HORSFORD, STEVEN A. (a Representative from Nevada)

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 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]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H2065 [27FE]

——— 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), H7128 [30JY]

Cesar Chavez Day: observance (see H. Res. 529), H2744 [27MR]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2746 [27MR]

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), H7939 [12NO]

Dept. of Education: 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), H6656 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1907), H1659 [5FE]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see H.R. 3723), H7893 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior: make permanent the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see H.R. 3879), H1243 [16JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 2146), H4685 [20MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans’ benefits to recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 2529), H7455 [11SE]

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 4971), H5768 [25JN]

——— give priority for new national cemeteries to States without a national cemetery or areas with large veteran populations (see H.R. 4712), H4831 [22MY]

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see H.R. 1284), H7938 [12NO]

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), H7241 [1AU]

Drugs: decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level and leave States the power to regulate marijuana similar to the power to regulate alcohol (see H.R. 499), H5319 [11JN]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H7297 [8SE]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1286), H3241 [28AP]

——— clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 2852), H2566 [21MR]

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

Federal agencies and departments: reform classification and security clearance processes, and establish within the Dept. of Homeland Security an effective and transparent security clearance review process (see H.R. 5240), H7894 [18SE]

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

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 1141), H2696 [26MR]

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]

FHA: ensure stability in maximum mortgage amount limitations for areas experiencing decreases in median home prices (see H.R. 4208), H3941 [7MY]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H4476 [19MY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H1719 [10FE]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H6217 [14JY]

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), H1939 [25FE]

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), H7530 [15SE]

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]

Israel: 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]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 632), H5557 [19JN]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3293 [29AP]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H1720 [10FE]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H4910 [28MY]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H6400 [17JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H2486 [14MR]

——— 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), H4910 [28MY]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H4910 [28MY]

——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4781), H7297 [8SE]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2258 [6MR]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H7940 [12NO]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4064 [13MY]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1242 [16JA]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H1719 [10FE]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H8366 [3DE]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H4476 [19MY]

National Park Service: reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program (see H.R. 5570), H7883 [18SE]

National parks and recreation areas: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see H.R. 3976), H1511 [29JA]

Native Americans: ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (see H.R. 3716), H1432 [27JA]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5706), H8171 [20NO]

Nevada: authorize certain land conveyances involving public lands in northern Nevada to promote economic development and conservation (see H.R. 5205), H6859 [25JY]

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]

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: adjust boundaries to include Hinchliffe Stadium (see H.R. 2430), H2260 [10MR]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H3058 [8AP]

Political campaigns: prohibit certain social welfare organizations from participating or intervening in any political campaign (see H.R. 2520), H4017 [8MY]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1657 [5FE]

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

Public lands: improve the control and management of invasive species that threaten and harm Federal lands (see H.R. 3994), H1658 [5FE]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3929), H2566 [21MR]

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]

Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H7893 [18SE]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H3293 [29AP]

SEC: require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers (see H.R. 1627), H6400 [17JY]

Smithsonian Institution: establish the Smithsonian American Latino Museum (see H.R. 1217), H3292 [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), H7189 [31JY]

——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (see H.R. 3118), H1772 [11FE]

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]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H4830 [22MY]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H7041 [29JY]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H7188 [31JY]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H3293 [29AP]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 4933), H5597 [20JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H3293 [29AP]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 4916), H7297 [8SE]

——— 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]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3293 [29AP]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H1773 [11FE] (see H.R. 3824), H134 [9JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP] (see H.R. 4970), H5768 [25JN]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H6297 [15JY]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H1773 [11FE]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H7940 [12NO]

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), H7893 [18SE]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H6400 [17JY]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H3058 [8AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Angelou, Maya: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4968), H5767 [25JN]

Dept. of Education: establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (see H.R. 4827), H5248 [10JN]

Dept. of the Interior: transfer land to be held in trust for Moapa Band of Paiutes in Nevada (see H.R. 4890), H5494 [18JN]

Las Vegas, NV: convey certain lands for development of a nonprofit work center and affordable housing for people with intellectual disabilities (see H.R. 4891), H5494 [18JN]

Nevada: take certain land into trust for the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe (see H.R. 5608), H7885 [18SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Angelou, Maya: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 4968), H5769 [25JN]

Dept. of Education: establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (H.R. 4827), H5249 [10JN]

Dept. of the Interior: transfer land to be held in trust for Moapa Band of Paiutes in Nevada (H.R. 4890), H5494 [18JN]

Las Vegas, NV: convey certain lands for development of a nonprofit work center and affordable housing for people with intellectual disabilities (H.R. 4891), H5494 [18JN]

Nevada: take certain land into trust for the Duckwater Shoshone Tribe (H.R. 5608), H7890 [18SE]

Motions

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2175 [5MR]

Remarks

AbilityOne Program: tribute, E912• [5JN]

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1451 [28JA]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 465), H1451 [28JA]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H249 [15JA]

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H7279, H7280, H7281, H7283, H7284, H7285 [8SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H2597, H2599 [24MR]

——— tribute to lawyers challenging segregation in schools, H4464 [19MY]

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), H6944, H6945 [28JY]

Corporal Juan Mariel Alcantara Post Office Building, New York, NY: designate (H.R. 4443), H7254 [8SE]

Dept. of Energy: allow closure of Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site, H6032 [9JY]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H5172 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for relocation of Office of Multifamily Housing asset management positions, H5173 [9JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5172 [9JN]

Economy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H1267, H1269 [27JA], H3231 [28AP]

Education: ensure access to quality education for minorities, H3231 [28AP]

——— impact of segregated neighborhoods on access to quality public school education, H4465 [19MY]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H17 [7JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6020, H6032 [9JY]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 458), H249 [15JA]

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 (H.R. 4255), H2950 [4AP]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), H1606 [5FE]

Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H6020 [9JY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6944 [28JY]

——— legislative process, H6944, H6945 [28JY]

Immigration: reform (H.R. 15), unanimous-consent request, H2663 [26MR]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H45 [8JA]

Larcenia J. Bullard Post Office Building, Miami, FL: designate (H.R. 2678), H7252, H7253 [8SE]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (H.R. 2851), H7283 [8SE]

Lyon County, NV: designate the Wovoka Wilderness and provide for certain land conveyances, H7491 [15SE]

——— designate the Wovoka Wilderness and provide for certain land conveyances (H.R. 696), H181 [13JA]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H1268 [27JA]

——— level, H1268, H1269 [27JA]

Minorities: improve economic condition of minorities, H3231 [28AP]

Montana: withdraw Federal land on North Fork watershed located in the vicinity of Flathead National Forest from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (H.R. 2259), H2127, H2128 [4MR]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (S. 231), H7249 [8SE]

National objectives: economic recovery, H15, H17, H18 [7JA]

Neil Havens Post Office, Simi Valley, CA: designate (H.R. 4939), H7250 [8SE]

Nevada: anniversary of statehood, H2309 [12MR]

——— authorize certain land conveyances involving public lands in northern Nevada to promote economic development and conservation (H.R. 5205), H7491 [15SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), motion to recommit, H2175 [5MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), H2949 [4AP]

——— preserve provisions that protect consumers from premium increases, provide tax credits and rebates, and prohibit discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions, H2175 [5MR]

Public debt: ceiling, H1709, H1710, H1711, H1712, H1713 [10FE]

Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office, Mulberry, FL: designate (H.R. 5089), H7252 [8SE]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: designate certain lands and inland water as wilderness (S. 23), H2126 [4MR]

Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office, Rochester, NY: designate (H.R. 5019), H7253 [8SE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H4462, H4463, H4464, H4465, H4466, H4467, H4468 [19MY]

Taxation: restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, H181 [13JA]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H17 [7JA]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H15, H18 [7JA], H176, H177, H178, H179, H181 [13JA], H192 [14JA], H1268 [27JA], H2949 [4AP], H5652 [24JN]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), H2306 [12MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), consideration (H. Res. 490), H2472 [14MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), H249 [15JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), unanimous-consent request, H247 [15JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3936), H1451 [28JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 4415), H4690 [21MY]

Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, Marietta, OH: designate (H.R. 2819), H7251 [8SE]

Votes: correction, H7024• [29JY], E1280• [30JY]

Women’s History Month: observance, H2593, H2594, H2595, H2596, H2597, H2599 [24MR]

Reports

Dept. of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Las Vegas, NV, Initiative, H7285 [8SE]

Resignations

Committee on Homeland Security (House), H2891 [3AP]

Committee on Natural Resources (House), H2891 [3AP]

Tributes

Anderson, Bernie, H174 [13JA]

Bailey, Bob, E875• [29MY]

Craigie, Scott, H4461 [19MY]

Duncan, Ruby, H2596 [24MR]