CALVERT, KEN (a Representative from California)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 5895, energy and water development appropriations, H5827 [28JN]

——— H.R. 6147, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies and financial services and general Government appropriations, H7900 [6SE]

——— H.R. 6157, Depts. of Defense, Labor, HHS, and Education and related agencies and continuing appropriations, H7806 [4SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: promote economic growth through conservation and biodiversity programs that facilitate cooperation, improve natural resource management, and protect and preserve threatened wildlife in Okavango River Basin (see H.R. 4819), H4243 [18MY]

Alcoholic beverages: recognize contributions of American Viticultural Areas and winegrowing regions (see H. Res. 766), H9444 [23OC]

Animals: prohibit issuance of licenses to certain individuals connected to dealers of dogs who have had licenses revoked (see H.R. 4691), H9092 [26SE]

Armed Forces: allow servicemembers to terminate their cable, satellite television, and Internet access service contracts while deployed (see H.R. 2409), H6650 [23JY]

——— provide for termination by a spouse of a lessee of certain leases when the lessee dies while in military service (see H.R. 5882), H6589 [19JY]

——— require a full military honors ceremony for certain deceased veterans (see H.R. 6734), H8733 [17SE]

——— take certain steps to improve Transition Assistance Program and other transition assistance to members who are separated, retired, or discharged (see H.R. 5649), H6264 [16JY]

CDC: create a modern infrastructure for the prevention, treatment, and care of Alzheimer’s and related dementias and preservation of brain health (see H.R. 4256), H7751 [10AU]

Children and youth: express that child safety is the first priority of custody and visitation adjudications, and that State courts should improve adjudications of custody where family violence is alleged (see H. Con. Res. 72), H7157 [24JY]

China: express solidarity with Tuidang Movement whereby Chinese citizens renounce ties to the Communist Party and affiliates and call for immediate end to campaign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Res. 932), H9092 [26SE]

Congressional Office of Compliance: prohibit use of public funds for payment of a settlement or award in connection with a sexual harassment claim or other workplace disputes and release information on previous settlements (see H.R. 4494), H3452 [23AP]

Dept. of Education: carry out a grant program to secure elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 5107), H6112 [11JY]

Dept. of Energy: establish new goals and carry out certain demonstration projects relative to energy storage (see H.R. 5610), H3574 [25AP]

Dept. of HHS: nullify certain contractual provisions prohibiting or penalizing a pharmacist’s disclosure of availability of equivalent alternative drugs or methods of purchasing less expensive drugs (see H.R. 5343), H3979 [15MY]

——— require certain family planning projects and programs to provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 4507), H976 [7FE]

——— support endemic orphan fungal disease research, incentivize valley fever vaccine development, and discover new antifungal therapies and diagnostics (see H.R. 6562), H7921 [6SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide guidance and assistance to State and local law enforcement on active shooter and mass casualty incident response (see H.R. 4650), H976 [7FE]

Dept. of Justice: establish and carry out a Veteran Treatment Court Program (see H.R. 4345), H3931 [10MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a demonstration program to provide expanded access to medical services through partnerships between departmental medical centers and federally qualified health centers (see H.R. 5047), H1653 [15MR]

——— ensure children of homeless veterans are included in the calculation of certain per diem grant amounts (see H.R. 4099), H625 [22JA]

——— establish qualifications for human resources positions within the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 5864), H6264 [16JY]

——— include certain periods of active duty for suspending charges to veterans’ entitlement to educational assistance during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 5538), H6589 [19JY]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H3707 [26AP]

Drugs: authorize use of eligible investigational drugs by patients diagnosed with a disease or condition in which death will occur within a matter of months, or with another eligible illness (see H.R. 5247), H1610 [14MR]

Employment: make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 6417), H6557 [18JY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights relative to upbringing, education, and care of their children (see H.J. Res. 121), H6590 [19JY]

FDA: define the term natural cheese (see H.R. 4828), H5153 [13JN]

FEC: expand ability of trade associations to solicit contributions from stockholders and executive or administrative personnel of their member corporations (see H.R. 2101), H7743 [3AU]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from using or contracting with an entity that uses certain telecommunications services or equipment (see H.R. 4747), H3707 [26AP]

Foreign policy: support continued cooperation with Israel, ensure adequate capabilites to counter Iran’s destabilizing activities, and support stability and safety in the Middle East (see H. Res. 785), H4982 [7JN]

Genocide: draw upon relevant lessons of past genocides to help prevent war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against religious and ethnic groups (see H. Res. 220), H5095 [12JN]

Gleason, Stephen M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5499), H10337 [19DE]

Health: prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see H.R. 1270), H9152 [27SE]

——— save and sustain health of mothers during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum and eliminate disparities in maternal health outcomes for pregnancy-related and pregnancy-associated deaths (see H.R. 1318), H7688 [25JY]

Housing: provide priority under certain federally assisted housing programs to assisting youths who are aging out of foster care (see H.R. 2069), H1075 [8FE]

Immigration: create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (see H.R. 6417), H6557 [18JY]

——— maintain custody of adults charged with illegal entry with their children while charges are pending and authorize construction of facilities to hold families during legal proceedings (see H.R. 6173), H5649 [25JN]

——— reform (see H.R. 4760), H173 [12JA]

Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Congressional Gold Medal to the crew (see H.R. 4107), H9569 [16NO]

Iran: condemn state-sponsored terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and officials and Iranian dissidents and recognize right of Iranian people to establish a democratic, secular, and non-nuclear republic (see H. Res. 1034), H9569 [16NO]

Janet Lucille Oilar Post Office, McArthur, CA: designate (see H.R. 6655), H7748 [7AU]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: call for dismantling of labor camp system, investigate crimes against humanity, end human rights abuses, and allow monitoring of prisoner rehabilitation (see H. Res. 763), H3211 [12AP]

Lance Corporal Juana Navarro Arellano Post Office Building, Ceres, CA: designate (see H.R. 6405), H6463 [17JY]

Marine Corps: anniversary of women’s service (see H. Con. Res. 105), H1699 [19MR]

——— designate national day of remembrance for terrorist bombings of Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 967), H7157 [24JY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1542), H3452 [23AP]

——— provide States with option of providing coordinated care for children with medically complex conditions (see H.R. 3325), H8732 [17SE]

Medicare: modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1542), H3452 [23AP]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 930), H8886 [25SE]

——— provide that Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Programs final regulation on payments for drugs and biologicals shall have no force or effect (see H.R. 4392), H1653 [15MR]

Motor vehicles: promote awareness of, and encourage collaboration and communication to engage in efforts to end, motorcycle profiling (see H. Res. 318), H9539 [15NO]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 4732), H8728 [13SE]

National Park Service: provide competitive grants for operation, security, and maintenance of certain memorials to victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 6287), H5974 [28JN]

OSHA: provide relief for crane operators from third party certification in cases in which such operators are only delivering or retrieving propane containers (see H.R. 5988), H6589 [19JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow for certain third party payments (see H.R. 3976), H784 [5FE]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H3707 [26AP]

Specialist Trevor A. Win’E Post Office, Orange, CA: designate (see H.R. 4946), H901 [6FE]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H3707 [26AP]

Taxation: encourage retirement savings (see H.R. 5282), H8743 [24SE]

——— provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see H.R. 6290), H5974 [28JN]

Vietnam: prioritize protection of internationally-recognized human rights and development of rule of law in U.S. relations (see H.R. 5621), H7156 [24JY]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2315), H3707 [26AP]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Chinese American veterans in recognition of dedicated service (see H.R. 2358), H9539 [15NO]

——— award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 5879), H8886 [25SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

California: deauthorize a portion of a project (see H.R. 5720), H3884 [9MY]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for education, training, and enhanced services to end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities (see H.R. 5547), H3440 [18AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 6147), H5283 [19JN]

Constitutional authority statements

California: deauthorize a portion of a project (H.R. 5720), H3886 [9MY]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for education, training, and enhanced services to end violence against and abuse of women with disabilities (H.R. 5547), H3442 [18AP]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H5285 [19JN]

Motions

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H7894 [6SE]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations, H7894, H7895 [6SE]

Americans With Disabilities Act: promote compliance through education, clarify requirements for demand letters, and provide for a notice and cure period before commencement of a private civil action (H.R. 620), H1184 [15FE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H2021 [22MR]

Banning, CA: ensure continued receipt of water from conveyance flume, H6383 [17JY]

BIA: construction account funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior operations funding, H6445 [17JY]

——— public safety and justice facility construction funding, H6444 [17JY]

BLM: prohibit funding to change existing placer mining plan of operation relative to Alaska environmental mitigation, H6516 [18JY]

California: tribute to retiring Members of Congress, H10159, H10163 [12DE]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations, H721 [30JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), H5720• [26JN], H5811 [27JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), conference report, H9044 [26SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6157), consideration (H. Res. 964), H5761 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish a permanent background check system for employees and volunteers of organizations who serve children, the elderly, or the disabled (H.R. 695), Senate amendments, H721 [30JA]

Dept. of State: include severe forms of trafficking in persons within the definition of transnational organized crime for purposes of the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (H.R. 1625), Senate amendment, H2021 [22MR]

Dept. of the Interior: Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Economic Development Pilot Program funding for Appalachian States through reductions in EPA operating account funding, H6443 [17JY]

——— Delaware River Basin Restoration Program funding through reductions in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service construction funding, H6435 [17JY]

——— Office of Inspector General funding, H6449 [17JY]

——— Office of Insular Affairs funding, H6446 [17JY]

——— Payment in Lieu of Taxes program funding, H7895 [6SE]

——— prohibit funding to implement California Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan relative to New Melones reservoir, H6522 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations, H2021 [22MR]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), H6379, H6383, H6434, H6435, H6436, H6437, H6439, H6440, H6441, H6442, H6443, H6444, H6445, H6446, H6448, H6449, H6451, H6452, H6453, H6454, H6455, H6456, H6457, H6458, H6460, H6461 [17JY], H6502, H6503, H6505, H6506, H6508, H6509, H6510, H6514, H6516, H6519, H6522, H6523, H6525, H6527, H6528, H6530 [18JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), motion to instruct conferees, H7895 [6SE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 6147), Senate amendment, H7894 [6SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H4901 [7JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H9044 [26SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, H7894, H7895 [6SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5895), H4901 [7JN]

EPA: Clean Watersheds Needs Survey funding, H6451 [17JY]

——— Environmental Justice program funding, H6452 [17JY]

——— lead in drinking water reduction programs funding, H6505 [18JY]

——— National Estuary Program funding, H6452 [17JY]

——— prohibit funding for Office of Environmental Justice Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, H6528 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding for revised water quality standard implementation in Washington (State), H6506 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to enforce methane emissions rule, H6503 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to force Chesapeake Bay watershed States to comply with total maximum daily load nutrient limits and certain watershed implementation plans, H6510 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to reorganize or eliminate Great Lakes Advisory Board, H6502 [18JY]

——— Southern New England Estuaries Program funding, H6453 [17JY]

——— Superfund Enforcement program funding, H6454 [17JY]

——— U.S.-Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior operations funding, H6448 [17JY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit funding for payment of legal fees of outside advocacy groups for certain environmental settlements, H6530 [18JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, H7894, H7895 [6SE]

Forest Service: combating illegal marijuana growing operations funding through reductions in forest and rangeland research account funding, H6455 [17JY]

——— emerald ash borer eradication funding, H6455 [17JY]

——— hazardous fuels management activities funding through reductions in forest products funding, H6456 [17JY]

——— Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant Program funding, H6456 [17JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H6457, H6458 [17JY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H6457, H6458 [17JY]

National Park Service: Historic Preservation Fund competitive grants funding to preserve sites and stories of Civil Rights Movement, H6437 [17JY]

——— Historic Preservation Fund funding, H6436, H6437 [17JY]

——— Historic Preservation Fund Historically Black Colleges and Universities grants funding, H6439, H6440 [17JY]

——— maintenance backlog funding through reductions in BLM land acquisition funding, H6434 [17JY]

Navy: Virginia-class submarine program funding through reductions in shipbuilding and procurement programs funding, H5811 [27JN]

New England National Scenic Trail: funding, H6436 [17JY]

Riverside County, CA: tribute to Office of Education and Dept. of Veteran’s Services Operation Recognition Program class of 2018, E1523• [14NO]

Smithsonian Institution: prohibit funding to limit outreach programs, H6527 [18JY]

——— U.N. International Decade for People of African Descent exhibit funding, H6446 [17JY]

Superior National Forest: prohibit funding to withdraw certain lands from mineral and geothermal leasing, H6514 [18JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species Program funding, H6435 [17JY]

——— prohibit funding to carry out any rulemaking on the status of the lesser prairie chicken, H6519 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to eliminate Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnerships, H6525 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement or enforce the threatened species or endangered species listing of any plant or wildlife that has not undergone a periodic review, H6509 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to limit or prohibit use of genetically modified crops in commercial agricultural operations conducted on national wildlife refuges, H6523 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to treat Preble’s meadow jumping mouse as a threatened species, H6508 [18JY]

U.S. Geological Survey: funding to develop a map showing pyrrhotite occurrences across the U.S., H6441 [17JY]

——— Great Lakes Fisheries Program funding, H6441 [17JY]

——— Great Lakes grass carp eradication funding, H6442 [17JY]

——— Volcano Hazards Program funding, H6442 [17JY]

Water: prohibit repeal of Corps of Engineers and EPA rule relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H6460, H6461 [17JY]

Reports filed

Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 6147) (H. Rept. 115–765), H5283 [19JN]

Tributes

Ashley, Marion, E1637• [11DE]

Biddle, Craig, E1520• [14NO]

Cramer, William R., E1037• [19JY]

Deukmejian, George, E815• [8JN]

Drake, Bennett, E1636• [11DE]

Giovaniello, Jerry, E1519• [14NO]

Heritage, Howard (Reed), E1079• [26JY]

Johnsen, Mylo (Mike), E910• [25JN]

Kelley, Brigitte M., E267• [6MR]

McWhorter, Orville (Dean), E1233• [12SE]

Nelson, Damon P., H9530 [15NO]

Presley, Robert B., E1322• [27SE]

Puga, Geraldo, E1036• [19JY]

Record, Ella Mae, E1521• [14NO]

Record, Randy, E1640• [11DE]

Robinson, James, E1670• [13DE]

Schull, Kyle, E1525• [14NO]

Spiegel, Herbert, E1644• [11DE]

Tavaglione, John, E1639• [11DE]

Wolf, Robert A., E1524• [14NO]