AGUILAR, PETE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3174 [14MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4076 [10JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), H7661 [4NO]

Announcements

Moment of silence to honor victims of shooting at San Bernardino, CA, Inland Regional Center, H9339 [16DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 2972), H5849 [8SE]

——— 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. 448), H5089 [10JY]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H5943 [10SE]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H6706 [29SE]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H6789 [1OC]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H6750 [30SE]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 742), H3642 [1JN]

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H2496 [28AP]

BLM: allow a land exchange in San Bernardino County, CA, with San Bernardino Valley Water Conservation District (see H.R. 4024), H8279 [17NO]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3254 [15MY]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H6706 [29SE]

California Coastal National Monument: 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), H1073 [17FE]

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

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (see H.R. 829), H8646 [30NO]

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), H5775 [29JY]

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H9206 [9DE]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H6750 [30SE]

Credit unions: exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan (see H.R. 1133), H1369 [26FE]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H6706 [29SE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 197), H482 [21JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 2715), H7626 [3NO]

——— 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), H7333 [28OC]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 3316), H8861 [1DE]

——— reauthorize Farm to School Program (see H.R. 1061), H8860 [1DE]

——— require animals in Federal research centers be included in the definition of animal under the Animal Welfare Act (see H.R. 746), H8414 [19NO]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H3565 [21MY]

——— 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), H5777 [29JY]

——— provide guidance on how dependent students with noncitizen parents without Social Security numbers may obtain Federal student assistance for college (see H.R. 1833), H5173 [14JY]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H431 [20JA]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 1877), H6893 [7OC]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H8362 [18NO]

——— 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. 1600), H6706 [29SE]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H5592 [28JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (see H. Res. 327), H5777 [29JY]

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

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: establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 344), H482 [21JA]

Dept. of State: disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6750 [30SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of Chicano Park in San Diego, CA (see H.R. 3711), H8242 [16NO]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1460), H5776 [29JY]

——— reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 249), H5848 [8SE] (see H.R. 407), H5943 [10SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend certain authorities relative to the associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 3423), H6706 [29SE]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5775 [29JY]

Developing countries: authorize aid to reduce poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilience among vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1567), H8971 [2DE]

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

——— prohibit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 208), H2357 [21AP]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

Drought: provide drought assistance and improved water supply reliability to California, other Western States, and the nation (see H.R. 2983), H5298 [20JY]

Education: provide for the preparation of career and technical education teachers (see H.R. 4263), H9373 [16DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H3574 [22MY]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 932), H6307 [28SE]

EPA: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 1548), H5173 [14JY]

——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 1284), H8971 [2DE]

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

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. 2449), H5776 [29JY]

FCC: revise sponsorship identification rules to require disclosure of significant donors to persons paying for broadcasts of political matters or matters involving issues of public importance (see H.R. 2125), H4863 [7JY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H1618 [4MR]

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), H6937 [8OC]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 752), H852 [5FE]

——— provide for better understanding of the epidemic of gun violence (see H.R. 3926), H9307 [11DE]

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

FRS: allow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide greater protection to servicemembers (see H.R. 2979), H5777 [29JY]

——— 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), H6706 [29SE]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 3378), H6706 [29SE]

——— prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy (see H.R. 2450), H7626 [3NO]

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

Higher Education Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 505), H8646 [30NO]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 2192), H5089 [10JY]

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), H6750 [30SE]

Immigration: 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), H7139 [22OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 551), H8646 [30NO]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H3642 [1JN]

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), H3574 [22MY]

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

Law enforcement officers: reaffirm right of individuals to record law enforcement authorities and full protection of law to possess recording devices and data saved on such devices (see H. Con. Res. 41), H2464 [23AP]

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

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H5775 [29JY]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H5776 [29JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H8414 [19NO]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H6706 [29SE]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7255 [27OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H5776 [29JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H6706 [29SE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H6706 [29SE]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H5776 [29JY]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 2083), H8362 [18NO]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H5775 [29JY]

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), H5944 [10SE]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 989), H1618 [4MR]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2799 [5MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 3337), H5764 [29JY]

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

Native Americans: 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), H5850 [8SE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H5981 [15SE]

NLRB: strengthen protections for employees wishing to advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment and provide stronger remedies for interference with these rights (see H.R. 3514), H6837 [6OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H3643 [1JN]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H2496 [28AP]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1552), H8414 [19NO]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H4862 [7JY]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H4862 [7JY]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H2156 [13AP]

——— provide authority to mail alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 3412), H6308 [28SE]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H2213 [14AP]

Privacy: protect financial information of consumers and require notice of security breaches (see H.R. 2205), H8155 [5NO]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 2410), H5239 [15JY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), H8971 [2DE]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H5173 [14JY]

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: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H5089 [10JY]

——— 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), H8361 [18NO]

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]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1439), H8361 [18NO]

States: grant authority to enforce State and local sales and use tax laws on remote or online transactions (see H.R. 2775), H5776 [29JY]

Taxation: allow the mortgage interest deduction with respect to boats only if the boat is used as the principal residence of the taxpayer (see H.R. 1823), H2269 [15AP]

——— eliminate lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 1286), H3759 [2JN]

——— modify and permanently extend qualified zone academy bonds to facilitate school renovation and construction and treat such bonds as specified tax credit bonds (see H.R. 3046), H8414 [19NO]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H431 [20JA]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H431 [20JA]

U.S. Code: replace references to ‘‘wives’’ and ‘‘husbands’’ in Federal law with references to ‘‘spouses’’ (see H.R. 2976), H5089 [10JY]

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

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H5776 [29JY]

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), H5332 [21JY]

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. 1482), H5238 [15JY]

Wildfires: provide a criminal penalty for launching unmanned aircraft (drones) that interfere with fighting wildfires affecting Federal property (see H.R. 3025), H5239 [15JY]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Labor: increase authorization of funds for Trade Adjustment Assistance for firms (see H.R. 4142), H8859 [1DE]

Taxation: provide a credit for job training expenses of employers (see H.R. 2431), H3387 [19MY]

——— provide a credit to small employers for certain newly hired employees (see H.R. 3198), H5466 [23JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Labor: increase authorization of funds for Trade Adjustment Assistance for firms (H.R. 4142), H8860 [1DE]

Taxation: provide a credit for job training expenses of employers (H.R. 2431), H3389 [19MY]

——— provide a credit to small employers for certain newly hired employees (H.R. 3198), H5468 [23JY]

Motions

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1732), H2852 [12MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H2041 [26MR], H5014 [9JY]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9664 [17DE]

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, H3164 [14MY]

——— study possible causes for suicides by female servicemembers and veterans, H4076 [10JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1669 [17MR]

California State University, San Bernardino: anniversary, E1287• [16SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3164 [14MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4076 [10JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H1018 [12FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), Senate amendment, H1575 [4MR]

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

Dept. of Labor: increase authorization of funds for Trade Adjustment Assistance for firms (H.R. 4142), H8870 [2DE]

Dept. of Transportation: allow a program of eligible projects to count as a single project to meet threshold of project costs for Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects funding, H7604 [3NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9664 [17DE]

Economy: importance of job creation, H2275 [16AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize, H4496 [18JN]

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: implement recommendations that would assist veterans in the transition to civilian jobs driving commerical vehicles and in obtaining commerical drivers licenses, H7661 [4NO]

FERC: ensure taxpayers are not held liable and pipeline owners bear full responsibility for any repair or environmental damages resulting from a natural gas pipeline explosion, H458 [21JA]

Grand Terrace, CA: tribute to Veterans Wall of Freedom monument, E1288• [16SE]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5014 [9JY]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H1018 [12FE]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 173), H2041 [26MR]

Natural gas: provide for timely consideration of all licenses, permits, and approvals required under Federal law relative to siting, construction, expansion, or operation of pipeline projects (H.R. 161), motion to recommit, H458 [21JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7604 [3NO], H7661 [4NO]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H3237 [15MY], H7604 [3NO], H7661 [4NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3038), H5186 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), H7244 [27OC]

San Bernardino, CA: express condolences for victims of, and commend first responders for efforts in response to, shooting at Inland Regional Center, H9664 [17DE]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 173), H2041 [26MR]

Taxation: provide a credit for job training expenses of employers (H.R. 2431), H3544 [21MY]

Votes: position on missed, E1799• [15DE]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1732), motion to recommit, H2852 [12MY]

——— require EPA and Corps of Engineers to protect quality and integrity of public water supplies, mitigate against western drought, and safeguard water usage for agriculture irrigation, H2852 [12MY]

Tributes

Cohn, Hillel, E865• [10JN]

Herrera, Juan F., E1080• [16JY]

Milian, Christina, E812• [2JN]

Sharp, Larry, E251• [25FE]