CALVERT, KEN (a Representative from California)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H2434 [13MR]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 302), H1720 [10FE]

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (see H.R. 3964), H1510 [29JA]

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5468), H7528 [15SE]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 3481), H5598 [20JN]

Colonel M.J. ‘Mac’ Dube, USMC Post Office Building, Twentynine Palms, CA: designate (see H.R. 5331), H7182 [31JY]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H4834 [23MY]

Dept. of Defense: develop a plan to move U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) back to the continental U.S. (see H.R. 4434), H3142 [9AP]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H6400 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H7242 [1AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit use of Federal funds for position of Public Advocate, or position of Deputy Assistant Director of Custody Programs and Community Outreach, within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (see H.R. 3732), H163 [10JA]

Dept. of the Interior: support non-Federal investments in water infrastructure improvements in the Sacramento Valley (see H.R. 4300), H3058 [8AP]

Dept. of Transportation: suspend Federal funding for California high-speed rail project until sufficient non-Federal funds are available (see H.R. 3893), H1240 [16JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance (see H.R. 3384), H1939 [25FE]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5185 [9JN]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H2257 [6MR]

Depts. of the Interior and Justice: promptly take all steps necessary or appropriate to execute and implement the San Luis Rey settlement agreement (see H.R. 4265), H2484 [14MR]

Drought: provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (see H.R. 5781), H8272 [2DE]

Drugs: exclude therapeutic hemp and cannabidiol from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 5226), H7894 [18SE]

Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission: enhance operation (see H.R. 5203), H6859 [25JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirements (see H.R. 3179), H21 [7JA]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H7893 [18SE]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 4432), H7242 [1AU]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H1659 [5FE]

——— prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see H.R. 4792), H7041 [29JY]

Federal aid programs: constitutional amendment to control entitlement spending (see H.J. Res. 126), H7887 [18SE]

Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building, Lompoc, CA: designate (see H.R. 5562), H7883 [18SE]

Federal-State relations: require Federal agencies to look at a person’s legal residence when determining marital status and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3829), H1593 [4FE]

FHA: ensure stability in maximum mortgage amount limitations for areas experiencing decreases in median home prices (see H.R. 4208), H2360 [12MR]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H7434 [10SE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H7189 [31JY]

Foreign aid: ensure the provision of foreign assistance does not contribute to human trafficking and combat human trafficking by requiring greater transparency in recruitment of foreign workers (see H.R. 3344), H1431 [27JA]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H2002 [26FE]

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 5403), H7894 [18SE]

——— provide for a notice and comment period before the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issues guidance (see H.R. 4811), H7297 [8SE]

FTC: revise regulations relative to definitions for funeral industry practices (see H.R. 4213), H3941 [7MY]

Government: require government-wide application of continuous process improvement methods to reduce waste and improve effectiveness (see H.R. 5064), H7129 [30JY]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (see H. Res. 442), H5495 [18JN]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 5137), H6657 [22JY]

——— expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of human trafficking and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last residence (see H.R. 5143), H6746 [23JY]

IRS: prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 4531), H4911 [28MY]

Isla Vista, CA: condemn rampage and mass shooting, offer condolences to the community, the victims, and their families, and call for action to prevent such tragedies in the future (see H. Res. 608), H5064 [30MY]

Juanita Millender-McDonald Post Office, Long Beach, CA: designate (see H.R. 5687), H7937 [12NO]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3293 [29AP]

Marilyn Monroe Post Office, Van Nuys, CA: designate (see H.R. 4995), H6746 [23JY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H1243 [16JA]

Medicare: modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H1243 [16JA]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (see H.R. 5110), H7129 [30JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: end increased Federal funding for Medicaid expansion for inmates’ hospital care and apply savings to Medicare Advantage stabilization program to help protect seniors’ choices (see H.R. 5113), H7893 [18SE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 3717), H1243 [16JA]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H6860 [25JY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1659 [5FE]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H7129 [30JY]

Neil Havens Post Office, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 4939), H5639 [23JN]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (see H.R. 4320), H5598 [20JN]

——— require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information (see H.R. 4321), H5769 [25JN]

Obama, President: condemn failure to notify Congress before releasing Taliban leaders detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and express concerns over their release and repercussions of negotiating with terrorists (see H. Res. 644), H6860 [25JY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H7041 [29JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 3811), H19 [7JA]

Pharmaceuticals: allow manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices intended for use by terminally ill patients (see H.R. 4475), H4061 [9MY]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (see H.R. 3771), H1659 [5FE]

Philmore Graham Post Office Building, Vallejo, CA: designate (see H.R. 5106), H6215 [14JY]

Real estate: allow State and local financing of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy modifications to privately-owned property through Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs (see H.R. 4285), H2610 [24MR]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 5285), H7242 [1AU]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H7189 [31JY]

Syria: condemn human rights violations, allow access to humanitarian assistance, address impact of war on neighboring countries, and call for international response to such atrocities (see H. Res. 520), H7242 [1AU]

Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H7189 [31JY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H2258 [6MR]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7041 [29JY]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H5364 [12JN]

——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 3673), H1777 [14FE]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H5495 [18JN]

W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5109), H6296 [15JY]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5078), H7129 [30JY]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6400 [17JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H3058 [8AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: limit the number of civilian employees (see H.R. 4257), H2484 [14MR]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5171), H6744 [23JY]

Immigration: provide for repatriation of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 5079), H6135 [11JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Defense: limit the number of civilian employees (H.R. 4257), H2485 [14MR]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5171), H6745 [23JY]

Immigration: provide for repatriation of unaccompanied alien children (H.R. 5079), H6136 [11JY]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H245, H444 [15JA], H9279 [11DE]

Brown, Stanford E.: Riverside, CA, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E446• [26MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), E561• [9AP]

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1621 [5FE]

Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: authorize a land exchange involving acquisition of adjacent private land for inclusion in the refuge in exchange for certain BLM lands in Riverside County, CA (H.R. 3006), H7483 [15SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), E826• [22MY]

——— limit the number of civilian employees (H.R. 4257), E826• [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), Senate amendment, H9279 [11DE]

——— Payment in Lieu of Taxes program funding, H245 [15JA]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations, H444 [15JA]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 458), H245 [15JA]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), Senate amendments, H444 [15JA]

Gilmore, Terry: Temecula, CA, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E238• [25FE]

Gordon, Bud: Corona, CA, Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E66• [14JA]

Guide Dogs of the Desert (organization): tribute, E866• [29MY]

Oster, Dave: Lake Elsinore, CA, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E133• [28JA]

Pearson, Linda: Corona, CA, Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year award recipient, E62• [14JA]

Riverside County, CA: tribute to Operation Recognition high school diploma recipients, E1583• [14NO]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), consideration (H. Res. 715), H7311 [9SE]

Wilson, Gerry and Rosie: Temecula, CA, Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement award recipients, E240• [25FE]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5171) (H. Rept. 113–551), H6744 [23JY]

Tributes

Bourns, Marlan, E558• [9AP]

Ehlers, Walter, E294• [4MR]

Field, Charles D., E1420• [16SE]

Guglielmana, Judy, E1681• [1DE]

Haze, Pam, E1266• [29JY]

Magee, Robert E., E127• [28JA]

Pavez, Jorge, E395• [14MR]

Pitts, James, E1091• [26JN]

Rice, Darrell G., E1264• [29JY]

Ruiz, David, Sr., E972• [12JN]

Sherman, Thomas A., E322• [6MR]

Walters, Dan, E1081• [26JN]

Wicke, Ben, E1679• [1DE]

Wyatt, Jack, E158• [4FE]