THOMPSON, MIKE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), H5288 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4765 [21MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4897 [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), H3144 [9AP]

Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4693), H6217 [14JY]

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]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H474 [15JA]

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

——— 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] (see H.R. 3808), H136 [9JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3790), H73 [8JA]

California: prohibit use of Federal funds for the Bay Delta Conservation Plan (see H.R. 5425), H7387 [9SE]

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

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see H.R. 4707), H6816 [24JY]

——— 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: provide for a Youth Mental Health Research Network (see H.R. 4170), H7455 [11SE]

Climate: cap emissions of greenhouse gases through requirement to purchase carbon permits and distribute proceeds of such purchases to eligible individuals (see H.R. 5271), H7125 [30JY]

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), H5368 [13JN]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H2434 [13MR]

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]

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), H4910 [28MY]

Dept. of Defense: develop a plan to move U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) back to the continental U.S. (see H.R. 4434), H3142 [9AP]

——— limit retirement of KC–10 refueling tanker aircraft (see H.R. 4230), H2803 [1AP]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5250 [10JN]

——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see H.R. 2178), H5065 [30MY]

——— award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 5168), H7129 [30JY]

——— award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system (see H.R. 521), H3448 [6MY]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1687 [6FE]

——— 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 and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H2696 [26MR]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H5769 [25JN]

——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (see H.R. 1330), H3241 [28AP]

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), H3409 [1MY]

Dept. of HHS: extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (see H.R. 2632), H3448 [6MY]

——— 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), H7938 [12NO]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H1772 [11FE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H1545 [3FE]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 725), H7128 [30JY]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H7190 [31JY]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 4163), H2255 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H3199 [10AP]

——— support non-Federal investments in water infrastructure improvements in the Sacramento Valley (see H.R. 4300), H7893 [18SE]

——— take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (see H.R. 3313), H3242 [28AP]

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), H3144 [9AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 4971), H5768 [25JN]

——— conduct study relative to claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans (see H.R. 4446), H7939 [12NO]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 679), H7455 [11SE]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H1938 [25FE]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 4999), H5817 [26JN]

——— 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), H163 [10JA]

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]

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

——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 1508), H4685 [20MY]

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

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H72 [8JA]

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), H2302 [11MR]

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), H5824 [30JN]

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

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2028), H6036 [9JY]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 2725), H7389 [9SE]

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

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 1141), H1592 [4FE]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4255), H2484 [14MR]

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), H5495 [18JN]

Firearms: express that gun violence is a public health issue and call for legislation that protects the Second Amendment, includes background checks, improves mental health, and makes gun trafficking a Federal crime (see H. Res. 468), H1511 [29JA]

Foreign aid: provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H8273 [2DE]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H5249 [10JN]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 4325), H6137 [11JY]

Health: promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3116), H6400 [17JY]

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

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5770 [25JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4136), H5364 [12JN]

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]

Intelligence services: end the bulk collection of records under National Security Agency telephone metadata program and reform Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and intelligence collections procedures (see H.R. 4291), H2644 [25MR]

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), H3448 [6MY]

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), H7129 [30JY]

——— 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]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H5877 [8JY]

Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see H.R. 3390), H21 [7JA]

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (see H.R. 5700), H8072 [18NO]

Manford, Jeanne Sobelson: tribute (see H. Res. 611), H5399 [17JN]

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

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), H4685 [20MY]

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

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1180), H4830 [22MY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H5598 [20JN]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H7939 [12NO]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H1881 [21FE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H2697 [26MR]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H7297 [8SE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H2962 [4AP]

——— provide for required hospice program surveys (see H.R. 5393), H7240 [1AU]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H3144 [9AP]

——— 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), H6860 [25JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H7676 [17SE]

Mental health: 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]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 522), H4064 [13MY]

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

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

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

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

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3058 [8AP]

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), H4477 [19MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H5559 [19JN]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H4476 [19MY]

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

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2315), H7297 [8SE]

Political campaigns: prohibit certain social welfare organizations from participating or intervening in any political campaign (see H.R. 2520), H4017 [8MY]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H6036 [9JY]

Postal Service: improve fuel efficiency by replacing motor vehicle fleet with modern, efficient vehicles (see H.R. 3963), H3058 [8AP]

——— recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H224 [14JA]

——— take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7298 [8SE]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 68), H4435 [15MY]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 3040), H4476 [19MY]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see H.R. 4646), H5320 [11JN]

SBA: direct the task force of the Office of Veterans Business Development to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses (see H.R. 5231), H7996 [14NO]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H2566 [21MR]

Social Security: adjust age limitations for payment of child’s insurance benefits to certain disabled individuals and for calculation of recent work for determining eligibility for disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 5715), H7995 [14NO]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H7434 [10SE]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H2991 [7AP]

——— 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), H1772 [11FE]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H3242 [28AP]

——— improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 4090), H2000 [26FE]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H7979 [13NO]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 4748), H4909 [28MY]

——— recreational performance outerwear (see H.R. 5646), H7886 [18SE]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 3424), H5824 [30JN]

——— allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 2482), H4060 [9MY]

——— allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars for assistance to employees purchasing health care policies in the individual market and except certain health reimbursement arrangements from group plan requirements (see H.R. 5860), H9302 [11DE]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H1772 [11FE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H6977 [28JY]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H3365 [30AP]

——— extend certain expiring provisions relative to energy (see H.R. 5559), H7883 [18SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H4911 [28MY]

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

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H2434 [13MR]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 4740), H7389 [9SE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H7619 [16SE]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H6217 [14JY]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 4212), H6816 [24JY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H6816 [24JY]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 4429), H3057 [8AP]

——— provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods (see H.R. 901), H7529 [15SE]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (see H.R. 5082), H8365 [3DE]

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

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 4026), H2258 [6MR]

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

United Kingdom: support unity, security, and prosperity, express that cooperation with the U.S. is essential to national security, and respect right of Scotland to decide their status in a referendum (see H. Res. 713), H7245 [4AU]

Veterans: extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program (see H.R. 3383), H6137 [11JY]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2001), H6107 [10JY]

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: 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]

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

——— constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H1512 [29JA]

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

World War I: designate memorials to the service of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4489), H6137 [11JY]

——— mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6217 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H2255 [6MR]

Medicare: provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 5380), H7184 [31JY]

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), H5063 [30MY]

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

Philmore Graham Post Office Building, Vallejo, CA: designate (see H.R. 5106), H6215 [14JY]

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]

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

Constitutional authority statements

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (H.R. 4166), H2257 [6MR]

Medicare: provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (H.R. 5380), H7188 [31JY]

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 (H.R. 4783), H5064 [30MY]

Philmore Graham Post Office Building, Vallejo, CA: designate (H.R. 5106), H6216 [14JY]

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 (H.R. 4285), H2610 [24MR]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (H.R. 3986), H1592 [4FE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), H5288 [11JN]

ATF: investigation of straw purchases or trafficking of certain firearms and dangerous weapons funding, E916• [9JN]

Beckstoffer, Andy and Betty: Land Trust of Napa County (organization) Acre by Acre Award recipients, E961• [11JN]

California: address certain water-related concerns in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley (H.R. 3964), H1620, H1634 [5FE]

——— delay legislation addressing certain water-related concerns until it is determined that it will not have a negative impact on the quantity, quality, and safety of drinking water in the California Delta region, H1634 [5FE]

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

Community Action of Napa Valley (organization): anniversary, E901• [2JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Office of Inspector General meat safety investigation funding, H5288 [11JN]

Drought: provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), H8839• [8DE]

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

FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Check System funding, H4897 [28MY]

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 4742), E959• [11JN]

Ibleto, Art: Sonoma County, CA, Farm Bureau Hall of Fame inductee, E1231• [24JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4681), E1118• [8JY]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4681), Senate amendment, H8960, H8961 [10DE]

Napa County, CA: anniversary of Napa County Library Literacy Center, E1379• [10SE]

Napa Valley Horsemen’s Association: anniversary, E922• [9JN]

Napa Valley Vinters (organization): creation of Napa Valley Community Disaster Relief Fund, E1376• [10SE]

Obama, President: condemn failure to notify Congress before releasing Taliban leaders detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and express concerns over their release and repercussions of negotiating with terrorists (H. Res. 644), H7334 [9SE]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (H.R. 3771), H2575, H2577 [24MR]

Philmore Graham Post Office Building, Vallejo, CA: designate (H.R. 5106), H7277 [8SE]

Salvestrin, Rich: Napa County, CA, Farm Bureau Agriculturalist of the Year award recipient, E1225• [24JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4897 [28MY], E916• [9JN]

Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon and Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, Hilliard, OH: designate (H.R. 4189), H7278 [8SE]

Soroptimist International (organization): anniversary of Napa, CA, chapter, E957• [11JN]

Specialist Keith Erin Grace Jr., Memorial Post Office, Baytown, TX: designate (H.R. 4651), H7278 [8SE]

St. Helena, CA: St. Helena Public Library recipient of Library Journal Best Small Library in America award, E1096• [30JN]

Taxation: make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, H6370 [17JY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 4719), H6370 [17JY]

U.N.: tribute to ‘‘One Grateful Minute’’ initiative, E1477• [19SE]

Votes: position on missed, E130• [28JA], E1185• [17JY], E1564• [13NO]

Yountville, CA: anniversary of The French Laundry (restaurant), E1116• [8JY]

Tributes

Benson, Ralph, E1800• [12DE]

Brangham, Suzanne, E132• [28JA]

Butler, Monte D., E796• [21MY]

Cutter, Anthony D., E248• [26FE]

Diehm, Cheryl, E516• [4AP]

Graham, Philmore, E1062• [24JN]

Koch, George W., E177• [6FE]

Kunde, Saralee McClelland, E251• [26FE]

Long, Zelma, E252• [26FE]

Maher, Mary, E782• [20MY]

Miller, Representative George, H9032 [10DE]

Millison, Kathleen A., E1384• [10SE]

Moira, Kathryn, E636• [30AP]

Penny, Robert C., E464• [27MR]

Schwarz, Donald L., E902• [2JN]

Snowden, Jane, E786• [20MY]

Waxman, Representative, H9032 [10DE]

Webber, Renee Theriault, E1222• [24JY]

Whitmer, David R., E47• [10JA]