NEGRETE McLEOD, GLORIA (a Representative from California)

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), H1770 [11FE]

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see H.R. 3400), H7455 [11SE]

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), H2915 [3AP]

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

——— require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 3172), H7189 [31JY]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 4188), H3058 [8AP]

CERCLA: provide for use of funds in the Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 3870), H474 [15JA]

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

Children and youth: expand and improve Federal programs to reduce child hunger (see H.R. 4249), H7619 [16SE]

——— issue a semipostal stamp to support programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care (see H.R. 2149), H6107 [10JY]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 2734), H7189 [31JY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2148 [4MR]

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

Colorado: designate certain lands as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.R. 2552), H1431 [27JA]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H72 [8JA]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 4148), H7189 [31JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 5242), H7389 [9SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 5012), H7893 [18SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 1783), H7455 [11SE]

Dept. of Defense: establish programs to track, retain, and analyze information relative to suicides involving Armed Forces Reserve components members and dependents of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4504), H5598 [20JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H4476 [19MY] (see H.R. 4622), H4057 [9MY]

——— award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs (see H.R. 1343), H1431 [27JA]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H72 [8JA]

——— establish Federal-State partnerships to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (see H.R. 4767), H5250 [10JN]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4373), H2853 [2AP]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4902), H5556 [19JN]

——— make grants for pilot programs at institutions of higher education that support the use of open textbooks to achieve savings for students (see H.R. 3538), H1545 [3FE]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H7189 [31JY]

——— 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), H4017 [8MY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H7189 [31JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see H.R. 4092), H2258 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

——— 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), H73 [8JA]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3854), H2302 [11MR]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H6978 [28JY]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see H.R. 988), H6036 [9JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 4629), H4058 [9MY]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 1000), H20 [7JA]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 279), H5186 [9JN]

——— take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (see H.R. 3313), H1939 [25FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: use revenue generated by certain fines, penalties, and settlements to fund evidence-based youth mentoring projects, justice reinvestment efforts, and medical research and development (see H.R. 3580), H2991 [7AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H7189 [31JY]

——— provide grants to mitigate road congestion and improve transportation planning in metropolitan areas (see H.R. 2968), H1246 [17JA]

——— 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), H7189 [31JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess staffing shortages at medical facilities (see H.R. 5007), H6860 [25JY]

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 4971), H5877 [8JY]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes (see H.R. 2726), H20 [7JA]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (see H.R. 4149), H2803 [1AP]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see H.R. 4841), H5495 [18JN]

——— improve the performance appraisal system for senior executives (see H.R. 4399), H4785 [21MY]

——— provide emergency supplemental appropriations for the Office of the Inspector General (see H.R. 4948), H5820 [26JN]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 921), H1481 [28JA]

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), H6656 [22JY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to achieve food and nutrition security, increase sustainable and equitable agricultural development, reduce hunger, improve nutrition, and stimulate rural economies (see H.R. 2822), H1431 [27JA]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7184 [31JY]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]

——— 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]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H1431 [27JA]

Employment: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see H.R. 4227), H7189 [31JY]

EPA: carry out a pilot program to work with municipalities seeking to develop and implement integrated plans to meet Federal Water Pollution Control Act wastewater and stormwater obligations (see H.R. 2707), H1938 [25FE]

——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H73 [8JA]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see H.R. 515), H7188 [31JY]

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H7939 [12NO]

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

FHA: ensure stability in maximum mortgage amount limitations for areas experiencing decreases in median home prices (see H.R. 4208), H2611 [24MR]

Food: provide that meat, poultry, and egg products containing certain pathogens or contaminants are adulterated (see H.R. 4966), H7242 [1AU]

Foreign aid: require the President to establish guidelines for, and increase transparency of, foreign assistance programs (see H.R. 2638), H73 [8JA]

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), H8226 [1DE]

FTC: establish the Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors (see H.R. 1953), H3448 [6MY]

GAO: conduct a study on the impact of the requirement that depository institutions maintain certain reserves and Regulation D relative to exemptions from SEC registration requirements (see H.R. 3240), H2199 [5MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H1512 [29JA]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 723), H7528 [15SE]

Hunger: recognize importance of U.S. leadership in addressing the challenge of global maternal and child malnutrition (see H. Res. 254), H2645 [25MR]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 3513), H7189 [31JY]

Immigration: give judges and certain officials discretionary authority in removal, deportation, ineligibility, or inadmissability proceedings for immediate family members of a U.S. citizen (see H.R. 3431), H2098 [28FE]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H7242 [1AU]

Iran: ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the U.S. (see H.R. 3707), H1687 [6FE]

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]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H2744 [27MR]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H1592 [4FE]

——— establish a demonstration project under which payment may be made to States for expenditures for medical assistance for substance use disorder treatment services (see H.R. 5136), H7190 [31JY]

——— redistribute Federal funds that would otherwise be made available to States that do not provide for Medicaid expansion to States electing to provide those benefits (see H.R. 467), H7188 [31JY]

Medicare: apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 2827), H7189 [31JY]

——— cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 3662), H7455 [11SE]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H2802 [1AP]

——— 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), H72 [8JA]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H1592 [4FE]

——— provide coverage of pulmonary self-management education and training services furnished by a qualified respiratory therapist in a physician practice (see H.R. 2619), H1246 [17JA]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H20 [7JA]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H7455 [11SE]

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

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 1588), H20 [7JA]

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), H7189 [31JY]

——— maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H7189 [31JY]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H7619 [16SE]

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

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 719), H2199 [5MR]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 5101), H6816 [24JY]

National Police Week: designate (see H. Res. 578), H4061 [9MY]

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

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H2855 [2AP]

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

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3850), H7619 [16SE]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 4122), H2854 [2AP]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1150), H7529 [15SE]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (see H.R. 3771), H2611 [24MR]

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), H7241 [1AU]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H2991 [7AP]

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), H7189 [31JY]

Privacy: 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), H7189 [31JY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend relative to grants for economic adjustment (see H.R. 3518), H1243 [16JA]

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: extend authorization period for certain uses of funds (see H.R. 1822), H5399 [17JN]

SBA: amend and extend State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 3619), H2803 [1AP]

——— ensure equal access for HUBZone designations to all tax-paying small business owners (see H.R. 5084), H6135 [11JY]

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (see H.R. 5584), H7884 [18SE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1030), H2802 [1AP]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities (see H. Con. Res. 86), H2362 [12MR]

Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing (see H.R. 2012), H7189 [31JY]

SSA: continue to make Social Security number printouts and benefit verification letters available at field offices (see H.R. 4964), H5877 [8JY]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H4910 [28MY]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 4748), H7297 [8SE]

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

——— allow small employers a credit against income tax for hiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3781), H1252 [23JA]

——— deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see H.R. 2831), H7619 [16SE]

——— encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 118), H2148 [4MR]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3391), H7189 [31JY]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H7980 [13NO]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H2199 [5MR]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3395), H2435 [13MR]

——— impose a mileage-based user fee for mobile mounted concrete boom pumps in lieu of the tax on taxable fuels (see H.R. 5474), H7894 [18SE]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H2098 [28FE]

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

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H1243 [16JA]

——— 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]

——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 3726), H225 [14JA]

Transportation: allow local hiring for transportation projects (see H.R. 3620), H2611 [24MR]

——— ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 2468), H7189 [31JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H1720 [10FE] (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

Veterans: expand research and education on and delivery of complementary and alternative medicine to veterans (see H.R. 4887), H7939 [12NO]

——— improve hiring by the Federal Government and State governments (see H.R. 2785), H135 [9JA]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7894 [18SE]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5769 [25JN]

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

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), H7619 [16SE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H8868 [8DE]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: amend Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program to include all Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Dept. of Defense within the definition of entitlement lands (see H.R. 4710), H4784 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish standards for the provision of mammograms at health care facilities (see H.R. 4053), H1770 [11FE]

——— provide per diem payments to eligible entities for furnishing care to dependents of certain homeless veterans (see H.R. 4140), H2147 [4MR]

Taxation: make permanent the threshold for medical expense deduction for people 65 or older (see H.R. 4104), H2064 [27FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of the Interior: amend Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program to include all Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Dept. of Defense within the definition of entitlement lands (H.R. 4710), H4785 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish standards for the provision of mammograms at health care facilities (H.R. 4053), H1772 [11FE]

——— provide per diem payments to eligible entities for furnishing care to dependents of certain homeless veterans (H.R. 4140), H2148 [4MR]

Taxation: make permanent the threshold for medical expense deduction for people 65 or older (H.R. 4104), H2065 [27FE]

Remarks

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6258• [15JY]

Transportation: authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs (H.R. 4834), H6258• [15JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H192 [14JA], E24• [8JA]

Votes: position on missed, E1030•, E1034• [20JN]

World Plumbing Day: observance, H2263 [11MR]

Tributes

Armstrong, Mary J., E1735• [4DE]

Bautista, Rufino, Jr., E1740• [4DE]

Corrales, Marisol, E1731• [4DE]

Inam, Zafar, E1732• [4DE]

Medina, Wendy J., E1734• [4DE]

Pineda, Jhonny, E1742• [4DE]

Saheb, Mohammed Burhanuddin, E115• [27JA]

Sanchez, Daniel, E1733• [4DE]