CHRISTENSEN, DONNA M. (a Delegate from the Virgin Islands)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: welcome leaders to U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit and trade ministers to Forum of the African Growth Opportunity Act (see H. Res. 699), H7184 [31JY]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H1772 [11FE]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H20 [7JA]

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: codify the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account program to assist spouses of members in pursuing educational opportunities and career training (see H.R. 4818), H6860 [25JY]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (see H.R. 4305), H2695 [26MR]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 481), H1771 [11FE]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 610), H5064 [30MY]

Children and youth: allow State child protective services systems to better serve the needs of children who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 4636), H5399 [17JN]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H2434 [13MR]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H2915 [3AP]

Copyrights: secure rights of artists of works of visual art to provide royalties (see H.R. 4103), H3058 [8AP]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 4148), H3058 [8AP]

Dept. of Education: amend adverse credit history determinations for purposes of Federal Direct PLUS Loan eligibility (see H.R. 4480), H3196 [10AP]

Dept. of Energy: establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program (see H.R. 4162), H2255 [6MR]

——— establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see H.R. 4092), H2258 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS: improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H4017 [8MY]

——— provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths, define severe maternal morbidity, and eliminate maternal health disparities (see H.R. 4216), H7189 [31JY]

Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 808), H4476 [19MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H5819 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify qualifications of hearing aid specialists (see H.R. 3508), H1432 [27JA]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4793), H6860 [25JY]

Disasters: reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs (see H.R. 2132), H6656 [22JY]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7184 [31JY]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5725 [24JN]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H7939 [12NO]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H2854 [2AP]

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

Federal aid programs: provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties (see H.R. 5571), H7883 [18SE]

Firearms: prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals (see H.R. 2648), H2991 [7AP]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H1769 [11FE]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H2486 [14MR]

Immigration: expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrant women, men, and families by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 4240), H2432 [13MR]

Iran: ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the U.S. (see H.R. 3707), H1252 [23JA]

Medicaid: provide payment for patient navigator services (see H.R. 4168), H2915 [3AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories relative to low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 3966), H1510 [29JA]

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), H2746 [27MR]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3717), H2855 [2AP]

Minimum wage: provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 4839), H5318 [11JN]

Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims (see H.R. 5060), H6105 [10JY]

——— place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 526), H2914 [3AP]

Minorities: anniversary of Executive order addressing environmental justice in minority and low-income populations (see H. Res. 479), H1771 [11FE]

——— improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1770 [11FE]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 673), H6398 [17JY]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H1771 [11FE]

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

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: provide greater transparency, accountability, and safety authority (see H.R. 4364), H2802 [1AP]

National Mental Health No Stigma Week: designate (see H. Res. 572), H3446 [6MY]

National Minority Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 560), H3364 [30AP]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H3144 [9AP]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 471), H1544 [3FE]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H3941 [7MY]

NOAA: establish Climate Change Education Program (see H.R. 4461), H4017 [8MY]

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

Poverty: strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (see H.R. 5352), H7183 [31JY]

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

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see H. Res. 493), H2065 [27FE]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 1240), H5186 [9JN]

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

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H2002 [26FE]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H1432 [27JA]

St. Louis, MO: designate as the National Chess Capital (see H. Res. 169), H2803 [1AP]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H2803 [1AP]

Taxation: extend the increased limitation on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3967), H1515 [31JA]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H474 [15JA]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4985), H6036 [9JY]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H3365 [30AP]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H1938 [25FE]

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

U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: establish procedures for class actions (see H.R. 5088), H6860 [25JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H1512 [29JA]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H3941 [7MY]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H2746 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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 (see H.R. 5803), H8867 [8DE]

Florence Louise Thomas Post Office, St. Croix, VI: designate (see H.R. 5466), H7528 [15SE]

Taxation: assist in recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans’ assets (see H.R. 3821), H72 [8JA]

Constitutional authority statements

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. 5803), H8868 [8DE]

Florence Louise Thomas Post Office, St. Croix, VI: designate (H.R. 5466), H7529 [15SE]

Taxation: assist in recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans’ assets (H.R. 3821), H72 [8JA]

Remarks

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4005), H2778 [1AP]

——— increase number of passengers allowable on uninspected, U.S.-flagged passenger vessels operating in the Virgin Islands, H2778 [1AP]

DEA: improve regulation of anabolic steroids (H.R. 4771), H7461 [15SE]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (S. 2154), H7461 [15SE]

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), H7463 [15SE]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, E1810• [12DE]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (H.R. 4450), H6631• [22JY]

Tributes

Christian, Cora L.E., E939• [10JN]

Dickerson, Wadsworth (Lalie), E1725• [3DE]

Duncan, Tim, H5735 [25JN]

Kosak, Michael F., E1716• [3DE]