SINEMA, KYRSTEN (a Representative from Arizona)

Amendments

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3326 [30AP]

EPA: simplify the solid waste disposal process by eliminating unnecessary deadlines and overlapping regulations and allow for the review and revision of regulations as appropriate (H.R. 2279), H106 [9JA]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4900 [28MY]

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), H5826 [3JY]

Angelou, Maya: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring life (see H. Res. 684), H6814 [24JY]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 5524), H7894 [18SE]

——— establish an online significant event tracker system for tracking, reporting, and summarizing exposures of members to traumatic events (see H.R. 5336), H7894 [18SE]

——— 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), H7455 [11SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 1250), H7297 [8SE]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2258 [6MR]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H7041 [29JY]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H7894 [18SE]

——— provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), 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), H7188 [31JY]

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

——— improve treatment of Armed Forces members and veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 3775), H6977 [28JY]

Dept. of Education: combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 5354), H7456 [11SE]

——— complete a data analysis on the impact of the proposed gainful employment rule prior to finalizing such rule (see H.R. 4897), H5494 [18JN]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H7128 [30JY]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H7892 [18SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and provide risk-based, performance-based cybersecurity standards for information technology requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 3847), H162 [10JA]

——— establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H1243 [16JA]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H7389 [9SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 4629), H4686 [20MY]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 4163), H2255 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Settlement Agreement (see H.R. 4924), H5597 [20JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and improve the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation process (see H.R. 5180), H6745 [23JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit funding to State or local governments to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders and urge focus on crash prevention and rider education and training (see H.R. 1861), H7939 [12NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess staffing shortages at medical facilities (see H.R. 5007), H7129 [30JY]

——— call for appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate mismanagement and misconduct (see H. Res. 633), H7042 [29JY]

——— clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H1515 [31JA]

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 4971), H7041 [29JY]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5185 [9JN]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 4999), H5877 [8JY]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 4276), H7529 [15SE]

——— improve the performance appraisal system for senior executives (see H.R. 4399), H4836 [27MY]

——— 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), H7893 [18SE]

——— increase number of graduate medical education residency positions at departmental hospitals (see H.R. 4942), H7129 [30JY]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H3448 [6MY]

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), H7041 [29JY]

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

FAA: conduct a notice and comment rulemaking before implementing certain policies relative to obstruction evaluation aeronautical studies (see H.R. 4623), H6353 [16JY]

Federal agencies and departments: fill Inspector General vacancies (see H.R. 5630), H7885 [18SE]

——— improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government (see H.R. 4245), H6977 [28JY]

——— improve Government efficiency by cracking down on offshore tax evaders, maximizing competition and savings in contracting, and reducing costs of managing coin supplies (see H.R. 5652), H7886 [18SE]

——— reduce duplication and increase efficiency (see H.R. 5152), H6398 [17JY]

——— reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see H.R. 5196), H6814 [24JY]

Financial institutions: allow use of prize-linked savings accounts to encourage personal savings (see H.R. 3374), H5830 [7JY]

——— clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H4785 [21MY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H7242 [1AU]

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

Fort Huachuca, AZ: anniversary of Electronic Proving Ground (see H. Res. 736), H7887 [18SE]

FRS: establish a Small Business Advisory Board for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 4383), H5319 [11JN]

——— 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), H7894 [18SE]

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn use of civilians as human shields, recognize breaches of international law, support Israel’s right of self-defense, and support Palestinians who reject terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 107), H7129 [30JY]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H2486 [14MR]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 3722), H7242 [1AU]

——— provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities or VA hospitals (see H.R. 4951), H7129 [30JY]

House of Representatives: mandate all Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner to complete annual ethics training conducted by the Committee on Ethics (House) (see H.R. 5095), H6977 [28JY]

——— prohibit operation of an exercise facility for Members during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3276), H7041 [29JY]

Housing: reform the housing finance system (see H.R. 5055), H6105 [10JY]

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), H6037 [9JY]

Jim Kolbe Post Office, Patagonia, AZ: designate (see H.R. 4375), H2853 [2AP]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 318), H7618 [16SE]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H4061 [9MY]

Manford, Jeanne Sobelson: tribute (see H. Res. 611), H5068 [2JN]

Medicare: 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), H7297 [8SE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H4060 [9MY]

Members of Congress: prohibit use of representational allowance for payment of costs of first-class airline accommodations (see H. Res. 558), H6977 [28JY]

——— provide that a former Member receiving compensation as a highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to concurrently receive Federal retirement benefits (see H.R. 2594), H6860 [25JY]

——— require salaries be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (see H.R. 1478), H6860 [25JY]

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), H3144 [9AP]

——— maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H4911 [28MY]

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

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1659 [5FE]

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), H7893 [18SE]

Money: improve circulation of $1 coins in order to phase out production of $1 bills (see H.R. 3305), H2362 [12MR]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2099 [28FE]

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

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 583), H4477 [19MY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3198 [10AP]

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), H4061 [9MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see H.R. 4865), H5399 [17JN]

——— delay application of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 3367), H2962 [4AP]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2915 [3AP]

Political action committees: amend laws relative to employment of family members, candidate loan payments, conversion of contributions for personal use, and lobbying disclosure practices (see H.R. 5011), H7129 [30JY]

Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry, Douglas, AZ: designate (see H.R. 5552), H7882 [18SE]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see H.R. 4646), H4476 [19MY]

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]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 1240), H1938 [25FE]

——— provide for permanent establishment the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 2333), H3293 [29AP]

Schools: clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H2256 [6MR]

SEC: require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers (see H.R. 1627), H6137 [11JY]

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]

South Sudan: support an end to ethnic and politically fueled violence and the successful implementation of a transitional government (see H. Res. 689), H7129 [30JY]

SSA: provide payment for fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining replacement Social Security card for certain victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 5362), H7183 [31JY]

Staff Sergeant Manuel V. Mendoza Post Office Building, Miami, AZ: designate (see H.R. 4416), H2990 [7AP]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for equity investments by angel investors (see H.R. 4931), H6137 [11JY]

——— expand eligibility time period for credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4133), H2097 [28FE]

——— expand the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4132), H2097 [28FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H7893 [18SE]

——— extend expensing of certain depreciable business assets (see H.R. 4019), H1777 [14FE]

——— extend research credit, increase and make permanent alternative simplified research credit and provide for a biotechnology consortium research credit (see H.R. 3757), H2002 [26FE]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H2803 [1AP]

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

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 4212), H7893 [18SE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H6297 [15JY]

Terrorism: restrict travel to certain countries where terrorist organizations are active to participate in armed conflict or provide support to entities engaged in armed conflict (see H.R. 4223), H7893 [18SE]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H6656 [22JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H1432 [27JA]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H2065 [27FE]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H8033 [17NO]

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]

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: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 1975), H7189 [31JY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H3243 [28AP]

——— support equal pay, fair treatment in workplace, access to paid family and medical leave, retirement security, and fair access to business capital and Federal contracts (see H. Res. 507), H2256 [6MR]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6860 [25JY]

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), H2645 [25MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities if wait times for appointments at departmental facilities exceed a certain number of days (see H.R. 4898), H5494 [18JN]

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (see H.R. 5254), H7039 [29JY]

Immigration: establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (see H.R. 5378), H7184 [31JY]

Medicare: improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (see H.R. 4484), H3196 [10AP]

Constitutional authority statements

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (H.R. 5254), H7041 [29JY]

Immigration: establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (H.R. 5378), H7188 [31JY]

Medicare: improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (H.R. 4484), H3198 [10AP]

Motions

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), H5425 [18JN]

Taxation: consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), H6789 [24JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), motion to instruct conferees, H5425, H5427, H5429 [18JN], H6382 [17JY], H6735 [23JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2900 [3AP]

CERCLA: amend relative to State consultation on removal and remedial actions, State concurrence with listing on EPA National Priorities List, and State credit for contributions to removal or remedial action, H106, H107 [9JA]

Dept. of Defense: importance of maintaining strong National Guard and Reserves, H1234 [16JA]

Dept. of Education: revise counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers (H.R. 4984), H6760 [24JY]

Dept. of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women funding for grants to reduce violent crimes against women on campus, H4900 [28MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide higher education loan borrowers with table to compare savings on interest rates, H6789 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses of Armed Forces members who died in the line of duty, H6382 [17JY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H5425, H5427, H5429 [18JN], H6382 [17JY], H6735 [23JY]

——— improve mental health treatment provided to veterans who served in classified missions (H.R. 3387), H7664 [17SE]

——— Office of Inspector General funding, H3326, H3328 [30AP]

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (H.R. 5254), E1262• [29JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3326, H3328 [30AP]

——— mental health outreach and suicide prevention programs funding, H7663, H7664, H7665 [17SE]

EPA: prohibit expansion of State waste disposal sites eligible for National Priorities List and preserve ‘‘highest priority facilities’’ listings for cleanup, H106, H107 [9JA]

——— simplify the solid waste disposal process by eliminating unnecessary deadlines and overlapping regulations and allow for the review and revision of regulations as appropriate (H.R. 2279), H106, H107 [9JA]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 4950), E1311• [1AU]

Immigration: establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (H.R. 5378), E1305• [1AU]

Israel: independence anniversary, E738• [9MY]

Medicare: improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (H.R. 4484), E571• [10AP]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, H2900 [3AP]

——— reform, H2900 [3AP]

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: observance, H7663 [17SE]

Phoenix, AZ: tribute to Desert Vista High School girls’ cross country team, E1758• [9DE]

Rwanda: anniversary of genocide, E616• [29AP]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4900 [28MY]

Taxation: consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), motion to recommit, H6789 [24JY]

Veterans: require college courses that are approved for purposes of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate, H6735 [23JY]

Votes: position on missed, H109• [9JA]

Tributes

Dingell, Representative, E1793• [10DE]

Driggs, John D., E1826• [12DE]