CAPPS, LOIS (a Representative from California)

Addresses

Acceptance of the First Japanese Corporate Apology for Forced Labor by U.S. POWs During World War II: James T. Murphy, E1171• [29JY]

Issuance of the First Japanese Corporate Apology for Forced Labor by U.S. POWs During World War II: Hikaru Kimura, Mitsubishi Materials Corp., E1171• [29JY]

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H163 [9JA]

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4740, H4775 [25JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3856 [3JN]

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 (H.R. 427), H5559 [28JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 2972), H5089 [10JY]

——— limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 448), H814 [4FE]

Airports: provide for private lactation areas in the terminals of large and medium hub airports (see H.R. 2530), H3559 [21MY]

Animals: outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H6260 [25SE]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H2880 [12MY]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H5788 [4AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 239), H1567 [3MR]

Arctic Ocean: prohibit drilling (see H.R. 3632), H7391 [2NO]

Armed Forces: grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1845), H2306 [16AP]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 1674), H2156 [13AP]

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

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 2430), H3387 [19MY]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H4383 [15JN]

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), H6836 [6OC]

California Coastal National Monument: include the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 908), H1902 [24MR]

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

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), H535 [22JA]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1619), H2032 [25MR]

——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1902 [24MR]

Climate: protect through increasing renewable energy, enhancing energy efficiency standards, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 1971), H3310 [18MY]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (see H.R. 3862), H7346 [29OC]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H2879 [12MY]

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H6976 [9OC]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H6837 [6OC]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see H.R. 2087), H2652 [29AP]

Crime: denounce attacks on healthcare centers for women, providers of healthcare for women, and patients and affirm right of women to access reproductive services without fear of violence or intimidation (see H. Res. 558), H9079 [8DE]

——— protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 1258), H2156 [13AP]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 197), H103 [7JA]

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), H4957 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 3068), H5235 [15JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H2156 [13AP]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 2680), H10712 [18DE]

——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1519), H2467 [23AP]

——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 882), H981 [11FE]

——— provide access to higher education through a Federal-State partnership to waive community college tuition and provide grants to minority-serving institutions to assist low-income students (see H.R. 2962), H4954 [8JY]

——— provide guidance on how dependent students with noncitizen parents without Social Security numbers may obtain Federal student assistance for college (see H.R. 1833), H2305 [16AP]

——— reinstate authority to make Federal Direct Stafford Loans to graduate and professional students (see H.R. 4223), H9270 [10DE]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H2211 [14AP]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program (see H. Res. 92), H1663 [16MR]

——— designate maternity care health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1209), H1565 [3MR]

——— establish an interagency coordinating committee on pulmonary hypertension (see H.R. 3520), H6074 [16SE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H6976 [9OC]

——— 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]

——— provide for a national public outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness of women’s preventive health (see H.R. 2355), H3879 [3JN]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 1717), H2794 [1MY]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 1818), H2268 [15AP]

——— provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see H.R. 3727), H6936 [8OC]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1655), H6893 [7OC]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (see H.R. 1344), H1625 [10MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H1038 [12FE]

——— provide for compensation of furloughed employees in the event of a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 1024), H1502 [27FE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 1076), H9080 [8DE]

Dept. of State: disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6795 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1460), H1801 [19MR]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3927), H7741 [4NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 1769), H6836 [6OC]

——— 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]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 915), H1032 [12FE]

——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2516), H3559 [21MY]

——— provide additional assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to veterans pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) (see H.R. 3949), H9692 [17DE]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 4080), H8410 [19NO]

——— require vendors of automobile adaptive equipment to be certified or licensed to ensure adherence to quality, performance, and safety standards (see H.R. 3471), H7028 [20OC]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see H.R. 577), H1116 [24FE]

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

Developing countries: authorize aid to reduce poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilience among vulnerable populations (see H.R. 1567), H6836 [6OC]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (see H.R. 2227), H2792 [1MY]

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

——— prohibit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 208), H2308 [16AP]

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

Drought: provide drought assistance and improved water supply reliability to California, other Western States, and the nation (see H.R. 2983), H4955 [8JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H2156 [13AP]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 932), H2500 [28AP]

EPA: assess and manage risks of drought to drinking water (see H.R. 1709), H2110 [26MR]

——— improve beach monitoring by requiring coastal States to adopt water quality standards, conduct quicker water testing, and improve monitoring and public notification programs (see H.R. 4136), H8645 [30NO]

——— regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 4215), H9269 [10DE]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 35), H2210 [14AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 1031), H1373 [26FE]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2449), H3388 [19MY]

——— support Working Families Agenda (see H. Res. 506), H7346 [29OC]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (see H.R. 1967), H5524 [27JY]

Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act: modify (see H.R. 2717), H4135 [10JN]

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA): eliminate gender pay inequity (see H. Res. 364), H5237 [15JY]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1217), H6836 [6OC]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 3411), H5768 [29JY]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 2380), H3252 [15MY]

——— express that gun violence is a public health issue and call for legislation that protects the Second Amendment, includes background checks, improves mental health, and makes gun trafficking a Federal crime (see H. Res. 289), H3757 [2JN]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 3455), H5944 [10SE]

——— prohibit the sale, manufacture, distribution, import, or electronic marketing or advertising of certain firearm receiver castings or blanks and assault weapon or machinegun parts kits (see H.R. 376), H405 [14JA]

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

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

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 2916), H4770 [25JN]

——— restrict the sale of armor-piercing ammunition (see H.R. 1358), H2271 [15AP]

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), H1165 [25FE]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2740), H4242 [11JN]

FTC: prohibit, as an unfair and deceptive act or practice, commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy (see H.R. 2450), H7175 [23OC]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4002 [9JN]

——— recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations (see H. Res. 117), H1069 [13FE]

Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 32), H758 [3FE]

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), H5783 [31JY]

House of Representatives: require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see H.R. 2173), H2769 [30AP]

House Rules: amend to protect House employees from employment discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity (see H. Res. 428), H6837 [6OC]

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), H6894 [7OC]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 2016), H4544 [18JN]

Immigration: prohibit Executive agencies from using the term ‘‘alien’’ to refer to an individual who is not a U.S. citizen or national and establish a uniform definition for the term ‘‘foreign national’’ (see H.R. 3785), H8242 [16NO]

——— provide punishments for immigration consultants that provide fraudulent services to immigrants (see H.R. 1123), H1369 [26FE]

——— require that supplemental certifications and identity verifications be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4079), H8646 [30NO]

Insurance: provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women (see H.R. 2866), H4592 [23JN]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H2357 [21AP]

LGBT Equality Day: designate (see H. Res. 549), H9011 [3DE]

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

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Res. 400), H5769 [29JY]

——— extend to physician assistants eligibility for incentive payments for adoption and use of certified electronic health records (see H.R. 1345), H1625 [10MR]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 835), H1806 [19MR]

Medicare: anniversary (see H. Res. 400), H5769 [29JY]

——— apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 2624), H5592 [28JY]

——— 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), H8242 [16NO]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H1623 [6MR]

——— improve access to, and utilization of, bone mass measurement benefits under part B by establishing a minimum payment amount under such part for bone mass measurement (see H.R. 2461), H3643 [1JN]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 1178), H1499 [27FE]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7028 [20OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2156 [13AP]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H6836 [6OC]

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

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H6789 [1OC]

Mental health: strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 2994), H5029 [9JY]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the median wage (see H.R. 2150), H2768 [30AP]

Moffett Air National Guard Base, Mountain View, CA: designate (see H.R. 3341), H5944 [10SE]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 38), H2307 [16AP]

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

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: increase and improve public access to motor vehicle safety information, enhance accountability, and protect motor vehicle consumers (see H.R. 1181), H1499 [27FE]

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

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 257), H2877 [12MY]

National Park Service: establish the African American Civil Rights Network (see H.R. 3683), H8282 [17NO]

——— observe centennial through increased funding (see H.R. 3556), H9080 [8DE]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 358), H4862 [7JY]

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

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H2209 [14AP]

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

——— coordinate and advance fibrosis research activities (see H.R. 3666), H6787 [1OC]

——— publish guidelines on appropriate age groupings to be included in clinical research studies involving human subjects (see H.R. 2436), H3387 [19MY]

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (see H.R. 2553), H4774 [25JN]

——— identify, declare, and respond to marine disease emergencies (see H.R. 936), H1034 [12FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H6836 [6OC]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H478 [21JA]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H477 [21JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H431 [20JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H1723 [17MR]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1663 [16MR]

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), H2656 [29AP]

——— prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 2277), H2877 [12MY]

——— 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]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H5031 [9JY]

Public lands: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 996), H1068 [13FE]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H2115 [26MR]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 502, 513), H7743 [4NO]

Religion: condemn violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslim Americans and express condolences to victims of hate crimes (see H. Res. 569), H9691 [17DE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 2410), H4957 [8JY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), H5976 [11SE]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H1085 [20FE]

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

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 919), H1033 [12FE]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 2025), H3215 [14MY]

——— 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), H984 [11FE]

SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see H.R. 1404), H1721 [17MR]

——— establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1439), H1768 [18MR]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1341), H1623 [6MR]

——— allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1100), H1368 [26FE]

——— clarify that tar sands are crude oil subject to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund per-barrel excise tax (see H.R. 214), H154 [8JA]

——— eliminate lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 1286), H1611 [4MR]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 2429), H3387 [19MY]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1260), H1610 [4MR]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4345 [12JN]

——— increase and improve credit for dependent care expenses and provide a credit for education of employees of child care centers (see H.R. 1492), H1802 [19MR]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H3564 [21MY]

——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 641), H702 [2FE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H4002 [9JN]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 1749), H2152 [13AP]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 3311), H5764 [29JY]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H3390 [19MY]

——— increase rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 2539), H4594 [23JN]

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

——— require States to ensure individuals who provide identifying information to motor vehicle authorities are automatically registered to vote in Federal elections unless eligibility requirements are not met (see H.R. 2694), H4001 [9JN]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H8242 [16NO]

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

Water: reauthorize EPA WaterSense program, create State and local conservation and efficiency programs, support recycling, storage, and management projects, improve water data, and provide for drought preparedness (see H.R. 291), H356 [13JA]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1482), H1902 [24MR]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 2824), H4541 [18JN]

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

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 2654), H3913 [4JN]

——— ensure timely access to affordable birth control (see H.R. 3163), H5402 [22JY]

——— promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 3841), H7626 [3NO]

——— provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (see H.R. 4113), H8646 [30NO]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 51), H2957 [13MY]

World War II: provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 2248), H3643 [1JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

California: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1865), H2306 [16AP]

California Coastal National Monument: expand boundary (see H.R. 3565), H6178 [18SE]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (see H.R. 829), H915 [10FE]

Conran, Philip J.: award Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4280), H9375 [16DE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (see H.R. 1276), H1611 [4MR]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 1275), H1611 [4MR]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H4135 [10JN]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (see H.R. 1952), H2416 [22AP]

——— prohibit hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment in Pacific Outer Continental Shelf region until completion of an environmental impact study (see H.R. 1951), H2416 [22AP]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see H.R. 1278), H1611 [4MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1035), H1113 [24FE]

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (see H.R. 410), H430 [20JA]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see H.R. 2216), H2791 [1MY]

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]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (see H.R. 2846), H4591 [23JN]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 2083), H2652 [29AP]

Motor vehicles: prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (see H.R. 2198), H2791 [1MY]

National Institute of Nursing Research: anniversary (see H. Res. 470), H6936 [8OC]

NOAA: provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant opportunities (see H.R. 1277), H1611 [4MR]

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]

U.S. Code: replace references to ‘‘wives’’ and ‘‘husbands’’ in Federal law with references to ‘‘spouses’’ (see H.R. 2976), H4955 [8JY]

Veterans: develop guidelines for use of unofficial sources of information to determine eligibility for benefits and decorations when service records are incomplete due to damage while in Dept. of Defense possession (see H.R. 3040), H5116 [13JY]

Constitutional authority statements

California: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness (H.R. 1865), H2309 [16AP]

California Coastal National Monument: expand boundary (H.R. 3565), H6179 [18SE]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (H.R. 829), H917 [10FE]

Conran, Philip J.: award Medal of Honor (H.R. 4280), H9375 [16DE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (H.R. 1276), H1615 [4MR]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (H.R. 1275), H1615 [4MR]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (H.R. 2713), H4136 [10JN]

Dept. of the Interior: permanently prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of California (H.R. 1952), H2418 [22AP]

——— prohibit hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment in Pacific Outer Continental Shelf region until completion of an environmental impact study (H.R. 1951), H2418 [22AP]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (H.R. 1278), H1615 [4MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (H.R. 1035), H1115 [24FE]

Firearms: allow family members and close associates of suspected unstable individuals to take legal actions to prevent such individuals from purchasing or possessing firearms (H.R. 410), H430 [20JA]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (H.R. 2216), H2793 [1MY]

Medicare: provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (H.R. 2846), H4592 [23JN]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (H.R. 2083), H2654 [29AP]

Motor vehicles: prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (H.R. 2198), H2793 [1MY]

NOAA: provide for ocean acidification collaborative research grant opportunities (H.R. 1277), H1615 [4MR]

Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis ‘Lou’ J. Langlais Post Office Building, Santa Barbara, CA: designate (H.R. 3218), H5524 [27JY]

U.S. Code: replace references to ‘‘wives’’ and ‘‘husbands’’ in Federal law with references to ‘‘spouses’’ (H.R. 2976), H4956 [8JY]

Veterans: develop guidelines for use of unofficial sources of information to determine eligibility for benefits and decorations when service records are incomplete due to damage while in Dept. of Defense possession (H.R. 3040), H5117 [13JY]

Letters

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., women’s health care services funding redirection to general health care centers: Carmela Castellano Garcia, California Primary Care Association, H6157 [18SE]

Motions

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), H958 [11FE]

House of Representatives: adjournment, H9047 [8DE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H5013 [9JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H496 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H2936• [13MY]

Carpinteria, CA: anniversary, H6265 [28SE]

Children and youth: promote youth athletic safety (H.R. 829), H5986 [16SE]

Children’s Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month: observance, H5986 [16SE], E1380• [29SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1619), H2164 [14AP]

Climate: global warming, H4619 [24JN]

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), H6873 [7OC]

Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, Inc.: anniversary, E1774• [11DE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 1), motion to commit, H958, H959 [11FE]

Corrigan, Daniel, H1797 [19MR]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4879 [8JY]

Dept. of HHS: extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (H.R. 2713), H5187 [15JY]

——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (H.R. 1344), H5796 [8SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H1123 [25FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1123 [25FE], H1183 [26FE]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (H.R. 1076), H9035 [8DE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4741 [25JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration funding to finalize and implement pipeline safety standards, H3856 [3JN]

——— Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration funding to hire new inspectors and create the national pipeline information exchange, H3857 [3JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3856, H3857 [3JN]

Dream Foundation: tribute to Dreams for Veterans Program, E1621• [16NO]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 24), H8825 [1DE]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (S.J. Res. 23), H8825 [1DE]

——— 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), H4619 [24JN]

——— Inland Oil Spill Programs funding, H4741 [25JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H2164 [14AP]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (H.R. 1599), H5421 [23JY]

Federal agencies and departments: exempt major rules on oil and gas pipeline safety and pipeline spill prevention or mitigation from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H5559, H5560 [28JY]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 427), H5559, H5560 [28JY]

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3593 [1JN]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5012 [9JY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H725 [3FE]

House of Representatives: tribute to Members and staff participation in AED (automated external defibrillator) Hunt on the Hill event, H5986 [16SE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H1123 [25FE]

——— reform, H644 [28JA]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5923, H5934 [10SE]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), H6326 [29SE]

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.: apology to World War II POW, E1170• [29JY]

Motor vehicles: clarify that only rental car companies whose primary business is renting vehicles are prohibited from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety, H7721 [4NO]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety, H7406 [3NO], H8996 [3DE]

——— prevent car and truck rental companies from renting vehicles that contain a defect related to vehicle safety (H.R. 2198), H5537 [28JY]

National Preeclampsia Awareness Month: observance, E807• [1JN]

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, H8996 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 507), H7406 [3NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7721 [4NO]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H725 [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H725 [3FE]

Peoples’ Self-Help Housing (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E565• [23AP]

Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), H6945 [9OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H6326 [29SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), H6157 [18SE]

——— women’s health care services funding, H6157 [18SE]

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), H2923• [13MY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7406 [3NO], H7721 [4NO], H8996 [3DE]

Technology: provide for investment in innovation through research, fundamental scientific discovery, and development to improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 1806), H3425• [20MY]

Toxic Substances Control Act: modernize (H.R. 2576), H4558 [23JN]

TransCanada Pipelines LTD.: require responsibility and payment for any Keystone XL Pipeline related oil spill cleanup on American land, H959 [11FE]

——— require responsibility and payment for any Keystone XL Pipeline related oil spill cleanup on U.S. land, H958 [11FE]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: support, H9091 [9DE]

Veterans: develop guidelines for use of unofficial sources of information to determine eligibility for benefits and decorations when service records are incomplete due to damage while in Dept. of Defense possession (H.R. 3040), H8138 [5NO]

Votes: position on missed, H2940• [13MY], H2999• [14MY], H3236 [15MY], H3361• [19MY], H3535• [21MY], H3782•, H3810• [3JN], E196• [11FE], E691• [13MY], E749• [19MY], E846• [4JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2955 [13MY]

Tributes

Daniel, Erno S., E252• [25FE]

Gaddy, C. Welton, E141• [2FE]

Haller, Yoel and Eva, E671• [12MY]

Lancaster, Taylor, E1289• [16SE]

Murphy, James T., E1170• [29JY]

Strong, Gwendolyn DeBard, H5654 [29JY]