RURAL AREAS related term(s) Agriculture; Suburban areas

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6516 [13OC], S6578, S6587, S6590, S6606, S6607, S6609, S6610, S6611 [17OC], S6633, S6634, S6636, S6648, S6649, S6650, S6651, S6674, S6675, S6676, S6677, S6678, S6679, S6680, S6681, S6684, S6685, S6686, S6687, S6688, S6689 [18OC], S6729, S6730, S6731, S6733, S6734, S6735, S6736, S6738, S6742, S6746, S6751, S6752, S6754, S6758, S6770, S6771, S6772, S6773, S6774, S6775, S6782, S6783, S6784, S6785, S6786 [19OC], S6806, S6807, S6808, S6809, S6841, S6849, S6850, S6882, S6883, S6887, S6888 [20OC], S6924 [31OC], S6933, S6979, S7009 [1NO], H4076, H4077 [13JN], H4152, H4164, H4165, H4166, H4168, H4169, H4170, H4171, H4174, H4175, H4176, H4179, H4180, H4181, H4188 [14JN], H4202, H4204, H4205, H4207, H4208, H4210, H4213, H4215, H4217, H4219, H4222, H4240, H4241, H4242, H4245, H4246, H4253, H4256, H4257, H4259, H4263, H4267, H4268, H4269, H4270, H4271, H4272, H4274, H4279 [15JN], H4283, H4284, H4286, H4288, H4289, H4290, H4292, H4293, H4295, H4296 [16JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1265 [4MR], S1332 [7MR], S1413 [8MR], S1511 [9MR], H776, H777, H778, H779, H780, H781, H782, H783, H784, H785, H786, H787, H788, H789, H790, H791, H792, H793, H794, H795, H796 [14FE], H830, H844, H846, H849, H854, H855, H873, H875, H878, H881, H882, H886, H888, H889, H890, H893, H895, H897, H900, H901, H902, H903, H904, H908, H910, H924, H925, H926, H927, H928, H929, H930, H931, H933, H934, H935 [15FE], H968, H970, H976, H981, H982, H984, H986, H987, H988, H989, H990, H992, H999, H1001, H1002, H1003, H1007, H1014, H1016, H1020, H1023, H1024, H1025, H1028, H1031, H1032, H1033, H1036, H1041, H1045, H1051, H1055, H1056, H1057, H1060, H1063, H1064, H1067, H1071 [16FE], H1091, H1094, H1095, H1096, H1102, H1103, H1106, H1111, H1114, H1115, H1121, H1125, H1131, H1144, H1145, H1149, H1155, H1182, H1183, H1184, H1185, H1186 [17FE], H1202, H1213, H1215, H1217, H1220, H1221, H1222, H1223, H1224, H1226, H1231, H1243, H1245, H1246, H1247, H1249, H1257, H1258, H1261, H1262, H1265, H1268, H1269, H1271, H1272, H1273, H1275, H1277, H1279, H1280, H1281, H1282, H1284, H1285, H1286, H1287, H1288, H1289, H1290, H1291, H1308, H1310, H1311, H1312, H1313, H1314, H1315, H1316, H1317, H1318, H1319, H1320, H1322, H1323, H1324, H1325, H1327, H1328, H1342, H1345, H1346, H1349 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H814 [15FE]

EPA: establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (H.R. 1633), H8282, H8283, H8284, H8285, H8286, H8287, H8289 [8DE]

———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (H.R. 1633), consideration (H. Res. 487), H8270 [8DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7113 [3NO], H7289 [3NO]

Articles and editorials

Cooperatives Continue To Shape the Landscape in Rural Wyoming, S6869 [20OC]

Frontier School's President and Dean, Dr. Susan Stone, Named NRHA's Distinguished Educator of the Year, S3493 [6JN]

John Murtha's Airport for No One—A Monument to Earmarks in Johnstown, PA, S593 [7FE]

Planes to Nowhere? Congress Plans To Increase Small-Town Airline Subsidies, S593 [7FE]

Restore the Horsemeat Industry and Create Jobs, H4224 [15JN]

Rural Air Subsidies Test Resolve To Cut Spending, S594 [7FE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts for livestock marketing (see S. 1026), S3170 [19MY] (see H.R. 2631), H5488 [25JY]

———reform and reauthorize agricultural programs (see S. 1658), S6185 [5OC] (see H.R. 3111), H6624 [5OC]

———restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (see S. 1161), S3682 [9JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (see H.R. 2112), H4034 [3JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), consideration (see H. Res. 300), H4074 [13JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 467), H7713 [16NO]

Appalachian Development Highway System: complete construction (see S. 1382), S4641 [18JY]

———extend Corridor N from its current northern terminus at Corridor M near Ebensburg, PA, to Corridor T, near Salamanca, NY (see H.R. 1544), H2854 [14AP]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (see H.R. 1), H722 [11FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 92), H773 [14FE]

Commodity Exchange Act: clarify definition of swap dealer (see H.R. 3527), H7998 [30NO]

Corps of Engineers: conduct levee system evaluations and certifications on receipt of requests from non-Federal interests (see S. 806), S2446 [13AP] (see H.R. 1157), H1982 [17MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 2795), H5895 [5AU] (see H.R. 2795), H5938 [6SE]

———allow Rural Utilities Service to finance natural gas infrastructure in rural communities (see S. 1754, 1757), S6872 [20OC]

———designate parts of San Joaquin Valley in California as a rural area for purposes of programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (see H.R. 760), H1176 (see H.R. 760), H1195 [17FE]

———establish Office of Rural Broadband Initiatives (see H.R. 1083), H1841 [15MR]

———establish the Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion Program (see S. 1414), S4911 [26JY]

———expand eligibility for Farm Service Agency loans (see S. 1592), S5838 [21SE] (see H.R. 874), H1523 [2MR]

———extend suspension of limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for Farm Service Agency guaranteed assistance (see H.R. 1233), H2037 [29MR] (see H.R. 1422), H2533 [7AP] (see H.R. 1607), H2911 [15AP]

———suspend limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible to receive loan guarantees (see S. 368), S791 [16FE]

Dept. of Education: amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (see S. 567), S1600 [14MR]

———establish Office of Rural Education Policy (see S. 946), S2874 [11MY]

———improve outcomes for students in persistently low-performing schools by authorizing school turnaround grants and reward schools that make significant progress in closing achievement gaps (see S. 959), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 3535), H8075 [1DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a demonstration program to test the viability of community integrated small house nursing care homes (see S. 2022), S8734 [16DE]

———revise and expand the 340B Drug Pricing Program to improve provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net providers (see H.R. 2674), H5660 [27JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: implement a comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity along the southwest border of the U.S. (see S. 803), S2446 [13AP] (see H.R. 1507), H2664 [13AP]

———make grants for partnerships that finance equipment and infrastructure to improve public safety in rural areas near the Mexican border by enhancing access to mobile communications (see H.R. 1277), H2213 [31MR]

Dept. of HUD: create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined regulations (see S. 1621), S5903 [22SE] (see H.R. 3325), H7256 [2NO]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project (see S. 1192), S3773 [14JN]

Dept. of the Interior: provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see S. 1692), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 3599), H8260 [7DE]

Dept. of Transportation: promulgate a rule to improve the daytime and nighttime visibility of agricultural equipment that may be operated on a public road (see S. 1499), S5251 [2AU] (see H.R. 843), H1390 [28FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans (see S. 914), S2777 [9MY]

———carry out a pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in rural areas (see H.R. 3369), H7397 [4NO]

———enter into contracts with health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans who have difficulty receiving treatment at departmental facilities (see H.R. 3723), H9926 [16DE]

———establish a center for technical assistance for non-departmental health care providers who furnish care to veterans in rural areas (see S. 1631), S5945 [23SE]

———establish a pilot program under which veterans in Alaska may receive health care benefits at non-departmental medical facilities (see S. 1146), S3497 [6JN] (see H.R. 2203), H4277 [15JN]

———establish centers of excellence for rural health research, education, and clinical activities and recognize Office of Rural Health resource centers (see S. 1127), S3427 [26MY]

———require a strategic plan for the Office of Rural Health for improving access to, and quality of, health care services for veterans in rural areas (see S. 1849), S7367 [10NO]

———require entrance into contracts with community health care providers to improve access to health care for veterans in highly rural areas (see H.R. 575), H598 [9FE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: provide authority to enter into stewardship projects to achieve land management goals for national forests and public lands that meet local and rural community needs (see H.R. 2601), H5285 [20JY]

Diseases: reduce disparities and improve access to diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer for underserved populations and men with a family history of prostate cancer (see S. 1190), S3773 [14JN] (see H.R. 2159), H4185 [14JN]

Economy: retool manufacturers for clean energy production, provide worker training and tax credits for value-added agriculture investments, expand broadband access, and extend Build America Bonds program (see S. 1895), S7702 [17NO]

EPA: establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (see S. 1528), S5458 [8SE] (see H.R. 1633), H2912 [15AP]

———establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard for nuisance dust and limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in certain areas (see S. 1803), S7127 [3NO]

Financial institutions: encourage the meeting of needs of borrowers in low- to moderate-income communities (see H.R. 1662), H2913 [15AP]

———enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (see S. 1600), S5902 [22SE] (see H.R. 1697), H2998 [3MY]

Health care facilities: extend period of applicability of the exemption for critical access hospitals under the FHA program for mortgage insurance for hospitals (see S. 1431), S4960 [27JY] (see H.R. 2573), H5149 [18JY]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities (see S. 1979), S8490 [12DE]

———provide practitioners in rural areas with training in preventive health care (see S. 51), S123 [25JA]

Housing: provide flexibility to the definition of rural areas (see H.R. 2761), H5884 [1AU]

Housing Act: revise requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see S. 878), S2686 [4MY] (see H.R. 273), H201 [12JA]

Medicaid: direct electronic health record incentive payments to federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see S. 643), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 1187), H1984 [17MR]

———extend to physician assistants eligibility for incentive payments for adoption and use of certified electronic health records (see H.R. 2729), H5883 [1AU]

———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians' assistants (see S. 56), S123 [25JA] (see H.R. 2134), H4035 [3JN]

Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission: ensure proportional representation of rural interests and provide for greater transparency in proceedings (see H.R. 560), H550 [8FE]

Medicare: ensure eligibility of certain professionals practicing in rural health clinics for electronic health records and quality improvement incentives (see H.R. 3458), H7828 [17NO]

———extend reasonable cost contracts (see S. 1497), S5251 [2AU] (see H.R. 2770), H5884 [1AU]

———improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 2201), H4277 [15JN]

———preserve access to ambulance services (see H.R. 1005), H1723 [10MR]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 1680), S6390 [11OC]

———provide for temporary retention of sole community hospital status (see S. 408), S871 [17FE]

———provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 1044), H1768 [11MR]

———repeal reduction in disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 3633), H8727 [12DE]

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: ensure proportional representation of rural interests and provide for greater transparency in proceedings (see H.R. 560), H550 [8FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend disproportionate share hospital payment program (see H.R. 342), H354 [19JA]

Mental health: promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations (see S. 40), S123 [25JA]

Postal Service: maintain services to rural areas (see H.R. 3744), H10014 [20DE]

———prohibit closing of any post office which results in more than a certain distance between any 2 post offices (see S. 1668), S6330 [6OC] (see H.R. 3370), H7397 [4NO] (see H.R. 3592), H8260 [7DE]

Roads and highways: improve safety of high risk rural roads (see H.R. 2107), H4034 [3JN]

Safe Drinking Water Act: reauthorize provision of technical assistance to small public water systems (see H.R. 1427), H2533 [7AP]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 1692), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 3599), H8260 [7DE]

Taxation: allow a business credit for investments in rural microbusinesses (see H.R. 2858), H5964 [7SE]

———allow tax-exempt bond financing for fixed-wing emergency medical aircraft (see H.R. 1011), H1724 [10MR]

———allow veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see S. 1474), S5250 [2AU]

———clarify waiver period with respect to a deductible made by a veteran for certain travel costs necessary to receive treatment at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 3350), H7330 [3NO]

———exempt renewable energy projects receiving Rural Energy for America Program grants from production tax credit offsets (see H.R. 277), H201 [12JA]

———increase limitations on the amount excluded from the gross estate with respect to land subject to a qualified conservation easement (see S. 1901), S7702 [17NO]

———provide an exclusion from the gross estate for certain farmlands and lands subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 390), H395 [20JA]

———provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 518), S1501 [9MR]

———provide incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (see H.R. 1542), H2854 [14AP]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 378), S870 [17FE]

Telecommunications: support growth through deregulation, additional broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 175), H1906 [16MR]

Veterans: require the Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Appalachian Regional Commission to carry out an outreach program for veterans who reside in Appalachia (see S. 935), S2839 [10MY] (see H.R. 1854), H3218 [11MY]

West Virginia: honor coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South, extend condolences to families, recognize hardships and risks faced by miners, and commend mine tragedy rescuers (see S. Res. 129), S2087 [4AP] (see H. Res. 199), H2266 [1AP]

Cloture motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6758 [19OC], S6847 [20OC]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247 [4MR]

Conference reports

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 2112), H7433-H7576 [14NO]

Letters

Dept. of Agriculture Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration proposed rule to regulate livestock and poultry marketing practices: several organizations, S6857 [20OC]

FAA Essential Air Service Program funding: Bruce Phillips, S661 [14FE]

———C. Joy Journeay and Gerard H. Rock, Alaska Air Carriers Association, S662 [14FE]

———Carol J. Piscoya, Norton Sound Health Corp., S660 [14FE]

———Casimero A. Aceveda, Organized Village of Kake, AK, S661 [14FE]

———Christine Klein, Calista Corp., S660 [14FE]

———Danny Seybert, Peninsula Airways, Inc., S661 [14FE]

———Julie Dirks, S655 [14FE]

———Julie E. Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, S662 [14FE]

———Leif Wilson, 40-Mile Air (company), S662 [14FE]

———Marie N. Greene, NANA Regional Corp., Inc., S660 [14FE]

———Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks (organization), S715 [15FE]

———Pete Sepp, National Taxpayers Union, S715 [15FE]

———Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S716 [15FE]

———W.L. MacKay, Alaska Airlines, Inc., S662 [14FE]

Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act: Lisa P. Jackson, EPA, H8279 [8DE]

———several organizations, H8276 [8DE]

Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program: Terry McCabe, Maine School Management Association, S1605 [14MR]

Tax exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants: American Veterinary Medical Association, S1504 [9MR]

Lists

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

Motions

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6717, S6740 [19OC], H4312 [16JN], H7273 [3NO]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1247 [4MR], H1355 [18FE]

Petitions and memorials

Alaska Federation of Natives: FAA Essential Air Service Program funding, S662 [14FE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: reform certain programs, H7071 [26OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H4289, H4290 [16JN]

———conservation programs funding, H4205 [15JN], E1209 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4079, H4081, H4094, H4095, H4108-H4183 [14JN], H4194, H4202-H4274 [15JN], H4283-H4314, H4319-H4322 [16JN], E1098, E1106, E1107, E1109 [15JN], E1113, E1115, E1118, E1121, E1123, E1128 [16JN], E1147 [21JN], E1154, E1159, E1162 [22JN], E1200, E1209 [24JN], E1260 [7JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report, H7629 [16NO], H7746-H7782 [17NO], E2080 [17NO], E2100, E2103, E2108 [18NO], E2138 [30NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4096-H4104 [14JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 467), H7733-H7737 [17NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), motion to instruct conferees, H7273-H7279 [3NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), motion to recommit, H4312, H4313 [16JN]

Appropriations: 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, H1243, H1244 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H727, H746, H750-H754 [14FE], H801, H803, H804, H817-H913 [15FE], H937, H941, H942, H944, H948, H949, H950, H951, H955, H957-H1036, H1043-H1068 [16FE], H1074, H1080-H1175, H1181-H1189 [17FE], H1201, H1202-H1249, H1255-H1357 [18FE], H1366, H1378-H1382 [28FE], H1395, H1398, H1404, H1405, H1406-H1415, H1417-H1419, H1425, H1429, H1442-H1445 [1MR], H1460, H1463, H1464, H1485, H1502, H1503, H1517 [2MR], H1527, H1528, H1554-H1557, H1561 [3MR], H1627, H1628, H1629, H1643-H1649 [9MR], H1672, H1673, H1676, H1699, H1712 [10MR], H1751-H1761 [11MR], H1773 [14MR], H1805-H1810, H1821, H1822, H1828, H1836 [15MR], H1849, H1850, H1859, H1901 [16MR], H1980 [17MR], H2004, H2007 [29MR], H2046, H2048, H2049, H2050, H2063, H2065-H2067, H2092 [30MR], H2113, H2118, H2119 [31MR], H2217, H2218, H2225, H2228, H2230, H2248 [1AP], H2272 [4AP], H2299, H2301, H2302, H2314 [5AP], H2331, H2336, H2392, H2395, H2401 [6AP], H2414, H2453 [7AP], H2541, H2544, H2547, H2549, H2550 [8AP], H2598 [12AP], H2739, H2743, H2789 [14AP], H2903 [15AP], H5739 [29JY], H5860 [1AU], H6677 [11OC], E222 [14FE], E238, E239, E240, E241, E242, E243, E245, E247, E248, E249, E250, E251 [16FE], E253, E254, E255, E257, E258, E259 [17FE], E261, E262, E269, E270, E271, E272, E273, E275, E276, E277, E278, E279, E280, E281, E282, E283, E284, E286, E287, E288, E289, E290, E291, E292, E293, E295, E296, E297, E298, E299, E300, E301, E302, E303, E305, E308, E310, E312, E317, E318, E319 [18FE], E321, E322, E324, E333, E336 [28FE], E388, E389 [1MR], E396 [2MR], E413, E414, E415, E416 [3MR], E500 [16MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H1355 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, H1174, H1175 [17FE]

Bethlehem, CT: anniversary of Bethlehem Grange No. 121, E1074 [13JN]

BLM: impact of regional public lands management plans, H3211 [11MY]

Budget: impact of proposed cuts on Federal aid programs, H748, H749 [14FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: Lewis and Clark Rural Water System funding, H7336 [4NO]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: impact of Federal funding on rural areas, H716 [11FE], H758, H759 [14FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service cormorant population control funding, H4297 [16JN]

———Biomass Crop Assistance Program funding, H4124, H4125 [14JN]

———Community Connect rural broadband grant program funding, H1280 [18FE]

———cooperatives supporting minority and socially disadvantaged farmers funding, H4272 [15JN]

———designate parts of San Joaquin Valley in California as a rural area for purposes of programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (H.R. 760), E261 [18FE]

———extend suspension of limitation on the period for which certain borrowers are eligible for Farm Service Agency guaranteed assistance (H.R. 1607), E745 [15AP]

———fee-for-service horse meat inspections funding, H4222-H4224 [15JN]

———Healthy Food Funding Initiative funding through reductions in agriculture building and facilities and rental payments funding, H4257-H4259 [15JN]

———Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative funding, H4094 [14JN], H4242-H4245 [15JN]

———Multifamily Housing Rehabilitation Program and Rural Development Loan Fund Program funding through reductions in Food for Peace program funding, H4204, H4205 [15JN]

———Organic Data Initiative funding, H4129 [14JN]

———prohibit funding for settlement of claims by African-American farmers who suffered discrimination in the administration of farm credit and benefit programs, H4267, H4268 [15JN], H4319-H4322 [16JN], E1128 [16JN]

———prohibit funding to implement additional reporting requirements on the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, H4241, H4242 [15JN]

———prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts for livestock marketing, E2214 [8DE]

———reduce passenger vehicle fleet, H4219 [15JN]

———reform payment limitation rules for farm subsidies, H4263-H4267 [15JN]

———rural broadband loan program funding through reductions in agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments funding, H4259, H4260 [15JN]

———Rural Development Loan Fund Program funding through reductions in Food for Peace program funding, H4210-H4213 [15JN]

———Rural Energy for America Program funding, E1107 [15JN]

———Rural Energy for America Program funding through reductions in Office of the Chief Information Officer, H4167, H4168 [14JN]

———Rural Housing Assistance Grants Program funding, H4205 [15JN]

Dept. of HHS: prioritize graduate medical education funding to qualified teaching health centers in underserved areas, H3432, H3433 [25MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: cell phone communications in rural border areas funding, H3846, H3847 [1JN]

———implement a comprehensive border security plan to combat illegal immigration, drug and alien smuggling, and violent activity along the southwest border of the U.S., H3097-H3102 [5MY]

Dept. of HUD: prioritize Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding for rural areas, H1893, H1894 [16MR]

Diseases: reduce disparities and improve access to diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer for underserved populations and men with a family history of prostate cancer (H.R. 2159), E1082 [14JN]

EPA: clarify application of particulate matter produced from mining activities to Clean Air Act regulations, H8286 [8DE]

———consider impact on employment levels and economic activity of agricultural industry prior to issuance of any new environmental rules or regulations, H8288, H8289 [8DE]

———consult with the Dept. of Agriculture when modifying national ambient air quality standards relative to nuisance dust in certain areas, H8284, H8285 [8DE]

———enforce national ambient air quality standard for coarse particulate matter, H8283 [8DE]

———ensure regulation of particulate matter includes regulation of cadmium, lead, and asbestos, H8294, H8295 [8DE]

———ensure that the term nuisance dust does not include particulate matter containing arsenic or other heavy metals hazardous to human health, H8285 [8DE]

———exclude certain uncontrollable dust events from determinations of whether an area is in compliance with the coarse particulate matter standard, H8287 [8DE]

———grant authority to regulate nuisance dust if State, local, or tribal laws are not sufficient to protect public health, H8283, H8284 [8DE]

Executive Office of the President: Healthy Food Funding Initiative funding, H4165, H4166 [14JN]

FAA: continue Airport Improvement Program funding to airports in Puerto Rico, H2177 [31MR]

———Essential Air Service Program funding, H2117, H2126, H2132, H2134-H2136, H2140, H2187 [31MR], H5257-H5263 [20JY], E640 [5AP]

Forest Service: proposed service plan relative to production of timber and energy resources from national forests, H3209 [11MY]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S., E1388 [22JY], E1514 [9AU], E1850 [13OC], E1964 [31OC], E1981 [2NO], E2063 [16NO], E2097, E2100 [18NO], E2123 [29NO], E2136 [30NO], E2214 [8DE], E2333 [20DE]

National Rural Health Day: observance, E2076 [17NO]

Pittsfield, ME: Sebasticook Valley Hospital named Leapfrog Group (organization) ``Top Rural Hospital'', E11 [5JA]

Postal Service: prohibit closing of any post office which results in more than a certain distance between any 2 post offices (H.R. 3370), H8057 [1DE]

Southeast Crescent Regional Commission: funding, H5014, H5015 [13JY], E1329 [14JY]

Steuben, ME: anniversary of Henry D. Moore Parish House and Library, E432 [8MR]

TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.: prevent rise in gas prices and limit seizure of farmland relative to construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline, H5537 [26JY]

Waterville, ME: Inland Hospital named Leapfrog Group (organization) ``Top Rural Hospital'', E6 [5JA]

———report on investigation of the Upper Big Branch Mine-South disaster, H3917 [2JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: prohibit use of certain anti-competitive forward contracts for livestock marketing (S. 1026), S3175 [19MY]

———restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (S. 1161), S3686, S3690 [9JN]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, S6740 [19OC], S6936 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6573, S6575-S6581, S6587-S6590 [17OC], S6623, S6633-S6653 [18OC], S6704, S6706, S6708-S6713, S6716, S6717, S6724-S6756, S6786 [19OC], S6791-S6815, S6817-S6819, S6829, S6833-S6853 [20OC], S6899-S6901, S6911, S6912 [31OC], S6932-S6981, S6983, S6986 [1NO], S7061 [2NO], S7100 [3NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report, S7433 [15NO], S7677, S7678-S7684 [17NO], S7825, S7826 [18NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S7673 [17NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), motion to recommit, S6740 [19OC], S6936 [1NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2112), unanimous-consent agreement, S6561 [13OC], S6657 [18OC], S6758 [19OC], S6838, S6847 [20OC]

Appalachian Development Highway System: complete construction (S. 1382), S4643 [18JY]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S822 [17FE], S1022 [28FE], S1023-S1028 [1MR], S1087 [2MR], S1179, S1185-S1193, S1204, S1206-S1208 [3MR], S1245-S1247 [4MR], S1415-S1419, S1421-S1495 [9MR], S1515, S1533, S1544 [10MR], S1591 [14MR], S1614, S1650 [15MR], S1728 [16MR], S1908 [29MR], S1950 [30MR], S2005, S2014, S2035-S2037 [31MR], S2114 [5AP], S2157, S2181, S2186 [6AP], S2236, S2254 [7AP], S2293, S2304 [8AP], S2438, S2439 [13AP], S3717 [13JN]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247-S1250 [4MR], S1309-S1313, S1315-S1318, S1320 [7MR], S1336-S1348, S1350-S1360, S1394-S1398 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent request, S1247 [4MR]

Bankruptcy: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks, S8695 [16DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: enforce adjusted gross income eligibility limits on farm subsidy recipients, S6850 [20OC]

———permit certain nonprofit entities to apply for permits to build in wetlands under the Corps of Engineers' farmer program loans, S6650 [18OC]

———prohibit direct payments to individuals or entities that exceed certain income limits, S6651 [18OC], S6750 [19OC], S6845 [20OC]

———reform payment limitation rules for farm subsidies, S3866 [16JN]

———Rural Development Agency funding, S6932 [1NO]

Dept. of Education: amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (S. 567), S1603-S1605 [14MR]

———establish Office of Rural Education Policy (S. 946), S2878-S2880 [11MY]

Dept. of HUD: create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined regulations (S. 1621), S5913 [22SE]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project (S. 1192), S3773 [14JN]

Dept. of the Interior: provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program, S6831 [20OC]

———provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (S. 1692), S6465, S6466 [12OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize waiver of collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans (S. 914), S2782 [9MY]

———establish a pilot program under which veterans in Alaska may receive health care benefits at non-departmental medical facilities (S. 1146), S7279 [9NO]

Economy: require a certain percentage of competitive grant funding for first responder employment stabilization goes to rural communities, S6830 [20OC]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, S380 [1FE], S587, S592-S595 [7FE], S654-S656, S659-S663 [14FE], S709, S715, S716 [15FE], S781, S782 [16FE], S811 [17FE], S1116 [2MR], S4929, S4946 [27JY]

———modify requirement on distance from nearest medium or large hub airport to qualify for Essential Air Service Program funding, S826 [17FE]

———require a certain minimum number of daily enplanements to qualify for Essential Air Service Program funding, S826 [17FE]

———Small Community Air Service Program funding, S781 [16FE], S6936 [1NO]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (S. 1600), S8056 [30NO]

Health care facilities: extend period of applicability of the exemption for critical access hospitals under the FHA program for mortgage insurance for hospitals (S. 1431), S4961 [27JY]

Medicare: ensure equitable reimbursement for all rural States, S56 [5JA]

———provide for temporary retention of sole community hospital status (S. 408), S908 [17FE]

Middlesboro, KY: rescue of coal miners trapped as a result of flooding, S3940 [21JN]

———support for coal miners trapped as a result of flooding, S3906 [20JN]

National Agriculture Week: observance, S1746 [16MR], S1803 [17MR]

National Cooperative Month: observance, S6869 [20OC]

Point Reyes Station, CA: anniversary of Marin Agricultural Land Trust, S1056 [1MR]

Rapid City, SD: Rand McNally & Co., and USA Today ``Most Patriotic Town'' designee, S5068 [29JY]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize, S6831 [20OC]

———reauthorize (S. 1692), S6465, S6466 [12OC]

Stone, Susan: National Rural Health Association Distinguished Educator of the Year Award recipient, S3493 [6JN]

Taxation: provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (S. 518), S1504 [9MR]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (S. 378), S874 [17FE]

———honor coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South, extend condolences to families, recognize hardships and risks faced by miners, and commend mine tragedy rescuers (S. Res. 129), S2142 [5AP]

———settlement agreement reached for payment of compensation and fines surrounding Upper Big Branch Mine-South disaster, S8368 [6DE]

Reports

Growing Opportunities—Family Farm Values for Reforming the Farm Bill: Representative Blumenauer (excerpt), H7072 [26OC]

Reports filed

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2112) (H. Rept. 112-101), H4034 [3JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2112) (S. Rept. 112-73), S5386 [7SE]

Collection of Copayments for Telehealth and Telemedicine Visits of Veterans Waiver Authorization: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 914) (S. Rept. 112-88), S6390 [11OC]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2112, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 467) (H. Rept. 112-290), H7713 [16NO]

Consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and Other Departments and Agencies Appropriations, Unobligated Stimulus Funds Rescission, and Discretionary Spending Reduction: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 112-13), H773 [14FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1633, Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 487) (H. Rept. 112-317), H8259 [7DE]

Consideration of H.R. 2112, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 300) (H. Rept. 112-103), H4074 [13JN]

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2112) (H. Rept. 112-284), H7577 [14NO]

Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1633) (H. Rept. 112-316), H8186 [6DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), H4166, H4178 [14JN], H4238, H4239 [15JN], H4289 [16JN]

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H879, H883, H890, H897 [15FE], H970, H984, H988, H991, H994, H1008, H1025, H1028, H1029, H1033, H1034, H1044, H1064 [16FE], H1103, H1111, H1115 [17FE], H1203, H1215, H1222, H1232, H1244, H1271, H1282, H1288 [18FE]

Statements

Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, H4262 [15JN]

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

Equitable Medicare Reimbursement for All Rural States: Senator Grassley, S57-S59 [5JA]

Summaries

Food for Peace Program, H4212 [15JN]

Tables

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6754 [19OC], H4112-H4121 [14JN]

Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 2112): conference report, H7747-H7769 [17NO]

Subsidized FAA Essential Air Service communities and distances to nearest hub, H5259 [20JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies appropriations, unobligated stimulus funds rescission, and discretionary spending reduction, H804 [15FE]

H. Res. 300, consideration of H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H4096 [14JN]

H. Res. 467, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2112, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, H7733 [17NO]

H. Res. 487, consideration of H.R. 1633, Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act, H8267 [8DE]

H.R. 1633, Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act, H8282 [8DE]

H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S6937-S6979 [1NO]

S. 567, Dept. of Education Small, Rural School Achievement Program and Rural and Low-Income School Program amendments, S1604 [14MR]

S. 806, Rural Community Flood Protection Act, S2448 [13AP]

S. 946, Office of Rural Education Policy Act, S2879 [11MY]

S. 1161, Rural America Preservation Act, S3687 [9JN]

S. 1192, Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act, S3774-S3776 [14JN]

S. 1621, Livable Communities Act, S5914-S5919 [22SE]

S. Res. 129, honor West Virginia coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South, extend condolences to families, recognize hardships and risks faced by miners, and commend mine tragedy rescuers, S2092 [4AP], S2142 [5AP]