AGUILAR, PETE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4909), H2694 [17MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5293), H3868 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: recognize anniversary of Judgment of Paris wine tasting competition and impact of California victory on the world of wine and the U.S. wine industry (see H. Res. 734), H2700 [17MY]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2849), H3817 [14JN]

——— establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2493), H331 [12JA]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H102 [6JA]

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see H.R. 2811), H2215 [10MY]

Armed Forces: extend health care coverage under the Transitional Assistance Management Program (see H.R. 5304), H5098 [6SE]

——— limit grounds of deportability for certain alien members (see H.R. 5012), H3754 [13JN]

——— provide for a review of the characterization or terms of discharge of individuals with mental health disorders alleged to affect terms of discharge (see H.R. 4683), H2962 [23MY]

——— require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1095), H5801 [21SE]

California Coastal National Monument: expand boundary (see H.R. 3565), H102 [6JA]

Cesar Chavez Day: observance (see H. Res. 662), H1583 [23MR]

Children and youth: provide for overall health and well-being of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see H.R. 1706), H6108 [28SE]

China: condemn Dog Meat Festival in city of Yulin and urge end to the dog meat trade (see H. Res. 752), H6109 [28SE]

——— require congressional approval of determinations to revoke designation as a nonmarket economy country under the Tariff Act (see H.R. 4927), H5031 [21JY]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): terminate the Select Investigative Panel established to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (see H. Res. 769), H3705 [10JN]

Congress: allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program beneficiaries to be congressional employees (see H.R. 4842), H2068 [27AP]

Corps of Engineers: clarify term ‘‘water resources project’’ and ‘‘water resources development project’’ include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2689), H102 [6JA]

Crime: provide sexual assault survivors with certain rights and services and establish a working group to more effectively implement best practices on the care and treatment of such survivors (see H.R. 5571), H6109 [28SE]

Cuba: provide that certain Cuban entrants are ineligible to receive refugee assistance (see H.R. 4247), H4193 [1JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish and implement a plan to promote the use of salad bars in schools participating in the national school lunch program (see H.R. 2627), H2282 [11MY]

——— improve the child and adult care food program (see H.R. 3886), H223 [8JA]

Dept. of Defense: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 2264), H3266 [25MY]

——— authorize a pilot program to enhance efforts to provide job placement assistance and related employment services directly to members of the National Guard and Reserves and veterans of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1227), H592 [4FE]

——— establish naturalization offices at initial military training sites, educate non-citizen servicemembers of options, and assign non-citizen recruits to training sites with operating naturalization offices (see H.R. 6093), H6109 [28SE]

Dept. of Education: authorize Hispanic-serving institutions receiving certain Higher Education Act grants to use such amounts to assist students in entering medical schools (see H.R. 2927), H950 [25FE]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 2680), H5644 [19SE]

——— increase income allowance for working students receiving need-based Federal financial aid (see H.R. 4433), H1997 [26AP]

——— provide certain long-term resident alien students with access to financial aid (see H.R. 1959), H3704 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: award grants to support access of marginalized youth to sexual health services (see H.R. 4475), H6108 [28SE]

——— build a stronger health care workforce (see H.R. 1006), H5801 [21SE]

——— develop a voluntary patient registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters (see H.R. 4625), H5712 [20SE]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H5712 [20SE]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1312), H2214 [10MY]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1655), H14 [5JA]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 1211), H176 [7JA]

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), H223 [8JA]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H2151 [29AP]

Dept. of Labor: issue occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard (see H.R. 4266), H3817 [14JN]

Dept. of State: ban foreigners who have committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals from entering the U.S. (see H.R. 2368), H5225 [8SE]

Dept. of the Interior: place certain lands in Skagit and San Juan Counties, WA, into trust for the Samish Indian Nation (see H.R. 1632), H5031 [21JY]

——— reaffirm that certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (see H.R. 5486), H5017 [14JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve tax compliance in the construction industry, including clarifying employment status of service providers (see H.R. 5008), H5801 [21SE]

——— improve transparency of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and improve the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation process (see H.R. 1550), H5801 [21SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program establishing a patient self-scheduling appointment system (see H.R. 4352), H3297 [26MY]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H176 [7JA]

——— provide for treatment of veterans who participated in the cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands who are suffering from radiation-related illness (see H.R. 3870), H1152 [7MR] (see H.R. 5980), H5502 [14SE]

——— provide veterans affected by school closures certain relief and restoration of educational benefits (see H.R. 3991), H5712 [20SE]

Disabled: promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see H.R. 3535), H6108 [28SE]

Diseases: making emergency supplemental appropriations to address threat of Zika virus (see H.R. 5044), H2845 [18MY]

Doby, Lawrence E.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 5621), H5017 [14JY]

Drugs: making appropriations to address heroin and opioid drug abuse epidemic (see H.R. 5216), H2341 [12MY]

——— promote development of safe drugs for neonates (see H.R. 5182), H3969 [16JN]

Ecology and environment: support inclusion and meaningful engagement of Latinos in environmental protection and conservation efforts (see H. Res. 898), H6103 [28SE]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 2411), H15 [5JA]

Employment: prohibit workplace wellness programs from sharing personally identifiable information with employers about their workers’ use of birth control (see H.R. 5746), H6180 [14NO]

FAA: authorize use of passenger facility charges at an airport previously associated with the airport at which the charges are collected (see H.R. 4369), H330 [12JA]

——— improve hiring of certain air traffic control specialists (see H.R. 5292), H3266 [25MY]

Farm Credit System: anniversary (see H. Res. 591), H2216 [10MY]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 2076), H5644 [19SE]

Firearms: prevent a person convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime, or who received an enhanced sentence for a misdemeanor because of hate or bias in its commission, from obtaining a firearm (see H.R. 4603), H3817 [14JN]

Flint, MI: provide Federal assistance to reduce high lead levels in drinking water and monitor health of exposed individuals (see H.R. 4479), H3915 [15JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2740), H1996 [26AP]

Freedom of religion: ensure laws intended to protect religious freedom do not infringe upon laws intended to protect civil rights (see H.R. 5272), H6180 [14NO]

GAO: provide for a joint session of Congress to receive a presentation on the audited financial statement of the Executive branch (see H. Con. Res. 140), H5437 [13SE]

Harold D. McCraw, Sr. Post Office Building, Richmond, CA: designate (see H.R. 5235), H6271 [16NO]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 885), H6109 [28SE]

House Rules: require that a standing committee (or subcommittee thereof) hearing be held whenever there is a moment of silence in the House for a tragedy involving gun violence (see H. Res. 694), H1896 [20AP]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 2016), H3704 [10JN]

Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (see H.R. 3069), H2152 [29AP]

——— expedite naturalization processes for alien spouses of first responders who die as a result of their employment (see H.R. 3159), H3704 [10JN]

——— provide punishments for immigration consultants that provide fraudulent services to immigrants (see H.R. 1123), H2155 [3MY]

——— reunite families by reducing visa backlogs and allowing U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 4798), H5867 [22SE]

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), H2110 [28AP]

Israel: authorize State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel (see H.R. 4514), H6108 [28SE]

——— support expeditious consideration and finalization of long-term memorandum of understanding on U.S. military assistance to Israel (see H. Res. 729), H4468 [6JY]

Johnson, Representative Sam: Congressional Patriot Award recipient (see H. Res. 604), H590 [4FE]

Jonathan ‘J.D.’ De Guzman Post Office Building, Chula Vista, CA: designate (see H.R. 5948), H5525 [15SE]

Journeyman Lineman Recognition Day: designate (see H. Res. 784), H6109 [28SE]

Lewis, Representative: Congressional Patriot Award recipient (see H. Res. 604), H590 [4FE]

LGBT Equality Day: designate (see H. Res. 549), H4172 [22JN]

Los Angeles, CA: support bid to host 2024 Olympic Summer Games (see H. Con. Res. 142), H4548 [7JY]

Louis Van Iersel Post Office, Sierra Madre, CA: designate (see H.R. 4761), H1418 [16MR]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 2880), H15 [5JA]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 2759), H2110 [28AP]

——— establish a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program to target home and community-based care to eligible beneficiaries (see H.R. 4212), H2111 [28AP]

——— establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (see H.R. 5506), H5017 [14JY] (see H.R. 5942), H6109 [28SE]

——— expand coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 3308), H1853 [19AP]

——— prohibit further action on proposed rule on testing of part B prescription drug models (see H.R. 5122), H5017 [14JY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H2160 [6MY]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 2948), H2110 [28AP]

——— provide for demonstration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low vision devices as durable medical equipment (see H.R. 729), H5866 [22SE]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 4277), H6001 [27SE]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H2282 [11MY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H2151 [29AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: ensure prompt coverage of breakthrough devices (see H.R. 5009), H6271 [16NO]

Mental health: improve access to mental health and substance use disorder prevention, treatment, crisis, and recovery services (see H.R. 4435), H3817 [14JN]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend right of appeal to certain Postal Service employees (see H.R. 1198), H5913 [26SE]

Middle East: condemn acts of terrorism against Israel, enhance Israeli security, and encourage creation of conditions for progress toward a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 686), H3915 [15JN]

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 4592), H2881 [19MY]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 39), H1898 [20AP]

Native Americans: support efforts to stop theft, illegal possession or sale, transfer, and export of tribal cultural items of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in the U.S. and internationally (see H. Con. Res. 122), H5031 [21JY]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2957), H5712 [20SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers and penalties for violators, disclose safety violations, and clarify employer’s duty to provide a safe worksite (see H.R. 2090), H3704 [10JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3742), H5016 [14JY]

Pensions: make participant votes binding on suspension of benefits under multiemployer plans in critical and declining status and count only votes that are returned (see H.R. 4029), H1997 [26AP]

Political campaigns: prohibit acceptance by political committees of online contributions from certain unverified sources (see H.R. 4177), H5867 [22SE]

——— require candidates for President or Vice President to include in required financial disclosure reports a statement on whether or not the candidate’s individual Federal income tax returns are being audited (see H.R. 6026), H5500 [14SE]

Population: improve Federal population surveys by requiring collection of voluntary, self-disclosed information on sexual orientation and gender identity in certain surveys (see H.R. 5373), H6109 [28SE]

Power resources: establish a goal of more than 50 percent clean and carbon free electricity by 2030 and enact legislation to accelerate the transition to clean energy to meet this goal (see H. Res. 637), H1997 [26AP]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H2155 [3MY]

Religion: condemn violence, bigotry, and hateful rhetoric towards Muslim Americans and express condolences to victims of hate crimes (see H. Res. 569), H1997 [26AP]

SBA: ensure equal access for HUBZone designations to all tax-paying small business owners (see H.R. 4156), H102 [6JA]

Scully, Vincent E.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 167), H6103 [28SE]

Senior citizens: provide equal treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older individuals (see H.R. 3793), H2215 [10MY]

Social Security: improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4695), H5017 [14JY]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 1391), H5016 [14JY]

——— support policies to protect and expand and secure long-term future (see H. Res. 393), H3095 [24MY]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 1943), H5712 [20SE]

Takai, Mark: tribute (see H. Res. 869), H5501 [14SE]

Taxation: allow the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans or Ready Reserve or National Guard members, make such credit permanent, and expand and make permanent the employer wage credit for active duty servicemen (see H.R. 3003), H596 [8FE]

——— exclude from gross income amounts received from State-based earthquake loss mitigation programs (see H.R. 5610), H6109 [28SE]

——— exclude from gross income rebates received from a water department for water conservation efficiency measures and water runoff management improvements (see H.R. 4615), H2215 [10MY]

——— provide for the deferral of inclusion in gross income for capital gains reinvested in economically distressed zones (see H.R. 5082), H2215 [10MY]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 1218), H6271 [16NO]

Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, Long Beach, CA: designate (see H.R. 6323), H6239 [15NO]

Transportation Security Administration: enhance security operations and stability of transportation security workforce by applying Federal personnel system passenger screening employees (see H.R. 4488), H5039 [25JY]

——— provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 3523), H3915 [15JN]

U.S. Naval Construction Battalion ‘‘Seabees’’ Fallen Heroes Post Office Building, Port Hueneme, CA: designate (see H.R. 6138), H5863 [22SE]

U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Month: designate (see H. Res. 776), H6302 [17NO]

U.S.-European Union-Norway-Iceland Air Transport Agreement: ensure foreign air carriers applying to operate in the U.S. comply with certain labor standards or labor-related rights and principles (see H.R. 5090), H2429 [16MY]

Voting: 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), H6108 [28SE]

Women: 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), H2215 [10MY]

——— ensure timely access to affordable birth control (see H.R. 3163), H3266 [25MY]

——— expand health programs (see H.R. 3652), H6108 [28SE]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 2737), H3296 [26MY]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II (see H.R. 2992), H281 [11JA]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H5801 [21SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Colleges and universities: encourage programs that support the post-secondary education success of certain undocumented immigrant students (see H.R. 6168), H5912 [26SE]

Dept. of Education: give borrowers an option to extend the grace period prior to beginning repayment of loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 5622), H4275 [5JY]

Dept. of Labor: remove certain restrictions on advertising and public relations by allowing workforce development boards to use Federal resources to advertise their services (see H.R. 5508), H3966 [16JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: efficiently furnish certain records (see H.R. 6078), H5710 [20SE]

SBA: clarify certain guarantee fees for loans repayable in 1 year or less (see H.R. 5029), H1922 [21AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Colleges and universities: encourage programs that support the post-secondary education success of certain undocumented immigrant students (H.R. 6168), H5913 [26SE]

Dept. of Education: give borrowers an option to extend the grace period prior to beginning repayment of loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (H.R. 5622), H4276 [5JY]

Dept. of Labor: remove certain restrictions on advertising and public relations by allowing workforce development boards to use Federal resources to advertise their services (H.R. 5508), H3968 [16JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: efficiently furnish certain records (H.R. 6078), H5711 [20SE]

SBA: clarify certain guarantee fees for loans repayable in 1 year or less (H.R. 5029), H1923 [21AP]

Remarks

Dept. of Defense: Information Assurance Scholarship Program funding, H3869 [15JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5293), H3869 [15JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: combat terrorist recruitment by amplifying local efforts to root out terror, countermessaging terrorist organizations, and establishing a counterterrorism advisory board (H.R. 5471), H3923 [16JN]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists, H3923 [16JN]

——— allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (H.R. 1076), H4828 [13JY]

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), H4828 [13JY]

——— ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (H.R. 1217), unanimous-consent request, H4486, H4490 [7JY]

——— gun control, H213 [8JA], H4828 [13JY]

——— tribute to victims of gun violence, H4486, H4490 [7JY]

San Bernardino, CA: anniversary of Arrowhead United Way, E421• [12AP]

Supreme Court: authorize Speaker Ryan to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the House in the matter of U.S. v. Texas relative to use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform (H. Res. 639), H1451 [17MR]

Takai, Mark: tribute (H. Res. 841), H5516 [15SE]

Votes: position on missed, H7134• [2DE]

Tributes

Beckley, Joshua, H3103 [25MY]

Brown, Jack H., E1520• [18NO]

Momberger, Toni, E767• [23MY]

Slough, Marsha, E203• [24FE]