TORRES, NORMA J. (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, H3501 [20MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 2972), H5592 [28JY]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H8860 [1DE]

American Indian Trust Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2760), H4343 [12JN]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H1636 [13MR]

American Red Cross: enhance oversight by GAO and Depts. of Homeland Security, Treasury, and State, and develop mechanisms for Dept. of Homeland Security to use social media to improve preparedness and response capabilities (see H.R. 3517), H6837 [6OC]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 66), H5777 [29JY]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H6076 [16SE]

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see H.R. 2811), H4491 [17JN]

Aviation: improve intergovernmental planning for and communication during security incidents at domestic airports (see H.R. 720), H811 [4FE]

California Coastal National Monument: expand boundary (see H.R. 3565), H9013 [3DE]

——— include the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 908), H1902 [24MR]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1343), H3391 [19MY]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see H. Res. 178), H2111 [26MR]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H641 [27JA]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1619), H2032 [25MR]

——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1807 [19MR]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H2959 [13MY]

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H9013 [3DE]

Corps of Engineers: clarify term ‘‘water resources project’’ and ‘‘water resources development project’’ include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2689), H5173 [14JY]

Credit: establish shared equity appreciation mortgage modification pilot programs (see H.R. 3519), H7190 [26OC]

Credit unions: exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan (see H.R. 1133), H1526 [2MR]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H6076 [16SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 1728), H8646 [30NO]

——— increase age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (see H.R. 2660), H3913 [4JN]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H2212 [14AP]

——— provide access to higher education through a Federal-State partnership to waive community college tuition and provide grants to minority-serving institutions to assist low-income students (see H.R. 2962), H4954 [8JY]

——— provide student loan forgiveness for American Indian educators teaching in local educational agencies with a high percentage of American Indian students (see H.R. 386), H1662 [16MR]

——— reauthorize and improve grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 1399), H3916 [4JN]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H360 [13JA]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program (see H. Res. 92), H1663 [16MR]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1209), H5089 [10JY]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1602), H2773 [30AP]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H8155 [5NO]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H4957 [8JY]

——— provide for a national public outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness of women’s preventive health (see H.R. 2355), H7139 [22OC]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1312), H3214 [14MY]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 1151), H4003 [9JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (see H. Res. 327), H4594 [23JN]

——— enhance Federal Protective Service ability to provide adequate security for the prevention of terrorist activities and for the promotion of homeland security (see H.R. 3418), H6938 [8OC]

——— making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H1038 [12FE]

——— reform Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders to improve homeland security, including domestic preparedness and response to terrorism (see H.R. 3842), H7331 [28OC]

Dept. of HUD: establish position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs and submit a report on veterans’ homelessness (see H.R. 251), H2772 [30AP]

——— provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for specialized housing and supportive services to elderly persons who are the primary caregivers of related children (see H.R. 2188), H2769 [30AP]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 1076), H9080 [8DE]

Dept. of Labor: encourage online workforce training (see H.R. 1121), H2959 [13MY]

Dept. of the Interior: place certain lands in Skagit and San Juan Counties, WA, into trust for the Samish Indian Nation (see H.R. 1632), H4243 [11JN]

——— reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 407), H5591 [28JY]

——— take certain Federal lands located in Lassen County, CA, into trust for the benefit of the Susanville Indian Rancheria (see H.R. 2212), H4138 [10JN]

——— take certain land into trust for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians in California (see H.R. 387), H3879 [3JN]

——— take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (see H.R. 1157), H3916 [4JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H6937 [8OC]

——— 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), H6976 [9OC]

——— extend authority of the Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans (see H.R. 2934), H4770 [25JN]

——— extend to all veterans with a serious service-connected injury eligibility to participate in the family caregiver services program (see H.R. 1899), H3643 [1JN]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (see H.R. 607), H3642 [1JN]

——— provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved (see H.R. 2139), H2960 [13MY]

Depts. of Energy and Labor: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 1503), H2271 [15AP]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see H.R. 3185), H5465 [23JY]

Drought: provide drought assistance and improved water supply reliability to California, other Western States, and the nation (see H.R. 2983), H4955 [8JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H430 [20JA]

EPA: establish programs to encourage water efficiency (see H.R. 3720), H6935 [8OC]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 35), H2210 [14AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 1031), H1166 [25FE]

Financial institutions: include credit unions as community financial institutions under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act (see H.R. 2473), H5776 [29JY]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 232), H2654 [29AP]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1217), H6893 [7OC]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 4269), H9374 [16DE]

Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, and public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 723), H811 [4FE]

——— require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 916), H5591 [28JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2740), H4345 [12JN]

Freedom of the press: support in Latin America and the Caribbean and condemn violations and violence against journalists (see H. Res. 536), H9308 [11DE]

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. 1737), H4957 [8JY]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4383 [15JN]

Herrera, Juan F.: tribute (see H. Res. 353), H4956 [8JY]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 426), H6137 [17SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H6076 [16SE]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H6894 [7OC]

——— identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 350), H404 [14JA]

Human Rights Day: observance (see H. Res. 562), H9270 [10DE]

Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (see H.R. 3069), H5236 [15JY]

——— expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1974), H2417 [22AP]

——— prohibit Executive agencies from using the term ‘‘alien’’ to refer to an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national and establish a uniform definition for the term ‘‘foreign national’’ (see H.R. 3785), H7175 [23OC]

——— require that supplemental certifications and identity verifications be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4079), H8646 [30NO]

Insurance: provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual market (see H.R. 2911), H6307 [28SE]

——— provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women (see H.R. 2866), H4592 [23JN]

Iran: immediately release U.S. citizens that it holds and provide all known information on any U.S. citizens that have disappeared within its borders (see H. Res. 233), H3880 [3JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H4957 [8JY]

Law enforcement: increase the penalty for fraudulent 9-1-1 calls that result in an emergency response from law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 2031), H3917 [4JN]

——— safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H2315 [17AP]

——— support practices of community-oriented policing and encourage diversity hiring and retention in law enforcement (see H. Res. 262), H3917 [4JN]

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

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Res. 400), H5783 [31JY]

Medicare: anniversary (see H. Res. 400), H5783 [31JY]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 2043), H3917 [4JN]

——— expand coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 3308), H5763 [29JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H2211 [14AP]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 2083), H2652 [29AP]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H6894 [7OC]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 1202), H4243 [11JN]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H3215 [14MY]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the median wage (see H.R. 2150), H2768 [30AP]

Moffett Air National Guard Base, Mountain View, CA: designate (see H.R. 3341), H6189 [22SE]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 935), H2419 [22AP]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 257), H2877 [12MY]

National Park Service: establish the African American Civil Rights Network (see H.R. 3683), H6794 [5OC]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 246), H2792 [1MY]

National Stress Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 221), H2465 [23AP]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 137), H1566 [3MR]

Native Americans: authorize grants to Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives (see H.R. 2719), H4135 [10JN]

——— reaffirm trust status of land taken into trust by the U.S. for the benefit of an Indian tribe that was federally recognized on the date that the land was taken into trust (see H.R. 3137), H5405 [22JY]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H6076 [16SE]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women’s Health (see H. Res. 458), H6788 [1OC]

NIST: designate U.S. manufacturing universities to emphasize manufacturing in engineering programs (see H.R. 1441), H2310 [16AP]

NSF: establish program to support undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 1924), H2354 [21AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H6076 [16SE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H5592 [28JY]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H2655 [29AP]

——— reinstate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts (see H.R. 154), H431 [20JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H1618 [4MR]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1526 [2MR]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1526 [2MR]

Poverty: strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (see H.R. 2721), H4135 [10JN]

Privacy: 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. 699), H2211 [14AP]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H7390 [2NO]

Public welfare programs: clarify authority of tribal governments relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3026), H5777 [29JY]

SBA: ensure equal access for HUBZone designations to all tax-paying small business owners (see H.R. 4156), H8970 [2DE]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 2266), H4383 [15JN]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), H6981 [16OC]

Senior citizens: increase Social Security and military retirement benefits and base future cost-of-living increases on the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 3761), H6980 [16OC]

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

Silvis, IL: mint coins in recognition and celebration of Hero Street, USA (see H.R. 2525), H3559 [21MY]

Social Security: invest in funding prevention and family services to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families (see H.R. 3781), H7333 [28OC]

——— merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3150), H5777 [29JY]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H5980 [15SE]

——— 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. 842), H9206 [9DE]

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: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H8971 [2DE]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 1781), H4493 [17JN]

——— eliminate lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 1286), H1611 [4MR]

——— exclude certain employer-provided student loan assistance from Federal income tax (see H.R. 1713), H2656 [29AP]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness in connection with closures of educational institutions (see H.R. 3206), H5466 [23JY]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1260), H1610 [4MR]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H9375 [16DE]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1549), H1848 [23MR]

——— provide a credit for job training expenses of employers (see H.R. 2431), H3879 [3JN]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H2794 [1MY]

Universal Declaration of Human Rights: anniversary (see H. Res. 562), H9270 [10DE]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H1800 [19MR]

——— permit an individual required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual’s identification (see H.R. 3364), H5783 [31JY]

——— provide employees with paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 2887), H5032 [9JY]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H4775 [25JN]

W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1132), H1626 [10MR]

Water: reauthorize EPA WaterSense program, create State and local conservation and efficiency programs, support recycling, storage, and management projects, improve water data, and provide for drought preparedness (see H.R. 291), H356 [13JA]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 52), H3212 [14MY]

——— expand number of employers required to provide a reasonable time and place for employees to express milk at the workplace (see H.R. 2836), H4541 [18JN]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 51), H2957 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Homeland Security: assess and submit to Congress a report on departmental ability to convey information to, collect information from, and serve individuals with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 1829), H2269 [15AP]

——— enhance cybersecurity information sharing and coordination at ports (see H.R. 3878), H7389 [2NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (see H.R. 2601), H3641 [1JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish regional infrastructure accelerator program to facilitate investment in and financing of certain infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2485), H3506 [20MY]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 39), H2307 [16AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Homeland Security: assess and submit to Congress a report on departmental ability to convey information to, collect information from, and serve individuals with limited English proficiency (H.R. 1829), H2270 [15AP]

——— enhance cybersecurity information sharing and coordination at ports (H.R. 3878), H7390 [2NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (H.R. 2601), H3642 [1JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish regional infrastructure accelerator program to facilitate investment in and financing of certain infrastructure projects (H.R. 2485), H3507 [20MY]

Remarks

Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance cybersecurity information sharing and coordination at ports (H.R. 3878), H9353, H9355 [16DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), H928 [11FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1183 [26FE]

——— reform Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers to provide training to first responders to improve homeland security, including domestic preparedness and response to terrorism (H.R. 3842), H9039, H9041 [8DE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (H.R. 1076), H9101 [9DE]

Dept. of the Interior: take certain land into trust for the benefit of Morongo Band of Mission Indians in California (H.R. 387), H5104 [13JY]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (H.J. Res. 43), consideration (H. Res. 231), H2676 [30AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize, H4387 [16JN]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H928 [11FE]

Malnutrition Awareness Week: observance, E1389• [29SE]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 39), H2360 [22AP]

Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (H.R. 2130), consideration (H. Res. 556), H9101 [9DE]

San Bernardino, CA: express condolences for victims of shooting at Inland Regional Center, E1730• [8DE]

Tributes

Farrar, William (Tony), E1808• [16DE]

Fischl, Peter L., E1144• [28JY]

Garcia, Gabriel, E525• [16AP]

Porter, Ronald H., E608• [29AP]

Shadidi, Ratibu Jacocks, E1814• [17DE]

Thomas, Arcelle Danese, E860• [9JN]