DENHAM, JEFF (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3984, H4004 [9JN]

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), H7659 [4NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3807 [3JN]

Appointments

Alan Nunnelee funeral attendees, H904 [10FE]

Conferee: H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8136 [5NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H5524 [27JY]

Americans With Disabilities Act: promote compliance through education, clarify requirements for demand letters, and provide for a notice and cure period before commencement of a private civil action (see H.R. 3765), H8242 [16NO]

——— require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to voluntarily correct a violation prior to commencing civil action (see H.R. 241), H187 [9JA]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H8242 [16NO]

BLM: establish Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Joaquin Rocks Wilderness, and designate additional components of the national wild and scenic rivers system in California (see H.R. 1838), H2305 [16AP]

Blue Star Mothers of America Month: designate (see H. Res. 140), H1663 [16MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H2467 [23AP]

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]

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

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 136), H3879 [3JN]

CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (see H.R. 2041), H2800 [5MY]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see H.R. 2751), H4343 [12JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3), H35 [6JA]

Courts: provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H8414 [19NO]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H8155 [5NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3308 [18MY]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 985), H3916 [4JN]

Dept. of Education: authorize a parent to opt their child out of certain required educational assessments (see H.R. 2382), H5469 [23JY]

——— clarify when certain academic assessments shall be administered (see H.R. 452), H8241 [16NO]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H534 [22JA]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 249), H1662 [16MR]

——— support non-Federal investments in water infrastructure improvements in the Sacramento Valley (see H.R. 1060), H2772 [30AP]

——— take certain Federal lands located in Sonoma County, CA, into trust for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria (see H.R. 2538), H3560 [21MY]

——— take land into trust for the benefit of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians (see H.R. 1157), H1498 [27FE]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6748 [30SE]

——— recognize hair as an alternative specimen for preemployment and random controlled substances testing of commercial motor vehicle drivers (see H.R. 1467), H2500 [28AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H5238 [15JY]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H1661 [16MR]

——— extend certain authorities relative to the associations between diseases and exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 3423), H6139 [17SE]

——— improve treatment of medical evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals in support of disability claims compensation (see H.R. 1331), H1613 [4MR]

——— provide for a survey of homeless female veterans (see H.R. 3960), H8150 [5NO]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H6836 [6OC]

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

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

Europe: express concern regarding anti-Semitism and encourage greater cooperation with European governments, European Union, and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to prevent and respond to anti-Semitism (see H. Res. 130), H2213 [14AP]

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), H5524 [27JY]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H3214 [14MY]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H5293 [16JY]

Federal agencies and departments: review certain rules and regulations (see H.R. 3328), H5764 [29JY]

FEMA: enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1748), H5031 [9JY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H2156 [13AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H36 [6JA]

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

——— 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), H8155 [5NO]

Health care professionals: provide for qualified physicians to perform a medical certification for an operator of a commercial motor vehicle who is a veteran (see H.R. 3739), H6973 [9OC]

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), H5589 [28JY]

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), H5865 [9SE]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 325), H4491 [17JN]

Immigration: establish processes for certain aliens from Iraq or Syria who have been or may be persecuted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) to apply for admission to the U.S. as refugees (see H.R. 1568), H2271 [15AP]

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), H6139 [17SE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H6893 [7OC]

Law enforcement: safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H7743 [4NO]

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

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 2646), H3912 [4JN]

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see H. Res. 207), H6077 [16SE]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 511), H532 [22JA]

——— 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), H5525 [27JY]

——— restore opportunity for tribal economic development by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe on terms that are equal and fair (see H.R. 2684), H3914 [4JN]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H9206 [9DE]

Pacific Maritime Association: resolve labor negotiations with International Longshore and Warehouse Union with assistance of a mediator and allow Presidential intervention if ports shut down due to a lack of settlement (see H. Res. 108), H1072 [13FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 22), H36 [6JA]

——— exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1387), H5469 [23JY]

——— 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), H5469 [23JY]

——— 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), H8155 [5NO]

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

Pesticides: amend laws relative to authorized uses of methyl bromide (see H.R. 3710), H6935 [8OC]

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

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H5333 [21JY]

——— provide authority to mail alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 3412), H7190 [26OC]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H9329 [15DE]

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

——— 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), H810 [4FE]

Railroads: reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (see H.R. 749), H852 [5FE]

Refugees: condemn persecution and threats to ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and Syria, call for protection and assistance for such persons, and document and respond to human rights abuses (see H. Res. 440), H6227 [24SE]

Roads and highways: encourage efforts by transportation rights-of-way managers to adopt vegetation management practices that provide habitats and forage for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators (see H.R. 2738), H4241 [11JN]

Schools: reverse declining milk consumption in schools (see H.R. 2407), H5469 [23JY]

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

Social Security: provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 546), H1372 [26FE]

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]

Taxation: 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]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1372 [26FE]

——— improve and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 2940), H5032 [9JY]

——— prevent increase of Federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2880 [12MY]

——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see H.R. 2838), H4541 [18JN]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1568 [3MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H8362 [18NO]

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

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1218), H7390 [2NO]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 4287), H9690 [17DE]

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), H858 [5FE]

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), H1769 [18MR]

Vietnamese Conflict: recognize contributions of Khmer, Laotian, Hmong, and Montagnard Freedom Fighters and the people of Cambodia and Laos in support and defense of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 210), H4546 [19JN]

W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1132), H4652 [24JN]

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 (see H.R. 594), H660 [28JA] (see H.R. 1732), H2151 [13AP]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (see H.R. 674), H754 [3FE]

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 (see H.R. 1989), H2463 [23AP]

——— extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to members who are involuntarily separated with a service-connected disability and their dependents (see H.R. 342), H403 [14JA]

Congress: adjournment (see H. Con. Res. 72), H5787 [4AU]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into negotiations with interested local water and power providers for the transfer of ownership, control, and operation of the New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project (see H.R. 2085), H2652 [29AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to eliminate duplicative environmental reviews and approvals under State and Federal law of rail and highway projects (see H.R. 2497), H3558 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry (see H.R. 1688), H2109 [26MR]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: ensure that vet centers have access to Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval System and VA/Dept. of Defense Identity Repository (see H.R. 498), H531 [22JA]

Medicare: require Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose changes made to plans required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 626), H667 [30JA]

Stanislaus River: develop a pilot program to remove non-native predator fishes to protect the native anadromous fishery resources affected by certain operations of the Central Valley Project (see H.R. 2086), H2652 [29AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (H.R. 674), H756 [3FE]

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 (H.R. 1989), H2465 [23AP]

——— extend military commissary and exchange store privileges to members who are involuntarily separated with a service-connected disability and their dependents (H.R. 342), H406 [14JA]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into negotiations with interested local water and power providers for the transfer of ownership, control, and operation of the New Melones Unit, Central Valley Project (H.R. 2085), H2654 [29AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to eliminate duplicative environmental reviews and approvals under State and Federal law of rail and highway projects (H.R. 2497), H3562 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry (H.R. 1688), H2113 [26MR]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: ensure that vet centers have access to Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval System and VA/Dept. of Defense Identity Repository (H.R. 498), H533 [22JA]

Medicare: require Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose changes made to plans required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 626), H667 [30JA]

Stanislaus River: develop a pilot program to remove non-native predator fishes to protect the native anadromous fishery resources affected by certain operations of the Central Valley Project (H.R. 2086), H2654 [29AP]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H1087 [24FE], H1621 [6MR], H5785 [4AU], H6263 [28SE], H8417 [30NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1621 [6MR], H5785 [4AU]

Remarks

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains, H1534 [3MR], H1583 [4MR]

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 (H.R. 1989), H2449 [23AP]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H173 [9JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), H951 [11FE]

Dept. of the Interior: add water hyacinth to invasive species control pilot program, H5273 [16JY]

Dept. of Transportation: California high-speed rail projects funding, H3984 [9JN]

——— establish program to eliminate duplicative environmental reviews and approvals for rail and highway projects under State and Federal law, H7414 [3NO]

——— extend the positive train control system implementation deadline, H7212 [27OC]

Depts. of Commerce and the Interior: collaborate with California Dept. of Water Resources to install a fish screen at the Delta Cross Channel Gates, H5273 [16JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), H2582 [29AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3984 [9JN]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), H5126 [14JY], H5252, H5273 [16JY]

——— provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), consideration (H. Res. 362), H5195 [15JY]

Harris, Lucille: Manteca, CA, Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E897• [15JN]

Immigration: provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (H.R. 399), H794 [4FE]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5945 [11SE]

——— prohibit lifting of sanctions until Iran pays judgments against it for terrorism (H.R. 3457), H6714 [30SE]

Journal: question of approval, H248 [13JA]

Monteith, Dick: Modesto, CA, Chamber of Commerce Champion of Free Enterprise Award recipient, E144• [2FE]

NOAA: prohibit funding to implement California Central Valley Domain existing recovery plan for salmon and steelhead populations if plan fails to address predation by non-native species, H3807 [3JN]

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), conference report, H8990 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7413 [3NO], H7659, H7660 [4NO]

Railroads: improve safety of hazardous materials rail transportation, H7413 [3NO]

——— reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (H.R. 749), H1582, H1583 [4MR]

——— reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (H.R. 749), consideration (H. Res. 134), H1534 [3MR]

Roads and highways: encourage efforts by transportation rights-of-way managers to adopt vegetation management practices that provide habitats and forage for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators, H7414 [3NO]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7413 [3NO], H7659, H7660 [4NO], H8990 [3DE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 3819), H7212 [27OC]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2578), H3807 [3JN]

Stanislaus Farm Supply Inc.: Stanislaus County, CA, Agriculture Hall of Fame inductee, E1609• [5NO]

Surface Transportation Board: establish as independent and make more efficient and accessible by increasing investigative authority, improving rate review timelines and advancing important proceedings (S. 808), H9221 [10DE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H5945 [11SE]

Trucking industry: standardize State meal and rest break regulations for motor-carrier industry operators engaging in commerce, H7659, H7660 [4NO]

Vietnamese Conflict: anniversary of release of American POWs from Vietnam, H1025 [12FE]

Tributes

Arellano, Peter and Sheila, E1431• [6OC]

Ayers, Robert L., E913• [17JN]

Boyett, Carl, H8253 [17NO]

Founts, Mick, E12• [6JA]

Geer, David F., H57 [7JA]

Hall, Steven, E1291• [16SE]

Jensen, Daniel R., E1535• [26OC]

Johnson, Representative Sam, H1025 [12FE]

Layton, Brent W., H3763 [3JN]

Lohman, Tim, E1150• [28JY]

McCain, Senator, H1025 [12FE]

Nakanishi, Alan, E1721• [7DE]

Ochoa, Guillermo, H2785 [1MY]

Peterson, Gail W. (Pete), E916• [17JN]

Pringle, Willie D. (Big Will), H1091 [24FE]

Royel, Mar Awa, H7264 [28OC]

Ruhstaller, Frank (Larry), E8• [6JA]

Sasser, Martin V., Jr., E1592• [4NO]

Shields, Jeff, E1590• [4NO]

Silva, Sharon, E1221• [8SE]

Treantos, John D., E1232• [8SE]

Vogel, Ken, E4• [6JA]

Wasden, Roy, E1589• [4NO]

Welsh-Simpson, Kristin, E1151• [28JY]

Yamzon, Carlos P., E1227• [8SE]