WALTERS, MIMI (a Representative from California)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H166 [9JA]

Appointments

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [6JA], H7338 [29OC]

Articles and editorials

Common-Core Standards’ Undemocratic Push, Williamson M. Evers, Education Week (Internet site), E270• [27FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 7), H477 [21JA]

Americans With Disabilities Act: 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: support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H5239 [15JY]

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

Business and industry: impose penalties and provide for recovery of removal costs and damages for oil spills from offshore foreign units (see H.R. 1684), H2311 [16AP]

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

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]

Computer Science Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 554), H9272 [10DE]

Courts: create special motion to dismiss strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) (see H.R. 2304), H6837 [6OC]

——— provide Federal jurisdiction for theft of trade secrets (see H.R. 3326), H6229 [24SE]

——— reform sentencing laws (see H.R. 3713), H6935 [8OC]

Credit Repair Organizations Act: exempt certain consumer reporting agencies in order to facilitate getting information on improving a credit score (see H.R. 347), H5866 [9SE]

Crime: make technical amendments to U.S. Code title on crime and criminal procedure based on Office of the Law Revision Counsel footnotes (see H.R. 4001), H8362 [18NO]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 803), H855 [5FE]

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), H4770 [25JN]

Dept. of Defense: provide for inclusion of names of certain Armed Forces members on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (see H.R. 3439), H5787 [4AU]

Dept. of HHS: designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1209), H3642 [1JN]

——— improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 836), H3214 [14MY]

——— prohibit sale or transactions involving human fetal tissue (see H.R. 3429), H5788 [4AU]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 1151), H5117 [13JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: designate John Wayne Airport in Orange County, CA, as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry (see H.R. 1051), H1114 [24FE]

——— make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 1300), H2156 [13AP]

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

Dept. of 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]

——— extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6789 [1OC]

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

——— conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H3214 [14MY]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 203), H190 [9JA]

——— improve private treatment of veterans who are victims of military sexual assault (see H.R. 1603), H5031 [9JY]

——— provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (see H.R. 642), H1626 [10MR]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H5298 [20JY]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H2356 [21AP]

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

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (see H.R. 2805), H9206 [9DE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H530 [22JA]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H8362 [18NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H8362 [18NO]

——— repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 703), H2115 [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), H5866 [9SE]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H7333 [28OC]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 1078), H1163 [25FE]

——— improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and similar retail food establishments and amend authority to bring certain proceedings (see H.R. 2017), H3391 [19MY]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (see H.R. 348), H1567 [3MR]

Financial institutions: require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H5089 [10JY]

Gambling: restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling (see H.R. 707), H2310 [16AP]

——— restore long-standing U.S. policy that the Federal Wire Act prohibits all forms of Internet gambling, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 707), H2357 [21AP]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H3758 [2JN]

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

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H.J. Res. 64), H5850 [8SE] (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

——— 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), H3759 [2JN]

Israel: express solidarity with people, condemn Palestinian terrorist attacks, and recertify that U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority is conditioned upon recognition of Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 485), H7089 [21OC]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1019), H4652 [24JN]

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

——— strengthen mental health system, improve public safety, and reauthorize and improve the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 3722), H6935 [8OC]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H4773 [25JN]

——— establish smart card pilot program (see H.R. 3220), H10712 [18DE]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 1178), H4003 [9JN]

——— promote health care technology innovation and access to medical devices and services for which patients choose to self-pay (see H.R. 2597), H3641 [1JN]

——— protect coverage for screening mammography (see H.R. 3339), H7028 [20OC]

——— provide beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment relative to speech generating devices (see H.R. 1919), H3391 [19MY]

——— provide comprehensive audiology services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1116), H9206 [9DE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H5866 [9SE]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 1202), H3642 [1JN]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H1116 [24FE]

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

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]

Monuments and memorials: require certain procedures for designating national monuments (see H.R. 3389), H5767 [29JY]

Motor vehicles: establish a regulatory structure to facilitate production of custom cars and specialty vehicles by small volume vehicle manufacturers (see H.R. 2675), H4493 [17JN]

——— protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 1528), H2656 [29AP]

National security: ensure preparedness for chemical, radiological, biological, and nuclear threats (see H.R. 3299), H7091 [21OC]

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

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: support goals and ideals and commend Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs for raising awareness of life-saving resources available to veterans and servicemembers (see H. Res. 443), H6260 [25SE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H8361 [18NO]

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

NLRB: clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H6180 [18SE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H4544 [18JN]

Orange County, CA: eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, preserve rocks and small islands along the coast, and incorporate them into the California Coastal National Monument (see H.R. 4233), H9270 [10DE]

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), H4243 [11JN]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 555), H984 [11FE]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1270), H6138 [17SE]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements and impose contribution caps (see H.R. 1547), H1848 [23MR]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1618 [4MR]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H2879 [12MY]

——— repeal the ‘‘Cadillac Tax’’ on certain high-cost health plans (see H.R. 879), H9026 [7DE]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (see H.R. 702), H5524 [27JY]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (see H.R. 2048), H2496 [28AP]

——— 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), H4137 [10JN]

Public lands: reduce the royalty required to be paid for sodium produced on Federal lands (see H.R. 1992), H2463 [23AP]

Railroads: reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (see H.R. 749), H1372 [26FE]

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]

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

Sons and Daughters in Touch (organization): anniversary (see H. Res. 320), H4775 [25JN]

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: update medical-vocational guidelines used in disability determinations (see H.R. 1800), H2268 [15AP]

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), H2155 [13AP]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4432 [16JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H814 [4FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 2061), H2497 [28AP]

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

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (see H.R. 880), H1806 [19MR]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: express that any related protocol or other negotiated agreement dealing with targets and timetables is considered a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate (see H. Con. Res. 97), H8861 [1DE]

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. 1732), H2151 [13AP]

Wildfires: implement reforms to Federal land management agency fire programs in order to address complexities of wildfires in a more cost-effective and efficient manner (see H.R. 3363), H6139 [17SE]

——— provide a criminal penalty for launching unmanned aircraft (drones) that interfere with fighting wildfires affecting Federal property (see H.R. 3025), H5850 [8SE]

Women: provide protections against pregnancy discrimination in the workplace (see H.R. 2800), H4774 [25JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Corps of Engineers: clarify term ‘‘water resources project’’ and ‘‘water resources development project’’ include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2689), H4001 [9JN]

Federal agencies and departments: report to Congress on rules and regulations that, if violated, may be punished by criminal penalties (see H.R. 4003), H8239 [16NO]

Immigration: allow labor organizations and management organizations to receive the results of visa petitions about which such organizations submitted advisory opinions (see H.R. 3636), H6704 [29SE]

NASA: study feasibility of constructing an aramid synthetic fiber aqueduct to transport water from Oregon to California (see H.R. 3529), H6075 [16SE]

Social Security: increase maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit (see H.R. 1109), H1368 [26FE]

Taxation: repeal dollar limitation on contributions to flexible spending accounts (see H.R. 2207), H2791 [1MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Corps of Engineers: clarify term ‘‘water resources project’’ and ‘‘water resources development project’’ include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects (H.R. 2689), H4002 [9JN]

Federal agencies and departments: report to Congress on rules and regulations that, if violated, may be punished by criminal penalties (H.R. 4003), H8241 [16NO]

Immigration: allow labor organizations and management organizations to receive the results of visa petitions about which such organizations submitted advisory opinions (H.R. 3636), H6705 [29SE]

NASA: study feasibility of constructing an aramid synthetic fiber aqueduct to transport water from Oregon to California (H.R. 3529), H6076 [16SE]

Social Security: increase maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit (H.R. 1109), H1371 [26FE]

Taxation: repeal dollar limitation on contributions to flexible spending accounts (H.R. 2207), H2793 [1MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H5878 [10SE]

Proclamations

Constitution Week: by, E1305• [17SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H506 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H2934 [13MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1877 [24MR]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (H. Res. 461), H6870 [7OC]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), H952 [11FE]

Crime: combat human trafficking, H563 [26JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H4326 [12JN]

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

EPA: extend compliance date of rules on carbon dioxide emissions from existing powerplants pending judicial review and allow States to protect ratepayers from rate increases and reliability issues (H.R. 2042), H4622 [24JN]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4499 [18JN]

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

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H730 [3FE]

Huntington Beach, CA: tribute to NuVision Federal Credit Union, E342• [17MR]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5898 [10SE]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (H. Res. 411), H5898 [10SE]

Irvine, CA: tribute to Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School, E245• [25FE]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 173), H2042 [26MR]

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, H8994 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7417 [3NO]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H730 [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H730 [3FE]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6942 [9OC]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform operation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), H2920 [13MY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7417 [3NO], H8994 [3DE]

Ruiz, Vicki: National Endowment for the Humanities National Humanities Medal recipient, H5879 [10SE]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 321), H4499 [18JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), Senate amendments, H4326 [12JN]

Votes: position on missed, E110• [26JA], E907• [16JN]

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), H2833 [12MY]

Tributes

Chino, Jun, H2323 [21AP]

Massrey, Kenneth G., H8291 [18NO]

St. Clair, Carl, E840• [4JN]

Whitaker, Fred, Sr., H3510 [21MY]