KNIGHT, STEPHEN (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5086 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 3504), H5980 [15SE]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H5775 [29JY]

Airports: provide for private lactation areas in the terminals of large and medium hub airports (see H.R. 2530), H3559 [21MY]

Animals: require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S. (see H.R. 2742), H4546 [19JN]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H6894 [7OC]

Armed Forces: actively recruit members who are separating from military service to serve as Customs and Border Protection Officers (see H.R. 2835), H4541 [18JN]

——— improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (see H.R. 3139), H5330 [21JY]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H4774 [25JN]

Bureau of Reclamation: allow proactive measures to maintain and repair dams and water infrastructure (see H.R. 2749), H4343 [12JN]

California: designate certain off-highway vehicle recreation areas, wilderness, wild, scenic, and recreational rivers, and protect and manage additional Federal lands (see H.R. 3668), H6787 [1OC]

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 136), H918 [10FE]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H5405 [22JY]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H5775 [29JY]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H5866 [9SE]

Corps of Engineers: clarify term ‘‘water resources project’’ and ‘‘water resources development project’’ include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2689), H5776 [29JY]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H7028 [20OC]

Dept. of Energy: enable civilian research and development of advanced nuclear energy technologies by private and public institutions and expand knowledge of nuclear physics, chemistry, and materials science (see H.R. 4084), H9013 [3DE]

Dept. of HHS: expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H6180 [18SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: certify that refugees admitted to the U.S. from Iraq or Syria are not security threats to the U.S. prior to admission (see H.R. 3999), H8362 [18NO]

Dept. of the Interior: take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (see H.R. 1157), H5117 [13JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify conditions under which veterans, their spouses, and children may be adjudicated mentally incompetent relative to their ability to purchase firearms (see H.R. 2001), H3917 [4JN]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H5293 [16JY]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases at the West Los Angeles, CA, Medical Center to provide supportive housing for homeless veterans and out-leases to provide critical services for such veterans (see H.R. 3484), H7091 [21OC]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 563), H9271 [10DE]

——— establish Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration (see H.R. 2275), H3759 [2JN]

——— expand eligibility of veterans to receive mental health care at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 1604), H2467 [23AP]

——— improve treatment of medical evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals in support of disability claims compensation (see H.R. 1331), H4432 [16JN]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H3759 [2JN]

——— provide for treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands who are suffering from radiation-related illness (see H.R. 3870), H9272 [10DE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H5943 [10SE]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 2100), H3565 [21MY]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (see H.R. 2898), H4769 [25JN]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1147), H1806 [19MR]

——— provide that an employee’s regular rate of pay for purposes of calculating overtime will not be affected by additional payments or bonuses (see H.R. 1981), H2795 [1MY]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 67), H6705 [29SE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 68), H6705 [29SE]

——— prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H7623 [3NO]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H7333 [28OC]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H3916 [4JN]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 427), H4344 [12JN]

Federal employees: express that Congress should pass no law that would exempt from its obligations or provide any other special consideration to elected or appointed Federal officials or any other Federal employee (see H. Res. 250), H2792 [1MY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1166 [25FE]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4432 [16JN]

Flowers: recognize the daisy as the flower for military caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 49), H3561 [21MY]

Foreign trade: enhance promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 2587), H4774 [25JN]

——— improve trade promotion policies and programs (see H.R. 2586), H4774 [25JN]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (see H.R. 527), H581 [26JA]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4593 [23JN]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H3917 [4JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2300), H3917 [4JN]

House Rules: require a reading of the names of Armed Forces members who died in the previous month as a result of combat operations (see H. Res. 24), H226 [12JA]

Immigration: provide additional security requirements for Syrian and Iraqi refugees, including passing polygraphs, providing biometric data and DNA samples, and background checks including investigation of online activity (see H.R. 4291), H10710 [18DE]

——— provide relief for adoptive families from immigrant visa fees in certain situations (see H.R. 2922), H6837 [6OC]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (see H.R. 3457), H6706 [29SE]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 3338), H5765 [29JY]

IRS: implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft (see H.R. 1595), H4544 [18JN]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H3759 [2JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H8972 [2DE]

Marilyn Monroe Post Office, Van Nuys, CA: designate (see H.R. 3938), H8149 [5NO]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (see H.R. 3495), H6706 [29SE]

Medicare: improve process of recovery audit contractors and recovery of overpayments (see H.R. 2568), H6180 [18SE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H6180 [18SE]

——— provide for value-based purchasing of post-acute care services (see H.R. 3298), H6706 [29SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: improve electronic health records meaningful use programs (see H.R. 3309), H6228 [24SE]

Mental health: issue semipostal stamp to support mental health awareness (see H.R. 3640), H6894 [7OC]

Middle East: support efforts to encourage cooperation between Israelis and Palestinians and condemn anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement within the Palestinian Authority (see H. Res. 293), H7175 [23OC]

NASA: authorize programs (see H.R. 2039), H2495 [28AP]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 259), H6707 [29SE]

National Entrepreneurs’ Day: designate (see H. Res. 511), H7624 [3NO]

National security: ensure preparedness for chemical, radiological, biological, and nuclear threats (see H.R. 3299), H9692 [17DE]

National September 11 Memorial: designate as a national memorial (see H.R. 3036), H8860 [1DE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H8281 [17NO]

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H5865 [9SE]

NSF: include a line item in budget request for Research in Disabilities Education program to support dyslexia research (see H.R. 3033), H6706 [29SE]

——— provide for greater accountability in Federal funding for scientific research and promote the progress of science that serves the national interest (see H.R. 3293), H5763 [29JY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H6893 [7OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4383 [15JN]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2300), H3917 [4JN]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H2212 [14AP]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H3758 [2JN]

——— repeal the funding mechanism for the transitional reinsurance program in the individual market (see H.R. 1886), H6706 [29SE]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H5031 [9JY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5976 [11SE]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 47), H5405 [22JY]

Privacy: restrict inclusion of Social Security account numbers on documents sent by mail by the Federal Government (see H.R. 3779), H7088 [21OC]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 602), H5943 [10SE]

Public lands: reduce the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands (see H.R. 1992), H3310 [18MY]

SBA: direct Office of Veterans Business Development task force to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses (see H.R. 2221), H3917 [4JN]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (see H.R. 2499), H3558 [21MY]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (see H.R. 1023), H1113 [24FE]

——— prohibit use of reverse auctions for procurements of covered contracts (see H.R. 1444), H1850 [23MR]

Securities: revise requirements related to assets pledged by a surety (see H.R. 838), H3879 [3JN]

Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (see H.R. 979), H1067 [13FE]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 534), H8412 [19NO]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Social Security: prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (see H.R. 2504), H3759 [2JN]

——— repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 711), H10712 [18DE]

Space policy: facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (see H.R. 2262), H2876 [12MY]

Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis ‘Lou’ J. Langlais Post Office Building, Santa Barbara, CA: designate (see H.R. 3218), H5522 [27JY]

States: require certain States to retain current congressional redistricting plans until such States carry out a redistricting plan in response to next regular decennial census (see H.R. 2501), H3558 [21MY]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1100), H1368 [26FE]

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 1842), H2305 [16AP]

——— exclude from gross income the discharge of certain student loans of deceased or disabled veterans (see H.R. 1581), H4544 [18JN]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2510), H4774 [25JN]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H4001 [9JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H41 [6JA]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H2794 [1MY]

Technology: provided for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 1806), H2268 [15AP]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see H.R. 662), H3758 [2JN]

Ukraine: authorize assistance and sustainment to military and national security forces (see H.R. 955), H1166 [25FE]

Veterans: honor veterans disabled for life (see H. Con. Res. 53), H3917 [4JN]

W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1132), H5775 [29JY]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2567), H3561 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Los Angeles County, CA: establish St. Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial and Monument and designate Castaic Wilderness (see H.R. 3153), H5402 [22JY]

SBA: modify requirements for joint venture offers for bundled or consolidated contracts (see H.R. 1390), H1720 [17MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Los Angeles County, CA: establish St. Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial and Monument and designate Castaic Wilderness (H.R. 3153), H5403 [22JY]

SBA: modify requirements for joint venture offers for bundled or consolidated contracts (H.R. 1390), H1722 [17MR]

Remarks

California Aerospace Week: observance, H2038 [26MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), veto, H7134 [22OC]

——— contract for Northrop Grumman Corp., to develop long range strike bomber, H7397 [3NO]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), H5253 [16JY]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H821 [5FE]

Law enforcement officers: tribute, H5813 [8SE]

NASA: Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy funding, H3768 [3JN]

SBA: increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (H.R. 2499), H5102 [13JY]

Space policy: facilitate pro-growth environment for developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions (H.R. 2262), H3516 [21MY]

Taxation: permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), H1011 [12FE]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), H3422 [20MY]

Votes: position on missed, E1476• [13OC]

Tributes

Fulton, Fitzhugh, H1053 [13FE]

Harte, Duane, E1686• [1DE]

Kerbrat, Tina, H5813 [8SE]