 408), H7153 [15NO]

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

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H2655 [15MY]

——— expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H1720 [20MR] (see H.R. 333), H1829 [21MR]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans (see H.R. 2056), H2802 [20MY]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2001), H6225 [3OC]

——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 569), H1720 (see H.R. 570), H1721 [20MR]

——— provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 386), H1720 [20MR]

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (see H.R. 357), H2535 [8MY]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H7688 [11DE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H344 [4FE]

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 376), H372 [5FE]

——— modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H3253 [6JN]

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

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 138), H1825 [21MR]

Wildlife: 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), H3256 [10JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H8113 [12DE]

——— 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), H2656 [15MY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H8113 [12DE]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1186), H1993 [12AP]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 111), H550 [14FE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H3654 [14JN]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1828 [21MR]

Yosemite National Park: modify boundaries (see H.R. 1677), H6290 [4OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: expand use of telehealth under TRICARE program for active servicemembers, their dependents, retirees, and veterans (see H.R. 3507), H7151 [15NO]

——— leave no member unaccounted for in the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan (see H. Res. 296), H4369 [10JY]

Chemicals: provide biorefinery assistance eligibility to renewable chemicals projects (see H.R. 2421), H3758 [18JN]

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

Dept. of HUD: authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (see H.R. 2790), H4978 [23JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD: establish a grant pilot program to provide housing for elderly homeless veterans (see H.R. 1714), H2298 [24AP]

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]

Government: require closure of expired grants accounts (see H.R. 2781), H4856 [22JY]

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

National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (see H. Res. 401), H6954 [30OC]

National Innovation in Education Day: designate (see H. Res. 331), H5399 [2AU]

Pollution: establish a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (see H.R. 1943), H2568 [9MY]

Postal Service: authorize the sale, at fair market value, of any post office building subject to relocation (see H.R. 1016), H1319 [6MR]

Public debt: apply debt ceiling only to debt held by the public and adjust debt ceiling for increases in the gross domestic product (see H.R. 3148), H5766 [19SE]

——— establish debt stabilization process requiring negotiated budget compromise when debt grows faster than the economy (see H.R. 3149), H5766 [19SE]

Ride, Sally K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2422), H3758 [18JN]

Taxation: extend research credit, increase and make permanent alternative simplified research credit and provide for a biotechnology consortium research credit (see H.R. 3757), H8108 [12DE]

——— extend second generation biofuel producer credit and the special allowance for second generation biofuel plant property (see H.R. 3758), H8108 [12DE]

Transportation: provide grants to construct transportation and supporting infrastructure improvements at existing and new international border crossings (see H.R. 3182), H5832 [25SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: expand use of telehealth under TRICARE program for active servicemembers, their dependents, retirees, and veterans (H.R. 3507), H7152 [15NO]

Chemicals: provide biorefinery assistance eligibility to renewable chemicals projects (H.R. 2421), H3759 [18JN]

Commission on Health Care Savings Through Innovative Wireless Technologies: establish (H.R. 3577), H7355 [21NO]

Dept. of HUD: authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (H.R. 2790), H4979 [23JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD: establish a grant pilot program to provide housing for elderly homeless veterans (H.R. 1714), H2299 [24AP]

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 (H.R. 2322), H3288 [11JN]

Government: require closure of expired grants accounts (H.R. 2781), H4857 [22JY]

James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA: designate (H.R. 1378), H1828 [21MR]

Pollution: establish a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (H.R. 1943), H2570 [9MY]

Postal Service: authorize the sale, at fair market value, of any post office building subject to relocation (H.R. 1016), H1321 [6MR]

Public debt: apply debt ceiling only to debt held by the public and adjust debt ceiling for increases in the gross domestic product (H.R. 3148), H5767 [19SE]

——— establish debt stabilization process requiring negotiated budget compromise when debt grows faster than the economy (H.R. 3149), H5767 [19SE]

Ride, Sally K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2422), H3759 [18JN]

Taxation: extend research credit, increase and make permanent alternative simplified research credit and provide for a biotechnology consortium research credit (H.R. 3757), H8111 [12DE]

——— extend second generation biofuel producer credit and the special allowance for second generation biofuel plant property (H.R. 3758), H8111 [12DE]

Transportation: provide grants to construct transportation and supporting infrastructure improvements at existing and new international border crossings (H.R. 3182), H5833 [25SE]

E-mails 

Government shutdown relative to budget process, H6281 [4OC]

Motions

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 933), H1314 [6MR]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3709 [18JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6281, H6284, H6285 [4OC]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), motion to recommit, H1314 [6MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H6283 [4OC]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), H6283 [4OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H1847 [9AP]

Climate: global warming, H3027 [4JN], H6879 [29OC]

Dept. of Defense: impact of budget sequestration, H687 [27FE]

——— tribute to living Medal of Honor recipients, H5626 [18SE]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1595), H2589 [14MY]

Dept. of Energy: electricity delivery and energy reliability funding through reductions in administration accounts funding, H4272 [9JY]

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 (H.R. 2322), H6878 [29OC]

Economy: avert impact of budget sequestration on economy through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H687 [27FE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H530 [14FE], H570 [15FE], H608 [25FE], H804 [28FE], H1314 [6MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), H4272 [9JY]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H1847 [9AP]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6281, H6283, H6284, H6285 [4OC]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate, H3369 [13JN]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, H6877 [29OC]

Military Mental Health Awareness Day: observance, H2638 [15MY]

NIH: funding, H7676 [11DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation, H6285 [4OC]

Public debt: apply debt limit only to debt held by the public and adjust debt limit for increases in the gross domestic product (H.R. 3148), H6285 [4OC]

——— ceiling, H6285 [4OC]

——— establish debt stabilization process requiring negotiated budget compromise when debt grows faster than the economy (H.R. 3149), H6285 [4OC]

Ride, Sally K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2422), E909• [18JN]

San Diego, CA: tribute to High Tech High School robotics team, H2524 [8MY]

——— tribute to San Diego Pride Parade and Festival, H4319 [10JY]

San Diego County, CA: anniversary of Cedar Fire, H6878 [29OC]

——— tribute to Live Well San Diego initiative, H7376 [2DE]

Taxation: permanently extend the research and development credit, H7676 [11DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 523), H5758 [19SE]

Votes: position on missed, H997• [6MR], H2830• [21MY], H8085• [12DE]

Tributes

Diaz, Arturo A., E619• [8MY]

Johnson, Gloria, E1618• [30OC]