REICHERT, DAVID G. (a Representative from Washington)

Appointments

President's Export Council, H3421 [12MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Anacortes, WA: honor victims of Tesoro refinery fire and express condolences to their families and friends (see H. Res. 1262), H2641 [15AP]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 5434), H7397 [29SE]

Appropriations: require Congress to establish a searchable database on a public Internet site for congressional earmarks (see H.R. 5258), H3309 [11MY]

Armed Forces: ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 208), H5920 [21JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of Army Five-Star Generals and alumni of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (see H.R. 1177), H2319 [24MR]

———provide pay increase for members of uniformed services (see H.R. 4427), H6573 [30JY]

Army: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 286), H4424 [14JN]

———tribute to service and sacrifice of the 14th Armored Division during World War II (see H. Res. 1483), H5304 [30JN]

Arts in Education Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 275), H5677 [15JY]

Campbell, Robert M., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 1499), H5677 [15JY]

Civil War—U.S.: mint coins to recognize and commemorate the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania, the Battle of Gettysburg, and President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (see H.R. 3712), H3014 [28AP]

Clinton County, OH: anniversary (see H. Res. 1121), H2216 [22MR]

Colombia: reaffirm longstanding friendship and alliance with the U.S., recognize commitment to the democratic process, and congratulate President-elect Juan Manuel Santos (see H. Res. 1465), H4780 [23JN]

Community of Democracies (organization): tribute (see H. Res. 1143), H2580 [14AP]

Corps of Engineers: extend and modify the authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of certain permits (see H.R. 6184), H7454 [15NO]

Crime: prevent video depictions of animal cruelty (see H.R. 5092), H3441 [12MY] (see H.R. 5566), H4676 [22JN]

Dept. of Defense: take illegal subsidization into account in evaluating proposals for contracts for major defense acquisition programs (see H.R. 5298), H3542 [18MY]

Dept. of Education: establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 2377), H140 [13JA]

———establish Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee (see H.R. 2624), H140 [13JA]

———require payment of certain Impact Aid Program payments to eligible local educational agencies within 3 years (see H.R. 5843), H5984 [22JY]

Dept. of HHS: develop a policy for managing the risk of food allergy and anaphylaxis in schools and early childhood education programs, and establish school-based food allergy management grants (see H.R. 1378), H555 [3FE]

———reauthorize special diabetes programs for type I diabetes and Indians (see H.R. 3668), H1324 [10MR]

Dept. of Justice: further the mission of the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative Advisory Committee through recommendations for local, State, tribal, and Federal justice agencies (see H.R. 4970), H2458 [25MR]

———make recommendations to Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision on policies and minimum standards to better protect public and officer safety (see H.R. 4969), H2457 [25MR]

———provide incentive payments under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes (see H.R. 4614), H834 [24FE]

———safeguard the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 483), H6572 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 2254), H7644 [29NO]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 6521), H8598 [16DE]

Diseases: support raising awareness and educating the public about Alper's disease (see H. Res. 1700), H7395 [29SE]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (see H.R. 5453), H4213 [28MY]

Emporia State University: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 1292), H3484 [13MY]

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4116), H6573 [30JY]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 5650), H5302 [30JN]

Foreign aid: provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 5117), H2842 [22AP]

Haiti: establish the Office of the Special Coordinator for Assistance to Haiti and the Office of the Special Inspector General for Assistance to Haiti (see H.R. 4952), H3484 [13MY]

———express condolences and support to citizens in aftermath of earthquake, support relief efforts, and commend crews of USNS Comfort and other naval vessels for medical relief efforts (see H. Res. 1048), H603 [4FE]

———provide customs support services (see H.R. 5160), H3124 [4MY]

Health: ensure an up or down vote on certain health care legislation (see H. Res. 1188), H2319 [24MR]

———make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 3652), H5985 [22JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4038), pass (see H.R. 5424), H4021 [27MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see H.R. 5424), H4021 [27MY]

House of Representatives: require public hearings on all earmark requests in the district of the Member making the request, and further increase earmark transparency and accountability (see H.R. 5997), H6568 [30JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3578), H140 [13JA]

Iran: call for renewed focus on ``Green Movement'' which embraces yearning of Iranian people seeking freedom, human rights, and fundamental elements of democracy (see H. Res. 888), H1104 [3MR]

IRS: include in Form 1040 instruction booklet information relative to Federal Government revenues, spending, and public debt (see H.R. 4943), H2642 [15AP]

Israel: anniversary of Jerusalem reunification (see H. Con. Res. 271), H3078 [29AP]

———recognize independence anniversary and reaffirm relationship with the U.S. and right of self-defense (see H. Con. Res. 260), H2845 [22AP]

Korean War: anniversary and U.S.-Korea alliance reaffirmation (see H.J. Res. 86), H4023 (see H.J. Res. 86), H4085 [27MY]

Mackey, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 1189), H2262 [23MR]

Medicare: provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 5527), H6164 [27JY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 5146), H2935 [27AP]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 6534), H8597 [16DE]

National Choroideremia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1507), H5503 [1JY]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: support mission and goals (see H. Res. 1104), H934 [25FE]

National Day of Recognition for Parents of Special Needs Children: establish (see H. Res. 1576), H6405 (see H. Res. 1576), H6457 [29JY]

National Explosive Ordnance Disposal Day: designate (see H. Res. 1294), H3203 [5MY]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1485), H5819 [20JY]

National Rifle Association: tribute to Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program (see H. Res. 1365), H3541 [18MY]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1687), H7757 [30NO]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 1312), H3125 [4MY]

Natural resources: strengthen U.S. capacity to lead international community in reversing renewable natural resource degradation trends (see H.R. 4959), H2457 [25MR]

New Orleans Saints (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 1079), H649 [22FE]

NIH: establish a pediatric research consortia (see H.R. 758), H7155 (see H.R. 758), H7212 [28SE]

Olympic Day: support goals, congratulate Team USA for accomplishments in Vancouver, Canada, and support World Fit program promoting physical fitness to middle school students (see H. Res. 1461), H4677 [22JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: require oil and gas drilling and production operations to have in place the best available technology for blowout preventers and emergency shutoff equipment (see H.R. 5634), H4974 (see H.R. 5634), H5203 [29JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure appropriate treatment of Depts. of Veterans Affairs and Defense health programs (see H.R. 4894), H2216 [22MR]

———repeal (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 [27MY]

Peace Officers Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1299), H3203 [5MY]

Real estate investment trusts: anniversary of establishing legislation (see H. Res. 1595), H6572 [30JY]

Schools: recognize school resource officers and their role in keeping students, teachers, and administrators safe (see H. Res. 1554), H6574 [30JY]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 5141), H6573 [30JY]

Social Security: expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 6130), H6762 [15SE]

Taxation: allow companies to utilize existing alternative minimum tax credits to create and maintain U.S. jobs (see H.R. 4850), H1517 [16MR]

———encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements of employer-established individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 4742), H1103 [3MR]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 3586), H5819 [20JY]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 3724), H424 [27JA]

———express that the value-added tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery (see H. Res. 1346), H3310 [11MY]

———provide for an investment credit for biofuel facilities (see H.R. 5142), H3824 [25MY]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 4278), H2460 [25MR]

———repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 5095), H6406 (see H.R. 5095), H6458 [29JY]

Telecommunications: make more spectrum available to, facilitate development of a wireless broadband network for, and provide standards for spectrum needs of public safety agencies (see H.R. 5081), H5304 [30JN]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H5546 [13JY]

Terrorism: require all foreign terrorists who attack the U.S. be considered enemy combatants to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian courts (see H.R. 4463), H327 [21JA]

Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month: observance (see H. Res. 1449), H5712 [19JY]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 5680), H5618 [14JY]

U.S. Men's National Soccer Team: tribute (see H. Res. 1527), H6407 (see H. Res. 1527), H6458 [29JY]

U.S. Olympic Committee: tribute to U.S. Paralympics Team (see H. Res. 1479), H4876 [25JN]

U.S. Soccer Federation: recognize and support efforts of USA Bid Committee to bring 2018 or 2022 World Cup to the U.S. (see H. Con. Res. 327), H7394 [29SE]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2135), H140 [13JA]

University of Dayton: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 1456), H5712 [19JY]

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. 333), H6572 [30JY]

———improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 5120), H3274 [6MY]

Victims of Crime Act: establish a minimum funding level for programs that ensures a reasonable growth in victim programs without jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund (see H.R. 3402), H6573 [30JY]

Washington Stealth (lacrosse team): tribute (see H. Res. 1546), H5920 [21JY]

Wilmington, OH: anniversary (see H. Res. 1121), H2216 [22MR]

World Veterinary Year: designate (see H. Res. 1531), H8031 [2DE]

Year of the Father: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 285), H4386 [10JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Disasters: provide construction, architectural, and engineering entities with qualified immunity from liability for negligence when providing volunteer services or equipment in response to a declared emergency or disaster (see H.R. 5576), H4778 [23JN]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1033), H327 [21JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal limits on health-related tax benefits and treat high deductible plans as qualified health plans (see H.R. 5936), H6403 (see H.R. 5936), H6455 [29JY]

Poems

``True Blue,'' Albert C. Caswell, E713 [29AP]

``We the People,'' Caleb Mathena, H531 [3FE]

Remarks

Alpine Lakes Wilderness: expand to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic (H.R. 1769), H1620 [18MR]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary, H6166 [28JY]

Auburn, WA: tribute to Auburn Little League baseball team, E1599 [14SE]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound (organization): tribute, E168 [4FE]

Boy Scouts: anniversary, E1487 [29JY]

———tribute to annual Jamboree, E1487 [29JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), H1869 [21MR]

Building Safety Month: observance, E766 [5MY]

De Wulf, Marta and Frederic: Michelle Obama Apps for Healthy Kids competition winners, E1954 [17NO]

Dept. of Energy: establish the Home Star Retrofit Rebate Program (H.R. 5019), consideration (H. Res. 1329), H3212 [6MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide incentive payments under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes (H.R. 4614), H3504 [18MY]

———Support Teens Through Education and Protection (STEP) Program funding, E250 [25FE]

Domestic Abuse Women's Network (organization): anniversary, E1694 [22SE]

Economy: importance of job creation, H5824 [21JY]

Edwards, William: Intel Corp., Science Talent Search semifinalist, E160 [4FE]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 4853), Senate amendment, H8558 [16DE]

Foreign trade: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program and certain trade preference programs and amend Harmonized Tariff Schedule to modify temporarily certain rates of duty (H.R. 6517), H8451 [15DE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H1470 [16MR], H1869 [21MR]

House of Representatives: importance of bipartisanship, H5620 [15JY]

Israel: support right of self-defense and condemn outside efforts to break blockade of Gaza, H4601 [17JN]

Kelly, Benjamin L.: National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund Officer of the Month award recipient, E980 [28MY]

King County, WA: tribute to King County Library System, E571 [15AP]

Law enforcement officers: moment of silence in honor of officers killed in the line of duty, H3406 [12MY]

Mercer Island, WA: anniversary, E1275 [1JY]

National Autism Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1033), H2923 [27AP]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: observance, E612 [21AP]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1754 [28SE]

National Library Week: observance, E571 [15AP]

National Mentoring Month: designate (H. Res. 990), E168 [4FE]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month: observance, E250 [25FE]

National Telecommunications Week: observance, E564 [15AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H5738 [20JY]

Police Week: observance, H3406 [12MY]

Pulitzer Prize: recognition of Puget Sound Business Journal for explanatory reporting, E600 [21AP]

———recognition of Seattle (WA) Times for breaking news reporting, E600 [21AP]

Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI): inclusion in Fortune (publication) ``100 Best Companies To Work For'' list, E154 [4FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), E250 [25FE]

Seattle, WA: Port of Seattle recipient of American Association of Port Authorities Comprehensive Environmental Management Award, E1571 [10AU]

Tacoma, WA: Port of Tacoma recipient of American Association of Port Authorities Environmental Enhancement Award, E1571 [10AU]

Tahoma, WA: tribute to Tahoma High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E863 [18MY]

Tateuchi Foundation: tribute to donation to Performing Arts Center Eastside, E1278 [1JY]

Taxation: extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (H.R. 4853), Senate amendment, H8558 [16DE]

———improve and extend certain energy-related tax provisions (H.R. 4226), H3212 [6MY], E766 [5MY]

———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, H8558 [16DE]

———provide incentives for small business job creation, extend Build America Bonds program, and provide other infrastructure job creation tax incentives (H.R. 4849), consideration (H. Res. 1205), H2221 [23MR]

———rates, H5824 [21JY]

Town, Mike: NEA Foundation Green Prize in Environmental Education award recipient, E757 [5MY]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (S. 1067), H3415 [12MY]

Votes: correction, H1684 [19MR]

———position on missed, H952 [26FE]

Waggoner, Dave: Issaquah Valley, WA, Grange Man of the Year award recipient, E763 [5MY]

Washington (State): tribute to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty, E713 [29AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H643 [22FE]

Special order: granted, H323 [21JA], H465 [2FE], H552 [3FE]

Tributes

Griffey, Ken, Jr., E1059 [9JN]

Johnson, Reid, E1042 [8JN]

Martin, Erik, E784 [6MY]

Mathena, Caleb, H531 [3FE]

Mundell, Walter K., Jr. (Kent), H47 [13JA]

Niehaus, Dave, E1943 [17NO]

Rosellini, Albert D., E20 [13JA]

Thompson, Margaret-Lee, E1849 [29SE]

Ward, Eric L., H1599 [18MR]