CAPPS, LOIS (a Representative from California)

Amendments

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1635 [5FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4754 [21MY]

EPA: provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 3826), H2188 [5MR]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5788 [26JN]

Appointments

House Democracy Partnership, H1473 [28JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War (see H.R. 4045), H1770 [11FE]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H1243 [16JA]

——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 5524), H7675 [17SE]

——— extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H6108 [10JY]

——— improve access to mental health services under TRICARE (see H.R. 4656), H4064 [13MY]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 532), H7996 [14NO]

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

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

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H7939 [12NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 1783), H2361 [12MR]

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), H3144 [9AP]

Dept. of Defense: require payment of full amount of separation pay otherwise due to former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 5009), H5827 [3JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H7242 [1AU]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H4910 [28MY]

——— designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H2913 [3AP]

——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H1659 [5FE]

——— make grants to train elementary and secondary school nurses how to respond to a biological or chemical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school building or on school grounds (see H.R. 5840), H9044 [10DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H2645 [25MR]

——— set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H1939 [25FE]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7242 [1AU]

——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H8133 [19NO]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H7242 [1AU]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (see H.R. 4732), H4829 [22MY]

Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5545), H7882 [18SE]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H6352 [16JY]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 4325), H3144 [9AP]

——— report on the impact of the use of altered images of individuals in advertising and other promotional media for commercial products (see H.R. 4341), H2744 [27MR]

Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H7041 [29JY]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]

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), H7980 [13NO]

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]

Medicaid: provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 4016), H2611 [24MR]

Medicare: increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H3448 [6MY]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H5399 [17JN]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 4857), H5363 [12JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H4060 [9MY]

Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H4911 [28MY]

——— strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4783), H5063 [30MY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H2362 [12MR]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure that individuals who attempted to, or who are enrolled in, qualified health plans offered through an exchange have continuity of coverage (see H.R. 3745), H21 [7JA]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H4476 [19MY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2915 [3AP]

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

Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H4475 [19MY]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H136 [9JA]

Power resources: establish a pilot program to train individuals for employment in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries (see H.R. 4648), H4059 [9MY]

——— promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4426), H3057 [8AP]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H7996 [14NO]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 3040), H2148 [4MR]

SBA: improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 2452), H3293 [29AP]

Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 5024), H7893 [18SE]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H7183 [31JY]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H2148 [4MR]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H21 [7JA]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 3986), H1591 [4FE]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4128), H2803 [1AP]

——— extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 3490), H21 [7JA]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H8365 [3DE]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H1545 [3FE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H7939 [12NO]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7434 [10SE]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3195 [10AP]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H3144 [9AP]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5769 [25JN]

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

Water: strengthen EPA WaterSense program, create EPA local conservation and efficiency program, support recycling, storage and management projects, and provide for drought preparedness (see H.R. 5363), H7242 [1AU]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H7675 [17SE]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H7189 [31JY]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6860 [25JY]

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), H2915 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: provide for availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the TRICARE program (see H.R. 4492), H3240 [28AP]

California: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 4685), H4684 [20MY]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (see H.R. 5324), H7181 [31JY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve maternal and newborn health (see H.R. 5862), H9302 [11DE]

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

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (see H.R. 4806), H5072 [5JN]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see H.R. 4906), H5557 [19JN]

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]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 5033), H6034 [9JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: provide for availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the TRICARE program (H.R. 4492), H3241 [28AP]

California: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (H.R. 4685), H4685 [20MY]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (H.R. 5324), H7186 [31JY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve maternal and newborn health (H.R. 5862), H9304 [11DE]

Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building, Lompoc, CA: designate (H.R. 5562), H7889 [18SE]

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (H.R. 4806), H5073 [5JN]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (H.R. 4906), H5558 [19JN]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (H.R. 5033), H6035 [9JY]

Motions

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), H7971 [13NO]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (H.R. 935), H7149 [31JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H1460, H1462 [28JA]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), motion to instruct conferees, H6850 [25JY]

——— provide for availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the TRICARE program, H4710 [21MY], H8372 [4DE]

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1635, H1636 [5FE]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (H.R. 5324), H7539 [16SE]

Children’s Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month: observance, H7539 [16SE]

Climate: global warming, H2368 [13MR], H7629 [17SE]

——— impact of global warming on ocean acidification, H2368 [13MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H5668 [24JN]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), motion to recommit, H7971 [13NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8372 [4DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), consideration (H. Res. 590), H4710 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 2308), H7539 [16SE]

Dept. of the Interior: allow coordination between Federal offshore energy management agencies with State and local stakeholders in coastal and marine spatial planning, H6042 [10JY]

——— notify State and local regulatory agencies and publish notice in the Federal Register after receiving application for permit to conduct offshore fracking activities, H5788, H5789 [26JN]

——— prohibit offshore hydraulic fracturing activities until completion of environmental and public health impact study, H5739 [25JN], H5788 [26JN]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off certain areas of the coast of California, H5738 [25JN], H7845 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: hiring of additional health care professionals funding, H6850 [25JY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H6850 [25JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6042 [10JY]

EPA: allow consideration of all existing pollution control technologies being used in the U.S. or elsewhere when setting new powerplant emission standards, H2188 [5MR]

——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 3826), H2180, H2188 [5MR]

Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building, Lompoc, CA: designate (H.R. 5562), H8843 [8DE]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security, H4918 [29MY]

Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorize, H5257 [11JN]

GAO: report to Congress on resiliency and adaptability of all Bureau of Reclamation projects and facilities in California to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the quality, quantity, or reliability of water resources, H1635, H1636 [5FE]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in memory of victims of shootings at Isla Vista, CA, H4867 [28MY]

Immigration: reform (H.R. 15), H5735 [25JN]

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, H4867 [28MY], H4918 [29MY]

——— 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 (H. Res. 608), H5202 [10JN]

Los Padres National Forest: convey certain lands (H.R. 3008), H1259 [27JA]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (H.R. 2477), H3457 [7MY]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H2458 [14MR]

National Preeclampsia Awareness Month: observance, E993• [17JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, H2458 [14MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 770), H8372 [4DE]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (H.R. 935), motion to recommit, H7149 [31JY]

——— minimize use of certain pesticides known or suspected to cause serious health issues for infants and children, monitor adverse impacts from their use, and report location and quantities to local permitting agencies, H7149 [31JY]

Pipelines: require treatment of tar sands or oil sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline as crude oil relative to contributions to Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, H7971 [13NO]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5788, H5789 [26JN]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), consideration (H. Res. 641), H5738 [25JN]

——— promote clean energy sources in order to combat effects of climate change, H190 [14JA]

——— remove Government obstacles to domestic energy production, ensure transport of energy, lower energy costs, and enable businesses to access energy to create and sustain jobs (H.R. 2), H7845 [18SE]

——— require approval of construction, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric transmission facilities at U.S. borders for import or export (H.R. 3301), H5668 [24JN]

Rare Disease Day: observance, E297• [4MR]

Rosen, Adele: Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara, CA, Woman of Valor Award recipient, E533• [7AP]

Santa Barbara, CA: anniversary of Santa Barbara High School The Forge (newspaper), E1562• [13NO]

Santa Maria, CA: anniversary of Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, E157• [4FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4987 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to implement National Ocean Policy established by Executive order, H4987 [29MY]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H2373 [13MR]

TransCanada Pipelines LTD: require, H7971 [13NO]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H34 [8JA]

Votes: position on missed, E251• [26FE], E1129• [9JY]

Women: improve economic condition of women, H3301 [30AP]

Tributes

Crocker, Julian, E1629• [19NO]

Dingell, Representative, H8920 [9DE]

Fertig, Ralph, E1320• [1AU]

McCune, Sara Miller, E64• [14JA]

Miller, Representative George, H9031 [10DE]

Scher, Joseph, E1571• [13NO]

Shea, Gerald, E1567• [13NO]

Waxman, Representative, H9031 [10DE]