PIERLUISI, PEDRO R. (a Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4757 [21MY]

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), H2258 [6MR]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H7938 [12NO]

Armed Forces: notify members of the availability of mental health services, help eliminate stigma associated with utilizing such services, and clarify disclosure policies relative to members utilizing such services (see H.R. 1464), H3198 [10AP]

Booker, Simeon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3655), H2002 [26FE]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 610), H5064 [30MY]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 461), H1241 [16JA]

Credit: establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4643), H4058 [9MY]

Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 1593), H2065 [27FE]

Dept. of Education: establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see H.R. 2170), H5725 [24JN]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H6036 [9JY]

——— 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 HHS: increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H7618 [16SE]

——— 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), H7189 [31JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H6656 [22JY]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (see H.R. 5803), H8932 [9DE]

——— conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H6107 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R. 958), H4064 [13MY]

Diseases: provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 1915), H2148 [4MR]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H2803 [1AP]

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

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H7297 [8SE]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H6036 [9JY]

Galvez y Madrid, Bernardo de: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 105), H134 [9JA]

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see H.R. 4301), H8226 [1DE]

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

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H5399 [17JN]

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), H2002 [26FE]

Law enforcement officers: include hours worked in excess of law enforcement availability pay limits for Federal criminal investigators in computation of annuity (see H.R. 5619), H7885 [18SE]

Medicare: provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H6816 [24JY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7618 [16SE]

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), H5877 [8JY]

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

National Asian American and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 586), H4475 [19MY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H2611 [24MR]

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

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: update a report on the role of telecommunications, including the Internet, on the commission of hate crimes (see H.R. 3878), H472 [15JA]

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), H5495 [18JN]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H4476 [19MY]

Postal Service: enhance long-term profitability through enhanced innovation, operational flexibility, workforce realignment, and regulatory relief (see H.R. 2690), H2361 [12MR]

——— improve fuel efficiency by replacing motor vehicle fleet with modern, efficient vehicles (see H.R. 3963), H2362 [12MR]

——— take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7530 [15SE]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H7388 [9SE]

Taiwan Relations Act: affirm importance (see H. Res. 494), H2435 [13MR]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H2802 [1AP]

——— expand the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 4117), H2435 [13MR]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2001 [26FE]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 1851), H4830 [22MY]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 1125), H5495 [18JN]

——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see H.R. 2144), H4476 [19MY]

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

U.S. Access Board: develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3505), H5495 [18JN]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H474 [15JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

Venezuela: support freedom of expression and assembly, condemn violence and intimidation of country’s political opposition, and call for international support for democratic reform (see H. Res. 488), H2149 [4MR]

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]

Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 4640), H5024 [29MY]

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]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Defense: decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, PR (see H.R. 4705), H4784 [21MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories relative to low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 3966), H1510 [29JA]

Puerto Rico: treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (see H.R. 5305), H7181 [31JY]

Taxation: extend deduction allowable relative to income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 3968), H1510 [29JA]

——— extend the increased limitation on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3967), H1510 [29JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Defense: decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, PR (H.R. 4705), H4785 [21MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories relative to low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (H.R. 3966), H1511 [29JA]

Puerto Rico: treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (H.R. 5305), H7185 [31JY]

Taxation: extend deduction allowable relative to income attributable to domestic production activities in Puerto Rico (H.R. 3968), H1511 [29JA]

——— extend the increased limitation on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 3967), H1511 [29JA]

Remarks

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (H.R. 1726), H4442 [19MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4763• [21MY]

——— decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, PR, H4763• [21MY]

——— provide information regarding the types and amounts of munitions used for training exercises on Vieques, PR, and Culebra, PR, and allocate necessary funding to complete cleanup, H2650 [26MR]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), H7464• [15SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5990• [9JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H5990• [9JY]

Puerto Rico: GAO report regarding fiscal impact of statehood on Federal Government, H2809 [2AP]

——— set forth the process to be admitted as a State, H6665 [23JY]

——— set forth the process to be admitted as a State (S. 2020), H2009 [27FE]