SWALWELL, ERIC (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4741 [21MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5999 [9JY]

Articles and editorials

China Still Dominates Rare-Earth Processing, James T. Areddy, Wall Street Journal, H6596 [22JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H2258 [6MR]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H8071 [18NO]

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), H3058 [8AP]

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

——— exempt retired pay of certain disabled veterans from full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment and prevent adverse impact of such adjustment on Survivor Benefit Plan annuities (see H.R. 3789), H73 [8JA]

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

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 100), H3144 [9AP]

Biomedical Research Fund: establish (see H.R. 4384), H2962 [4AP]

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

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), H1243 [16JA]

Children and youth: provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 4888), H7189 [31JY]

Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1154), H3413 [2MY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2434 [13MR]

Colleges and universities: increase transparency and reduce students’ burdens related to transferring credits between institutions of higher education (see H.R. 4348), H2991 [7AP]

——— require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 482), H2962 [4AP]

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

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H7189 [31JY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H163 [10JA]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H8226 [1DE]

Copyrights: clarify definition of ‘‘widow’’ and ’’widower’’ to ensure protection for same-sex couples relative to passage of copyright rights to next of kin upon the death of a copyright holder (see H.R. 5617), H7885 [18SE]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H7939 [12NO]

——— prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 2364), H2962 [4AP]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H8226 [1DE]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H136 [9JA]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H3448 [6MY]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit a reduction in funding for defense commissary system pending the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report (see H.R. 4217), H3144 [9AP]

——— require payment of full amount of separation pay otherwise due to former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 5009), H6297 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5399 [17JN] (see H.R. 4622), H4830 [22MY]

——— award grants to establish STEM Innovation Networks (see H.R. 4828), H6108 [10JY]

——— clarify cancellation of loans of Armed Forces members under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4232), H2962 [4AP]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1592 [4FE]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 5269), H8133 [19NO]

——— 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]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H1687 [6FE]

——— require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students (see H.R. 2020), H4476 [19MY]

Dept. of Energy: improve management of the National Laboratories, enhance technology commercialization, and facilitate public-private partnerships (see H.R. 5120), H6351 [16JY]

Dept. of HHS: improve the quality of infant and toddler care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4680), H5365 [12JN]

——— increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H6353 [16JY]

——— 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), H4060 [9MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish a social media working group (see H.R. 4263), H2484 [14MR]

Dept. of HUD: discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling program (see H.R. 4462), H3196 [10AP]

Dept. of Justice: allow use of public safety and community policing grants to be used to hire veterans and other individuals as employees of law enforcement agencies for positions not requiring sworn authority (see H.R. 5015), H7242 [1AU]

——— establish a system for integration of Rapid DNA instruments for use by law enforcement to reduce violent crime and the current DNA analysis backlog (see H.R. 5789), H9305 [11DE]

Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see H.R. 3971), H1545 [3FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1175), H4476 [19MY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit certain cell phone voice communications during passenger flights (see H.R. 3676), H2302 [11MR]

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]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 4999), H6977 [28JY]

——— 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]

——— 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]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 3398), H7189 [31JY]

Disasters: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see H.R. 2647), H7455 [11SE]

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), H4060 [9MY]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H1481 [28JA]

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

Drugs: provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law governing marijuana (see H.R. 964), H1242 [16JA]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H1593 [4FE]

——— improve early education (see H.R. 1041), H7455 [11SE]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H135 [9JA]

——— recognize importance of conducting research, education, and awareness of dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities and commend organizations dedicated to such causes (see H. Res. 623), H5363 [12JN]

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

Employment: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see H.R. 4227), H2432 [13MR]

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

FCC: 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), H1593 [4FE]

FDA: provide for the regulation of medical software (see H.R. 3303), H1481 [28JA]

FEC: establish and operate a website for the public to view the contents of political advertisements and require sponsors of advertisements to furnish such contents (see H.R. 648), H2746 [27MR]

Federal agencies and departments: authorize any office which owns or operates a parking area for the use of its employees to install, construct, operate, and maintain a battery recharging station (see H.R. 4645), H5495 [18JN]

——— fill Inspector General vacancies (see H.R. 5630), H7885 [18SE]

——— 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]

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

Federal employees: provide that certain disabled veterans receive competitive service employment preference (see H.R. 4247), H2433 [13MR]

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

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H7189 [31JY]

——— create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 2652), H3941 [7MY]

Firearms: require homemade firearms to have serial numbers (see H.R. 5606), H7884 [18SE]

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), H2435 [13MR]

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), H7894 [18SE]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 4325), H3365 [30AP]

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), H2991 [7AP]

Giving Tuesday: designate (see H. Res. 761), H8273 [2DE]

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: support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see H. Res. 688), H10325 [16DE]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 723), H7894 [18SE]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5023 [29MY]

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), H2258 [6MR]

——— repeal sunset of the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program (see H.R. 4460), H3243 [28AP]

Information technology: enhance Federal procurement, expand use of simplified Federal acquisition procedures, and redesignate Office of Electronic Government as the U.S. Digital Government Office (see H.R. 5255), H7124 [30JY]

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]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H20 [7JA]

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]

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]

ITC: protect domestic industries from abusive patent litigation (see H.R. 4763), H7129 [30JY]

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]

Law enforcement: mandate basic educational, regulatory, and management actions necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices (see H.R. 3560), H7128 [30JY]

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), H20 [7JA]

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1180), H163 [10JA]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2500), H8071 [18NO]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H20 [7JA]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H8171 [20NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H2434 [13MR]

Mental health: 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), H5187 [9JN]

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]

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week: support mission and goals (see H. Res. 551), H3197 [10AP]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H1771 [11FE]

National First Responders Day: designate (see H.R. 4109), H2064 [27FE]

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

National Mental Health No Stigma Week: designate (see H. Res. 572), H3446 [6MY]

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

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), H1243 [16JA]

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]

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

NLRB: repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (see H.R. 5880), H9303 [11DE]

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]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 1648), H3058 [8AP]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a committee to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation (see H.R. 5029), H6217 [14JY]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H5820 [26JN]

Philippines: permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 3602), H2696 [26MR]

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]

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

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), H7129 [30JY]

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), H1659 [5FE]

——— 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), H7901 [19SE]

Public debt: provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see H.R. 3372), H1772 [11FE]

Qatar: protect migrant workers from unfair labor practices, combat human trafficking, and ensure working conditions during construction of World Cup infrastructure comply with human rights standards (see H. Res. 682), H6814 [24JY]

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), H7456 [11SE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: ensure that recipients of assistance provide services to sexual and gender minority youth in a manner that is culturally competent (see H.R. 2955), H2962 [4AP]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H2962 [4AP]

——— clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 4172), H7901 [19SE]

Science: provide for investment in innovation through research and development and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 4159), H2255 [6MR]

Sikhism: honor celebration of Vaisakhi (see H. Res. 550), H3196 [10AP]

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H7996 [14NO]

——— 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), H7188 [31JY]

Space policy: promote development of a commercial asteroid resources industry for outer space and increase exploration and utilization of asteroid resources in outer space (see H.R. 5063), H7190 [31JY]

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), H7894 [18SE]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 3986), H2066 [27FE]

——— allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 3424), H3365 [30AP]

——— disallow a deduction for any fine paid by an owner of a professional sports franchise (see H.R. 4544), H4830 [22MY]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 851), H6815 [24JY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H1719 [10FE]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H7455 [11SE]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H1243 [16JA]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2499), H2962 [4AP]

——— extend expensing of certain depreciable business assets (see H.R. 4019), H1686 [6FE]

——— extend research credit, increase and make permanent alternative simplified research credit and provide for a biotechnology consortium research credit (see H.R. 3757), H1545 [3FE]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 1129), H5877 [8JY]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H1252 [23JA]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 4740), H8868 [8DE]

——— 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), H6297 [15JY]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7529 [15SE]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H6977 [28JY]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 4438), H3409 [1MY]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 956), H6400 [17JY]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H2258 [6MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H225 [14JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3144 [9AP] (see H.R. 4970), H6977 [28JY]

——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 3972), H1687 [6FE]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H1592 [4FE]

Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2291), H5065 [30MY]

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), H7676 [17SE]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1921), H3293 [29AP]

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), H7241 [1AU]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H2611 [24MR] (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]

——— 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 II: 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

Business and industry: prohibit contracts that prohibit consumers from making certain public comments on businesses (see H.R. 5499), H7617 [16SE]

Dept. of Labor: require one-stop delivery systems to offer certain services through Internet websites and develop standards and best practices for such websites (see H.R. 4823), H5248 [10JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Business and industry: prohibit contracts that prohibit consumers from making certain public comments on businesses (H.R. 5499), H7618 [16SE]

Dept. of Labor: require one-stop delivery systems to offer certain services through Internet websites and develop standards and best practices for such websites (H.R. 4823), H5249 [10JN]

Remarks

Affordable Housing Week: observance, E755• [15MY]

California: tribute to 15th Congressional District Intel Corp., Science Talent Search finalists, E378• [13MR]

Climate: global warming, H7870–H7872 [18SE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4005), E515• [4AP]

——— examine potential cost savings of laser peening technology, E515• [4AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4745•, H4746 [21MY]

——— require military bands to accept assistance from community organizations for travel and performance expenses at public events, H4745• [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: defense environmental cleanup funding through reductions in inertial confinement fusion ignition and high yield campaign funding, H4746 [21MY]

——— develop an energy critical elements program, a rare earth materials program, and amend the National Materials Minerals Policy, Research and Development Act (H.R. 1022), H6594, H6596 [22JY]

——— Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development funding, H5999, H6000 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve processing of claims for benefits, H3318• [30AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3318• [30AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5999, H6000 [9JY]

FEMA: authorize use of grants under the Urban Areas Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program to work in conjunction with a Dept. of Energy national laboratory (H.R. 3438), H8197 [1DE]

Hayward, CA: Hayward Police Dept., Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies reaccreditation, E524• [4AP]

James ‘Jim’ Kohnen Post Office, Dublin, CA: designate (H.R. 1671), H5378 [17JN]

Jenny Lin Foundation: anniversary, E1279• [30JY]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H83 [9JA], H1726 [11FE]

National Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Week: observance, E1658• [20NO]

National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month: observance, H239 [15JA]

NIST: reauthorize (H.R. 5035), H6600 [22JY]

Oakland, CA: anniversary of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, H2368 [13MR]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (H.R. 3771), H2576 [24MR]

Pleasanton, CA: tribute to Axis Community Health Clinic, E1466• [19SE]

Power resources: national energy policy, H7870–H7872 [18SE]

San Leandro, CA: opening of Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, E1477• [19SE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), unanimous-consent request, H246 [15JA]

Votes: position on missed, E128• [28JA], E1584• [14NO]

Tributes

Andersen, Peder, H5 [7JA]

Cheeves, Larry, E1577• [14NO]

Cook-Kallio, Cheryl, E1672• [1DE]

Emanuele, Guy, Jr., E173• [5FE]

Faught, Don, E112• [23JA]

Foley, Brian, H7863 [18SE]

Gamblin, Todd, E739• [9MY]

Horner, Doug, E1766• [9DE]

Kearns, Brad, H5193 [10JN]

Lockyer, Bill, H10303 [11DE]

McCammon, Bill, H8146 [20NO]

McCormick, Tom, H7397 [10SE]

Mercer, Ken, E97• [16JA]

Miller, Representative George, H9032 [10DE]

Natarajan, Anu, E1739• [4DE]

Pett-Ridge, Jennifer, E735• [9MY]

Ragg, Craig, E68• [14JA]

Sbranti, Tim, H8199 [1DE]

Silva, Andrew, H2787• [1AP]

Smith, Thomas, H1438 [28JA]

Spears, Leon (Woodie), H2009 [27FE]

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Tiscareno-Sato, Graciela, H2650 [26MR]

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