McCLINTOCK, TOM (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), H7615 [11SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, HUD, and VA, FDA, EPA, science, and military construction: making appropriations (H.R. 3055), H4890 [19JN]

Appointments

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [3JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 20), H8880 [14NO]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 784), H8880 [14NO]

——— require health care practitioners to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 962), H1394 [6FE]

Agriculture: prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 5410), H10257 [12DE]

Appropriations: eliminate unauthorized spending on Federal programs and establish Spending Accountability Commission (see H.R. 2505), H3440 [2MY]

Armed Forces: allow more Reserve, National Guard, and retired members to receive veterans’ preference for Federal hiring by modifying service requirements and removing preference bans on certain retired officers (see H.R. 2433), H3403 [1MY]

Aviation: withhold Federal grants from airports that violate grant agreements by discriminating against an air carrier operating pursuant to Federal contract (see H.R. 2955), H4161 [23MY]

Biden, Robert H. (Hunter): investigate certain business dealings while Joseph R. Biden, Jr., served as Vice President and whether such dealings resulted in conflicts of interests or affected U.S. foreign policy (see H. Res. 631), H8201 [16OC]

BLM: release certain Federal land in California from wilderness study (see H.R. 572), H601 [15JA]

Bureau of Reclamation: require an infrastructure needs assessment report listing major repair and rehabilitation needs at water delivery system facilities (see H.R. 1268), H2031 [14FE]

Climate: prohibit U.S. contributions to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, or Green Climate Fund (see H.R. 1881), H5585 [10JY]

Colleges and universities: protect freedom of speech, thought, and expression (see H. Res. 191), H2584 [7MR]

Congress: require every bill, resolution, and document produced by Congress to be created, transmitted, and published in searchable electronic formats (see H.R. 3403), H5036 [21JN]

——— require every bill to show the changes the bill makes to the full text of existing sections of law the bill repeals or amends (see H.R. 3402), H5036 [21JN]

Constitution—U.S.: restore integrity of the Fifth Amendment relative to due process of law in civil forfeiture proceedings (see H.R. 1895), H2883 [27MR]

Copyrights: establish an alternative dispute resolution program for copyright small claims (see H.R. 2426), H7162 [22JY]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: prohibit Federal funding after 2021 (see H.R. 3393), H5006 [20JN]

Crime: provide for certain sentencing enhancements relating to illegal reentry offenses and clarify manner in which sentences for such offenses are to be served (see H.R. 1645), H2613 [8MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: exempt from inspection the slaughter of animals and preparation of carcasses conducted at a custom slaughter facility (see H.R. 2859), H4773 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense: limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1714), H2715 [13MR]

Dept. of Education: allow parents of eligible military dependent children to redirect a portion of their per pupil Impact Aid Program allocations to establish Military Education Savings Accounts (see H.R. 1605), H3682 [9MY]

Dept. of Energy: require Western Area Power Administration establishment of a pilot project to provide increased transparency for customers (see H.R. 4444), H7865 [20SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement submittal of annual reports on certain demographic information on aliens arrested (see H.R. 2973), H4161 [23MY]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize DNA Backlog Reduction Program (S. 820), consideration (see H. Res. 634), H8198 [16OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a Ski Area Fee Retention Account (see H.R. 2509), H3440 [2MY]

Dept. of Transportation: require any discretionary grant funds provided for high-speed rail development in California that are rescinded or reimbursed be used for water storage, nitrate reduction, or well construction (see H.R. 1600), H2582 [7MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 4305), H10263 [13DE]

——— classify veterans who participated in cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of presumption of service-connection of certain disabilities (see H.R. 1377), H2233 [26FE]

——— enter into an agreement with National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study on radiation exposure relative to cleanup of Enewetak Atoll on the Marshall Islands (see H.R. 1628), H2682 [12MR]

——— enter into an agreement with Vallejo, CA, for transfer of Mare Island Naval Cemetery (see H.R. 578), H601 [15JA]

——— modify presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Thailand during the Vietnam era (see H.R. 2201), H3251 [10AP]

——— provide financial assistance to eligible entities to provide and coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans at risk of suicide and veteran families (see H.R. 3495), H9122 [20NO]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served in Vietnam (see H.R. 2200), H3792 [14MY]

——— provide for presumption of service connection for diseases associated with herbicide exposure for certain veterans who served offshore of Vietnam (see H.R. 299), H1464 [7FE]

——— 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. 553), H1363 [5FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: develop domestic sources of minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness of the U.S. (see H.R. 2531), H3473 [7MY]

——— issue permits for recreation services on lands managed by Federal agencies (see H.R. 316), H603 [15JA]

Diseases and disorders: extend availability of semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 3113), H5261 [27JN]

Doherty, Glen: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1586 [13FE]

Drugs: allow State and tribal regulation of marijuana, maintain application of certain criminal offenses relative to marijuana, prohibit its sale to individuals under 21, and study effects of legalization (see H.R. 2093), H3099 [4AP]

Employment: expand use of E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (see H.R. 1399), H2506 [6MR]

Endangered species: provide that nonnative species shall not be treated as endangered or threatened species (see H.R. 30), H12211 [18DE]

Endangered Species Act: increase transparency, support regulatory certainty, and reauthorize (see H.R. 5467), H12292 [19DE]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H1390 [6FE]

EPA: repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 3427), H5037 [21JN]

Eximbank: abolish (see H.R. 1910), H2884 [27MR]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights relative to upbringing, education, and care of their children (see H.J. Res. 36), H9223 [3DE]

Federal agencies and departments: require annual reports detailing the cost of multilingual services to end speculation about the cost of such services provided by the Federal Government (see H.R. 1728), H4175 [28MY]

Federal employees: provide for an alternative removal for performance or misconduct, reduce benefits of employees convicted of certain crimes, and extend probationary periods (see H.R. 3348), H4917 [19JN]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to legitimate marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 1595), H2648 [11MR]

Fire prevention: exempt certain wildfire mitigation activities from certain environmental requirements (see H.R. 243), H721 [17JA]

Firearms: prohibit Federal funding of State firearm ownership databases (see H.R. 1761), H2757 [18MR]

Forests: implement proactive forest management standards on public lands to reduce threat of wildfire and other risks (see H.R. 2607), H3501 [8MY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H201 [3JA]

Gold Star Families Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 39), H1519 [11FE] (see H. Res. 269), H2917 [28MR]

Green New Deal: express that implementation would negatively impact civil liberties and the economy, many proposals are unrelated to climate change, and it would usher in socialist policies (see H. Res. 398), H4119 [22MY]

Gun-Free School Zones Act: repeal (see H.R. 3200), H4920 [19JN]

Hong Kong: issue certification of autonomy, identify human rights violators, protect U.S. citizens and businesses, assess enforcement of certain export regulations, and clarify admissability of visa applicants (see H.R. 3289), H7755 [17SE]

House of Representatives: require all impeachment inquiry related hearings, interviews, communications, document production and examination, proceedings, and other related work be done in an open and public setting (see H. Res. 633), H8198 [16OC]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to any State or local government with laws or policies that prevents maintaining custody of an illegal immigrant pursuant to a Dept. of Homeland Security detainer (see H.R. 438), H603 [15JA]

——— close loopholes in immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the U.S. unlawfully (see H.R. 586), H3276 [18AP]

——— designate foreign persons who improperly interfere in U.S. elections as inadmissible and deportable aliens (see H.R. 3442), H5075 [24JN]

——— ensure State and local compliance with all Federal immigration detainers on aliens in custody (see H.R. 2988), H4773 [18JN]

——— provide that any alien who has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, is deportable (see H.R. 2989), H4163 [23MY]

Iran: make financial assets of the Iranian Government available to pay compensatory damages to families of victims of the 1983 bombing of U.S. Marine barracks in Lebanon (see H.R. 2790), H4168 [23MY]

Jews: reject anti-Israel and anti-Semitic hatred (see H. Res. 72), H1394 [6FE]

Jose Ramos Post Office Building, Whittier, CA: designate (see H.R. 3144), H4343 [5JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 1855), H2795 [25MR] (see H.R. 2571), H3499 [8MY]

Marilyn Monroe Post Office, Van Nuys, CA: designate (see H.R. 1252), H5585 [10JY]

Medicaid: prohibit Federal funding for administrative costs of providing health benefits to individuals who are unauthorized immigrants (see H.R. 2856), H4063 [21MY]

Medicare: ensure hospitals receive adequate payments for acquisition of hematopoietic stem cells (see H.R. 2498), H4066 [21MY]

Monuments and memorials: limit Presidential use of Antiquities Act to designate national monuments (see H.R. 1664), H2646 [11MR]

National Law Enforcement Museum: mint coins in commemoration of opening (see H.R. 1865), H7483 [30JY]

National Park Service: waive application fee for any special use permit for veterans demonstrations and special events at war memorials on Federal land (see H.R. 1702), H2680 [12MR]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1830), H3070 [3AP]

Native Americans: reaffirm Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation trust land (see H.R. 312), H282 [8JA]

OMB: submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget and behind schedule (see H.R. 1917), H8199 [16OC]

Patents: strengthen patent system and combat abuse (see H.R. 3666), H5583 [10JY]

Paul Eaton Post Office Building, Montclair, CA: designate (see H.R. 3329), H4771 [18JN]

Pensions: prohibit Federal bailout of, or other Federal assistance to, State and local government pension plans (see H.R. 2126), H3267 [12AP]

Petty Officer 2d Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson Post Office Building, Cupertino, CA: designate (see H.R. 4672), H8389 [22OC]

Political science: express that socialist proposals such as Medicare for All, student loan forgiveness, and the Green New Deal are antithetical to American foundational values of self-responsibility and opportunity (see H. Res. 675), H8718 [31OC]

——— recognize that socialism poses a significant threat to freedom, liberty, and economic prosperity (see H. Res. 253), H2796 [25MR]

Public debt: recognize the national debt as a threat to national security and commit to restoring regular order in appropriations process and addressing the fiscal crisis (see H. Res. 149), H2234 [26FE]

Public lands: modify procedures for issuing special recreation permits for certain public land units (see H.R. 3879), H7904 [24SE]

Ray Chavez Post Office Building, Poway, CA: designate (see H.R. 3005), H5169 [25JN]

Ritchie Valens Post Office Building, Pacoima, CA: designate (see H.R. 1253), H5585 [10JY]

Riverside County Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office, Murrieta, CA: designate (see H.R. 646), H716 [17JA]

Schiff, Representative: condemn and censure relative to remarks during hearing on whistleblower complaint against President Trump and alleged collusion between the Trump Campaign and Russia (see H. Res. 630), H8201 [16OC]

Smith, Sean: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1586 [13FE]

Social Security: eliminate waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (see H.R. 1407), H9222 [3DE]

Stevens, J. Christopher: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1586 [13FE]

Superior National Forest: provide for a land exchange with PolyMet Mining, Inc. (see H.R. 527), H678 [16JA]

Taxation: allow limited 529 college savings programs funds to be used for elementary and secondary education, including homeschooling (see H.R. 621), H4389 [10JN]

——— establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for elementary and secondary students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations (see H.R. 1434), H4349 [6JN]

——— modify definition of income for purposes of determining the tax-exempt status of certain mutual or cooperative telephone or electric companies (see H.R. 2147), H7707 [12SE]

——— oppose Federal efforts to establish a carbon tax on fuels for electricity and transportation (see H. Con. Res. 41), H4168 [23MY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 2207), H3252 [10AP]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: consolidate protection of fish and regulation of waterways under Endangered Species Act into a single agency (see H.R. 548), H600 [15JA]

——— increase State and local involvement in management plans under Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 4483), H12211 [18DE]

Water pollution: limit attorney fees and penalties in citizen suits filed under Federal Water Pollution Control Act and prohibit legal action where the EPA has already taken a corrective action to resolve water issues (see H.R. 892), H1519 [11FE]

Women: mint coins in commemoration of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution providing for women’s suffrage (see H.R. 2423), H8113 [11OC]

Woods, Tyrone: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 587), H1586 [13FE]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to U.S. merchant mariners of World War II (see H.R. 550), H4314 [4JN]

——— mint coins in honor of anniversary of end of war (see H.R. 3155), H8720 [31OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: provide for water security, reliability, modernization, and abundance in Western States (see H.R. 5217), H9167 [21NO]

Dept. of the Interior: coordinate Federal and State permitting processes relative to construction of new surface water storage projects on Federal lands and designate Bureau of Reclamation as lead agency (see H.R. 1621), H2583 [7MR]

——— establish fees for medical services provided in units of the National Park System (see H.R. 258), H228 [4JA]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: require coordination with impacted parties when conducting forest management activities (see H.R. 5218), H9167 [21NO]

Immigration: ban Federal funding to sanctuary jurisdictions that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law and provide liability protection for local law enforcement who enforce Federal laws (see H.R. 3000), H4163 [23MY]

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. 374), H3727 [10MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of Reclamation: provide for water security, reliability, modernization, and abundance in Western States (H.R. 5217), H9169 [21NO]

——— establish fees for medical services provided in units of the National Park System (H.R. 258), H229 [4JA]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: require coordination with impacted parties when conducting forest management activities (H.R. 5218), H9169 [21NO]

Remarks

Arizona: permanently extend moratorium on uranium mining in Grand Canyon region (H.R. 1373), H8610 [30OC]

Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission: extend authorization (H.R. 182), H9073, H9074 [20NO]

Colorado: designate certain wilderness, recreation, and conservation areas (H.R. 823), H8650 [30OC]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): authorize initiation or intervention in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas (H. Res. 430), H4416 [11JN]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (H.R. 1423), H7842 [20SE]

Democracy: improve access to voting and protect election integrity, strengthen Government ethics laws, reform political campaign finance system, and support statehood for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1), H2402 [6MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of portions of Los Angeles, CA, coastal area to evaluate alternatives for protecting coastal area resources (H.R. 1487), H9089 [20NO]

——— permanently extend moratorium on oil and gas leasing in certain areas in the Gulf of Mexico (H.R. 205), H7626 [11SE]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the coast of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (H.R. 1941), H7615, H7616 [11SE]

Discrimination: ensure prohibition on discrimination on basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity will not deny a parent’s right to be involved in their minor child’s medical care, H3935 [17MY]

——— ensure prohibition on discrimination on basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity will not require biological females to face competition from biological males in any sporting event, H3934 [17MY]

——— ensure prohibition on discrimination on basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity will not require physicians to affirm and provide treatment for minors requesting gender transition treatment, H3934 [17MY]

——— prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (H.R. 5), H3934 [17MY]

District of Columbia: allow receipt of Federal funding under Coastal Zone Management Act, H9973 [10DE]

Firearms: require a background check for every firearm sale (H.R. 8), H2244 [27FE]

——— strengthen background check procedures to be followed before a Federal firearms licensee may transfer a firearm to a person who is not such a licensee (H.R. 1112), H2279 [28FE]

Fish and fishing: prohibit sale of shark fins (H.R. 737), H9077, H9078, H9079, H9081, H9082 [20NO]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H1247 [29JA]

Homestead National Monument of America: rename as Homestead National Historical Park (H.R. 1472), H9087 [20NO]

Immigration: authorize cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain aliens known as Dreamers as well as for people covered by Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure (H.R. 6), H4276 [4JN]

——— proposed construction of continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H1247 [29JA]

——— reform H–2A program for nonimmigrant agricultural workers to earn legal status and provide employer flexibility, and establish mandatory E-verify program for employment eligibility (H.R. 5038), H10069 [11DE]

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act: reauthorize, H9973 [10DE]

Iran: designation of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a foreign terrorist organization, E468• [15AP]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds: require continued sales of semipostal stamp until all remaining stamps are sold (H.R. 1446), H9086 [20NO]

National Park Service: establish, fund, and provide for use of amounts in a National Park Service Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog (H.R. 1225), H9083 [20NO]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize and amend, H9973 [10DE]

Native Americans: authorize grants to Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives (H.R. 729), H9973 [10DE]

NOAA: make grants to State and local governments and nongovernmental organizations to carry out climate-resilient living shoreline stabilization projects utilizing natural materials and systems, H9973 [10DE]

Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act: allow Pacific Outer Continental Shelf planning area to be included in a future five-year leasing plan, H7615, H7616 [11SE]

Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge: rename as Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge (H.R. 263), H9076 [20NO]

Political campaigns: clarify obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts (H.R. 4617), H8413 [23OC]

San Bernardino National Forest: provide for a land exchange with San Bernardino County, CA, to enhance land management (H.R. 255), H9074, H9075 [20NO]

Senate Rules: reform filibuster rules to improve daily process, H363 [10JA]

Society of the First Infantry Division: authorize addition of names of First Infantry Division members killed in action to First Division Monument on White House Grounds (H.R. 1088), H9085 [20NO]

Trump, President: condemn racist comments directed at certain Members of Congress and support immigrants, new citizens, and legal immigration by those seeking asylum or refuge (H. Res. 489), H5847 [16JY]

——— impeachment (H. Res. 755), H12140 [18DE]

——— request to divert military construction funds in order to fund declared national emergency to construct a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border, H8065 [27SE]

——— terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (H.J. Res. 46), veto, H2809 [26MR]

——— terminate declared national emergency to obtain funding for construction of a continuous wall or fence along southern U.S. border (S.J. Res. 54), H8065 [27SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (H.R. 925), H9083, H9084 [20NO]

U.S. Geological Survey: conduct monitoring, assessment, science, and research in support of binational fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin, H9973 [10DE]

World Ranger Day: observance, E994• [25JY]

Tributes

Crabtree, Laurence, E1575• [11DE]

Felt, Leon G., H8452 [23OC]