SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE D. (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3639 [25MY]

EPA: provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (H.R. 2681), H6554 [4OC], H6592 [5OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6552 [4OC], H6705 [11OC]

Appointments

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H500 [26JA]

Committee to escort Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the House Chamber, H3348 [24MY]

Articles and editorials

Don't Cut Global Health Care, Ellen Chadwick, Chicago (IL) Tribune, E400 [2MR]

5 Lessons From Haiti's Disaster—What the Earthquake Taught Us About Foreign Aid, Paul Farmer, Foreign Policy (publication), E54 [12JA]

Health Care Law—Provides New Peace of Mind for Millions of People With Chronic Health Conditions—Like Me, Lisa Codispoti, National Women's Law Center blog, E1837 [12OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: ensure funds provided for Armed Forces operations are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (see H.R. 780), H1177 (see H.R. 780), H1196 [17FE]

———require the President to transmit a plan with timeframe and completion date and reports with status updates on the transition of U.S. military and security operations to the Government of Afghanistan (see H.R. 1735), H3162 [10MY]

Africa: support efforts to provide humanitarian relief to mitigate the effects of drought and avert famine in the Horn of Africa (see H. Res. 361), H5782 [29JY]

Agriculture: authorize voluntary grazing permit retirement on certain Federal lands where livestock grazing is impractical (see H.R. 3432), H8728 [12DE]

———ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory cattle (see H.R. 3704), H9925 [16DE]

———promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 3286), H7206 [1NO]

———repeal sugar price support program and marketing allotments (see H.R. 1385), H7399 [4NO]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 401), H601 [9FE]

American Legion: provide for an additional power under its Federal charter to provide guidance and leadership to individual departments and posts, but not control of activities of such entities (see H.R. 2369), H6626 [5OC]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H1988 [17MR]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H5782 [29JY]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption (see H.R. 2966), H6237 [19SE]

Aquaculture: prohibit authorization of commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the exclusive economic zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action (see H.R. 574), H4366 [21JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H8135 [5DE]

Arlington National Cemetery: provide a memorial marker on Chaplains Hill to honor the memory of Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1180 (see H. Con. Res. 12), H1200 [17FE]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds to ensure prompt payment of death gratuity payments upon the death of members when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1469), H2570 [8AP]

———designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 546), H1252 (see H.R. 546), H1364 [18FE]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 181), H5888 [1AU]

———expand matters covered by preseparation counseling (see H.R. 535), H776 [14FE]

———improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H7713 [16NO]

———lift statutory bans on denying servicewomen coverage for abortions in cases of rape or incest and preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 2085), H3984 [2JN]

———provide members of Individual Ready Reserve who served in Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent suicide (see H.R. 1089), H2328 [5AP]

———require Presidential negotiation of and entrance into a bilateral status of forces agreement with Afghanistan (see H.R. 651), H924 [15FE]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1417), H4529 [23JN]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H7397 [4NO]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 243), H2999 [3MY]

Bahrain: limit issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and services to Bahrain (see H.J. Res. 80), H8262 [7DE]

Bankruptcy: extend exemption from application of means-test presumption of abuse for qualifying Armed Forces Reserve component and National Guard members called to active duty or homeland defense activities (see H.R. 2192), H4277 [15JN]

———make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 2028), H4750 [7JY]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 2152), H4460 [22JN]

Business and industry: require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see H.R. 3178), H7715 [16NO]

Buy American Act: require total domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 487), H8135 [5DE]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 3051), H6467 [29SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5373 [21JY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (see H.R. 2029), H3755 [26MY]

CFTC: impose position limits and margin requirements to eliminate excessive oil speculation and ensure that price of crude oil and derivative fuels reflects fundamentals of supply and demand (see H.R. 2328), H6011 [8SE]

Charles `Chip' Lawrence Chan Post Office Building, Peoria, IL: designate (see H.R. 2548), H5086 [14JY]

Children and youth: create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth (see H.R. 1901), H4366 [21JN]

———extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 1895), H3806 [31MY]

———protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1381), H4852 [11JY]

Chisholm, Shirley: anniversary of election to the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 144), H1575 [3MR]

City College of Chicago: anniversary (see H. Res. 499), H9431 [15DE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1397), H2410 [6AP]

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 494), H5087 [14JY]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H5150 [18JY]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H5928 [26AU]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H10017 [20DE]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients (see H. Con. Res. 72), H5885 [1AU]

Committee on Job Creation (Joint, Select): establish (see H.R. 2835), H5936 [2SE] (see H.R. 2835), H5938 [6SE]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H8187 [6DE]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1873), H3278 [12MY]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1831), H3217 [11MY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H256 [18JA]

Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 3547), H8075 [1DE]

Courts: permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 2065), H3868 (see H.R. 2065), H3909 [1JN]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 583), H5489 [25JY]

Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 321), H353 [19JA]

———require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications and establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs (see H.R. 1477), H2603 [12AP]

———require inclusion of credit scores with free annual credit reports provided to consumers (see H.R. 769), H1456 [1MR]

Crime: improve the health care system's assessment and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 1578), H2909 [15AP]

———prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5888 [1AU]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H1905 [16MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide fellowships on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition (see H.R. 3437), H7713 [16NO]

———exclude value of vehicles used for household transportation, or to obtain or continue employment, from resource limitation for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 3233), H6976 [14OC]

———terminate certain direct payments to farmers for the 2012 crop year (see H.R. 2487), H7257 [2NO]

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program (see H.R. 1947), H4366 [21JN]

———authorize use of Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools grant funds for dating violence prevention (see H.R. 2689), H6344 [21SE]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 820), H5888 [1AU]

———establish a grant program for automated external defibrillators in schools (see H.R. 1377), H2327 [5AP]

———establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see H.R. 1966), H3759 [26MY]

———establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 2152), H4460 [22JN]

———establish grant program to hire and retain school social workers in high-need local educational agencies (see H.R. 1138), H1906 [16MR]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), H3162 [10MY]

———increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 3405), H7627 [15NO]

———make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students (see H.R. 2617), H5966 [7SE]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 2547), H5375 [21JY]

———provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 3714), H10017 [20DE]

Dept. of Energy: provide loan guarantees for energy efficiency upgrades to existing buildings (see H.R. 3221), H6976 [14OC]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H8968 [14DE]

———establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H1797 [14MR]

———establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 3679), H9430 [15DE]

———expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (see H.R. 883), H1797 [14MR]

———improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see H.R. 3418), H8077 [1DE]

———include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3762), H10015 [20DE]

———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2334), H6415 [22SE]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H2536 [7AP]

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H3162 [10MY]

———provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths (see H.R. 894), H2535 [7AP]

———provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see H.R. 2786), H6344 [21SE]

———reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3266), H8967 [14DE]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H3870 (see H.R. 1852), H3911 [1JN]

———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 3324), H7256 [2NO]

———reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H5966 [7SE]

———reform and modernize the Office of Refugee Resettlement (see H.R. 1475), H4750 [7JY]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2674), H8077 [1DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see H.R. 959), H1770 [11MR]

Dept. of HUD: authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing and increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (see H.R. 284), H1525 [2MR]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, teachers, families, and community leaders (see H.R. 3054), H6674 [6OC]

———establish Office of Elder Justice to strengthen law enforcement responses to elder abuse (see H.R. 2564), H5125 [15JY]

———provide State and local government incentives under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to provide certain services to rape and sexual assault victims (see H.R. 2197), H4277 [15JN]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H5734 [28JY]

Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3056), H6674 [6OC]

———establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 440), H553 [8FE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H4577 [24JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 300), H776 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H2535 [7AP]

———exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (see H.R. 923), H1727 [10MR]

Developing countries: authorize assistance for affordable housing and sustainable urban development in developing countries (see H.R. 2180), H8125 [2DE]

———improve access to microenterprise by the very poor (see H.R. 2524), H5489 [25JY]

———promote sexual and reproductive health of individuals and couples (see H.R. 1319), H2265 [1AP]

———protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 3357), H7330 [3NO]

Discrimination: eliminate discrimination in State criminal and civil laws for those who have tested positive for HIV (see H.R. 3053), H6782 [11OC]

———prohibit on the basis of unemployment status (see H.R. 1113), H1988 [17MR]

Diseases: address HIV/AIDS in the African-American community (see H.R. 1462), H2570 [8AP]

———authorize and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection and encourage interdisciplinary collaborative research on the relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions (see H.R. 2033), H4673 [6JY]

———commend progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs (see H. Res. 176), H1985 [17MR]

———ensure access to, and education about, screening and treatment services for breast cancer (see H. Res. 234), H4279 [15JN]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 640), H2535 [7AP]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H6140 [13SE]

———extend Postal Service authority to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast cancer research (see H.R. 466), H2934 [2MY]

———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 1774), H3108 [5MY]

———provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 2194), H4750 [7JY]

———require reporting on the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and on the status of international progress on universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment (see H.R. 1880), H3279 [12MY]

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on major offenses (see H.R. 2303), H4457 [22JN]

———limit application of Federal laws to the distribution and consumption of marijuana (see H.R. 2306), H7579 [14NO]

———reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 1983), H5734 [28JY]

Economy: create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (see H.R. 3638), H9432 [15DE]

———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), H5127 [15JY]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 12), H7134 [26OC]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 555), H550 [8FE]

———stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives (see H.R. 3373), H7397 [4NO]

———strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see H.R. 1617), H4076 [13JN]

Egypt: express solidarity with Egyptian people, condemn use of violence against protesters, express gratitude toward Egyptian military for restraint, and support transition to a representative government (see H. Res. 88), H1253 (see H. Res. 88), H1364 [18FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1903), H8187 [6DE]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1876), H3278 [12MY]

———promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 2315), H6506 [3OC]

EPA: establish centers of excellence for green infrastructure (see H.R. 2030), H3755 [26MY]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (see H.R. 2341), H4527 [23JN]

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 2346), H4527 [23JN]

———prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 1681), H3806 [31MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and include domestic partners (see H.R. 3151), H7400 [4NO]

FBI: provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the recent financial crisis (see H.R. 1350), H2291 [4AP]

FCC: provide for creation of a public safety broadband network, ensure a more efficient and innovative allocation of the electromagnetic spectrum, and permit the FCC to conduct incentive auctions (see H.R. 3509), H7927 [29NO]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H6415 [22SE]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H7890 [18NO]

———provide coverage of acupuncturist services under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1328), H2266 [1AP]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 3300), H7207 [1NO]

Financial institutions: ensure that customers can immediately close accounts at insured depository institutions on demand and without cost, and that consumers receive any balance in accounts immediately (see H.R. 3077), H7009 [24OC]

———improve regulations dealing with disclosure of nonpublic personal information (see H.R. 653), H1988 [17MR]

———provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H2667 [13AP]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H4366 [21JN]

Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 1781), H7579 [14NO]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H357 [19JA]

———restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 263), H357 [19JA]

Food and Nutrition Act: treat the Northern Mariana Islands in the same manner as Guam (see H.R. 1465), H5150 [18JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2639), H5488 [25JY]

———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H6098 [12SE]

Foreign policy: ensure that U.S. policy reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity on human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in U.S. record on the Armenian Genocide (see H. Res. 304), H4186 [14JN]

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

———require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 3646), H8880 [13DE]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3465), H7829 [17NO]

FTC: establish rules to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to the provision of funeral services (see H.R. 900), H1666 [9MR]

———establish the Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors (see H.R. 773), H4673 [6JY]

———prescribe regulations on the collection and use of information obtained by tracking the Internet activity of an individual (see H.R. 654), H2857 [14AP]

———prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2543), H5127 [15JY]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H2106 [30MR]

Haiti: recognize anniversary of earthquake, honor victims and responders, and reaffirm support and assistance (see H. Res. 35), H397 [20JA]

Hazardous substances: establish a national mercury monitoring program (see H.R. 3391), H7397 [4NO]

Health: enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 1448), H2569 [8AP]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H4366 [21JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H1844 [15MR]

———reform provision of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 63), H35 [5JA]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ``homeless person'' to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 32), H9432 [15DE]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3305 [13MY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1724), H6922 [13OC]

House of Representatives: reestablish Page Program (see H. Res. 397), H6506 [3OC]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 2657), H5579 [26JY]

Immigration: allow companies to attract foreign graduates of U.S. universities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and reform and create new immigration categories to stimulate the economy (see H.R. 2161), H4674 [6JY]

———allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H2854 [14AP] (see H.R. 1796), H3114 [6MY]

———cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H4187 [14JN]

———exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see H.R. 2115), H4460 [22JN]

———reaffirm U.S. commitment to protecting refugees who are fleeing persecution (see H.R. 2185), H4674 [6JY]

———temporarily expand the V nonimmigrant visa category to include Haitians whose petition for a family-sponsored immigrant visa was approved on or before Haitian earthquake (see H.R. 3297), H7206 [1NO]

Information technology: specify circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information through an electronic communications device (see H.R. 2168), H6273 [20SE]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 111), H37 [5JA]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1955), H3408 [24MY]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha'is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 134), H5932 [30AU]

———strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H3759 [26MY]

Iraq: prohibit funding to maintain U.S. Armed Forces and military contractors in Iraq after a certain date (see H.R. 2757), H6344 [21SE]

Israel: call for immediate and unconditional release of Gilad Shalit held captive by Hamas (see H. Res. 317), H4590 [5JY]

Japan: express condolences to families of victims and survivors of earthquake and tsunami, commend response efforts, and support international relief efforts (see H. Res. 172), H1989 [17MR]

Jesse M. Donaldson Post Office, Shelbyville, IL: designate (see H.R. 1686), H5019 [13JY]

Labor unions: recognize importance in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by workers (see H. Res. 452), H7207 [1NO]

Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1171), H10016 [20DE]

Medicaid: extend the period of temporary increase of the Federal medical assistance percentage (see H.R. 3542), H9946 [19DE]

———require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H2036 [29MR]

———require States to provide oral health services to aged, blind, or disabled individuals (see H.R. 1606), H2911 [15AP]

Medicare: apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 3613), H8318 [8DE]

———count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1543), H4750 [7JY]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H4364 [21JN]

———extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H6271 [20SE]

———promote medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 891), H6273 [20SE]

———provide coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R. 1328), H2266 [1AP]

———provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H4366 [21JN]

———provide for coverage of home infusion drug therapy (see H.R. 2195), H6140 [13SE]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H3304 [13MY]

———require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 2190), H4852 [11JY]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2248), H5240 [19JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1589), H2910 [15AP]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 214), H3305 [13MY]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state (see H. Res. 268), H3759 [26MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 2954), H6231 [15SE]

Motor vehicles: improve safety of motorcoaches (see H.R. 873), H2039 [29MR]

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

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 51), H434 [24JA]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see H.R. 1970), H4366 [21JN]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 339), H4748 [7JY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H5489 [25JY]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: conduct research program on endocrine-disrupting chemicals and reduce exposure to such chemicals (see H.R. 2521), H5018 [13JY]

National Minority Health Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 171), H1842 [15MR]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 407), H6271 [20SE]

National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century (see H. Res. 19), H256 [18JA]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 165), H1989 [17MR]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H1666 [9MR]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1456), H4459 [22JN]

New York, NY: recognize historical significance of Triangle Shirtwaist Co., fire on improving worker safety standards, honor victims, and commend groups involved in victim aid and worker safety improvement (see H. Res. 182), H1985 [17MR]

NIH: establish a pediatric research consortia (see H.R. 1080), H1840 [15MR]

NLRB: repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (see H.R. 2775), H5884 [1AU]

Nuclear weapons: recognize nonproliferation options for nuclear understanding to keep everyone safe (NO NUKES) (see H. Res. 21), H256 [18JA]

Oil Pollution Act: establish oil spill research committee, program, and interagency plan (see H.R. 1568), H5966 [7SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 191), H40 [5JA]

Peace Corps: require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, develop assault protocol and guidelines, establish victims advocates, and establish a Sexual Assault Advisory Council (see H.R. 2337), H4674 [6JY]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H1454 [1MR]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H1844 [15MR]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H2410 [6AP]

———reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 414), H601 [9FE]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1351), H3162 [10MY]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H5923 [19AU]

Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 1707), H3060 [4MY]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 432), H469 [25JA]

Public buildings: produce high-performance Federal buildings through an improved approach to building utilization, design, construction, and operations and maintenance (see H.R. 3371), H7397 [4NO]

Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1916), H3301 [13MY]

Real estate: prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and increase availability of affordable new mortgages and affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 363), H4750 [7JY]

———proposed settlement between Dept. of Justice, State attorneys general, and mortgage services relative to mortgage fraud and the economic crisis (see H. Con. Res. 85), H7331 [3NO]

Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism: anniversary (see H. Res. 222), H2604 [12AP]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 975), H5239 [19JY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 1084), H1841 [15MR]

SBA: ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns (see H.R. 3184), H6919 [13OC]

Schneier, Arthur: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3252), H7007 [24OC]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H4750 [7JY]

———direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H6098 [12SE]

———end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H1723 [10MR]

———provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H6231 [15SE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 798), H3161 [10MY]

Shuttlesworth, Fred L.: tribute (see H. Res. 432), H6853 [12OC]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (see H.R. 584), H598 [9FE]

Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see H.R. 1085), H1841 [15MR]

———ensure any reform prevents the reduction of benefits or an increase in retirement age (see H. Con. Res. 64), H4793 [8JY]

———extend eligibility period for SSI benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see H.R. 3083), H7209 [1NO]

———improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 539), H3281 [12MY]

———prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 1509), H5966 [7SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H2266 [1AP]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1106), H1842 [15MR]

Space policy: remove commercial satellites and related components from the U.S. Munitions List subject to certain restrictions (see H.R. 3288), H7715 [16NO]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2152), H4460 [22JN]

Sports: prohibit the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing (see H.R. 1733), H3061 [4MY]

Sri Lanka: commend U.N. efforts to implement human rights accountability, call for investigation of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater freedom of movement (see H. Res. 177), H2605 [12AP]

SSI: extend rule relative to eligibility for benefits for certain aliens and victims of trafficking (see H.R. 2763), H6011 [8SE]

———modify certain requirements for countable resources and income (see H.R. 2103), H3985 [2JN]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 3046), H7579 [14NO]

———allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see H.R. 110), H5781 [29JY]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 2502), H7406 [10NO]

———apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see H.R. 797), H6415 [22SE]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H7332 [3NO]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H8125 [2DE]

———extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6922 [13OC]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]

———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 724), H4750 [7JY]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H6344 [21SE]

———increase the credit for research expenses and allow the credit to be assigned (see H.R. 132), H7999 [30NO]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2412), H7929 [29NO]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 64), H3646 (see H.R. 64), H3684 [25MY]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6010 [8SE]

———provide a credit for employing returning heroes and wounded warriors (see H.R. 3402), H7405 [10NO]

———provide market-based manufacturing incentives (see H.R. 3495), H7890 [18NO]

———reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 3186), H6919 [13OC]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 601), H776 [14FE]

———restrict benefits of Reverse Morris Trust transactions by removing incentives to sell off assets tax free by creating spinoff companies that assume large amounts of debt (see H.R. 2604), H5285 [20JY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2669), H5660 [27JY]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see H.R. 1746), H7208 [1NO]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see H.R. 2830), H6979 [14OC]

Transportation: prevent and remedy discrimination relating to federally funded transportation projects (see H.R. 2019), H3754 [26MY]

———provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H7161 [27OC]

———provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 572), H598 [9FE]

Truth in Lending Act: provide coverage for credit cards issued to small businesses (see H.R. 1137), H1906 [16MR]

U.S. Marshals Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 886), H7332 [3NO]

Uganda: honor life of David Kato and all who are victims of violence because of their sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 100), H2109 [30MR]

Unemployment: prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 2501), H4945 [12JY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 589), H599 [9FE] (see H.R. 3346), H7330 [3NO]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend sunset of certain provisions (see H.R. 1805), H3646 (see H.R. 1805), H3684 [25MY]

Veterans: provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 287), H2917 [15AP]

Water: require use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods in the construction, alteration, and repair of public water systems and treatment works (see H.R. 1684), H2998 [3MY]

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H5734 [28JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]

———honor and support women in North Africa and the Middle East (see H. Res. 258), H3160 [10MY]

———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 3271), H8136 [5DE]

———recognize the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change (see H. Con. Res. 84), H7579 [14NO]

———require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (see H.R. 3102), H6624 [5OC]

———strengthen U.S. advocacy for women's rights in foreign countries (see H.R. 418), H601 [9FE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H4529 [23JN]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6626 [5OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Boneva, Angela Stefanova: relief (see H.R. 565), H551 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: phase out the use of private military contractors (see H.R. 2665), H5660 [27JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see H.R. 1833), H3218 [11MY]

———establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 2187), H4277 [15JN]

———provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see H.R. 416), H468 [25JA]

Employment: create an emergency jobs program (see H.R. 2914), H6180 [14SE]

FDA: ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 2359), H4573 [24JN]

Health care facilities: assure that a nonemergency department physician is available to hospital patients at all times in all non-Federal hospitals with 100 or more beds (see H.R. 2523), H5018 [13JY]

International Women's Day: support goals (see H. Res. 148), H1619 [8MR]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 999), H1723 [10MR]

———provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 831), H1390 [28FE]

Padilla, Rigoberto: relief (see H.R. 564), H551 [8FE]

Taxation: increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (see H.R. 1124), H1905 [16MR]

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 1163), H1983 [17MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Boneva, Angela Stefanova: relief (H.R. 565), H553 [8FE]

Dept. of Defense: phase out the use of private military contractors (H.R. 2665), H5661 [27JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (H.R. 1833), H3219 [11MY]

———establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (H.R. 2187), H4278 [15JN]

———provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (H.R. 416), H470 [25JA]

Employment: create an emergency jobs program (H.R. 2914), H6181 [14SE]

FDA: ensure safe use of cosmetics (H.R. 2359), H4576 [24JN]

Health care facilities: assure that a nonemergency department physician is available to hospital patients at all times in all non-Federal hospitals with 100 or more beds (H.R. 2523), H5019 [13JY]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (H.R. 999), H1725 [10MR]

———provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (H.R. 831), H1391 [28FE]

Padilla, Rigoberto: relief (H.R. 564), H552 [8FE]

Taxation: increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (H.R. 1124), H1907 [16MR]

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (H.R. 1163), H1986 [17MR]

Letters

Alleged defamation of Erik Prince: Victoria Toensing, H7934 [30NO]

Report on use of previously allocated U.S. aid by Colombian Dept. of Administrative Security: by, H5982 [8SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H3013, H3032 [4MY], E849 [10MY]

Africa: support efforts to provide humanitarian relief to mitigate the effects of drought and avert famine in the Horn of Africa, H5669, H5672 [28JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4139 [14JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (H. Con. Res. 36), H2802 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), H2797 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H832 [15FE], H1159 [17FE], H1210 [18FE], H1676 [10MR], H2401 [6AP]

Armed Forces: limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force, H8935 [14DE]

———sending of Presidential sympathy letter to families of soldiers who have committed suicide in battle, E1276 [8JY]

———tribute to members for service in Iraq, H8993 [15DE]

———withdrawal of troops from Iraq, H8993 [15DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2303 [5AP], H2401, H2402 [6AP], H2616 [13AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7788 [17NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5211 [19JY], H5251 [20JY], H5298 [21JY]

———deficit, H7788 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2797, H2823 [14AP], H3384 [24MY], H3816 [1JN]

Colombia: human rights violations, H5027 [14JY]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients, H6793 [12OC]

Cowles, Nancy: CPSC Chairman's Commendation Circle Award recipient, E2200 [7DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H7017 [25OC]

———WIC funding, H4139 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3640, H3641 [25MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), conference report, H8935 [14DE]

———boards and commissions funding, H832 [15FE]

———freeze funding at current levels until unqualifed audits are achieved, H3640, H3641 [25MY]

———phase out the use of private military contractors (H.R. 2665), H7934 [30NO]

Dept. of HHS: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3384 [24MY]

———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (H.R. 1852), E1680 [21SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3818 [1JN]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (H.R. 440), H5598 [27JY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5462 [25JY]

Diseases: global HIV/AIDS assistance funding, E400 [2MR]

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act: implementation, E1685 [22SE]

Economy: address issues relative to economic disparity, E2294 [16DE]

———importance of job creation, H1828 [15MR], H5592 [27JY]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8914 [14DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H9971, H10001 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H6168, H6169 [14SE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H6359 [22SE], H7240, H7241 [2NO]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, H7240 [2NO]

EPA: delay implementation of rules on maximum achievable control technology and cross-State air pollution produced by powerplants, H6380 [22SE]

———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (H.R. 1633), H8279 [8DE]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (H.R. 2681), H6592 [5OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6705, H6706 [11OC]

———recognize that mercury emitted from cement kilns is a potent neurotoxin, H6592 [5OC]

———recognize that mercury emitted from industrial boilers and waste incinerators is a potent neurotoxin, H6705, H6706 [11OC]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (H.R. 2401), H6380 [22SE]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H2202 [31MR]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 479), H8150 [6DE]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (H.R. 3300), E2294 [16DE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7669 [16NO]

Food Day: observance, E1917 [24OC]

Food Stamp Challenge: tribute to participants, H7017 [25OC]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (H.R. 2832), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 425), H6718 [11OC]

Haiti: anniversary of earthquake, E54 [12JA]

Hanukkah: observance, H10001 [20DE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: health-care related provisions implementation funding, H1210 [18FE]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H285 [19JA]

Holocaust Remembrance Day: observance, E803 [4MY]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls, H8201 [7DE]

Illinois: decision to abolish capital punishment, E452 [10MR]

Independent Movement of Paratransit Riders for Unity, Vehicles, Equality (IMPRUVE) (organization): tribute, E1457 [30JY]

Insurance: prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in health insurance coverage, H285 [19JA]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions, H3744 [26MY]

———extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), H732 [14FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5985 [8SE]

Israel: independence anniversary, E852 [10MY]

Jewish Disability Awareness Month: observance, E241 [16FE]

Lincolnwood, IL: anniversary, E1994 [3NO]

Medicaid: reform, H2616 [13AP]

Medicare: reform, H2616 [13AP], H2797 [14AP], H3384 [24MY], H3816, H3818 [1JN], H4200 [15JN], H5298 [21JY]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and oppose a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state, H6334 [21SE]

National Mediation Board: repeal rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing, H2202 [31MR]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, E850 [10MY]

New York, NY: recognize historical significance of Triangle Shirtwaist Co., fire on improving worker safety standards, honor victims, and commend groups involved in victim aid and worker safety improvement, H1910 [17MR], E514 [17MR]

NLRB: prohibit from ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance (H.R. 2587), H6211 [15SE]

Northwestern University: Feinberg School of Medicine Women's Health Science Program for High School Girls recipient of NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, E2229 [12DE]

———tribute to dance marathon, E196 [10FE]

Park Ridge, IL: tribute to Maine South High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E2276 [15DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation funding, H1210 [18FE]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), H6893, H6898 [13OC]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), consideration (H. Res. 430), H6869 [13OC]

———repeal, H51 [6JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H285 [19JA]

———repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction (H.R. 1214), E804 [4MY]

———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), E801 [4MY]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), H2635 [13AP]

Pensions: provide Americans the opportunity to provide for their retirement through a S.A.F.E. account (H.R. 2109), H6869 [13OC]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H1159 [17FE]

Polish Constitution Day: observance, E795 [3MY]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (H.R. 1404), E2176 [2DE]

———terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), E2176 [2DE]

Public debt: increase statutory limit, H5588, H5592 [27JY], H5786 [30JY]

———increase statutory limit (H.R. 1954), H3816 [1JN]

Rutgers University: tribute to Center for Women's Global Leadership 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign, H8201 [7DE]

S&C Electric Co.: anniversary, E1573 [9SE]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5985 [8SE]

———promote use of goods made in the U.S. for the construction and enhancement of charter schools, H5985 [8SE]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations (H.R. 4), H1547 [3MR]

Small Business Act: extend programs (S. 990), Senate amendment, H3744 [26MY]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (S. 990), Senate amendment, H3744 [26MY]

States: preserve authority to make determinations relating to water quality standards (H.R. 2018), H4974 [13JY]

———proposal to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public employees, H1910 [17MR]

Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, H8150 [6DE]

———increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (H.R. 1124), H2042 [30MR], H2303 [5AP], H2401, H2402 [6AP], H5588 [27JY], H7018 [25OC]

———prohibit tax increase on middle class, H1547 [3MR]

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations, H1828 [15MR]

———repeal expansion of information reporting requirements to payments made to corporations, payments for property and other gross proceeds, and rental property expense payments, H1547 [3MR]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1579 [9SE]

Tucson, AZ: condemn shootings at ``Congress on Your Corner'' event, express condolences to friends and families of victims, commend first responders, and honor service of Representative Giffords (H. Res. 32), H150 [12JA]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), consideration (H. Res. 425), H6718 [11OC]

———ratification, H5027 [14JY]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3080), H6819 [12OC]

———approve and implement (H.R. 3080), consideration (H. Res. 425), H6718 [11OC]

———ratification, H5027 [14JY]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3079), consideration (H. Res. 425), H6718 [11OC]

———ratification, H5027 [14JY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H8150 [6DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions, H3744 [26MY]

———extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), H732 [14FE]

———extend sunset of certain provisions (H.R. 1805), H3744 [26MY]

Votes: correction, H6955 [14OC]

———position on missed, H3632 [25MY], H5507 [26JY]

Women's Business Development Center: anniversary, E1591 [9SE]

World AIDS Day: observance, E2160 [1DE]

Tributes

Codispoti, Lisa, E1837 [12OC]

Gottlich, Vicki, E986 [27MY]

Idol, Charles, E1457 [30JY]

Korczynski, Erwin J., E2307 [16DE]

Shiller, Helen, E825 [5MY]

Smith, Mary Ann, E956 [25MY]

Zimmerman, Gabriel, E2151 [1DE]