NUNES, DEVIN (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: S. 2943, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H4566 [8JY]

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]

——— reform taxation (see H.R. 2903), H3817 [14JN]

Apollo space program: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of first manned moon landing (see H.R. 2726), H5016 [14JY]

Armed Forces: prohibit recoupment of certain bonuses and similar payments made to members of the California Army National Guard without proof of fraud or misrepresentation and repay bonuses that have already been returned (see H.R. 6316), H7119 [1DE]

Cuba: provide that certain Cuban entrants are ineligible to receive refugee assistance (see H.R. 4247), H3754 [13JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit modification, termination, abandonment, or transfer of the lease by which the U.S. acquired the land and waters containing Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 4678), H1153 [7MR]

——— prohibit transfer or release of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (see H.R. 5351), H5437 [13SE]

Dept. of HHS: require States to adopt a centralized system to expedite placement of children in foster care or guardianship, or for adoption, across State lines, and provide grants to States to develop such a system (see H.R. 4472), H1390 [15MR]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 1151), H3462 [3JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure appropriate protections and redress for travelers, consistent with the transportation security and national security of the U.S. (see H.R. 4930), H1679 [13AP]

——— require the search of all public records, including Internet sites and social media profiles, to determine if an alien is inadmissible to the U.S. (see H.R. 4301), H1997 [26AP]

Dept. of HUD: reform Moving to Work demonstration program (see H.R. 5137), H2845 [18MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: make IRS Criminal Investigation a distinct entity (see H.R. 5296), H2879 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve veterans’ health care appointments scheduling (see H.R. 6207), H6099 [28SE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: make a categorical exclusion available to develop a forest management activity on Federal lands to address insect or disease infestation declared as a State emergency (see H.R. 5860), H5009 [14JY]

Economic Development Administration: designate and support manufacturing communities (see H.R. 4505), H2155 [3MY]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H4054 [21JN]

EPA: alleviate the ethanol blend wall under the renewable fuel program (see H.R. 5180), H5023 [18JY]

——— clarify and codify regulations relative to the application of solid waste disposal laws to agricultural byproducts and nutrient management (see H.R. 5685), H4573 [8JY]

Farm Credit System: anniversary (see H. Res. 591), H652 [9FE]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit funding for purchase of heavy water from Iran (see H.R. 5119), H2701 [17MY]

——— require all fines, fees, penalties, or proceeds from a settlement to be transferred to the Treasury and subjected to the appropriations process (see H.R. 5499), H3965 [16JN]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: withdraw and study proposed rule on Federal Home Loan Bank membership (see H.R. 3808), H176 [7JA]

Firearms: express that the Second Amendment to the Constitution protects the individual right to keep and bear arms for the purpose of self-defense and it is fully applicable to States (see H. Con. Res. 148), H5011 [14JY]

Health: improve health care coverage under vision and dental plans for certain self-funded, non-Federal Government plans (see H.R. 3323), H1345 [14MR]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 921), H4276 [5JY]

Insurance: provide an exception from certain group health plan requirements for qualified small employer health reimbursement arrangements (see H.R. 5447), H3915 [15JN]

Iran: codify regulations relative to transfers of funds (see H.R. 4992), H1945 [25AP]

——— impose sanctions for human rights abuses and against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and Mahan Air (company) and codify prohibitions against access to U.S. financial system (see H.R. 5631), H4816 [12JY]

——— prohibit cash payments (see H.R. 5931), H5095 [6SE]

Iraq: impose sanctions on persons, including Iran and its affiliates, that threaten the peace or stability of Iraq (see H.R. 5727), H4813 [12JY]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 4938), H2152 [29AP]

Israel: authorize State and local governments to divest from entities engaging in boycott, divestment, or sanctions activities targeting Israel (see H.R. 4514), H3503 [7JN]

ITC: establish a process for submission and consideration of petitions for temporary duty suspensions and reductions (see H.R. 4923), H1767 [15AP]

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

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4521), H709 [10FE]

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

Manufacturing Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 155), H5867 [22SE]

Medicare: establish a demonstration program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with end-stage renal disease (see H.R. 5506), H4661 [11JY] (see H.R. 5942), H5225 [8SE]

——— expand access to stroke telehealth services (see H.R. 2799), H223 [8JA]

——— prohibit further action on proposed rule on testing of part B prescription drug models (see H.R. 5122), H5437 [13SE]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 4277), H596 [8FE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H5016 [14JY]

Mineta, Norman Y.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 6255), H6101 [28SE] (see H.R. 6322), H6239 [15NO]

National September 11 Memorial: designate as a national memorial (see H.R. 3036), H433 [1FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt Indian tribal governments and other tribal entities from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3080), H331 [12JA]

Pensions: ensure retirement investors receive advice in their best interests (see H.R. 4293, 4294), H1001 [26FE]

Privacy: restrict inclusion of Social Security account numbers on documents sent by mail by the Federal Government (see H.R. 3779), H5436 [13SE]

Public lands: dispose of certain Federal lands to benefit education, consolidate and improve Federal land management, and acquire lands for recreational and other opportunities (see H.R. 5836), H5008 [14JY]

Sneddon, David: investigate disappearance of U.S. citizen in China (see H. Con. Res. 114), H5163 [7SE] (see H. Res. 891), H6109 [28SE]

Taxation: allow members of Armed Forces Ready Reserve to make elective deferrals to retirement plans on the basis of their service (see H.R. 4381), H3754 [13JN]

——— allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement plans to donor-advised funds (see H.R. 4907), H1633 [12AP]

——— expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts to include rollovers for charitable life-income plans for charitable purposes (see H.R. 5171), H3754 [13JN]

——— impose excise tax on U.S. dollar clearing done for the benefit of Iran or Iranians (see H.R. 5550), H4053 [21JN]

——— increase the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 5187), H3754 [13JN]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 2315), H2700 [17MY]

——— modify application of certain rules relative to certain foreign countries (see H.R. 5545), H4053 [21JN]

——— permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purpose of missing or exploited children investigations (see H.R. 3209), H1390 [15MR]

——— provide for the deferral of inclusion in gross income for capital gains reinvested in economically distressed zones (see H.R. 5082), H2066 [27AP]

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

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), H3704 [10JN]

United Kingdom: promote further commercial and economic cooperation and establish basis for trade agreement negotiations with the U.S. and support continued economic ties with the European Union (see H. Con. Res. 146), H4925 [13JY]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) known as ‘‘Merrill’s Marauders’’ for bravery and service in the jungles of Burma (see H.R. 4700), H1143 [3MR]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Merchant Marine of World War II (see H.R. 2992), H3296 [26MY]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3929), H1766 [15AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of the Interior: express that Arctic lease sales already included in the Draft Proposed Plan must stay in the proposed 2017–2022 Outer Continental Shelf Oil & Gas Leasing Program (see H. Res. 788), H3914 [15JN]

Diplomats: require a period of service at an overseas post or tour of duty at defense attache offices of at least 4 years (see H.R. 6271), H6101 [28SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5077), H2066 [27AP] (see H.R. 6393), H6312 [22NO] (see H.R. 6480), H7567 [8DE]

Taxation: modify taxation of mead and certain low alcohol by volume wine (see H.R. 5872), H5009 [14JY]

——— provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 4822), H1495 [21MR]

——— tax business income on a cash flow basis (see H.R. 4377), H363 [13JA]

Tulare, CA: convey and remove reversionary interest of the U.S. in certain lands (see H.R. 5616), H4192 [1JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Diplomats: require a period of service at an overseas post or tour of duty at defense attache offices of at least 4 years (H.R. 6271), H6107 [28SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5077), H2066 [27AP]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6393), H6312 [22NO]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6480), H7569 [8DE]

Taxation: modify taxation of mead and certain low alcohol by volume wine (H.R. 5872), H5014 [14JY]

——— provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (H.R. 4822), H1496 [21MR]

——— tax business income on a cash flow basis (H.R. 4377), H364 [13JA]

Tulare, CA: convey and remove reversionary interest of the U.S. in certain lands (H.R. 5616), H4192 [1JY]

Explanations

Intelligence Services Appropriations (H.R. 6393), H7038–H7043 [30NO]

Intelligence Services Appropriations (H.R. 6480), E1703• [12DE]

Letters

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E746 [19MY]

Develop a strategy in Nigeria to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by Boko Haram (terrorist organization): by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E1642 [8DE]

Enhancing Treasury’s Anti-Terror Tools Act: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H4589 [11JY]

FOIA Oversight and Implementation Act: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H254 [11JA]

Intelligence services appropriations: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H2902 [23MY]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H2902 [23MY]

Investigate disappearance of U.S. citizen, David Sneddon, in China: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H6059 [28SE]

Iran Accountability Act: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H4948 [14JY]

Remarks

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): tribute to Members and staff who worked on H.R. 5077, intelligence services appropriations, H2905 [23MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5077), H2128 [29AP], H2896, H2901 [23MY]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6393), H7028, H7038, H7046 [30NO]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 6480), H7540 [8DE], E1703• [12DE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 114th Congress: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Rept. 114–881), H7621 [20DE]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 5077) (H. Rept. 114–573), H2844 [18MY]

Review of the Unauthorized Disclosures of Former National Security Agency Contractor Edward Snowden: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Rept. 114–891), H7627 [23DE]

Tributes

McCaffrey, Mary R., E68• [28JA]