HERRERA BEUTLER, JAIME (a Representative from Washington)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 1091), H1515 [31JA]

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see H.R. 2548), H2486 [14MR]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 302), H1773 [11FE]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 5081), H6656 [22JY]

——— improve response to victims of child sex trafficking (see H.R. 5111), H6657 [22JY]

——— increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 5076), H6656 [22JY]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (see H.R. 4058), H3242 [28AP]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (see H.R. 4980), H6746 [23JY]

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), H7434 [10SE]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 36), H1773 [11FE]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H3242 [28AP]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H3293 [29AP]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see H.R. 3610), H3242 [28AP]

Dept. of Education: simplify the college financial aid application process (see H.R. 4982), H6036 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS: designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H6656 [22JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: train personnel to effectively deter, detect, disrupt, and prevent human trafficking during the course of their primary roles and responsibilities (see H.R. 5116), H6746 [23JY]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H7190 [31JY]

Dept. of Labor: 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), H1592 [4FE]

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H6746 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H6036 [9JY]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H4685 [20MY]

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H8226 [1DE]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H7619 [16SE]

FDA: provide for the regulation of medical software (see H.R. 3303), H5249 [10JN]

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

Federal employees: expand training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in persons (see H.R. 4449), H6746 [23JY]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1750), H4060 [9MY]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (see H.R. 1249), H5186 [9JN]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H2199 [5MR]

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), H7389 [9SE]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H3144 [9AP]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 5135), H6397 [17JY]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 2328), H2199 [5MR]

Law enforcement: mandate reporting requirements for sex offenders intending to travel internationally, provide notice to the destination, and prevent entry to the U.S. by foreign sex offenders (see H.R. 4573), H4686 [20MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H6137 [11JY]

Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H3364 [30AP]

Medicare: ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H7893 [18SE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H7434 [10SE]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H7297 [8SE]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H5364 [12JN]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H3058 [8AP]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H6297 [15JY]

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), H7389 [9SE]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 401), H6656 [22JY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5365 [12JN]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 697), H7126 [30JY]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5739), H8226 [1DE]

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), H4686 [20MY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 2453), H6400 [17JY]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H3941 [7MY]

——— 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), H2302 [11MR]

Ships and vessels: establish nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel (see H.R. 5609), H7885 [18SE]

Small business: provide for a consolidated definition of a small business concern owned and controlled by veterans to improve the Federal contracting process for service-disabled veterans (see H.R. 2882), H2199 [5MR]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 728), H7940 [12NO]

Smithsonian Institution: establish the Smithsonian American Latino Museum (see H.R. 1217), H3940 [7MY]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H5597 [20JN]

Taxation: broaden special rules for certain governmental health reimbursement arrangements to include plans established by political subdivisions (see H.R. 4567), H7901 [19SE]

——— exclude dividends from controlled foreign corporations from the definition of personal holding company income for purposes of the personal holding company rules (see H.R. 4589), H5399 [17JN]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H1545 [3FE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H2746 [27MR]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 3728), H3293 [29AP]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 2429), H3199 [10AP]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7940 [12NO]

Washington (State): express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, landslide (see H. Res. 634), H5597 [20JN]

Women: recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (see H. Res. 619), H5318 [11JN]

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), H163 [10JA]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H445 [15JA], H9068 [11DE]

Camas, WA: tribute to Camas High School girls’ track and field team, E926• [9JN]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (H.R. 4225), H4521 [20MY]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories to reduce reliance on imported fuels and increase use of indigenous energy resources (H.R. 83), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 776), H9068 [11DE]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), Senate amendments, H445 [15JA]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 776), H9068 [11DE]

National Preeclampsia Awareness Month: observance, E897• [30MY]

Votes: correction, H2214 [6MR]

——— position on missed, E1617• [18NO]

Tributes

Efraimson, Alexa, E926• [9JN]

Hastings, Representative Doc, H9038 [10DE]

Hepola, Margaret Colf, H9028 [10DE]

Shaw, Gail, E1241• [25JY]

Stinson, Steve, E1200• [22JY]

Stover, Christopher, H1218 [16JA]