DeLAURO, ROSA L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Addresses

DeLauro Memorial Table Unveiling, E2164-E2166 [2DE]

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4152, H4164 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3613 [25MY]

Appointments

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H3 [5JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2055, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H8208 [7DE]

———H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H7289 [3NO]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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), H4459 [22JN]

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]

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), H2605 [12AP]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H3063 [4MY]

———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), H9928 [16DE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H7830 [17NO]

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), H1580 [4MR]

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

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

———require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1417), H7332 [3NO]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H7627 [15NO]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]

Business and industry: require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see H.R. 3178), H7929 [29NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H6627 [5OC]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 61), H509 [26JA]

Children and youth: provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 1562), H2855 [14AP]

———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: 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), H4460 [22JN]

Coltsville National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 2504), H4945 [12JY]

Combating Autism Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2005), H5019 [13JY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H6460 [26SE]

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), H6979 [14OC]

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), H6552 [4OC]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive speculation with respect to commodity markets and energy contracts (see H.R. 3006), H6342 [21SE]

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

Contracts: allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract (see H.R. 1354), H6415 [22SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H42 [5JA]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 2086), H5897 [5AU]

———require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications and establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs (see H.R. 1477), H6978 [14OC]

Crime: extend stolen goods offense to cover all veterans' memorials (see H.R. 3636), H8881 [13DE]

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

———prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5897 [5AU]

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), H2665 [13AP]

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

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

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (see H.R. 3005), H6627 [5OC]

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

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

———establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]

———improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1057), 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), H4794 [8JY]

———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3189), H7209 [1NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H3220 [11MY]

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

———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]

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

———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]

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), H9928 [16DE]

Dept. of Justice: 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]

———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), H4852 [11JY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5489 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for increased flexibility in payments for State veterans homes (see H.R. 2530), H7400 [4NO]

———clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 812), H6457 [23SE]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H6457 [23SE]

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

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of unemployment status (see H.R. 1113), H4946 [12JY]

Diseases: improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 2123), H4366 [21JN]

———promote increased awareness, diagnosis, and treatment of atrial fibrillation to address the high morbidity and mortality rates and to prevent avoidable associated hospitalizations (see H. Res. 295), H5489 [25JY]

———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), H3279 [12MY]

Economy: 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]

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

———promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 2315), H4526 [23JN]

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

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

———strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2234), H6626 [5OC]

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), H7831 [17NO]

FEMA: authorize grants to local governments for flood mitigation projects (see H.R. 3089), H6627 [5OC]

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H6461 [26SE]

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), H6233 [15SE]

———prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H513 [26JA]

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

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see H.R. 1344), H2291 [4AP]

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), H7009 [24OC]

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

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

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

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

GSA: convey a parcel of real property in the District of Columbia to house a National Women's History Museum (see H.R. 1269), H4366 [21JN]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H2039 [29MR]

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), H2268 [1AP]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 1815), H4076 [13JN]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 1724), H6043 [9SE]

Hurricanes: temporarily waive risk management purchase requirement for agricultural producers impacted by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee so such producers are eligible to receive certain assistance (see H.R. 2905), H6139 [13SE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H2854 [14AP]

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

Iran: strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (see H.R. 1905), H6855 [12OC]

Italian and Italian American Heritage Month: designate (see H. Res. 367), H6467 [29SE]

Jordan, Barbara: tribute (see H. Res. 90), H1253 (see H. Res. 90), H1364 [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]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H7929 [29NO]

Long Island Sound: amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to restoration and stewardship (see H.R. 3717), H9926 [16DE]

———improve activities to protect watershed (see H.R. 2110), H4076 [13JN]

Medicare: adjust payments for long-term care hospital services (see H.R. 3516), H8262 [7DE]

———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), H4329 [16JN]

———exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H1573 [3MR]

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 2140), H6273 [20SE]

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), H4188 [14JN]

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

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

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 242), H3063 [4MY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 83), H1581 [4MR]

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

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 190), H5781 [29JY]

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

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H1844 [15MR]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H3162 [10MY]

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

———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), H3112 [5MY]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2412 [6AP]

———recognize need to improve physical access to many U.S. postal facilities for all people and in particular disabled citizens (see H. Con. Res. 91), H8075 [1DE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 432), H2667 [13AP]

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

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

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

Public safety officers: extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers (see H.R. 1348), H5240 [19JY]

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), H10017 [20DE]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 3533), H8967 [14DE]

Real estate: prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and increase availability of affordable new mortgages and affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 363), H394 [20JA]

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

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H9928 [16DE]

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

———direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H553 [8FE]

———end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H2293 [4AP]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 798), H1250 (see H.R. 798), H1361 [18FE]

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

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

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: provide for sale of light grade petroleum and for its replacement with refined petroleum product (see H.R. 1017), H1724 [10MR]

Taxation: allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 136), H5087 [14JY]

———encourage natural gas vehicle investments and job creation (see H.R. 1380), H2605 [12AP]

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

———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), H7333 [3NO]

———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), H10027 [23DE]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 64), H2917 [15AP]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H3000 [3MY]

———provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 3522), H7998 [30NO]

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

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 601), H2934 [2MY]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H3758 [26MY]

———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]

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), H3107 [5MY]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H4748 [7JY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 589), H1525 [2MR] (see H.R. 3346), H7330 [3NO]

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

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

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 184), H2918 [15AP]

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), H8000 [30NO]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

CFTC: impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (see H.R. 3665), H8966 [14DE]

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]

Dept. of Education: provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes (see H.R. 2255), H4364 [21JN]

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

Dept. of HHS: provide diapers and diapering supplies under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3134), H6672 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut (see H.R. 2174), H4186 [14JN]

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]

———incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see H.R. 2421), H4671 [6JY]

Global Youth Service Days: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 210), H2534 [7AP]

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

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 402), H433 [24JA]

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

Taxation: allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see H.R. 110), H37 [5JA]

———provide a look back rule in the case of federally declared disasters for determining earned income for purposes of the child tax credit and the earned income credit (see H.R. 3048), H6455 [23SE]

———restore credit lost from replacement of the making work pay credit with the employee payroll tax cut (see H.R. 772), H1176 (see H.R. 772), H1196 [17FE]

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

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

Constitutional authority statements

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (H.R. 2029), H3757 [26MY]

CFTC: impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (H.R. 3665), H8966 [14DE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1519), H2666 [13AP]

Dept. of Education: provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes (H.R. 2255), H4365 [21JN]

Dept. of Energy: provide loan guarantees for energy efficiency upgrades to existing buildings (H.R. 3221), H6977 [14OC]

Dept. of HHS: provide diapers and diapering supplies under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (H.R. 3134), H6673 [6OC]

Dept. of the Interior: study suitability and feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National Heritage Area in Connecticut (H.R. 2174), H4187 [14JN]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (H.R. 1876), H3280 [12MY]

———incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (H,R, 2421), H4672 [6JY]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 111), H45 [5JA]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (H.R. 402), H435 [24JA]

Schools: provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (H.R. 2948), H6232 [15SE]

Taxation: allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (H.R. 110), H45 [5JA]

———provide a look back rule in the case of federally declared disasters for determining earned income for purposes of the child tax credit and the earned income credit (H.R. 3048), H6457 [23SE]

———restore credit lost from replacement of the making work pay credit with the employee payroll tax cut (H.R. 772), H1179, H1198 [17FE]

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

Women: require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (H.R. 3102), H6625 [5OC]

Letters

Birth Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act: Cindy Brownstein, Spina Bifida Association, E979 [27MY]

———Dennis K. Ledford, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, E979 [27MY]

———Lori Wolf, Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, E980 [27MY]

———Marina L. Weiss, March of Dimes Foundation, E980 [27MY]

———Matthew E. Melmed, ZERO TO THREE—National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, E980 [27MY]

———O. Marion Burton, American Academy of Pediatrics, E980 [27MY]

———Richard N. Waldman, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, E980 [27MY]

Representative Shuler's leave of absence from Committee on Small Business (House): by, E131 [26JA]

Require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue: Eleanor Hinton Hoytt, Black Women's Health Imperative (organization), E1778 [5OC]

———JoAnn Pushkin, Are You Dense Advocacy, Inc., E1778 [5OC]

———Nancy M. Cappello, Are You Dense, Inc., E1778 [5OC]

———Rhonda F. Turner, American Association of Breast Care Professionals, E1778 [5OC]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: John W. Harrity, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, H6817 [12OC]

Motions

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), H8235 [7DE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections (H.R. 3), H3028 [4MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4126, H4130, H4134, H4135, H4145, H4149, H4152, H4163, H4164 [14JN], H4216, H4238 [15JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4101 [14JN]

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), H2241, H2242 [1AP]

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

———legislative process, H1214 [18FE]

———make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending, H1228 [18FE]

———making consolidated, H9897 [16DE]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 44), H1418 [1MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), H2740 [14AP]

———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), H2798, H2801 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to health care reform funding (H. Con. Res. 35), H2795 [14AP]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H820 [15FE], H1005, H1010, H1017, H1020, H1023, H1024, H1031, H1035 [16FE], H1149, H1156, H1185 [17FE], H1203, H1204, H1206, H1207, H1209, H1210, H1211, H1213, H1214, H1215, H1216, H1217, H1218, H1219, H1228, H1244, H1261, H1262, H1285, H1286, H1309, H1323, H1327, H1342, H1346 [18FE], E275 [18FE]

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5700 [28JY], H5742 [29JY]

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

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2797 [14AP], H2881 [15AP]

Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.: anniversary, E698 [12AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: establish and implement a birth defects prevention, risk reduction, and public awareness program (H.R. 2029), E979 [27MY]

CFTC: funding, H4152, H4163 [14JN]

Comer, James P.: Greater New Haven, CT, NAACP Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E861 [11MY]

Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays: establish (S. 627), H5700 [28JY]

Contracts: Government contracts that require project labor agreements funding, H1309 [18FE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: Learn and Serve America program funding, E745 [15AP]

Corps of Engineers: emergency flood control and disaster relief funding through rescission of unobligated economic stimulus funding for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects, H5037 [14JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: wage rate requirement administration funding, H1342 [18FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: funding, E275 [18FE]

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

———WIC funding, H4101, H4130, H4134, H4135, H4145 [14JN]

———WIC funding through reductions in Brazil Cotton Institute funding, H4238 [15JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 276), H3429 [25MY]

Dept. of Education: Alaskan Native Education Equity Act and Native Hawaiian Education Program funding, H1023, H1024 [16FE]

———prohibit funding to implement gainful employment rule applicable to certain proprietary or for-profit colleges, H1149 [17FE]

Dept. of HHS: AIDS Drug Assistance Program funding, H1185 [17FE]

———Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight personnel funding, H1323 [18FE]

———Community Services Block Grant Program funding, H1017 [16FE]

———family planning services funding, H1005 [16FE]

———funding for implementation of medical loss ratio requirements for health insurers to spend a certain percentage of premiums on clinical services, H1261, H1262 [18FE]

———State health insurance exchange regulations or guidelines development funding, H1285, H1286 [18FE]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5454 [25JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), conference report, H9897 [16DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H9897 [16DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3070), H7236 [2NO]

DeStefano, John, Jr.: Connecticut Anti-Defamation League Torch of Liberty Award recipient, E926 [23MY]

Drega, Connie: Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee Women's Leadership Award recipient, E1912 [24OC]

Economy: importance of job creation, H8150 [6DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H5037 [14JY]

EPA: continue to require industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators to reduce emissions if such emissions are damaging children's development, H6646 [6OC]

———provide additional time to issue achievable standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators (H.R. 2250), H6646 [6OC]

Fair Haven, CT: anniversary of Fair Haven Community Health Center, E1467 [1AU]

FDA: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition funding, H4164 [14JN]

Federal agencies and departments: exempt country of origin labeling rules from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H8235 [7DE]

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

———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), motion to recommit, H8235 [7DE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1315), consideration (H. Res. 358), H5308 [21JY]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend (H.R. 2832), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 425), H6716 [11OC]

Hartford, CT: tribute to Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, E1072 [13JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: health-care related provisions implementation funding, H1203, H1204, H1206, H1207, H1209, H1210, H1211, H1213, H1214, H1215, H1216, H1217, H1218, H1219 [18FE]

———repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2), H309 [19JA]

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding through reductions in Teacher Quality State Grant program and School Improvement Grant program, H1020 [16FE]

International Union of Operating Engineers: anniversary of Local 478 chapter, E1462 [1AU]

Kenya: anniversary of constitution and tribute to its impact on women's rights, E1795 [6OC]

LIHEAP: funding, H1010 [16FE]

Marino, Phyllis: Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee Women's Leadership Award recipient, E1904 [24OC]

Marrakech, Inc.: anniversary, E2057 [15NO]

Medicaid: reform, H2881 [15AP]

Medicare: reform, H2797 [14AP], H2881 [15AP]

Middletown, CT: anniversary of St. Sebastian Parish, E865 [11MY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 407), E1678 [21SE]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Amity Club of New Haven, E2050 [15NO]

———anniversary of Choir of Men and Boys of Trinity Church, E1069 [13JN]

———anniversary of Greater New Haven Habitat for Humanity, E1065 [13JN]

New Haven Preservation Trust (organization): anniversary, E922 [23MY]

New York, NY: recognize historical significance of Triangle Shirtwaist Co., fire on improving worker safety standards, honor victims, and commend groups involved in victim aid and worker safety improvement, E743 [15AP]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units and timing of elections of labor organizations (H.R. 3094), H7965 [30NO]

———funding, H1031 [16FE]

———prohibit from ordering any employer to close, relocate, or transfer employment under any circumstance (H.R. 2587), consideration (H. Res. 372), H6191 [15SE]

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

———implementation funding, H1203, H1204, H1206, H1207, H1209, H1210, H1211, H1213, H1214, H1215, H1216, H1217, H1218, H1219 [18FE]

———Independent Payment Advisory Board funding, H1346 [18FE]

———modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), consideration (H. Res. 430), H6874 [13OC]

———repeal (H.R. 2), H309 [19JA]

———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), H2957 [3MY]

———repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (H.R. 1217), H2636 [13AP]

Petroleum: impact of oil speculators on gasoline prices, H4152 [14JN]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H1156 [17FE]

Point of order, H1203, H1214 [18FE]

Shelton, CT: tribute to Shelton Vikings Midget and Pee Wee Cheerleading teams, E75 [19JA]

Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, H8150 [6DE], H8266 [8DE]

———rates, H4149 [14JN]

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), H176 [12JA]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3078), consideration (H. Res. 425), H6716 [11OC]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3080), H6817 [12OC]

———approve and implement (H.R. 3080), consideration (H. Res. 425), H6716 [11OC]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: approve and implement (H.R. 3079), consideration (H. Res. 425), H6716 [11OC]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H8150 [6DE], H8266 [8DE]

Votes: correction, E385 [1MR]

———position on missed, E240 [16FE], E385 [1MR], E845 [10MY], E1283 [11JY], E2033, E2038 [14NO]

Women: require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (H.R. 3102), E1778 [5OC]

Remarks in House relative to

New Haven, CT: dedication of DeLauro Memorial Table, E2164 [2DE]

Special order: granted, H392 [20JA]

Tributes

Aiello, Nicholas, E2224 [12DE]

Brockman, Herbert N., E868 [11MY]

Colon, Javier, E1285 [11JY]

Cozzi, Benedict, E263 [18FE]

Esposito, Andrew, E2044 [15NO]

Geremia, Joseph, E1907 [24OC]

Hodges, Adele E., E1464 [1AU]

Ratchford, William R., H437 [25JA]

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, E1072 [13JN]

Tannenbaum, Leon M., E1969 [1NO]

Tirozzi, Gerald, E843 [10MY]

Turton, Ashley Westbrook, H378 [20JA]

Welch, Stanley, E1460 [1AU]