DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1265 [4MR], S1332 [7MR], S1413 [8MR], S1511 [9MR], H776, H777, H778, H779, H780, H781, H782, H783, H784, H785, H786, H787, H788, H789, H790, H791, H792, H793, H794, H795, H796 [14FE], H830, H844, H846, H849, H854, H855, H873, H875, H878, H881, H882, H886, H888, H889, H890, H893, H895, H897, H900, H901, H902, H903, H904, H908, H910, H924, H925, H926, H927, H928, H929, H930, H931, H933, H934, H935 [15FE], H968, H970, H976, H981, H982, H984, H986, H987, H988, H989, H990, H992, H999, H1001, H1002, H1003, H1007, H1014, H1016, H1020, H1023, H1024, H1025, H1028, H1031, H1032, H1033, H1036, H1041, H1045, H1051, H1055, H1056, H1057, H1060, H1063, H1064, H1067, H1071 [16FE], H1091, H1094, H1095, H1096, H1102, H1103, H1106, H1111, H1114, H1115, H1121, H1125, H1131, H1144, H1145, H1149, H1155, H1182, H1183, H1184, H1185, H1186 [17FE], H1202, H1213, H1215, H1217, H1220, H1221, H1222, H1223, H1224, H1226, H1231, H1243, H1245, H1246, H1247, H1249, H1257, H1258, H1261, H1262, H1265, H1268, H1269, H1271, H1272, H1273, H1275, H1277, H1279, H1280, H1281, H1282, H1284, H1285, H1286, H1287, H1288, H1289, H1290, H1291, H1308, H1310, H1311, H1312, H1313, H1314, H1315, H1316, H1317, H1318, H1319, H1320, H1322, H1323, H1324, H1325, H1327, H1328, H1342, H1345, H1346, H1349 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H814 [15FE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2434), H4852 [11JY], H4946 [12JY], H5088 [14JY]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5328, H5329, H5330, H5333, H5334, H5335, H5336, H5337, H5338, H5340, H5341 [21JY]

Home Affordable Modification Program: terminate authority to provide new assistance while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), H2003, H2007, H2008, H2010, H2011, H2013, H2014, H2016 [29MR]

International economic relations: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), S6053 [3OC], S6069, S6096, S6097, S6101, S6102, S6103, S6104, S6106, S6107, S6108, S6109, S6110, S6113, S6114, S6115, S6117, S6118, S6138, S6140, S6141, S6142 [4OC], S6227, S6228, S6229, S6230, S6231 [5OC]

Articles and editorials

Chamber Urges Congress To Raise Debt Limit, E1314 [13JY]

Debt Ceiling and the Pursuit of Happiness, S4859 [25JY]

Debt-Limit Breakout, S4363, S4379 [6JY]

Deficit Is Worse Than We Think—Normal Interest Rates Would Raise Debt-Service Costs by $4.9 Trillion Over 10 Years, Dwarfing the Savings From Any Currently Contemplated Budget Deal, S4138 [28JN]

House GOP Targets Consumer Protection Bureau With CR, H1136 [17FE]

How Paulson Gave Hedge Funds Advance Word of Fannie Mae Rescue, H8004 [1DE]

Overnight Energy—Republicans Pounce on Obama's Brazilian Oil Support, H2345 [6AP]

Penny Foolish, E1979 [2NO]

Unbreakable Bonds, E567 [30MR]

Bills and resolutions

Antigua and Barbuda: suspend aid, cooperate with U.S. officials, transfer seized assets, make contributions to victims, and condition international loans relative to Stanford Financial Group fraud (see S. Res. 346), S8461 [8DE] (see H. Res. 507), H10015 [20DE]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (see H.R. 1), H722 [11FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 92), H773 [14FE]

Brazil: support continued development of relationship with the U.S. and negotiation of a bilateral tax treaty (see S. Res. 108), S1828 [17MR]

Buy Back America Bonds: issue and use funds to pay down foreign-held and other public debt (see S. 1909), S7829 [18NO]

Coins: alter metallic composition of 1-cent coin and require prompt review and report of recommendations for cost-saving changes in metallic content of other circulating coins (see H.R. 3693), H9431 [15DE]

———alter metallic composition of 5-cent coin and require prompt review and report of recommendations for cost-saving changes in metallic content of other circulating coins (see H.R. 3694), H9431 [15DE]

Community Development Financial Institutions Fund: transfer unobligated and repaid funds from the Small Business Lending Fund (see H.R. 2807), H5895 [5AU]

Courts: require judicial review of suspicious activity reports (see S. 1077), S3339 [25MY]

Cuba: prohibit use of funds to implement certain regulations that restrict travel to Cuba for educational activities (see H.R. 380), H395 [20JA]

Dept. of Energy: insure loans for financing of renewable energy systems leased for residential use (see S. 1126), S3427 [26MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish National Freight Mobility Infrastructure Program (see H.R. 3607), H8317 [8DE]

Depts. of Homeland Security and the Treasury: provide authority to more aggressively enforce trade laws relative to textile or apparel articles (see S. 1683), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 2754), H5884 [1AU]

Diseases: authorize issuance of U.S. bonds to fund Alzheimer's disease research (see H.R. 610), H679 [10FE]

Economy: increase statutory limit on the public debt, increase job creation, and reduce projected medium and long-term Federal budget deficits and debt (see H.R. 2544), H5086 [14JY]

———modernize and reform monetary system and restore exclusive and sovereign authority of U.S. Government to create and regulate money to rebuild the economy (see H.R. 2990), H6341 [21SE]

Education: establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 300), H254 [18JA]

Endangered species: provide loans and loan guarantees to enable eligible public entities to acquire real property that complies with certain approved habitat conservation plans (see S. 826), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 1907), H3301 [13MY]

Family Foreclosure Rescue Corp.: establish (see H.R. 3129), H6671 [6OC]

Federal employees: prohibit hiring of additional employees to enforce individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 434), H469 [25JA]

Federal Housing Administration: prohibit from providing extra support (see S. 1997), S8679 [15DE]

Financial institutions: make risk-based assessments of financial companies to recoup assistance under the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (see H.R. 1151), H1982 [17MR]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (see S. 1260), S4024 [22JN] (see H.R. 2535), H5085 [14JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 1573), S5684 [15SE] (see H.R. 2434), H4747 [7JY]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 1315), H2265 [1AP]

———strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), consideration (see H. Res. 358), H5284 [20JY]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see S. 912), S2777 [9MY] (see H.R. 1798), H3114 [6MY]

Foreign investments: prevent expansion of U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (see S. 1506), S5251 [2AU] (see H.R. 2568), H5125 [15JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see S. 328), S682 [14FE] (see H.R. 639), H680 [10FE]

———clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), consideration (see H. Res. 310), H4327 [16JN]

FRS: bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 1640), H2912 [15AP]

———move the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 557), H550 [8FE] (see H.R. 1355), H2291 [4AP]

———postpone date for transfer of functions to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau if the Bureau does not have a Director in place (see H.R. 1667), H2933 [2MY]

———repeal authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to prohibit certain acts or practices (see H.R. 2612), H5373 [21JY]

———replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission and bring the Bureau into the regular appropriations process (see S. 737), S2187 [6AP]

———replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a five person commission (see H.R. 1121), H1905 [16MR]

———replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the FRS as a member of the Board of Directors of the FDIC (see H.R. 2081), H3869 (see H.R. 2081), H3909 [1JN]

Gambling: provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 1174), H1983 [17MR]

Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury: express that Congress and the public no longer holds confidence in ability to improve economy (see S.J. Res. 26), S5386 [7SE] (see H. Con. Res. 76), H6010 [8SE]

Government: clarify that the President and the Sec. of the Treasury have the authority to prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H. Res. 369), H5488 [25JY]

———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 2605), H5373 [21JY]

Government regulations: establish a covered bond regulatory oversight program (see H.R. 940), H1618 [8MR]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from issuing any new debt without advance approval by the Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 1225), H2036 [29MR]

———prohibit reduction in the rate of dividends paid on purchased senior preferred stock of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 2436), H4747 [7JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see S. 412), S871 [17FE] (see H.R. 104), H36 [5JA]

———ensure that annual expenditures to pay for operation and maintenance costs are allocated equitably among eligible harbor projects (see H.R. 3648), H8880 [13DE]

Home Affordable Modification Program: terminate (see H.R. 430), H469 [25JA]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance while preserving assistance that was already offered (see S. 527), S1502 [9MR] (see H.R. 839), H1390 [28FE]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), consideration (see H. Res. 170), H1840 [15MR]

Insurance: prohibit financial regulators from collecting data directly from an insurance company (see H.R. 3559), H8135 [5DE]

International economic relations: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (see S. 1619), S5903 [22SE]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see S. 1796), S7127 [3NO] (see H.R. 2569), H5125 [15JY]

———make use of certain funds collected from user fees subject to appropriations acts (see H.R. 349), H354 [19JA]

———require fees for services provided by the IRS be deposited in the Treasury as general receipts (see H.R. 2585), H5238 [19JY]

———simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and access to tax lien information by establishing an electronic tax lien notice database (see S. 1390), S4721 [20JY]

Law enforcement: limit suspicious activity reporting requirements to requests from law enforcement agencies (see S. 1071), S3339 [25MY]

———provide for a good faith exemption from suspicious activity reporting requirements (see S. 1072), S3339 [25MY]

———require Federal agencies to report to Congress serious crimes committed by confidential informants and amend time requirements to make tort claims arising from such crimes (see H.R. 3228), H6976 [14OC]

Libya: authorize the President to confiscate and vest certain property of the Government of Libya and to use that property to provide humanitarian relief to the people of Libya (see S. 1180), S3727 [13JN]

———authorize the President to vest certain property of the Government of Libya and to use that property to defray costs of U.S. military operations (see H.R. 3725), H9926 [16DE]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 1299), S4226 [29JN] (see H.R. 2139), H4035 [3JN]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see S. 1935), S8148 [1DE] (see H.R. 3187), H6919 [13OC]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of the Centennial of Marine Corps Aviation, and to support construction of the Marine Corps Heritage Center (see H.R. 1621), H2911 [15AP]

Mekong River Basin: instruct World Bank and Asian Development Bank U.S. representatives to oppose aid for hydroelectric dams or electricity transmission systems without certain assurances (see S. 537), S1502 [9MR]

Members of Congress: freeze pay for a fiscal year unless the Government did not run a deficit in the previous fiscal year (see H.R. 994), H1722 [10MR]

Money: improve circulation of $1 coins in order to phase out production of $1 bills (see H.R. 2977), H6271 [20SE]

———provide for the economic production of various U.S. coins (see S. 1624), S5945 [23SE]

———repeal legal tender laws, prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and repeal superfluous sections related to coinage (see H.R. 1098), H1841 [15MR]

Monroe, James: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2968), H6271 [20SE]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see S. 889), S2730 [5MY] (see H.R. 1736), H3106 [5MY]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]

National FFA Organization: mint coins in commemoration of founding (see S. 1181), S3727 [13JN] (see H.R. 2418), H4671 [6JY]

Office of Financial Research: repeal (see H.R. 3044), H6455 [23SE]

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: create a charter for Federal Financial Services and Credit Companies (see H.R. 1909), H3301 [13MY]

Office of the Homeowner Advocate: establish (see S. 690), S1977 [30MR]

Olympia (U.S.S.): mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3180), H6919 [13OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (see S. 73), S124 [25JA] (see S. 248), S411 [1FE] (see H.R. 439), H469 [25JA] (see H.R. 844), H1390 [28FE]

Pensions: reduce administrative burdens and encourage retirement plan formation and retention (see H.R. 3561), H8135 [5DE]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (see S. 1907), S7829 [18NO] (see H.R. 3503), H7891 [18NO]

Public debt: cancel public debt held by FRS and lower the public debt limit by an equal amount (see H.R. 2768), H5884 [1AU]

———decrease statutory limit (see H.R. 2409), H4671 [6JY]

———disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see S.J. Res. 25), S5339 [6SE] (see H.J. Res. 77), H5964 [7SE]

———eliminate statutory limit and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (see H.R. 2931), H6181 [14SE]

———establish a timely and expeditious process for voting on the statutory debt limit (see S. 1713), S6505 [13OC]

———express that the President does not have the authority to ignore the statutory debt limit by ordering the Dept. of the Treasury to continue issuing debt on the full faith and credit of the U.S. (see S. Res. 226), S4450 [7JY]

———increase statutory limit (see S. 1326), S4329 [5JY] (see H.R. 1954), H3408 [24MY] (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]

———increase statutory limit by a certain amount upon adoption by Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment and by an additional amount upon ratification by the States of that amendment (see H.R. 2685), H5732 [28JY]

———provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment in full of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2581), H5150 [18JY]

———require that money and proceeds from gifts given to reduce the public debt are only deposited into the account established for those gifts (see H.R. 2879), H6042 [9SE]

Public welfare programs: restore the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (see H.R. 3226), H6976 [14OC]

Reagan, Ronald: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 497), H508 [26JA]

Russia: make certain individuals ineligible for visas or admission to U.S. and impose certain financial measures on such individuals pending investigation of death of Sergei L. Magnitsky (see H.R. 1575), H2909 [15AP]

SEC: exempt certain regulatory requirements put in place under the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (see H.R. 2779), H5885 [1AU]

Secret Service: allow employees to transition to coverage under the District of Columbia Police and Fire Fighter Retirement and Disability System (see S. 1515), S5339 [6SE] (see H.R. 2532), H5085 [14JY]

Securities: constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in private corporations (see H.J. Res. 22), H434 [24JA]

———establish standards for covered bond programs and a covered bond regulatory oversight program (see S. 1835), S7294 [9NO]

Senate: provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above a certain amount unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 days (see S. 1341), S4485 [11JY]

Small Business Lending Fund: provide greater accountability (see S. 681), S1976 [30MR]

———provide greater transparency and accountability (see S. Res. 348), S8680 [15DE]

———provide the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program with oversight (see H.R. 1387), H2409 [6AP]

Small Business Lending Fund Program: extend and provide for an appeals process (see H.R. 3147), H6781 [11OC]

Taxation: allow taxpayers to make contributions to the Federal Government on their income tax returns (see H.R. 1541), H2854 [14AP]

———change the deadline for income tax returns for calendar year taxpayers from the 15th of April to the first Monday in November (see H.R. 88), H35 [5JA]

———disclose certain tax return information relative to identity theft (see H.R. 1538), H2854 [14AP]

———extend the Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 11), H678 [10FE] (see H.R. 736), H1038 (see H.R. 736), H1069 (see H.R. 747), H1039 (see H.R. 747), H1070 [16FE]

———impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (see H.R. 755), H1176 (see H.R. 755), H1195 [17FE]

———provide a receipt to each taxpayer who files a Federal income tax return (see H.R. 1583), H2910 [15AP]

———provide an election for unmarried, nonitemizing individuals to have returns prepared by the Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 1069), H1796 [14MR]

———provide taxpayers a receipt for an income tax payment which itemizes the portion of the payment which is allocable to various Government spending categories (see S. 437), S1120 [2MR] (see H.R. 1527), H2665 [13AP]

———rescind authority to develop a return-free tax system (see H.R. 2528), H5085 [14JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 462), H507 [26JA]

Telecommunications: return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards (see S. 1659), S6185 [5OC] (see H.R. 1343), H2291 [4AP]

Troubled Asset Relief Program: clarify treatment of dividends paid on shares of preferred stock issued by financial institutions which received financial assistance (see H.R. 678), H723 [11FE]

———terminate authority and prevent future bailouts (see H.R. 189), H40 [5JA]

Troubled Assets Relief Program: allow amounts to be used to provide legal assistance to homeowners to avoid foreclosure (see H.R. 1238), H2037 [29MR]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see S. 1929), S8067 [30NO] (see H.R. 2453), H4748 [7JY]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 431), S1119 [2MR] (see H.R. 886), H1524 [2MR]

U.S. Mint: improve minting and issuing of coins and reduce the current excess stockpile of $1 coins (see H.R. 2760), H5884 [1AU]

———prevent overproduction of $1 Presidential coins and reduce surplus of already produced $1 coins in FRS vaults (see H.R. 2778), H5884 [1AU]

———suspend issuance of $1 coins for 15 years or until excess stockpiles are exhausted (see H.R. 2789), H5885 [1AU]

———suspend the Presidential $1 Coin Program when coin stockpiles are sufficient to meet the circulation needs for one year (see H.R. 2635), H5488 [25JY]

———terminate the Presidential $1 Coin Program (see S. 1385), S4675 [19JY] (see H.R. 2593), H5239 [19JY]

War: authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 852), H1454 [1MR]

War on Debt Bonds: issue (see H.R. 146), H39 [5JA]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247 [4MR]

International economic relations: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), S6003 [26SE], S6085 [4OC], S6283 [6OC]

———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), motion to proceed, S6034 [3OC]

Explanations

Dept. of the Treasury Revenue Proposal Relative To Repeal of Domestic Manufacturing Deduction for Oil and Natural Gas Companies, H3075 [5MY]

Letters

China's use of value-added tax rebate: several Senators, S6302 [6OC]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) approved resolutions: Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6052 [12SE]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H1136 [17FE]

HAMP Termination Act and NSP Termination Act: Rafael E. Cestero, New York, NY, Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development, H1871, H1888 [16MR]

Limit suspicious activity reporting requirements to requests from law enforcement agencies: Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, S3398 [26MY]

National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act: Representative Bachus, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7032 [25OC]

———Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7032 [25OC]

Peruvian Government treatment of Renco Group, Inc., subsidiary Doe Run Peru: Representative Payne, E215 [11FE]

Public debt ceiling: several economists, H4082 [14JN]

Renewable energy tax incentives and grant programs extension: several Senators, S8503 [13DE]

Return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards: Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), H6571 [5OC]

———Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6571 [5OC]

Statutory public debt limit increase: Daniel S. Threlkeld, S5100 [30JY]

———David Beriss, S5100 [30JY]

———Matthew Cope, S5100 [30JY]

———Monique M. Jones, S5100 [30JY]

———Senator Hatch, S5008 [28JY]

Terminate the Presidential $1 Coin Program: Senator Grassley, S6594 [17OC]

U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act: Representative Bachus, Committee on Financial Services (House), H8829 [13DE]

———Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H8829 [13DE]

Lists

Home Affordable Modification Program activity by State, H2015 [29MR]

Messages

Imposition of Certain Sanctions Relative to the Provision of Goods, Services, Technology, or Support for Iran's Energy and Petrochemical Sectors: President Obama, H7895 [22NO]

National Emergency Relative to Threat in Lebanon Posed by Actions of Certain Persons To Undermine Legitimate Democratic Institutions: President Obama, S5015 [28JY], H5678 [28JY]

Statutory Debt Limit: President Obama, S5247 [2AU], H5893 [5AU]

Motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1247 [4MR], H1355 [18FE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5345 [21JY]

Home Affordable Modification Program: terminate authority to provide new assistance while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), H2020 [29MR]

International economic relations: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), S6069 [4OC], S6315 [6OC]

Proposals

FDIC recoupment of money spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for mortgage foreclosure mitigation programs through a special assessment on large financial institutions, H1737 [11MR], H1861 [16MR]

Remarks in House

Antigua and Barbuda: suspend aid, cooperate with U.S. officials, transfer seized assets, make contributions to victims, and condition international loans relative to Stanford Financial Group fraud (H. Res. 507), E2330 [20DE]

Appropriations: direct CBO and BLS to conduct a joint study on effect of full-year continuing appropriations legislation on job levels and report findings in the Employment Situation Report, H1243, H1244 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H727, H746, H750-H754 [14FE], H801, H803, H804, H817-H913 [15FE], H937, H941, H942, H944, H948, H949, H950, H951, H955, H957-H1036, H1043-H1068 [16FE], H1074, H1080-H1175, H1181-H1189 [17FE], H1201, H1202-H1249, H1255-H1357 [18FE], H1366, H1378-H1382 [28FE], H1395, H1398, H1404, H1405, H1406-H1415, H1417-H1419, H1425, H1429, H1442-H1445 [1MR], H1460, H1463, H1464, H1485, H1502, H1503, H1517 [2MR], H1527, H1528, H1554-H1557, H1561 [3MR], H1627, H1628, H1629, H1643-H1649 [9MR], H1672, H1673, H1676, H1699, H1712 [10MR], H1751-H1761 [11MR], H1773 [14MR], H1805-H1810, H1821, H1822, H1828, H1836 [15MR], H1849, H1850, H1859, H1901 [16MR], H1980 [17MR], H2004, H2007 [29MR], H2046, H2048, H2049, H2050, H2063, H2065-H2067, H2092 [30MR], H2113, H2118, H2119 [31MR], H2217, H2218, H2225, H2228, H2230, H2248 [1AP], H2272 [4AP], H2299, H2301, H2302, H2314 [5AP], H2331, H2336, H2392, H2395, H2401 [6AP], H2414, H2453 [7AP], H2541, H2544, H2547, H2549, H2550 [8AP], H2598 [12AP], H2739, H2743, H2789 [14AP], H2903 [15AP], H5739 [29JY], H5860 [1AU], H6677 [11OC], E222 [14FE], E238, E239, E240, E241, E242, E243, E245, E247, E248, E249, E250, E251 [16FE], E253, E254, E255, E257, E258, E259 [17FE], E261, E262, E269, E270, E271, E272, E273, E275, E276, E277, E278, E279, E280, E281, E282, E283, E284, E286, E287, E288, E289, E290, E291, E292, E293, E295, E296, E297, E298, E299, E300, E301, E302, E303, E305, E308, E310, E312, E317, E318, E319 [18FE], E321, E322, E324, E333, E336 [28FE], E388, E389 [1MR], E396 [2MR], E413, E414, E415, E416 [3MR], E500 [16MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H804-H817, H879 [15FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H1355 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, H1174, H1175 [17FE]

Brazil: U.S. promotion of Brazilian offshore drilling relative to U.S. purchase of Brazilian oil, H2091 [30MR], H2315 [5AP], H2345 [6AP]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Dept. of the Treasury and FRS inspectors general report identifying and documenting mission-critical activities and legislative mandates, H5585 [27JY]

Dept. of HUD: conduct study on negative impact of underwater mortgage loans on the economy and housing market, H1694, H1695, H1696 [10MR]

Dept. of Justice: pursue criminal charges against organizations not complying with State laws relating to foreclosures, H1696 [10MR]

Dept. of the Interior: Land and Water Conservation Fund funding, H977, H978, H988 [16FE], H5406 [25JY], H5547, H5548, H5557 [26JY], E1415 [27JY]

Diseases: authorize issuance of U.S. bonds to fund Alzheimer's disease research, H518 [8FE]

Economy: Government bailout of financial institutions, H7153 [27OC]

———modernize and reform monetary system and restore exclusive and sovereign authority of U.S. Government to create and regulate money to rebuild the economy, H5950 [7SE]

———modernize and reform monetary system and restore exclusive and sovereign authority of U.S. Government to create and regulate money to rebuild the economy (H.R. 2990), H7901 [29NO]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets, H648-H654 [10FE]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., H6559 [5OC]

FDIC: recoup money spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for mortgage foreclosure mitigation programs through a special assessment on large financial institutions, H1732, H1736, H1738, H1741, H1742 [11MR]

Federal aid programs: require a certain percentage of funds be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties, H1271 [18FE]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, H9893, H9894 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2434), H4863 [12JY]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: allow non-voting members to challenge Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules, H5334 [21JY]

———prohibit from overriding Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules, H5329, H5330 [21JY]

———prohibit members from voting on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules if that rule would affect an institution where that member had recently been employed, H5333 [21JY]

———provide live online streaming or broadcasting of meetings pertaining to review of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulations, H5337, H5338 [21JY]

———require a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau analysis of impact of regulations on the financial industry and on consumers' and small business credit access, H5341, H5342 [21JY]

———require a supermajority to override Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules, H5330-H5333 [21JY]

———require any agency filing a challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules to provide certain disclosures, H5335, H5336 [21JY]

———restore time limits on review of regulations issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H5336, H5337 [21JY]

———strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H8014 [1DE]

———strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5301, H5317-H5348 [21JY], E1387 [22JY], E1402 [25JY]

———strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), consideration (H. Res. 358), H5302-H5312 [21JY]

———strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), corrections in engrossment, H5348 [21JY]

———strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), motion to recommit, H5346 [21JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency, H6837 [12OC]

———clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), H2053-H2055 [30MR], H2331 [6AP], H4687 [7JY], H5962 [7SE], H6357 [22SE], H6795 [12OC], H6863, H6865, H6867, H6868 [13OC], H7213 [2NO], H7270, H7284-H7287 [3NO], H7740-H7742 [17NO], H8142 [6DE], E1892 [18OC]

———clarify that fundamental exchange-rate misalignment by any foreign nation is actionable under U.S. countervailing and antidumping duty laws, H115 [7JA]

FRS: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding, E317 [18FE]

———Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding through reductions in IRS enforcement funding, H1131-H1137 [17FE]

———ensure authority of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect consumers from abusive, predatory, unfair, and deceptive financial practices, H8744 [13DE]

———ensure authority of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect seniors from abusive, predatory, unfair, and deceptive financial practices, H5346 [21JY]

———grant Consumer Financial Protection Bureau additional oversight of lending practices, H5338 [21JY]

———postpone date for transfer of functions to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau if the Bureau does not have a Director in place, H5304, H5318, H5319, H5325-H5327 [21JY]

———reform Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to increase accountability and transparency, H8265 [8DE]

———replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a five person commission, H5304, H5305, H5318-H5327, H5329 [21JY]

———require an Inspector General report on new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau guidelines, regulations, rules, agency overlaps, expenses, and unmitigated balances, H5340 [21JY]

———transfer Consumer Financial Protection Bureau authority to the Dept. of the Treasury if no Commission chair is in place, H5339 [21JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H4809, H4810 [11JY]

———ensure that annual expenditures to pay for operation and maintenance costs are allocated equitably among eligible harbor projects (H.R. 3648), E2243 [13DE]

Home Affordable Modification Program: continue program for members of the Armed Forces and Gold Star recipients, H2020, H2021 [29MR]

———detail flaws and delineate savings incurred upon termination, H2003-H2007 [29MR]

———detail funding disbursement and number of permanent and active modifications, H2007, H2008 [29MR]

———provide list of trial and permanent modifications by State as well as delinquent mortgages across the country that will be at risk if the program is terminated, H2015 [29MR]

———require notification of program termination be sent to applicants and instructions to contact their Member of Congress to inquire about loan modification assistance, H2011 [29MR]

———require participating mortgage lenders to report monthly on mortgage modifications, H2013, H2014 [29MR]

———study effectiveness and create a replacement program based on study findings to assist homeowners, H2010 [29MR]

———study effectiveness and offer recommendations for a replacement loan modification program, H2011-H2013 [29MR]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), H1751 [11MR], H1848, H1851 [16MR], H1994-H2022 [29MR], E527 [17MR], E558, E564 [30MR], E595 [1AP]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), consideration (H. Res. 170), H1852-H1860 [16MR]

———terminate authority to provide new assistance while preserving assistance that was already offered (H.R. 839), motion to recommit, H2020 [29MR]

———terminate (H.R. 430), H1850 [16MR]

———use unobligated funds rescinded after termination for deficit reduction, H2008, H2009 [29MR]

International economic relations: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), H6563 [5OC], H6798 [12OC], H6863, H6867 [13OC], H6924, H6959 [14OC], H7023, H7062, H7063 [25OC], H7119 [26OC], H7591 [15NO], H8142 [6DE], H9800 [16DE]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (H.R. 2139), H8266 [8DE]

Money: provide for the economic production of various U.S. coins, E1979 [2NO]

———repeal legal tender laws, prohibit taxation on certain coins and bullion, and repeal superfluous sections related to coinage (H.R. 1098), E483 [15MR]

National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (H.R. 2527), H7030-H7034 [25OC]

Olympia (U.S.S.): mint commemorative coins (H.R. 3180), E1835 [12OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: essential benefits provisions funding, H1327 [18FE]

Public debt: ceiling, H390 [20JA], H1805 [15MR], H3414, H3415, H3416, H3418, H3419, H3421 [25MY], H3813, H3814 [1JN], H4022, H4023, H4025, H4027 [3JN], H4082, H4083 [14JN], H4377 [22JN]

———debt held by foreigners, H611 [10FE], H2320 [5AP]

———decrease statutory limit (H.R. 2409), H4686 [7JY], H4954 [13JY]

———disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 77), H6156-H6168 [14SE], E1637, E1647 [15SE]

———eliminate statutory limit and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (H.R. 2931), H6161 [14SE]

———increase statutory limit, H4316 [16JN], H4593 [6JY], H4679, H4680, H4681, H4682, H4683, H4684, H4686, H4687 [7JY], H4757, H4773-H4776 [8JY], H4798 [11JY], H4857, H4858, H4859, H4860, H4862, H4863, H4867, H4868, H4869, H4934-H4940 [12JY], H4949, H4951, H4954, H4955, H4956, H4957 [13JY], H5025, H5026, H5029, H5031, H5080-H5083 [14JY], H5090, H5091, H5110, H5111-H5118 [15JY], H5129, H5130, H5142 [18JY], H5154, H5155, H5158, H5169, H5234 [19JY], H5241, H5242, H5243, H5250 [20JY], H5291, H5292, H5293, H5301, H5302 [21JY], H5389-H5397 [22JY], H5401, H5403, H5474-H5481 [25JY], H5493, H5495-H5500, H5501, H5502, H5503 [26JY], H5584, H5588-H5590, H5592, H5593, H5594, H5627, H5628, H5639, H5640, H5657 [27JY], H5737, H5738 [29JY], H5785, H5786, H5787, H5788, H5789 [30JY], H6366 [22SE], H7805 [17NO], E1313 [13JY], E1377 [21JY]

———increase statutory limit (H.R. 1954), H3765-H3775, H3788, H3798, H3801-H3803 [31MY], H3810-H3813, H3814, H3815, H3816 [1JN], H3917, H3920 [2JN], H4083 [14JN], H4191 [15JN], E1014 [1JN], E1049 [3JN], E1057 [7JN]

Russia: make certain individuals ineligible for visas or admission to U.S. and impose certain financial measures on such individuals pending investigation of death of Sergei L. Magnitsky (H.R. 1575), E740 [15AP]

Securities: soundness of Federal and municipal bonds, E567 [30MR]

Taxation: disclose certain tax return information relative to identity theft (H.R. 1538), E719 [14AP]

———extend the Build America Bonds program (H.R. 11), H646 [10FE], H812, H814 [15FE], H1917 [17MR], H5971 [8SE]

———impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (H.R. 755), E262 [18FE]

———provide a receipt to each taxpayer who files a Federal income tax return (H.R. 1583), E764 [15AP]

———require funds remaining after termination of taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions be applied to deficit reduction, H492, H493 [26JA]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 462), E130 [26JA]

Telecommunications: return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards (H.R. 1343), H6570-H6573 [5OC]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: funding, H1056 [16FE]

Troubled Asset Relief Program: provide for purchase of vacant properties by regional public-private partnerships to retain value, stabilize communities, and minimize impact on taxpayers, H1863 [16MR]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 886), H8828-H8831 [13DE]

U.S. Mint: improve minting and issuing of coins and reduce the current excess stockpile of $1 coins (H.R. 2760), E1476 [1AU]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S822 [17FE], S1022 [28FE], S1023-S1028 [1MR], S1087 [2MR], S1179, S1185-S1193, S1204, S1206-S1208 [3MR], S1245-S1247 [4MR], S1415-S1419, S1421-S1495 [9MR], S1515, S1533, S1544 [10MR], S1591 [14MR], S1614, S1650 [15MR], S1728 [16MR], S1908 [29MR], S1950 [30MR], S2005, S2014, S2035-S2037 [31MR], S2114 [5AP], S2157, S2181, S2186 [6AP], S2236, S2254 [7AP], S2293, S2304 [8AP], S2438, S2439 [13AP], S3717 [13JN]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247-S1250 [4MR], S1309-S1313, S1315-S1318, S1320 [7MR], S1336-S1348, S1350-S1360, S1394-S1398 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S1362 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent request, S1247 [4MR]

Arms control: designation of IranAir and Tidewater Inc., responsible for facilitating Iran's transfer of weapons and other proliferation activities, S4060 [23JN]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S2318 [8AP]

Buy Back America Bonds: issue and use funds to pay down foreign-held and other public debt (S. 1909), S7832 [18NO]

Cohen, David S.: confirmation as Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, S4628 [18JY]

———nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, S2458 [13AP], S4303 [30JN]

———nomination to be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, unanimous-consent agreement, S2458 [13AP]

Courts: require judicial review of suspicious activity reports (S. 1077), S3364 [25MY]

Cuba: prohibit direct cash transfers from Cuban buyers to U.S. financial institutions for payment of agricultural commodities, S7432, S7433 [15NO]

Dept. of Energy: insure loans for financing of renewable energy systems leased for residential use (S. 1126), S3442 [26MY]

Economy: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention, S7327 [10NO]

Endangered species: provide loans and loan guarantees to enable eligible public entities to acquire real property that complies with certain approved habitat conservation plans (S. 826), S2516 [14AP]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (S. 1260), S4040 [23JN]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, S7395 [14NO], S7432-S7434 [15NO], S8757 [17DE]

———making appropriations (S. 1573), S6993 [1NO]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (H.R. 639), S4048 [23JN]

———clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (S. 328), S5611 [14SE], S5864 [22SE], S6037-S6039 [3OC]

FRS: ensure authority of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect consumers from abusive, predatory, unfair, and deceptive financial practices, S8369 [6DE], S8409 [7DE], S8471 [12DE]

———reform Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to increase accountability and transparency, S4625 [18JY], S8346 [6DE], S8422-S8428 [8DE]

Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury: express that Congress and the public no longer holds confidence in ability to improve economy, S5370 [7SE]

———express that Congress and the public no longer holds confidence in ability to improve economy (S.J. Res. 26), S5393 [7SE], S5395 [8SE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (S. 412), S909 [17FE]

IMF: require Senate confirmation of Governors and alternate Governors, S4049 [23JN], S4175, S4176 [29JN]

International economic relations: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), S5920 [22SE], S5936 [23SE], S6003 [26SE], S6069-S6077, S6079-S6085 [4OC], S6145, S6148, S6150-S6169, S6173-S6175, S6274, S6275 [5OC], S6278-S6285, S6287-S6292, S6294-S6297, S6301-S6303, S6307-S6320 [6OC], S6359, S6360, S6362-S6365, S6368-S6371, S6373, S6378-S6382 [11OC], S6422 [12OC], S6498 [13OC], S6998 [1NO], S7024 [2NO], S8487 [12DE], S8698 [16DE]

———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), motion to proceed, S6013-S6026, S6033-S6039 [3OC], S6059, S6066-S6069 [4OC]

———identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), unanimous-consent request, S6069, S6070 [4OC], S6313 [6OC]

IRS: simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and access to tax lien information by establishing an electronic tax lien notice database (S. 1390), S4723 [20JY], S5974 [26SE]

Law enforcement: limit suspicious activity reporting requirements to requests from law enforcement agencies, S3392, S3395, S3397-S3399 [26MY]

———limit suspicious activity reporting requirements to requests from law enforcement agencies (S. 1071), S3363 [25MY]

———provide for a good faith exemption from suspicious activity reporting requirements (S. 1072), S3363 [25MY]

Libya: authorize the President to confiscate and vest certain property of the Government of Libya and to use that property to provide humanitarian relief to the people of Libya (S. 1180), S3729 [13JN]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (S. 1935), S8151 [1DE]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (S. 889), S2733 [5MY]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient, S8366-S8368 [6DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow an earlier start for State health care coverage innovation waivers (S. 248), S417 [1FE], S619 [7FE]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S3463-S3465 [26MY], S4299-S4303 [30JN], S6891 [20OC], S6925 [31OC]

———nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, unanimous-consent request, S8768, S8769 [17DE]

———placement of hold on all Dept. of the Treasury nominees, S6703 [19OC]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: promote transparency by making disciplinary proceedings open to the public (S. 1907), S7831 [18NO]

Public debt: ceiling, S1035 [1MR], S2413, S2429-S2431, S2435 [13AP], S2640 [4MY], S2701, S2709 [5MY], S2853-S2855 [11MY], S2896 [12MY], S2975, S2978-S2981 [16MY], S3219 [23MY], S3797-S3799 [15JN], S3908 [20JN], S3940, S3955 [21JN], S3988 [22JN], S4037-S4039, S4041-S4045, S4057, S4061-S4065 [23JN]

———debt held by foreigners, S4169, S4170 [29JN]

———disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (S.J. Res. 25), S5377 [7SE], S5442, S5466 [8SE]

———increase statutory limit, S3595 [8JN], S4108-S4115 [27JN], S4135 [28JN], S4166, S4167, S4185 [29JN], S4243, S4248, S4262-S4267, S4270-S4276, S4278-S4286 [30JN], S4311, S4312, S4314, S4318, S4323 [5JY], S4333-S4344, S4346-S4353, S4355-S4382 [6JY], S4405-S4409, S4411, S4415-S4424, S4426-S4438, S4440, S4442, S4444 [7JY], S4474, S4479-S4482 [11JY], S4493-S4497, S4501-S4503, S4505, S4509-S4515 [12JY], S4535-S4545, S4548, S4550, S4551 [13JY], S4568-S4576, S4589-S4600, S4602-S4605 [14JY], S4623-S4627 [18JY], S4649, S4656-S4660, S4667-S4669, S4679 [19JY], S4683-S4685, S4688, S4693-S4695 [20JY], S4826, S4827, S4829 [22JY], S4856-S4859, S4862-S4865 [25JY], S4883-S4893, S4895-S4905 [26JY], S4917-S4920, S4922-S4936, S4942-S4945, S4948-S4955 [27JY], S4973-S4982, S4984-S4992, S4995-S4999, S5001-S5012 [28JY], S5027-S5034, S5036-S5049, S5052 [29JY]

———increase statutory limit (H.R. 1954), S3578 [8JN]

———increase statutory limit (S. 1326), S4331 [5JY], S4333 [6JY]

Renewable energy: extend tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, S8501-S8507 [13DE], S8715 [16DE]

Russia: make certain individuals ineligible for visas or admission to U.S. and impose certain financial measures on such individuals pending investigation of death of Sergei L. Magnitsky, S3377-S3380 [26MY]

Senate: provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above a certain amount unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 days (S. 1341), S4765 [21JY]

Small Business Lending Fund Program: ensure greater accountability, S1929 [29MR]

Taxation: reduce taxpayer burdens, S2384 [12AP]

U.S. Mint: terminate the Presidential $1 Coin Program (S. 1385), S6594, S6612 [17OC]

Reports

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Identified and Documented Mission-Critical Activities and Legislative Mandates, H5585 [27JY]

Reports filed

Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Transfer Clarification Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1667) (H. Rept. 112-93), H3762 [27MY], H5238 [19JY]

Consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and Other Departments and Agencies Appropriations, Unobligated Stimulus Funds Rescission, and Discretionary Spending Reduction: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 112-13), H773 [14FE]

Consideration of H.R. 839, HAMP Termination Act and H.R. 861, NSP Termination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 170) (H. Rept. 112-34), H1840 [15MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1315, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 358) (H. Rept. 112-172), H5284 [20JY]

Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1315) (H. Rept. 112-89), H3644, H3682 [25MY], H5238 [19JY]

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2434) (H. Rept. 112-136), H4747 [7JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1573) (S. Rept. 112-79), S5684 [15SE]

HAMP Termination Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 839) (H. Rept. 112-31), H1767 [11MR], H1795 [14MR]

Nomination of Cyrus Amie-Mokri To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Financial Institutions: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S6330 [6OC]

Nomination of Daniel L. Glaser To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2927 [12MY]

Nomination of David S. Cohen To Be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Crimes: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S2927 [12MY]

———Committee on Finance (Senate), S2506 [14AP]

Nomination of Janice C. Eberly To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Economic Policy: Committee on Finance (Senate), S5772 [20SE]

Nomination of Jenni Rane LeCompte To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Public Affairs: Committee on Finance (Senate), S2506 [14AP]

Nomination of Mary J. Miller To Be Under Sec. of the Treasury for Domestic Finance: Committee on Finance (Senate), S8775 [17DE]

Nomination of Timothy G. Massad To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Financial Stability: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S3426 [26MY]

Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1121) (H. Rept. 112-107), H4325 [16JN], H5238 [19JY]

Return Unused or Reclaimed Stimulus Funds Made Available for Broadband Awards: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1343) (H. Rept. 112-228), H6466 [29SE]

SEC Exemption of Inter-Affiliate Swaps From Certain Regulatory Requirements Put in Place Under the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2779) (H. Rept. 112-343), H10026 [23DE]

Resolutions by organizations

GSA Capital Investment Program: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6053-H6081 [12SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H879, H883, H890, H897 [15FE], H970, H984, H988, H991, H994, H1008, H1025, H1028, H1029, H1033, H1034, H1044, H1064 [16FE], H1103, H1111, H1115 [17FE], H1203, H1215, H1222, H1232, H1244, H1271, H1282, H1288 [18FE]

International economic relations: identify misaligned currency and require action to correct the misalignment (S. 1619), S6315 [6OC]

Statements

Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act Markup (2009): Committee on Financial Services (House) Republican members, H5307 [21JY]

HAMP Termination Act: Executive Office of the President, H2015 [29MR]

Summaries

Libyan Assets for Humanitarian Relief Act (S. 1180), S3731 [13JN]

Tables

Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055): financial services and general Government, H9835-H9840 [16DE]

Daily Troubled Asset Relief Program progress report, H1683 [10MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies appropriations, unobligated stimulus funds rescission, and discretionary spending reduction, H804 [15FE]

H. Res. 170, consideration of H.R. 839, HAMP Termination Act and H.R. 861, NSP Termination Act, H1852 [16MR]

H. Res. 358, consideration of H.R. 1315, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act, H5302 [21JY]

H.J. Res. 77, disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, H6156 [14SE]

H.R. 839, HAMP Termination Act, H2003 [29MR]

H.R. 886, U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act, H8828 [13DE]

H.R. 1315, Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act, H5328 [21JY]

H.R. 1343, return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards, H6570 [5OC]

H.R. 1954, increase statutory limit on the public debt, H3765 [31MY]

H.R. 2527, National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act, H7030 [25OC]

S. 248, Empowering States to Innovate Act, S417 [1FE]

S. 412, Harbor Maintenance Act, S909 [17FE]

S. 681, Greater Accountability in the Lending Fund Act, S1991 [30MR]

S. 826, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act, S2516 [14AP]

S. 1071, limit suspicious activity reporting requirements to requests from law enforcement agencies, S3363 [25MY]

S. 1072, provide for a good faith exemption from suspicious activity reporting requirements, S3363 [25MY]

S. 1077, require judicial review of suspicious activity reports, S3364 [25MY]

S. 1126, Renewable Energy Access Through Leasing (REAL) Act, S3442-S3444 [26MY]

S. 1180, Libyan Assets for Humanitarian Relief Act, S3729-S3731 [13JN]

S. 1260, College Literacy in Finance and Economics (College LIFE) Act, S4032 [22JN]

S. 1619, Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act, S6378-S6382 [11OC]

S. 1835, U.S. Covered Bond Act, S7297-S7302 [9NO]

S. 1907, PCAOB Enforcement Transparency Act, S7832 [18NO]

S. 1909, Dept. of the Treasury issuance of Buy Back America Bonds and usage of funds to pay down foreign-held and other public debt, S7833 [18NO]

S. Res. 108, support continued development of relationship between Brazil and the U.S. and negotiation of a bilateral tax treaty, S1853 [17MR]

S. Res. 226, express that the President does not have the authority to ignore the statutory debt limit by ordering the Dept. of the Treasury to continue issuing debt on the full faith and credit of the U.S., S4454 [7JY]

S. Res. 346, suspend aid to Antigua and Barbuda, urge cooperation with U.S. officials, transfer seized assets, make contributions to victims, and condition international loans relative to Stanford Financial Group fraud, S8464 [8DE]

S. Res. 348, provide greater transparency and accountability by the Dept. of the Treasury in the Small Business Lending Fund, S8688 [15DE]