KILDEE, DALE E. (a Representative from Michigan)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H56 [6JA]

Articles and editorials

Congress Needs a Fresh, Bipartisan Start, Representative Dingell, Washington (DC) Post, E1631 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Alcoholic beverages: support State based alcohol regulation (see H.R. 1161), H4329 [16JN]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 462), H7578 [14NO]

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), H6182 [14SE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H2108 [30MR]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H4329 [16JN]

———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]

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

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

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

———designate the Honor and Remember Flag as an official symbol to recognize and honor members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 546), H2667 [13AP]

———improve provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members and veterans (see H.R. 1941), H3759 [26MY]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 2152), H4188 [14JN]

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

Buy American Act: require total domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 487), H1456 [1MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: accept a statue of Gerald R. Ford from the people of Michigan for placement (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1619 [8MR]

———designate a room of the Capitol Visitor Center as the ``Gabriel Zimmerman Meeting Room'' (see H. Res. 364), H7135 [26OC]

Children and youth: promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see H.R. 469), H2412 [6AP]

———protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1381), H2409 [6AP]

———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]

Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1204), H4577 [24JN]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H6978 [14OC]

Columbia River: ensure salmon and steelhead preservation, maintain reasonably priced and reliable power, and study the impact of dams on endangered salmon and steelhead (see H.R. 2111), H4578 [24JN]

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), H6011 [8SE]

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), H7892 [18NO]

Consumers: delay implementation of proposed or final rules relative to reasonable and proportional fees and rules for electronic debit transactions (see H.R. 1081), H1841 [15MR]

———protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 964), H1844 [15MR]

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

Corps of Engineers: study feasibility of the hydrological separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins (see H.R. 892), H1573 [3MR]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H6233 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: 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]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a Make It in America Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1912), H3301 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: award grants to State educational agencies for activities designed to integrate engineering education into K-12 curriculum and to measure efficacy of engineering education (see H.R. 1951), H4330 [16JN]

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

———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), H4529 [23JN]

———establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 2152), H4188 [14JN]

———establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 2437), H4748 [7JY]

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

———provide education for homeless children and youths (see H.R. 1253), H2106 [30MR]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1367), H2327 [5AP]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H6098 [12SE]

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

———make grants to volunteer dental projects, improve oral health education and dental disease prevention, and enhance Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program dental services (see H.R. 1666), H6233 [15SE]

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

———provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1426), H6233 [15SE]

———provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths (see H.R. 894), H2039 [29MR]

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

———revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 751), H1176 (see H.R. 751), H1195 [17FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit the procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced (see H.R. 679), H724 [11FE]

Dept. of HUD: authorize grants and assistance to local governments and others to design and implement policies and programs that address widespread property vacancy and abandonment (see H.R. 790), H1177 (see H.R. 790), H1197 [17FE]

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]

———provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (see H.R. 1523), H3000 [3MY]

Dept. of Labor: establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see H.R. 711), H1040 (see H.R. 711), H1071 [16FE]

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

———phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 3086), H8262 [7DE]

———require a heightened review process of State occupational safety and health plans (see H.R. 571), H598 [9FE]

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

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 440), H3646 (see H.R. 440), H3684 [25MY]

———remove People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) from list of foreign terrorist organizations (see H. Res. 60), H1525 [2MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (see H.R. 205), H684 [10FE]

———establish and operate a visitor facility for the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (see H.R. 1207), H1984 [17MR]

———establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (see H.R. 3446), H7713 [16NO]

———provide further self-governance by Indian tribes (see H.R. 2444), H4748 [7JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 300), H553 [8FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program on dog training therapy (see H.R. 198), H1988 [17MR]

———designate one U.S. city each year as an ``American World War II City'' (see H.R. 2717), H8125 [2DE]

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

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

———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), H1580 [4MR]

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

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H4578 [24JN]

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

———improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 2123), H5966 [7SE]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see H.R. 3502), H7890 [18NO]

———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), H7626 [15NO]

———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), H7257 [2NO]

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]

Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building, Munising, MI: designate (see H.R. 3378), H7397 [4NO]

Emergency Trade Deficit Commission: establish (see H.R. 1603), H3115 [6MY]

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), H6180 [14SE]

———promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 2315), H5888 [1AU]

ERISA: provide protection for company-provided retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H4529 [23JN]

FAA: extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see H.R. 2644), H5782 [29JY]

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

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

Families and domestic relations: improve the lives of working families by providing medical, child care, and educational assistance and encouraging the establishment of family-friendly workplaces (see H.R. 2346), H5888 [1AU]

FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (see H.R. 1026), H3220 [11MY]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H2918 [15AP]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers (see H.R. 2535), H5085 [14JY]

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

———require the President take the necessary steps to create a more balanced trading relationship with countries where the trade deficit has exceeded a certain limit (see H.R. 1717), H6415 [22SE]

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

FTC: prescribe regulations on the collection and use of information obtained by tracking the Internet activity of an individual (see H.R. 654), H2535 [7AP]

Gambling: prohibit certain gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona (see H.R. 2938), H6344 [21SE]

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]

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), H2105 [30MR]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H3985 [2JN]

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

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 2657), H6273 [20SE]

Insurance: ensure transparency and proper operation of pharmacy benefit managers (see H.R. 1971), H7333 [3NO]

———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]

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]

Medicaid: improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (see H.R. 2134), H4035 [3JN]

———require States to provide oral health services to aged, blind, or disabled individuals (see H.R. 1606), H6273 [20SE]

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

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

———provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 2140), H5375 [21JY]

———provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer's disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H5888 [1AU]

———provide coverage of services of qualified respiratory therapists performed under the general supervision of a physician (see H.R. 941), H3411 [24MY]

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

———repeal competitive acquisition program for durable medical equipment and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in a budget neutral manner (see H.R. 1041), H2109 [30MR]

———require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2248), H7929 [29NO]

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]

NAFTA: assess impact, require further negotiation of certain provisions, and withdraw unless certain conditions are met (see H.R. 2287), H6922 [13OC]

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 Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws: establish (see H.R. 623), H679 [10FE]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 104), H1621 [8MR]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 83), H3063 [4MY]

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

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

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 227), H4279 [15JN]

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

Native Americans: clarify Federal relationship with the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 2322), H4526 [23JN]

———establish effective consultation and coordination procedures between Federal agencies and Indian tribes regarding government activities that impact tribal lands and interests (see H.R. 2380), H4574 [24JN]

———provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 27), H138 [7JA]

Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 670), H723 [11FE]

Peace Corps: require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, develop assault protocol and guidelines, establish victims advocates, and establish a Sexual Assault Advisory Council (see H.R. 2337), H6458 [23SE]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H2934 [2MY]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 1867), H3278 [12MY]

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), H3162 [10MY]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H2572 [8AP]

Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H2918 [15AP]

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), H2917 [15AP]

———ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H2858 [14AP]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 432), H601 [9FE]

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), H6098 [12SE]

———designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (see H.R. 3334), H7329 [3NO]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, and train new land managers (see H.R. 587), H1525 [2MR]

Puerto Rico: construct a specialty hospital and toxins research center on the island of Vieques (see H.R. 1645), H6043 [9SE]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1574), H5781 [29JY]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 1427), H5399 [22JY]

———repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 1084), H1841 [15MR]

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]

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

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 456), H924 [15FE]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 798), H1621 [8MR]

———prevent abuse and exploitation of older individuals (see H.R. 577), H2667 [13AP]

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: designate certain lands and inland water as wilderness (see H.R. 977), H2858 [14AP]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see H.R. 1001), H2858 [14AP]

———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), H5781 [29JY]

———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), H1580 [4MR]

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

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2152), H4188 [14JN]

Syria: support peaceful demonstrations and universal freedoms and condemn human rights violations (see H. Res. 296), H4188 [14JN]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2488), H5897 [5AU]

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

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

———allow loans from certain retirement plans for the payment of certain small business expenses (see H.R. 1661), H2913 [15AP]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 136), H4750 [7JY]

———exempt certain shipping from harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 1533), H3411 [24MY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4278 [15JN]

———extend funding and expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2644), H5782 [29JY]

———extend the Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 11), H725 [11FE]

———extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 724), H5888 [1AU]

———increase manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit (see H.R. 500), H508 [26JA]

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

———modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (see H.R. 2750), H6552 [4OC]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H3282 [12MY]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6921 [13OC]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1327), H5374 [21JY]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 2091), H5888 [1AU]

———provide that the volume cap for private activity bonds shall not apply to bonds for facilities for the furnishing of water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 1802), H6140 [13SE]

———reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H6978 [14OC]

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

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 674), H5966 [7SE]

Telecommunications: strengthen public safety by establishing a national wireless communications network for emergency responders (see H.R. 2482), H5240 [19JY]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 1002), H2667 [13AP]

Territories: encourage students to become civically engaged through local and Federal government fellowships (see H.R. 512), H8076 [1DE]

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

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 1749), H3107 [5MY]

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

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 589), H1040 (see H.R. 589), H1071 [16FE] (see H.R. 3346), H7330 [3NO]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H1580 [4MR] (see H.R. 333), H353 [19JA]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 287), H5734 [28JY]

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

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H4327 [16JN]

Williams Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 256), H4751 [7JY]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 2447), H6674 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appropriations: prevent a Government shutdown by requiring funds to be automatically appropriated at the previous year's level if a budget is not agreed upon (see H.R. 1471), H2570 [8AP]

Canada: settle certain Pottawatomi Nation claims against the U.S. (see H.R. 2928), H6181 [14SE]

Children and youth: prepare disconnected youth for a competitive future by improving existing education, workforce, and support programs for high school dropouts (see H.R. 2358), H4573 [24JN]

China: limit total value of Chinese goods procured by the U.S. Government in a year to not more than the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese Government the preceding year (see H.R. 375), H395 [20JA]

Dept. of Education: make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see H.R. 925), H1574 [3MR]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 1234), H2037 [29MR]

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 201), H2292 [4AP]

House of Representatives: establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in House parking areas at no net cost to Federal Government (see H.R. 1402), H2410 [6AP]

Monuments and memorials: require commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs to be constructed of materials grown, produced, or manufactured in the U.S. (see H.R. 1619), H2911 [15AP]

Native Americans: improve education (see H.R. 3568), H8186 [6DE]

Constitutional authority statements

Appropriations: prevent a Government shutdown by requiring funds to be automatically appropriated at the previous year's level if a budget is not agreed upon (H.R. 1471), H2571 [8AP]

Canada: settle certain Pottawatomi Nation claims against the U.S. (H.R. 2928), H6182 [14SE]

Children and youth: prepare disconnected youth for a competitive future by improving existing education, workforce, and support programs for high school dropouts (H.R. 2358), H4576 [24JN]

China: limit total value of Chinese goods procured by the U.S. Government in a year to not more than the total value of U.S. goods procured by the Chinese Government the preceding year (H.R. 375), H397 [20JA]

Dept. of Education: make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (H.R. 925), H1577 [3MR]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (H.R. 1234), H2038 [29MR]

House of Representatives: establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in House parking areas at no net cost to Federal Government (H.R. 1402), H2411 [6AP]

Monuments and memorials: require commemorative works in the District of Columbia and its environs to be constructed of materials grown, produced, or manufactured in the U.S. (H.R. 1619), H2915 [15AP]

Native Americans: improve education (H.R. 3568), H8187 [6DE]

Lists

House of Representatives' Pages, H376 [20JA], H3954 [2JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), E291 [18FE]

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 1904), H7099 [26OC]

Baker College: anniversary, E2238 [13DE]

Bay City, MI: anniversary of Bay City Armory, E1558 [8SE]

Burton, MI: anniversary of Atherton Community Schools, E954 [25MY]

———anniversary of Harris Memorial Church of God in Christ, E2158 [1DE]

———anniversary of South Flint Tabernacle, E894 [13MY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance of statue of Gerald R. Ford from the people of Michigan for placement, E795 [3MY]

Capitol Pages: tribute, H376 [20JA], H3953 [2JN], H5867 [1AU]

Children's Free Ward Association: anniversary, E1009 [1JN]

Congress: importance of bipartisanship, E1631 [14SE]

Flint, MI: anniversary of Chavez Drive naming and Ceaser Chavez March, E552 [29MR]

———anniversary of First Union Baptist Church, E1789 [6OC]

———anniversary of Flint Masonic Temple, E805 [4MY]

———anniversary of Norton Male Chorus, E861 [11MY]

———anniversary of St. George Orthodox Church, E790 [3MY]

———tribute to Genesee County Free Medical Clinic, E483 [15MR]

———tribute to Genesse District Library Black History Month brunch, E222 [14FE]

Flint Township, MI: tribute to Genesee Gardens retirement community Wall of Honor in recognition of veterans, E45 [11JA]

Goodwill Industries of Mid-Michigan, Inc.: anniversary, E728 [15AP]

Great Lakes: close Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Dam and Chicago River Controlling Works to prevent migration of Asian carp, E291 [18FE]

Hamilton, Christopher S.: Boy Scouts Tall Pine Council Jack A. Hamady Good Scout Award recipient, E641 [5AP]

Mott Middle College: anniversary, E850 [10MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services (H.R. 358), H6901 [13OC]

Syria: support peaceful demonstrations and universal freedoms and condemn human rights violations, E1119 [16JN]

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), H149 [12JA]

University of Michigan-Flint: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching ``Engaged University'' designee, E28 [6JA]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6974 [14OC]

Tributes

Appold, Alvin J., E798 [3MY]

Bryson, Tom, E529 [17MR]

Byrne, Randall D., E1011 [1JN]

Coffman, Callie M., E221 [14FE]

Coleman, Bryan, E1568 [8SE]

Conklin, Gary, E1560 [8SE]

Croudy, Lenore, E452 [10MR]

Donnelly, Barbara, E1287 [11JY]

Feaster, John A., E400 [2MR]

Flynn, Tiffany, E532 [17MR]

Foy, Robert, E1798 [6OC]

Gould, Kristopher J., E519 [17MR]

Kirby, Keith, E1934 [26OC]

Lee, Sheridan, E1189 [23JN]

Lopez, Pablo, E1325 [14JY]

Majerczyk, Dale, E53 [12JA]

Matsko, Robert, E1934 [26OC]

Mukkamala, Bobby S., E2102 [18NO]

Nesbit, Leroy, Jr., E1160 [22JN]

Oginsky, Henry, E492 [15MR]

Peloquin, Alfred L., E1644 [15SE]

Powell, Ruth Burr, E868 [11MY]

Robinson, C. Frederick, E1185 [23JN]

Rutledge, Eugene, E1571 [8SE]

Smith, Robert E., Jr., and Gilda J., E1071 [13JN]

Spaniola, Paul, E1300 [12JY]

Thomas, Tim, E1129 [16JN]