HUNTER, DUNCAN (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3170, H3187 [14MY], H3227 [15MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4119 [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), H7655, H7658 [4NO]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 816), H866 [9FE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H225 [12JA]

Alcoholic beverages: reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H5777 [29JY]

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]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide site in Memorial Amphitheater for memorial marker to honor those awarded or eligible for Korean Defense Service Medal that are missing, unaccounted for, or who died (see H. Con. Res. 50), H6189 [22SE]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) and repeal previous authorizations for use of military force (see H.J. Res. 33), H1166 [25FE]

——— award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in shootings at military sites in Chattanooga, TN (see H. Res. 383), H5523 [27JY]

——— condemn policy advising the observance of cultural and religious practices in Afghanistan that allow sexual abuse and reinstate Charles Martland as a member of the Army (see H. Res. 451), H6749 [30SE]

——— ensure that members on active duty diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury have access to hyperbaric oxygen therapy (see H.R. 146), H482 [21JA]

——— repeal bans on military personnel carrying firearms on military bases and recruitment facilities (see H.R. 3115), H5404 [22JY]

ATF: prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 2019), H4383 [15JN]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H1373 [26FE]

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 136), H4002 [9JN]

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), H668 [30JA]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2109 [26MR]

Colorado Springs, CO: recognize National Museum of World War II Aviation as America’s National World War II Aviation Museum (see H. Res. 193), H4863 [7JY]

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

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H5404 [22JY]

Contracts: preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see H.R. 1671), H5976 [11SE]

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

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), H3582 [29MY]

Dept. of Defense: establish a backup for the global positioning system (see H.R. 1678), H2109 [26MR]

——— extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations relative to transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 401), H482 [21JA]

——— limit the number of civilian employees (see H.R. 340), H403 [14JA]

——— prohibit modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the U.S. acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 654), H758 [3FE]

Dept. of Education: complete a data analysis study on the impacts of all income- or employment-based outcome measures of quality in higher education before issuing or implementing regulations utilizing such metrics (see H.R. 2815), H4491 [17JN]

——— provide military spouses who participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program a waiver from the consecutive years of service requirement if their spouse is relocated pursuant to military orders (see H.R. 3684), H6835 [6OC]

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

——— verify eligibility of certain borrowers on loans submitted to a guaranty agency for default aversion or already in default before such borrowers obtain a consolidation loan (see H.R. 2677), H3914 [4JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H6893 [7OC]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H5766 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H5118 [13JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 240), require motion that the House recedes from its previous position and concurs in the Senate amendment be offered only by the Majority Leader or his designee (see H. Res. 133), H1525 [2MR]

——— require States and Federal agencies, departments, and courts to provide certain statistics to the FBI and require the FBI to publish such statistics (see H.R. 1041), H4383 [15JN]

Dept. of Transportation: create National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers to enhance interstate commerce (see H.R. 1120), H4003 [9JN]

——— 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: adjust effective date of certain reductions and discontinuances of compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, and pensions (see H.R. 4087), H9272 [10DE]

——— conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H2357 [21AP]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H1850 [23MR]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 563), H2772 [30AP]

——— furnish non-formulary drugs and medicines to veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders (see H.R. 2123), H4652 [24JN]

——— improve mental health treatment provided to veterans who served in classified missions (see H.R. 421), H430 [20JA]

——— permit the centralized reporting of veterans enrollment by certain groups, districts, and consortiums of educational institutions (see H.R. 182), H103 [7JA]

——— provide for removal or demotion of employees based on performance or misconduct (see H.R. 1994), H4003 [9JN]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 1594), H2420 [22AP]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H705 [2FE]

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

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

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

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), H2115 [26MR]

——— exclude cannabidiol and cannabidiol-rich plants from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1635), H3391 [19MY]

——— prohibit Federal prosecution of residents who are acting in accordance with their State’s marijuana laws (see H.R. 1940), H2415 [22AP]

EEOC: exclude the application of employment discrimination laws to employment practices that comply with Federal regulations and State laws in certain areas (see H.R. 548), H705 [2FE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H583 [26JA]

——— provide that an employee’s regular rate of pay for purposes of calculating overtime will not be affected by additional payments or bonuses (see H.R. 1981), H3215 [14MY]

EPA: prevent from exceeding its statutory authority in ways that were not yet contemplated by Congress (see H.R. 3880), H8242 [16NO]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 597), H661 [28JA]

——— reauthorize and reform (see H.R. 3611), H6706 [29SE]

——— reform (see H.R. 3847), H7331 [28OC]

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), H4774 [25JN]

Families and domestic relations: prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see H.R. 2802), H5118 [13JY]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H4774 [25JN]

FDA: grant authority to modify predicate/grandfather date for regulation of certain newly deemed tobacco products (see H.R. 2058), H2795 [1MY]

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]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H8361 [18NO]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 402), H412 [16JA]

——— permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 923), H1663 [16MR] (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), H4135 [10JN]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 774), H919 [10FE]

Flowers: express that domestically grown flowers support farmers, small businesses, jobs, and economy of the U.S. and enhance the ability of people to honor their mothers on Mother’s Day (see H. Res. 245), H2792 [1MY]

Freedom of religion: improve U.S. ability to advance religious freedom globally through enhanced diplomacy, training, counterterrorism, and foreign assistance and through stronger responses to violations and extremism (see H.R. 1150), H5031 [9JY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H664 [28JA]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4651 [24JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE]

Higher Education Regulatory Reform Task Force: establish (see H.R. 3372), H5766 [29JY]

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

House Rules: prohibit consideration of a bill implementing a trade agreement unless the final text of the agreement has been made available to the public for a certain period (see H. Res. 301), H3915 [4JN]

——— require a reading of the names of Armed Forces members who died in the previous month as a result of combat operations (see H. Res. 24), H408 [14JA]

Immigration: detain any unlawfully present alien who is arrested for certain criminal offenses (see H.R. 2942), H4863 [7JY]

——— 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), H1899 [24MR]

——— permit certain E–2 nonimmigrant investors to adjust status to lawful permanent resident (see H.R. 1834), H4493 [17JN]

——— prohibit funding for executive branch overreach and clarify that proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to Congress (see H.R. 191), H226 [12JA]

——— provide additional security requirements for Syrian and Iraqi refugees, including passing polygraphs, providing biometric data and DNA samples, and background checks including investigation of online activity (see H.R. 4291), H10710 [18DE]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 815), H2155 [13AP]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (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), H3565 [21MY]

Iraq: authorize direct provision of defense articles, defense services, and related training to Kurdish Regional Government (see H.R. 1654), H2108 [26MR]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H5849 [8SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 3222), H9013 [3DE]

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: provide a definition of recreational vessel (see H.R. 436), H479 [21JA]

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

Medicare: provide comprehensive audiology services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1116), H2959 [13MY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H1038 [12FE]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H9206 [9DE]

——— provide for the coordination of programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2404), H5469 [23JY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H9329 [15DE]

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 security: ensure preparedness for chemical, radiological, biological, and nuclear threats (see H.R. 3299), H6937 [8OC]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 511), H1501 [27FE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H8281 [17NO]

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

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]

——— exempt local schools, educational agencies, and institutions of higher education from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 769), H853 [5FE]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H2794 [1MY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 596), H705 [2FE]

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

——— 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), H5976 [11SE]

——— require participation in health care exchanges by Supreme Court Justices and staff (see H.R. 2905), H4957 [8JY]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 699), H810 [4FE]

Refugees: express that Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) is committing genocide against ethnic and religious minorities and increase and prioritize U.S. admission of refugees facing genocide (see H. Res. 435), H6227 [24SE]

Religion: recognize that Christians and Yazidis in certain countries are targets of genocide and provide expedited processing of immigrant and refugee visas for such individuals (see H.R. 3942), H8150 [5NO]

San Diego, CA: anniversary of 1915 Panama-California Exposition and establishment of Balboa Park (see H. Con. Res. 44), H2792 [1MY]

Ships and vessels: promote the recycling of vessels (see H.R. 2876), H4650 [24JN]

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

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

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1716), H2110 [26MR]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H1067 [13FE]

——— 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), H916 [10FE]

Special Operations Forces Appreciation Month: designate (see H. Res. 423), H6075 [16SE]

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]

Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping program to be enforced by an independent Thoroughbred Horseracing Anti-Doping Authority (see H.R. 3084), H9692 [17DE]

States: require certain States to retain current congressional redistricting plans until such States carry out a redistricting plan in response to next regular decennial census (see H.R. 2501), H3558 [21MY]

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

Taxation: exclude from gross income any discharge of consumer indebtedness (see H.R. 2640), H3877 [3JN]

——— 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]

——— exclude from gross income the discharge of indebtedness income on student loans of deceased veterans (see H.R. 2874), H8414 [19NO]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H5775 [29JY]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H2772 [30AP]

——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 173), H190 [9JA]

——— 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]

——— repeal limitation on allowance of a deduction to Members of Congress for ordinary and necessary business expenses (see H.R. 2222), H4383 [15JN]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 27), H157 [8JA]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1218), H1663 [16MR]

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), H703 [2FE]

Ukraine: authorize assistance and sustainment to military and national security forces (see H.R. 955), H1035 [12FE]

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

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), H2467 [23AP]

Wildfires: establish interagency working group to study use of unmanned aircraft systems for wildland firefighting (see H.R. 2909), H4769 [25JN]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 3546), H6180 [18SE]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H7742 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iran if Iran cannot demonstrate that it has not sought, developed, or acquired nuclear weapons in violation of commitments or obligations under agreement relative to its nuclear program (see H.J. Res. 66), H5865 [9SE]

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

——— remove authority of military department Secretaries to revoke combat valor awards (see H.R. 2011), H2464 [23AP]

BLS: include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (see H.R. 1876), H2307 [16AP]

Cardona Molina, Consuelo: relief (see H.R. 1889), H2308 [16AP]

Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 68), H5769 [29JY]

——— authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1987), H2463 [23AP] (see H.R. 4188), H9079 [8DE]

——— establish the National Icebreaker Fund to pay costs of construction, alteration, renovation, lease, or charter of icebreakers (see H.R. 3214), H5522 [27JY]

Dept. of Education: update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (see H.R. 2518), H3559 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase certain veteran funeral benefits (see H.R. 1911), H2354 [21AP]

Dunoyer Cardona, Camilo: relief (see H.R. 1889), H2308 [16AP]

Dunoyer Cardona, Pablo: relief (see H.R. 1889), H2308 [16AP]

Dunoyer Mejia, Roberto L.: relief (see H.R. 1889), H2308 [16AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: limit attorney fees and penalties in citizen suits (see H.R. 3353), H5765 [29JY]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (see H.R. 3009), H5029 [9JY]

San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act: clarify certain settlement terms (see H.R. 1296), H1612 [4MR]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (see H.R. 980), H1068 [13FE]

Terrorism: designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure release of U.S. hostages of hostile groups of state sponsors of terrorism (see H.R. 1498), H1802 [19MR] (see H.R. 2877), H4650 [24JN]

Ukraine: enhance assistance to defend against further aggression by Russia and Russian-backed separatists (see H.R. 4305), H10710 [18DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iran if Iran cannot demonstrate that it has not sought, developed, or acquired nuclear weapons in violation of commitments or obligations under agreement relative to its nuclear program (H.J. Res. 66), H5866 [9SE]

——— improve security at recruitment centers by allowing officers to carry weapons or improving structural security (H.R. 3139), H5331 [21JY]

——— remove authority of military department Secretaries to revoke combat valor awards (H.R. 2011), H2466 [23AP]

BLS: include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (H.R. 1876), H2309 [16AP]

Cardona Molina, Consuelo: relief (H.R. 1889), H2310 [16AP]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1987), H2465 [23AP]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4188), H9079 [8DE]

——— establish the National Icebreaker Fund to pay costs of construction, alteration, renovation, lease, or charter of icebreakers (H.R. 3214), H5523 [27JY]

Dept. of Education: update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (H.R. 2518), H3563 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase certain veteran funeral benefits (H.R. 1911), H2355 [21AP]

Dunoyer Cardona, Camilo: relief (H.R. 1889), H2310 [16AP]

Dunoyer Cardona, Pablo: relief (H.R. 1889), H2310 [16AP]

Dunoyer Mejia, Roberto L.: relief (H.R. 1889), H2310 [16AP]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: limit attorney fees and penalties in citizen suits (H.R. 3353), H5772 [29JY]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (H.R. 3009), H5030 [9JY]

Newlove, Myles: relief (H.R. 3272), H5591 [28JY]

San Luis Rey Indian Water Rights Settlement Act: clarify certain settlement terms (H.R. 1296), H1616 [4MR]

Ships and vessels: establish uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel in the navigable waters of the U.S. (H.R. 980), H1070 [13FE]

Terrorism: designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure release of U.S. hostages of hostile groups of state sponsors of terrorism (H.R. 1498), H1805 [19MR]

——— designate an existing Federal officer to coordinate efforts to secure release of U.S. hostages of hostile groups of state sponsors of terrorism (H.R. 2877), H4651 [24JN]

Ukraine: enhance assistance to defend against further aggression by Russia and Russian-backed separatists (H.R. 4305), H10711 [18DE]

Letters

Coast Guard appropriations: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H9239 [10DE]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9239 [10DE]

Remarks

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in helicopter accident off the coast of Florida, E507• [15AP]

Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act: clarify effective date of certain provisions (S. 1356), H8125 [5NO]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1890 [24MR]

Coast Guard: Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study funding, H9242 [10DE]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4188), H9223, H9239, H9240, H9242 [10DE], E1839• [18DE]

——— require port access route study for Nantucket Sound, E1839• [18DE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8125 [5NO]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), H3171 [14MY]

——— establish Interagency Hostage Recovery Coordinator to direct hostage rescue efforts, H3171 [14MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4119 [10JN]

——— overseas contingency operations funding, H1890 [24MR]

——— prohibit funding to change produce sourcing at military commissaries, H4119 [10JN]

——— tribute to Junior ROTC programs, E804• [1JN]

El Faro (vessel): offer condolences to victims of sinking during Hurricane Joaquin, H6961 [9OC]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7228 [27OC]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in memory of victims of sinking of El Faro (vessel) during Hurricane Joaquin, H6961 [9OC]

Immigration: deny assistance to a State or political subdivision that prohibits officials from taking certain actions relative to immigration (H.R. 3009), H5441 [23JY]

Maritime Administration: Maritime Security Program funding, H6953 [9OC]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (H.R. 511), H8262 [17NO]

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, H7655, H7656, H7658, H7659 [4NO]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6948, H6953 [9OC]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7655, H7656, H7658, H7659 [4NO]

Santee, CA: opening of Padre Dam Advanced Water Purification Demonstration Pilot Plant, E508• [15AP]

Transportation: establish a program to permit the use of live plant materials for roadside maintenance, H7658, H7659 [4NO]

——— facilitate commercial waterborne transportation of domestic aggregate for nationally significant freight and highway projects, H7655, H7656 [4NO]

World Down Syndrome Day: observance, E328• [16MR]

Tributes

Casper, Billy, E353• [18MR]

Moen, Samantha, E1072• [15JY]