MATSUI, DORIS O. (a Representative from California)

Amendments

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1632 [5FE]

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), H1777 [14FE]

Agriculture: promote and enhance urban agricultural production and agricultural research in urban areas (see H.R. 5616), H7885 [18SE]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 3022), H1659 [5FE]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H8226 [1DE]

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]

Americorps: anniversary (see H. Res. 719), H7433 [10SE]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2847), H7041 [29JY]

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 2377), H5559 [19JN]

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

——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 5524), H7675 [17SE]

——— extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H4058 [9MY]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 605), H5022 [29MY]

Biomedical Research Fund: establish (see H.R. 4384), H2913 [3AP]

Black Ribbon Day: designate to recognize victims of Soviet Communist and Nazi regimes (see H. Res. 302), H1593 [4FE]

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5468), H7528 [15SE]

CBO: require calculation of carbon score for all legislation (see H.R. 5733), H8071 [18NO]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see H.R. 5185), H7129 [30JY]

Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see H.R. 669), H1772 [11FE]

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), H21 [7JA]

Clinical Research Innovation Month: designate (see H. Res. 733), H7675 [17SE]

Colonel M.J. ‘Mac’ Dube, USMC Post Office Building, Twentynine Palms, CA: designate (see H.R. 5331), H7182 [31JY]

Corps of Engineers: update and improve reservoir operations (see H.R. 3988), H1592 [4FE]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see H.R. 5486), H7617 [16SE]

Crime: stop exploitation through human trafficking (see H.R. 3610), H3365 [30AP]

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), H3198 [10AP]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H6860 [25JY]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1545 [3FE]

——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1763), H4685 [20MY]

——— 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), H7189 [31JY]

——— make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 4826), H8133 [19NO]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H7529 [15SE]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage female students to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4515), H7389 [9SE]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H7979 [13NO]

——— require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see H.R. 5343), H7182 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize Federal assistance to State adult protective services programs to implement a network of elder abuse prevention and response measures (see H.R. 3090), H2486 [14MR]

——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H7388 [9SE]

——— define care coordination under the Older Americans Act, include care coordination as a fully restorative service, and detail such departmental functions (see H.R. 5200), H6860 [25JY]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 485), H7676 [17SE]

——— increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H5817 [26JN]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H3292 [29AP]

——— prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution (see H.R. 3969), H1687 [6FE]

——— prevent and treat diabetes, promote and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities, relative to diabetes, within racial and ethnic minority groups (see H.R. 3322), H2645 [25MR]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 1984), H6036 [9JY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 628), H4060 [9MY]

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: strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 798), H3448 [6MY]

Dept. of Transportation: set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H2258 [6MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H8226 [1DE]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 679), H8171 [20NO]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H5725 [24JN]

——— improve enrollment of veterans in certain educational courses (see H.R. 3456), H6656 [22JY]

——— 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), H7980 [13NO]

——— inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see H.R. 3369), H7893 [18SE]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1725), H7939 [12NO]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 5059), H7939 [12NO]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7242 [1AU]

——— 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), H1938 [25FE]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California and other affected Western States (see H.R. 4239), H2432 [13MR]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H1777 [14FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6215 [14JY]

Employment: allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see H.R. 5159), H6654 [22JY]

——— clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 2852), H7939 [12NO]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H4017 [8MY]

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

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see H.R. 3670), H2066 [27FE]

——— promote certain unlicensed spectrum use and maximize the use of such spectrum for shared purposes in order to bolster innovation and economic development (see H.R. 5125), H6351 [16JY]

——— 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), H1544 [3FE]

FDA: approve certain drugs and biological products for use in a limited population of patients to address increases in bacterial and fungal resistance to drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3742), H2611 [24MR]

Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building, Lompoc, CA: designate (see H.R. 5562), H7883 [18SE]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5877 [8JY]

FTC: report on the impact of the use of altered images of individuals in advertising and other promotional media for commercial products (see H.R. 4341), H8365 [3DE]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H1243 [16JA]

——— improve understanding and coordination of critical care health services (see H.R. 2651), H7434 [10SE]

Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 5186), H7901 [19SE]

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]

Iraq: call for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in Nineveh Plain region (see H. Con. Res. 110), H7190 [31JY]

——— protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 683), H7242 [1AU]

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]

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), H3058 [8AP]

Marilyn Monroe Post Office, Van Nuys, CA: designate (see H.R. 4995), H5817 [26JN]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H135 [9JA]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 4016), H7041 [29JY]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 3662), H7529 [15SE]

——— 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), H3448 [6MY]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 3616), H2566 [21MR]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see H.R. 5227), H7894 [18SE]

——— enhance beneficiary and provider protections and improve transparency in the Medicare Advantage market (see H.R. 4998), H7980 [13NO]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H7241 [1AU]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H135 [9JA]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 4857), H6400 [17JY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H2566 [21MR]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H6860 [25JY]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2199 [5MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H5399 [17JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 5373), H7184 [31JY]

Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H3446 [6MY]

——— strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4783), H5063 [30MY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5073 [5JN]

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

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 3022), H1659 [5FE]

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 Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H1481 [28JA]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 583), H4064 [13MY]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H2695 [26MR]

Neil Havens Post Office, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 4939), H5639 [23JN]

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), H4017 [8MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3144 [9AP]

NSF: increase participation of historically underrepresented demographic groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and industry (see H.R. 4833), H5770 [25JN]

Oak Creek, WI: recognize anniversary and condemn shootings at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and express condolences to victims’ families and friends and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see H. Res. 698), H7126 [30JY]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H5725 [24JN]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2854 [2AP]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1150), H5725 [24JN]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (see H.R. 3771), H1659 [5FE]

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), H136 [9JA]

Postal Service: improve fuel efficiency by replacing motor vehicle fleet with modern, efficient vehicles (see H.R. 3963), H6977 [28JY]

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

——— promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4426), H3057 [8AP]

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), H21 [7JA]

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), H2610 [24MR]

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]

Science: recognize importance of breakthroughs in biomedicine, biotechnology, and life sciences in diagnosis and treatment of illness and address funding gap between basic research and clinical development (see H. Res. 709), H7185 [31JY]

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), H6297 [15JY]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H8669 [4DE]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H7619 [16SE]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H3293 [29AP]

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H3292 [29AP]

——— 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), H8033 [17NO]

SSI: update eligibility (see H.R. 1601), H7939 [12NO]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H4476 [19MY]

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), H3448 [6MY]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 3986), H1591 [4FE]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H1687 [6FE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H5249 [10JN]

——— 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 substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7389 [9SE]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 4438), H3143 [9AP]

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

Turkey: condemn restrictions on freedom of the press, expression, and the Internet, including social media and call for an end to such restrictions (see H. Res. 532), H5024 [29MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H1720 [10FE] (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5741), H8132 [19NO]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H1481 [28JA]

W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5109), H6296 [15JY]

Water: determine feasibility of agreements for long-term use of existing or expanded non-Federal storage and conveyance facilities to augment Federal water supply, ecosystem, and flexibility in certain areas (see H.R. 4456), H3195 [10AP]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H7893 [18SE]

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), H7939 [12NO]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H2362 [12MR]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— recognize National Day of Remembrance to observe anniversary of Executive order restricting freedom of German and Italian Americans and ordering internment of Japanese Americans (see H. Res. 482), H1771 [11FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: participate in design, planning and construction of the South Sacramento County Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project (see H.R. 4266), H2484 [14MR]

FCC: promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic (see H.R. 4880), H5398 [17JN]

National Community Gardening Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 691), H6859 [25JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of Reclamation: participate in design, planning and construction of the South Sacramento County Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project (H.R. 4266), H2485 [14MR]

FCC: promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic (H.R. 4880), H5398 [17JN]

Remarks

Americorps: anniversary, E1396• [11SE]

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1632, H1633 [5FE]

——— address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), consideration (H. Res. 472), H1604 [5FE]

——— prohibit decrease in current water supply to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region, H1632, H1633 [5FE]

——— prohibit funding for Bay Delta Conservation Plan, H6056• [10JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), unanimous-consent request, H7063 [30JY]

Comstock’s (publication): anniversary, E1083• [26JN]

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]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, H4492 [20MY]

CSHQA (business): anniversary, E1620• [18NO]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6056• [10JY]

Immigration: reform (H.R. 15), unanimous-consent request, H7196 [1AU]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of Sacramento Rotary Club, E783• [20MY]

Sacramento Housing Alliance: anniversary, E885• [30MY]

Sacramento Republic FC (soccer team): anniversary, E1615• [18NO]

University of California, Davis: anniversary of Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine Program, E187• [10FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1713 [10FE]

Tributes

Cohn, Steve, E1740• [4DE]

Di Stasio, John, E458• [27MR]

Dingell, Representative, H8916• [9DE]

Ehrgott, Alan, E895• [30MY]

Endo, Mitsuye, E1743• [4DE]

Fujimoto, Isao, E1743• [4DE]

Healy, Mary, E1392• [11SE]

Ikeda, Richard, E450• [26MR]

Karlton, Lawrence K., E1617• [18NO]

Miller, Representative George, H9031 [10DE]

Okubo, Tom, E1743• [4DE]

Pannell, Bonnie, E1012• [18JN]

Spanos, Alex G., E509• [3AP]

Villegas, Oscar, E329• [6MR]

Waxman, Representative, H9031 [10DE]

Yee, Jimmy, E1622• [18NO]