DAVIS, SUSAN A. (a Representative from California)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4771 [21MY]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4881, H4912 [28MY]
Appointments
House Democracy Partnership, H1473 [28JA]
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), H21 [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]
Angelou, Maya: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring life (see H. Res. 684), H6814 [24JY]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 605), H5022 [29MY]
Cambodia: honor victims of genocide that took place from 1975–1979 (see H. Res. 464), H1687 [6FE]
Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5468), H7528 [15SE]
Children and youth: expand and improve Federal programs to reduce child hunger (see H.R. 4249), H2611 [24MR]
——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H7188 [31JY]
China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H8033 [17NO]
Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 812), H5725 [24JN]
Colonel M.J. ‘Mac’ Dube, USMC Post Office Building, Twentynine Palms, CA: designate (see H.R. 5331), H7182 [31JY]
Copyrights: clarify definition of ‘‘widow’’ and ’’widower’’ to ensure protection for same-sex couples relative to passage of copyright rights to next of kin upon the death of a copyright holder (see H.R. 5617), H7901 [19SE]
Credit: establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4511), H3448 [6MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 5012), H7893 [18SE]
Dept. of Education: award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see H.R. 5807), H9045 [10DE]
——— end use of corporal punishment in schools by prohibiting funding to any institution or agency utilizing such practices and providing assistance with positive behavior support approaches (see H.R. 5005), H5818 [26JN]
——— establish Elementary Educator Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Content Coach program (see H.R. 1090), H1687 [6FE]
——— establish grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 5589), H8133 [19NO]
——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H2361 [12MR]
——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4902), H5556 [19JN]
——— integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (see H.R. 2426), H7189 [31JY]
——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H6297 [15JY]
——— provide grants for core curriculum development (see H.R. 2897), H4910 [28MY]
——— stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives (see H.R. 1089), H1687 [6FE]
——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 791), H72 [8JA]
Dept. of HHS: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see H.R. 1732), H1481 [28JA]
——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H4060 [9MY]
——— improve the quality of infant and toddler care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4680), H4684 [20MY]
——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H5399 [17JN]
——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 1981), H7939 [12NO]
Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H5816 [26JN]
Dept. of Labor: establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 4629), H4830 [22MY]
——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 4163), H2255 [6MR]
——— phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H183 [13JA]
Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 808), H7241 [1AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see H.R. 3369), H8273 [2DE]
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), H2697 [26MR]
Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7184 [31JY]
——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H5249 [10JN]
——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 1508), H2991 [7AP]
——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 1915), H5399 [17JN]
——— 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), H4017 [8MY]
Education: support the community schools model (see H.R. 3873), H1687 [6FE]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6297 [15JY]
Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]
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), H5877 [8JY]
FCC: restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices until final action is taken in proceedings on such rules that were remanded by a court decision (see H.R. 3982), H1593 [4FE]
Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building, Lompoc, CA: designate (see H.R. 5562), H7883 [18SE]
Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3135), H3409 [1MY]
FEMA: enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1878), H7128 [30JY]
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]
Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H5186 [9JN]
——— enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2101), H7939 [12NO]
——— support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see H. Res. 688), H7894 [18SE]
Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H7129 [30JY]
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), H3365 [30AP]
Iraq: protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 683), H7129 [30JY]
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]
Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 5235), H7039 [29JY]
——— reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks (see H. Res. 657), H6108 [10JY]
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]
Manford, Jeanne Sobelson: tribute (see H. Res. 611), H5068 [2JN]
Moldova: support sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity, call for removal of Russian forces, and resolve conflict in Transnistria territory (see H. Res. 562), H4061 [9MY]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]
National Mental Health No Stigma Week: designate (see H. Res. 572), H3446 [6MY]
National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 462), H1241 [16JA]
National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H4061 [9MY]
National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week: designate (see H. Res. 484), H2435 [13MR]
Neil Havens Post Office, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 4939), H5639 [23JN]
Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3409 [1MY]
NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H7297 [8SE]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4122), H5187 [9JN]
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), H1657 [5FE]
Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H2991 [7AP]
Printing: ensure citizens continue to be provided with paper-based information, products and services, and public notices while providing the ability to opt-in to electronic access to such documents (see H. Res. 97), H184 [13JA]
Read Across America Day: designate (see H. Res. 495), H2097 [28FE]
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), H3242 [28AP]
Refugees: establish processes for certain aliens located in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Turkey, or Syria to apply for admission to the U.S. as refugees (see H.R. 5430), H7677 [17SE]
Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7297 [8SE]
SBA: amend and extend State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 3619), H2803 [1AP]
——— improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 2452), H3144 [9AP]
Social Security: provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H7456 [11SE]
SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see H.R. 4664), H4911 [28MY]
Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H2361 [12MR]
Taxation: eliminate marriage penalty in the dollar limitation on the student loan interest deduction (see H.R. 5508), H7674 [17SE]
——— encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 118), H2434 [13MR]
——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2499), H3413 [2MY]
——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H8365 [3DE]
——— extend research credit, increase and make permanent alternative simplified research credit and provide for a biotechnology consortium research credit (see H.R. 3757), H225 [14JA]
——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2116), H8033 [17NO]
——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H3293 [29AP]
——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see H.R. 2144), H3941 [7MY]
Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H5495 [18JN]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]
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), H7190 [31JY]
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]
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), H6746 [23JY]
Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H3242 [28AP]
——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3544), H4910 [28MY]
——— 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), H2362 [12MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Colleges and universities: clarify application of prepayment amounts on student loans (see H.R. 4236), H2432 [13MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 5242), H7039 [29JY]
Dept. of Education: eliminate origination fees for Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 5577), H7884 [18SE]
——— require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (see H.R. 5277), H7125 [30JY]
——— require training for teachers in social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 4509), H3291 [29AP]
National Principals Month: designate (see H. Res. 662), H6035 [9JY]
Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7241 [1AU]
San Diego, CA: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the 1915 Panama-California Exposition (see H. Con. Res. 73), H134 [9JA]
Constitutional authority statements
Colleges and universities: clarify application of prepayment amounts on student loans (H.R. 4236), H2434 [13MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (H.R. 5242), H7040 [29JY]
Dept. of Education: eliminate origination fees for Federal Direct Loan Program (H.R. 5577), H7889 [18SE]
——— require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (H.R. 5277), H7127 [30JY]
——— require training for teachers in social and emotional learning programming (H.R. 4509), H3292 [29AP]
Remarks
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), conference report, H7056 [30JY]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, H4546 [20MY]
Boehner, Speaker: proposal to sue President Obama for circumventing the American people and their elected representatives through executive action, H5885 [9JY]
Chen, Eric: White House Science Fair participant, H4924 [29MY]
Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (H.R. 1755), H5507 [19JN]
Colleges and universities: affordability, H6671 [23JY]
Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), consideration (H. Res. 694), H7063 [30JY]
Dept. of Commerce: U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service funding through reductions in Bureau of Prisons funding, H4881 [28MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8623 [4DE]
——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4546 [20MY]
——— improve and enhance prevention and response to sexual assaults and sexual harassment, H4546 [20MY]
Dept. of Education: protect students from higher education costs and increased student loan interest rates, H1947 [26FE]
Dept. of Energy: making continuing appropriations for the National Nuclear Security Administration (H.J. Res. 76), Senate amendments, E1365• [9SE]
Dept. of HHS: Head Start Program funding, H49 [8JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H7056 [30JY]
Education: national policy to improve system, H1440 [28JA]
——— science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education funding, H4924 [29MY]
Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), H1728 [11FE], H1947 [26FE]
House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H3951 [8MY], H5885 [9JY], H8230 [2DE]
Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), E1365• [9SE]
——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), E1365• [9SE]
Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, E1365• [9SE]
James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA: designate (H.R. 1378), E1777• [10DE]
Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H49 [8JA]
Minimum wage: increase, H2618 [25MR]
National objectives: promote environmental policies, H1662 [6FE]
NIH: funding, H2813 [2AP]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), Senate amendment, H8623 [4DE]
Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (H.R. 20), H2013 [27FE]
Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (H. Res. 711), E1322• [1AU]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4881 [28MY]
Taxation: encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (H.R. 851), unanimous-consent request, H7063 [30JY]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H34 [8JA], H242 [15JA]
Votes: position on missed, H2406• [13MR], H7858• [18SE], E1365• [9SE]
Wildfires: express importance of allocating appropriate resources to wildland fire management and a healthy forest policy and recognize bravery of firefighters, H4483 [20MY]
Women’s History Month: observance, H2618 [25MR]
World War II: recognize anniversary of, and Armed Forces members who participated in, the D-Day amphibious landing at Normandy, France, H5195 [10JN]
Tributes
Coleman, Gerald F. (Jerry), E98• [16JA]
Gwynn, Tony, H5405 [18JN]
Hom, Tom, E1295• [1AU]
Larabee, Dale, E1132• [9JY]
Nachison, Jon, E1166• [16JY]