CHU, JUDY (a Representative from California)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H59 [6JA]

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H783 [14FE], H928 [15FE], H1024 [16FE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5338 [21JY]

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]

Agriculture: provide for a more structured and stable domestic agricultural labor market in the U.S. (see H.R. 3017), H6413 [22SE]

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), H3161 [10MY]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H7069 [25OC]

———prohibit certain interstate conduct relative to exotic animals and prohibit certain computer-assisted remote hunting (see H.R. 2210), H5489 [25JY]

———prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H5087 [14JY]

———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), H7009 [24OC]

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

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 1968), H4279 [15JN]

———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), H8881 [13DE]

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

———increase diversity within the leadership ranks (see H.R. 2186), H4530 [23JN]

———require Presidential negotiation of and entrance into a bilateral status of forces agreement with Afghanistan (see H.R. 651), H1770 [11MR]

Aviation: provide penalties for aiming laser pointers at airplanes (see H.R. 386), H472 [25JA]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 2028), H3755 [26MY]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 36), H726 [11FE]

Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc.: revise Federal charter to reflect a change in eligibility requirements (see H.R. 2815), H7069 [25OC]

Budget Control Act: exempt Medicare from fallback sequestration (see H.R. 3519), H8188 [6DE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 3179), H8077 [1DE]

———promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 1240), H6233 [15SE]

———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), H7400 [4NO]

California: add to certain wilderness areas in the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests, protect property rights in such additions, and prevent and prepare for wildfires and address backlog of maintenance (see H.R. 113), H37 [5JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6416 [22SE]

Children and youth: establish or expand and operate programs using a network of public and private community entities to provide mentoring for children in foster care (see H.R. 2012), H5661 [27JY]

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

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), H7999 [30NO]

———require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 1048), H3162 [10MY]

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), H6273 [20SE]

Committee on Job Creation (Joint, Select): establish (see H.R. 2835), H6233 [15SE]

Consumers: clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer's informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet (see H.R. 2471), H5888 [1AU]

———protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 964), H3000 [3MY]

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

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H3282 [12MY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H553 [8FE]

Credit: prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 1488), H2603 [12AP]

———require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications and establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs (see H.R. 1477), H4037 [3JN]

Crime: improve the health care system's assessment and response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (see H.R. 1578), H7900 [25NO]

———prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H6415 [22SE]

———prohibit public officials from engaging in undisclosed self-dealing (see H.R. 1973), H3409 [24MY]

Dams: further allocate and expand availability of hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam (see H.R. 470), H1180 (see H.R. 470), H1199 [17FE]

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

Dept. of Commerce: establish a Make It in America Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1912), H6344 [21SE]

Dept. of Education: assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see H.R. 1294), H9928 [16DE]

———award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 1090), H2917 [15AP]

———award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see H.R. 820), H3000 [3MY]

———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), H5966 [7SE]

———establish grant program to hire and retain school social workers in high-need local educational agencies (see H.R. 1138), H2917 [15AP]

———make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students (see H.R. 2617), H5373 [21JY]

———provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 1295), H9928 [16DE]

———provide flexibility to school districts to integrate academics with career and technical education programs (see H.R. 3154), H6922 [13OC]

Dept. of Energy: provide loan guarantees for energy efficiency upgrades to existing buildings (see H.R. 3221), H8967 [14DE]

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

———provide for health data regarding Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (see H.R. 2486), H4850 [11JY]

———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]

———require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 3126), H7009 [24OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect children affected by immigration enforcement actions (see H.R. 2607), H5661 [27JY]

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), H2215 [31MR]

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), H2664 [13AP]

———fund and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, share data with National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and facilitate reporting to such systems (see H.R. 1300), H4750 [7JY]

———prevent online threats to economic creativity and theft of intellectual property by seeking injunctions against foreign websites dealing in illegal content and goods (see H.R. 3261), H8000 [30NO]

———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), H4794 [8JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see H.R. 711), H6626 [5OC]

———permit establishment of Job Corps centers in U.S. territories (see H.R. 2395), H4575 [24JN]

Dept. of State: remove People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 60), H509 [26JA]

Dept. of Transportation: require that broadband conduit be installed as part of certain highway construction projects (see H.R. 1695), H3112 [5MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for increased flexibility in payments for State veterans homes (see H.R. 2530), H8320 [8DE]

———carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H5399 [22JY]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 812), H6921 [13OC]

———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), H2857 [14AP]

———establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure (see H.R. 3337), H7893 [18NO]

———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]

———improve comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 2559), H6458 [23SE]

———issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 2985), H7009 [24OC]

———provide expedited procedures for consideration of certain veterans claims (see H.R. 2377), H6415 [22SE]

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

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of unemployment status (see H.R. 1113), H2412 [6AP]

———take steps to counter the growth in anti-Muslim sentiments, targeted rhetorical attacks, and violence against the Muslim, Arab, Sikh, and South Asian American communities (see H. Res. 283), H3756 [26MY]

Diseases: 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), H6457 [23SE]

———provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma medications and devices for emergency use (see H.R. 1692), H3112 [5MY]

———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), H4366 [21JN]

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), H9929 [16DE]

———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: improve foreign language instruction (see H.R. 1994), H4188 [14JN]

———increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see H.R. 2226), H4530 [23JN]

———increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (see H.R. 507), H10016 [20DE]

———strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see H.R. 1617), H2911 [15AP]

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), H1040 (see H. Res. 88), H1071 [16FE]

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), H5966 [7SE]

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]

———establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund (see H.R. 2920), H6552 [4OC]

———incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see H.R. 2421), H5734 [28JY]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see H.R. 2738), H7892 [18NO]

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), H7400 [4NO]

———establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H3161 [10MY]

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), H2998 [3MY]

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), H8188 [6DE]

———allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2364), H4573 [24JN]

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

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), H2917 [15AP]

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

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1066), H3111 [5MY]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see H.R. 1697), H7999 [30NO]

———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]

———provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H6344 [21SE]

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), H3108 [5MY]

———prevent illegal sale (see H.R. 1642), H2912 [15AP]

———prohibit carrying of a firearm near a place at which a senior Federal official is performing an official and representational duty or a person is campaigning for public office (see H.R. 496), H508 [26JA]

———prohibit trafficking (see H.R. 2554), H5125 [15JY]

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

———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]

First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (see H.R. 1975), H3409 [24MY]

Food and Nutrition Act: treat the Northern Mariana Islands in the same manner as Guam (see H.R. 1465), H6626 [5OC]

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]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment-evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 1798), H6855 [12OC]

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: extend certain trade preference programs (see H.R. 913), H3111 [5MY]

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

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2543), H6273 [20SE]

George Thomas `Mickey' Leland Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 73), H1252 (see H.R. 73), H1364 [18FE]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H553 [8FE]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government (see H.R. 1250), H2605 [12AP]

Health: apply antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 1839), H3305 [13MY]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H4279 [15JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H723 [11FE]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H4673 [6JY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1724), H4187 [14JN]

Houston (TX) Forward Times: anniversary (see H. Res. 160), H1725 [10MR]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 2657), H7134 [26OC]

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), H4185 [14JN]

———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), H4578 [24JN]

———compensate States for incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors (see H.R. 410), H725 [11FE]

———exempt children of certain Filipino World War II veterans from numerical limitations on immigrant visas (see H.R. 2115), H4034 [3JN]

———reform detention procedures (see H.R. 933), H8319 [8DE]

Insurance: 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), H204 [12JA]

Iran: condemn human rights violations, release political prisoners, support democracy, remove terrorist designation from opposition group, and impose sanctions to deter nuclear program (see H. Res. 94), H3112 [5MY]

———strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H4188 [14JN]

Iraq: call for an impartial and independent investigation into the massacre of Iranian opposition members in Camp Ashraf (see H. Res. 332), H5782 [29JY]

———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]

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]

Korean War: call for repatriation of POW/MIA and abductees (see H. Res. 376), H7333 [3NO]

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), H7333 [3NO]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 365), H601 [9FE]

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

Los Angeles County, CA: designate a portion of Interstate Route 710 as the ``Jenny Oropeza Highway'' (see H.R. 1472), H2570 [8AP]

Medicaid: direct electronic health record incentive payments to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 1187), H2935 [2MY]

Medicare: 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), H5781 [29JY]

———ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H8320 [8DE]

———improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H8967 [14DE]

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

———provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 876), H9432 [15DE]

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

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), H3162 [10MY]

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), H4076 [13JN]

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

Music and dance: preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz (see H.R. 2823), H6344 [21SE]

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 Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 83), H2935 [2MY]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see H. Res. 450), H7333 [3NO]

NIST: reduce the cost share requirement for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (see H.R. 3138), H8320 [8DE]

Northern Mariana Islands: resolve the status of certain legally residing persons under U.S. immigration laws (see H.R. 1466), H3344 [23MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 190), H2667 [13AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 191), H357 [19JA]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H2535 [7AP]

Petroleum: provide relief from high gas prices by repealing subsidies for large oil companies, releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, reforming royalty laws, and penalizing price gouging (see H.R. 1748), H3107 [5MY]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H3304 [13MY]

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), H3112 [5MY]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2935 [2MY]

Power resources: repeal tax credits for ethanol blenders and repeal the tariff on imported ethanol (see H.R. 2307), H6415 [22SE]

Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office Building, Yountville, CA: designate (see H.R. 3004), H6416 [22SE]

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]

Puerto Rico: increase number of military service academy appointees (see H.R. 1000), H2667 [13AP]

Real estate: require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to disclose minimum price on the short sale of a residence financed by a mortgage purchased by them in order to make short sales a viable alternative to foreclosure (see H.R. 3164), H7069 [25OC]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H3281 [12MY]

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

———improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see H.R. 778), H1177 (see H.R. 778), H1196 [17FE]

———provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H7258 [2NO]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 456), H5374 [21JY]

Small business: repeal expansion of information reporting requirements for certain payments to corporations and impose a surcharge on high income taxpayers (see H.R. 417), H553 [8FE]

Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see H.R. 1085), H3162 [10MY]

———ensure any reform prevents the reduction of benefits or an increase in retirement age (see H. Con. Res. 64), H5087 [14JY]

———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), H2934 [2MY]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H2917 [15AP]

———revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington's disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington's disease (see H.R. 718), H4750 [7JY]

Specialist Jake Robert Velloza Post Office, Inverness, CA: designate (see H.R. 793), H1177 (see H.R. 793), H1197 [17FE]

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), H8728 [12DE]

———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 724), H8881 [13DE]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H9946 [19DE]

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

Territories: treat American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands as States for certain criminal justice programs (see H.R. 986), H1664 [9MR]

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), H6920 [13OC]

———revise certain infrastructure finance provisions (see H.R. 1123), H2858 [14AP]

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

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), H6273 [20SE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 589), H1525 [2MR] (see H.R. 3346), H7893 [18NO]

Veterans: provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 2853), H6552 [4OC]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 287), H5888 [1AU]

Vietnam: promote freedom and democracy (see H.R. 1410), H7900 [25NO]

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H2572 [8AP]

Wayne Grisham Post Office, La Mirada, CA: designate (see H.R. 2158), H4188 [14JN]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H5399 [22JY]

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

———promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 3271), H8126 [2DE]

———remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 47), H4852 [11JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6461 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Dept. of Education: strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 2637), H5488 [25JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect victims of crime or serious labor violations from deportation during enforcement actions (see H.R. 2169), H4185 [14JN]

Ethnic groups: express regret for passage of discriminatory laws against Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act (see H. Res. 282), H3756 [26MY]

IRS: establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program to provide low-income startup companies with financial and business assistance (see H.R. 3571), H8186 [6DE]

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: extend authorization period for certain uses of funds (see H.R. 3132), H6672 [6OC]

Schools: establish a grant program to ensure that students in high-need schools have equal access to a quality education delivered by an effective, diverse workforce (see H.R. 2902), H6139 [13SE]

World War II: recognize National Day of Remembrance to observe anniversary of Executive order restricting freedom of German and Italian Americans and ordering internment of Japanese Americans (see H. Res. 99), H1178 (see H. Res. 99), H1197 [17FE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (H.R. 2637), H5489 [25JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect victims of crime or serious labor violations from deportation during enforcement actions (H.R. 2169), H4186 [14JN]

IRS: establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program to provide low-income startup companies with financial and business assistance (H.R. 3571), H8187 [6DE]

San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: extend authorization period for certain uses of funds (H.R. 3132), H6673 [6OC]

Schools: establish a grant program to ensure that students in high-need schools have equal access to a quality education delivered by an effective, diverse workforce (H.R. 2902), H6139 [13SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3989 [3JN], H5975 [8SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H3026 [4MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4133 [14JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H836 [15FE], H974, H1013, H1025 [16FE], H1272 [18FE], H1404 [1MR]

Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (organization): anniversary, E865 [11MY]

ATF: prohibit funding to collect information from federally licensed firearms retailers relative to sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person, H1272 [18FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2333 [6AP], H2550 [8AP]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H4935 [12JY]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7787 [17NO]

———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5703 [28JY]

———deficit, H7787 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2868 [15AP], H3989 [3JN], H4935 [12JY]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5703 [28JY]

Committees of the House: direct certain standing committees to inventory and review existing, pending, and proposed regulations and orders from Federal agencies (H. Res. 72), H635 [10FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: WIC funding, H4133 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: boards and commissions funding, H836 [15FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4646 [6JY]

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

Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H2115 [31MR]

———strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (H.R. 2637), H5495 [26JY]

Dept. of HHS: family planning services funding, H1013 [16FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3883 [1JN]

———protect victims of crime or serious labor violations from deportation during enforcement actions (H.R. 2169), H4369 [22JN]

———U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services immigrant integration grants funding, H3883 [1JN]

Dept. of State: remove People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (H. Res. 60), E1776 [5OC]

Dept. of the Interior: Office of Insular Affairs Assistance to Territories Account funding, H974 [16FE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5450 [25JY]

Duarte, CA: tribute to City of Hope research and treatment center, H504 [26JA], E123 [26JA]

Economy: impact of Government regulations, H635 [10FE]

———importance of job creation, H611 [10FE], H4957 [13JY], H5976 [8SE], H6105 [13SE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8741 [13DE]

———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), H7020 [25OC]

Education: Pell Grants funding, H1025 [16FE]

EPA: provide additional time to issue achievable standards for cement manufacturing facilities (H.R. 2681), H6586 [5OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6586 [5OC]

———require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (H.R. 2401), H6357 [22SE]

Ethnic groups: express regret for passage of discriminatory laws against Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act (H. Res. 282), H3809 [1JN]

Filipino American History Month: observance, H7081 [26OC]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), H5338 [21JY]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (H.R. 822), H7664 [16NO]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H4646 [6JY]

FRS: grant Consumer Financial Protection Bureau additional oversight of consumer protections and research impact of language barriers on abusive lending practices, H5338 [21JY]

Government regulations: ensure complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities (H.R. 527), H8037 [1DE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H217 [18JA]

House of Representatives: reading of U.S. Constitution, E40 [7JA]

Immigration: reform the Secure Communities initiative, H4196 [15JN]

Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act: extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 93), H955 [16FE]

IRS: establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program to provide low-income startup companies with financial and business assistance (H.R. 3571), H8198 [7DE]

Medicare: reform, H2550 [8AP], H3989 [3JN], H4935 [12JY]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, H6567 [5OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), consideration (H. Res. 430), H6877 [13OC]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H217 [18JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H611 [10FE]

Public debt: increase statutory limit, H4935 [12JY], H5241 [20JY]

Real estate: reform mortgage foreclosure prevention assistance programs, H1670 [10MR]

Roura, Victor G.: Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Leader of the Year award recipient, E2275 [15DE]

Small business: provide support for small business concerns, H7020 [25OC]

Taiwan: observance of National Day, E1814 [11OC]

Taxation: repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H3066 [5MY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (H.R. 1002), H7176, H7177 [1NO]

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), H195 [12JA]

U.N. Convention Relating to Status of Refugees: anniversary, H3166 [11MY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H7943 [30NO], H8741 [13DE]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: extend certain provisions (H.R. 514), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 93), H955 [16FE]

Votes: position on missed, H4225 [15JN], H8051 [1DE]

Voting: impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ``voter suppression'' legislation, H7589 [15NO]

World War II: recognize anniversary of Executive order authorizing internment of Japanese-American communities and increase awareness of events surrounding such internment, H949 [16FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H505 [26JA]

Tributes

Chiu, Joe Ying, E697 [12AP]

Cortines, Ramon C., H2671 [14AP]

Lew, Harry, H2608 [13AP]