THOMPSON, MIKE (a Representative from California)
Appointments
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, H2949 [13MY]
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, H1511 [2MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 632), H4003 [9JN]
Airports: provide for private lactation areas in the terminals of large and medium hub airports (see H.R. 2530), H5293 [16JY]
Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H5032 [9JY]
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), H4594 [23JN]
Armed Forces: 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), H6837 [6OC]
——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 742), H812 [4FE]
Bankruptcy: make student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 449), H2315 [17AP]
Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H3564 [21MY]
California Coastal National Monument: expand boundary (see H.R. 3565), H9013 [3DE]
——— include the Santa Cruz Redwoods Public Lands as part of the National Landscape Conservation System (see H.R. 908), H1723 [17MR]
Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 136), H918 [10FE]
China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H7175 [23OC]
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]
——— 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), H1624 [6MR]
Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2500 [28AP]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H3758 [2JN]
Conservation of natural resources: promote conservation for the purpose of enhancing hunting, fishing, and other outdoor recreational activities (see H.R. 3173), H5465 [23JY]
Corps of Engineers: clarify term ‘‘water resources project’’ and ‘‘water resources development project’’ include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2689), H4432 [16JN]
——— update and improve reservoir operations (see H.R. 813), H866 [9FE]
Courts: create special motion to dismiss strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) (see H.R. 2304), H5776 [29JY]
CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see H.R. 1375), H3214 [14MY]
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]
——— prevent identity theft and tax fraud (see H.R. 3981), H8151 [5NO]
——— provide a criminal penalty for operating drones in certain locations (see H.R. 3669), H6787 [1OC]
Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 197), H103 [7JA]
Dept. of Agriculture: publish a strategy to significantly increase the role of volunteers and partners in National Forest System trail maintenance (see H.R. 845), H1072 [13FE]
——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3308 [18MY]
Dept. of Defense: review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 3068), H7347 [29OC]
Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H1807 [19MR]
——— establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (see H.R. 2224), H7390 [2NO]
——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 882), H981 [11FE]
——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and underrepresented minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) (see H.R. 2773), H4381 [15JN]
——— strengthen and reauthorize the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (see H.R. 2013), H3917 [4JN]
Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 1877), H3643 [1JN]
——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H7028 [20OC]
——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic health care professional schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 3119), H6228 [24SE]
——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H1116 [24FE]
——— reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (see H.R. 1344), H3642 [1JN]
——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 1211), H2500 [28AP]
Dept. of Homeland Security: make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 1300), H2794 [1MY]
——— making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H1038 [12FE]
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), H8971 [2DE]
——— authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (see H.R. 613), H2155 [13AP]
——— improve investigative and forensic resources for enforcement of laws relative to cybercrimes against persons (see H.R. 2602), H5849 [8SE]
Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 1088), H1806 [19MR]
Dept. of State: disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H6750 [30SE]
Dept. of the Interior: acquire land in Martinez, CA, for inclusion in John Muir National Historic Site (see H.R. 1289), H4003 [9JN]
——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3927), H7741 [4NO]
——— take certain Federal lands located in Sonoma County, CA, into trust for the benefit of the Lytton Rancheria (see H.R. 2538), H4004 [9JN]
Dept. of Transportation: improve safety standards for transporting crude oil by rail (see H.R. 1804), H2268 [15AP]
——— include broadband conduit installation in certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 3805), H8362 [18NO]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H2799 [5MY]
——— conduct a study on the burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see H.R. 1338), H1623 [6MR]
——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1384), H2357 [21AP]
——— ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance (see H.R. 2551), H3560 [21MY]
——— 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), H7390 [2NO]
——— expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see H.R. 1969), H5293 [16JY]
——— expand eligibility for the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers (see H.R. 2894), H5777 [29JY]
——— furnish non-formulary drugs and medicines to veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders (see H.R. 2123), H2880 [12MY]
——— give preference to companies that employ veterans when awarding contracts for procurement of goods or services (see H.R. 1382), H2212 [14AP]
——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2516), H3559 [21MY]
——— improve opportunity for veterans to use video conferencing for hearings before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (see H.R. 732), H811 [4FE]
——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5238 [15JY]
——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 456), H479 [21JA]
——— 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), H2960 [13MY]
——— require congressional approval before appropriation of funds for major medical facility leases (see H.R. 2914), H4769 [25JN]
——— revive and expand the Intermediate Care Technician Pilot Program (see H.R. 1247), H2156 [13AP]
——— 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. 572), H1567 [3MR]
Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: adjust certain discretionary spending to provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 167), H867 [9FE]
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: issue semipostal stamp to support breast cancer research (see H.R. 2191), H2769 [30AP]
——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]
——— promote sickle cell trait research (see H. Res. 296), H3878 [3JN]
District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 317), H358 [13JA]
Drought: authorize funding for water recycling projects in areas experiencing severe, extreme, or exceptional drought (see H.R. 3045), H5117 [13JY]
——— provide drought assistance and improved water supply reliability to California, other Western States, and the nation (see H.R. 2983), H4955 [8JY]
Economy: acknowledge existence of, racial and ethnic components of, and public policy choices caused a wealth gap, and that addressing the wealth gap must be done through legislative changes (see H. Res. 159), H1769 [18MR]
Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H1117 [24FE]
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), H5117 [13JY]
EPA: establish programs to encourage water efficiency (see H.R. 3720), H6935 [8OC]
——— 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), H1166 [25FE]
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]
FDA: require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (see H.R. 393), H406 [14JA]
——— require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 913), H5117 [13JY]
Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 3579), H6178 [18SE]
Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1188), H3582 [29MY]
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]
——— 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), H1565 [3MR]
——— 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 firearm dealers from proceeding with sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days (see H.R. 3051), H7090 [21OC]
——— provide for better understanding of the epidemic of gun violence (see H.R. 3926), H8242 [16NO]
Fish and fishing: make authority of Washington, Oregon, and California to manage Dungeness crab fisheries permanent (see H.R. 2168), H5238 [15JY]
——— prevent escapement of genetically altered salmon (see H.R. 394), H406 [14JA]
——— 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]
Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of firefighters, law enforcement officers, members of rescue squads or ambulance crews, and public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 723), H811 [4FE]
——— require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 916), H1032 [12FE]
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]
Foreign trade: establish Trade Agreements Enforcement Trust Fund (see H.R. 1947), H2416 [22AP]
——— exclude from eligibility for the generalized system of preferences any country that fails to effectively enforce its environmental laws or meet its international environmental obligations (see H.R. 3627), H6306 [28SE]
Fraternal organizations: recognize benefits provided by tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies to their members and communities (see H. Con. Res. 19), H4863 [7JY]
Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 671), H754 [3FE]
FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 478), H530 [22JA]
Health: improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see H.R. 2066), H2497 [28AP]
——— provide for an Institute of Medicine study on health disparities and direct the Dept. of HHS to develop guidelines on reducing health disparities (see H.R. 3285), H5762 [29JY]
——— recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations (see H. Res. 117), H1069 [13FE]
Herrera, Juan F.: tribute (see H. Res. 353), H4956 [8JY]
Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 426), H6308 [28SE]
Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5777 [29JY]
House of Representatives: require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see H.R. 2173), H2769 [30AP]
House Rules: provide for consideration of continuing resolutions to fund the Government at the current rate of operations if offered not more than 24 hours before Government funding expires (see H. Res. 475), H6974 [9OC]
——— 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), H226 [12JA]
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]
Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 325), H4491 [17JN]
Information technology: identify and document best practices for cyber hygiene to improve computer network security (see H.R. 3664), H8155 [5NO]
Insurance: provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements to allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars to assist employees in the purchase of policies in the individual market (see H.R. 2911), H4769 [25JN]
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2744), H5173 [14JY]
Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 220), H5118 [13JY]
——— 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), H2795 [1MY]
IRS: clarify that all Internal Revenue Code provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples (see H.R. 3105), H5290 [16JY]
Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1019), H5866 [9SE]
Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 1475), H6981 [16OC]
Kyle, Christopher S.: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 1094), H1723 [17MR]
Lake Tahoe: provide for environmental restoration and forest management activities in surrounding basin (see H.R. 3692), H6835 [6OC]
Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H2268 [15AP]
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]
Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H5848 [8SE]
——— amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers’ compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 2649), H3912 [4JN]
——— anniversary (see H. Res. 400), H5769 [29JY]
——— authorize a blanket significant hardship exception for meaningful electronic health records use due to delay in timely publication of certain meaningful use rules (see H.R. 3940), H8242 [16NO]
——— 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), H5776 [29JY]
——— cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 2759), H4343 [12JN]
——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H3759 [2JN]
——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see H.R. 1784), H3214 [14MY]
——— encourage beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive (see H.R. 4059), H8359 [18NO]
——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H1623 [6MR]
——— establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (see H.R. 2704), H5783 [31JY]
——— establish annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (see H.R. 2507), H3558 [21MY]
——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H4490 [17JN]
——— extend annual comment period for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (see H.R. 3831), H7188 [26OC]
——— improve access to hospice care (see H.R. 3037), H5116 [13JY]
——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (see H.R. 2196), H2791 [1MY]
——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7091 [21OC]
——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H2879 [12MY]
——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H2212 [14AP]
——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H1526 [2MR]
——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H2310 [16AP]
——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H4774 [25JN]
——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see H.R. 605), H3879 [3JN]
——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 2138), H5976 [11SE]
——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 1202), H1525 [2MR]
——— refine payment for orthotics and prosthetics and improve beneficiary experience and outcomes with orthotic and prosthetic care (see H.R. 1530), H1847 [23MR]
——— remove enrollment restriction on certain physicians and practitioners prescribing covered outpatient drugs under the prescription drug program (see H.R. 4062), H8359 [18NO]
——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H5943 [10SE]
——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 2208), H2791 [1MY]
——— suspend implementation of zip code reclassifications for payment for ambulance services (see H.R. 817), H866 [9FE]
——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H2419 [22AP]
Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 244), H2792 [1MY]
Merit Systems Protection Board: extend right of appeal to certain Postal Service employees (see H.R. 1198), H1723 [17MR]
Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the median wage (see H.R. 2150), H2768 [30AP]
Minnesota: withdraw Federal land located within the Rainy River Drainage Basin from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 2072), H5867 [9SE]
Moffett Air National Guard Base, Mountain View, CA: designate (see H.R. 3341), H5944 [10SE]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2799 [5MY]
National Mental Health No Stigma Week: designate (see H. Res. 297), H3878 [3JN]
National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 358), H4543 [18JN]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1900), H2467 [23AP]
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), H6308 [28SE]
New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H6180 [18SE]
NIH: establish a Youth Mental Health Research Network (see H.R. 2736), H4241 [11JN]
NIST: designate U.S. manufacturing universities to emphasize manufacturing in engineering programs (see H.R. 1441), H1768 [18MR]
NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (see H.R. 2553), H3560 [21MY]
NSF: establish program to support undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education at Hispanic-serving institutions (see H.R. 1924), H2354 [21AP]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: authorize to take discretionary action if a foreign country is engaging in unreasonable acts, policies, or practices relating to the environment (see H.R. 1946), H2416 [22AP]
Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (see H.R. 9), H852 [5FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4862 [7JY]
——— streamline the employer reporting process and strengthen the eligibility verification process for health care premium tax credit and cost-sharing subsidy (see H.R. 2712), H4135 [10JN]
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), H705 [2FE]
——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H705 [2FE]
——— reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 784), H1662 [16MR]
——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1166 [25FE]
Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 47), H2464 [23AP]
Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H7090 [21OC]
Public lands: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, and train new land managers (see H.R. 2167), H4003 [9JN]
Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H1618 [4MR]
Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 2663), H3913 [4JN]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 2410), H5173 [14JY]
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1208), H1565 [3MR]
San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (see H.R. 1140), H1370 [26FE]
Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H1116 [24FE]
Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (see H.R. 979), H1067 [13FE]
Slavery: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which officially abolished slavery (see H.R. 2978), H4955 [8JY]
Social Security: merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3150), H5401 [22JY]
——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 1391), H1720 [17MR]
——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 700), H5173 [14JY]
——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 2025), H2464 [23AP]
——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 546), H7027 [20OC]
——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 973), H2271 [15AP]
——— 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]
——— support policies to protect and expand and secure long-term future (see H. Res. 393), H5769 [29JY]
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: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1439), H1768 [18MR]
——— improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 1419), H1767 [18MR]
States: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 1346), H1625 [10MR]
——— limit redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 1347), H1625 [10MR]
Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 1063), H1373 [26FE]
Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 2142), H6260 [25SE]
——— allow a credit against tax for clinical testing expenses for qualified infectious disease drugs and rapid diagnostic tests to address the rising public health challenge of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3539), H6136 [17SE]
——— allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1882), H2307 [16AP]
——— 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), H5238 [15JY]
——— eliminate lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 1286), H1611 [4MR]
——— exclude certain compensation received by public safety officers and their dependents from gross income (see H.R. 606), H2155 [13AP]
——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness in connection with closures of educational institutions (see H.R. 3206), H5466 [23JY]
——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H2767 [30AP]
——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H9329 [15DE]
——— 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), H1567 [3MR]
——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 1002), H1069 [13FE]
——— extend limitation on the carryover of excess corporate charitable contributions (see H.R. 4016), H8240 [16NO]
——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see H.R. 2883), H4650 [24JN]
——— impose a mileage-based user fee for mobile mounted concrete boom pumps in lieu of the tax on taxable fuels (see H.R. 1256), H3565 [21MY]
——— improve certain education savings plans (see H.R. 529), H984 [11FE]
——— increase excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels (see H.R. 680), H4957 [8JY]
——— increase limitations for deductible new business expenditures and consolidate provisions for start-up and organizational expenditures (see H.R. 2524), H3559 [21MY]
——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 509), H2035 [25MR]
——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H4345 [12JN]
——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 902), H981 [11FE]
——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1142), H1370 [26FE]
——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 1549), H1848 [23MR]
——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H1526 [2MR]
——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 641), H702 [2FE]
——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 2657), H8281 [17NO]
——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 3917), H7624 [3NO]
——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 765), H5591 [28JY]
——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 855), H984 [11FE]
——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 961), H1035 [12FE]
——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds (see H.R. 2676), H3914 [4JN]
——— prevent veterans from being disqualified from contributing to health savings accounts by reason of receiving VA medical care for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2514), H3559 [21MY]
——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 2061), H5776 [29JY]
——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 3095), H5290 [16JY]
——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see H.R. 2838), H4541 [18JN]
——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 461), H480 [21JA]
——— provide tax relief for certain major disasters and make certain tax relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 3110), H5291 [16JY]
Telecommunications: increase regional telecommunications development (see H.R. 4160), H8970 [2DE]
Telephones: require multi-line telephone systems to have a default configuration that permits users to directly call 9-1-1 without dialing any additional digits or codes (see H.R. 4167), H9010 [3DE]
Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 3523), H6074 [16SE]
Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H2821 [8MY]
U.S. Code: replace references to ‘‘wives’’ and ‘‘husbands’’ in Federal law with references to ‘‘spouses’’ (see H.R. 2976), H4955 [8JY]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 2346), H3212 [14MY]
——— extend date after which interest earned on obligations held in the wildlife restoration fund may be available for apportionment (see H.R. 2345), H3212 [14MY]
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), H5238 [15JY]
——— extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 366), H2310 [16AP]
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), H4432 [16JN]
——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H4775 [25JN]
W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1132), H1626 [10MR]
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]
——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 51), H2957 [13MY]
World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 2737), H4241 [11JN]
——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to 23d Headquarters Special Troops known as the ‘‘Ghost Army’’ (see H.R. 2170), H3310 [18MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument: designate (see H.R. 761), H853 [5FE]
Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H6936 [8OC]
Medicare: provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 2948), H4861 [7JY]
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]
National Wildlife Refuge Week: observance (see H. Res. 479), H6974 [9OC]
National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 137), H1566 [3MR]
Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1341), H1623 [6MR]
——— extend investment tax credits for residential and commercial energy efficient property and clean energy technologies (see H.R. 2412), H3386 [19MY]
Vallejo, CA: authorize a land exchange involving a parcel of real property on site of former Mare Island Naval Shipyard (see H.R. 806), H855 [5FE]
Constitutional authority statements
Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument: designate (H.R. 761), H856 [5FE]
Medicare: provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (H.R. 2948), H4861 [7JY]
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 (H.R. 2994), H5030 [9JY]
Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (H.R. 1341), H1623 [6MR]
——— extend investment tax credits for residential and commercial energy efficient property and clean energy technologies (H.R. 2412), H3389 [19MY]
Vallejo, CA: authorize a land exchange involving a parcel of real property on site of former Mare Island Naval Shipyard (H.R. 806), H858 [5FE]
Motions
Credit: provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), H8319 [18NO]
House of Representatives: adjournment, H9036 [8DE]
Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (H.R. 2130), H9182 [9DE]
Remarks
Air Force: Air National Guard time-sensitive emergency operations technology funding, H4054 [10JN]
Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9428 [17DE]
Barbour, Jim: Napa County, CA, Farm Bureau Agriculturalist of the Year Award recipient, E1127• [27JY]
Bi-National Health Alliance of Napa County: tribute, E713• [14MY]
California: tribute to geothermal industry, E785• [21MY]
Charleston, SC: offer condolences to the community, families, and victims of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting, H4605 [24JN]
Credit: allow members of the Armed Forces and veterans to sue a predatory mortgage lender, H8320 [18NO]
——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), motion to recommit, H8320 [18NO]
Dept. of Agriculture: repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (H.R. 2393), H4036 [10JN]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2685), H4054 [10JN]
Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, H9183 [9DE]
——— allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (H.R. 1076), H9016 [7DE]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9428 [17DE]
Drought: provide drought assistance to California (H.R. 2898), H5248 [16JY]
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 (H.R. 1217), H6905 [8OC]
——— gun control, H4605 [24JN]
Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 1335), H3598• [1JN]
Geothermal Awareness Day: observance, E785• [21MY]
Grgich Hills Estate Winery (business): anniversary of Great Chicago Chardonnay Showdown, E711• [14MY]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H727 [3FE]
House of Representatives: importance of bipartisanship, H1558, H1559 [3MR]
——— legislative priorities, H1558, H1559 [3MR]
——— legislative process, H1558, H1559 [3MR]
If Given a Chance (organization): anniversary, E1015• [8JY]
Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5954 [11SE]
——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5954 [11SE]
LeBaron, Gaye: Sonoma County, CA, Woman of the Year Award recipient, E366• [19MR]
Lovie, Julie L.: Napa County, CA, Office of Education Napa County Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1226• [8SE]
Medicare: establish annual rulemaking schedule for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (H.R. 2507), H4482 [17JN]
——— extend annual comment period for payment rates under Medicare Advantage (H.R. 3831), H9217 [10DE]
——— increase limit on length of an agreement under the Medicare independence at home medical practice demonstration program (S. 971), H5218 [15JY]
Napa, CA: anniversary of Puertas Abiertas Community Resource Center, E579• [23AP]
Napa County, CA: anniversary of Children’s Health Initiative, E989• [25JN]
National Women’s History Month: observance, E369•, E371•, E372• [19MR]
Native Americans: facilitate development of energy on Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal development of Indian lands (H.R. 538), consideration (H. Res. 466), H6905 [8OC]
Native Sons of the Golden West (organization): anniversary of St. Helena, CA, chapter, E1018• [8JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 596), H727 [3FE]
——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7150 [23OC]
Petroleum: remove restrictions on the export of crude oil from the U.S. (H.R. 702), consideration (H. Res. 466), H6905 [8OC]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: prohibit funding, H7150 [23OC]
Public debt: ensure payment of interest and principal of the debt of the U.S. (H.R. 692), H7057 [21OC]
Red River: provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (H.R. 2130), H9182 [9DE]
——— provide legal certainty for property owners along the Red River in Texas (H.R. 2130), motion to recommit, H9183 [9DE]
Sonoma, CA: tribute to Buena Vista Winery Wine Tool Museum, E781• [21MY]
Taxation: exempt transfers of family-owned businesses from estate taxes, H2277 [16AP]
——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H9428 [17DE]
——— make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions, H1008 [12FE]
——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), H1008 [12FE]
——— provide for comprehensive tax reform, H1008 [12FE]
——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2277 [16AP]
——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 880), H3411, H3413, H3414, H3416, H3417 [20MY]
Votes: position on missed, E909• [16JN], E1353• [24SE], E1805• [16DE]
Wolf, Mike: Napa Valley Grower of the Year award recipient, E704• [14MY]
Yountville, CA; anniversary, E159• [4FE]
Yountville Cemetery Association: tribute, E786• [21MY]
Tributes
Arrowood, Richard, E645• [1MY]
Brown, Edmund Gerald, Jr., E131• [28JA]
Diel, Mark, E630• [30AP]
Drexler, Brad, E1696• [2DE]
Espinosa, Belinda, E1717• [7DE]
Gentry, Doris, E314• [6MR]
Guzman, Cynthia Ortiz, E369• [19MR]
Harris, Willie, E521• [16AP]
Hart, Lee, E786• [21MY]
Hunley, Anthony N., E313• [6MR]
Hurtado, Jose, E1720• [7DE]
Jensen, Carl, E1140• [28JY]
Johnson, Jill, E1371• [28SE]
Klay, Len, E1698• [2DE]
Leveque, Sandra, E708• [14MY]
Martinez, Cynthia, E1208• [4AU]
Melton, Richard, E68• [14JA]
Miroglio, Bruce, H1175 [26FE]
Peatman, Angela, E1167• [29JY]
Phillips, Pamela, E372• [19MR]
Rhodes, Betty, E1128• [27JY]
Rushing, Denise, E76• [16JA]
Ryder, George H., E1721• [7DE]
Scardaci, Rita, E1281• [15SE]
Sonander, Jan, E1695• [2DE]
Taylor, Karen, E371• [19MR]
Toms, Maureen, E372• [19MR]
Waldron, Marcie, E146• [2FE]