RURAL AREAS related term(s) Agriculture; Suburban areas

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8536, S8574, S8583, S8584, S8585, S8586, S8587, S8588, S8589, S8590, S8591, S8592, S8593, S8594, S8595, S8596, S8597, S8598, S8599, S8600, S8601, S8602, S8603, S8604, S8605, S8606, S8607, S8608 [30JY], S8620, S8623, S8632, S8633 [31JY], S8648, S8650, S8651, S8653, S8656, S8659, S8660, S8661, S8663, S8691, S8692, S8693, S8694, S8695, S8696, S8697, S8698, S8699 [3AU], S8722, S8723, S8725, S8775, S8776 [4AU], S8877 [5AU], H7805, H7806, H7807, H7808, H7811, H7816, H7819, H7820, H7821, H7822, H7824, H7825, H7826 [8JY], H7843, H7845, H7846, H7847, H7848, H7849, H7850, H7851 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (H. Res. 609), H7794 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 799), H10538 [7OC]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8730 [4AU]

Articles and editorials

Red Tape Could Hurt Broadband Program, Senators Warn, H12108 [29OC]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see S. 1406), S7192 [7JY] (see H.R. 2997), H7144 [23JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (see H. Res. 609), H7740 [7JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 799), H10518 [6OC]

Appalachian Development Highway System: complete construction (see S. 1534), S8271 [29JY]

———extend Corridor O from its current southern terminus at I-68 near Cumberland, MD, to Corridor H, which stretches from Weston, WV, to Strasburg, VA (see H.R. 1489), H3400 [12MR]

Armed Forces: improve diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury in members and former members and expand Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs telehealth and telemental health programs (see H.R. 667), H493 [23JA]

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (see S. 1164), S5943 [2JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend and expand the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see H.R. 3806), H11383 [14OC]

———extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 1279), S6720 [17JN] (see S. 2922), S13785 [22DE] (see H.R. 3256), H8355 [17JY]

Colorado: provide environmental assistance to communities for water supply and treatment projects (see H.R. 1000), H1247 [11FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives (see S. 2880), S13190 [14DE]

———foster efficient markets and increase competition and transparency among packers that purchase livestock from producers (see S. 460), S2423 [24FE]

———permit refinancing of certain guaranteed loans under the Rural Housing Service (see H.R. 2034), H4686 [22AP]

———provide additional funding for successful claimants in racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims (see S. 972), S5127 [5MY] (see H.R. 3623), H9806 [22SE]

———provide for subsidies for interest on loans for rural multifamily housing guaranteed by the Rural Housing Service (see H.R. 1989), H4580 [21AP]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize National Telecommunications and Information Administration to make grants for the establishment of information technology centers in rural areas (see H.R. 3413), H9205 [30JY]

Dept. of Education: establish a pilot program to help communities establish and improve rural after-school programs (see S. 1281), S6720 [17JN] (see H.R. 3078), H7703 [26JN]

———establish the National Advisory Committee on Rural Education (see H.R. 3180), H8008 [10JY]

———extend the same level of increased flexibility to all rural local educational agencies under Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (see H.R. 825), H921 [3FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program and a Nurse and Physical Therapist Distance Education Pilot Program (see S. 1161), S5943 [2JN]

———make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (see S. 1628), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 3648), H9961 [24SE]

———optimize delivery of critical care medicine and expand the critical care workforce (see S. 1020), S5371 [12MY]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see S. 1239), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 444), H162 [9JA]

Dept. of HUD: authorize appropriations for Rural Housing and Economic Development Program (see H.R. 3210), H8099 [14JY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in northwestern New Mexico and authorize certain reclamation activity (see H.R. 925), H1079 [9FE]

———provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System (see H.R. 922), H1079 [9FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (see S. 786), S4310 [2AP]

Dept. of Transportation: promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road (see H.R. 3720), H10518 [6OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas (see H.R. 4048), H12587 [6NO]

———carry out a pilot program to utilize telehealth platforms to assist in treatment of rural veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 2505), H5792 [19MY]

———carry out demonstration projects on alternatives for expanding care for veterans in rural areas (see H.R. 3281), H8495 [21JY]

———establish a grant program to assist veterans in highly rural areas by providing transportation to medical centers (see H.R. 3280), H8494 [21JY]

———establish centers of excellence for rural health research, education, and clinical activities (see H.R. 3279), H8494 [21JY]

———improve capacity to recruit and retain physicians in health professional shortage areas and improve provision of health care to veterans in rural areas (see S. 734), S3985 [30MR]

———increase payments to certain veterans for certain travel expenses (see H.R. 4073), H13001 [16NO]

———make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (see H.R. 3219), H8183 [15JY]

———revise certain requirements relative to the pilot program of enhanced contract care authority for health care needs of veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 3103), H7704 [26JN]

Education: award grants to States to establish high-quality preschool programs in rural areas (see H.R. 1755), H4062 [26MR]

———provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career and technical education coursework at rural secondary schools (see H.R. 2403), H5663 [14MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program (see S. 1052), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 2446), H5665 [14MY]

FAA: reform Essential Air Service Program (see S. 983), S5232 [6MY]

Federal aid programs: provide infrastructure, nutrition, and housing assistance (see S. 323), S826 [26JA]

Food: encourage national fresh food financing initiative to increase access to healthy foods in underserved low-income communities while improving health and stimulating economic development (see H. Res. 975), H14982 [15DE]

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, stimulate rural economies, and improve emergency response to food crises (see S. 384), S1677 [5FE] (see H.R. 3077), H7703 [26JN]

Forests: expand areas of Federal land on which hazardous fuel reduction projects may be conducted and add protection of infrastructure in rural communities (see H.R. 4233), H13628 (see H.R. 4233), H14371 [8DE]

Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act: extend appropriations authorization (see H.R. 3143), H7945 [9JY]

Health: give critical access hospitals health information technology grant priority, expand drug pricing program participation, study Medicaid pharmacy dispensing fees, and continue State rural health offices funding (see S. 2838), S12413 [4DE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (see S. 790), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 3109), H7704 [26JN]

———optimize delivery of critical medicine and expand the critical care workforce (see H.R. 1581), H3640 [18MR]

———reform medical malpractice and liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, and enhance access to affordable prescription drugs (see H.R. 3483), H9277 [31JY]

Health care facilities: allow continuation of critical access hospital designation for certain hospitals in geographic areas experiencing population growth (see H.R. 3391), H9055 [29JY]

———extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics (see S. 1578), S8864 [5AU]

———recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see S. Con. Res. 25), S6364 [9JN] (see H. Con. Res. 144), H6265 [4JN]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 628), S3368 [18MR]

———provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (see S. 113), S42 [6JA]

Housing Act: preserve rural multifamily housing assistance (see H.R. 2876), H6806 [15JN]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see S. Res. 278), S9589 [21SE] (see H. Res. 753), H9730 [17SE] (see H. Res. 762), H9807 [22SE]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (see S. 439), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1607), H3702 [19MR]

Law enforcement: provide Federal assistance to States for rural law enforcement (see S. 150), S43 [6JA]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (see S. 63), S41 [6JA]

Medicare: extend reasonable cost contracts (see S. 1079), S5614 [19MY] (see H.R. 2501), H5791 [19MY]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 318), S826 [26JA] (see S. 1355), S7070 [25JN] (see H.R. 3896), H11581 [21OC]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 902), H1043 [4FE]

———improve the provision of services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 712), S3897 [26MR]

———make temporary improvements to the inpatient payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals (see H.R. 3422), H9205 [30JY]

———permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (see S. 1585), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 3151), H7946 [9JY]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1157), S5820 [21MY]

———provide a five-year payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area (see S. 1123), S5819 [21MY]

———provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of critical access hospital designation and exempt beds provided for veterans from certain limitations (see S. 307), S787 [22JA] (see H.R. 668), H493 [23JA]

———provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 2204), H5060 [30AP]

———provide temporary improvements to inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals and use the non-wage adjusted PPS rate under the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program (see H.R. 362), H158 [9JA]

———require continued application of budget neutrality on a national basis in calculation of the urban and rural State hospital wage index floor (see S. 1108), S5700 [20MY] (see H.R. 2525), H5891 [20MY]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (see S. 1171), S6030 [3JN] (see H.R. 2692), H6154 [3JN]

———waive 35-mile rule to permit recognition of Tyler Memorial Hospital, Tunkhannock, PA, as a critical access hospital (see H.R. 3637), H9899 [23SE]

Mental health: promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations (see S. 811), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 2066), H4731 [23AP]

National Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees: anniversary (see H. Res. 889), H12364 [4NO]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (see S. 114), S42 [6JA]

National School Lunch Act: make permanent the summer food service pilot project for rural areas of Pennsylvania and apply it to rural areas of every State (see H.R. 540), H325 [14JA]

Oregon Task Force on Sustainable Revenue for Counties: establish (see S. 901), S4755 [27AP]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (see S. 1086), S5700 [20MY]

Postal Service: establish certain requirements relating to area mail processing studies (see H.R. 3163), H7946 [9JY]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates (see S. 196), S256 [9JA] (see H.R. 397), H160 [9JA]

Roads and highways: improve economic opportunity and development in rural States through highway investment (see S. 308), S787 [22JA]

———improve highway transportation in the U.S., including rural and metropolitan areas (see S. 309), S787 [22JA]

Rural Health Quality Advisory Commission: establish (see H.R. 2599), H6011 [21MY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 2206), H5061 [30AP]

SBA: improve and increase award recipients from rural areas relative to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 2747), H6305 [8JN]

Small Business Act: improve small business loan activities (see H.R. 3723), H10518 [6OC]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for telecommuting equipment and expenses in rural and small town areas (see H.R. 3627), H9806 [22SE]

———allow long-distance rural commuters a deduction during periods when the local price of gasoline exceeds a certain price (see H.R. 3432), H9206 [30JY]

———allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (see S. 1497), S7868 [22JY] (see H.R. 880), H1043 [4FE]

———allow veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 953), H1157 [10FE]

———exempt renewable energy projects receiving Rural Energy for America Program grants from production tax credit offsets (see H.R. 2037), H4686 [22AP]

———increase limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see H.R. 3050), H7445 [25JN]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 3524), H9279 [31JY]

———provide an incentive for expanding employment in rural areas by allowing employers the work opportunity credit for hiring residents of rural areas (see H.R. 3807), H11383 [14OC]

———provide an income tax credit for businesses furnishing broadband services to underserved and rural areas (see H.R. 691), H526 [26JA]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 1357), S7070 [25JN]

Telecommunications: support growth through deregulation, additional broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 176), H1606 [13FE]

———support growth through deregulation, broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 30), H71 [7JA]

Television: permit satellite carriers to retransmit signals of certain noncommercial, educational television stations outside their local markets (see H.R. 3498), H9278 [31JY]

———provide certain rural counties with the ability to receive television broadcast signals of their choice (see S. 771), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 1860), H4396 [1AP]

Transportation: improve transit services in rural States (see S. 1144), S5819 [21MY]

Veterans: improve health care for veterans who live in rural areas (see S. 658), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 2879), H6806 [15JN]

———improve services for rural veterans (see H.R. 4028), H12456 [5NO]

Cloture motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8619 [31JY], S8661 [3AU]

Conference reports

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations (H.R. 2997), H10358-H10402 [30SE]

Letters

Establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address inequalities in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in rural areas: Beth Landon, National Rural Health Association, S4154 [1AP]

———Lou Ann Wilroy, Colorado Rural Health Center, S4154 [1AP]

Northwestern New Mexico water infrastructure construction and rehabilitation and reclamation activity authorization: several Colorado River Basin States' officials, S420 [15JA]

Urge settlement of discrimination claims brought by Hispanic and minority farmers: Timothy C. Pigman, S11473 [18NO]

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8724, S8726 [4AU], H7852, H7853, H7854 [9JY], H10021 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (H. Res. 609), H7796, H7797 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 799), H10538 [7OC]

Remarks in House

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H7819, H7820 [8JY]

———allow consideration of additional amendments to appropriations legislation, H7852, H7853 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), H7799-H7828 [8JY], H7843-H7855 [9JY], H10021 [29SE], E1693, E1695, E1700, E1701, E1705, E1707 [9JY], E1731 [13JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), conference report, H11061-H11077 [7OC], E2489 [8OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (H. Res. 609), H7783-H7798 [8JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 799), H10528-H10540 [7OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), earmark declaration, E1639, E1640, E1641, E1645, E1648, E1650, E1651, E1653, E1656, E1657, E1658, E1659, E1660, E1661 [7JY], E1663, E1664, E1666, E1667, E1668, E1669, E1670, E1671, E1672, E1673, E1674, E1675, E1676, E1677, E1679, E1680, E1681, E1683, E1684, E1685 [8JY], E1688, E1692, E1697, E1698, E1699 [9JY], E1727 [10JY], E1761 [14JY], E1808 [16JY], E1857, E1859 [21JY], E2124 [31JY], E2456 [6OC], E2478, E2483, E2485 [8OC], E2532, E2534 [14OC], E2590, E2598 [21OC], E2740 [6NO], E2779 [17NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), motion to instruct conferees, H10021-H10023 [29SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), motion to recommit, H7852-H7854 [9JY]

———require appropriations legislation conference report to be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, H10021-H10023 [29SE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: allow the Clean Energy Corps to design clean energy programs that meet the needs of rural communities, H3589, H3590 [18MR]

———establish a veterans volunteer corps to help veterans pursue education and employment, process claims, and rural, disabled, and unemployed veterans with transportation needs, H3598 [18MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow certain changes in the Supplemental Review Assistance Program eligibility assessment and disaster payment schedule, H7802 [8JY]

———expand the Child and Adult Care Food Program, H7803 [8JY]

———Farm Service Administration loan funding, H5604 [14MY]

———permit refinancing of certain guaranteed loans under the Rural Housing Service (H.R. 2034), H8971 [29JY]

———prohibit funding to administer or pay the salary of personnel who administer broadband loans or loan guarantees, H7826-H7828 [8JY]

———Rural Energy for America Program funding, H7808 [8JY]

———Rural Water and Waste Disposal Program funding, H7807 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: address economic impact on communities from change in policy for military infrastructure and housing around bases, H7347, H7348 [25JN]

Dept. of Education: require States participating in Quality Pathways Grant Program to evaluate, report, and outline steps to address disparities in high-quality early learning programs for low-income children, H9685, H9686 [17SE]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research in refueling and recharging infrastructure for alternative and hybrid vehicles in rural areas, H9582 [16SE]

Dept. of HHS: Critical Access Hospital program funding, H8782 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program to utilize telehealth platforms to assist in treatment of rural veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury (H.R. 2505), H5808 [20MY]

———increase payments to certain veterans for certain travel expenses (H.R. 4073), E2836 [19NO]

———make certain improvements in insurance and health care programs (H.R. 3219), H8813-H8818 [27JY], E2033 [28JY], E2178 [31JY]

Education: provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career and technical education coursework at rural secondary schools (H.R. 2403), H5807 [20MY]

Executive Office of the President: establish an Office of Rural Policy, H6052 [2JN]

FAA: ensure small rural airports have adequate flexibility for aircraft rescue and firefighting standards, H5921, H5922 [21MY]

———prohibit further funds to subsidize or improve the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County, PA, Airport, H5979 [21MY]

Hamilton County, NE: inclusion on Progressive Farmer (publication) Best Place to Raise a Family list, E245 [11FE]

Health: improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, H10074 [30SE]

———provide health insurance education and outreach, in coordination with the SBA, to hard-to-reach communities, H12844 [7NO]

———reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform and apply savings to establish a Seniors Protection and Medicare Regional Payment Equity Fund, H12966, H12967 [7NO]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers, H7746 [8JY]

Health care professionals: home health care service funding, H12122 [29OC]

Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust, Inc.: anniversary, E221 [9FE]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H7784, H7785, H7787-H7791 [8JY]

Infrastructure: funding, H13503 [3DE]

McBroom, Amy: National Rural Education Association Rural Teacher of the Year award recipient, H9286 [8SE]

Medicare: improve fairness and reduce regional inequities in reimbursement payments to providers, H8438 [21JY], H12262 [3NO], H12882, H12884, H12900, H12955 [7NO], E2155 [31JY]

Nebraska: tribute to Third District Excellence in Economic Development Award recipients, E2116 [31JY]

Northern Border Regional Commission: funding, H8110 [15JY]

Parks and recreational areas: restoration funding, H714 [28JA]

Pikeville College: inclusion of School of Osteopathic Medicine in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ``Best Rural Medicine Medical Schools'' list, E2983 [11DE]

Rice, Karen: Public Lands Foundation Outstanding Public Lands Professional Technician award recipient, E70 [13JA]

Rural Community Assistance Partnerships: funding, H8761 [24JY]

SBA: establish Rural Entrepreneurship Advisory Council, H5857 [20MY]

———give priority for disadvantaged small businesses outreach grants to underrepresented areas, women, service-disabled veterans, and minority-owned organizations, H7775, H7776 [8JY]

———improve and increase award recipients from rural areas relative to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H7759, H7761 [8JY]

———require district offices to establish marketing plan for rural businesses on financing and investment alternatives, designate a rural business outreach specialist, and host outreach seminars, H12102, H12103 [29OC]

Small Business Act: improve small business loan activities, H12076 [29OC]

Taxation: increase limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement (H.R. 3050), E1597 [26JN]

Telecommunications: improve broadband services to underserved and rural areas, H566 [27JA]

Texas Farm Bureau: anniversary, H913 [3FE]

Whitemarsh Foundation: tribute to efforts to preserve Erdenheim Farm, E1283 [2JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, S8724, S8725, S8726 [4AU]

———ensure contracts are competitively awarded, S8718 [4AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8534-S8537 [30JY], S8619-S8623 [31JY], S8647-S8651, S8653-S8663, S8677 [3AU], S8711-S8730 [4AU], S8978 [6AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), conference report, S10280-S10284 [8OC], S10357 [13OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), motion to commit, S8724-S8726 [4AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), unanimous-consent agreement, S8723 [4AU]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), unanimous-consent request, S8658 [3AU]

Appalachian Development Highway System: complete construction (S. 1534), S8274 [29JY]

Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, S8649 [3AU], S10282 [8OC]

Arkansas: improve access, quality, and affordability of health care for State residents, S4626 [23AP]

Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act: reauthorize (S. 1164), S5947 [2JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program, S12655 [8DE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish Nonprofit Capacity Building Program, S3649, S3650 [24MR]

Dean, Tom: National Rural Health Association Practitioner of the Year award recipient, S5905 [1JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute funding, S8728 [4AU]

———National Animal Disease Center funding, S8727 [4AU]

———Office of Advocacy and Outreach funding, S8728, S8729 [4AU]

———prohibit funding for digital television conversion efforts, S8716-S8718 [4AU]

———prohibit funding for High Energy Cost Grant Program, S8648, S8650, S8657, S8661, S8662 [3AU]

———provide additional funding for successful claimants in racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims (S. 972), S5131 [5MY]

———provide transparency and accountability in conferences and meetings costs, S8719 [4AU]

———urge settlement of discrimination claims brought by Hispanic and minority farmers, S11472-S11475 [18NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Nurse Faculty Education Program and a Nurse and Physical Therapist Distance Education Pilot Program (S. 1161), S5945 [2JN]

———make grants to medical schools to establish programs to recruit physicians to practice in underserved rural communities (S. 1628), S9025 [6AU]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (S. 1239), S6546 [11JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: authorize a grant program to provide for expanded access to mainstream financial institutions (S. 786), S4316 [2AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance ability to recruit and retain health care administrators and providers in underserved rural areas, S11326 [10NO]

———improve capacity to recruit and retain physicians in health professional shortage areas and improve provision of health care to veterans in rural areas (S. 734), S3988 [30MR]

———provide grants to community-based organizations and State and local government entities to conduct outreach programs to veterans in underserved areas, S11364 [16NO]

FAA: prohibit further funds to subsidize or improve the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County, PA, Airport, S9407, S9414, S9415 [16SE], S9530, S9533, S9534 [17SE]

———reform Essential Air Service Program (S. 983), S5234 [6MY]

Foreign aid: authorize appropriations to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, stimulate rural economies, and improve emergency response to food crises (S. 384), S1679 [5FE], S7588 [16JY], S10887 [29OC]

Forests: provide regional equity in forestry programs, S1794 [6FE]

Hamilton County, NE: inclusion on Progressive Farmer (publication) Best Place to Raise a Family list, S2415 [24FE]

Health: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to address inequalities in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement in rural areas, S4154 [1AP]

———establish dedicated trust fund with mandatory spending for community health centers and National Health Service Corps, S12573 [7DE], S12697 [8DE]

———improve access to and delivery of services, S2012 [9FE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need, S12654 [8DE], S13626 [20DE]

———improve access to health care services in rural, frontier, and urban underserved areas by addressing the supply and distribution of health professionals in areas of need (S. 790), S4320 [2AP]

Health care facilities: extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics, S13692 [21DE]

———extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics (S. 1578), S8866 [5AU]

———recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers, S12573-S12575 [7DE], S12697 [8DE]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities, S7242 [8JY]

———provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (S. 628), S3373 [18MR]

———provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (S. 113), S86 [6JA]

Home health agencies: funding, S1800 [6FE]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (S. 439), S2326 [13FE]

Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County (organization): anniversary, S4508 [21AP]

Law enforcement: provide Federal assistance to States for rural law enforcement (S. 150), S136 [6JA], S991 [28JA]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (S. 63), S66 [6JA]

Medicare: improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas, S10599 [21OC]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 318), S835 [26JA]

———improve access to health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 1355), S7077 [25JN], S7185 [7JY]

———improve the provision of services to beneficiaries in rural areas (S. 712), S3899 [26MR]

———permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (S. 1585), S8871 [5AU]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers, S7608 [16JY]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (S. 1157), S5898 [1JN], S5994 [3JN], S8756 [4AU]

———provide a five-year payment increase for home health services furnished in a rural area (S. 1123), S5825 [21MY]

———provide flexibility in the manner in which beds are counted for purposes of critical access hospital designation and exempt beds provided for veterans from certain limitations (S. 307), S791 [22JA]

———restore State authority to waive the 35-mile rule for designating critical access hospitals (S. 1171), S6033 [3JN]

National Center for Social Work Research: establish (S. 114), S87 [6JA]

National Park Service: trail construction, rehabilitation and maintenance funding, S1799 [6FE]

National Public Lands Day: observance, S9583 [21SE]

New Mexico: authorize construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in northwestern New Mexico and authorize certain reclamation activity, S419, S420 [15JA]

Oregon: tribute to Three Sisters Scenic Bikeway, S13874 [23DE]

Oregon Task Force on Sustainable Revenue for Counties: establish (S. 901), S4760 [27AP]

Packers and Stockyards Act: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts (S. 1086), S5702 [20MY]

Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor: increase appropriations and modify date on which Dept. of the Interior authority terminates, S590 [15JA]

Raymond, ME: anniversary of Camp Agawam, S8861 [5AU]

Rural Community Assistance Partnerships: funding, S9808 [24SE]

Taxation: allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (S. 1497), S7887 [22JY]

———provide an income tax credit for businesses furnishing broadband services to underserved and rural areas, S2015 [9FE]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (S. 1357), S7078 [25JN]

Telecommunications: improve broadband services to underserved and rural areas, S2049 [10FE]

Transportation: improve transit services in rural States (S. 1144), S6133 [3JN]

Reports

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in Conference Report on H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations, S10283 [8OC]

Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items in S. 1406, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations, S8549 [30JY]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2997) (H. Rept. 111-279), H10407 [30SE]

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2997) (H. Rept. 111-181), H7144 [23JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1406) (S. Rept. 111-39), S7192 [7JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 799) (H. Rept. 111-287), H10518 [6OC]

Consideration of H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 609) (H. Rept. 111-191), H7740 [7JY]

Global Food Security Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 384) (S. Rept. 111-19), S5435 [13MY]

Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3219) (H. Rept. 111-223), H8706 [23JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), S8716, S8723 [4AU], H7853 [9JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2997), consideration (H. Res. 609), H7784 [8JY]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, H7788 [8JY]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2997): conference report, H11063-H11071 [7OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S10282 [8OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1406, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8623 [31JY]

Testimonies

By Cracking Down on Heresies, the Government Reduces Venues for Religious Activities in Rural Areas: Wang Guangze, E2676 [2NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 609, consideration of H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7783 [8JY]

H. Res. 799, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H10528 [7OC]

H.R. 2034, Rural Homeowners Protection Act, H8971 [29JY]

H.R. 2997, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S8877-S8887 [5AU]

H.R. 3219, Veterans' Insurance and Health Care Improvements Act, H8814 [27JY]

S. 63, Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act, S67 [6JA]

S. 113, Rural Preventive Health Care Training Act, S86 [6JA]

S. 114, National Center for Social Work Research Act, S87 [6JA]

S. 150, Rural Law Enforcement Assistance Act, S137 [6JA]

S. 307, Critical Access Hospital Flexibility Act, S791 [22JA]

S. 439, Indian Development Finance Corporation Act, S2326-S2329 [13FE]

S. 712, Rural Medicare Equity Act, S3899 [26MR]

S. 734, Rural Veterans Health Care Access and Quality Act, S3989-S3991 [30MR]

S. 786, Improving Access to Mainstream Financial Institutions Act, S4317 [2AP]

S. 790, Health Access and Health Professions Supply Act (HAHPSA), S4321-S4331 [2AP]

S. 901, Sustainable Revenue for Oregon Counties Act, S4761-S4763 [27AP]

S. 972, provide additional funding for successful claimants in Dept. of Agriculture racial discrimination settlement and establish criminal penalties for fraud relative to such claims, S5131 [5MY]

S. 1086, Livestock Marketing Fairness Act, S5703 [20MY]

S. 1161, Nurse Faculty and Physical Therapist Education Act, S5945-S5947 [2JN]

S. 1164, Automated Defibrillation in Adam's Memory (ADAM) Act reauthorization, S5948 [2JN]

S. 1239, 340B Program Improvement and Integrity Act, S6546-S6548 [11JN]

S. 1497, allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft, S7888 [22JY]

S. 1578, extend Federal Tort Claims Act medical malpractice coverage to non-physician employees and officers of free clinics, S8867 [5AU]

S. 1585, permit Medicare pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals, S8871 [5AU]

S. 1628, Rural Physician Pipeline Act, S9026 [6AU]

S. Con. Res. 25, recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers, S6388 [9JN]

S. Res. 278, recognize contributions of Hudson River School painters to the U.S., S9591 [21SE]