McGOVERN, JAMES P. (a Representative from Massachusetts)

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), consideration (H. Res. 206), H2422 [7AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H783, H786 [14FE]

———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]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), consideration (H. Res. 355), H5180 [19JY]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (H. Res. 43), H414 [24JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3695 [26MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3359 [24MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 276), H3430 [25MY]

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), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3359 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior: require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), consideration (H. Res. 257), H3179 [11MY]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8757 [13DE]

Federal agencies and departments: reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (H.R. 3010), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7957 [30NO]

FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), H4904 [12JY]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7957 [30NO]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 206), H2422 [7AP]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions, consideration—same-day consideration (H. Res. 269), H3359 [24MY]

Political campaigns: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7957 [30NO]

Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels (H.R. 2273), consideration (H. Res. 431), H6931 [14OC]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions, consideration—same-day consideration (H. Res. 269), H3359 [24MY]

Appointments

Congressional Hunger Fellows Program Board of Trustees, H527 [8FE]

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, H560 [9FE]

Articles and editorials

Budget Office—GOP Medicare Plan Could Lead to Rationing, Julie Rovner, NPR.org (Internet site), H2417 [7AP]

CBO—Ending the Wars Could Save $1.4 Trillion, Ezra Klein, Washington (DC) Post, H4643 [6JY]

Colombia's Spreading Scandal, Los Angeles (CA) Times, H5982 [8SE]

Debt-Limit Hobbits, Wall Street Journal, H5808 [30JY]

Easy Chair—A Letter to Barack Obama, George McGovern, Harper's (publication), E1562 [8SE]

End the War in Afghanistan, and Begin Nation-Building Here at Home, by, Nation (publication), H3428 [25MY]

Food Crisis, New York (NY) Times, H1397 [1MR]

Free Trade—The Big Lie—We Should Stop Making Trade Agreements That Hurt Workers, Daniel Kovalik, Pittsburgh (PA) Post-Gazette, H6743 [11OC]

GOP Takes Packaging Path, Jake Sherman, Politico (Internet site), H8755 [13DE]

Have Glock, Will Travel, Frank Bruni, New York (NY) Times, H7602 [15NO]

Horn of Africa Aid Must Also Build Long-Term Resilience, IRIN (news service), H5665 [28JY]

Karzai Says Foreigners Are Responsible for Corruption, Alissa J. Rubin, New York (NY) Times, H8907 [14DE]

Legacy of Mental Health Problems From Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Will Be Long-Lived, John Matson, Scientific American (publication), H4644 [6JY]

Misrepresentations, Regulations and Jobs, Bruce Bartlett, New York (NY) Times, H6931 [14OC]

Plan for Afghanistan—Declare Victory—and Leave, Eugene Robinson, Washington (DC) Post, H4465 [23JN]

Republican Leaders Voted for Debt Drivers They Blame on Obama, Lisa Lerer, Bloomberg.com (Internet site), H5707 [28JY]

Republican Wreckage, New York (NY) Times, H5702 [28JY]

Return of ``Drill, Baby, Drill'', New York (NY) Times, H3172 [11MY]

Shah—GOP Budget Would Kill 70,000 Children, Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy (publication), H2314 [5AP]

So Much for Small Government, New York (NY) Times, H7602 [15NO]

Study—Colombia Anti-Union Violence Undeterred, Frank Bajak, Associated Press (news service), H6509 [4OC]

Time To Get Out of Afghanistan, George F. Will, Washington (DC) Post, H4466 [23JN]

U.S. Troops Could Stay in Afghanistan Past Deadline, Envoy Says, Rod Nordland, New York (NY) Times, H8906 [14DE]

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), H3161 [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), H5489 [25JY]

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

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), H6344 [21SE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H1580 [4MR]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H8728 [12DE]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H6921 [13OC]

———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), H6344 [21SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H3161 [10MY]

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]

———authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 1968), H8728 [12DE]

———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), H2108 [30MR]

———eliminate per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 1283), H5781 [29JY]

———ensure basic housing allowances for National Guard members are not reduced when the members transition between active duty and full-time National Guard duty without a break in service (see H.R. 2733), H7715 [16NO]

———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), H684 [10FE]

———extend time period for submission of retroactive stop-loss special pay claims (see H.R. 573), H598 [9FE]

———improve mental health assessments provided to members deployed in support of a contingency operation (see H.R. 1942), H3342 [23MY]

———improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H7893 [18NO]

———improve provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members and veterans (see H.R. 1941), H3987 [2JN]

———limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3702), H10017 [20DE]

———limit increase of premiums, deductibles, copayments, or other charges for health care provided under the TRICARE program (see H.R. 652), H5781 [29JY]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 1092), H6415 [22SE]

———provide flexible spending accounts for military families (see H.R. 791), H2216 [31MR]

———provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see H.R. 2288), H7009 [24OC]

———provide members of Individual Ready Reserve who served in Afghanistan or Iraq with information on counseling to prevent suicide (see H.R. 1089), H2109 [30MR]

———require Presidential negotiation of and entrance into a bilateral status of forces agreement with Afghanistan (see H.R. 651), H681 [10FE]

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1417), H2918 [15AP]

Australia: express condolences to and solidarity with the people struggling with floods and pledge support and assistance (see H. Res. 34), H1770 [11MR]

Aviation: require air carriers to refund baggage fees if baggage is lost, delayed, or damaged, and require air carriers and ticket agents to include cost of checked baggage when quoting an airfare (see H.R. 712), H922 [15FE]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 36), H202 [12JA]

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.: revise Federal charter to reflect a change in eligibility requirements (see H.R. 2815), H5901 [9AU]

Bodai, Balazs (Ernie): award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3003), H6342 [21SE]

Boston Bruins (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 318), H4364 [21JN]

Budget: provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (see H.R. 1043), H1768 [11MR]

Cambodia: honor victims of genocide that took place from 1975-1979 (see H. Res. 225), H2918 [15AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5399 [22JY]

Children and youth: require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 3741), H10014 [20DE]

China: express that defense systems, including the helicopter fleet used to transport the President, should not be procured, directly or indirectly, from an entity controlled, directed, or influenced by China (see H. Res. 106), H1251 (see H. Res. 106), H1362 [18FE]

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]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H3754 [26MY]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H4578 [24JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H7893 [18NO]

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), H5936 [2SE]

———report findings and propose legislation to restore workforce to full employment (see H.R. 2836, 2837), H6011 [8SE]

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

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H2109 [30MR]

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), H7714 [16NO]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H6922 [13OC]

Cote d'Ivoire: provide humanitarian support in response to political crisis and support democracy (see H. Res. 85), H1581 [4MR]

Courts: provide for deferred sentencing and the possibility of dismissal for drug offenders (see H.R. 2567), H5125 [15JY]

Crime: improve the health care system's assessment and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 1578), H2935 [2MY]

———prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H6626 [5OC]

———provide penalties for transporting minors in foreign commerce for the purposes of female genital mutilation (see H.R. 2221), H4326 [16JN]

Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 481), H8075 [1DE]

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

Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services: implement recommendations (see H.R. 1529), H2935 [2MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: create a local food credit program to assist schools purchase of healthy food from local farmers (see H.R. 1722), H3060 [4MY]

———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]

———improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 350), H3062 [4MY]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a Make It in America Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1912), H4460 [22JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorize a pilot program on enhancements of efforts on mental health in the National Guard and Reserves through community partnerships (see H.R. 2751), H5966 [7SE]

———enhance suicide prevention program by requiring suicide prevention training during recruit basic training, preseparation counseling, and mental health assessments (see H.R. 1284), H3162 [10MY]

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

———post on departmental website the cost to each taxpayer of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya (see H.R. 3088), H6674 [6OC]

———provide for military sexual assault and domestic violence accountability (see H.R. 1517), H2918 [15AP]

———review military service records of Jewish American World War I veterans to determine whether they should be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1457), H2569 [8AP]

Dept. of Education: award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 1090), H1841 [15MR]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 820), H1250 (see H.R. 820), H1362 [18FE]

———develop State statistical literacy plans and make grants for statistics-related teacher professional development and statistics education improvement (see H.R. 1817), H3282 [12MY]

———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), H5734 [28JY]

———establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1704), H6552 [4OC]

———improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 885), H6782 [11OC]

———promote environmental education (see H.R. 2547), H5086 [14JY]

———support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2098), H8728 [12DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H1988 [17MR]

———implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H5285 [20JY]

———make State child abuse and neglect grant funding contingent on enactment of laws making it a felony to fail to report child abuse to law enforcement or State child protective services agencies (see H.R. 3486), H7929 [29NO]

———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), H6855 [12OC]

———reform and modernize the Office of Refugee Resettlement (see H.R. 1475), H2602 [12AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H4366 [21JN]

Dept. of HUD: provide Federal grants to urban areas for the rehabilitation of critically needed recreational areas and facilities and development of improved recreation programs (see H.R. 709), H2934 [2MY]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 1506), H3870 (see H.R. 1506), H3911 [1JN]

———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), H6455 [23SE]

———establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 83), H7332 [3NO]

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), H6455 [23SE]

———establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 440), H2328 [5AP]

———remove People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 60), H2040 [29MR]

Dept. of the Interior: provide grants to certain nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 1931), H3302 [13MY]

———reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 1234), H2917 [15AP]

———study suitability and feasibility of inclusion of land and waters in the greater Salem Sound and Salem, MA, area in the Salem Maritime National Historic Site (see H.R. 1500), H2603 [12AP]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H2917 [15AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Small Business Lending Fund Program and provide for an appeals process (see H.R. 3147), H6855 [12OC]

Dept. of Transportation: establish national tunnel inspection standards for proper safety evaluation of all highway tunnels (see H.R. 2254), H4364 [21JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for increased flexibility in payments for State veterans homes (see H.R. 2530), H5661 [27JY]

———carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H2039 [29MR]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 812), H8319 [8DE]

———deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 1025), H2109 [30MR]

———display in each facility a Women Veterans Bill of Rights (see H.R. 809), H2293 [4AP]

———exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (see H.R. 923), H1574 [3MR]

———extend age of eligibility of dependent children for receipt of transferred educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 614), H679 [10FE]

———improve comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 2559), H5125 [15JY]

———improve provision of rehabilitative services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 1855), H6098 [12SE]

———issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 2985), H6855 [12OC]

———prevent from prohibiting use of dogs on Dept. property (see H.R. 1154), H1982 [17MR]

———provide eligibility for guaranteed housing loans for the surviving spouses of certain totally-disabled veterans (see H.R. 120), H138 [7JA]

———provide expedited procedures for consideration of certain veterans claims (see H.R. 2377), H5888 [1AU]

———repeal modification of authority to make certain interval payments of educational assistance (see H.R. 1451), H6978 [14OC]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 178), H725 [11FE]

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

Developing countries: 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]

Diseases: 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), H5661 [27JY]

———establish a grant program to provide screenings for glaucoma to individuals determined to be at high risk for glaucoma (see H.R. 353), H5150 [18JY]

———establish a National Acquired Bone Marrow Failure Disease Registry and authorize research on acquired bone marrow failure diseases (see H.R. 640), H5239 [19JY]

———establish a national screening program, and provide States the option to increase screening for the prevention, early detection, and timely treatment of colorectal cancer under Medicaid (see H.R. 912), H1621 [8MR]

———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H7892 [18NO]

———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]

———reduce disparities and improve access to diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer for underserved populations and men with a family history of prostate cancer (see H.R. 2159), H5375 [21JY]

———require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer's disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H6978 [14OC]

———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), H4076 [13JN]

District of Columbia: authorize Gold Star Mothers National Monument Foundation to establish a national monument (see H.R. 1980), H3806 [31MY]

Drugs: improve safety (see H.R. 1483), H2858 [14AP]

———increase Federal oversight of prescription opioid treatment and assistance to States in reducing opioid abuse, diversion, and deaths (see H.R. 1925), H3302 [13MY]

———reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 1983), H7579 [14NO]

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), H8968 [14DE]

———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]

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]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 86), H9929 [16DE]

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]

———create an emergency jobs program (see H.R. 2914), H6233 [15SE]

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

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5734 [28JY]

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]

———establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H680 [10FE]

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), H4581 [28JN]

———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), H2998 [3MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (see H.R. 1440), H2569 [8AP]

FDA: help prevent occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of ultraviolet tanning lamps by imposing more stringent controls on the use of such devices (see H.R. 1676), H4794 [8JY]

———improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H5966 [7SE]

———improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H8728 [12DE]

Federal aid programs: ensure seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and certain governmental retirees receive a one-time payment to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2590), H5239 [19JY]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 616), H679 [10FE]

———provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 2130), H4035 [3JN]

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

Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend grant programs (see H.R. 2269), H5888 [1AU]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1066), H2040 [29MR]

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 trafficking (see H.R. 2554), H5150 [18JY]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H254 [18JA]

Fish and fishing: include farmed shellfish as specialty crops (see H.R. 1176), H1983 [17MR]

Food and Nutrition Act: treat the Northern Mariana Islands in the same manner as Guam (see H.R. 1465), H4076 [13JN]

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, on an annual basis, an amount equal to at least 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product for nonmilitary foreign assistance programs (see H. Con. Res. 11), H396 [20JA]

———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]

———establish the Office of the Special Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations (see H.R. 2880), H6042 [9SE]

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]

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

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H4673 [6JY]

FTC: prescribe regulations on the collection and use of information obtained by tracking the Internet activity of an individual (see H.R. 654), H2108 [30MR]

———prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2543), H5581 [26JY]

Gambling: provide for Dept. of the Treasury licensing of Internet gambling, consumer protections, and enforcement of the tax code (see H.R. 1174), H3304 [13MY]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H7893 [18NO]

Government: prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 819), H2268 [1AP]

Greece: recognize and appreciate significance, heroism, and sacrifice of the people of Crete during World War II and commend the PanCretan Association of America (see H. Res. 179), H2412 [6AP]

Green, Christina Taylor: honor memory by encouraging schools to teach civic education and civil discourse (see H. Res. 181), H1985 [17MR]

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H3870 (see H.R. 1269), H3911 [1JN]

Haiti: measure progress of relief, recovery, reconstruction, and development efforts following earthquake (see H.R. 1016), H1908 [16MR]

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

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H1580 [4MR]

———provide for medical neutrality protecting medical facilities and personnel during armed conflict and establish accountability for violations of the principle of medical neutrality (see H.R. 2643), H5966 [7SE]

———support regenerative medicine through research funding and commercial development and develop a regulatory environment that enables rapid approval of safe and effective products (see H.R. 1862), H6673 [6OC]

Health care facilities: protect interests of residents of intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded in certain class action lawsuits and Dept. of Justice actions (see H.R. 2032), H4750 [7JY]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H4042 [7JN]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1724), H3870 (see H.R. 1724), H3911 [1JN]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 2657), H6626 [5OC]

Immigration: 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]

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

———require the Dept. of State and SSA to help restore pensions earned in the former Soviet Union by immigrants now living in the U.S. (see H.R. 2494), H5897 [5AU]

———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]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: permit prevailing party in actions or proceedings brought to enforce the Act to be awarded expert witness fees and certain other expenses (see H.R. 1208), H7008 [24OC]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H5936 [2SE]

———increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see H.R. 115), H7928 [29NO]

———provide for equal access to COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 1028), H1724 [10MR] (see H.R. 2310), H4526 [23JN]

———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]

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), H4076 [13JN]

Iraq: ensure that humanitarian protections are upheld for the residents of Camp Ashraf (see H. Res. 231), H3063 [4MY]

———prohibit funding to maintain U.S. Armed Forces and military contractors in Iraq after a certain date (see H.R. 2757), H5966 [7SE]

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), H1842 [15MR]

John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3191), H6920 [13OC]

Johnson-Brown, Hazel W.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 88), H7713 [16NO]

Korean War: call for repatriation of POW/MIA and abductees (see H. Res. 376), H7929 [29NO]

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]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 1293), H3000 [3MY]

Libya: investigate treatment of black Africans (see H. Con. Res. 80), H7009 [24OC]

LIHEAP: provide level funding (see H.R. 3626), H8968 [14DE]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H4366 [21JN]

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

Matthew A. Pucino Post Office, Sagamore Beach, MA: designate (see H.R. 2062), H3805 [31MY]

Medicare: apply frailty adjustment under the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) payment rules to certain specialized Medicare Advantage plans for special needs individuals (see H.R. 3691), H9430 [15DE]

———ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H8728 [12DE]

———ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H6552 [4OC]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H7892 [18NO]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 2140), H4035 [3JN]

———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), H2572 [8AP]

———provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 876), H7999 [30NO]

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

———provide payments to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical facilities for items and services provided to eligible veterans for non-service-connected conditions (see H.R. 814), H3111 [5MY]

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H3220 [11MY]

———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H8319 [8DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 2500), H4945 [12JY]

Memphis, TN: recognize struggle of 1968 sanitation workers strike to voice grievances and reach a workplace rights agreement and contributions of strike participants (see H. Res. 198), H2266 [1AP]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 214), H3112 [5MY]

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

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 1449), H4577 [24JN]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H9929 [16DE]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 19), H1178 (see H. Con. Res. 19), H1197 [17FE]

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

National Celiac Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 246), H3061 [4MY]

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network: establish (see H.R. 1970), H4076 [13JN]

National Community Gardening Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 454), H7331 [3NO]

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 342), H4748 [7JY]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 40), H2918 [15AP]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 1810), H3159 [10MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H513 [26JA]

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 Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 75), H551 [8FE] (see H. Res. 83), H681 [10FE]

National Oilheat Research Alliance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1756), H3305 [13MY]

National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (see H.R. 2489), H8187 [6DE]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 187), H2918 [15AP]

National School Breakfast Week: observance (see H. Res. 153), H1619 [8MR]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 87), H724 [11FE]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 165), H1769 [11MR]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H2535 [7AP]

New Zealand: express condolences to those affected by earthquake and pledge support in rescue and recovery efforts (see H. Res. 139), H1727 [10MR]

NIST: reduce the cost share requirement for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (see H.R. 3138), H6672 [6OC]

NOAA: reform procedures for payment of funds from the Asset Forfeiture Fund and protect the fishing industry from excessive fines (see H.R. 2610), H5373 [21JY]

Norway: condemn terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya Island and express condolences and support to those affected by the attack (see H. Res. 379), H5733 [28JY]

Nuclear energy: ensure that nuclear powerplants can withstand and adequately respond to earthquakes, tsunamis, strong storms, or other events that threaten a major impact (see H.R. 1242), H2935 [2MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 190), H7928 [29NO]

Officer John Maguire Post Office Building, Woburn, MA: designate (see H.R. 2640), H5488 [25JY]

Olympia (U.S.S.): mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3180), H7929 [29NO]

Pakistan: condemn killing of Government officials for advocacy of religious freedom and call on the U.N. and Pakistan to advocate the repeal of blasphemy laws (see H. Res. 141), H1575 [3MR]

Peace Corps: anniversary (see H. Res. 11), H554 [8FE]

———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), H6458 [23SE]

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

Peace Corps Month: designate (see H. Res. 11), H554 [8FE]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (see H.R. 872), H1621 [8MR]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H3987 [2JN]

———require disclosure to shareholders of any expenditure made by companies in support of or in opposition to any candidate for Federal, State, or local public office (see H.R. 2728), H7069 [25OC]

———require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see H.R. 2517), H5018 [13JY]

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), H3758 [26MY]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2040 [29MR]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 432), H553 [8FE]

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), H4794 [8JY]

Real estate: 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]

Refugees: victims of torture treatment programs funding (see H.R. 2404), H4580 [28JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 1084), H5897 [5AU]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H2266 [1AP]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H2912 [15AP]

———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), H8188 [6DE]

SEC: require companies to disclose in annual reports measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and child labor within supply chains (see H.R. 2759), H5884 [1AU]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 456), H4673 [6JY]

Shriver, R. Sargent, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 64), H510 [26JA]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 1001), H3000 [3MY]

———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), H5087 [14JY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H6673 [6OC]

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

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), H5905 [12AU]

Sudan: continue restrictions unless the President certifies that Sudan is no longer engaged in training, harboring, supplying, financing, or supporting in any way the Lord's Resistance Army (see H.R. 895), H1573 [3MR]

Tariff: electrical transformers (see H.R. 2627), H5398 [22JY]

———high-performance loudspeakers (see H.R. 2626), H5398 [22JY]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1479), H2603 [12AP]

———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), H7400 [4NO]

———encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H4037 [3JN]

———encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 289), H202 [12JA]

———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H7165 [31OC]

———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 2555), H5125 [15JY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H6506 [3OC]

———extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H8320 [8DE]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5734 [28JY]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 2655), H7333 [3NO]

———extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 865), H1727 [10MR]

———impose a tax on certain trading transactions (see H.R. 3313), H8881 [13DE]

———improve commuting and transportation options (see H.R. 1825), H3217 [11MY]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 687), H5888 [1AU]

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

———permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purposes of missing or exploited children investigations (see H.R. 1978), H4530 [23JN]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H4188 [14JN]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H3304 [13MY]

———provide a credit for employing returning heroes and wounded warriors (see H.R. 3402), H7715 [16NO]

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

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 2091), H4946 [12JY]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H4076 [13JN]

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

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 601), H1844 [15MR] (see H.R. 1689), H2998 [3MY]

———restore credit lost from replacement of the making work pay credit with the employee payroll tax cut (see H.R. 772), H1456 [1MR]

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

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1792), H4578 [24JN]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H1723 [10MR]

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), H6626 [5OC]

Terrorism: award Congressional Gold Medals in honor of the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 3421), H7831 [17NO]

———award Fallen Heroes of 9/11 Congressional Medal to memorials established at 3 sites honoring individuals killed in terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 2864), H6344 [21SE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see H.R. 2830), H6344 [21SE]

Transportation: provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (see H.R. 1515), H3063 [4MY]

———provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H6920 [13OC]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 1749), H4459 [22JN]

Trucking industry: improve truck parking facilities (see H.R. 1803), H4366 [21JN]

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

Turkey: disapprove issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and services to Turkey (see H.J. Res. 83), H7400 [4NO]

———end religious discrimination, safeguard Christian heritage, and return confiscated church properties (see H. Res. 306), H4277 [15JN]

———urge respect for the rights and religious freedoms of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Res. 180), H2918 [15AP]

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), H1770 [11MR]

Unemployment: prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 2501), H5734 [28JY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 589), H3161 [10MY] (see H.R. 3346), H7627 [15NO]

Veterans: establish veterans' treatment courts (see H.R. 2026), H3871 (see H.R. 2026), H3911 [1JN]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H5781 [29JY] (see H.R. 333), H353 [19JA]

———make memorial headstones and markers available for purchase for members of Reserve components who performed inactive duty training or active duty training but did not serve on active duty (see H.R. 2305), H7892 [18NO]

———provide for reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position to obtain medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 2875), H6042 [9SE]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 287), H435 [24JA]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 3658), H8965 [14DE]

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H2327 [5AP]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 184), H2216 [31MR]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H6182 [14SE]

William T. Trant Post Office Building, Westfield, MA: designate (see H.R. 2767), H5884 [1AU]

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]

———protect breastfeeding, provide performance standards for breast pumps, provide tax incentives to employers to encourage breastfeeding, and provide reasonable break time for nursing mothers (see H.R. 2758), H5897 [5AU]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1844 [15MR]

———award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6782 [11OC]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H7893 [18NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Afghanistan: 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), H3106 [5MY]

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

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), H6672 [6OC]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 88), H7626 [15NO]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (see H.R. 996), H1723 [10MR]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1574), H2909 [15AP]

Russia: characterize conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev as a politically-motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that undermines the rule of law and Russian judicial independence (see H. Res. 327), H4528 [23JN]

———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]

Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 476), H7928 [29NO]

Taxation: 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), H4671 [6JY]

———provide a credit for transportation of food for charitable purposes (see H.R. 3177), H6919 [13OC]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (see H.R. 1382), H2409 [6AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Afghanistan: 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 (H.R. 1735), H3109 [5MY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (H.R. 3368), H7398 [4NO]

Bahrain: limit issuance of a letter of offer relative to a certain proposed sale of defense articles and services to Bahrain (H.J. Res. 80), H6673 [6OC]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (H.J. Res. 88), H7627 [15NO]

Explosives: limit use of cluster munitions (H.R. 996), H1725 [10MR]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (H.R. 1574), H2914 [15AP]

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), H2914 [15AP]

Taxation: make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 2412), H4672 [6JY]

———provide a credit for transportation of food for charitable purposes (H.R. 3177), H6921 [13OC]

White House Conference on Food and Nutrition: convene (H.R. 1382), H2411 [6AP]

Explanations

Previous Question Vote—What It Really Means, H414 [24JA], H814 [15FE], H2422 [7AP], H3179 [11MY], H3360 [24MY], H3430 [25MY], H5181 [19JY], H6932 [14OC], H7957 [30NO], H8757 [13DE]

Histories

Victims' Rights Movement in Sucre Region of Colombia, H6720 [11OC]

Letters

Anti-union violence in Colombia: Viviane Morales, H6712-H6714 [11OC]

Budget Control Act: several Senators, H5686 [28JY]

FEMA Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding: Paul A. Yost, National Association of Manufacturers, H6370 [22SE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H6369 [22SE]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: William Samuel, AFL-CIO, H8754 [13DE]

National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General, H7603 [15NO]

———Mary Elizabeth Heffernan, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security and Marian J. McGovern, Massachusetts State Police, H7595 [15NO]

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

Lists

Colombian land rights, victims' rights, and displaced leaders murdered in 2011, H5024 [14JY]

Federal aid programs for low-income people, H2212 [31MR]

Republican waivers of cut-go and germaneness during current Congress, H7089 [26OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H6280 [21SE]

Press releases

IACHR Condemns Murder of Human Rights Activist and Expresses Concern Over New Threats to Human Rights Defenders in Colombia: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, H5024 [14JY]

National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act: Mayors Against Illegal Guns (organization), H7595 [15NO]

Provincial Journalist Shot to Death in Colombia: Committee To Protect Journalists, H5024 [14JY]

Remarks

Africa: support efforts to provide humanitarian relief to mitigate the effects of drought and avert famine in the Horn of Africa, H5665 [28JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4131, H4132, H4133, H4136 [14JN], H4211, H4214, H4215, H4216, H4239 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4098, H4099, H4100, H4101, H4102, H4103 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 467), H7735 [17NO]

AID: funding, H2314 [5AP]

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), consideration (H. Res. 194), H2224 [1AP]

———making consolidated, H9816, H9817 [16DE]

———making continuing, H6307 [21SE], H6367, H6368, H6369, H6370, H6371, H6372, H6391 [22SE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 48), consideration (H. Res. 167), H1807, H1808, H1809 [15MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), consideration (H. Res. 206), H2416, H2417, H2418, H2420, H2421, H2422 [7AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2621 [13AP]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2621 [13AP]

———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), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2621 [13AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1257 [18FE], H1807, H1808, H1809 [15MR], H2314 [5AP], H2414 [7AP], E253 [17FE], E277 [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), H808, H811, H813, H814 [15FE]

———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), consideration (H. Res. 500), H9816, H9817 [16DE]

———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 94)—consideration (H. Res. 500), H9816, H9817 [16DE]

Armed Forces: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, H3425, H3427, H3428, H3429 [25MY], H3695 [26MY], H4465 [23JN], H6557 [5OC], H8906 [14DE]

———direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Libya (H. Con. Res. 51), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3991, H3992, H3993, H3994, H3996, H3997 [3JN]

———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya (H. Res. 292), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3991, H3992, H3993, H3994, H3996, H3997 [3JN]

———revise eligibility for receipt of certain compensation, eliminate certain Survivor Benefit Plan reductions, and enhance active-duty Reserve members' ability to receive credit for such service (H.R. 1979), H3429 [25MY]

Bahrain: human rights violations, E735 [15AP]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2335 [6AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7741 [17NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5681, H5686, H5701, H5706 [28JY], H5742 [29JY], H5849, H5850 [1AU]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), consideration (H. Res. 355), H5172, H5173, H5175, H5177, H5178, H5179, H5180 [19JY]

———cut and cap Federal spending and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2693), H5799, H5800, H5805, H5806, H5808 [30JY]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H446, H447, H448, H449, H450, H451, H452 [25JA]

———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (H. Res. 43), H403, H404, H406, H407, H409, H410, H411 [24JA]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2621 [13AP], H3351 [24MY], H4098 [14JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2680 [14AP]

Buy American Act: require American manufactured construction materials to build holding facilities for coal ash, H6929, H6930, H6931 [14OC]

Colombia: human rights violations, H5023 [14JY]

———prohibit funding for the Dept. of Administrative Security pending report on use of previously allocated U.S. aid, H5982 [8SE]

———report on congressional delegation trip, H6103 [13SE]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5701, H5706 [28JY]

———establish (S. 627), consideration (H. Res. 375), H5681, H5686 [28JY]

Committee on the Budget (House): authority of Chairman to determine Federal spending levels for fiscal year, H404 [24JA], H452 [25JA]

Committees of the House: instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), H362, H364, H367, H368 [20JA]

———instruct certain committees to report legislation replacing health care reform legislation (H. Res. 9), consideration (H. Res. 26), H110 [7JA]

Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (H.R. 964), H3359 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Food for Peace program funding, H4214, H4215 [15JN]

———McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H4215, H4216 [15JN]

———Rural Development Loan Fund Program funding through reductions in Food for Peace program funding, H4211 [15JN]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H5970 [8SE]

———WIC funding, H4131, H4132, H4133, H4136 [14JN]

———WIC funding through reductions in Brazil Cotton Institute funding, H4239 [15JN]

Dept. of Defense: across-the-board funding reduction, H4724 [7JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3695 [26MY], H3991 [3JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3355, H3356, H3358, H3359 [24MY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 276), H3425, H3427, H3428, H3429 [25MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4643, H4646, H4647 [6JY], H4724, H4733 [7JY]

———military operations in Afghanistan funding, H4643, H4646, H4647 [6JY]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (H.R. 1367), H3178, H3179 [11MY]

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), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3355, H3356, H3358, H3359 [24MY]

Dept. of State: Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative funding, H1396 [1MR]

———require to act on a permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H8755 [13DE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct certain offshore oil and gas lease sales (H.R. 1230), consideration (H. Res. 245), H3076 [5MY]

———Land and Water Conservation Fund funding, H5406 [25JY]

———require each offshore oil and gas leasing program offer leasing in areas with most prospective oil and gas resources (H.R. 1231), consideration (H. Res. 257), H3171, H3172, H3174, H3175, H3176, H3177, H3178, H3179 [11MY]

———require recipients of certain offshore oil and gas leases to give preference to hiring veterans for activities under such leases, H3174, H3179 [11MY]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), consideration (H. Res. 363), H5406 [25JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 500), H9816, H9817 [16DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, H7735 [17NO]

Ecology and environment: preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases relative to any Federal policy to mitigate climate change (H.R. 910), consideration (H. Res. 203), H2343 [6AP]

Economy: express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (H. Res. 502), H9951 [20DE]

———importance of job creation, H6391 [22SE], H7283, H7284 [3NO], H7594, H7603 [15NO], H8149 [6DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8749, H8754, H8755, H8756 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 502), H9951 [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, H6190, H6192, H6193, H6194 [15SE]

———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), H6926, H6927, H6928, H6929, H6930 [14OC], H7593 [15NO], H7951 [30NO]

Education Sciences Reform Act: technical amendment (S. 365), H5849, H5850 [1AU]

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), consideration (H. Res. 189), H2123, H2125, H2126, H2128 [31MR]

Fall River, MA: anniversary of St. Anthony of Padua Church, E930 [23MY]

FBI: funding, H411 [24JA], H447 [25JA]

FCC: disapprove rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices (H.J. Res. 37), H2552 [8AP]

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), H8149 [6DE]

———reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (H.R. 3010), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7950, H7954, H7955 [30NO]

FEMA: allow communities to be reimbursed for certain costs associated with a successful challenge to a National Flood Insurance Program mapping error, H4904 [12JY]

———Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H6307 [21SE], H6367, H6369, H6370, H6391 [22SE]

———Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program funding, H6391 [22SE]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), H4904 [12JY]

———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), consideration (H. Res. 340), H4758, H4761, H4762 [8JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), consideration (H. Res. 463), H7594, H7600, H7603 [15NO]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H8743 [13DE]

———global food assistance programs funding, H5665 [28JY]

Food Day: observance, E1917 [24OC]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H4647 [6JY]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (H.R. 2832), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 425), H6711, H6715 [11OC]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H2335 [6AP], H2551 [8AP]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7950, H7954, H7955 [30NO]

Gulf of Mexico: facilitate safe and timely production of energy resources (H.R. 1229), consideration (H. Res. 245), H3076 [5MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H406 [24JA]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H110 [7JA]

House of Representatives: adjournment (H. Res. 375), H5681, H5686 [28JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 375), H5681, H5686 [28JY]

———allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 466), H7741 [17NO]

———allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 502), H9951 [20DE]

———amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H20 [5JA]

———open versus restrictive rules, H6929, H6930, H6931 [14OC], H7951 [30NO]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 206), H2416, H2417, H2418, H2420, H2421, H2422 [7AP]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 382), H5742 [29JY]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 409), H6367, H6368, H6369, H6370, H6371, H6372 [22SE]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 500), H9816, H9817 [16DE]

———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 502), H9951 [20DE]

HungerFast.org (coalition): tribute to participants in Hunger Fast 2011 opposing Republican budget proposal cuts to programs benefiting the poor and hungry, H2212 [31MR], H2272 [4AP], H2414 [7AP]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions, consideration—same-day consideration (H. Res. 269), H3355, H3356, H3358, H3359 [24MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5982 [8SE]

LIHEAP: funding, E253 [17FE]

Medicare: reform, H2421 [7AP], H2621 [13AP], H3351 [24MY], H3925 [2JN], H6188, H6189 [15SE]

National Mediation Board: repeal rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing, H2123, H2125 [31MR]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), consideration (H. Res. 174), H1913 [17MR]

Natural gas: restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals, H1257 [18FE]

NLRB: prohibit from ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance (H.R. 2587), consideration (H. Res. 372), H6188, H6189, H6190, H6191, H6192, H6193 [15SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H118 [7JA], H5799 [30JY], H8749 [13DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H406 [24JA]

———repeal (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 26), H110 [7JA]

Point of order, H2552 [8AP]

Political campaigns: terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions and terminate the Election Assistance Commission (H.R. 3463), consideration (H. Res. 477), H7950, H7954, H7955 [30NO]

Refuse disposal: facilitate recovery and beneficial use, and provide for the proper management and disposal, of materials generated by the combustion of coal and other fossil fuels (H.R. 2273), consideration (H. Res. 431), H6926, H6927, H6928, H6929, H6930, H6931 [14OC]

Roads and highways: modify vehicle weight limitations applicable to the interstate system in Maine and Vermont, H7735 [17NO]

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]

Sangay, Lobsang: inauguration as Tibetan Prime Minister, E1470 [1AU]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 2218), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5982 [8SE]

SEC: eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions (H.R. 2940), consideration (H. Res. 453), H7283 [3NO]

Securities: provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities (H.R. 2930), consideration (H. Res. 453), H7283 [3NO]

Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services, Inc.: tribute, E242 [16FE]

Small Business Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 405), H6307 [21SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 412), H6391 [22SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6367, H6368, H6369, H6370, H6371, H6372 [22SE]

Small Business Investment Act: extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 405), H6307 [21SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 412), H6391 [22SE]

———extend programs (H.R. 2608), Senate amendment, H6367, H6368, H6369, H6370, H6371, H6372 [22SE]

Sustainable Communities Initiative: funding, E277 [18FE]

Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, H7951, H7954, H7955 [30NO], H8149 [6DE]

———extend the Build America Bonds program (H.R. 11), H814 [15FE]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7089 [26OC]

———provide a credit for transportation of food for charitable purposes (H.R. 3177), E1917 [24OC]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H2343 [6AP], H3076 [5MY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (H.R. 1689), H3076 [5MY]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7089 [26OC]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H6013 [9SE]

———anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 391), E1577 [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), H179 [12JA]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), H6742 [11OC]

———approve and implement (H.R. 3078), consideration (H. Res. 425), H6711, H6715, H6717, H6718, H6720 [11OC]

———ratification, H5023 [14JY]

———require improvement of labor rights and security for workers before approval and implementation, H6508 [4OC], H6742 [11OC]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3080), consideration (H. Res. 425), H6711, H6715 [11OC]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3079), consideration (H. Res. 425), H6711, H6715 [11OC]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice, H4733 [7JY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H8149 [6DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions, consideration—same-day consideration (H. Res. 269), H3355, H3356, H3358, H3359 [24MY]

Reports

Loosening Restrictions on the Carrying of Concealed Guns in Public Does Not Improve Public Safety: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (excerpt), H7600 [15NO]

Statements

Budget Control Act: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H5701 [28JY]

Cuts to International Food Aid Programs in H.R. 2112, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: by, H4104 [14JN]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: OMB, H8750 [13DE]

Regulatory Accountability Act (H.R. 3010): Executive Office of the President, H7955 [30NO]

What's Wrong With a Modified Open Rule? by, H813 [15FE]

Tables

Massachusetts victims of terrorist attacks, E1577 [9SE]

Tributes

Buonomo, Paula, E107 [25JA]

Turton, Ashley Westbrook, H361 [20JA]

Wright, Judith E., H6280 [21SE]