DAVIS, DANNY K. (a Representative from Illinois)
Amendments
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4077 [13JN]
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), H3000 [3MY]
Agriculture: repeal sugar price support program and marketing allotments (see H.R. 1385), H2409 [6AP]
Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H5734 [28JY]
———support State based alcohol regulation, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1161), H6099 [12SE]
Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 401), H776 [14FE]
American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 462), H8262 [7DE]
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), H6415 [22SE]
Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H2917 [15AP]
Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H7928 [29NO]
———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), H7929 [29NO]
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]
———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to all members retired for disability regardless of disability rating percentage (see H.R. 186), H2667 [13AP]
———improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H7713 [16NO]
———require Presidential negotiation of and entrance into a bilateral status of forces agreement with Afghanistan (see H.R. 651), H2108 [30MR]
Assets for Independence Act: reauthorize and approve applications to operate new demonstration programs, renew existing programs, and enhance program flexibility (see H.R. 1623), H2911 [15AP]
Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 2028), H3755 [26MY]
Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 36), H726 [11FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., and recognize Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., for its work to erect a monument to the civil rights leader (see H. Con. Res. 66), H5373 [21JY]
———designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H5897 [5AU]
Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 61), H1180 (see H. Res. 61), H1200 [17FE]
Charles `Chip' Lawrence Chan Post Office Building, Peoria, IL: designate (see H.R. 2548), H5086 [14JY]
Children and youth: create and encourage the creation of jobs for youth (see H.R. 1901), H3300 [13MY]
———require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 3741), H10014 [20DE]
Chisholm, Shirley: tribute (see H. Res. 451), H7207 [1NO]
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), H5127 [15JY]
Collective bargaining: support rights of all workers and call for an end to the recent attacks on workers (see H. Res. 163), H2605 [12AP]
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), H4529 [23JN]
Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H6238 [19SE]
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), H5923 [19AU]
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), H8262 [7DE]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1588), H2910 [15AP]
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]
Correctional institutions: establish pilot program for training and certification of Federal inmates in the culinary arts to be utilized while incarcerated and for future employment and education (see H.R. 1077), H1988 [17MR]
———provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 3547), H8075 [1DE]
Cote d'Ivoire: provide humanitarian support in response to political crisis and support democracy (see H. Res. 85), H681 [10FE]
Courts: provide for deferred sentencing and the possibility of dismissal for drug offenders (see H.R. 2567), H5125 [15JY]
Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 321), H353 [19JA]
Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5286 [20JY]
Dallas Mavericks (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 311), H4327 [16JN]
Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H1905 [16MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish the Eva M. Clayton Fellows Program to provide fellowships on the eradication of world hunger and malnutrition (see H.R. 3437), H7713 [16NO]
Dept. of Education: allow local educational agencies to use certain grants for professional development activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and conflict resolution (see H.R. 415), H468 [25JA]
———assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see H.R. 1294), H2214 [31MR]
———establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]
———establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 2437), H5399 [22JY]
———establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories (see H.R. 3250), H7715 [16NO]
———provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see H.R. 1547), H2854 [14AP]
Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H4187 [14JN]
———implement the National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan (see H.R. 2600), H5489 [25JY]
———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H3281 [12MY]
———reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children's hospitals (see H.R. 1852), H4530 [23JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: enhance Federal Protective Service ability to provide adequate security for the prevention of terrorist activities and for the promotion of homeland security (see H.R. 176), H5923 [19AU]
———establish Cybersecurity Compliance Division and enhance security and resiliency of the Nation's cyber and physical infrastructure against terrorism and other cyber attacks (see H.R. 174), H1726 [10MR]
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), H5888 [1AU]
———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), H2605 [12AP]
Dept. of Justice: award grants to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, teachers, families, and community leaders (see H.R. 3054), 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]
———establish pilot program to identify and eliminate unjustified racial and ethnic disparities in the administration of justice (see H.R. 1771), H3108 [5MY]
———provide grants to nonprofit organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents (see H.R. 2464), H7999 [30NO]
Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H2572 [8AP]
———establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see H.R. 711), H4459 [22JN]
———make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to create employment opportunities for unemployed and underemployed residents in distressed communities (see H.R. 2368), H4574 [24JN]
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]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the archeological site and surrounding land of the New Philadelphia, IL, town site (see H.R. 1563), H2855 [14AP]
———conduct a study of the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, OH, and associated locations to assess potential inclusion in the National Park System (see H.R. 799), H1250 (see H.R. 799), H1361 [18FE]
Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H4577 [24JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H5087 [14JY]
———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), H2667 [13AP]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of unemployment status (see H.R. 1113), H2572 [8AP]
Diseases: establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H5489 [25JY]
———expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H7715 [16NO]
———provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 1774), H3108 [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), H3279 [12MY]
Drugs: apply reduced sentences for certain cocaine based offenses retroactively for certain offenders (see H.R. 2316), H8076 [1DE]
Ecology and environment: constitutional amendment on the right to a clean, safe, and sustainable environment (see H.J. Res. 33), H5782 [29JY]
Economy: constitutional amendment on the right to full employment and balanced growth (see H.J. Res. 35), H5782 [29JY]
———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]
———provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and work-based training for unemployed adults and youth (see H.R. 3425), H8136 [5DE]
———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]
———urge Congress to consider and pass critical jobs legislation to address the crisis facing communities of color and nationwide (see H. Res. 348), H5018 [13JY]
Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 29), H5782 [29JY]
———improve calculation, reporting, and accountability for high school graduation rates (see H.R. 1419), H2533 [7AP]
———increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see H.R. 2226), H4326 [16JN]
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), H7009 [24OC]
———establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund (see H.R. 2920), H6552 [4OC]
Ethnic groups: express regret for passage of discriminatory laws against Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act (see H. Res. 282), H4674 [6JY]
FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]
Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H2667 [13AP]
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), H4330 [16JN]
FDA: improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H6456 [23SE]
Federal Advisory Committee Act: increase transparency of Federal advisory committees (see H.R. 3124), H6671 [6OC]
Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 3300), H7333 [3NO]
Federal Railroad Administration: require a percentage of funding be expended through small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (see H.R. 3513), H7927 [29NO]
Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H3806 [31MY]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2639), H5488 [25JY]
———provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H6674 [6OC]
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]
FTC: establish rules to prohibit unfair or deceptive acts or practices relative to the provision of funeral services (see H.R. 900), H2108 [30MR]
George Thomas `Mickey' Leland Post Office Building, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 73), H1252 (see H.R. 73), H1364 [18FE]
Government: increase transparency (see H.R. 1144), H1982 [17MR]
GPO: establish and maintain a public website allowing access to electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports (see H.R. 1974), H3987 [2JN]
Haiti: recognize anniversary of earthquake, honor victims and responders, and reaffirm support and assistance (see H. Res. 35), H397 [20JA]
Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see H.R. 3528), H7998 [30NO]
Health: constitutional amendment on the right to high quality health care (see H.J. Res. 30), H5782 [29JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H1392 [28FE]
Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H3159 [10MY]
Housing: constitutional amendment on the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing (see H.J. Res. 32), H5782 [29JY]
———require home inspections conducted for property with federally related mortgages be conducted by State-licensed or certified home inspectors and include such inspections in settlement statements (see H.R. 2191), H4277 [15JN]
Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H5901 [9AU] (see H.R. 1796), H3114 [6MY]
International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 360), H5285 [20JY]
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), H2269 [1AP]
———strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H7008 [24OC]
Jesse M. Donaldson Post Office, Shelbyville, IL: designate (see H.R. 1686), H3162 [10MY]
Jordan, Barbara: tribute (see H. Res. 90), H1253 (see H. Res. 90), H1364 [18FE]
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 105), H1251 (see H. Res. 105), H1362 [18FE]
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]
Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H8318 [8DE]
Legislative branch of the Government: enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower protections and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (see H.R. 3108), H7400 [4NO]
Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H4035 [3JN]
Medicaid: require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H3304 [13MY]
Medicare: apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 3613), H8318 [8DE]
———ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 3269), H7159 [27OC]
———increase payment for chest radiography (x-ray) services that use computer aided detection technology for early detection of lung cancer (see H.R. 1172), H5661 [27JY]
———provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 831), H1770 [11MR]
Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see H.R. 2500), H5782 [29JY]
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]
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), H4674 [6JY]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 2954), H6231 [15SE]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 433), H7135 [26OC]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 433), H7135 [26OC]
National Baseball Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 2527), H5084 [14JY]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 51), H554 [8FE]
National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 362), H5373 [21JY]
National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 342), H5020 [13JY]
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H1844 [15MR]
Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H2605 [12AP]
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), H2328 [5AP]
———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H6552 [4OC]
———extend deadline for payment to be made in connection with financing of future health benefits for retirees (see H.R. 2884), H6096 [12SE]
———reform (see H.R. 1262), H2106 [30MR]
President and Vice President: constitutional amendment on direct popular election (see H.J. Res. 36), H5782 [29JY]
Presidents of the U.S.: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 3071), H6467 [29SE]
Public debt: increase statutory limit (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]
Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1916), H3301 [13MY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3573), H8186 [6DE]
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), H8077 [1DE]
Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H9928 [16DE]
SBA: ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns (see H.R. 3184), H6919 [13OC]
Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H4329 [16JN]
———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), H7892 [18NO]
———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), H6626 [5OC]
Social Security: ensure any reform prevents the reduction of benefits or an increase in retirement age (see H. Con. Res. 64), H4946 [12JY]
Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]
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), H2040 [29MR]
Taxation: constitutional amendment on progressive taxation (see H.J. Res. 34), H5782 [29JY]
———encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2536 [7AP]
———exclude from gross income amounts received for services by a student at a work-college (see H.R. 2478), H4793 [8JY]
———expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H5781 [29JY]
———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5897 [5AU]
———extend qualified school construction and zone academy bonds, treat zone academy bonds as specified tax credit bonds, and modify private business contribution requirement for zone academy bonds (see H.R. 2394), H7892 [18NO]
———increase limitation on the amount of charitable contributions of ordinary income property taken into account in determining the charitable contribution deduction for any trade or business (see H.R. 2592), H5661 [27JY]
———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]
———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1964), H3408 [24MY]
———modify rate for excise tax on investment income of private foundations (see H.R. 2311), H4526 [23JN]
———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H4075 [13JN]
———provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 2866), H7715 [16NO]
———provide market-based manufacturing incentives (see H.R. 3495), H7890 [18NO]
———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H4329 [16JN]
———require IRS to update collection policies and procedures to more adequately protect and assist taxpayers suffering an economic hardship (see H. Res. 89), H4188 [14JN]
———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2669), H5660 [27JY]
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), H8262 [7DE]
Transportation: provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (see H.R. 1515), H2664 [13AP]
———provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H6920 [13OC]
Transportation Security Administration: authorize programs and activities to enhance security of surface transportation, including mass transit (see H.R. 1900), H3300 [13MY]
———establish an Ombudsman Office (see H.R. 1165), H1983 [17MR]
Unemployment: prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual's status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 2501), H4945 [12JY]
———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 589), H599 [9FE] (see H.R. 3346), H7929 [29NO]
Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 28), H5782 [29JY]
———require States offering early voting in Federal elections to establish minimum early voting period and prohibit States from imposing certain identification requirements to vote or register to vote (see H.R. 3163), H7258 [2NO]
Women: constitutional amendment on equality of rights and reproductive rights (see H.J. Res. 31), H5782 [29JY]
———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 69), H4457 [22JN]
———promote potential of women in academic science and engineering (see H.R. 889), H1524 [2MR]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6140 [13SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (see H.R. 1602), H2911 [15AP]
City College of Chicago: anniversary (see H. Res. 499), H9431 [15DE]
Dept. of Education: allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of positive behavior supports and other early intervening services (see H.R. 3165), H6853 [12OC]
Dept. of HHS: extend authorization of appropriations for the sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program (see H.R. 2518), H5018 [13JY]
Families and domestic relations: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 2193), H4277 [15JN]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 323), H4457 [22JN]
Mozdzen, Jaroslaw and Ewa: relief (see H.R. 1665), H2913 [15AP]
Mozdzen, Slywia: relief (see H.R. 1665), H2913 [15AP]
Robinson, Donald G., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 259), H3160 [10MY]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 975), H1664 [9MR]
Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6181 [14SE]
Tariff: high-intensity sweetener (see H.R. 2450), H4748 [7JY]
Constitutional authority statements
Budget: require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (H.R. 1602), H2915 [15AP]
Dept. of Education: allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of positive behavior supports and other early intervening services (H.R. 3165), H6854 [12OC]
Dept. of HHS: extend authorization of appropriations for the sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program (H.R. 2518), H5019 [13JY]
Families and domestic relations: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (H.R. 2193), H4278 [15JN]
Mozdzen, Jaroslaw and Ewa: relief (H.R. 1665), H2916 [15AP]
Mozdzen, Slywia: relief (H.R. 1665), H2916 [15AP]
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (H.R. 975), H1665 [9MR]
Tariff: high-intensity sweetener (H.R. 2450), H4749 [7JY]
Proposals
Emergency unemployment compensation benefits extension, H8761 [13DE]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4134 [14JN]
American Heart Month: observance, E278
Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H1015 [16FE], H1106, H1153 [17FE]
Budget: allocation of funds, H609 [10FE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced, E1527
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H7794 [17NO]
———require that Federal children's programs be separately displayed and analyzed (H.R. 1602), E757
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2850 [14AP], H3375 [24MY]
Cecil L. Heftel Post Office Building, Honolulu, HI: designate (H.R. 2149), H5729 [28JY]
Charles `Chip' Lawrence Chan Post Office Building, Peoria, IL: designate (H.R. 2548), H5722 [28JY]
Chicago, IL: tribute to Providence St. Mel High School, H3323 [23MY]
———tribute to the ``We Don't Serve Teens'' initiative, H6146 [14SE]
Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2850 [14AP]
Controlled Substances Act: place synthetic drugs in Schedule I indicating high potential for abuse, no current accepted medical use, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision (H.R. 1254), H8243 [7DE]
Corporal Steven Blaine Riccione Post Office, Geneva, NY: designate (H.R. 2244), H5722 [28JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: WIC funding, H4134 [14JN]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4709 [7JY]
———prohibit funding for contractors who engage in human trafficking and labor abuses, H4709 [7JY]
Dept. of Education: prohibit funding to implement gainful employment rule applicable to certain proprietary or for-profit colleges, H1153 [17FE]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H2066 [30MR]
Dept. of HHS: community health centers funding, H1015 [16FE]
———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3375 [24MY]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5465 [25JY], E1523
Economy: address issues relative to economic disparity, H5298 [21JY]
———address wealth gap among racial and ethnic minorities, E1525
———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H609 [10FE]
———importance of job creation, H6082 [12SE]
———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8745, H8816
———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8747, H8754 [13DE]
Education: funding, H2850 [14AP]
First Lieutenant Oliver Goodall Post Office Building, Pasadena, CA: designate (H.R. 1975), H5726 [28JY]
Great Lakes: close Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Dam and Chicago River Controlling Works to prevent migration of Asian carp, H1106 [17FE]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H304 [19JA]
Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession: tribute, H3166 [11MY]
John Pangelinan Gerber Post Office, Barrigada, GU: designate (H.R. 1843), H5727 [28JY]
Karafoil, Paul: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching recipient, E129
Kehrein, Glen, H7728 [17NO]
Lori, Lou: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1970
Matthew A. Pucino Post Office, Sagamore Beach, MA: designate (H.R. 2062), H5727 [28JY]
Medicare: reform, H3375 [24MY]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, E1523
National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, E1523
National Opinion Research Center: anniversary, E1870
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 2), H304 [19JA]
———repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction (H.R. 1214), E803
———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), consideration (H. Res. 219), H2626 [13AP]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3659), H8989 [15DE]
Real Men Charities, Inc.: tribute to Real Men Cook event, E1160
Renewable energy: research funding, H5033 [14JY]
Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: extend termination date (H.R. 1308), H2581 [12AP]
Sergeant Jason W. Vaughn Post Office, Iuka, MS: designate (H.R. 2213), H5723 [28JY]
Sergeant Matthew J. Fenton Post Office, Little Ferry, NJ: designate (H.R. 789), H5724 [28JY]
Stevens-Jett, Faye: Up2Us (organization) AmeriCorps Coach Across America program Coach of the Year award recipient, H6564 [5OC]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: North American Wetlands Conservation Fund funding through reductions in BLM land and resources management funding, H5465 [25JY]
Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H3325 [23MY], H8745, H8762, H8816
———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3346), H8246 [7DE]
———rates, H3325 [23MY]
———reform compensation to promote work and job creation and allow forward funding of remaining Federal compensation funds (H.R. 1745), H3325 [23MY]
———require drug testing as a condition for application and receipt of unemployment compensation, H8816
Votes: position on missed, E124
Voting: impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ``voter suppression'' legislation, H7197 [1NO]
World AIDS Day: observance, E2158
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 2447), H7027 [25OC], E2003
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H764 [14FE], H1794 [14MR], H4849 [11JY], H5963 [7SE], H7006 [24OC], H7393 [4NO], H8316 [8DE], H8356 [12DE], H9429 [15DE]
Tributes
Calvin, Charlie, E2000
Daley, Margaret A. Corbett, H8010 [1DE]
Hosea, Tom, E2160
Leavell, Dorothy, E1885
Overton, Willard, E1313
Patrick, Ada L., E876
Percy, Charles H., H6241 [20SE]