HECK, JOSEPH J. (a Representative from Nevada)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4070 [10JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2686 [30AP]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H403 [14JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H4699 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 413), H430 [20JA]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H4345 [12JN]

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

ATF: make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition (see H.R. 2753), H5849 [8SE]

——— prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 1739), H5849 [8SE]

BLM: validate certain patent and associated land reconfiguration in Clark and Lincoln Counties, NV (see H.R. 2307), H7175 [23OC]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H1806 [19MR]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

Bureau of Prisons: issue oleoresin capsicum spray (pepper spray) to officers and employees in Federal medium-security prisons and higher (see H.R. 472), H3214 [14MY]

——— provide secure storage areas on institution grounds outside the secure perimeter for employees authorized to carry firearms (see H.R. 1545), H2960 [13MY]

Bureau of Reclamation: require an infrastructure needs assessment report listing major repair and rehabilitation needs at water delivery system facilities (see H.R. 1107), H1368 [26FE]

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]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H3391 [19MY]

Committee on Oversight of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 571), H9691 [17DE]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H4591 [23JN]

Credit unions: exclude extensions of credit made to veterans from the definition of a member business loan (see H.R. 1133), H3214 [14MY]

Cuba: prohibit transactions with the Cuban military, incentivize arrest of those responsible for attack on U.S. aircraft, coordinate capture of U.S. fugitives, return confiscated property, and support Cuban people (see H.R. 2937), H4863 [7JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H8361 [18NO]

Dept. of Education: authorize local educational agencies and schools to carry out child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs or activities (see H.R. 3067), H5235 [15JY]

——— prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 970), H1850 [23MR]

——— provide students with increased flexibility in the use of Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 3180), H5465 [23JY]

——— revise counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers (see H.R. 3179), H5465 [23JY]

——— simplify and streamline information on institutions of higher education made publicly available (see H.R. 3178), H5465 [23JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (see H.R. 5), H1084 [20FE]

Dept. of HHS: designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1209), H2212 [14AP]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H1524 [2MR]

——— establish a program to assist in importation and care for abused, injured, or abandoned nonhuman primates (see H.R. 3294), H5944 [10SE]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H916 [10FE]

——— include occupational therapists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1761), H5867 [9SE]

——— 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), H2031 [25MR]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H3391 [19MY]

——— provide for participation of pediatric subspecialists in the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 1859), H4593 [23JN]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1312), H4862 [7JY]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 2342), H5524 [27JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: modify the visa waiver program (see H.R. 2686), H3921 [8JN]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H5980 [15SE]

Dept. of the Interior: convey land to be held in trust for certain Indian tribes in Nevada (see H.R. 2733), H7139 [22OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adopt and implement a standard identification protocol for use in tracking and procurement of biological implants and tissue or bone grafts (see H.R. 1016), H5943 [10SE]

——— authorize health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs (see H.R. 667), H1901 [24MR]

——— carry out a pilot program to provide educational assistance to veterans for education and training as physician assistants and establish payment structure for physician assistants (see H.R. 3974), H8151 [5NO]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H3577 [26MY]

——— deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 2766), H4343 [12JN]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H6749 [30SE]

——— 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. 456), H3564 [21MY]

——— make certain improvements in laws relative to educational assistance (see H.R. 475), H3564 [21MY]

——— revise definition of spouse for purposes of veterans benefits in recognition of new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 1598), H4544 [18JN]

——— treat time spent by Armed Forces Reserve members receiving Dept. of Defense medical care as active duty for purposes of Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 1141), H3565 [21MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: recognize heritage of recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting on public lands and ensure continued opportunities for those activities (see H.R. 528), H984 [11FE]

Diseases: improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 1130), H2500 [28AP]

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

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1701), H2467 [23AP]

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

Douglas County, NV: promote conservation, improve public land, and provide for sensible development (see H.R. 925), H1033 [12FE]

Drugs: end Federal ban of medical marijuana, allow importation of certain derivatives, allow banks to work with medical marijuana businesses, enable medicinal research, and allow prescription to veterans (see H.R. 1538), H2156 [13AP]

——— exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1635), H3507 [20MY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H3564 [21MY]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1147), H1626 [10MR]

ERISA: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 1677), H2108 [26MR]

FAA: amend the Pilot’s Bill of Rights to facilitate appeals and to apply to other issued certificates, and revise the third class medical certification regulations (see H.R. 1062), H2500 [28AP]

——— issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1086), H1526 [2MR]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H1663 [16MR]

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), H478 [21JA]

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. 3579), H6178 [18SE]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 2076), H5849 [8SE]

——— establish deferred presentment transaction requirements (see H.R. 4018), H9206 [9DE]

——— exclude credit union loans secured by certain non-owner occupied family dwellings from the definition of member business loan (see H.R. 1422), H6189 [22SE]

——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H2959 [13MY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H482 [21JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H1068 [13FE]

——— 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]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H360 [13JA]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H3879 [3JN]

——— improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3323), H6189 [22SE]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H1723 [17MR]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY]

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 1117), H1369 [26FE]

——— limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see H.R. 865), H2271 [15AP]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H1850 [23MR]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5589 [28JY]

Immigration: exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see H.R. 483), H530 [22JA]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H1501 [27FE]

——— provide notice to, and input by, State insurance commissioners when requiring an insurance company to serve as a source of financial strength or when the FDIC places a lien against insurance company assets (see H.R. 1478), H2475 [27AP]

Iran: block Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps access to global economy, require congressional approval of removal from state sponsors of terrorism list, and impose conditions to normalization of economic relations (see H.R. 4257), H9328 [15DE]

——— 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. 220), H5850 [8SE]

——— disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5298 [20JY]

——— urge the President and International Atomic Energy Agency to submit to Congress the text of all side agreements entered into with Iran relative to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (see H. Res. 553), H9272 [10DE]

IRS: terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (see H.R. 709), H810 [4FE]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: improve enforcement of sanctions (see H.R. 757), H5332 [21JY]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H6749 [30SE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1526 [2MR]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1221), H2356 [21AP]

Medicare: authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H8150 [5NO]

——— count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1571), H2212 [14AP]

——— coverage of extended care services without regard to 3-day prior hospitalization requirement (see H.R. 290), H356 [13JA]

——— create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (see H.R. 776), H3214 [14MY]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H3565 [21MY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H1807 [19MR]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 1453), H1902 [24MR]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H2356 [21AP]

——— modify payment policies for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and prosthetic devices (see H.R. 1526), H6076 [16SE]

——— permit certain providers licensed in a State to provide telemedicine services to certain beneficiaries in a different State (see H.R. 3081), H5783 [31JY]

——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see H.R. 3339), H6976 [9OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H6228 [24SE]

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

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H2156 [13AP]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 1202), H1626 [10MR]

——— refine payment for orthotics and prosthetics and improve beneficiary experience and outcomes with orthotic and prosthetic care (see H.R. 1530), H5976 [11SE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H5332 [21JY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H854 [5FE]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 2), H2035 [25MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1850 [23MR]

——— require reporting of certain data by providers and suppliers of air ambulance services for purposes of reforming reimbursements for such services (see H.R. 822), H1624 [6MR]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 771), H5943 [10SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H5866 [9SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 818), H1636 [13MR]

——— improve electronic health records meaningful use programs (see H.R. 3309), H5850 [8SE]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 731), H5848 [8SE]

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), H7347 [29OC]

Mining and mineral resources: promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (see H.R. 1937), H2415 [22AP]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit further extension or establishment of national monuments in Nevada except by express authorization of Congress (see H.R. 488), H531 [22JA]

National Blood Donor Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 11), H662 [28JA]

National Lacrosse Month: designate (see H. Res. 267), H3252 [15MY]

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see H. Res. 207), H5032 [9JY]

Nevada: facilitate pinyon-juniper related projects in Lincoln County, modify boundaries of certain wilderness areas, and implement conservation plan for the Virgin River (see H.R. 1815), H2268 [15AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H2960 [13MY]

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

——— disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (see H.J. Res. 29), H1663 [16MR]

NRC: obtain the consent of affected State and local governments before authorizing the construction of a nuclear waste repository (see H.R. 1364), H1635 [13MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4493 [17JN]

——— repeal (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1270), H5031 [9JY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H9271 [10DE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H2467 [23AP]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 519), H532 [22JA]

——— streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility verification process for health care premium tax credit and cost-sharing subsidy (see H.R. 2712), H5867 [9SE]

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 2663), H3913 [4JN]

Roads and highways: extend Interstate Route 11 (see H.R. 1612), H2212 [14AP]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (see H.R. 1090), H6893 [7OC]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 112), H2357 [21AP]

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

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 2), H2035 [25MR]

SSA: prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H6308 [28SE]

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

Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see H.R. 1855), H3215 [14MY]

——— 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), H2880 [12MY]

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

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H1069 [13FE]

——— improve certain education savings plans (see H.R. 529), H814 [4FE]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4863 [7JY]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 622), H666 [30JA]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H867 [9FE]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 2657), H3913 [4JN]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1718), H5943 [10SE]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1171), H2356 [21AP]

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

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), H1501 [27FE]

Turkey: support an equitable and stable relationship with Armenia based on full acknowledgment of facts and consequences of the Armenian Genocide and fair and just resolution of this crime against humanity (see H. Res. 154), H2501 [28AP]

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.J. Res. 59), H7028 [20OC]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 594), H814 [4FE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 1340), H1623 [6MR]

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

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 2737), H4241 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 468), H530 [22JA]

Dept. of Education: authorize Hispanic-serving institutions receiving certain Higher Education Act grants to use such amounts to assist students in entering medical schools (see H.R. 2927), H4770 [25JN]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process (see H.R. 3177), H5465 [23JY]

Dept. of HUD: exclude disabled veterans’ aid and attendance pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance eligibility (see H.R. 1816), H2268 [15AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: accept certain documents as proof of service in determining eligibility of an individual to receive amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1875), H2307 [16AP]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite access to Federal lands for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions (see H.R. 373), H405 [14JA]

Master Chief Petty Officer Jesse Dean Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Laughlin, NV: designate (see H.R. 3969), H8151 [5NO]

Medicare: facilitate transition for individuals enrolled in group health plans and establish an open enrollment period under Medicare Advantage (see H.R. 2476), H3505 [20MY]

Taxation: repeal occupational tax on gambling on wagers authorized under State law (see H.R. 2854), H4591 [23JN]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H1721 [17MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Children and youth: increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (H.R. 468), H532 [22JA]

Dept. of Education: authorize Hispanic-serving institutions receiving certain Higher Education Act grants to use such amounts to assist students in entering medical schools (H.R. 2927), H4773 [25JN]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process (H.R. 3177), H5467 [23JY]

Dept. of HUD: exclude disabled veterans’ aid and attendance pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance eligibility (H.R. 1816), H2270 [15AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: accept certain documents as proof of service in determining eligibility of an individual to receive amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund (H.R. 1875), H2309 [16AP]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite access to Federal lands for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions (H.R. 373), H407 [14JA]

Master Chief Petty Officer Jesse Dean Dept. of Veterans Affairs Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Laughlin, NV: designate (H.R. 3969), H8154 [5NO]

Medicare: facilitate transition for individuals enrolled in group health plans and establish an open enrollment period under Medicare Advantage (H.R. 2476), H3507 [20MY]

Taxation: repeal occupational tax on gambling on wagers authorized under State law (H.R. 2854), H4592 [23JN]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (H.R. 1401), H1722 [17MR]

Poems

‘‘Our Shredded Flag,’’ Paul F. Dudley, E890• [12JN]

Remarks

Army: Bradley Fighting Vehicle modernization funding, H4070 [10JN]

Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act: clarify effective date of certain provisions (S. 1356), H8124 [5NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8124 [5NO]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H2944 [13MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), conference report, H6773 [1OC]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4070 [10JN]

Dept. of Energy: Nuclear Energy University Program funding through reductions in Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H2686 [30AP]

Dept. of HUD: exclude disabled veterans’ aid and attendance pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance eligibility (H.R. 1816), H3265 [18MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: expedite access to Federal lands for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, H234 [13JA]

——— expedite access to Federal lands for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions (H.R. 373), H2486 [28AP]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2028), H2686 [30AP]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5924 [10SE]

West, Favil: Nevada Senior Citizen of the Year award recipient, E719• [15MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H564 [26JA]

Tributes

Dudley, Paul F., E889• [12JN]

Shaw, Duncan E., E1142• [28JY]