DeFAZIO, PETER A. (a Representative from Oregon)
Amendments
California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1636 [5FE]
CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), H5629 [23JN]
Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (H.R. 6), H5745 [25JN]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5175 [9JN]
Endangered Species Act: require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), H7017 [29JY]
Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5797 [26JN]
Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1578 [4FE]
Appointments
Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H5071 [5JN]
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), H2991 [7AP]
Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2847), H1243 [16JA]
Armed Forces: afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2841), H3941 [7MY]
——— authorize enlistment of additional persons residing in the U.S. and lawfully admit for permanent residence certain enlistees who are not citizens or other nationals of the U.S. (see H.R. 435), H473 [15JA]
——— encourage Congress to debate and vote on a statutory authorization for any sustained combat role in Iraq or Syria (see H. Con. Res. 114), H7677 [17SE]
——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 5524), H7675 [17SE]
——— modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H6297 [15JY]
BLM: adjust minimum bids and annual rentals for oil and gas and tar sands leases to reflect inflation (see H.R. 3859), H183 [13JA]
Business and industry: exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain Social Security benefit transfers used for educational purposes (see H.R. 5539), H7996 [14NO]
Cargo transportation: establish a Maritime Goods Movement User Fee and provide grants for international maritime cargo improvements (see H.R. 4105), H5249 [10JN]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H4476 [19MY]
Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 4148), H3242 [28AP]
Courts: restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (see H.R. 4361), H4686 [20MY]
Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H6816 [24JY]
——— exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 1767), H5399 [17JN]
Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H7939 [12NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 5242), H7619 [16SE]
——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 5012), H7389 [9SE]
——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 1783), H7892 [18SE]
——— publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 4886), H7129 [30JY]
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), H5769 [25JN]
Dept. of Defense: limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 5478), H7677 [17SE]
——— provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime (see H.R. 1971), H184 [13JA]
——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 4107), H2064 [27FE]
Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5250 [10JN]
——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools and high schools (see H.R. 4782), H5877 [8JY]
——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H2098 [28FE]
——— 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), H6816 [24JY]
——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 1854), H2302 [11MR]
——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H5877 [8JY]
——— repeal suspension of eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses (see H.R. 3510), H4017 [8MY]
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), H1938 [25FE]
——— designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H3293 [29AP]
——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H4834 [23MY]
——— improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 809), H1772 [11FE]
——— improve field emergency medical services, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 809), H5599 [20JN]
——— prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution (see H.R. 3969), H4910 [28MY]
——— provide for a grants program to develop and enhance integrated nutrition curricula in medical schools (see H.R. 4427), H4061 [9MY]
——— publish physical activity guidelines (see H.R. 2179), H3293 [29AP]
——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see H.R. 1599), H2148 [4MR]
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), H4058 [9MY]
Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 808), H2257 [6MR]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H6107 [10JY]
——— identify and declare wildlife disease emergencies and coordinate rapid response to these emergencies (see H.R. 5156), H6398 [17JY]
Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H2255 [6MR]
——— develop and implement program to promote export of liquified natural gas on U.S.-flag vessels and give priority processing of export applications for deepwater port terminals utilizing such vessels (see H.R. 5270), H7894 [18SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 4816), H5598 [20JN]
——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H5186 [9JN]
——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H4476 [19MY]
Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 3398), H1772 [11FE]
Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]
District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 292), H7188 [31JY]
Drought: provide drought assistance to California and other affected Western States (see H.R. 4239), H2432 [13MR]
Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H6580 [18JY]
Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H3294 [29AP]
Elder Justice Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5515), H7940 [12NO]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6215 [14JY]
EPA: eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 1462), H4017 [8MY]
——— establish the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program (see H.R. 5216), H7242 [1AU]
Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]
FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 1775), H5073 [5JN]
FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H8365 [3DE]
——— 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), H1720 [10FE]
Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4255), H2484 [14MR]
Federal-State relations: allow Western States to exchange school trust lands within Federal conservation areas with certain Federal lands with viable revenue opportunities to support public education (see H.R. 4901), H5556 [19JN]
Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H2854 [2AP]
Food: provide that meat, poultry, and egg products containing certain pathogens or contaminants are adulterated (see H.R. 4966), H5877 [8JY]
Forest Service: amend the Forest Legacy Program to authorize States to allow certain entities to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements under the program (see H.R. 4551), H6107 [10JY]
Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H1687 [6FE]
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), H5819 [26JN]
Health: 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), H7940 [12NO]
Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]
House of Representatives: mandate all Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner to complete annual ethics training conducted by the Committee on Ethics (House) (see H.R. 5095), H6400 [17JY]
Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 3513), H1432 [27JA]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4136), H3941 [7MY]
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]
Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 3855), H1246 [17JA]
James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4644), H4058 [9MY]
Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3058 [8AP]
Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H5320 [11JN]
Loren R. Kaufman Memorial Veterans’ Clinic, Dalles, OR: designate (see H.R. 4273), H2484 [14MR]
Medicare: apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 2827), H1938 [25FE]
——— delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H2066 [27FE]
——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H6353 [16JY]
——— 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), H2803 [1AP]
——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H2149 [4MR]
——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H2362 [12MR]
——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H1515 [31JA]
——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (see H.R. 3334), H163 [10JA]
——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H3242 [28AP]
——— provide coverage of pulmonary self-management education and training services furnished by a qualified respiratory therapist in a physician practice (see H.R. 2619), H2645 [25MR]
——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 5380), H7980 [13NO]
——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 5644), H7940 [12NO]
——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 1821), H6107 [10JY]
——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H3941 [7MY]
——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2260 [10MR]
National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H4685 [20MY]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]
National security: report on the use of targeted lethal force by remotely-piloted aircraft (drones) (see H.R. 4372), H5065 [30MY]
NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3448 [6MY]
NOAA: authorize and strengthen tsunami detection, forecast, warning, research, and mitigation program (see H.R. 5309), H7181 [31JY]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4122), H2915 [3AP]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H184 [13JA]
——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1659 [5FE]
Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2915 [3AP]
Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1657 [5FE]
SBA: improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 2452), H3293 [29AP]
Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H7893 [18SE]
Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3465), H7939 [12NO]
Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education program from the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (see H.R. 3774), H2645 [25MR]
——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 5306), H7242 [1AU]
——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H2696 [26MR]
Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing (see H.R. 2012), H2148 [4MR]
SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H5877 [8JY]
Taiwan Relations Act: affirm importance (see H. Res. 494), H2991 [7AP]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1317), H72 [8JA]
——— allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 5178), H6745 [23JY]
——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 5239), H7129 [30JY]
——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H2803 [1AP]
——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H2611 [24MR]
——— 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), H5817 [26JN]
——— modify taxation of hard cider (see H.R. 2921), H7979 [13NO]
——— prevent increase of Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks (see H. Con. Res. 52), H21 [7JA]
——— promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see H.R. 3724), H1512 [29JA]
Transportation: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 4440), H5024 [29MY]
Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H5249 [10JN]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H134 [9JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]
——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 3972), H1545 [3FE]
Veterans: extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program (see H.R. 3383), H1939 [25FE]
——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4682), H6816 [24JY]
VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7677 [17SE]
Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5830 [7JY]
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), H7183 [31JY]
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]
——— support network of wildlife rehabilitation centers and honor work in protecting native wildlife (see H. Res. 651), H5818 [26JN]
Women: 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 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
Animals: provide for trade sanctions against countries involved in illegal ivory trade (see H.R. 5454), H7454 [11SE]
Dept. of the Interior: contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land buy-back programs and require that certain amounts be deposited into interest bearing accounts (see H.R. 4694), H4783 [21MY]
——— provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (see H.R. 4546), H3407 [1MY]
——— require that certain Federal land be held in trust for the benefit of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (see H.R. 5511), H7674 [17SE]
——— require that certain Federal land be held in trust for the benefit of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (see H.R. 5512), H7674 [17SE]
——— require that certain Federal land be held in trust for the benefit of the federally recognized tribes in Oregon (see H.R. 5701), H7978 [13NO]
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]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: exempt State and county payments from any reduction due to sequestration and reimburse returned payments because of sequestration (see H.R. 3886), H472 [15JA]
Taxation: repeal the gas tax and rebuild roads and bridges (see H.R. 4848), H5318 [11JN]
Constitutional authority statements
Animals: provide for trade sanctions against countries involved in illegal ivory trade (H.R. 5454), H7455 [11SE]
Dept. of the Interior: contract with eligible Indian tribes to manage land buy-back programs and require that certain amounts be deposited into interest bearing accounts (H.R. 4694), H4784 [21MY]
——— provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (H.R. 4546), H3408 [1MY]
——— require that certain Federal land be held in trust for the benefit of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians (H.R. 5511), H7676 [17SE]
——— require that certain Federal land be held in trust for the benefit of the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians (H.R. 5512), H7676 [17SE]
——— require that certain Federal land be held in trust for the benefit of the federally recognized tribes in Oregon (H.R. 5701), H7979 [13NO]
Mining and mineral resources: modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims (H.R. 5060), H6106 [10JY]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: exempt State and county payments from any reduction due to sequestration and reimburse returned payments because of sequestration (H.R. 3886), H473 [15JA]
Taxation: repeal the gas tax and rebuild roads and bridges (H.R. 4848), H5319 [11JN]
Letters
California Emergency Drought Relief Act: D.O. McIsaac, Pacific Fishery Management Council, H8834 [8DE]
Remarks
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H7656• [17SE]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), E1789• [10DE]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, H1741• [11FE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3178 [10AP]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), consideration (H. Res. 544), H3008 [8AP]
California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1619, H1637 [5FE]
——— consider emergency drought declaration by Governor as formal request to Dept. of Commerce to issue a determination that a fishery resource disaster exists for fisheries that originate in California, H1637 [5FE]
CFTC: conduct study to determine whether high-frequency trading increases market volatility, H5629 [23JN]
——— reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 4413), H5629 [23JN]
Chesapeake Bay: require OMB to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the watershed and require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan (S. 1000), H8879 [9DE]
Climate: global warming, H28 [8JA]
Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), H7966, H7967 [13NO]
——— 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), H7011 [29JY]
Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary of senior companion program, E651• [1MY]
Corps of Engineers: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects, H1569 [4FE]
——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, H4489 [20MY]
Dept. of Commerce: issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program (H.R. 2646), E893• [30MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, E1789• [10DE]
Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (H.R. 6), H5745, H5746 [25JN]
——— require public disclosure of applicants intention to use eminent domain for any construction necessary to export natural gas, H5745, H5746 [25JN]
Dept. of the Interior: allow addition of lease sales to a finalized 5-year oil and gas leasing plan, H5782 [26JN]
——— conduct a special resource study of the archeological site and surrounding land of the New Philadelphia, IL, town site (H.R. 930), H3215 [28AP]
——— conduct a special resource study to evaluate significance of Mill Springs Battlefield in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, KY, and feasibility of inclusion in the National Park System (H.R. 298), H3213 [28AP]
——— convey certain Federal features of the electric system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service District (S. 25), H1741• [11FE]
——— direct certain revenue from increasing energy exploration and production and streamlining energy permitting to CFTC to limit excessive speculation in energy markets, H5797, H5798 [26JN]
——— incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), H2623 [25MR]
——— prohibit canceling, deferring, or withdrawing any lease parcel from a planned competitive lease sale after the conclusion of the public comment period, H5793 [26JN]
——— prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price, H5792 [26JN]
——— report to Congress on economic impact of efforts to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting, H1576 [4FE]
——— require a study of the feasibility of establishing Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail (H.R. 5086), H8881 [9DE]
——— require that certain Federal land be held in trust for the benefit of the federally recognized tribes in Oregon (H.R. 5701), H8885, H8886 [9DE]
——— study suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY, as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 1501), H3218 [28AP]
Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (H.R. 4156), H6867, H6868 [28JY]
——— infrastructure development funding, H2738, H2740, H2741 [27MR], H3008 [8AP]
——— prohibit funding to approve foreign air carrier permit or exemption application of air carrier already holding air operators certificate that contravenes U.S. law or U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement, H5175, H5176 [9JN]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit the taking of privately held water rights and uphold longstanding State water laws (H.R. 3189), H2390 [13MR]
——— require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands, H1568 [4FE]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5175, H5176 [9JN]
Drought: provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), H8834 [8DE]
Economy: importance of job creation, H7175 [31JY]
Employment: job creation through infrastructure investment, H2740 [27MR]
Endangered Species Act: clarify that publication on the Internet of certain data is consistent with State privacy regulations and does not apply to Dept. of Defense classifed information, H7017 [29JY]
——— disclose to States the basis of determinations and ensure use of information provided by State, tribal, and county governments in decisionmaking, H7010 [29JY]
——— exclude scientific information published solely in internal Dept. of the Interior publications from the definition of ‘‘best scientific and commercial data available’’, H7017, H7018 [29JY]
——— place caps on attorneys fees for suits filed under such Act, H7011 [29JY]
——— prohibit automatically defining all data submitted by State, county, or tribal governments as the ‘‘best scientific and commercial data available’’, H7019 [29JY]
——— require disclosure of Federal funding used in litigation against the Federal Government in a covered suit, H7020 [29JY]
——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), H7008, H7010, H7011, H7014, H7017, H7018, H7019, H7020 [29JY]
EPA: exempt components used in manufacture of hunting and recreational shooting ammunition and fishing tackle from regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act, H1568 [4FE]
Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (H.R. 2641), H2226 [6MR]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), consideration (H. Res. 661), H6047 [10JY]
Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements (H.R. 3830), E78• [15JA]
Forest Service: maintain access to National Forest System lands for snowmobiles until a travel management rule is finalized, H1583 [4FE]
——— prohibit conditioning ski area permits on transfer or acquisition of water rights on behalf of the U.S., H2390 [13MR]
Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations, H6865 [28JY], H7193 [1AU]
——— provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (H.R. 3992), H6047 [10JY], H6664 [23JY], H6871 [28JY], H7014 [29JY], H7842 [18SE]
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve: allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people (H.R. 3110), H3216 [28AP]
Highway Trust Fund: funding, H2810 [2AP]
——— infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, H2738 [27MR], H3008 [8AP]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7193 [1AU]
——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7193 [1AU]
Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H52 [8JA]
Kisatchie National Forest: prohibit restrictions on the use of dogs in deer hunting activities, H1581 [4FE]
Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H1741• [11FE]
——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H2468• [14MR]
Memorial Day: observance, H4687 [21MY]
National Environmental Policy Act: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (H.R. 1459), H2672, H2674 [26MR]
——— prohibit waiver for management decisions in national wildlife refuges, H1578 [4FE]
National Law Enforcement Museum Act: extend museum construction termination date (H.R. 4120), H3217 [28AP]
NOAA: prohibit funding for assessing or collecting cost recovery fee for West Coast trawl program under the Fishery Conservation and Management Act, E893• [30MY]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: urge support of European Union policy to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels, H29 [8JA]
Ozark National Scenic Riverways: allow continued use of motorized vessels, H1579 [4FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), H3072• [9AP], H3274• [29AP]
——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, H2468• [14MR]
——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2173• [5MR]
——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), Senate amendment, E1789• [10DE]
——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), E507• [3AP]
——— 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 (H.R. 3811), H149• [10JA]
Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (H.R. 935), H6871, H6873 [28JY]
Petroleum: crude oil export ban, H5753, H5756 [25JN]
——— gasoline price levels, H2738 [27MR], H4687 [21MY]
Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5753, H5756 [25JN], H5782, H5792, H5793, H5797, H5798 [26JN]
——— 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), H7842 [18SE]
Public utilities: exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority (H.R. 4032), H3216 [28AP]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6224, H6251 [15JY]
——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), Senate amendment, H7174, H7175 [31JY]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), E893• [30MY]
Shinseki, Eric K.: resignation as Sec. of Veterans Affairs relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog and clandestine wait lists for appointments at VA medical facilities, H5059 [30MY]
Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1565, H1568, H1569, H1576, H1577, H1578, H1579, H1580, H1581, H1583 [4FE]
Syria: authorize assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment to appropriately vetted Syrian groups to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H7656• [17SE]
Taxation: modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (H.R. 4718), consideration (H. Res. 661), H6047 [10JY]
——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 4438), H3945 [8MY]
Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H3945 [8MY]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect farmers and hunters from fines due to taking of migratory birds on agricultural fields by clarifying distinction between normal agricultural practices and baiting, H1580 [4FE]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H52 [8JA]
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), H7316, H7323 [9SE]
——— prevent issuance of final rules by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act if certain conditions are met, H7323 [9SE]
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council: expand membership of Advisory Committee to include veterans service organizations, H1578 [4FE]
——— expand membership of Advisory Committee to include women and minority hunting and fishing advocacy, outreach, or education organizations, H1577 [4FE]
Women: require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (H.R. 3404), E63• [14JA]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H1713 [10FE], H1768 [11FE]
Statements
Representative DeFazio’s Local Mosquito Control District Permit Application: American Mosquito Control Association, H7101 [30JY]
Tributes