APPROPRIATIONS
Addresses
Pratt & Whitney Celebration of Air Force Tanker Refueling and Dept. of Defense F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Competitive Engine Contracts: Everett Corey, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, E924 [23MY]
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]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 10), S8508, S8551 [13DE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 24), S8507, S8551 [13DE]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), consideration (H. Res. 355), H5180 [19JY]
———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H436 [24JA]
———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (H. Res. 43), H414 [24JA]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2843 [14AP], H2862, H2870, H2884 [15AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2684 [14AP]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), H7333 [3NO], H7352, H7363, H7364, H7365, H7366, H7368, H7371, H7374, H7376, H7377 [4NO], H7604, H7605, H7606 [15NO]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), consideration (H. Res. 455), H7339 [4NO]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3345 [23MY], H3595, H3596, H3597, H3598, H3599, H3600, H3601, H3602, H3604, H3605, H3608, H3609, H3610, H3611, H3612, H3613, H3614, H3615, H3616, H3618, H3619, H3621, H3622, H3624, H3626, H3627, H3628, H3629, H3638, H3639, H3641, H3650, H3651, H3652, H3653, H3660, H3664, H3665, H3666, H3668, H3669, H3673, H3674, H3675, H3678, H3679 [25MY], H3687, H3688, H3690, H3691, H3692, H3693, H3695, H3699, H3700, H3701, H3703, H3704, H3707, H3708, H3709, H3710, H3714, H3715, H3716, H3717, H3719, H3720 [26MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3359 [24MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 276), H3429, H3430 [25MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 493), H8921 [14DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1867), S7626 [16NO], S7638, S7651, S7674, S7685, S7686, S7687, S7688, S7689, S7690, S7691, S7693, S7716, S7717, S7719, S7720, S7721, S7722, S7723, S7724, S7725, S7726, S7727, S7728, S7729, S7730, S7740, S7741, S7742, S7743, S7745, S7746, S7747, S7748, S7749, S7750, S7751, S7752, S7753, S7754, S7755, S7756, S7757, S7758, S7759, S7760, S7762, S7764, S7767, S7768, S7769, S7770, S7771, S7772, S7773, S7774, S7775 [17NO], S7787, S7788, S7789, S7790, S7794, S7795, S7796, S7799, S7801, S7804, S7805, S7806, S7807, S7808, S7811, S7812, S7813, S7814, S7817, S7818, S7819, S7820, S7821, S7837, S7838, S7839, S7842, S7844, S7845, S7846, S7847, S7848, S7849, S7850, S7851, S7852, S7853, S7854, S7855, S7857, S7858, S7859, S7860, S7861, S7863, S7864, S7865, S7866, S7867, S7868, S7869, S7870, S7871, S7872 [18NO], S7912, S7913, S7914, S7915, S7916, S7918, S7919, S7920, S7921, S7922, S7923, S7924, S7925, S7926, S7928, S7929, S7930, S7931, S7932, S7933, S7934, S7935 [28NO], S7956, S7966, S7971, S7998, S7999, S8000, S8001, S8002, S8003, S8004, S8005, S8006 [29NO], S8015, S8016, S8017, S8018, S8019, S8020, S8021, S8033, S8045, S8060, S8061, S8072, S8073 [30NO], S8116, S8117, S8123, S8128, S8157 [1DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4367 [21JN], H4460, H4461 [22JN], H4530 [23JN], H4578 [24JN], H4590 [5JY], H4595, H4596, H4597, H4598, H4600, H4603, H4604, H4605, H4606, H4607, H4609, H4612, H4614, H4620, H4624, H4648, H4651, H4652, H4653, H4655, H4656, H4657, H4658, H4659, H4660, H4661, H4662, H4666, H4667, H4668, H4674, H4675, H4676 [6JY], H4689, H4690, H4703, H4704, H4705, H4707, H4708, H4709, H4710, H4711, H4713, H4714, H4718, H4719, H4720, H4721, H4722, H4725, H4733, H4735, H4736, H4737, H4738, H4739, H4740, H4741, H4742, H4743, H4744, H4745, H4751, H4752 [7JY], H4765 [8JY], E1270 [8JY]
Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H2074 [30MR]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), consideration (H. Res. 186), H2057 [30MR]
Dept. of HHS: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3344, H3345 [23MY], H3368, H3369, H3371, H3398 [24MY]
———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3359 [24MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), S5977, S5987, S5998, S6000 [26SE], S6055 [3OC], H3806, H3807 [31MY], H3837, H3841, H3843, H3844, H3846, H3847, H3848, H3849, H3850, H3851, H3856, H3858, H3862, H3863, H3864, H3871, H3872, H3873, H3874, H3877, H3879, H3881, H3882, H3885, H3888, H3890, H3892, H3893, H3894, H3895, H3896, H3897, H3898, H3899, H3900, H3901, H3903, H3904, H3905, H3906, H3907, H3912, H3913, H3914, H3915 [1JN], H3928, H3929, H3930, H3939, H3940, H3941, H3943, H3946, H3952, H3987 [2JN], H6463 [29SE]
Dept. of HUD: rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), H1873, H1875, H1877, H1878, H1879, H1880, H1883, H1884, H1885, H1889 [16MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), H1621, H1622 [8MR], H1666, H1667, H1668 [9MR], H1686, H1690, H1691, H1692, H1693, H1694, H1695, H1696, H1697, H1700 [10MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), consideration (H. Res. 150), H1639 [9MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), H1622 [8MR], H1668 [9MR], H1740, H1742, H1746 [11MR]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5286 [20JY], H5375 [21JY], H5399 [22JY], H5442, H5443, H5445, H5447, H5464, H5465, H5466, H5490, H5491, H5492 [25JY], H5544, H5546, H5548, H5549, H5550, H5561, H5562, H5563, H5564, H5565, H5566, H5569, H5570, H5571, H5572, H5573, H5575, H5581, H5582 [26JY], H5605, H5610, H5611, H5613, H5614, H5618, H5622, H5625, H5628, H5630, H5631, H5636, H5637, H5641, H5643, H5644, H5647, H5650, H5652, H5658, H5662 [27JY], H5734, H5735 [28JY], H5782, H5783 [29JY], H5889 [1AU]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), S4562 [13JY], S4577, S4605, S4620, S4621 [14JY], S4629, S4644 [18JY], S4662, S4665, S4677, S4678 [19JY], S4701, S4702, S4703, S4727, S4728 [20JY], H3976, H3987 [2JN], H4044 [9JN], H4046, H4047, H4055, H4056, H4058, H4059, H4061, H4062, H4076 [13JN]
Economic Development Administration: reauthorize (S. 782), S3525, S3528, S3553, S3556, S3558, S3559, S3562, S3564, S3565, S3566 [7JN], S3595, S3598, S3621, S3622, S3623, S3625, S3626, S3627, S3628 [8JN], S3655, S3656, S3657, S3659, S3660, S3661, S3662, S3663, S3665, S3695, S3697, S3698, S3699, S3701, S3702, S3703, S3704 [9JN], S3735, S3736, S3737 [13JN], S3784, S3785 [14JN], S3842, S3844, S3845, S3846, S3847 [15JN], S3871, S3898, S3899, S3901 [16JN], S3933, S3935, S3936 [20JN], S3977 [21JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), S7140 [3NO], S7386, S7387 [10NO], S7396, S7416, S7417 [14NO], S7434, S7456, S7457, S7513, S7570, S7571, S7572, S7573, S7574, S7577, S7578, S7580, S7581, S7582, S7583 [15NO], S7621, S7622, S7623, S7624, S7625, S7626 [16NO], S7717, S7719, S7723, S7727, S7764, S7770 [17NO], S7873 [18NO], S8074 [30NO], S8157 [1DE], H4676 [6JY], H4752, H4753 [7JY], H4795 [8JY], H4799, H4800, H4801, H4802, H4803, H4804, H4805, H4806, H4807, H4809, H4810, H4812, H4815, H4816, H4818, H4819, H4821, H4834, H4835, H4836, H4837, H4838, H4839, H4840, H4841, H4843, H4844, H4845, H4846, H4847, H4848, H4852, H4853, H4854 [11JY], H4946, H4947 [12JY], H4995, H4997, H4998, H4999, H5001, H5003, H5005, H5006, H5008, H5009, H5010, H5014, H5020 [13JY], H5051, H5053, H5054, H5055, H5056, H5058, H5059, H5060, H5061, H5062, H5063, H5064, H5065, H5066, H5067, H5068, H5069, H5070, H5071, H5073, H5074, H5075, H5076, H5077, H5078, H5088 [14JY], H5091, H5092 [15JY]
FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H2141, H2176, H2177, H2180, H2181, H2183, H2184, H2185, H2187, H2188, H2189, H2191, H2192, H2198, H2199, H2200, H2203, H2204, H2205, H2206, H2207, H2208, H2209, H2210 [31MR]
———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), S367 [31JA], S382, S426, S427, S428, S429 [1FE], S472, S475, S488, S489, S490, S491 [2FE], S501, S502, S507, S531, S532, S533, S536, S538, S553, S554, S555 [3FE], S570, S571 [4FE], S589, S592, S595, S617, S618 [7FE], S622, S623, S624, S626, S634, S635 [8FE], S647, S648, S649, S650 [10FE], S674, S697, S699, S700, S701, S702 [14FE], S710, S714, S731, S732, S733, S734, S739, S759, S760, S761, S762 [15FE], S770, S777, S800, S801, S802 [16FE], S814, S825, S826, S827, S830, S831, S832, S920, S921, S922 [17FE]
FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), H4852 [11JY], H4888, H4895, H4896, H4897, H4899, H4900, H4901, H4902, H4903, H4904, H4905, H4909, H4910, H4911, H4912, H4914 [12JY]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2434), H4852 [11JY], H4946 [12JY], H5088 [14JY]
Government: 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), consideration (H. Res. 194), H2231 [1AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), S2341 [8AP], H2565 [8AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), consideration (H. Res. 206), H2422 [7AP]
———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]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 466), H7743 [17NO]
———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 206), H2422 [7AP]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), H3250, H3251, H3252, H3253, H3254, H3256 [12MY], H3285 [13MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), S8604 [14DE], H6019, H6025, H6026, H6027, H6028, H6029, H6030 [9SE], H9801 [16DE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5986 [8SE]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2551), H5240 [19JY], H5360, H5362, H5363, H5364, H5365, H5367, H5368, H5369, H5370, H5371 [21JY], H5379, H5380 [22JY]
National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), consideration (H. Res. 174), H1918 [17MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), H2962, H2963, H2964, H2966, H2967 [3MY]
———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), consideration (H. Res. 236), H2950 [3MY]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), H1490 [2MR]
SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), S1608, S1609, S1610 [14MR], S1620, S1641, S1642, S1648, S1649, S1654, S1683, S1684, S1685, S1686, S1687, S1690, S1691, S1692, S1693, S1694, S1695, S1696, S1697, S1698, S1699, S1700, S1701, S1703, S1704, S1705, S1706 [15MR], S1717, S1722, S1723, S1729, S1737, S1740, S1758, S1759, S1761, S1762, S1763, S1764, S1765 [16MR], S1781, S1854, S1855, S1873 [17MR], S1901, S1903, S1904 [28MR], S1930, S1939, S1940, S1941 [29MR], S1962, S1995, S1996, S1997, S1998 [30MR], S2056, S2057 [31MR], S2092 [4AP], S2141 [5AP], S2155, S2156, S2157, S2182 [6AP], S2284 [7AP], S2361 [8AP], S2400 [12AP], S2454 [13AP], S2546, S2547, S2549 [14AP], S2591, S2626, S2627, S2628, S2635 [3MY]
Transportation: extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), S5666, S5692 [15SE]
Analyses
Intelligence Services Appropriations (H.R. 1892), S8613-S8617 [14DE]
Appointments
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select), S5344 [6SE], H5903 [12AU]
Conferees: H.R. 658, FAA appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system, S2285 [7AP], S2749 [5MY]
———H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S8138 [1DE], H8208 [7DE]
———H.R. 2055, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S4712 [20JY], H8208 [7DE]
———H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S7113 [3NO], H7289 [3NO]
Articles and editorials
Absolute Scandal, S6986 [1NO]
Against Dam Removal, but For KBRA, H1264 [18FE]
Balanced Budget Amendment Isn't the Answer, S4820 [22JY]
Balanced Budget Amendment Unwise, S4821 [22JY]
Balanced Budget Amendment—Instrument To Force Spending Cuts, Not Tax Hikes, S8519 [13DE]
Budget Amendment Wrong Vehicle for Right Principle, S4819 [22JY]
Budget Office—GOP Medicare Plan Could Lead to Rationing, H2417 [7AP]
Can We Afford the Military Budget?, E1105 [15JN]
CBO—Ending the Wars Could Save $1.4 Trillion, H4643 [6JY]
Chamber Urges Congress To Raise Debt Limit, E1314 [13JY]
Colombia's Spreading Scandal, H5982 [8SE]
Cuts to Sergeant-at-Arms Raise Concerns for Some, E1426 [27JY]
Debt Ceiling and the Pursuit of Happiness, S4859 [25JY]
Debt-Limit Breakout, S4379 [6JY]
Defense Budget—Ignorance Is Not Bliss, E615 [4AP]
Deficits Need Balanced-Budget Amendment Fix, S8518 [13DE]
Eat the Future, H810 [15FE]
Failing in Afghanistan Successfully—Despite Hundreds of Billions of Dollars and Thousands, of Troops, the U.S. Is Unable To Conclude Its Longest War, H1946 [17MR]
Falling Crime, Teeming Prisons, S6984 [1NO]
Food Crisis, H1397 [1MR]
Funding Regulators, E396 [2MR]
Future of American Prosperity, S2758 [9MY]
Giving Students a Chance at Success, H2069 [30MR]
GOP Jobs Plan Vs. Obama's, S7271 [9NO]
Grand Old Doves?, S4831 [22JY]
Hatch and Lee's Balanced Budget Amendment—A Win for America, S8518 [13DE]
Hiding in Plain Sight—The Role of Contraception in Preventing HIV, E303-E305 [18FE]
House Republicans Huddle With Lobbyists To Kill Financial Reform Bill, H4159 [14JN]
In High-Crime Areas, Still Too Few Police, H7274 [3NO]
Industry Looks To Derail Dodd-Frank Enforcement, H4159 [14JN]
John Murtha's Airport for No One—A Monument to Earmarks in Johnstown, PA, S593 [7FE]
JSF's Build and Test Was `Miscalculation,' Adm. Venlet Says; Production Must Slow, S8162 [5DE]
Justice System Needs To Be Studied, S6985 [1NO]
Legacy of Mental Health Problems From Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Will Be Long-Lived, H4644 [6JY]
Ludicrous and Cruel, S2310 [8AP]
Mining and the Canyon, H5406 [25JY]
More Folly in the Debt Limit Talks, S4819 [22JY]
Muddy Waters—EPA, Army Corps Seek To Define More Jurisdiction as Federal, S4844 [22JY]
No to a Balanced Budget Amendment, S4820 [22JY]
Obama Budget, H807 [15FE]
On the Offense Over Defense Cuts, S4905 [26JY]
Panel Questions Adequacy of Mental Health Care, H4716 [7JY]
Peace-Building That Pays Off, S1470 [9MR]
Plan for Afghanistan—Declare Victory—and Leave, H4465 [23JN]
Planes to Nowhere? Congress Plans To Increase Small-Town Airline Subsidies, S593 [7FE]
Poetry Drives Home Message at Zoo—50 Pieces Going Up To Get Patrons To Think About Nature, Their Role in It, S818 [17FE]
Republican Leaders Voted for Debt Drivers They Blame on Obama, H5707 [28JY]
Republicans Block Justice Review Proposal in Senate, S6985 [1NO]
Republicans Should Quit Trying To Roll Back Uranium Mining Moratorium, H5406 [25JY]
Restore the Horsemeat Industry and Create Jobs, H4224 [15JN]
Rural Air Subsidies Test Resolve To Cut Spending, S594 [7FE]
School Choice Is Not a Partisan Issue, H2069 [30MR]
Sen. Bob Casey Visits Bethlehem Chemical Manufacturing Plant, Urges Need To Renew Assistance Funding, S6639 [18OC]
Senate Negligence on Crime Reform, S6986 [1NO]
Shah—GOP Budget Would Kill 70,000 Children, H2314 [5AP]
Shaky Arguments Block Federal Commission on Crime, S6985 [1NO]
Short-Sightedness on Defense Cuts, S4832 [22JY]
Spending Cut Hokum—GOP Leaders Hyped Their Budget Savings (excerpt), S2435 [13AP], H2619 [13AP]
Spending His Way to Austerity—President Obama's Latest Economics Lesson, S4113 [27JN]
This Is Called `Small' Government, S5001 [28JY]
Time for a Budget Game-Changer, S2069 [4AP], S2220 [7AP]
Time To Get Out of Afghanistan, H4466 [23JN]
Too Much Debt Means the Economy Can't Grow, S8515 [13DE]
U.S.-Funded Infrastructure Deteriorates Once Under Afghan Control, Report Says, H4718 [7JY]
War Against Anyone Who Doesn't Like the U.S.?, H3663 [25MY]
What's the Real Defense Budget?, E959 [26MY]
White House Ignores Evidence of How D.C. School Vouchers Work, H2069 [30MR]
Why a Balanced-Budget Amendment Is Too Risky, S4820 [22JY]
Why 70% Tax Rates Won't Work, S3909 [20JN]
Win-Win for Clean Energy, E715 [14AP]
Bills and resolutions
Administrative Conference of the U.S.: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 2480), H4793 [8JY]
Afghanistan: commend efforts of U.S. Armed Forces, reassess U.S. mission, and redirect funding to strengthen homeland security, create jobs, and reduce the Federal deficit and debt (see H. Res. 331), H4575 [24JN]
African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 50), H34 [5JA]
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]
AID: prohibit funding for the Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program (see H.R. 1625), H2911 [15AP]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (see S. 131), S125 [25JA] (see H.R. 389), H395 [20JA]
———repeal and rescind all unobligated funds (see H.R. 599), H599 [9FE]
———repeal health-care related provisions and rescind relevant unobligated appropriations (see H.R. 556), H550 [8FE]
———rescind unobligated stimulus funds and require that such funds be used for Federal budget deficit reduction (see S. 391), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 620), H679 [10FE]
Americorps: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 3060), H6456 [23SE]
Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see S. 721), S2087 [4AP] (see S. 724), S2130 [5AP] (see S. 774), S2348 [8AP] (see S. 855), S2507 [14AP] (see S. 1365), S4555 [13JY] (see H.R. 1297), H2214 [31MR] (see H.R. 1442), H2569 [8AP]
———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]
———enhance mortgage, mortgage foreclosure, installment contract, and eviction protections during a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations (see H.R. 2654), H5579 [26JY]
———ensure that members continue to receive their pay and allowances despite a shutdown of the Federal Government and in the event that the U.S. debt reaches the statutory limit (see H.R. 1362), H2292 [4AP]
———extend time period for submission of retroactive stop-loss special pay claims (see H.R. 573), H598 [9FE]
———limit use of funds for introduction into hostilities (see H.R. 1609), H2911 [15AP] (see H.R. 3709), H9926 [16DE]
———make appropriations to provide pay and allowances to members, including Reserve components, and death gratuities on behalf of deceased members and other eligible persons notwithstanding a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1494), H2603 [12AP]
———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya (see S.J. Res. 18), S3613 [8JN] (see H. Res. 292), H3985 [2JN]
———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya (H. Res. 292), consideration (see H. Res. 294), H3984 [2JN]
———provide for enhanced reimbursement of National Guard and Reserve members for certain travel expenses (see S. 731), S2130 [5AP]
———restrict use of funds in support of NATO mission in Libya (see H.R. 2278), H4456 [22JN]
———restrict use of funds in support of NATO mission in Libya (H.R. 2278), consideration (see H. Res. 328), H4525 [23JN]
Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 50), H34 [5JA]
Budget: assure that Congress acts on the budget resolution (see S. 1681), S6390 [11OC]
———balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (see S. 1316), S4292 [30JN] (see H.R. 1848), H3218 [11MY]
———constitutional amendment to establish a spending limit (see H.J. Res. 73), H5373 [21JY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 3), S272 [26JA] (see S.J. Res. 4), S411 [1FE] (see S.J. Res. 5), S544 [3FE] (see S.J. Res. 10), S2046 [31MR] (see S.J. Res. 23), S4226 [29JN] (see S.J. Res. 24), S5251 [2AU] (see H.J. Res. 1, 2), H40 (see H.J. Res. 4), H41 [5JA] (see H.J. Res. 10), H102 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 11), H135 (see H.J. Res. 18), H136 [7JA] (see H.J. Res. 23), H551 [8FE] (see H.J. Res. 41), H1178 (see H.J. Res. 41), H1197 [17FE] (see H.J. Res. 52), H2107 [30MR] (see H.J. Res. 54), H2410 [6AP] (see H.J. Res. 81), H6977 [14OC] (see H.J. Res. 87), H7626 [15NO] (see H.J. Res. 89), H7829 [17NO]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation (see H.J. Res. 14), H136 [7JA]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced budget and greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation and increasing the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 56), H2534 [7AP]
———constitutional amendment to require two-thirds votes in the House and Senate to increase the statutory limit on the public debt (see H.J. Res. 63), H3302 [13MY]
———curb wasteful spending by making certain year-end savings in salaries and expenses available for an additional fiscal year and use the remaining amounts for deficit reduction (see H.R. 3376), H7397 [4NO]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (see S. 1340), S4450 [7JY] (see H.R. 2560), H5125 [15JY]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), consideration (see H. Res. 355), H5149 [18JY]
———cut and cap Federal spending and increase statutory debt limit (see H.R. 2693), H5733 [28JY]
———eliminate wasteful spending, provide for comprehensive budget reform, and establish the Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint) (see S. 439), S1120 [2MR]
———ensure effective control over the congressional budget process (see S. 1679), S6390 [11OC]
———establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 211), S338 [27JA]
———establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 114), H37 [5JA] (see H.R. 3082), H6505 [3OC] (see H.R. 3577), H8259 [7DE]
———establish binding limits on spending and deficits (see H.R. 3576), H8259 [7DE]
———establish joint resolutions on the budget (see H.R. 3575), H8259 [7DE]
———establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (see H.R. 3521), H7998 [30NO]
———express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction (see S. Res. 331), S7613 [16NO]
———impose discretionary and certain mandatory spending caps (see S. 1290), S4156 [28JN]
———impose spending caps relative to the size of the economy, increase program transparency, provide for line-item adjustments, adjust debt ceiling, and reform or eliminate inefficient programs and agencies (see H.R. 2319), H4526 [23JN]
———improve accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget process (see H.R. 3669), H8966 [14DE]
———increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see H.R. 3581), H8260 [7DE]
———limit total discretionary spending to levels set by Continuing Appropriations and Surface Transportation Extension Act (see H.R. 188), H40 [5JA]
———make the Federal budget process more transparent and make future budgets more sustainable (see H.R. 1302), H2214 [31MR]
———modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and apply savings to defense and non-defense categories (see H.R. 3662), H8965 [14DE]
———promote fiscal responsibility and control spending (see S. 3), S121 [25JA]
———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (see S. 102), S125 [25JA] (see H.R. 1043), H1768 [11MR]
———provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see H.R. 3583), H8260 [7DE]
———provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (see S. 1651), S6090 [4OC] (see H.R. 3414), H7577 [14NO]
———provide for long-term budgeting (see H.R. 3580), H8260 [7DE]
———reduce discretionary spending limit (see H.R. 3043), H6455 [23SE]
———reduce spending (see S. 162), S126 (see S. 178), S127 [25JA] (see S. 245), S411 [1FE] (see H.R. 408), H434 [24JA] (see H.R. 1605), H2911 [15AP] (see H.R. 2041), H3755 [26MY]
———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (see H. Res. 38), H254 [18JA]
———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (see H. Res. 43), H353 [19JA]
———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (see S. 360), S791 [16FE]
———reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year's spending levels (see H.R. 3578), H8259 [7DE]
———require agencies to prepare financial statements using the fair-value accrual accounting method and require CBO to use current-year spending as the baseline for estimating future changes (see H.R. 3332), H7329 [3NO]
———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use both dynamic and static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S. 255), S481 [2FE]
———rescind any unobligated discretionary appropriations returned to the Federal Government by a State or locality and require that such funds be used for deficit reduction (see H.R. 1345), H2291 [4AP]
———rescind certain Federal funds identified by States as unwanted and use such funds to reduce the Federal debt (see S. 1009), S3052 [17MY] (see H.R. 1358), H2292 [4AP]
———rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations and require that such funds be used for Federal budget deficit reduction (see H.R. 962), H1619 [8MR]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2011-2021 (see H. Con. Res. 37), H2604 [12AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2016 (see S. Con. Res. 20), S3171 [19MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (see S. Con. Res. 18, 19), S3171 [19MY] (see S. Con. Res. 21), S3224 [23MY] (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2575 [11AP]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (see H. Res. 223), H2664 [13AP]
Budget Control Act: protect education programs from budget cuts (see H.R. 2726), H5883 [1AU]
———protect Medicaid from budget cuts (see H.R. 2724), H5883 [1AU]
———protect Medicare from budget cuts (see H.R. 2725), H5883 [1AU]
———protect Social Security, SSI, Medicare, Medicaid, and education programs from budget cuts (see H.R. 2727), H5883 [1AU]
———protect Social Security and SSI programs from budget cuts (see H.R. 2723), H5883 [1AU]
Bureau of Reclamation: maintain annual base funding for the Upper Colorado and San Juan Rivers fish recovery programs (see S. 1224), S3891 [16JN]
California: allow Federal high-speed rail funding to be used for a project or activity to improve or maintain California State Route 99 (see H.R. 761), H1176 (see H.R. 761), H1195 [17FE]
CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see S. 1996), S8679 [15DE] (see H.R. 3582), H8260 [7DE]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (see H.R. 2127), H4035 [3JN]
CFTC: impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (see H.R. 3665), H8966 [14DE]
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: provide for continuing authorization (see H.R. 1649), H2913 [15AP]
———reauthorize (see S. 1740), S6764 [19OC]
Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize certain programs (see H.R. 2870), H6009 [8SE]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1665), S6330 [6OC] (see H.R. 2838), H5936 [2SE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H7329 [3NO]
Commission on Congressional Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies: establish (see S. 14), S122 [25JA]
Committee on Aging (Senate, Special): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 52), S747 [15FE]
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 67), S871 [17FE]
Committee on Agriculture (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 108), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Armed Services (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 124), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Armed Services (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 59), S871 [17FE]
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 62), S871 [17FE]
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 64), S871 [17FE]
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): eliminate (see H.R. 3201), H6920 [13OC]
———express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients (see H. Con. Res. 72), H5885 [1AU]
———provide for additional campaign contribution reporting requirements for members (see S. 1498), S5251 [2AU]
———require members and staff to disclose lobbying activities and political contributions, streamline hearings online, and make report and legislation public (see H.R. 2860), H5964 [7SE]
———require to conduct business in a manner open to the public (see S. 1501), S5251 [2AU] (see H.R. 2796), H5895 [5AU]
Committee on Education and the Workforce (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 107), H1251 (see H. Res. 107), H1362 [18FE]
Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 146), H1575 [3MR]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 56), S792 [16FE]
Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 50), S747 [15FE]
Committee on Ethics (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 131), H1455 [1MR]
Committee on Finance (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 69), S871 [17FE]
Committee on Financial Services (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 118), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 112), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 79), S976 [28FE]
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 57), S792 [16FE]
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 53), S747 [15FE]
Committee on Homeland Security (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 122), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on House Administration (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 123), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 68), S871 [17FE]
Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 125), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 54), S747 [15FE]
Committee on Natural Resources (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 120), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 121), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 70), S871 [17FE]
Committee on Rules (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 110), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 109), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Science, Space, and Technololgy (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 97), H1178 (see H. Res. 97), H1197 [17FE]
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 66), S871 [17FE]
Committee on Small Business (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 119), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on the Budget (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 126), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on the Budget (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 58), S792 [16FE]
Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs (House): establish (see H. Res. 82), H681 [10FE]
Committee on the Judiciary (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 127), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 61), S871 [17FE]
Committee on the Reduction of Nonessential Federal Expenditures (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 307), H4277 [15JN]
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 114), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 113), H1391 [28FE]
Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 71), S871 [17FE]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 116), H1391 [28FE]
Committees of the House: adjust amount provided for expenses of certain committees (see H. Res. 496), H8966 [14DE]
———authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 147), H1619 [8MR]
Committees of the Senate: authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 81), S1060 [1MR]
Community colleges: restore funding to Dept. of Labor Community-Based Job Training Grants for workforce development programs and provide Federal assistance for community college modernization (see S. 1978), S8489 [12DE]
Congress: defund House and Senate Budget Committees and majority leadership offices if that House does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget (see H.R. 2372), H4574 [24JN]
———enact Presidential recommendations for program terminations (see S. 475), S1218 [3MR]
———prohibit earmarks (see S. 1930), S8067 [30NO]
———require congressional approval for certain obligations exceeding a certain amount (see H.R. 3121), H6671 [6OC]
———restrict adjournments unless the House involved has passed a budget resolution and provided funding for the Government for the entire fiscal year (see H. Con. Res. 82), H6456 [23SE]
Consolidated: making (see H.R. 3671), H8966 [14DE]
Constitutional amendments: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 15), H136 [7JA]
Continuing: making (see H.J. Res. 43), H1251 (see H.J. Res. 43), H1362 [18FE] (see H.J. Res. 44), H1390 [28FE] (see H.J. Res. 48), H1769 [11MR] (see H.J. Res. 79), H6181 [14SE] (see H.J. Res. 94, 95), H9926 [16DE]
———making (H.J. Res. 44), consideration (see H. Res. 115), H1389 [28FE]
———making (H.J. Res. 48), consideration (see H. Res. 167), H1795 [14MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 79), consideration (see H. Res. 399), H6230 [15SE]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: prohibit Federal funding after 2013 (see S. 492), S1264 [4MR] (see H.R. 68), H35 [5JA]
Corps of Engineers: provide that funds made available for certain Missouri River fish and wildlife purposes be used for reconstruction of flood control structures (see H.R. 3719), H9926 [16DE]
———reform water resources project funding process through improved prioritization for such projects and Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund administration reforms (see S. 573), S1600 [14MR]
Courts: limit Federal payment of legal fees for current and former Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac officers and affiliated parties (see H.R. 2428), H4671 [6JY]
Cuba: discontinue Radio Marti and Television Marti broadcasts (see H.R. 1317), H2265 [1AP]
———discontinue Voice of America, Radio Marti, and Television Marti broadcasts (see S. 476), S1218 [3MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief (see H.R. 3005), H6342 [21SE]
———preserve certain rates for the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program (see S. 459), S1120 [2MR]
———provide emergency disaster assistance and loosen lending restrictions for agricultural producers, farmers, and ranchers in disaster counties (see H.R. 3740), H10013 [20DE]
Dept. of Defense: authorize educational assistance under Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program for pursuit of advanced degrees in physical therapy and occupational therapy (see S. 1976), S8461 [8DE]
———authorizing advance appropriations for military, Reserve, and National Guard personnel accounts (see H.R. 1577), H2909 [15AP]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (see S. 981), S2928 [12MY] (see S. 1253), S4024 [22JN] (see S. 1867), S7451 [15NO] (see H.R. 1540), H2854 [14AP]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (see H. Res. 269), H3341 [23MY] (see H. Res. 276), H3408 [24MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 493), H8879 [13DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 92), H8966 [14DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (see S. 1254), S4024 [22JN]
———authorizing appropriations for military construction (see S. 1255), S4024 [22JN]
———clarify authority to provide for pay of the military under the Feed and Forage Act (see S. 777), S2348 [8AP]
———consideration of any unfair competitive advantage in evaluation of contract offers for the KC-X military air refueling tanker program (see S. 189), S272 [26JA]
———making appropriations (see H.R. 2219), H4325 [16JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), consideration (see H. Res. 320), H4455 [22JN]
———post on departmental website the cost to each taxpayer of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya (see H.R. 3088), H6551 [4OC]
———provide funds to States for use of the National Guard, State defense forces, and law enforcement agencies in securing an international border that forms part of a State border (see H.R. 2025), H3754 [26MY]
———reduce amounts appropriated for printing and reproduction (see S. 1021), S3105 [18MY] (see H.R. 1246), H2037 [29MR]
———reduce amounts appropriated for studies, analysis, and evaluations (see H.R. 1247), H2037 [29MR]
———reduce budget to level provided for fiscal year 2008 and freeze budget at such level (see H.R. 413), H468 [25JA]
———report the long-term costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 974), H1664 [9MR]
———require consolidation of the defense exchange stores system (see H.R. 649), H681 [10FE]
Dept. of Education: allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 827), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 2514), H5018 [13JY]
———authorizing appropriations for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies (see H.R. 864), H1455 [1MR]
———clarify scope of District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 3237), H6983 [18OC]
———establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 2437), H4748 [7JY]
———increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 2430), H4671 [6JY]
———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3189), H6920 [13OC]
———reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 1328), S4394 [6JY]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see S. 206), S272 [26JA] (see H.R. 471), H507 [26JA]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), consideration (see H. Res. 186), H2036 [29MR]
Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for defense activities (see S. 1256), S4024 [22JN]
Dept. of HHS: allocate funds for collection of statistics from most recent versions of the Standard Certificates of Live Birth and Death and Standard Report of Fetal Death (see H.R. 666), H723 [11FE]
———authorize additional funding for the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (see S. 1490), S5250 [2AU]
———authorize appropriations for national or regional instructional programs for low-income youth under the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 2817), H5904 [12AU] (see H.R. 2817), H5931 [30AU]
———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 1216), H2036 [29MR]
———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), consideration (see H. Res. 269), H3341 [23MY]
———convert funding for personal responsibility education programs under the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 1215), H2036 [29MR]
———extend authorization of appropriations for the sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program (see H.R. 2518), H5018 [13JY]
———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2334), H4527 [23JN]
———provide additional funding for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (see S. 1088), S3426 [26MY]
———reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3266), H7133 [26OC]
———reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (see S. 1855), S7368 [10NO] (see H.R. 2405), H4580 [28JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: authorize certain programs (see S. 1546), S5536 [13SE] (see H.R. 3116), H6671 [6OC]
———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]
———making appropriations (see H.R. 2017), H3754 [26MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), consideration (see H. Res. 287), H3805 [31MY]
———obtain an unqualified audit opinion and improve financial accountability and management (see S. 1998), S8679 [15DE]
———protect Federal employees and visitors, improve security of Federal facilities, and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service (see S. 772), S2348 [8AP]
Dept. of HUD: increase portion of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services (see S. 887), S2687 [4MY] (see H.R. 2183), H4276 [15JN]
———reauthorize the Public Housing Drug Elimination Program (see H.R. 378), H395 [20JA]
———rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (see H.R. 861), H1454 [1MR]
———rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), consideration (see H. Res. 170), H1840 [15MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (see H.R. 830), H1390 [28FE]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), consideration (see H. Res. 150), H1618 [8MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (see H.R. 836), H1390 [28FE]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), consideration (see H. Res. 151), H1618 [8MR]
Dept. of Justice: design and implement a procedure to permit enhanced searches of the National DNA Index System (see H.R. 3361), H7331 [3NO]
———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), H35 [5JA]
———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 S. 702), S2046 [31MR] (see H.R. 1300), H2214 [31MR]
———prohibit Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funds from being used to restrict sending or receiving information on citizenship or immigration status (see S. 169), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 1764), H3107 [5MY]
———prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (see S. 554), S1547 [10MR]
———protect crime victims' rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (see S. 250), S411 [1FE]
———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), H2665 [13AP]
———provide incentive payments under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes (see S. 517), S1501 [9MR] (see H.R. 988), H1665 [9MR]
———provide State and local government incentives under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to provide certain services to rape and sexual assault victims (see H.R. 2197), H4277 [15JN]
———reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 2800), H5895 [5AU]
———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see S. 639), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 100), H36 [5JA]
Dept. of Labor: authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see S. 588), S1677 [15MR] (see S. 1168), S3683 [9JN] (see H.R. 1396), H2410 [6AP]
———establish a Works Progress Administration to fund job creation projects, train unemployed workers, and provide community funding to hire firefighters and police officers (see S. 1517), S5386 [7SE]
Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3056), H6455 [23SE]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see S. 1601), S5902 [22SE]
Dept. of State and foreign relations: authorizing appropriations and certain authorities (see S. 1426), S4960 [27JY] (see H.R. 2583), H5238 [19JY]
Dept. of the Interior: accept title to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center (see S. 1537), S5476 [9SE] (see H.R. 2882), H6096 [12SE]
———establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (see S. 1266), S4075 [23JN] (see H.R. 2325), H4526 [23JN]
———provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see S. 1692), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 3599), H8260 [7DE]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 2584), H5238 [19JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2584), consideration (see H. Res. 363), H5372 [21JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: authorize issuance of U.S. War Bonds to aid in funding operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 852), H1454 [1MR]
Dept. of Transportation: allow States to opt out of requirement to spend certain percentage of surface transportation funds on enhancement projects (see H.R. 3050), H6455 [23SE]
———allow urbanized area formula grants for public transportation projects to be used for operating costs in certain urbanized areas (see H.R. 3022), H6413 [22SE]
———authorize certain maritime programs (see S. 1430), S4960 [27JY]
———consider certain factors in evaluating public transportation projects for purposes of making capital investment grants (see H.R. 3019), H6413 [22SE]
———establish minimum on-duty staffing standards for air traffic controllers at certain airports (see H.R. 1600), H2911 [15AP]
———establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (see S. 562), S1547 [10MR] (see H.R. 1282), H2213 [31MR]
———improve effectiveness of transportation programs on Federal lands and provide funding for park roads and parkways and the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program (see H.R. 2113), H4034 [3JN]
———make use of funding for carrying out pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs for highway projects mandatory (see H.R. 1849), H3218 [11MY]
———modify cost-sharing requirements under certain public transportation grant programs (see H.R. 3021), H6413 [22SE]
———promote secure ferry transportation (see H.R. 1879), H3279 [12MY]
———reauthorize and modify the Surface Transportation Project Delivery Pilot Program (see H.R. 2160), H4185 [14JN]
———terminate the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program (see H.R. 737), H1039 (see H.R. 737), H1069 [16FE]
———terminate the Transportation Enhancement Program and transfer funding to critical emergency transportation projects (see S. 1648), S6090 [4OC] (see H.R. 3085), H6551 [4OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (see H.R. 806), H1250 (see H.R. 806), H1361 [18FE] (see H.R. 2559), H5125 [15JY]
———provide monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team (see H.R. 2300), H4456 [22JN] (see H.R. 2345), H4527 [23JN]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (see H.R. 2055), H3804 [31MY]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), consideration (see H. Res. 288), H3868 (see H. Res. 288), H3909 [1JN]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 500), H9430 [15DE]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1599), S5902 [22SE] (see H.R. 3070), H6467 [29SE]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1596), S5838 [21SE]
Disasters: making for disaster relief requirements (see H.R. 3672), H8966 [14DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), consideration (see H. Res. 500), H9430 [15DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 94), H8966 [14DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 94)—consideration (see H. Res. 500), H9430 [15DE]
———prohibit any requirement of a budgetary offset for emergency disaster assistance (see H.R. 2455), H4748 [7JY]
———reauthorize Federal natural hazards reduction programs (see S. 646), S1827 [17MR] (see H.R. 1379), H2327 [5AP] (see H.R. 3479), H7890 [18NO]
District of Columbia: make local funds available at the beginning of the fiscal year at the rate of operations provided under the local budget act if the regular appropriation bill has not yet become law (see H.R. 980), H1664 [9MR] (see H.R. 3002), H6342 [21SE]
———making continuing appropriations (see H.R. 884), H1524 [2MR]
Earmarks: reduce spending by the amount resulting from the recently announced earmark moratorium (see S. Res. 41), S544 [3FE]
———rescind unused earmarks (see S. 282), S544 [3FE] (see H.R. 633), H680 [10FE]
Economic Development Administration: reauthorize (see S. 782), S2348 [8AP]
———terminate (see S. 1869), S7452 [15NO] (see H.R. 3090), H6551 [4OC]
Economy: create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion (see S. 1720), S6600 [17OC]
———eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations (see S. 1896), S7702 [17NO] (see H.R. 920), H1574 [3MR]
———encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 3487), H7890 [18NO]
———increase statutory limit on the public debt, increase job creation, and reduce projected medium and long-term Federal budget deficits and debt (see H.R. 2544), H5086 [14JY]
———provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (see S. 1960), S8414 [7DE]
———recognize necessity and urgency of job creation, extension of unemployment assistance, expansion of education and job training, and infrastructure improvements (see H. Res. 442), H6977 [14OC]
———require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress (see S. 1518), S5386 [7SE]
Education: authorize appropriations to recruit, hire, and train new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children (see H.R. 646), H680 [10FE]
———express that Pell Grant program funding should not be cut in any deficit reduction program (see S. Res. 274), S5903 [22SE]
Emergency Management Assistance Compact: authorize appropriations for grants to participating States (see S. 1418), S4911 [26JY]
Employment: adjust discretionary spending limits for appropriations for emergency job creation (see H.R. 2857), H5964 [7SE]
———provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (see H.R. 2828), H5928 [26AU]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (see H.R. 2354), H4573 [24JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), consideration (see H. Res. 337), H4670 [6JY]
Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (see S. 1178), S3683 [9JN] (see H.R. 3614), H8318 [8DE]
EPA: award grants for electronic device recycling reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (see H.R. 2396), H4575 [24JN]
———prohibit funding to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases (see H.R. 153), H39 [5JA]
———reauthorize the National Estuary Program (see S. 1313), S4292 [30JN]
———rescind funding for Flathead County, MT, Water and Sewer District water treatment improvements and apply funds to deficit reduction (see S. 515), S1406 [8MR]
———rescind funding for Kalispell, MT, water treatment improvements and apply funds to deficit reduction (see S. 469), S1218 [3MR]
Essex National Heritage Area: reauthorize (see H.R. 2202), H4277 [15JN]
Executive Office of the President: define advisors often characterized as ``czars'' and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (see H.R. 59), H34 [5JA]
Eximbank: reauthorize (see S. 1547), S5536 [13SE] (see H.R. 2072), H3868 (see H.R. 2072), H3909 [1JN]
FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (see H.R. 658), H722 [11FE]
———authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), consideration (see H. Res. 189), H2105 [30MR]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (see S. 1387), S4675 [19JY] (see H.R. 1079), H1840 [15MR] (see H.R. 1893), H3300 [13MY] (see H.R. 2279), H4456 [22JN] (see H.R. 2553), H5125 [15JY] (see H.R. 2644), H5579 [26JY]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2553), consideration (see H. Res. 357), H5238 [19JY]
———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (see S. 223), S338 [27JA]
———reauthorize civil aviation research and development projects and activities (see H.R. 970), H1664 [9MR]
———use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to allow furloughed employees to return to work and provide retroactive pay for the period of their furlough (see S. 1433), S4960 [27JY] (see H.R. 2744), H5883 [1AU]
———use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to provide retroactive pay to employees who were furloughed (see H.R. 2814), H5901 [9AU]
Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (see S. 945), S2874 [11MY]
———intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending (see S. 1409), S4845 [22JY]
———limit printing, travel, and vehicle costs (see S. 477), S1218 [3MR]
———require an annual report on funds distributed by Federal agencies through grant programs, formula programs, or otherwise (see H.R. 252), H135 [7JA]
———require Federal agencies to show receipts and expenditures every two weeks on agency websites (see H.R. 1061), H1796 [14MR]
———require zero-based budgeting (see H.R. 821), H1250 (see H.R. 821), H1362 [18FE]
Federal aid programs: increase AmeriCorps, Job Corps, and Peace Corps funding (see H. Res. 216), H2570 [8AP]
Federal employees: making appropriations to ensure that Armed Forces members and civilian employees of the Dept. of Defense and the Coast Guard are paid during any period of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 1508), H2664 [13AP]
———prohibit coverage for annuity purposes for any individual hired after a certain date (see S. 644), S1827 [17MR]
———provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see S. 776), S2348 [8AP] (see H.R. 1429), H2534 [7AP]
———reduce pay for Members of Congress, make Federal civilian employees subject to a period of mandatory unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for salaries and expenses for offices of the legislative branch (see H.R. 270), H201 [12JA]
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act: reauthorize (see S. 714), S2087 [4AP] (see H.R. 3365), H7397 [4NO]
Federal Realignment and Closure Commission: establish (see H.R. 2680), H5732 [28JY]
Federal-State relations: require State governments to submit fiscal accounting reports as a condition to the receipt of Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 1376), H2327 [5AP]
FEMA: authorize appropriations for the Port Security Grant Program (see H.R. 3492), H7890 [18NO]
———authorize grants to local governments for flood mitigation projects (see H.R. 3089), H6551 [4OC]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (see H.R. 1026), H1724 [10MR]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), return to House (see H. Res. 368), H5488 [25JY]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (see H.R. 1309), H2265 [1AP]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), consideration (see H. Res. 340), H4747 [7JY]
———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 1548), S5536 [13SE] (see S. 1864), S7451 [15NO] (see S. 1958), S8414 [7DE] (see H.R. 3628), H8318 [8DE]
———limit number of Urban Areas Security Initiative grants awarded and clarify the risk assessment formula used to determine such grants (see H.R. 1555), H2855 [14AP]
———preserve homeland security gains achieved through Urban Areas Security Initiative (see H.R. 3631), H8322 [9DE]
———provide a moratorium on the issuance of flood insurance rate maps to assist property owners in adapting to flood insurance rate map changes (see H.R. 700), H774 [14FE]
———reauthorize programs and activities (see H.R. 2903), H6139 [13SE]
———terminate National Flood Insurance Program and related mandatory purchase and compliance requirements (see H.R. 435), H469 [25JA]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see S. 1573), S5684 [15SE] (see H.R. 2434), H4747 [7JY]
FRS: bring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau into the regular appropriations process (see H.R. 1640), H2912 [15AP]
———replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission and bring the Bureau into the regular appropriations process (see S. 737), S2187 [6AP]
———replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the FRS as a member of the Board of Directors of the FDIC (see H.R. 2081), H3869 (see H.R. 2081), H3909 [1JN]
GAO: enhance oversight authorities (see S. 237), S359 [31JA]
Government: clarify that the President and the Sec. of the Treasury have the authority to prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H. Res. 369), H5488 [25JY]
———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 1255), H2106 [30MR]
———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), consideration (see H. Res. 194), H2213 [31MR]
———establish a biennial appropriations process with the exception of defense spending and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 1274), S4076 [23JN]
———express that the President should make every effort to negotiate passage of an increase in the statutory debt limit or, failing that, use constitutional authority to pay U.S. debts (see H. Con. Res. 68), H5811 [30JY] (see H. Con. Res. 69), H5885 [1AU]
———increase transparency (see H.R. 1144), H1982 [17MR]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (see H.R. 1363), H2292 [4AP] (see H.R. 1473), H2575 [11AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), consideration (see H. Res. 206), H2409 [6AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), consideration (see H. Res. 218), H2602 [12AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), correction in enrollment relative to Planned Parenthood funding (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2575 [11AP]
———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), consideration (see H. Res. 218), H2602 [12AP]
———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 (see H. Con. Res. 35), H2575 [11AP]
———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), consideration (see H. Res. 218), H2602 [12AP]
———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]
———prevent a shutdown by requiring funds to be automatically appropriated at the previous year's level if a budget is not agreed upon (see S. 784), S2348 [8AP] (see H.R. 1471), H2570 [8AP]
———prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2496), H4944 [12JY]
———prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian employees serving in combat zones (see H.R. 1551), H2854 [14AP]
———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 2402), H4575 [24JN] (see H.R. 2605), H5373 [21JY]
———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached and provide for emergency appropriations to pay for certain defense and national security obligations during a funding gap (see H.R. 1908), H3301 [13MY]
———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see S. 1420), S4911 [26JY] (see H.R. 2651), H5579 [26JY]
———prioritize payment of pay and allowances to Armed Forces members and Federal law enforcement officers if the statutory debt limit is reached or there is a funding gap (see H.R. 2886), H6096 [12SE]
———prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see S. 388), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 819), H1250 (see H.R. 819), H1362 [18FE] (see H.R. 1305), H2214 [31MR]
———provide for continuing operations in a fiscally responsible manner (see S. 768), S2266 [7AP]
———provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment of certain Social Security, public debt, defense, veterans, and Medicare obligations (see H.R. 2534), H5085 [14JY]
———require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (see S. 1222), S3891 [16JN] (see H.R. 2146), H4074 [13JN]
———require greater accountability in spending in direct spending programs (see H.R. 3579), H8260 [7DE]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see S. 412), S871 [17FE] (see H.R. 104), H36 [5JA]
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 2484), H4850 [11JY]
Health: eliminate certain entitlement programs in order to reduce the deficit (see H.R. 3243), H7007 [24OC]
———provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 2376), H4574 [24JN]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize and rescind health-care related provisions funding (see H.R. 698), H774 [14FE]
———deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H38 [5JA]
House of Representatives: deem adjournment in effect on date of regularly scheduled Federal general election as sine die and provide for automatic continuing appropriations as of such date (see H.R. 339), H354 [19JA]
———prohibit consideration of any legislation containing an earmark (see H.R. 3707), H9925 [16DE]
———prohibit increase in amount established for Members' official allowances during a period of high unemployment and public debt (see H.R. 1088), H1841 [15MR]
———reduce amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices (see H. Res. 22), H102 [6JA]
———require posting of information on Members' representational allowance disbursements on official public Internet sites (see H. Res. 135), H1455 [1MR]
———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 262), H201 [12JA]
———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 121), H37 [5JA] (see H.R. 297), H254 [18JA]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 466), H7626 [15NO]
———prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 349), H5018 [13JY]
———prohibit consideration of any bill or joint resolution that appropriates foreign assistance for more than one country (see H. Res. 173), H1906 [16MR]
———require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (see H. Res. 15), H41 [5JA]
———require that rescission bills always be considered under open rules every year (see H. Res. 471), H7829 [17NO]
———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 206), H2409 [6AP] (see H. Res. 409), H6341 [21SE] (see H. Res. 500), H9430 [15DE]
IMF: repeal authority to provide certain loans to the IMF, prohibit loans to provide financing for European financial stability, and oppose provision of such financing (see S. 1975), S8461 [8DE]
———repeal authority to provide certain loans to the IMF, repeal increase in the U.S. quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and rescind related appropriations (see S. 1276), S4076 [23JN] (see H.R. 2313), H4526 [23JN]
Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 100), H36 [5JA]
———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see S. 332), S682 [14FE]
Indian Health Care Improvement Act: preserve reauthorization (see H.R. 215), H134 [7JA]
———revise and extend (see H.R. 536), H549 [8FE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 103), S125 [25JA] (see S. 1403), S4802 [21JY] (see H.R. 864), H1455 [1MR]
———funding through reductions in certain Dept. of Defense funding (see H.R. 2935), H6230 [15SE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see S. 719), S2087 [4AP] (see S. 1458), S5191 [1AU] (see H.R. 754), H1176 (see H.R. 754), H1195 [17FE] (see H.R. 1892), H3300 [13MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), consideration (see H. Res. 264), H3217 [11MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), consideration (see H. Res. 392), H5963 [7SE]
Iraq: prohibit funding to maintain U.S. Armed Forces and military contractors in Iraq after a certain date (see H.R. 2757), H5884 [1AU]
IRS: make use of certain funds collected from user fees subject to appropriations acts (see H.R. 349), H354 [19JA]
Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 1307), H2265 [1AP]
Law enforcement: offset economic burden on border sheriffs from the lack of Southern border security (see H.R. 2217), H4326 [16JN]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (see H.R. 2551), H5125 [15JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2551), consideration (see H. Res. 359), H5284 [20JY]
Libya: prohibit use of funds to support military operations (see H.R. 1708), H3060 [4MY]
———require the President to recommend specific reductions in non-security discretionary appropriations to offset costs of military operations (see H.R. 1257), H2106 [30MR] (see H.R. 1323), H2265 [1AP]
LIHEAP: provide additional funding to insular areas (see H.R. 3063), H6456 [23SE]
———provide level funding (see S. 1961), S8414 [7DE] (see H.R. 3626), H8318 [8DE]
———revise formula for allocating funding to States (see H.R. 3574), H8187 [6DE]
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act: authorize additional projects and activities (see H.R. 550), H550 [8FE]
Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1761), H3107 [5MY]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1301), H2214 [31MR]
Members of Congress: freeze pay for a fiscal year unless the Government did not run a deficit in the previous fiscal year (see H.R. 994), H1722 [10MR]
———prevent payment if the public debt limit is reached and clarify pay would not be recouped retroactively (see H.R. 2653), H5579 [26JY]
———prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see S. 1981), S8547 [13DE] (see H.R. 3643), H8879 [13DE]
———prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution has not been approved (see S. 1442), S5018 [28JY]
———prohibit the use of Federal funds for a project or program named for an individual currently serving (see H.R. 951), H1619 [8MR]
———provide for rates of pay to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending (see H.R. 3136), H6672 [6OC]
———require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (see H.R. 1454), H2569 [8AP]
Middle East: limit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if they unilaterally declare a Palestinian State (see H.R. 1592), H2910 [15AP]
Military Selective Service Act: deauthorize except during a Presidentially-declared national emergency (see H.R. 621), H679 [10FE]
NASA: prohibit funding for termination of the Constellation Program (see S. 305), S629 [8FE]
National Archives and Records Administration: repeal the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (see H.R. 2531), H5085 [14JY]
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient (see S. 1936), S8148 [1DE]
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 1494), S5251 [2AU]
National Park Service: provide that Federal funds may not be used for national heritage areas and similar areas (see H.R. 3716), H9926 [16DE]
National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (see H.R. 1076), H1840 [15MR]
———prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), consideration (see H. Res. 174), H1904 [16MR]
National security: express that further reductions to core national security funding will cause significant harm to U.S. interests (see H. Res. 441), H6977 [14OC]
———make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending (see H.R. 93, 94, 95), H36 [5JA] (see H. Con. Res. 14), H551 [8FE]
National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 3272), H7159 [27OC]
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 538, 538), S1546 [10MR] (see H.R. 1456, 1456), H2569 [8AP]
New England Fishery Management Council: provide additional resources to address research and monitoring priorities (see H.R. 1013), H1724 [10MR]
New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route: reauthorize (see S. 1589), S5838 [21SE]
NOAA: reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (see H.R. 1650), H2913 [15AP]
North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 1960), H3408 [24MY]
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Act: reauthorize (see S. 962), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 1858), H3277 [12MY]
OMB: establish procedures for the expedited consideration by Congress of recommendations set forth in the ``Terminations, Reductions, and Savings'' section of the President's budget proposal (see H.R. 1155), H1982 [17MR]
———rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see S. 726), S2130 [5AP] (see H.R. 1111), H1904 [16MR]
OPIC: reauthorize programs (see H.R. 2762), H5884 [1AU]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply Early Innovator grant funds returned by States to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2961), H6231 [15SE]
———deauthorize and rescind funding (see H.R. 698), H774 [14FE]
———deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 127), H38 [5JA]
———provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H2213 [31MR]
———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (see H.R. 1213), H2036 [29MR]
———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), consideration (see H. Res. 236), H2933 [2MY]
———repeal provisions and rescind unobligated appropriations related to patient centered outcomes research (see H.R. 556), H550 [8FE]
Political campaigns: prohibit entities from using Federal funds to contribute to political campaigns or participate in lobbying activities (see H.R. 1024), H1724 [10MR]
Population: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or planning programs or family planning activities (see H.R. 1099), H1841 [15MR]
Public debt: allow an up or down vote on a balanced deficit reduction bill, such as proposed by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform report, reducing the deficit by a certain amount (see S. 1985), S8547 [13DE]
———cancel public debt held by FRS and lower the public debt limit by an equal amount (see H.R. 2768), H5884 [1AU]
———constitutional amendment prohibiting the Government from increasing debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of each House of Congress (see H.J. Res. 84), H7398 [4NO]
———decrease statutory limit (see H.R. 2409), H4671 [6JY]
———disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see S.J. Res. 25), S5339 [6SE] (see H.J. Res. 77), H5964 [7SE]
———eliminate statutory limit and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (see H.R. 2931), H6181 [14SE]
———establish a timely and expeditious process for voting on the statutory debt limit (see S. 1713), S6505 [13OC]
———increase statutory limit (see S. 1326), S4329 [5JY] (see H.R. 1954), H3408 [24MY] (see H.R. 2663), H5660 [27JY]
———increase statutory limit by a certain amount upon adoption by Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment and by an additional amount upon ratification by the States of that amendment (see H.R. 2685), H5732 [28JY]
———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits and military funding in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 728), H923 [15FE]
———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached (see S. 259), S482 [2FE] (see H.R. 568), H598 [9FE]
———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (see S. 163), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 421), H469 [25JA]
———provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment in full of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2581), H5150 [18JY]
Public welfare programs: provide information and limits on total spending on means-tested welfare programs and provide additional work requirements (see S. 1904), S7702 [17NO]
———provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1135), H1906 [16MR] (see H.R. 1167), H1983 [17MR]
Radio: prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming and transfer certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 69), H35 [5JA]
Railroads: authorize use of certain rail relocation funding for high-speed rail projects (see H.R. 3081), H6505 [3OC]
———freeze availability of Federal funding for high-speed rail projects in California (see H.R. 3143), H6676 [7OC]
———rescind unobligated economic stimulus funding for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects (see H.R. 2811), H5896 [5AU]
Research: ensure continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector (see H.R. 3699), H9925 [16DE]
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 50), H34 [5JA]
Roads and highways: authorize appropriations for highway safety programs (see S. 1449), S5071 [29JY]
———expedite deployment of highway construction projects (see H.R. 2924), H6181 [14SE]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see S. 1786), S7066 [2NO] (see S. 1813), S7155 [7NO]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (see H.R. 662), H723 [11FE]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), consideration (see H. Res. 128), H1454 [1MR]
———reauthorize additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around Indian reservations (see S. 885), S2687 [4MY]
San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund: extend authorization period for certain uses of funds (see H.R. 3132), H6672 [6OC]
SBA: improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (see H.R. 447), H506 [26JA]
———improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 448), H506 [26JA]
———improve the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 449), H506 [26JA]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see S. 493), S1264 [4MR] (see H.R. 1425), H2533 [7AP]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1572), S5684 [15SE] (see H.R. 2596), H5284 [20JY]
Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1231), S3924 [20JN]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 1692), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 3599), H8260 [7DE]
Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act: reauthorize (see S. 832), S2506 [14AP]
Senate: provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above a certain amount unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 days (see S. 1341), S4485 [11JY]
———reduce budget of the Senate (see S. Res. 94), S1406 [8MR]
———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see S. 81), S124 [25JA]
Senate Rules: prohibit unauthorized earmarks (see S. Res. 23), S127 [25JA]
Ships and vessels: promote secure ferry transportation (see S. 980), S2928 [12MY]
Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see S. 1086), S3426 [26MY] (see H.R. 2152), H4074 [13JN]
States: restore State sovereignty and dedicate excess grant funds to deficit reduction (see H.R. 2917), H6180 [14SE]
Stillwater, MN: authorize a replacement for the lift bridge with necessary taxpayer protection measures to promote fiscal responsibility (see H.R. 3434), H7713 [16NO]
Taxation: allow an individual to designate a percentage of their income tax liability be used to reduce the public debt and require spending reductions equal to amounts so designated (see S. 574), S1676 [15MR] (see H.R. 634), H680 [10FE]
Telecommunications: return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards (see S. 1659), S6185 [5OC] (see H.R. 1343), H2291 [4AP]
Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see S. 1301), S4226 [29JN] (see H.R. 2830), H5931 [30AU] (see H.R. 3589), H8260 [7DE]
Transportation: encourage use of advanced technologies for transportation projects receiving Federal funding (see H.R. 2089), H3985 [2JN]
———extend surface and air transportation programs (see H.R. 2887), H6096 [12SE]
———improve accountability and transparency in infrastructure spending by requiring life-cycle cost analysis of major projects, use of design standards, and alternate bidding procedures (see S. 615), S1826 [17MR] (see H.R. 2602), H5285 [20JY]
———improve investment in national transportation infrastructure (see S. 942), S2839 [10MY]
———increase certain infrastructure finance provisions (see H.R. 341), H354 [19JA]
———provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see S. 1992), S8602 [14DE] (see H.R. 3200), H6920 [13OC]
———provide funding flexibility for transportation emergencies (see H.R. 3294), H7206 [1NO]
———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (see S. 1769), S6917 [31OC]
———require congressionally directed funding from the Highway Trust Fund to be obligated for a project within a certain period of time or released to State transportation departments (see S. 199), S272 [26JA]
———require the return and redistribution among State transportation departments of certain unexpended highway funding (see S. 198), S272 [26JA]
———rescind amounts authorized for certain surface transportation programs (see H.R. 619), H679 [10FE] (see H.R. 1064), H1796 [14MR]
———rescind earmarks for certain surface transportation projects (see H.R. 1067), H1796 [14MR]
———revise certain infrastructure finance provisions (see H.R. 1123), H1905 [16MR]
Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (see S. 1966), S8461 [8DE] (see H.R. 3173), H6853 [12OC]
U.N.: clarify funding prohibitions for any U.N. entity that admits Palestine as a member state (see S. 1860), S7415 [14NO]
———prohibit funding for the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 2059), H3805 [31MY]
———prohibit funding for U.N. Headquarters Building renovation or reconstruction project unless the U.N. adopts best practices in contracting and procurement (see H.R. 167), H39 [5JA]
———prohibit U.S. contributions until the U.N. formally retracts the Goldstone report on the Gaza conflict between Israel and the Palestinians (see S. 923), S2777 [9MY] (see H.R. 1501), H2604 [12AP]
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: reauthorize (see H.R. 1856), H3218 [11MY]
Umatilla, OR: provide for closure of Umatilla Army Chemical Depot (see S. Res. 345), S8414 [7DE]
War: require new war funding be offset (see S. Res. 133), S2188 [6AP]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3145), H6781 [11OC]
Water Desalination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2664), H5660 [27JY]
Cloture motions
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6758 [19OC], S6847 [20OC]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1867), S7886 [28NO], S8021 [30NO]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), motion to proceed, S4478 [11JY], S4542 [13JY]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), motion to waive Budget Act, S4601 [14JY]
Economic Development Administration: reauthorize (S. 782), S3662 [9JN], S3754 [14JN], S3873 [16JN], S3963 [21JN]
———reauthorize (S. 782), motion to proceed, S3492 [6JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), motion to proceed, S7183 [8NO], S7347 [10NO]
FAA: reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), S734, S739 [15FE], S819 [17FE]
Government: 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]
SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), S2573 [2MY], S2661 [4MY]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), motion to proceed, S1543 [10MR], S1590 [14MR]
Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO]
Conference reports
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 2112), H7433-H7576 [14NO]
Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055): Part 1, H9004-H9428 [15DE]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction (H.R. 1540), H8356-H8726 [12DE]
Excerpts
Setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34): Medicare policy statement, H3823 [1JN]
2010 Guam Socioeconomic Needs Assessment Working Papers: Dept. of Defense Economic Adjustment Committee, S8718 [16DE]
Factsheets
Importance of Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to the Continued Development and Commercialization of Advanced Biofuels, E990 [27MY]
Letters
Airport and Airway Extension Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1993 [29MR]
———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1993 [29MR]
Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part II: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3318 [23MY]
———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H3318 [23MY]
Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part III: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4533 [24JN]
———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4533 [24JN]
Airport and Airway Trust Fund funding and expenditure authority extension: Craig L. Fuller, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, S687 [14FE]
———Ed Bolen, National Business Aviation Association, S688 [14FE]
———James K. Coyne, National Air Transportation Association, S687 [14FE]
———Jordan B. Hansell, NetJets Inc., S688 [14FE]
———Peter J. Bunce, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, S687 [14FE]
Armed Forces authority to detain and prosecute certain persons under authorizations for use of military force: Konrad Motyka, FBI Agents Association, S8657 [15DE]
———Robert S. Mueller III, FBI Director, S7948 [29NO]
———several retired generals and admirals, H8917 [14DE]
Budget Control Act: several Senators, H5686 [28JY]
Budget process: several Senators, S3415 [26MY]
Bureau of Reclamation water projects funding: G. Wade Miller, WateReuse Association, H975 [16FE]
———Timothy Quinn, Association of California Water Agencies, H975 [16FE]
CFTC ability to implement certain rules without substantiation, protect end users from margin requirements, and set boundaries on overseas application of derivative requirements: Senator Tim Johnson and Representative Frank, H7773 [17NO]
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act: Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E2048 [15NO]
———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E2047, E2048 [15NO]
———Representative Peter King, Committee on Homeland Security (House), E2048 [15NO]
Comprehensive budget reform: Senator Levin, S5660 [15SE]
Constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization) and Mattie Corrao, Center for Fiscal Accountability (organization), S8516 [13DE]
———Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire Fighers, H7866 [18NO]
———James L. Martin, 60 Plus Association, S8517 [13DE]
———James Valvo, Americans for Prosperity (organization), S8516 [13DE]
———Jim Keffer, H7798 [17NO]
———Kim Anderson and Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H7850 [18NO]
———Nancy LeaMond, AARP, H7866 [18NO]
———Pete Sepp, National Taxpayers Union, S8517 [13DE]
———several organizations, H7862 [18NO], E2128 [29NO]
———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S8518 [13DE]
———William Wilson, Americans for Limited Government (organization), S8517 [13DE]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H1136 [17FE]
Corp. for National and Community Service funding: several business leaders, E609-E611 [1AP]
CPSC Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database funding: Representative Barton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1321 [18FE]
Cut, Cap, and Balance Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H5221 [19JY]
———Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), H5221 [19JY]
Definition of Dept. of Defense core depot-level maintenance and repair capabilities: several Senators, S8640 [15DE]
Dept. of Agriculture funding to implement new national nutrition standards for school breakfast and lunch programs: Dover/Sherborn, MA, Public Schools, H7773 [17NO]
Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: Representative Bachus, Committee on Financial Services (House), E994 [31MY]
———Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E993 [31MY]
———Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), E995 [31MY]
———Representative Hall, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), E996 [31MY]
———Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E994 [31MY]
———Representative Jeff Miller, Committee on Veterans Affairs (House), E996 [31MY]
———Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), E995 [31MY]
———Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E996 [31MY]
———Representative McKeon, Committee on Armed Services (House), E993, E994, E995, E996, E997 [31MY]
———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E995 [31MY]
———Representative Mike Rogers of Michigan, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), E994 [31MY]
———Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), E995 [31MY]
———Representative Peter T. King, Committee on Homeland Security (House), E993 [31MY]
———Representative Ros-Lehtinen, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), E993 [31MY]
———Representative Sam Graves, Committee on Small Business (House), E996 [31MY]
———Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E994 [31MY]
———Senator Reid, S6324 [6OC]
Dept. of Defense Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program educational assistance for pursuit of advanced degrees in physical therapy and occupational therapy: R. Scott Ward, American Physical Therapy Association, S8463 [8DE]
———Tim Nanof, American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc., S8463 [8DE]
Dept. of Defense Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program: Michael B. Donley, Dept. of Defense, S7986 [29NO]
Dept. of Defense funding: several national security and defense economics experts, E42 [7JA]
Dept. of Defense funding for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) sponsorship, E500 [16MR]
Dept. of Defense treatment of certain sensitive national security information under the Freedom of Information Act: several organizations, S7800 [18NO]
Dept. of Defense weapons procurement programs: Senator McCain, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S8632 [15DE]
Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding: Indiana congressional delegation, S5971 [26SE]
Dept. of Energy Office of Science funding: Energy Sciences Coalition and Task Force on American Innovation, H5002 [13JY]
———several Representatives, E1288 [11JY]
Dept. of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program, State Energy Program, and Building Technologies Program funding: Jason Hartke, U.S. Green Building Council, H4842 [11JY]
———Kenneth J. Nemeth, Southern States Energy Board, H4842 [11JY]
———several organizations, H4842 [11JY]
Dept. of Justice wasteful spending on conference planning and food and beverages: Representative Wolf, Committee on Appropriations (House), E1678 [21SE]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs funding: David H. Petraeus, S1398 [8MR]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations: Bill Meadows and John Nau, H5458 [25JY]
Economic Development Revitalization Act: Stephen Jordan, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center, S3876 [16JN]
Energy Information Administration Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey funding: Lynn G. Bellenger, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., H4997 [13JY]
———several commercial real estate and energy efficiency organizations, H4997 [13JY]
Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act, S2339 [8AP]
———Norbert Ryan, Jr., Military Officers Association of America, S2338 [8AP]
———Paul Rieckhoff, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (organization), S2338 [8AP]
———Richard A. Jones, National Association for Uniformed Services, S2257 [7AP], S2338 [8AP]
EPA rule enforcement funding relative to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from the Portland cement manufacturing industry: G. Vinson Hellwig, National Association of Clean Air Agencies, H1120 [17FE]
EPA water quality standards implementation for inland waters in Florida funding: Adam H. Putnam, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services, H1290 [18FE]
Expansion of Presidential authorization for use of military force to include associated forces: Michael B. Mukasey, H3661 [25MY]
———Michael V. Hayden, H3662 [25MY]
Express that Pell Grant program funding should not be cut in any deficit reduction program, S7592 [16NO]
FAA appropriations to streamline programs, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable aviation system funding: Douglas C. Macnair, Experimental Aircraft Association, H2175 [31MR]
———Howard Ragsdale and Christopher Eastlee, Air Medical Operators Association, H2178 [31MR]
———Marion C. Blakey, Aerospace Industries Association, H2139 [31MR]
———Nicholas E. Calio, Air Transport Association, H2178 [31MR]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H2140 [31MR]
———Representative Hall, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H2131 [31MR]
———Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H2173 [31MR]
———Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2132 [31MR]
———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2132, H2173 [31MR]
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]
———Senator Rockefeller, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), H5255 [20JY]
———Thomas Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S716 [15FE]
———W.L. MacKay, Alaska Airlines, Inc., S662 [14FE]
FAA integration of unmanned aircraft systems into National Airspace System: Michael Toscano, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, H2174 [31MR]
FAA regulations on air medical transport safety: Daniel G. Harkins, Association of Air Medical Services, H2193 [31MR]
———Jack Parow, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H2175 [31MR]
FDA use of hard science in developing regulations: Anne L. Miller, Montana Pork Producers Council, H4237 [15JN]
———Bill Donald, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, H4237 [15JN]
———Doug Wolf, National Pork Producers Council, H4237 [15JN]
Federal benefits for emergency service providers who die or are disabled in the line of duty and liability protection for volunteer pilot organizations that fly for public benefit: Barry Kasinitz, International Association of Fire Fighters, S830 [17FE]
———Connie Meyer, S830 [17FE]
———Jack Parow, International Association of Fire Chiefs, S830 [17FE]
———Steve Williamson, American Ambulance Association, S829 [17FE]
Federal disaster declarations for Louisiana farms and towns along the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya Floodway: Senator Landrieu, S5972 [26SE]
FEMA Disaster Relief Fund funding: Senator Landrieu, S5971, S5972 [26SE]
———several Senators, S5971 [26SE]
FEMA Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding: Paul A. Yost, National Association of Manufacturers, H6370, H6396 [22SE]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5852 [22SE], H6369, H6396 [22SE]
———Representative Issa, S5928 [23SE]
———Senators Landrieu, Vitter, and Alexander, S5929 [23SE]
———several Representatives, S5929 [23SE]
FEMA Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants: Paul D. Ford, Fall River, MA, Fire Dept., E16 [6JA]
FEMA State and local first responder grant programs funding: B. Glen Whitley and Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, H3837 [1JN]
Flood Insurance Reform Act: Representative Bachus, Committee on Financial Services (House), H4870, H4871 [12JY]
———Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4870 [12JY]
———Representative Ralph M. Hall, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H4870 [12JY]
———several financial, insurance, and real estate organizations, H4876 [12JY]
———SmarterSafer.org, H4876 [12JY]
Fort Monmouth, NJ, commissary store closing: John M. McHugh, Sec. of the Army, H4669 [6JY]
Government Shutdown Prevention Act: Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), H2248 [1AP]
HAMP Termination Act and NSP Termination Act: Rafael E. Cestero, New York, NY, Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development, H1871, H1888 [16MR]
Intelligence services appropriations: Representative Grimm, E902 [13MY]
———Representative Mike Rogers, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H6015 [9SE]
———Representative Nadler, E902 [13MY], E921 [23MY]
———Representative Ros-Lehtinen, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H6015 [9SE]
Invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S.: Council on Competitiveness, S1472 [9MR]
———Tapping America's Potential (organization), S1473 [9MR]
———several organizations, S1471 [9MR]
Medicare funding: Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS, S1484 [9MR]
National Endowment for the Arts funding: several organizations, H5654 [27JY]
NOAA funding: Jane Lubchenco, Dept. of Commerce, S1798 [17MR]
NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System funding: Representative Wolf, E1951 [27OC]
NSP Termination Act: Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, CA, H1870, H1881, H1887 [16MR]
———Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, IL, H1887 [16MR]
———several civil rights and consumer organizations, H1870 [16MR]
———several local government and community-based organizations, H1888 [16MR]
Office of Congressional Ethics funding: several political organizations, H5361 [21JY]
Patent and Trademark Office current revised inventor fee collection estimates: David J. Kappos, Patent and Trademark Office, S5438 [8SE]
Patent and Trademark Office funding: Representative Harold Rogers, Committee on Appropriations (House), S5421 [8SE]
———Representatives Harold Rogers and Paul Ryan, S5373 [7SE]
Patent and Trademark Office Public Enterprise Fund establishment: David J. Kappos, Patent and Trademark Office, S5417 [8SE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal: several Governors, H1285 [18FE]
Peer-Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program funding: Jonathan W. Simons and David H. Koch, Prostate Cancer Foundation, H4608 [6JY]
———Kevin S. Johnson, ZERO-The Project To End Prostate Cancer (organization), H4609 [6JY]
———Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Consortium, H4608 [6JY]
Permit tax-exempt bonds to be used to finance the purchase of fixed-wing aircraft for air ambulance services: Representative Camp, E927 [23MY]
———Representatives Doc Hastings and McMorris Rodgers, E927 [23MY]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., funding: Sarah Stoesz, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, E621 [4AP]
Presidential requirement to submit proposed legislation relative to Medicare Trustees funding warning: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House) and Senator Sessions, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S3759 [14JN]
———several Senators, S3802 [15JN]
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Turberculosis and Malaria funding: several Representatives, H7938 [30NO]
Prohibit Dept. of Agriculture funding to delay implementation of new national nutrition standards for school breakfast and lunch programs: Ed Yates, California League of Food Processors, H4251 [15JN]
———Michael A. Resnick, National School Boards Association, H4252 [15JN]
———Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools, H4252 [15JN]
———several Representatives, H4252 [15JN]
Prohibit Federal employees from using official work time for union activities: Charles Orzehoskie and John J. O'Grady, American Federation of Government Employees National Council of EPA Locals #238, H2192 [31MR]
Prohibit funding for prosecution of individuals involved in terrorist attacks or who are members of al-Qaeda (terrorist organization): Leon E. Panetta, Sec. of Defense and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, S6810 [20OC]
———Ronald Weich, Dept. of Justice, S6747 [19OC]
Prohibit funding to pay commercial airlines that charge certain excess baggage fees for Armed Forces members deploying or returning from overseas contingency operations: Gus Hargett, National Guard Association of the U.S., H4710 [7JY]
Prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns: several Senators, S2015 [31MR]
Public debt ceiling: several economists, H4082 [14JN]
Repeal certain conditions for receipt of funding from the Education Jobs Fund by Texas: Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, H1347 [18FE]
———several Representatives, H1348 [18FE]
———several Texas school administrators, H1348 [18FE]
Report on use of previously allocated U.S. aid by Colombian Dept. of Administrative Security: Representatives McGovern and Schakowsky, H5982 [8SE]
Return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards: Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), H6571 [5OC]
———Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H6571 [5OC]
SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program reauthorization and improvement: Bonita A. Robertson, BioDistrict New Orleans (organization), S1639 [15MR]
———Christopher White, Bay Area Innovation Alliance, S1639 [15MR]
———James C. Greenwood, Biotechnology Industry Organization, S1636 [15MR]
———Jenny C. Servo, Dawnbreaker, Inc., S1635 [15MR]
———Jere W. Glover, Small Business Technology Council, S1636 [15MR]
———Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr., National Defense Industrial Association, S1635 [15MR]
———Mark G. Heesen, National Venture Capital Association, S1636 [15MR]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1634 [15MR]
———Robert A. Baker, Smaller Business Association of New England, S1639 [15MR]
———Robert F. Weiss, New England Innovation Alliance, S1636 [15MR]
———Scott Hauge, Small Business California (organization), S1635 [15MR]
———Senator Coburn, S2612 [3MY]
———Sharon V. Vercellotti, V-LABS, Inc., S1640 [15MR]
———Timothy Tardibono, CONNECT (organization), S1635 [15MR]
———Todd O. McCracken, National Small Business Association, S1639 [15MR]
———several organizations, S2657 [4MY]
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act: Katherine Campos, H2067, H2074 [30MR]
———LaTasha Bennett, H2067, H2074 [30MR]
———Obi Mbanefo, H2067, H2074 [30MR]
———Samaya Mack, H2067, H2074 [30MR]
———several District of Columbia Council members, E637 [5AP]
Senate consideration of legislation to address fiscal crisis: several Senators, S4271 [30JN]
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Thomas J. Vilsack, Sec. of Agriculture, H5247 [20JY]
Statutory public debt limit increase: Daniel S. Threlkeld, S5100 [30JY]
———David Beriss, S5100 [30JY]
———Matthew Cope, S5100 [30JY]
———Monique M. Jones, S5100 [30JY]
———Senator Hatch, S5008 [28JY]
Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6112 [13SE]
———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6112 [13SE]
Surface Transportation Extension Act: Americans for Transportation Mobility Coalition, S1203 [3MR]
———John Horsley, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, S1203 [3MR]
———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1203 [3MR]
———Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1485 [2MR]
———Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1485 [2MR]
———several transportation organizations, S1202 [3MR]
Transportation Security Administration employees exclusion from the collective bargaining rights of Federal employees: Kip Hawley, S717 [15FE]
U.S. Institute of Peace accomplishments: David H. Petraeus, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, H1052 [16FE]
Valley-Wide Noise Relief Act: Stanley L. Bernstein, Regional Air Cargo Carriers Association, H2179 [31MR]
V-22 Osprey funding: James F. Amos, Marine Corps, H3597 [25MY]
Lists
Budgetary outline for H.R. 2551, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5312 [21JY]
California project labor agreement activity from 1984 through March 2010, H4051-H4055 [13JN]
Committee on Armed Services (Senate) staff who worked on S. 1867, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S8138 [1DE]
Federal balanced budget amendment petition cosigners, H7798-H7800 [17NO]
Organizations in opposition to H.R. 861, NSP Termination Act, H1862 [16MR]
Organizations supporting Collins amendment to H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, on school breakfast and lunch programs nutrition standard implementation, S6589 [17OC]
Organizations supporting Flake amendment to H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, on ethanol blender pump or storage facilities construction funding, H4291 [16JN]
Organizations supporting H.R. 658, FAA appropriations to streamline programs, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable aviation system funding, H2139 [31MR]
Organizations supporting Woolsey amendment on school breakfast and lunch programs nutrition standard implementation to H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H4245 [15JN]
Selected highlights of H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S8635 [15DE]
State surface transportation enhancement projects, S5614 [14SE]
Ten things everyone should know about prostate cancer, H4609 [6JY]
Testimonials from severely injured Armed Forces members on benefits of rehabilitative recreational sports equipment, H3688 [26MY]
2010 Fortune (publication) 100 companies relying on Dept. of Energy Office of Science facilities to deliver their products, E1324 [14JY]
Memorandums
NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific Relocation From Seattle, WA, to Newport, OR: Todd J. Zinser, Dept. of Commerce, H1266 [18FE]
Messages
Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2012: President Obama, S679-S681 [14FE], H728-H731 [14FE]
District of Columbia Budget Request: President Obama, S6049 [3OC], H6495 [3OC]
Statutory Debt Limit: President Obama, S5247 [2AU], H5893 [5AU]
Motions
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6717, S6740 [19OC], H4312 [16JN], H7273 [3NO]
Budget: cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), S4743 [21JY], S4825 [22JY], H5226 [19JY]
———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H454 [25JA]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2016 (S. Con. Res. 20), S3332 [25MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), S3331 [25MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 18), S3332 [25MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 21), S3332 [25MY]
Continuing: making (H.J. Res. 44), H1426 [1MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 48), H1823 [15MR]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3735 [26MY], H8204, H8207 [7DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), conference report, H8941 [14DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4770 [8JY]
Dept. of Education: reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H2080 [30MR]
Dept. of HHS: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3386 [24MY], H3432 [25MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3961 [2JN]
Dept. of HUD: rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), H1874, H1893 [16MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), H1702 [10MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), H1748 [11MR]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), S4478 [11JY], S4586 [14JY], S4703 [20JY], H4104 [14JN], H8203 [7DE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), S7183 [8NO], S7434 [15NO], H5104, H5105 [15JY]
FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H2235 [1AP]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2553), H5264 [20JY]
———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), S474, S475 [2FE], S535 [3FE], S727 [15FE], S823, S824, S828 [17FE]
FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), H4921 [12JY]
Government: 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), H2248 [1AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), H2501, H2502, H2503 [7AP], H2566 [8AP]
———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]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), H3291 [13MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), H6033 [9SE]
National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), H1965 [17MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), H2980 [3MY]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1786), S7095 [3NO]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), H1491 [2MR]
SBA: reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), S1962 [30MR], S2111 [5AP]
Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S7009 [1NO]
Petitions and memorials
Alaska Federation of Natives: FAA Essential Air Service Program funding, S662 [14FE]
Arkansas: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funding, S1597 [14MR]
Michigan: National Flood Insurance Program, H4915 [12JY]
Texas: constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget, H6146 [14SE]
Press releases
ACOG Opposes the Foxx Amendment to H.R. 1216: American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, H3373 [24MY]
HHS Announces New Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Program: Dept. of HHS, H3370 [24MY]
U.S., Brazil Agree on Framework Regarding WTO Cotton Dispute: Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, H1680 [10MR], H1867 [16MR]
Questions and answers
Impact of funding cuts on NOAA weather forecasting systems, S1798 [17MR]
Remarks in House
Administrative Conference of the U.S.: authorize appropriations (H.R. 2480), H5822 [1AU], E1486 [2AU]
Afghanistan: reduce military assistance and non-defense spending and use funds for domestic first responders and to encourage job creation, H3147 [10MY]
Afghanistan Infrastructure Fund: funding, H873, H874 [15FE], H4656-H4659 [6JY]
Agriculture: reduce the adjusted gross income eligible for receipt of farm subsidies, H4293-H4295 [16JN]
———terminate marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments for mohair producers, H1288 [18FE]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: across-the-board funding reduction, H4289, H4290 [16JN]
———across-the-board funding reduction to restore conservation programs funding, H4283, H4284 [16JN]
———conservation programs funding, H4205 [15JN], E1209 [24JN]
———exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H4292, H4293 [16JN]
———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]
———prohibit funding to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H4268 [15JN]
AID: funding, H2314 [5AP], E182 [9FE], E293 [18FE]
Air Force: bomber development funding, H4605, H4606 [6JY]
Alaska: eliminate certain bridge construction projects, H1491-H1493 [2MR]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: restore stimulus funding, H1225, H1226 [18FE]
Americorps: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3060), E1713 [23SE]
Amtrak: Federal subsidies funding, H1064-H1066 [16FE]
———privatize, H4686 [7JY]
Arkansas: Norfolk and Greers Ferry National Fish Hatcheries funding, H2023 [29MR]
Armed Forces: Afghanistan security forces funding, H3706 [26MY]
———appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (H.R. 1297), H2262 [1AP], H2392-H2398 [6AP], H2453 [7AP], H2546 [8AP]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, H1847 [16MR], H2045 [30MR], H2297 [5AP], H2332 [6AP], H2578 [12AP], H2925 [2MY], H2941 [3MY], H3163 [11MY], H3235 [12MY], H3395 [24MY], H3425-H3429, H3666-H3668 [25MY], H3695-H3699, H3704, H3705 [26MY], H3763 [31MY], H3919 [2JN], H4080, H4174 [14JN], H4372 [22JN], H4463, H4465, H4467, H4472, H4508 [23JN], H4679 [7JY], H4857, H4859, H4860, H4861 [12JY], H5021 [14JY], H5154 [19JY], H5288 [21JY], H6102 [13SE], H6145 [14SE], H6514 [4OC], E422 [4MR], E986 [27MY], E1239 [6JY], E1257 [7JY], E1808 [7OC]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Iraq, H4740 [7JY], E422 [4MR]
———ensure rules of engagement for members in any hostile fire area fully protect their right to bear arms and defend themselves from hostile actions, H3629, H3630 [25MY]
———expand access to treatment for servicemembers who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder to include local and community medical facilities, H3711 [26MY]
———improve prevention and response to sexual assaults, H8204-H8207 [7DE], E2204 [7DE]
———improve the recruitment, retention, and competitive compensation of mental health care professionals, H4716 [7JY]
———include veterans and members who have service-connected injuries and their survivors and dependents in FHA refinance program study, H1692, H1693 [10MR]
———increase rate for hostile fire and imminent danger pay, H3735, H3736 [26MY]
———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, H8919 [14DE]
———limit use of funds for introduction into hostilities (H.R. 1609), H4558 [24JN]
———prohibit expansion of Presidential authorization for use of military force to include associated forces, H3660-H3663 [25MY], E962 [26MY], E965, E988 [27MY]
———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya, H3357, H3396 [24MY], H4011, H4014 [3JN], H4737 [7JY], E969 [27MY]
———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya (H. Res. 292), H3998-H4011, H4013, H4014, H4016-H4022, H4023 [3JN], H4534, H4561 [24JN], E1059 [7JN]
———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya (H. Res. 292), consideration (H. Res. 294), H3990-H3998 [3JN]
———prohibit funding to pay commercial airlines that charge certain excess baggage fees for members deploying or returning from overseas contingency operations, H4707, H4710 [7JY]
———provide for enhanced reimbursement of National Guard and Reserve members for certain travel expenses, H8936 [14DE]
———provide postal benefits for personal correspondence and certain parcels sent to members serving on active military duty abroad, E1225 [5JY]
———reduce end strength level for troops in Europe, H3670-H3673 [25MY], H4743, H4744 [7JY]
———repeal authorization of use of military force against Iraq, H8956 [14DE]
———require Presidential negotiation of and entrance into a bilateral status of forces agreement with Afghanistan, H1103 [17FE]
———require the President to obtain specific statutory authorization for use in Libya, H3614 [25MY]
———restrict use of funds in support of NATO mission in Libya (H.R. 2278), H4452 [22JN], H4531, H4542, H4550-H4564 [24JN], E1213, E1214 [24JN], E1219 [28JN]
———restrict use of funds in support of NATO mission in Libya (H.R. 2278), consideration (H. Res. 328), H4534-H4540 [24JN]
———wounded warrior rehabilitation programs funding, H1089, H1090 [17FE]
Army: Environmental Quality Technology Program research funding, H4603, H4604 [6JY]
———HIV/AIDS research funding, H4604 [6JY]
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): alleged involvement in voter registration fraud, H7200-H7202 [1NO]
ATF: prohibit funding to collect information from federally licensed firearms retailers relative to sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person, H1272, H1273 [18FE]
BIA: charter schools funding, H5569, H5570 [26JY]
BLM: clarify that the movement of livestock across public lands is subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act, H5613, H5614 [27JY]
———drilling permit application processing funding, H5466 [25JY]
———land and resource management funding, H968, H969 [16FE]
———leasing of Federal lands near Grand Canyon National Park for uranium mining, H5403-H5408 [25JY]
———National Landscape Conservation System funding, H1322 [18FE]
———prohibit funding to implement Secretarial order regarding wilderness land designations, H5618-H5622 [27JY]
Border Patrol: removal of U.S.-Mexico border drug and people smugglers lookout posts funding, H3856 [1JN]
Budget: allocation of funds, H417 [24JA], H555 [9FE], H608, H609, H611, H673-H677 [10FE], H685, H686, H693 [11FE], H754-H758, H760-H764 [14FE], H798, H801, H802, H804, H811 [15FE], H941, H950, H985 [16FE], H1457, H1494, H1506 [2MR], H1643 [9MR], H1730, H1755-H1761 [11MR], H1789-H1794 [14MR], H1826 [15MR], H2119 [31MR], H2218, H2256 [1AP], H2301, H2302, H2303, H2315 [5AP], H2331, H2332, H2333, H2335, H2336, H2337, H2392-H2402 [6AP], H2413, H2414, H2508-H2514, H2521-H2528 [7AP], H2538, H2542, H2547, H2548, H2549, H2550 [8AP], H2577, H2578, H2580, H2588, H2599 [12AP], H2609, H2614, H2615, H2616, H2659 [13AP], H2674 [14AP], H3156 [10MY], H3379 [24MY], H4371, H4373 [22JN], H4511-H4515 [23JN], H4684 [7JY], H5026 [14JY], H5116 [15JY], H5254 [20JY], H5451 [25JY], H6521 [4OC], H6568 [5OC], H7430 [14NO], H8120 [2DE], E639 [5AP], E1057 [7JN], E2302 [16DE]
———balance through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending (H.R. 1848), H6158 [14SE]
———comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H2649 [13AP], H3927 [2JN], H4153 [14JN]
———comply with cut-as-you-go requirement, H18, H19, H22, H23 [5JA], H52 [6JA], H4379-H4387, H4390 [22JN], H6935 [14OC], E15 [6JA]
———comply with pay-as-you-go requirement, H7843, H7844 [18NO]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced, H1514 [2MR], H2881, H2903-H2908 [15AP], H3775 [31MY], H4687 [7JY], H4797, H4798 [11JY], H4864, H4935 [12JY], H4956 [13JY], H5089, H5115 [15JY], H5147-H5149 [18JY], H5170 [19JY], H5390 [22JY], H5477, H5478 [25JY], H5586, H5589 [27JY], H5789 [30JY], H5870-H5876, H5880 [1AU], H6146 [14SE], H6357 [22SE], H6524 [4OC], H6630 [6OC], H6867 [13OC], H7220, H7243-H7249 [2NO], H7385 [4NO], E1370 [20JY], E1473, E1474-E1476 [1AU], E1527 [19AU]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H5203 [19JY], H5717 [28JY], H7243 [2NO], H7622 [15NO], E2 [5JA]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 2), H5759, H5762 [29JY], H7243 [2NO], H7584, H7585, H7587, H7588, H7589, H7590, H7591, H7592, H7617-H7624 [15NO], H7630, H7637, H7639, H7640, H7709-H7711 [16NO], H7722, H7723, H7727, H7730, H7731, H7732, H7733, H7737-H7745, H7782-H7811, H7819 [17NO], H7833, H7841-H7874, H7876, H7883 [18NO], E12 [5JA], E2107 [18NO], E2120 [29NO]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 11), H6567 [5OC], E44 [7JA]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 41), H3811 [1JN]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, H5664, H5667-H5688, H5693-H5721 [28JY], H5739-H5749, H5751-H5779 [29JY], H5815, H5817, H5818, H5819, H5831-H5866, H5870, H5876, H5878, H5881 [1AU], H7244 [2NO], E1440 [29JY], E1488, E1492, E1494 [2AU], E1503 [5AU]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), H5090, H5107-H5109 [15JY], H5130, H5134-H5141, H5144-H5147 [18JY], H5156, H5157, H5159, H5162-H5165, H5166, H5167, H5168, H5169, H5170, H5171, H5184-H5234, H5237 [19JY], H5242, H5243, H5244, H5246, H5249, H5250, H5251, H5270-H5281 [20JY], H5295, H5296, H5297, H5298 [21JY], H5378, H5393-H5397 [22JY], H5402 [25JY], H5502 [26JY], H5737 [29JY], H5786 [30JY], H7019 [25OC], H7624 [15NO], E1364, E1365, E1368 [20JY]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), consideration (H. Res. 355), H5171-H5183 [19JY]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), motion to recommit, H5226 [19JY]
———cut and cap Federal spending and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2693), H5787, H5791-H5811 [30JY]
———cut Federal spending, H4756, H4774 [8JY]
———deficit, H1678, H1679, H1681, H1685 [10MR], H1807 [15MR], E436 [8MR]
———establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), E2131 [30NO]
———express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction, H7592 [15NO]
———impact of non-security spending reductions on the economy, H409 [24JA]
———prohibit consideration of a balanced budget constitutional amendment that would result in a reduction of veterans' benefits, H5226 [19JY]
———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (H.R. 1043), H1729 [11MR], E462 [11MR]
———reduce non-defense discretionary spending, H754, H755 [14FE]
———reduce spending, H473, H475 [26JA], H1977, H1980 [17MR], H6127-H6129 [13SE]
———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), H374-H376 [20JA], H437, H442, H446-H456 [25JA], E106 [25JA], E132, E135 [26JA]
———reduce spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels (H. Res. 38), consideration (H. Res. 43), H403-H416 [24JA]
———reduce the Federal budget deficit in a responsible manner, H75-H82 [6JA], H5287 [21JY]
———require agencies to prepare financial statements using the fair-value accrual accounting method and require CBO to use current-year spending as the baseline for estimating future changes (H.R. 3332), H7260 [3NO]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2588, H2589, H2593-H2599 [12AP], H2621, H2648-H2654 [13AP], H2671, H2672, H2673, H2674, H2675, H2797, H2804-H2851 [14AP], H2860, H2861-H2901, H2903 [15AP], H3008, H3009 [4MY], H3265-H3273 [12MY], H3351, H3352, H3371, H3374-H3385, H3396-H3401 [24MY], H3414, H3415, H3423 [25MY], H3685, H3686 [26MY], H3767, H3768, H3770, H3773, H3799, H3800 [31MY], H3814, H3816, H3826, H3827 [1JN], H3989, H3990, H4031 [3JN], H4098, H4102, H4108 [14JN], H4192 [15JN], H4282, H4289, H4318 [16JN], H4475 [23JN], H4593 [6JY], H4862, H4934-H4940 [12JY], H5026 [14JY], H5167, H5234 [19JY], H5296 [21JY], H5390 [22JY], H5478 [25JY], E730, E732, E738-E740, E759, E761, E763, E766 [15AP], E773 [2MY], E786 [3MY], E990 [27MY], E1625 [14SE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), consideration (H. Res. 223), H2675-H2686 [14AP]
———status report, H7393 [4NO]
Budget Control Act: protect Social Security and SSI programs from budget cuts, E2107 [18NO]
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement: clarify procedures for approving applications for oil and gas leases on the Outer Continental Shelf, H5614-H5617 [27JY]
———funding, H5545, H5546 [26JY]
———funding through reductions in BLM Rangeland Management Fund funding, H5464, H5465 [25JY]
Bureau of Reclamation: Klamath Dam removal and sedimentation study implementation funding, H1262-H1265 [18FE]
———Lewis and Clark Rural Water System funding, H7336 [4NO]
———water projects funding, H970, H972, H975 [16FE]
Buy American Act: require that steel, iron, and manufactured goods used in the construction, modification, maintenance, or repair of fencing along the southern border are produced in the U.S., H3897 [1JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: Green the Capitol Initiative funding, H1045-H1047 [16FE]
———U.S. Botanic Garden funding, H5363-H5365 [21JY], E1388 [22JY]
Capitol Police: district office security upgrades funding through reductions in transition activities funding, H5360 [21JY]
———funding, H5355 [21JY]
CCC: Brazil Cotton Institute funding, H1222, H1223, H1270 [18FE], H1680, H1681 [10MR], H1732, H1736 [11MR], H1867 [16MR], H2000 [29MR], H4246-H4251 [15JN], H4286-H4288 [16JN]
CFTC: funding, H4081, H4094, H4095, H4123, H4125, H4126, H4152-H4164, H4167 [14JN], H4312, H4313 [16JN], H7775 [17NO], E396 [2MR], E1109 [15JN], E1123 [16JN]
———require finalization of swap data-reporting rules before promulgating final block trade or real-time reporting criteria rules, H4270, H4271 [15JN]
Chad: military assistance funding, H1184, H1185 [17FE]
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: provide for continuing authorization (H.R. 1649), E756 [15AP]
CIA: require report on military operation that led to death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, H6016 [9SE], H9808 [16DE]
Clean Air Act: funding, H843 [15FE], H967, H969, H971, H997 [16FE], H1202 [18FE], H1827 [15MR]
Coast Guard: allow consideration of jobs impact statements provided by prospective contractors to determine effect of bid on domestic employment, H7364 [4NO]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), H7344-H7381 [4NO], H7604-H7609 [15NO], E2044, E2045, E2047, E2050, E2051, E2052 [15NO], E2086, E2090 [17NO]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), consideration (H. Res. 455), H7337-H7342 [4NO], H7696 [16NO]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), motion to recommit, H7607, H7608 [15NO]
———clarify guidance regarding the ability of offshore supply vessels to carry unlimited amounts of certain kinds of combustible liquid cargo, H7605 [15NO]
———give priority for contracts to persons that manufacture materials, parts, and components in the U.S., H7364 [4NO]
———prohibit awarding of contracts to felons convicted of contract fraud, waste, and abuse, H7608 [15NO]
———prohibit establishment of an ombudsman in each district, H7365, H7366 [4NO]
———prohibit funding for items classified as textiles or apparel that are not grown, reprocessed, reused, or produced in the U.S., H7339 [4NO]
———prohibit funding to design, develop, or procure vessels of the Offshore Patrol Cutter class of ships unless the main propulsion diesel engines are manufactured by domestically operated entities, H3928 [2JN]
Colleges and universities: military academies' diversity recruitment funding, H3602 [25MY]
Colombia: prohibit funding for the Dept. of Administrative Security pending report on use of previously allocated U.S. aid, H5982, H5983 [8SE]
Colorado: U.S. Route 36 highway expansion funding, H826 [15FE]
Committee on Appropriations (House): revised allocation of spending authority, H3822 [1JN], H4104 [14JN], E167 [8FE]
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): conflicting deficit reduction ideologies of cutting entitlement programs and raising taxes on the wealthy, H7084 [26OC]
———establish, H5679, H5705, H5708, H5717 [28JY], H5759 [29JY], H5817, H5832, H5834, H5835, H5853, H5854, H5861-H5863 [1AU], H7244 [2NO]
———express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security and Medicare recipients, H7730 [17NO]
———express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients, H6792, H6793 [12OC], E1828 [12OC]
———failure to reach a bipartisan agreement, H7902 [29NO], H8107 [2DE]
———prioritize deficit reduction from subsidies for large oil companies and corporate use of aircraft before cutting education programs, H5764, H5765 [29JY]
Committee on Economics (Joint): funding, H5362 [21JY]
Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): call for cooperation from OMB and the Dept. of Energy on inquiries relative to Solyndra LLC, loan guarantee and subsequent bankruptcy declaration, H6469 [3OC]
Committee on the Budget (House): authority of Chairman to determine Federal spending levels for fiscal year, H404 [24JA], H447, H448, H452, H454 [25JA]
Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs (House): establish (H. Res. 82), H897 [15FE]
Committee on the Marine Transportation System: coordinate with local businesses to promote an efficient marine transportation system, H7348 [4NO]
———ensure assessment and strategy plan identifies important maritime projects, implements container screening at ports, and utilizes Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, H7349 [4NO]
Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 147), H1911 [17MR]
———revised allocation of spending authority, H6779 [11OC], H6851 [12OC], H7158 [27OC]
Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H8314-H8316 [8DE]
———legislative process, H586 [9FE], H816 [15FE], H1214, H1215 [18FE], H7279 [3NO], H9909 [16DE]
———Office of Technology Assessment funding through reductions in House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund funding, H5379, H5380 [22JY]
———require congressional approval for certain obligations exceeding a certain amount (H.R. 3121), H7138 [27OC]
Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2846-H2851 [14AP]
Congressional Office of Compliance: funding, H5362, H5363 [21JY]
Congressional Record: limit distribution of printed copies, H5367 [21JY]
Conservation of energy: incandescent light bulbs phase-out funding, H2027, H2028 [29MR], E269 [18FE]
Consolidated: making, H9812-H9821, H9823-H9902, H9909, H9918 [16DE], E2288 [16DE], E2317 [19DE], E2321 [20DE], E2339, E2340 [23DE]
Continuing: making, H586-H589 [9FE], H675 [10FE], H2112 [31MR], H2272 [4AP], H2562, H2563 [8AP], H6215-H6217 [15SE], H6304-H6314, H6318-H6328 [21SE], H6366-H6373, H6389-H6397, H6402-H6411 [22SE], H6463-H6465 [29SE], H6470 [3OC], H6528-H6531 [4OC], H7734, H7746, H7770, H7776, H7777 [17NO], H8106 [2DE], E1703, E1718 [23SE], E1741 [3OC], E1749-E1751 [4OC], E1770 [5OC], E1825 [12OC]
———making (H.J. Res. 44), H1405, H1415-H1428, H1442-H1445 [1MR], H1463 [2MR], E422 [4MR], E435 [8MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 44), consideration (H. Res. 115), H1406-H1415 [1MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 44), motion to recommit, H1426 [1MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 48), H1751-H1754 [11MR], H1804, H1805, H1811-H1825, H1828, H1830 [15MR], H1850, H1851, H1857 [16MR], H1980 [17MR], E511 [17MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 48), consideration (H. Res. 167), H1806-H1811 [15MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 48), motion to recommit, H1823, H1824 [15MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 94), H9908 [16DE]
———making (H.J. Res. 95), H9908 [16DE]
Contracts: Government contracts that require project labor agreements funding, H1309 [18FE]
Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, E286 [18FE], E322 [28FE], E609 [1AP]
———Learn and Serve America program funding, E745 [15AP]
Corp. for Public Broadcasting: funding, H758-H760 [14FE], H1028-H1031 [16FE], E222 [14FE], E242, E250 [16FE], E257 [17FE], E287 [18FE]
———impact of Federal funding on rural areas, H716 [11FE], H758, H759 [14FE]
Corps of Engineers: allow issuance of regulations that clarify what waters fall under Federal protection, H4811-H4815 [11JY]
———allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H4810, H4811 [11JY]
———assess reauthorization of continued Federal participation in expiring beach and coastal projects prior to the end of their original authorizations, H4816 [11JY]
———beach replenishment projects funding, H1247-H1249 [18FE], E319 [18FE]
———coastal restoration funding, H5065, H5066 [14JY]
———construction and operation and maintenance funding, H4800-H4803 [11JY]
———emergency flood control and disaster relief funding through rescission of unobligated economic stimulus funding for high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects, H5033-H5044 [14JY], E1302 [12JY], E1327, E1328, E1330 [14JY], E1401 [25JY]
———Everglades Restoration Plan funding, H4803 [11JY]
———global warming project planning funding, H4807, H4809 [11JY], E1308 [13JY]
———levee and navigation channel flood damage repair funding, H5092 [15JY]
———Lower Mississippi River deep draft navigation channel maintenance dredging funding, H4805, H4806 [11JY], E271 [18FE]
———Lower Mississippi River infrastructure and levee system funding, H4866 [12JY]
———operation and maintenance funding through reductions in construction funding, H4804 [11JY]
———operation and maintenance funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program funding, H4806, H4807 [11JY]
———prohibit funding for implementation or enforcement of the McNary Shoreline Management Plan, Lake Wallula, WA, H5058, H5059 [14JY]
———prohibit funding for Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study, H5073 [14JY]
———prohibit funding for Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan study, H5074, H5075 [14JY]
———prohibit funding for removal or associated mitigation of dams along the Columbia or Snake Rivers, H5061 [14JY]
———prohibit funding for the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund projects, H5076 [14JY]
———prohibit funding for the Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study funding, H1314, H1315 [18FE]
———study Missouri River flooding, H4799, H4800 [11JY], H7058-H7060 [25OC], H7222 [2NO]
Counterrorism Competitive Analysis Commission: establish, H6027 [9SE]
CPSC: Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database funding, H1320-H1322 [18FE]
Cuba: Radio and TV Marti funding, H1308 [18FE]
Davis-Bacon Act: wage rate requirement administration funding, H1342-H1345 [18FE], E286 [18FE]
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board: funding, H3718 [26MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Marketing Service funding, H4180, H4181 [14JN]
———Agricultural Marketing Service Microbiological Data Program funding, H4179, H4180 [14JN]
———Agricultural Research Service funding, H4171-H4174 [14JN]
———Agricultural Research Service funding through reductions in Foreign Agricultural Service funding, H4175 [14JN]
———agriculture buildings and facilities and rental payments funding, H4169, H4170 [14JN]
———allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H4168 [14JN]
———Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service cormorant population control funding, H4297 [16JN]
———animal disease and food safety programs funding, H4292 [16JN]
———Biomass Crop Assistance Program funding, H4124, H4125 [14JN], E1118 [16JN]
———clarify Agricultural Research Service research priorities, H4124 [14JN]
———codify and reinforce data storage contracts, H4295 [16JN]
———Commodity Assistance Program funding, H4181, H4182 [14JN]
———Community Connect rural broadband grant program funding, H1280 [18FE]
———cooperatives supporting minority and socially disadvantaged farmers funding, H4272 [15JN]
———Economic Research Service funding, H4171-H4174 [14JN]
———farm subsidies funding, H1269-H1271 [18FE]
———fee-for-service horse meat inspections funding, H4222-H4224 [15JN]
———Food for Peace program funding, H4124, H4171-H4174 [14JN], H4213-H4215 [15JN]
———Food Safety and Inspection Service funding, H1805 [15MR]
———Foreign Agricultural Service funding, H4210 [15JN]
———funding, E275 [18FE]
———general administration and miscellaneous supplies funding, H4171 [14JN]
———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]
———McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H4215-H4217 [15JN]
———Multifamily Housing Rehabilitation Program and Rural Development Loan Fund Program funding through reductions in Food for Peace program funding, H4204, H4205 [15JN]
———National Agricultural Statistics Service funding, H4171-H4174 [14JN]
———National Resource Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection program funding, H5250 [20JY]
———Organic Data Initiative funding, H4129 [14JN]
———Organic Data Initiative funding through reductions in agriculture building and facilities and rental payments funding, H4169 [14JN]
———Organic Transition Program funding, H881, H882 [15FE]
———prohibit funding for Foreign Agricultural Service market access programs, H4296, H4297 [16JN]
———prohibit funding for implementation of climate change regulations, H4272 [15JN]
———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 delay implementation of new national nutrition standards for school breakfast and lunch programs, H4129, H4151 [14JN], H4245, H4251 [15JN]
———prohibit funding to implement additional reporting requirements on the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, H4241, H4242 [15JN]
———prohibit funding to implement new national nutrition standards for school breakfast and lunch programs, H7629 [16NO], H7730, H7735 [17NO]
———prohibit funding to provide Food for Peace program assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, H4246 [15JN]
———prohibit funding to provide marketing funding to any entity that falsely advertises New Mexico chile peppers, H4289 [16JN]
———provide support for urban gardening, H4271 [15JN]
———reduce passenger vehicle fleet, H4219 [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]
———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H4129, H4146 [14JN], H4194 [15JN], H5970 [8SE], E1106 [15JN]
———terminate marketing assistance loans for mohair producers, H4256 [15JN]
———terminate storage and handling payments for cotton and peanuts, H4256, H4257 [15JN]
———The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) funding, H4129, H4145 [14JN], E1106 [15JN]
———underserved communities food programs funding through reductions in agricultural assistance to Afghanistan, H4269 [15JN]
———Watershed and Flood Protection program funding, H4274 [15JN]
———Watershed Rehabilitation Program funding, H4202, H4203 [15JN]
———WIC breastfeeding programs funding, H4208, H4209 [15JN]
———WIC Farmers Market Nutrition Program funding, H4170, H4171 [14JN]
———WIC funding, H4101, H4108, H4109, H4122, H4124, H4125, H4128-H4152, H4176-H4178 [14JN], H4194, H4207, H4208, H4240, H4274 [15JN], H5246 [20JY], E300 [18FE], E1098 [15JN], E1121, E1123 [16JN], E1162 [22JN]
———WIC funding through reductions in Brazil Cotton Institute funding, H4238, H4239 [15JN]
———Wildlife Services livestock protection program funding, H4284-H4286 [16JN], E1200 [24JN]
Dept. of Commerce: Economic Development Administration funding, H886 [15FE]
Dept. of Defense: across-the-board funding reduction, H1246, H1247 [18FE], H4722-H4725 [7JY]
———Afghanistan security forces funding, H4659, H4660 [6JY]
———allow consideration of jobs impact statements provided by prospective contractors to determine effect of bid on domestic employment, H3617, H3618 [25MY]
———allow option to defer concurrent deployments for certain servicemembers in dual military families, H3602 [25MY]
———allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H4612, H4613, H4620-H4622 [6JY], H8932 [14DE]
———allow transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other locations to the U.S. for prosecution in Federal courts under certain conditions, H3641-H3643, H3649, H3650 [25MY]
———analyze impact of base realignment and closure-related transportation infrastructure actions on local entities, H3679, H3680 [25MY]
———assess impact of consolidated contracting actions on small businesses, H3717 [26MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), H3308 [23MY], H3388-H3396 [24MY], H3417, H3436-H3643, H3649-H3680 [25MY], H3687-H3737 [26MY], H3763 [31MY], H3810 [1JN], H3919 [2JN], H3991, H4011, H4014, H4025 [3JN], H4554 [24JN], H7018, H7020 [25OC], E957 [25MY], E960, E962 [26MY], E965, E969, E971, E972, E973, E985, E986, E987, E988, E990 [27MY], E993, E1000, E1003 [31MY], E1031 [2JN]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), conference report, H8905, H8915, H8922-H8937 [14DE], H8971, H8974, H8976, H8980 [15DE], H9986, H10007 [20DE], E2274, E2281 [15DE], E2288, E2295, E2299 [16DE], E2310, E2313, E2315, E2316 [19DE], E2339 [23DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, H8324 [12DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3353-H3361, H3396 [24MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 276), H3423-H3430 [25MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 493), H8915-H8922 [14DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), corrections in engrossment, H3738 [26MY]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 92), H8942 [14DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), motion to instruct conferees, H8204-H8207 [7DE], E2204 [7DE]
———ballistic missile defense program funding, H1311 [18FE]
———boards and commissions funding, H830-H842 [15FE]
———B-1 bomber funding, H3395 [24MY], H4714, H4715 [7JY]
———clarify exemption from Freedom of Information Act for data files of the military flight operations quality assurance systems, H3651, H3652 [25MY]
———clarify that definition of ``sunken military craft'' will only include vessels, warships, or naval auxiliaries on military, noncommercial service when sunk, H3652 [25MY]
———clarify that direct use solar energy is considered a renewable energy source, H3705 [26MY]
———clarify treatment under Freedom of Information Act of certain critical infrastructure security information, H3718 [26MY]
———Commander's Emergency Response Program funding, H4652 [6JY], H4718, H4719 [7JY]
———conduct outreach program to benefit women- and minority-owned small businesses prior to conversion of functions from civilian employees to contractors, H3624-H3626 [25MY]
———conduct study to determine the domestic capacity to manufacture ship shafts and other forged components used by surface and sub-surface vessels, H3706 [26MY]
———create a pilot program to offer opportunity scholarships to special needs dependent children of active-duty members of the military, H3606, H3607 [25MY]
———Defense Health Program funding through reductions in Afghanistan security forces funding, H4660, H4661 [6JY]
———defense intelligence financial statements audit, H3394 [24MY]
———Defense-wide funding through reductions in Dept. of Defense development, test, and evaluation funding for alternative energy sources and energy efficiency, H849, H850 [15FE]
———discourage conversion from the private sector to the Government any functions that are not inherently governmental in nature, H3603 [25MY]
———encourage development of domestic alternative fuels, H3394, H3395 [24MY]
———encourage the Medical Research Program to use the most advanced technology when researching certain diseases, H3602 [25MY]
———Environmental Security Technology Certification program funding, H4597 [6JY]
———establish a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan for oversight of private security contracts and appoint an official to ensure compliance, H3615 [25MY]
———establish goals for competition and review of contracts for property or services in support of a contingency operation, H3690, H3691 [26MY]
———exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H4060 [13JN], H4719, H4720 [7JY], E990 [27MY], E1088 [14JN]
———expand retroactive eligibility for the Army Combat Action Badge, H3719 [26MY]
———expand State licensure exception to allow certain health care professionals to work across State lines without having to obtain a new license, H3691 [26MY], E960 [26MY]
———Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle program funding, H1089, H1091 [17FE], H1223, H1224 [18FE]
———F-35 Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, H855-H861 [15FE], H4743 [7JY]
———F-136 engine program funding, H3395 [24MY]
———freeze funding at 2010 levels, H1114, H1115 [17FE]
———freeze funding at 2011 levels, H4708, H4709 [7JY]
———freeze funding at current levels unless financial statements are ready for audit by a certain date, H4740 [7JY]
———freeze funding at current levels until unqualifed audits are achieved, H3640, H3641 [25MY]
———funding, H450, H453 [25JA], H1312 [18FE], H2336 [6AP], H5738 [29JY], H6631 [6OC], H7269 [3NO], H7791 [17NO], E42 [7JA], E317 [18FE], E615 [4AP], E675 [8AP], E1105 [15JN]
———ground-based midcourse defense system funding, H3678, H3679 [25MY]
———Gulf War Illness Research Program funding through reductions in Pentagon Channel funding, H4598 [6JY], E1254 [7JY]
———health effects of left-over munitions in congested residential areas of formerly used defense sites study funding, H4704 [7JY]
———impact of funding cuts on military families, H6186 [15SE]
———instruct Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) to update and expand study on seaports, E1003 [31MY]
———insulation for military shelters at forward operating bases in Afghanistan funding, H4653 [6JY]
———Israeli Cooperative Program funding through reductions in Air Force NATO research and development funding, H4606, H4607 [6JY]
———Israeli Cooperative Program funding through reductions in Navy NATO research and development funding, H4605 [6JY]
———LHA 7 amphibious warship program funding, H3676-H3678 [25MY]
———limit number of parking spaces available at the Mark Center in Alexandria, VA, until traffic mitigation measures are in place, H3710, H3712 [26MY]
———lung cancer research funding, H4739 [7JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4506-H4511 [23JN], H4586, H4587 [1JY], H4594-H4625, H4638-H4669 [6JY], H4682, H4686, H4688, H4689-H4746 [7JY], H4765-H4772 [8JY], E1211 [24JN], E1225 [5JY], E1248 [6JY], E1254, E1258 [7JY], E1268, E1270, E1272, E1274 [8JY], E1285 [11JY], E1309, E1313 [13JY], E1346 [18JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), consideration (H. Res. 320), H4476-H4480 [23JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), motion to recommit, H4770, H4771 [8JY]
———Mentor-Protege Program funding, E240 [16FE]
———military musical units funding, H4624, H4625, H4666 [6JY], E1346 [18JY]
———military operations in Afghanistan funding, H1145-H1148 [17FE], H4376 [22JN], H4643-H4652 [6JY], E1270 [8JY]
———military service academy recruitment and outreach funding, H4735 [7JY]
———Minuteman III Warm Line Solid Rocket Motor Sustainment program funding, H4712, H4713 [7JY]
———motorsports sponsorship funding, H4666, H4667 [6JY], E1258 [7JY], E1346 [18JY]
———National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) sponsorship funding, H1144, H1145 [17FE], E276 [18FE], E500 [16MR]
———National Guard military construction funding through reductions in NATO Security Investment Program funding, H4046, H4047 [13JN]
———Navy Northwest Training Range Complex funding, E1270 [8JY]
———Northern Command (NORTHCOM) funding, E1003 [31MY]
———Office of the Sec. of Defense defense-wide operation and maintenance funding, H4596, H4597 [6JY]
———official representation funding relative to availability of audited financial statements, H1275 [18FE]
———overseas contingency operations funding, H9898 [16DE]
———Overseas Contingency Operations Transfer Fund funding, H4655, H4656 [6JY], H4708, H4736, H4737 [7JY]
———Pakistan Counterinsurgency Fund funding, H4653, H4654, H4662, H4663 [6JY]
———Peer-Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program funding, H4607-H4609 [6JY]
———post-acute treatment guidelines for traumatic brain injury implementation funding, H4704, H4705 [7JY]
———preserve existing service contract and outsourcing activity regulations, H3615, H3616 [25MY]
———prioritize suicide prevention programs, H4648 [6JY]
———prohibit acquisition of certain renewable energy technology from foreign manufacturers through Power Purchase Agreements, E1268 [8JY]
———prohibit funding for contractors who engage in human trafficking and labor abuses, H4709 [7JY]
———prohibit funding for procurement of certain items unless they are domestically grown or produced, H4707 [7JY]
———prohibit funding for repair, renovation, and construction of certain public schools on military bases, H4735, H4736 [7JY], E1274 [8JY]
———prohibit funding for restructuring or closure of shipyard manufacturing complex in Avondale, LA, H3628, H3629 [25MY]
———prohibit funding for Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan, H4668 [6JY], E1346 [18JY]
———prohibit funding to be used in contravention of the Defense of Marriage Act, H4705, H4706 [7JY], H8071 [1DE]
———prohibit funding to contravene the War Powers Resolution, H4058, H4059 [13JN], H4710, H4711 [7JY]
———prohibit funding to establish a permanent military base in either Iraq or Afghanistan, H3713 [26MY]
———prohibit funding to implement any regulation or Executive order requiring Federal contractors to disclose political contributions, H4721, H4722 [7JY]
———prohibit funding to implement directive allowing military chaplains to perform same-sex marriages in States where they are legal, H4706, H4741, H4742 [7JY]
———prohibit funding to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H4714 [7JY]
———prohibit funding to pay a contractor a salary that exceeds that of certain Government executives, H4742, H4743 [7JY]
———prohibit funding to purchase non-combat vehicles for use outside the U.S. if the vehicles were not manufactured in the U.S., H4744, H4745 [7JY]
———prohibit funding to research, develop, manufacture, or procure a newly designed flight suit for Armed Forces members, H3713 [26MY], H4739 [7JY]
———prohibit Mission Force Enhancement Transfer Fund funding, H3674, H3675 [25MY]
———prohibit transfer of funds from National Defense Education Program K-12 education component, H3713 [26MY]
———provide preference for potential contractors that are committed to activities that promote education, traning, and employment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, H3603 [25MY]
———provide severely injured Armed Forces members with rehabilitative equipment including recreational sports equipment, H3687, H3688 [26MY]
———provide technology and intelligence gathering practices used in overseas conflicts to assist in border security, H3603 [25MY]
———redirect Afghanistan security forces funding to FEMA State Homeland Security Grants Program, H4661, H4662 [6JY], H4686 [7JY]
———reduce amounts appropriated for printing and reproduction (H.R. 1246), H2273-H2275 [4AP], H8315 [8DE]
———reduce budget to level provided for fiscal year 2008 and freeze budget at such level (H.R. 413), H451 [25JA], E106 [25JA]
———reduce funding to level provided for in fiscal year 2008, H3627 [25MY]
———reduce number of civilian employees, H3665, H3666 [25MY]
———reduce vulnerability of fuel convoys and report on energy efficiency and onsite renewable energy generation, H3614 [25MY]
———reform tuition assistance program, H3705 [26MY]
———remove satellites and related components from U.S. Munitions List, H3668, H3669 [25MY]
———report on use of indemnification agreements with contractors, H3614 [25MY]
———require a report on whether manufactured parts or equipment purchased overseas are available for purchase in the U.S., H4614 [6JY]
———require audits of financial records, H4733, H4734 [7JY], H8905 [14DE]
———require FCC to resolve potential interference issues by commercial communications devices to departmental Global Positioning System devices prior to final authorization, H3720 [26MY]
———require posting on a public website the cost to each U.S. taxpayer of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, H4745, H4746 [7JY]
———require prime contractors at military installations to set aside work for local qualified subcontractors, H3619-H3621 [25MY]
———require report on cost-analysis of migrating management headquarters of Air Force Enterprise Logistics Systems Program Executive Office, H3692, H3693 [26MY]
———require savings as a result of shift to civilian employees from contractors be directed towards deficit reduction, H3622, H3623 [25MY]
———require U.S. Strategic Command to conduct study to determine whether proposed U.S. nuclear forces would be capable of meeting objectives of nuclear deterrence and defense, E2310 [19DE]
———require website disclosure of senior officials employed with defense contractors, H3621, H3622 [25MY]
———research, development, test, and evaluation funding, H854 [15FE], H4738, H4739 [7JY]
———Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program funding, H4596 [6JY]
———strategic seaport program funding, H4734 [7JY]
———strategic seaports infrastructure funding, H3704 [26MY]
———strategic troop levels in Europe funding, H1277-H1279 [18FE]
———submit report on feasibility of recycling rare earth elements, H3705 [26MY]
———submit report on Russian nuclear forces and the U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), H3718 [26MY]
———submit report outlining plan to maintain the National Guard and Reserves as an operational force, H3721 [26MY]
———Surface Launch Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile System program funding, H1223, H1224 [18FE]
———temporarily suspend implementation and enforcement of workforce management and sourcing policies pursuant to the efficiency initiative, H3626, H3627 [25MY]
———terminate Human, Social, and Culture Modeling Program, H3664, H3665 [25MY]
———traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder research and development funding, H4598-H4600 [6JY], H8013 [1DE], H8917 [14DE]
———traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H4609, H4610 [6JY]
———triple negative breast cancer research funding, H4600 [6JY]
———university programs to promote conferences and task forces on arms control, regional security, and related topics to the Middle East for Arab, Israeli, and other officials and experts funding, H4706 [7JY]
———utilize workforce at NASA Shuttle Logistics Depot to minimize employment impact of cancelled manned space flight program, E1248 [6JY]
———V-22 Osprey funding, H3596, H3597 [25MY]
———Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program funding through reductions in Afghanistan security forces funding, H4770, H4771 [8JY]
Dept. of Education: Alaskan Native Education Equity Act and Native Hawaiian Education Program funding, H1023, H1024 [16FE], E295 [18FE]
———allow charter school grants to be done through intermediaries, H1225 [18FE]
———allow States to enter into performance agreements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement, H2657 [13AP]
———clarify scope of District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 3237), H8159, H8160 [6DE]
———District of Columbia public and charter schools funding, H2075-H2081 [30MR], H2622 [13AP], E753 [15AP]
———funding, H826 [15FE], H1022 [16FE], H1976 [17MR]
———prohibit funding to implement gainful employment rule applicable to certain proprietary or for-profit colleges, H1149-H1155 [17FE], E273, E281, E292, E308 [18FE], E413 [3MR]
———provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 3189), H6924 [14OC]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice, H2622 [13AP], E753 [15AP]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), H585, H586 [9FE], H2060-H2082 [30MR], H2115 [31MR], H2323-H2325 [5AP], E581 [31MR], E601 [1AP], E631 [5AP]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), consideration (H. Res. 186), H2050-H2059 [30MR]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), motion to recommit, H2080 [30MR]
Dept. of Energy: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding, H900-H902 [15FE], H2401 [6AP], H5006-H5008 [13JY], H5062, H5063 [14JY], E1320 [14JY], E1340 [15JY]
———Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program funding, H4848, H4849 [11JY]
———Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H5008, H5009 [13JY]
———America's Home Energy Education Challenge funding, H4845 [11JY]
———Building Technologies Program funding, H4844, H4845 [11JY], H5079, H5080 [14JY]
———clean energy efficiency and research programs funding, E1337 [15JY]
———electric grid cybersecurity defense funding, H5105 [15JY]
———Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, fossil energy research and development program, science programs, and departmental administration funding, H4844 [11JY]
———Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program funding, H5066, H5067 [14JY]
———Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program and nuclear energy program funding, H4821, H4822 [11JY]
———Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program funding, H4838 [11JY]
———Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program international program activities funding, H4836, H4837 [11JY], H5071 [14JY]
———energy efficiency retrofitting programs funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration weapons activities funding, H4839, H4840 [11JY]
———Energy Information Administration Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey funding, H4996 [13JY]
———energy research and development funding, H4819-H4821 [11JY]
———fossil energy research and development program funding, H5064 [14JY]
———fossil energy research and development program risk based data management system funding, H4995, H4996 [13JY]
———funding, H825 [15FE], E240 [16FE]
———Global Threat Reduction Initiative funding, H3718 [26MY], H5009, H5010 [13JY], E1342 [15JY]
———importance of renewable energy loan guarantee programs, E715 [14AP]
———limit funding for nuclear reactors using coolants different from commercial technologies in service at the time certain loan guarantees were issued, H5078 [14JY]
———National Energy Technology Laboratory clean coal technology research funding, H4997, H4998 [13JY]
———National Nuclear Security Administration funding through reductions in Corps of Engineers water projects funding, H4801, H4802 [11JY]
———non-defense environmental cleanup funding, H4999, H5000 [13JY]
———non-defense environmental cleanup funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration funding, H4998, H4999 [13JY]
———Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funding, H904 [15FE]
———Office of River Protection waste treatment plant and tank farms projects funding, H5000, H5001 [13JY]
———Office of Science funding, H5001-H5003, H5005 [13JY]
———Office of Science methane hydrate research and development funding, H5003, H5004 [13JY]
———Office of the Sec. of Energy funding, H5009 [13JY]
———Ohio class nuclear submarine replacement program funding, H4999 [13JY]
———oil and gas research and development program funding, H1327, H1328 [18FE]
———plutonium-238 production restart project funding, H4847 [11JY]
———prohibit funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program international program activities for China, H5091, H5092 [15JY]
———prohibit funding for implementation of the incandescent reflector lamps standards, H5075, H5076 [14JY]
———prohibit funding for loan guarantees for carbon capture and sequestration projects, H5077, H5078 [14JY]
———prohibit funding for maintaining, developing, or creating any website disseminating energy efficiency information specifically to children, H5078, H5079 [14JY], E1348 [18JY]
———prohibit funding to enter into contract with a corporation or business entity that does not disclose political expenditures, H5053 [14JY]
———prohibit funding to implement any regulation or Executive order requiring Federal contractors to disclose political contributions, H5051, H5052 [14JY]
———prohibit funding to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H5061 [14JY]
———prohibit funding to transfer authority over the Office of Environmental Management, H5060 [14JY]
———prohibit reallocation of unspent Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H4834, H4835 [11JY]
———regional economic development commissions funding, E1341 [15JY]
———renewable energy loan guarantee programs funding, H1671 [10MR]
———require that funding for loan guarantees for advanced nuclear energy facilities be equal to or exceed those for carbon capture and sequestration projects, H5076, H5077 [14JY]
———science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education funding, H5057 [14JY]
———solar energy research and development funding, H903 [15FE], H4846 [11JY]
———solar energy research and development funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy administrative programs funding, H4817-H4819 [11JY], H5059, H5060 [14JY]
———solar energy research and development funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program funding, H5054, H5055 [14JY]
———solid oxide fuel cell technology research and development funding, H5072, H5073 [14JY]
———Southeastern Power Administration funding, H1287 [18FE]
———Southwestern Power Administration funding, H1287 [18FE]
———spent nuclear fuel recycling funding, H4848 [11JY]
———State Energy Program funding, H903, H904 [15FE]
———Vehicle Technologies Program funding, H4838, H4839, H4840, H4841 [11JY], H5067 [14JY]
———Weatherization Assistance Program, State Energy Program, and Building Technologies Program funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration weapons activities funding, H4841-H4843 [11JY], E1301 [12JY], E1334 [15JY]
———Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H903, H904 [15FE]
———Western Area Power Administration funding, H1287 [18FE]
Dept. of HHS: AIDS Drug Assistance Program funding, H1185, H1186 [17FE]
———Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight personnel funding, H1323 [18FE]
———Child Care and Development Block Grant funding, H2049 [30MR]
———community health centers funding, H878 [15FE], H944, H1015 [16FE], H2050 [30MR], E249 [16FE], E254 [17FE], E296 [18FE]
———Community Services Block Grant Program funding, H1016-H1018 [16FE]
———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3361-H3388, H3396-H3401 [24MY], H3430, H3432-H3434 [25MY], E947, E950 [25MY], E1124 [16JN]
———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), consideration (H. Res. 269), H3353-H3361, H3396 [24MY]
———convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), motion to recommit, H3432-H3434 [25MY]
———Early Retiree Reinsurance Program funding, H2797 [14AP]
———family planning services funding, H1005, H1006, H1010-H1018, H1022 [16FE], E249, E251 [16FE], E272, E277, E284, E288 [18FE]
———funding for implementation of medical loss ratio requirements for health insurers to spend a certain percentage of premiums on clinical services, H1261, H1262 [18FE]
———Head Start Program funding, H1557 [3MR], H1646 [9MR], H2049, H2066 [30MR], H2550 [8AP], H7005 [24OC], E310 [18FE], E388 [1MR], E471 [14MR]
———include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (H.R. 2334), E1191 [23JN]
———National Health Service Corps program funding, H450 [25JA]
———prioritize graduate medical education funding to qualified teaching health centers in underserved areas, H3432, H3433 [25MY]
———prohibit graduate medical education funding from being used to provide abortions, abortion training, or distributed to organizations that discriminate against pro-life healh care providers, H3371-H3373 [24MY]
———reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (H.R. 2405), H8153-H8159 [6DE], E2205 [7DE]
———require posting on website a notice of the amount of funds rescinded by the repeal of the American Health Benefit Exchanges, H2962, H2963 [3MY]
———State health insurance exchange regulations or guidelines development funding, H1285, H1286 [18FE]
———study possible delays and potential enrollment reductions into Health Benefit Exchanges resulting from repeal of mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges, H2964-H2966 [3MY]
———submit a report outlining the difficulties States will face setting up health care exchanges without Federal assistance, H2964 [3MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: across-the-board funding reduction, H1246, H1247 [18FE], H3906 [1JN]
———allow public-private competition for certain services currently provided by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services personnel, H3885, H3886 [1JN]
———allow specially trained State and local law enforcement officers to apprehend, investigate and detain illegal aliens for a pre-determined time period and under Federal supervision, H3851 [1JN]
———Border Enforcement Security Task Force funding, H3850 [1JN]
———Bureau of Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine operations funding, H3849, H3851 [1JN]
———cell phone communications in rural border areas funding, H3846, H3847 [1JN]
———Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program funding, H3834 [1JN]
———consolidation of headquarters funding, H3847, H3848 [1JN]
———construct a fence along the southern border of the U.S., H3900 [1JN], H4943 [12JY]
———funding, H822 [15FE], H3422 [25MY]
———Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding, H3843, H3844, H3848, H3849 [1JN]
———Immigration and Customs Enforcement Law Enforcement Support Center funding, H3858 [1JN]
———Interoperable Emergency Communications Grant Program funding, H3863 [1JN]
———limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H3896, H3897 [1JN], E1029 [2JN]
———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 (H.R. 1277), H2116 [31MR]
———making appropriations, H9892, H9893 [16DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3816, H3832-H3867, H3875-H3907 [1JN], H3920, H3926, H3927, H3928-H3936, H3939-H3964 [2JN], H4373, H4377 [22JN], E1017, E1019, E1020, E1021, E1023, E1027, E1029, E1033 [2JN], E1052 [3JN], E1081 [14JN], E1825 [12OC]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), consideration (H. Res. 287), H3816-H3828 [1JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), motion to recommit, H3962 [2JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), Senate amendment, H6463-H6465 [29SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), unanimous-consent request, H3857, H3858 [1JN]
———National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility research facility construction funding, H1245, H1246 [18FE]
———New York, NY, counterterrorism and security programs funding, H3927 [2JN]
———Office of Detention and Removal funding, H3851 [1JN]
———Operation Stonegarden funding, H3850 [1JN]
———port and transit security, interoperable emergency communications, buffer zone protection, and medical response programs funding, H3862 [1JN]
———prohibit funding for advanced airport full body scanners, H3904, H3905 [1JN]
———prohibit funding for any action by a political appointee to delay, vacate, or reverse any decision to make records available pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, H3905 [1JN]
———prohibit funding for Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, H3890-H3892 [1JN]
———prohibit funding for new construction, purchase, or lease of any building in the District of Columbia unless a contract was entered into before a certain date, H3940, H3941 [2JN]
———prohibit funding to allow deferred actions against illegal immigrants, H3892 [1JN]
———prohibit funding to allow deferred actions against illegal immigrants except for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit, H3894 [1JN]
———prohibit funding to award noncompetitively bid contracts to an Alaska Native Corporation, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian Organization in amounts exceeding competitive bidding threshold, H3929 [2JN]
———prohibit funding to contravene the War Powers Resolution, H3895, H3896 [1JN], H3926 [2JN]
———prohibit funding to implement any regulation or Executive order requiring Federal contractors to disclose political contributions, H3939, H3940 [2JN]
———prohibit funding to implement or enforce Executive order on use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H3898, H3899 [1JN]
———prohibit funding to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H3899, H3900 [1JN]
———prohibit funding to process the release of illegal immigrants who have committed certain crimes, H3903 [1JN]
———prohibit funding to promulgate regulations resulting in private sector job losses, H3941, H3942 [2JN]
———prohibit transfer of funds to the Dept. of the Interior for environmental mitigation activities relative to border security, H3888-H3890 [1JN]
———reduce funding through reductions in Office of the Under Sec. for Management funding, H3846 [1JN]
———restrict funding for collective bargaining for transportation security officers, H3907 [1JN], E1033 [2JN]
———Secure Border Initiative funding, H3850, H3851 [1JN]
———Shadow Wolves border patrol program funding, H3858 [1JN]
———State and local law enforcement agency immigration enforcement program funding, H3946-H3948 [2JN]
———Surface Transportation Security funding, H3844-H3846 [1JN]
———transportation security and counterterrorism grants funding, H3962 [2JN]
———U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services immigrant integration grants funding, H3882, H3883 [1JN]
———U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (U.S.-VISIT) funding, H2791 [14AP]
Dept. of HUD: acknowlege that rescinded Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds could have been used to rebuild neighborhoods where foreclosures are common, H1879, H1880 [16MR]
———Community Development Block Grant Program funding, E270, E310 [18FE]
———Community Development Block Grant Program funding to assist in flood recovery efforts, H7772 [17NO]
———conduct study on effects of terminating FHA Refinance Program and create a replacement mortgage insurance program, H1693 [10MR]
———conduct study on negative impact of underwater mortgage loans on the economy and housing market, H1694, H1695, H1696 [10MR]
———continue to provide emergency mortgage relief services to Armed Forces members, veterans, and their survivors and dependents, H1748, H1749 [11MR]
———create program allowing qualifying homeowners to refinance mortgages, H1695 [10MR]
———delay rescission of unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and termination of the program until BLS indicates the unemployment rate is below a certain level, H1746, H1747 [11MR]
———include Armed Forces members, veterans who have service-related injuries, and survivors and dependents of such individuals in a study of the use of the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program, H1742 [11MR]
———Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant Program funding, H1349 [18FE], E317 [18FE]
———permit FHA issuance of certain mortgagee guidance letters, H1691, H1692 [10MR]
———post announcement prominently on website stating Emergency Mortgage Relief Program termination and direct unemployed homeowners to contact their Member of Congress, H1742, H1743 [11MR]
———preserve FHA Refinance Program assistance for senior citizens, H1702, H1703 [10MR]
———prioritize Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding for rural areas, H1893, H1894 [16MR]
———provide findings for the need and efficacy of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, H1878, H1879 [16MR]
———provide list of Neighborhood Stabilization Program Round Three funding allocations potentially at risk from termination of the program, H1875, H1876 [16MR]
———quantify number of vacant homes by State that could be eligible for rehabilitation under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and clarify such homes may not be rehabilitated if the program is terminated, H1886, H1887 [16MR]
———rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), H1751 [11MR], H1850, H1851, H1860-H1896 [16MR], E511 [17MR]
———rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), consideration (H. Res. 170), H1852-H1860 [16MR]
———rescind funding for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and terminate the program (H.R. 861), motion to recommit, H1893 [16MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for Emergency Mortgage Relief Program, terminate the program, and use unexpended balances to reduce public debt, H1740, H1741 [11MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program, terminate the program, and use unexpended balances to reduce public debt, H1690 [10MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program, H5327 [21JY]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), H1628, H1629 [9MR], H1675, H1676, H1678-H1704 [10MR], H1735, H1739 [11MR], E464 [11MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), consideration (H. Res. 150), H1631, H1635 [9MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), corrections in engrossment, H1704 [10MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), motion to recommit, H1702, H1703 [10MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), H1628, H1629 [9MR], H1675, H1676, H1689, H1694 [10MR], H1731-H1751 [11MR], H1851 [16MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), consideration (H. Res. 151), H1629-H1635 [9MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), corrections in engrossment, H1751 [11MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), motion to recommit, H1748, H1749 [11MR]
———use unobligated Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds rescinded after termination for deficit reduction, H1877, H1878 [16MR]
———Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program funding to provide housing vouchers to homeless veterans, H811, H812 [15FE]
Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H889, H890 [15FE], H1074 [17FE], H7274, H7278 [3NO]
———Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in NASA Cross-Agency Support funding, H890-H892 [15FE], E247 [16FE], E283 [18FE]
———establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (H.R. 83), H7272 [3NO]
———funding, H826 [15FE]
———Internet Crimes Against Children task force funding, H1115 [17FE]
———juvenile justice programs funding, H892 [15FE]
———National Drug Intelligence Center funding, H886, H887 [15FE], H3247 [12MY]
———prohibit funding for Federal lawsuit against Arizona immigration enforcement legislation, H1231, H1232 [18FE], E319 [18FE]
———provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (H.R. 1523), E706 [13AP]
———pursue criminal charges against organizations not complying with State laws relating to foreclosures, H1696 [10MR]
———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (H.R. 100), H6262 [20SE]
———repeal establishment of National Drug Intelligence Center, H3638, H3639 [25MY]
———wasteful spending on conference planning and food and beverages, H6347 [22SE]
Dept. of Labor: YouthBuild program funding, H2299 [5AP]
Dept. of State: Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative funding, H1396 [1MR]
———Human Rights and Democracy Fund funding, E297 [18FE]
———President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding, H7938 [30NO]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: funding, H822, H823 [15FE], H1049-H1051 [16FE], E744 [15AP]
———International Security Assistance funding for Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan, and Israel, E305 [18FE]
———making appropriations, H9894 [16DE]
———Multilateral Economic Assistance Account funding, H1057, H1058 [16FE]
Dept. of State and foreign relations: authorizing appropriations and certain authorities (H.R. 2583), E2113 [22NO]
Dept. of the Interior: funding, H970 [16FE]
———Klamath River Hydroelectric Dam removal, H6350 [22SE]
———Klamath River Hydroelectric Dam study funding, H902 [15FE], E414 [3MR]
———Land and Water Conservation Fund funding, H977, H978, H988 [16FE], H5406 [25JY], H5547, H5548, H5557 [26JY], E1415 [27JY]
———Land and Water Conservation Fund land acquisition funding, H5548, H5549 [26JY]
———Office of Insular Affairs Assistance to Territories Account funding, H973, H974 [16FE]
———Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation and Enforcement funding for stream buffer rule implementation, H1279, H1280 [18FE], H4686 [7JY]
———Payments in Lieu of Taxes program funding, H1276, H1277 [18FE]
———permit process for drilling oil and natural gas in the Gulf of Mexico funding, H5572, H5573 [26JY]
———prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price, H1258-H1261 [18FE]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5445-H5447 [25JY], H5493 [26JY]
———making appropriations, H9895 [16DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5410-H5470 [25JY], H5493, H5494, H5543-H5578 [26JY], H5600-H5659 [27JY], H5688-H5693 [28JY], E1415, E1416, E1427 [27JY], E1435 [28JY], E1448 [29JY], E1457 [30JY], E1466 [1AU], E1491 [2AU], E1521 [16AU], E1523 [19AU]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2584), consideration (H. Res. 363), H5403-H5409 [25JY]
Dept. of Transportation: establish minimum on-duty staffing standards for air traffic controllers at certain airports, H2138, H2185-H2187 [31MR], H5253 [20JY], H6118 [13SE]
———Federal Highway Administration International Scan Program wasteful spending, H4473 [23JN]
———improve effectiveness of transportation programs on Federal lands and provide funding for park roads and parkways and the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit in Parks Program (H.R. 2113), E1040 [3JN]
———infrastructure projects funding, H2850 [14AP]
———make use of funding for carrying out pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship training programs for highway projects mandatory (H.R. 1849), E857 [11MY]
———Transportation Enhancement Program funding, H7013 [25OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: electronic medical records funding, H4060 [13JN]
———funding, E1085 [14JN]
———guide dog training to assist disabled veterans funding, H4062, H4063 [13JN]
———improve assistance to homeless veterans, H7268 [3NO]
———improve comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans (H.R. 806), E543 [29MR]
———medical and prosthetic research account funding, H3977 [2JN], H8203, H8204 [7DE]
———mental health treatment funding, E1090 [14JN]
———post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H4104, H4105 [14JN]
———prohibit funding for any project named for a current U.S. Senator or U.S. President, H4059 [13JN]
———prohibit funding for enforcement of Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H4056-H4058 [13JN]
———prohibit funding for the proposed enhanced use lease plan at St. Albans VA Hospital, H4055, H4056 [13JN]
———suicide outreach prevention program funding, H3603 [25MY], H3976 [2JN]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), H3964-H3977, H3980 [2JN], H4046-H4066 [13JN], H4104-H4107 [14JN], E1074 [13JN], E1084, E1085, E1088, E1090, E1093 [14JN], E1102 [15JN]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), conference report, H9823-H9902, H9909, H9918-H9921 [16DE], E2288 [16DE], E2317 [19DE], E2321 [20DE], E2339, E2340 [23DE]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), consideration (H. Res. 288), H3936-H3939 [2JN]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 500), H9812-H9821 [16DE]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), motion to instruct conferees, H8203, H8204 [7DE]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), motion to recommit, H4104 [14JN]
———prohibit funding to implement or enforce Executive order on use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H4047-H4055 [13JN], E1084, E1093 [14JN]
Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: make payments for certain treatments of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, H3602 [25MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H9897 [16DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 3070), H6522 [4OC], H7236 [2NO]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, H7274, H7277-H7279 [3NO], H7734-H7736, H7771, H7772, H7776-H7781 [17NO], E2080 [17NO], E2100, E2108 [18NO]
Disasters: Federal natural hazards reduction programs funding, H1759 [11MR]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), H9903-H9905 [16DE], E2322 [20DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), consideration (H. Res. 500), H9812-H9821 [16DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 94), H9902, H9903 [16DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 94)—consideration (H. Res. 500), H9812-H9821 [16DE]
Diseases: Duchenne muscular dystrophy awareness and research funding, H4376 [22JN], E1158 [22JN]
———hydrocephalus research funding, E1497 [5AU]
District of Columbia: local government shutdown relative to budget process, H9001-H9004 [15DE]
———make local funds available at the beginning of the fiscal year at the rate of operations provided under the local budget act if the regular appropriation bill has not yet become law, H1816 [15MR]
———make local funds available at the beginning of the fiscal year at the rate of operations provided under the local budget act if the regular appropriation bill has not yet become law (H.R. 980), H9920 [16DE], E439 [9MR]
———making appropriations, H9918-H9921 [16DE]
———National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs grants program funding, H1002, H1003 [16FE]
———tribute to elected officials and residents arrested for act of civil disobedience in protest of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, E753 [15AP]
East-West Center (organization): funding, H1055 [16FE], E255 [17FE], E280 [18FE]
Economic Development Administration: terminate (H.R. 3090), H6515 [4OC]
Economy: create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion, H7012 [25OC], H7077 [26OC]
———impact of costs of war in Iraq, H414 [24JA], H4199 [15JN]
———importance of job creation, H5985 [8SE]
———invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S., H1827-H1832 [15MR], H2653 [13AP], H3257, H3261-H3263 [12MY]
———job creation in the clean air, clean water, and alternative fuels industries, H5448 [25JY]
———national objectives priority assignments, H8904 [14DE]
Education: funding, H2850 [14AP], H7020 [25OC], H7920 [29NO]
———higher education programs funding, H559 [9FE], E312 [18FE]
———Pell Grants funding, H949, H951, H1025-H1028 [16FE], H1355 [18FE], H1634, H1646 [9MR], H2065, H2067 [30MR], E247 [16FE], E269, E286, E310 [18FE], E2340 [23DE]
———reinstatement of laid off teachers funding, H6394 [22SE]
———science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education funding, H1645 [9MR], H1910 [17MR], H7876 [18NO]
Employment: 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]
Endangered species: allow importation of polar bears for the purposes of public display at accredited zoological institutions, H5443 [25JY]
Endangered Species Act: funding, H5438, H5439 [25JY]
Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction, H5070, H5071 [14JY]
———exempt from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels by applicable agencies, H5068 [14JY]
———limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H5055, H5056 [14JY], E1340 [15JY]
———making appropriations, H9892 [16DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4776-H4786 [8JY], H4798, H4799-H4822, H4831-H4849 [11JY], H4877-H4887 [12JY], H4995-H5016 [13JY], H5033-H5080 [14JY], H5091-H5106 [15JY], E1281, E1284, E1286, E1287 [11JY], E1292, E1293, E1301, E1302 [12JY], E1308 [13JY], E1320, E1324, E1326, E1327, E1328, E1329, E1330 [14JY], E1331, E1334, E1335, E1337, E1338, E1339, E1340, E1341, E1342 [15JY], E1348 [18JY], E1353 [19JY], E1375 [21JY], E1401 [25JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), consideration (H. Res. 337), H4762-H4765 [8JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), motion to recommit, H5105 [15JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), unanimous-consent agreement, H5050 [14JY]
Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3614), E2218 [8DE]
EPA: award grants for electronic device recycling reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (H.R. 2396), E1206 [24JN]
———cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases implementation funding, H992 [16FE], H1186-H1189 [17FE], E319 [18FE]
———Chesapeake Bay Watershed restoration plan implementation funding, H1282-H1284 [18FE], E321 [28FE]
———Clean Air Act regulations proposal and enforcement, H5454 [25JY]
———clean air grants funding through reductions in capital improvement and maintenance funding, H5637, H5638 [27JY]
———Clean Water State Revolving Fund funding, H5441 [25JY], H5641 [27JY]
———coal combustion waste regulation funding, H1319, H1320 [18FE], E251 [16FE]
———delay implementation of mid-level ethanol blends Clean Air Act waivers until safety concerns are addressed, H1317, H1318 [18FE]
———Diesel Emissions Reduction Act grants funding, H5632, H5636, H5637 [27JY], H6435, H6436 [23SE]
———Diesel Emissions Reduction Act grants funding through reductions in buildings and facilities account funding, H5631 [27JY]
———Energy Star Program funding, H5628, H5629 [27JY]
———enforcement authority to cleanup and protect waterways funding, H5453 [25JY]
———enter into contract with National Academy of Sciences to review non-mercury hazardous air pollutants emitted by electric generating units and industrial boilers, H987, H988 [16FE]
———Environmental Appeals Board funding to invalidate any permit issued for activities on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf, H1182, H1183 [17FE]
———establish ceiling on principal forgiveness for loans from Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, H5641, H5642 [27JY]
———exempt regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, H991, H992, H993 [16FE]
———facilitate implementation of the renewable fuel standard, H992-H994 [16FE]
———funding, H826 [15FE], H973, H980 [16FE], H5437, H5439, H5441 [25JY], H5626 [27JY], E1427 [27JY]
———funding through reductions in Office of the Sec. of the Interior funding, H5573, H5574 [26JY]
———funding to implement, administer, or enforce a change to a rule relative to definition of waters under jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H979, H980 [16FE]
———Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding, H6444, H6445 [23SE], H6866 [13OC], E1521 [16AU]
———Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding through reductions in BLM funding, H5544, H5545 [26JY]
———Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding through reductions in EPA climate change programs funding, H5622-H5625 [27JY]
———Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding through reductions in Office of the Sec. of the Interior funding, H5570, H5571 [26JY]
———Great Lakes States funding relative to implementation of ballast water rules, H5449 [25JY]
———Greenhouse Gas Registry funding, H988, H989 [16FE], H5630 [27JY]
———lawn fertilizer regulations, H5453 [25JY]
———national primary ambient air quality standard modification applicable to coarse particulate matter funding, H1326 [18FE]
———Office of Sustainable Communities funding, H5625 [27JY], E1435 [28JY]
———preserve Environmental Appeals Board authority to remand or deny issuance of Clean Air Act permits for offshore drilling, H4406 [22JN]
———prohibit funding to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases (H.R. 153), H1464 [2MR]
———prohibit funding to contravene or delay implementation of the Executive Order on environmental justice for minority and low-income populations, H5092, H5093 [15JY]
———research and development fellowships funding, H5625 [27JY]
———rule enforcement funding relative to national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants from the Portland cement manufacturing industry and standards of performance for Portland cement plants, H1115-H1121 [17FE]
———Science and Technology account funding, H986, H987 [16FE]
———State Trouble Assistance Grants funding, H990, H991 [16FE]
———surface coal mining regulation funding, H1313 [18FE]
———Tijuana, Mexico, sewer system improvements funding, H989, H990, H992 [16FE]
———Urban Waters Initiative funding through reductions in BLM funding, H5447, H5448 [25JY]
———water quality standards implementation for inland waters in Florida funding, H1290, H1291 [18FE]
Equal Access to Justice Act: payment of legal fees, expenses, and settlements funding, H1111-H1114 [17FE]
Executive Office of the President: Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change position funding, E251 [16FE]
———Council on Environmental Quality funding, H5647-H5649 [27JY]
———define advisors often characterized as ``czars'' and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses, H1121-H1125 [17FE]
———establish the National Office for Cyberspace, H3658, H3659 [25MY], E985 [27MY]
———Healthy Food Funding Initiative funding, H4165, H4166 [14JN]
FAA: allow continuation of Essential Air Service Program for Puerto Rico, H2188 [31MR]
———assess regulatory recommendations to ensure that certified aircraft are equipped with technology to mitigate effects of smoke in the cockpit, H2184, H2185 [31MR]
———authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), H1993, H1994 [29MR], H2117, H2130-H2212 [31MR], H2232-H2237 [1AP], H3318 [23MY], H5388 [22JY], H6118 [13SE], E603, E608, E612 [1AP], E636, E640 [5AP], E685 [8AP], E752 [15AP], E927 [23MY], E1760 [4OC]
———authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), consideration (H. Res. 189), H2122-H2129 [31MR]
———authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), motion to recommit, H2236 [1AP]
———conduct demonstration projects at certain airports to create aerotropolis transportation zones, H2211 [31MR]
———continue Airport Improvement Program funding to airports in Puerto Rico, H2177 [31MR]
———ensure Federal air marshals are deployed on all high-risk flights, H2236 [1AP]
———Essential Air Service Program funding, H2117, H2126, H2132, H2134-H2136, H2140, H2187 [31MR], H5257-H5263 [20JY], E640 [5AP]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 1079), H1992-H1994 [29MR]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 1893), H3317-H3319 [23MY]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2279), H4533 [24JN]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2553), H5257-H5266 [20JY], H5583, H5594, H5608 [27JY], H5816 [1AU], E1446 [29JY]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2553), consideration (H. Res. 357), H5251-H5257 [20JY]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2553), motion to recommit, H5264 [20JY]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2644), H5513-H5515 [26JY], H5617 [27JY], E1481 [1AU]
———ground-based augmentation system funding, E259 [17FE]
———implement crew flight time limitations and rest restrictions, H8007, H8013 [1DE]
———implement international safety standards for the transport of lithium batteries, H2173-H2175 [31MR]
———limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H2199-H2201 [31MR]
———Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) funding, H1093 [17FE], H2138 [31MR]
———preserve vintage aircraft engineering data and require information be available to the public, H2206 [31MR]
———prohibit employees from using official work time for union activities, H2192-H2194 [31MR]
———prohibit implementation of New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia airspace redesign proposal until a study on reducing delays at affected airports is conducted, H2182, H2183 [31MR], H5262 [20JY], E752 [15AP]
———provide liability protection for volunteer pilot organizations that fly for public benefit, H2127 [31MR]
———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), H3318 [23MY]
———reauthorize civil aviation research and development projects and activities, H2137 [31MR]
———regulation of manned and unmanned commercial space flights, H2173, H2174 [31MR]
———report on participation of disadvantaged- and veteran-owned small business concerns in FAA programs, H2206 [31MR]
———require airport operators receiving Airport Improvement Program grants to consult with nearby communities regarding airport operations and their impact on the community, H2176 [31MR]
———require commercial airlines to provide passengers notification of flight status by text message or e-mail, H2190 [31MR]
———require criminal history record check for individuals who perform a safety-sensitive function at domestic and foreign repair stations, H2183, H2184 [31MR]
———require operator of Los Angeles International Airport to consult with nearby communities regarding airport operations and their impact on the community, H2210 [31MR]
———revoke liability immunity for airlines relative to release of safety information and implementation of safety management systems, H2136, H2173 [31MR]
———study feasibility of creating a database listing the location and height of potential low-altitude aviation obstructions, H2180, H2181 [31MR]
———terminate certain airspace restrictions for Burke Lakefront Airport, H2203, H2204 [31MR]
———use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to allow furloughed employees to return to work and provide retroactive pay for the period of their furlough (H.R. 2744), E1463 [1AU]
———use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to provide retroactive pay to employees who were furloughed (H.R. 2814), H6118 [13SE]
FBI: funding, H408, H411 [24JA], H447 [25JA]
———National Instant Criminal Background Check System funding, H888, H889 [15FE], E239, E241 [16FE]
FCC: funding to implement rule with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices, H1096-H1102 [17FE]
FDA: Center for Devices and Radiological Health funding, H4218 [15JN]
———Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition funding, H4164 [14JN]
———Center for Tobacco Products funding, H4218 [15JN]
———food safety activities funding, H4253-H4256 [15JN]
———funding, H824 [15FE], E1123 [16JN]
———prohibit funding for approval of genetically-engineered salmon, H4240 [15JN]
———prohibit funding for distribution of mifepristone (RU-486) through telemedicine, H4268, H4269 [15JN], H4319 [16JN]
———require use of hard science in developing regulations, H4236-H4238 [15JN]
Federal aid programs: require a certain percentage of funds be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties, H1271 [18FE]
Federal employees: civilian employees pay and benefits funding, H8971 [15DE]
———freeze pay of Members of Congress and civilian Federal employees, H10009 [20DE]
———freeze step pay increases for civilian employees, H1316, H1317 [18FE]
———nonessential travel funding, H1280, H1281 [18FE]
———reduce pay for Members of Congress, make Federal civilian employees subject to a period of mandatory unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for salaries and expenses for offices of the legislative branch (H.R. 270), E55 [12JA], E2270 [15DE]
Federal Highway Administration: Emergency Relief Fund funding, H7274, H7277-H7279 [3NO]
Federal Housing Finance Agency: legal defense fees funding for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac senior executives, H1292 [18FE]
FEMA: allow flexibility in determining the trigger date for flood insurance relative to large-scale events, H4899 [12JY]
———allow National Flood Insurance Program claimants to request documents that would assist in determining if damage was caused by water or a different source, H4899 [12JY]
———allow Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funds to be used to rehire or retain firefighters, H3894, H3895 [1JN]
———allow the increase of flood insurance rates in remapped areas to be phased in over a certain time period, H4898 [12JY]
———Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, H3838-H3841, H3843-H3881 [1JN], E1019 [2JN]
———Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and State and local programs emergency funding, H3879 [1JN]
———authority to waive layoff clause relative to Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grants Program eligibility, H3927 [2JN]
———authorize appropriations for the Port Security Grant Program (H.R. 3492), E2102 [18NO]
———combine and streamline National Flood Insurance Program flood mitigation programs, H4872 [12JY]
———Disaster Relief Fund funding, H3881, H3882 [1JN], H4377 [22JN], H6036 [9SE], H6150 [14SE], H6215-H6217 [15SE], H6307-H6313, H6318-H6328 [21SE], H6366, H6367, H6403, H6404 [22SE], H6530 [4OC], H7797 [17NO], E1749-E1751 [4OC]
———Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, H6216, H6217 [15SE], H6306-H6311, H6318-H6328 [21SE], H6367, H6369-H6371, H6390-H6397, H6402-H6410 [22SE], H6531 [4OC], E1703 [23SE], E1741 [3OC]
———Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program funding, H6390, H6394, H6397, H6402-H6410 [22SE]
———ensure the Technical Mapping Advisory Council includes members from coastal and high-risk flood areas, H4899 [12JY]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program and identify priorities essential to reform and ongoing stable functioning of the Program (H.R. 1026), H4871 [12JY]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), return to House (H. Res. 368), H5408 [25JY]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), H4870-H4877, H4887-H4926 [12JY], E1306 [13JY], E1321 [14JY]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), consideration (H. Res. 340), H4757-H4762 [8JY]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), motion to recommit, H4922-H4925 [12JY]
———Firefighter Assistance Grants program funding, H910, H911 [15FE], E248 [16FE], E282 [18FE]
———funding, H1757 [11MR]
———impact of flood map modernization on homeowners' requirement to purchase flood insurance, H4872 [12JY]
———importance of Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, E16 [6JA]
———limit Urban Areas Security Initiative funding to high-risk areas, H1102, H1103 [17FE]
———permit Port Security Grant Program funding to be used for replacement of security equipment, H7349 [4NO]
———permit Port Security Grant Program funding to be used for security personnel expenses, H7349 [4NO]
———preserve homeland security gains achieved through Urban Areas Security Initiative (H.R. 3631), H8911 [14DE]
———prohibit attempts to recoup disaster relief funds from individuals, H3890 [1JN]
———prohibit offset requirement for any emergency disaster assistance funds, H3893 [1JN]
———reimburse costs for rebuilding according to local and State floodplain regulations, provide homeowners grants to repair flood damage and suspend flood insurance premium increases for policyholders in disaster areas, H4922-H4925 [12JY]
———remove restriction limiting Urban Areas Security Initiative funding to certain high-risk areas, H3864-H3867, H3875-H3879 [1JN], H3931 [2JN], E1017, E1021, E1027 [2JN]
———Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, H2790 [14AP], E243 [16FE]
———State and local first responder grant programs funding, H3832, H3835-H3837 [1JN], E1023 [2JN]
———State and local first responder grant programs funding through reduction in Afghanistan Security Forces funding, H3816, H3864 [1JN]
———terminate National Flood Insurance Program and related mandatory purchase and compliance requirements, H4873, H4915, H4916 [12JY]
———Urban Areas Security Initiative funding, H3837, H3841-H3843 [1JN]
———waive provisions prohibiting the rehiring of laid-off firefighters and certain budgetary and staffing requirements for local fire departments under the Firefighter Assistance Grants program, H1095, H1096 [17FE]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, H9893, H9894 [16DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2434), H4863 [12JY]
Firearms: protect the right of individuals to bear arms at Corps of Engineers water resources development projects, H5053, H5054 [14JY]
Fish and fishing: California salmon industry funding, H1202 [18FE]
Floods: Mississippi River and Missouri River flood protection system funding, H4784 [8JY]
Florida: provide buffer along coastline for new oil and gas drilling, E1457 [30JY]
———refusal of Federal high-speed rail funding, H1376 [28FE], H1401 [1MR]
Foreign aid: establish Global Security Contingency Fund, H3713 [26MY]
———Food for Peace program funding, E312 [18FE]
———international family planning programs funding, H7336 [4NO], E303 [18FE]
———prohibit funding for assistance to certain entities whose policies call for the destruction of Israel, H4718 [7JY]
———reduce, H359 [20JA], H556-H558 [9FE], H7833 [18NO]
———sterilization campaign support organizations funding, H1186 [17FE]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: funding to make an application for an order requiring access to library, bookseller, and other personal records, H1183, H1184 [17FE], E290 [18FE]
Foreign Service: prevent pay raises, H1280 [18FE]
Forest Service: boost and streamline timber harvests, H5407 [25JY]
———Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program funding through reductions in Wildland Fire Management-Hazardous Fuel account funding, H5644 [27JY]
———Forest Health Management Account funding through reductions in Office of the Sec. of the Interior funding, H5571, H5572 [26JY]
———Forest Legacy Program funding through reductions in Wildfire Suppression Program funding, H5643, H5644 [27JY]
———International Forestry Program funding, H999, H1000 [16FE]
———State and Private Forestry funding, H5643 [27JY]
———Travel Management Rule implementation and enforcement funding relative to designation of roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle use, H1268, H1269 [18FE]
Fort Monmouth, NJ: prohibit funding to close Dept. of Defense commissary store, H4668, H4669 [6JY]
FRS: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding, E317 [18FE]
———Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding through reductions in IRS enforcement funding, H1131-H1137 [17FE]
GAO: conduct a study on the number of primary care physicians trained as a result of converting funding for graduate medical education from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3365, H3368-H3370 [24MY]
———conduct study on economic impact of Neighborhood Stabilization Program on States and communities, H1889, H1890 [16MR]
———determine that there is no primary care physician shortage before converting funding for graduate medical education from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3399 [24MY]
———report on impact of funding by States to establish State-run American Health Benefit Exchanges rather than State exchanges established and operated by the Federal Government, H2966, H2967 [3MY]
———report on waste in Government spending, H1462 [2MR], H1527 [3MR]
———require a report on the means and effects of facilitating a market for all-peril supplemental insurance policies for residential properties, H4913, H4914 [12JY]
Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Turberculosis and Malaria: funding, H7938 [30NO]
Government: across-the-board domestic spending reduction, H1221 [18FE]
———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), H2117, H2119 [31MR], H2218, H2219, H2239-H2251 [1AP]
———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), consideration (H. Res. 194), H2219-H2232 [1AP]
———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), motion to recommit, H2248-H2250 [1AP]
———make across-the-board domestic spending reduction other than Dept. of Defense and Postal Service, H1284 [18FE]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), H2335, H2337, H2338 [6AP], H2426-H2505, H2507, H2508, H2510, H2512, H2521, H2525 [7AP], H2537, H2541, H2542, H2544, H2546, H2547, H2550, H2551, H2557, H2559, H2565-H2567 [8AP], E677, E680, E681, E684 [8AP], E702 [12AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), Senate amendment, H2566 [8AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), consideration (H. Res. 206), H2415-H2424 [7AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), motion to recommit, H2502, H2503, H2504 [7AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), H2614, H2648 [13AP], H2669, H2674, H2687-H2795 [14AP], E733, E744, E760, E765 [15AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2616-H2624, H2626, H2627 [13AP]
———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), H2788, H2798-H2803 [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), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2616-H2624, H2626, H2627 [13AP]
———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), H2648 [13AP], H2788, H2795-H2798 [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), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2616-H2624, H2626, H2627 [13AP]
———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), consideration (H. Res. 92), H804-H817, H879 [15FE]
———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]
———prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces (H.R. 2496), H5117 [15JY], H5390 [22JY]
———prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations, H3902, H3903 [1JN], H3948, H3949 [2JN]
———prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 388), H2225, H2227, H2231 [1AP], H2344-H2347 [6AP]
———shutdown relative to budget process, H2276 [4AP], H2301 [5AP], H2335, H2336, H2337, H2338 [6AP], H2414, H2415, H2453 [7AP], H2537-H2541, H2547, H2548, H2550, H2551, H2557-H2559, H2561 [8AP]
Government regulations: require a GAO report to determine costs, impact on Federal agency rulemaking and ability to respond to emergencies of requiring a complete analysis of potential impacts of rules on small entities, H8048 [1DE]
Government-sponsored enterprises: require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to comply with Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program standards, E225 [15FE], E280 [18FE]
GPO: eliminate mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for use by Congress, H5367 [21JY]
———funding, H5365, H5366 [21JY]
Great Lakes: close Thomas J. O'Brien Lock and Dam and Chicago River Controlling Works to prevent migration of Asian carp, H1104-H1106 [17FE], E291 [18FE]
GSA: disposal of vacant and surplus Federal buildings, H968 [16FE], H1090 [17FE]
———require comprehensive cost-benefit analyses for future Federal building renovations, H1148 [17FE]
Guam: military construction projects funding, H8923 [14DE]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H4809, H4810 [11JY]
Hawaii: exempt airports from collecting passenger facility fees for interisland flights and change formula for granting Airport Improvement Program funds, H2178 [31MR]
Hazardous substances: Yucca Mountain, NV, nuclear waste disposal site funding, H1324, H1325 [18FE], H1671 [10MR], H1896 [16MR], H2251 [1AP], H4685 [7JY], H4784 [8JY], H5010, H5011 [13JY], H6448 [23SE], H6862 [13OC], H7073 [26OC], H7315, H7316 [3NO], H7877 [18NO], H8002 [1DE], H8302-H8306 [8DE], H8736 [13DE], H9900 [16DE], E1284 [11JY]
Health: encourage use of electronic medical records, H246 [18JA]
———societal impact of health care service cuts, H825 [15FE]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations, H2097 [30MR]
———IRS funding for implementation of health-care related provisions, H1281 [18FE]
Health care facilities: trauma center funding, H1009 [16FE]
House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H747-H754 [14FE], H5977 [8SE]
———prohibit funding for polystyrene containers in food service facilities, H5380, H5381 [22JY]
———provide for no more than one authorizing Committee in the House for the Dept. of Homeland Security, H24 [5JA]
———reduce amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices (H. Res. 22), H62-H68 [6JA]
———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to Federal debt reduction (H.R. 262), E1407 [26JY]
———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (H.R. 121), H72 [6JA], H492 [26JA]
———require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (H.R. 297), H492 [26JA]
———tribute to staff who worked on H. Con. Res. 34, Federal budget for 2012-2021, H2901 [15AP]
———tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies appropriations, unobligated stimulus funds rescission, and discretionary spending reduction, H1174, H1175 [17FE]
House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 466), H7737-H7745 [17NO]
———require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures (H. Res. 15), H72 [6JA]
———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 206), H2415-H2424 [7AP]
———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 409), H6366-H6374 [22SE]
———same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 500), H9812-H9821 [16DE]
Houston, TX: Port of Houston dredging funding, E1293 [12JY]
Human rights: prohibit provision of military assistance to countries that recruit and use child soldiers, H4726 [7JY]
IMF: repeal authority to provide certain loans to the IMF, repeal increase in the U.S. quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and rescind related appropriations (H.R. 2313), H8742 [13DE]
Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (H.R. 100), H6262 [20SE]
———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws, H3942 [2JN]
———funding, H826 [15FE]
———prohibit receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities that interfere with the enforcement of Federal immigration law, H3893 [1JN]
Indian Health Service: dental health programs funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior Solicitor General funding, H5575 [26JY]
———Sanitation Facilities Construction Program funding through reductions in BLM oil and gas and grazing management programs funding, H5443-H5445 [25JY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding through reductions in Teacher Quality State Grant program and School Improvement Grant program, H1020-H1022 [16FE]
Institute of Museum and Library Services: funding, E299 [18FE]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), H2982 [3MY], H3244-H3257 [12MY], H3285, H3294 [13MY], E901, E902, E905 [13MY], E921 [23MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), consideration (H. Res. 264), H3232-H3237 [12MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), corrections in engrossment, H3294 [13MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), motion to recommit, H3292 [13MY], E916 [23MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), H5947 [7SE], H6014-H6035, H6037 [9SE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), consideration (H. Res. 392), H5979-H5988 [8SE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), motion to recommit, H6033, H6034 [9SE]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), Senate amendment, H8990 [15DE], H9801-H9810 [16DE]
———Office of the Director of National Intelligence and Dept. of Defense development of a coordinated intelligence community strategy to counter improvised explosive devices operations between Pakistan and Afghanistan, H6029 [9SE]
———prioritize funding to combat terrorism, H3292 [13MY], E916 [23MY]
———prioritize funding to counter transnational drug trafficking and drug-related crime at U.S. borders, H6033, H6034 [9SE]
———recommend the continued use of fusion centers to integrate intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security capabilities, H6030, H6031 [9SE]
———U.S. Overhead Architecture funding, H9809 [16DE]
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: prohibit U.S. contributions, H1315, H1316 [18FE]
Iraqi Security Forces Fund: funding, H875 [15FE]
Korean War National Museum: establish, H3710 [26MY]
Law enforcement: offset economic burden on border sheriffs from the lack of Southern border security (H.R. 2217), H6843 [12OC]
Legislative branch of the Government: across-the-board funding reduction, H5313-H5316 [21JY]
———compact fluorescent light bulbs funding, H5368, H5369 [21JY]
———making appropriations, H9896 [16DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2551), H5348-H5372 [21JY], H5378-H5387 [22JY], E1388 [22JY], E1398, E1400 [25JY], E1407 [26JY], E1426 [27JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2551), consideration (H. Res. 359), H5312-H5316 [21JY]
Library of Congress: Open World Leadership Center Program funding, H5355 [21JY]
———Thirty-Year Mass Deacidification Program funding, H5365 [21JY]
Libya: address report of missing surface-to-air missiles from weapons stockpile, H6017 [9SE]
———require the President to recommend specific reductions in non-security discretionary appropriations to offset costs of military operations (H.R. 1323), H4006 [3JN]
LIHEAP: funding, H802 [15FE], H1007, H1008, H1010 [16FE], H1429 [1MR], H7019 [25OC], H8743 [13DE], E253 [17FE], E310 [18FE]
LSC: funding, H895-H899 [15FE]
Lubchenco, Jane: comments regarding NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System funding, E1951 [27OC]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1301), E587 [31MR]
———reform, H2808 [14AP]
Medicare: reform, H2301, H2302, H2303 [5AP], H2333 [6AP], H2419-H2422, H2508-H2514, H2522-H2524 [7AP], H2537, H2539, H2545, H2550 [8AP], H2589, H2594-H2597 [12AP], H2611, H2614, H2615, H2616, H2621, H2648, H2651, H2652 [13AP], H2671, H2672, H2674, H2675, H2681-H2684, H2795, H2797, H2805-H2818, H2820-H2835, H2837, H2848 [14AP], H2860, H2879-H2882, H2892, H2893, H2898, H2900, H2903 [15AP], H2925 [2MY], H3009 [4MY], H3169 [11MY], H3230, H3231, H3265, H3275 [12MY], H3351, H3352, H3371, H3374-H3385, H3396, H3401 [24MY], H3423 [25MY], H3685, H3686 [26MY], H3765, H3767, H3768, H3770, H3773, H3787, H3788, H3799, H3800, H3803 [31MY], H3814, H3815, H3816, H3818-H3828 [1JN], H3925, H3927, H3978-H3980 [2JN], H3989, H3990, H4027-H4031 [3JN], H4094, H4095, H4096 [14JN], H4190, H4192, H4196 [15JN], H4282 [16JN], H4335 [21JN], H4376, H4378 [22JN], H4472, H4474, H4475, H4511-H4515, H4517, H4520 [23JN], H4593 [6JY], H4685 [7JY], H5031 [14JY], H5134 [18JY], H5167 [19JY], H5277-H5282 [20JY], H5298 [21JY], H5388 [22JY], H5481-H5487 [25JY], H5499, H5501 [26JY], H5666, H5677 [28JY], H6188, H6189 [15SE], E639 [5AP], E761 [15AP], E773 [2MY], E900 [13MY], E990 [27MY], E1078 [13JN]
Members of Congress: prohibit use of representational allowance for certain mailings, H5370, H5371 [21JY]
———prohibit use of representational allowance for leasing of a vehicle over a certain amount per month, H5369 [21JY]
———prohibit use of representational allowance to purchase online ads that link to a website maintained by Members, committees, or leadership offices, H5371, H5372 [21JY]
———reduce pay, H5315 [21JY]
———require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (H.R. 1454), H4046 [13JN]
Middle East: limit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if they unilaterally declare a Palestinian state, H6335 [21SE]
———limit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if they unilaterally declare a Palestinian state (H.R. 1592), H6333 [21SE]
Military Selective Service Act: deauthorize, H908 [15FE]
———deauthorize except during a Presidentially-declared national emergency (H.R. 621), E197 [10FE]
Minnesota: State government shutdown relative to budget process, H4592 [6JY], H4756 [8JY]
Monuments and memorials: national monument designation funding, H1323, H1324 [18FE]
NASA: funding, H2682 [14AP], H5300 [21JY], H9808 [16DE]
———manned space flight funding, H5249 [20JY], H6150 [14SE]
———reallocate climate research programs funding to manned space flight funding, H893, H894 [15FE]
National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H1001, H1002 [16FE], H5652-H5658 [27JY], E253 [17FE], E281, E300 [18FE], E1466 [1AU], E1491 [2AU], E1523 [19AU]
National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5656, H5658 [27JY], E300 [18FE], E581 [31MR], E1448 [29JY], E1491 [2AU], E1523 [19AU]
National Guard: Integrated Readiness Training Program funding, H3719 [26MY]
———Yellow Ribbon Program funding, H1310 [18FE]
National Park Service: interagency southern border joint law enforcement centers construction funding, H5566 [26JY]
———National Capital Performing Arts/Capital Concerts program funding, H5563, H5564 [26JY]
———National Heritage Areas program funding, H5562, H5563 [26JY]
———National Park Construction Account funding through reductions in EPA funding, H5566 [26JY]
———prohibit boat inspection or safety checks within the Yukon-Charley National Preserve, H5605-H5609 [27JY]
———require study on uniformity of rules and regulations, H5564, H5565 [26JY]
National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), H1953-H1967, H1969 [17MR], E537, E551 [29MR]
———prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), consideration (H. Res. 174), H1911-H1920 [17MR]
———prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), motion to recommit, H1965, H1966 [17MR]
———prohibit limiting eligibility to receive Federal funds to disseminate and broadcast AMBER Alerts, H1965, H1966 [17MR]
National security: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security, and non-veterans-affairs discretionary spending, H1226-H1231, H1328, H1329 [18FE]
———make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense and non-homeland security discretionary spending, H1280, H1281 [18FE]
National Security Agency: cybersecurity funding, H3248 [12MY]
National Telecommunications and Information Administration: Public Telecommunications Facilities Program funding, H1822 [15MR]
National Weather Service: funding, H895 [15FE]
Native Americans: programs funding, H5440 [25JY]
Natural gas: restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals, H1257, H1258 [18FE]
Navy: clarify reduction of Navy Military Construction authorization, E2295 [16DE]
———environmental protection research funding, H4604 [6JY]
———nuclear-powered aircraft carrier homeport construction at Naval Station Mayport, FL, funding, E2281 [15DE]
———provide authority to enter into multiyear contracts for construction of Ford-class aircraft carriers, H3595 [25MY]
———shipbuilding funding, H8929 [14DE]
Nevada: cowboy poetry festival funding, H1761 [11MR]
New York: fracture-critical bridges infrastucture repair funding, H7004 [24OC]
NIH: funding, H408 [24JA], H1009, H1013 [16FE], H1529 [3MR], H2813 [14AP], H7882, H7883 [18NO], E251 [16FE]
NIST: research facility construction funding, H888 [15FE], E281 [18FE]
NLRB: funding, H1031, H1032 [16FE]
NOAA: Atlantic seaboard and Gulf of Mexico fisheries catch-share programs funding, H1313, H1314 [18FE]
———Climate Service establishment funding, H1310, H1311 [18FE]
———funding, H950 [16FE], H1756 [11MR], H1828 [15MR], H1851 [16MR], H7778 [17NO], E250 [16FE]
———Marine Operations Center-Pacific relocation from Seattle, WA, to Newport, OR, funding, H1265-H1268 [18FE]
———reauthorize Chesapeake Bay Office (H.R. 1650), E756 [15AP]
NRC: prohibit funding for Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant license renewal, H5061 [14JY]
———prohibit funding for draft supplemental environmental impact statement regarding Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, H5063, H5064 [14JY], E1353 [19JY]
Nuclear energy: fuel recycling and accelerated transmutation program funding through reductions in nuclear waste storage funding, H5006 [13JY]
Nuclear weapons: funding, H6680 [11OC]
Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H4786-H4791 [8JY]
———evaluation of administration relative to budget and debt crisis, H5402 [25JY]
Office of Congressional Ethics: funding, H5360-H5362 [21JY]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: provide grants to historically Black colleges and universities to offer critical foreign language and study abroad programs, H3252 [12MY]
———require report on recommendations for consolidating the intelligence community, H3253 [12MY]
———require threat assessment of foreign drug traffickers using Federal lands for drug operations, H6016 [9SE], H9808 [16DE]
———submit national intelligence estimate on the impact of recent revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East on the security of Israel, H6028 [9SE]
Office of the Special Inspector General for Reconstruction: security concerns, E107 [25JA]
Pakistan: prohibit assistance, H4711, H4712 [7JY]
Patent and Trademark Office: prohibit diversion, redirection, or transfer of funding, H4389, H4390, H4423-H4427, H4429-H4432, H4451, H4452 [22JN], E1189 [23JN]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: deauthorize appropriations, H2097 [30MR]
———essential benefits provisions funding, H1327 [18FE]
———implementation funding, H389 [20JA], H812 [15FE], H1203-H1219 [18FE], H1443-H1445 [1MR], H1598 [8MR], H1657-H1660 [9MR], H1677 [10MR], H1761 [11MR], H1808 [15MR], H2097 [30MR], H3901 [1JN]
———Independent Payment Advisory Board funding, H1345, H1346 [18FE]
———IRS funding for implementation of federally-imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H1220, H1221 [18FE]
———IRS implementation funding, H1281 [18FE]
———preserve exchange grants for States that apply for early innovator grants before a certain date, H2967-H2969 [3MY]
———repeal mandatory funding for new entitlements in order to reduce the deficit, H5941 [7SE]
———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), H2952-H2969, H2977-H2982 [3MY], E801 [4MY]
———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), consideration (H. Res. 236), H2943-H2952 [3MY]
———repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), motion to recommit, H2980 [3MY]
Peace Corps: funding, E248 [16FE]
Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters, H5404 [25JY]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: allegations of mishandling of Federal funding, H8974 [15DE]
———funding, H518 [8FE], H611, H612 [10FE], H685 [11FE], H802 [15FE], H945, H1006, H1015 [16FE], H1156-H1174 [17FE], H1405, H1443 [1MR], H1833-H1836 [15MR], H2046 [30MR], H2544, H2546 [8AP], H3033 [4MY], H9918, H9920 [16DE], E262, E288, E289, E290 [18FE], E333 [28FE], E413 [3MR], E507 [16MR], E621 [4AP]
Political campaigns: prohibit executive agencies from requiring the disclosure of political contributions by an entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract, H3618, H3619 [25MY]
———require Federal contractors to disclose political contributions, H1107-H1111 [17FE], H3952 [2JN], H4707 [7JY]
Population: prohibit Federal officials from expending Federal funds for population control or planning programs or family planning activities (H.R. 1099), E489, E491 [15MR]
Postal Service: impact of prefunding of retiree benefits, E1718 [23SE]
Power resources: ethanol blender pump or storage facilities construction funding, H1308 [18FE], H4290-H4292 [16JN]
Presidential appointments: prohibit payment of salaries of individuals who are recess appointments, H5069 [14JY]
Public broadcasting: funding, H800 [15FE], H1494 [2MR], H1801 [15MR], H1847 [16MR]
Public debt: ceiling, H390 [20JA], H1805 [15MR], H3414, H3415, H3416, H3418, H3419, H3421 [25MY], H3813, H3814 [1JN], H4022, H4023, H4025, H4027 [3JN], H4082, H4083 [14JN], H4377 [22JN]
———constitutional amendment prohibiting the Government from increasing debt except for a specific purpose by law adopted by three-fourths of each House of Congress (H.J. Res. 84), H7215 [2NO]
———decrease statutory limit (H.R. 2409), H4686 [7JY], H4954 [13JY]
———disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 77), H6156-H6168 [14SE], E1637, E1647 [15SE]
———eliminate statutory limit and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (H.R. 2931), H6161 [14SE]
———increase statutory limit, H4316 [16JN], H4593 [6JY], H4679, H4680, H4681, H4682, H4683, H4684, H4686, H4687 [7JY], H4757, H4773-H4776 [8JY], H4798 [11JY], H4857, H4858, H4859, H4860, H4862, H4863, H4867, H4868, H4869, H4934-H4940 [12JY], H4949, H4951, H4954, H4955, H4956, H4957 [13JY], H5025, H5026, H5029, H5031, H5080-H5083 [14JY], H5090, H5091, H5110, H5111-H5118 [15JY], H5129, H5130, H5142 [18JY], H5154, H5155, H5158, H5169, H5234 [19JY], H5241, H5242, H5243, H5250 [20JY], H5291, H5292, H5293, H5301, H5302 [21JY], H5389-H5397 [22JY], H5401, H5403, H5474-H5481 [25JY], H5493, H5495-H5500, H5501, H5502, H5503 [26JY], H5584, H5588-H5590, H5592, H5593, H5594, H5627, H5628, H5639, H5640, H5657 [27JY], H5737, H5738 [29JY], H5785, H5786, H5787, H5788, H5789 [30JY], H6366 [22SE], H7805 [17NO], E1313 [13JY], E1377 [21JY]
———increase statutory limit (H.R. 1954), H3765-H3775, H3788, H3798, H3801-H3803 [31MY], H3810-H3813, H3814, H3815, H3816 [1JN], H3917, H3920 [2JN], H4083 [14JN], H4191 [15JN], E1014 [1JN], E1049 [3JN], E1057 [7JN]
———potential effects of debt limit increase, H2580 [12AP]
———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached, H2112 [31MR]
Public lands: access to hunting, fishing, and other forms of outdoor recreation on Federal public lands funding, H5549 [26JY]
———new Federal land acquisition funding, H976-H978 [16FE]
Puerto Rico: clarify application of Passenger Vessel Services Act to vessels that are not qualified to transport passengers for hire to allow such vessels to transport passengers between ports in Puerto Rico, H7605, H7606 [15NO]
Radio: prohibit Federal funding of certain public radio programming and transfer certain public radio funds to reduce the public debt, H1029 [16FE]
Real estate: mortgage foreclosure prevention assistance programs funding, H2118 [31MR]
REAL ID Act: funding, H2791 [14AP], H3878 [1JN]
Renewable energy: research funding, H5033 [14JY]
Republican Party: national agenda, H4355-H4361 [21JN], H9999 [20DE]
Research: biomedical research funding, H504 [26JA]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization, E1539 [6SE]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), H1482-H1494 [2MR], H1857, H1858 [16MR], E410, E418 [3MR]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), consideration (H. Res. 128), H1473-H1480 [2MR]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), motion to recommit, H1491-H1493 [2MR]
Sacramento, CA: authorize improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent to the American and Sacramento Rivers, H4764 [8JY]
San Francisco, CA: Presidio Trust funding, H1003, H1004 [16FE]
Santa Monica, CA: develop runway safety areas at Santa Monica Airport, H2204 [31MR]
Saudi Arabia: foreign aid funding, H1288 [18FE]
SBA: improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 448), E133 [26JA]
———improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program (H.R. 447), E133 [26JA]
———improve the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 449), E133 [26JA]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, H8932, H8936 [14DE], E2274 [15DE]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 1425), H3010 [4MY], H3169 [11MY]
———Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program funding, H844, H845 [15FE]
Schools: allow charter schools to be recognized as local education agencies for purposes of Federal funding, H5986 [8SE]
———promote use of goods made in the U.S. for the construction and enhancement of charter schools, H5985, H5986 [8SE]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations, H7274, H7278 [3NO], H7734, H7736, H7770, H7777-H7781 [17NO], E2100, E2108 [18NO]
SEC: funding, E396 [2MR]
———funding through reductions in GSA and IRS funding, H1125-H1131 [17FE]
———hedge funds regulation funding, H845 [15FE], E278 [18FE]
Smithsonian Institution: funding, H5650, H5651 [27JY]
Solyndra LLC: investigation into Federal loan guarantees and subsequent bankruptcy declaration, H6961 [14OC]
Southeast Crescent Regional Commission: funding, H5014, H5015 [13JY], E1329 [14JY]
Space policy: military space intelligence funding, H3248 [12MY]
SSA: funding, H1032-H1035 [16FE]
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, H1670 [10MR], H2942 [3MY], H3169 [11MY], H4473, H4474, H4524 [23JN], H4565 [24JN]
Sustainable Communities Initiative: funding, E248 [16FE], E262, E277 [18FE]
Taiwan: sale of F-16 fighters, E764 [15AP], E2099 [18NO]
Taxation: encourage investments in infrastructure, H425 [24JA], H3259 [12MY], H4195 [15JN], H4337 [21JN], H4377 [22JN]
———prohibit any organization receiving Federal funds from using funds for Presidential campaigns and lobbying activities, H494 [26JA]
———rates, H849 [15FE]
———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H811 [15FE]
Telecommunications: return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards (H.R. 1343), H6570-H6573 [5OC]
Terrorism: require all foreign terrorists who attack the U.S. be considered enemy combatants to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian courts, H3650, H3651 [25MY]
Texas: education funding, H7587 [15NO]
Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (H.R. 2830), H6629 [6OC]
Transportation: change date for rescission of unobligated infrastructure funding, H1067 [16FE]
———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), H6052 [12SE], H6102, H6106-H6119, H6123 [13SE], E1625, E1627 [14SE]
———highway and transit programs funding, H21, H24 [5JA], H51, H93, H94 [6JA], H106 [7JA], H1629 [9MR], E66 [18JA]
———improve investment in national transportation infrastructure, H5956-H5958 [7SE], H6084, H6085 [12SE], H6130-H6133 [13SE], H7114 [26OC]
———infrastructure funding, H646 [10FE], H9800 [16DE], E258 [17FE]
———public transportation funding, H1063, H1064 [16FE]
———surface transportation funding, H6355 [22SE]
Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation, H3895 [1JN]
———explosives detection canine team program funding, H3856 [1JN]
———prohibit funding to purchase uniforms that are not domestic in origin, H3929 [2JN]
———screening operations funding, H3943-H3945 [2JN]
Tropical Forest Conservation Act: funding, H1056 [16FE]
U.N.: headquarters building renovation or reconstruction projects funding, H1291, H1292 [18FE]
———U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) funding, H1060-H1062 [16FE], E273 [18FE], E587 [31MR], E1726 [29SE]
———withhold U.S. contributions, H1255-H1257 [18FE], E318 [18FE]
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: reauthorize (H.R. 1856), E853 [11MY]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: National Fish and Wildlife Foundation funding, H981 [16FE]
———North American Wetlands Conservation Fund funding through reductions in BLM land and resources management funding, H5465 [25JY]
———North American Wetlands Conservation Fund funding through reductions in EPA Diesel Emissions Program funding, H982-H984 [16FE], E282 [18FE]
———North American Wetlands Conservation Fund funding through reductions in EPA funding, H5561 [26JY]
———prohibit funding limitations for listing of endangered species and critical habitat designations, H5550-H5560 [26JY], E1491 [2AU]
U.S. Geological Survey: funding, H1756, H1757 [11MR]
U.S. Institute of Peace: funding, H1051-H1055 [16FE], H3693-H3695 [26MY], E301 [18FE], E1031 [2JN]
U.S. Joint Forces Command: disestablishment, closure, or realignment funding, H1273, H1274 [18FE]
Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice, H4733 [7JY]
Universal Service Administration Co.: wireless phone subsidization funding, H1148 [17FE], E287 [18FE]
Veterans: prohibit funding to enter into contracts that do not give small businesses owned and controlled by veterans any available preference, H4062 [13JN]
———prohibit funding to provide disability compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder if not related to combat zone activities, H4061 [13JN]
———restore funding to programs that provide assistance to amputees and other wounded veterans, H3980 [2JN]
War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H400 [24JA], H2272 [4AP], H2336 [6AP], H3922 [2JN], H4469 [23JN], H4861 [12JY], H5245 [20JY], H5949 [7SE], H5972 [8SE], H6348 [22SE], E1774 [5OC], E1861 [13OC]
———recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H3051, H3052 [4MY]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, H882, H883 [15FE], E270 [18FE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (H.R. 3145), E1815 [11OC]
White House: Executive Residence repair, alteration, or improvement funding, H1289, H1290 [18FE]
Remarks in Senate
Agriculture: prohibit funding for ethanol blender pumps or ethanol storage facilities construction, S3659 [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]
AID: funding, S2438 [13AP]
Air Force: require report on effects of changing flag officer positions within Air Force Materiel Command, S7964 [29NO]
———strategic airlift aircraft force structure funding, S7651, S7652 [17NO]
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: rescind unobligated stimulus funds and require that such funds be used for Federal budget deficit reduction (S. 391), S1519 [10MR]
Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (S. 1365), S4888, S4889 [26JY], S4945 [27JY]
———appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (S. 724), S2152 [6AP], S2233, S2257, S2258 [7AP], S2291, S2292, S2304, S2305, S2309, S2322, S2325, S2333, S2338-S2340 [8AP], S4264 [30JN]
———appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (S. 774), S2359 [8AP]
———assist States in providing counseling and reintegration services for members of Reserve components ordered to active duty, returning from such active duty, veterans, and their families, S8023 [30NO]
———authorize military operations in Libya, S3861 [16JN]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, S3310 [25MY], S3911-S3913 [20JN], S3955-S3961, S3966 [21JN], S3991 [22JN], S4050, S4053, S4054, S4059 [23JN]
———develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Iraq, S5357-S5361 [7SE]
———funding, S4830 [22JY]
———improve access to mental health counselors, S7894 [28NO]
———prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya (S.J. Res. 18), S3617-S3620 [8JN], S3862 [16JN]
———provide behavioral health services to members of Reserve components necessary to meet pre-deployment and post-deployment readiness and fitness standards, S8024 [30NO]
———provide for enhanced reimbursement of National Guard and Reserve members for certain travel expenses, S8596 [14DE]
———reduce end strength level for troops in Europe, S7809 [18NO], S8049 [30NO]
———repeal authorization of use of military force against Iraq, S7674, S7675 [17NO], S7957, S7968-S7970 [29NO]
Berlin, NH: prison opening funding, S6730 [19OC]
Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S2318 [8AP]
Budget: allocation of funds, S637 [10FE], S656-S659, S663, S673 [14FE], S706-S708 [15FE], S765, S774, S778-S780 [16FE], S817, S818, S820-S823 [17FE], S1193, S1197 [3MR], S1416-S1419 [9MR], S1515, S1521, S1541-S1543 [10MR], S1576 [14MR], S1709 [16MR], S1791 [17MR], S1879 [28MR], S1908, S1910-S1912, S1920 [29MR], S1945, S1949, S1964, S1967 [30MR], S2005, S2009, S2026-S2028, S2034, S2035 [31MR], S2063, S2071-S2073, S2079 [4AP], S2095, S2108, S2109, S2112-S2119, S2142 [5AP], S2145, S2148, S2149, S2153, S2157, S2159, S2181 [6AP], S2216, S2219, S2222-S2224, S2225, S2228-S2241, S2243, S2256-S2262 [7AP], S2287, S2308 [8AP], S2365-S2371, S2375-S2378, S2381 [12AP], S2416-S2422 [13AP], S2710 [5MY], S2980 [16MY], S3120-S3122 [19MY], S3208-S3210, S3219 [23MY], S3248 [24MY], S3294, S3296-S3298, S3301, S3307-S3310, S3316, S3333-S3335 [25MY], S3368, S3372-S3375, S3380-S3386, S3408, S3410-S3412, S3415 [26MY], S3489 [6JN], S3602 [8JN], S3633, S3634 [9JN], S3715, S3722 [13JN], S3756-S3759 [14JN], S4058, S4060 [23JN], S4107, S4109-S4113, S4115-S4122 [27JN], S4146 [28JN], S4171, S4177, S4182, S4196, S4200 [29JN], S4248, S4254, S4269-S4276 [30JN], S4317-S4319, S4321 [5JY], S4342, S4348, S4350, S4352, S4357, S4371 [6JY], S4413-S4415, S4429 [7JY], S4461-S4470, S4474-S4476, S4479-S4481 [11JY], S4493-S4501, S4506, S4509-S4515 [12JY], S4538, S4547, S4549-S4551 [13JY], S4569, S4571-S4577, S4586-S4600, S4602-S4605 [14JY], S4662, S4663 [19JY], S4688, S4690 [20JY], S4863-S4865 [25JY], S5353 [7SE], S8450-S8452 [8DE]
———balance, S2712 [5MY]
———comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, S666, S667 [14FE], S1947-S1949 [30MR], S2426-S2432, S2436-S2438 [13AP], S2470, S2473, S2477, S2485 [14AP], S2820 [10MY], S2858 [11MY], S2915-S2917 [12MY], S3208 [23MY], S3290, S3296-S3298, S3307, S3316, S3333-S3335 [25MY], S3578 [8JN], S4425 [7JY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced, S957 [28FE], S1035, S1039 [1MR], S1107, S1109-S1111 [2MR], S1526 [10MR], S2006 [31MR], S2311 [8AP], S2647 [4MY], S4109-S4113 [27JN], S4537 [13JY], S4569 [14JY], S4653-S4656 [19JY], S4901 [26JY], S4949 [27JY], S5036-S5038, S5044 [29JY], S8429-S8432, S8434-S8437 [8DE], S8702 [16DE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 3), S821 [17FE], S3326 [25MY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 4), S424 [1FE], S1881 [28MR]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 10), S2153 [6AP], S2227 [7AP], S2414, S2416 [13AP], S2710 [5MY], S3601 [8JN], S4837 [22JY], S4890, S4897 [26JY], S8493, S8495-S8499, S8507-S8539 [13DE], S8559-S8566, S8587, S8588 [14DE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 10), unanimous-consent agreement, S8492 [12DE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 23), S4166-S4170, S4185-S4189, S4197-S4199, S4235 [29JN], S4244, S4249-S4255, S4273 [30JN], S4323 [5JY], S4340, S4342-S4344, S4346, S4347, S4350, S4358, S4364, S4369, S4378, S4380 [6JY], S4408, S4420, S4426, S4432 [7JY], S4499, S4500, S4502 [12JY], S4547 [13JY], S4663 [19JY], S4925 [27JY]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 24), S8493, S8495-S8499, S8507, S8508, S8511-S8513, S8520-S8539 [13DE], S8559-S8566, S8587, S8588 [14DE]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 24), unanimous-consent agreement, S8492 [12DE]
———cut and cap Federal spending, S8085-S8087 [1DE]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit, S4976, S4979, S4985 [28JY], S5062 [29JY], S5089-S5144 [30JY], S5147-S5154 [31JY], S5156-S5162, S5164-S5178, S5183 [1AU], S5201-S5223, S5225, S5226, S5228-S5233 [2AU]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), S4647-S4649, S4653 [19JY], S4681-S4683, S4685-S4687, S4689-S4693, S4699, S4712-S4715 [20JY], S4741-S4743 [21JY], S4826-S4829, S4837-S4839 [22JY], S4887, S4890, S4897 [26JY], S5125, S5136 [30JY]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (H.R. 2560), motion to proceed, S4743-S4775, S4777-S4779, S4781-S4795 [21JY], S4813-S4826 [22JY]
———cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt limit (S. 1340), S4442, S4459 [7JY], S4461 [11JY], S4551 [13JY], S4573, S4589, S4592 [14JY], S4624 [18JY]
———deficit, S1315 [7MR], S1336, S1354-S1356 [8MR], S1416, S1418, S1475 [9MR], S1519, S1521, S1542 [10MR]
———eliminate wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S2384 [12AP], S4828 [22JY]
———eliminate wasteful spending, provide for comprehensive budget reform, and establish the Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint) (S. 439), S1526 [10MR], S3788 [15JN]
———eliminate wasteful spending and provide for comprehensive budget reform, S5659-S5661 [15SE], S7119 [3NO]
———establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (S. 211), S1358 [8MR], S2124 [5AP]
———establish biennial cycle, S1327 [7MR], S1527 [10MR], S2321 [8AP], S2414, S2415 [13AP], S2711 [5MY], S8531 [13DE]
———provide an optional fast-track procedure the President may use when submitting rescission requests (S. 102), S5413 [8SE]
———provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (S. 1651), S6179 [5OC], S6640 [18OC]
———reduce spending, S585, S586 [7FE], S1667 [15MR], S1722, S1744 [16MR], S7602 [16NO]
———reduce spending (S. 162), S247 [25JA], S249 [26JA]
———reduce spending (S. 245), S81 [25JA], S412-S414 [1FE], S934 [28FE], S1337 [8MR], S2009 [31MR], S2299, S2335 [8AP], S2414 [13AP], S2484 [14AP], S3790, S3798, S3799 [15JN], S4059 [23JN]
———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending, S4344 [6JY], S4540 [13JY]
———reduce the deficit by establishing discretionary spending caps for non-security spending (S. 360), S793 [16FE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2016 (S. Con. Res. 20), S3335, S3336 [25MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2016 (S. Con. Res. 20), motion to proceed, S3327, S3332 [25MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), S2371, S2375-S2378, S2403-S2405 [12AP], S2409, S2419, S2430-S2433, S2440 [13AP], S2483-S2488 [14AP], S2667-S2671 [4MY], S2702, S2706 [5MY], S2820 [10MY], S2906 [12MY], S2981 [16MY], S3208 [23MY], S3252-S3257, S3264 [24MY], S3333-S3336 [25MY], S3380-S3386 [26MY], S3516 [7JN], S3652 [9JN], S3715, S3717 [13JN], S3741, S3763 [14JN], S3787, S3791, S3797, S3798 [15JN], S3983 [22JN], S4041 [23JN], S4109-S4113, S4115-S4122 [27JN], S4136 [28JN], S4182 [29JN], S4335, S4338, S4340, S4358 [6JY], S4422, S4425, S4445 [7JY], S4462, S4467, S4479-S4481 [11JY], S4503 [12JY], S4688, S4693, S4700 [20JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), motion to proceed, S3289, S3294, S3295, S3296-S3300, S3302, S3307-S3310, S3316-S3332 [25MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 18), S3335 [25MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 18), motion to proceed, S3332 [25MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 21), S3335 [25MY], S4425 [7JY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (S. Con. Res. 21), motion to proceed, S3324-S3327, S3332 [25MY]
Budget Control Act: protect Medicare from budget cuts, S7608-S7610 [16NO]
CFTC: funding, S8694 [16DE]
———limit ability to implement certain rules without substantiation, protect end users from margin requirements, and set boundaries on overseas application of derivative requirements, S6934-S6936 [1NO]
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: reauthorize (S. 1740), S6768 [19OC]
Clean Air Act: funding, S1187, S1190 [3MR], S1341-S1344, S1356 [8MR], S1591 [14MR]
Commission on the Review of the Overseas Military Facility Structure of the U.S.: establish, S8109 [1DE]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): committee allocations and budget aggregates, S6178 [5OC], S6853 [20OC], S6911 [31OC], S8725 [16DE]
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): establish, S4976, S4979 [28JY], S5204, S5218 [2AU]
———express that any legislative language approved should not reduce benefits for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid recipients, S7180 [8NO]
———failure to reach a bipartisan agreement, S7886 [28NO]
———preserve benefits for Social Security recipients and continue to factor in the consumer price index, S7356-S7358 [10NO], S7423 [15NO], S7599 [16NO]
Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate): authorizing expenditures (S. Res. 70), S1022 [28FE]
Committees of the Senate: authorizing expenditures (S. Res. 81), S1078 [2MR]
———committee allocations, budget aggregates, and pay-as-you-go scorecard, S5378 [7SE], S5704 [16SE], S5831 [21SE]
———committee allocations and budget aggregates, S7611 [16NO]
Congress: importance of bipartisanship, S4668, S4669 [19JY]
———legislative process, S4600 [14JY], S5798-S5800 [21SE], S5936 [23SE], S6014, S6016 [3OC], S8753 [17DE]
———prohibit earmarks (S. 1930), S8075 [30NO], S8079 [1DE]
Consolidated: making, S8556, S8557 [14DE], S8671 [15DE], S8693, S8704-S8706, S8711, S8717-S8721 [16DE], S8746, S8753-S8760, S8763-S8766 [17DE]
Continuing: making, S1614 [15MR], S2122-S2127 [5AP], S5732, S5736 [20SE], S5796 [21SE], S5849, S5852, S5871-S5873, S5876-S5878, S5884 [22SE], S5922-S5930, S5936 [23SE], S5961-S5973, S5976, S5987 [26SE], S6640 [18OC], S7395 [14NO], S7433 [15NO]
———making (H.J. Res. 44), S934-S936 [28FE], S1023, S1024 [1MR], S1077, S1083-S1089 [2MR], S1214 [3MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 44), unanimous-consent agreement, S1075 [1MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 48), S1573 [14MR], S1707 [15MR], S1709, S1728 [16MR], S1788, S1791-S1800, S1805 [17MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 48), unanimous-consent agreement, S1767 [16MR]
———making (H.J. Res. 94), S8726 [16DE]
———making (H.J. Res. 95), S8780 [17DE]
Corp. for National and Community Service: funding, S1477 [9MR]
Corps of Engineers: allow issuance of regulations that clarify what waters fall under Federal protection, S4844 [22JY]
———prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes and their tributaries, S8756 [17DE]
CPSC: funding, S6993 [1NO]
Credit: extend loan limits of Government-sponsored enterprises, FHA, and VA, S6739, S6740 [19OC], S6842 [20OC]
CTFC: limit ability to implement certain rules without substantiation, protect end users from margin requirements, and set boundaries on overseas application of derivative requirements, S6731, S6750 [19OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: Emergency Watershed Program funding and Emergency Conservation Program State application backlog reduction funding, S6753 [19OC], S6843 [20OC]
———enforce adjusted gross income eligibility limits on farm subsidy recipients, S6850 [20OC]
———National School Lunch and Breakfast Program funding, S6910 [31OC]
———National School Lunch and Breakfast Program proposed rules regarding tomato paste, S6911 [31OC]
———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]
———prohibit funding to allow categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S6641 [18OC], S6742-S6744 [19OC], S6814, S6834, S6844 [20OC], S6911 [31OC]
———prohibit funding to implement new national nutrition standards for school breakfast and lunch programs, S6587-S6590 [17OC], S6635, S6636 [18OC], S7825 [18NO]
———Rural Development Agency funding, S6932 [1NO]
———Watershed Rehabilitation Program funding, S6734, S6741, S6750 [19OC], S6807 [20OC]
Dept. of Defense: across-the-board funding reduction, S7643 [17NO]
———address issues relative to receipt of revenue from mineral exploration on military installations, S8061 [30NO]
———address threat posed to U.S. and allies by missing man-portable air-defense systems from Libya, S7894 [28NO]
———assess effectiveness of coalition support fund reimbursements to Pakistan in support of military operations in Afghanistan, S8034, S8035 [30NO]
———authorize conveyance of land and exchange at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Alaska, S7822 [18NO]
———authorize educational assistance under Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program for pursuit of advanced degrees in physical therapy and occupational therapy, S7894 [28NO]
———authorize educational assistance under Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program for pursuit of advanced degrees in physical therapy and occupational therapy (S. 1976), S8462 [8DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), S6014 [3OC], S6146 [5OC], S6292-S6294, S6323 [6OC], S6365, S6366 [11OC], S6628-S6633 [18OC], S8140-S8142 [1DE], S8179 [5DE], S8410 [7DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), conference report, S8596 [14DE], S8626-S8664 [15DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 92), S8664 [15DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 92)—unanimous-consent agreement, S8654 [15DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), insert S. 1867 language in lieu, S8138 [1DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), unanimous-consent agreement, S8378 [6DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1867), S7638-S7648, S7650-S7677, S7684-S7694 [17NO], S7785-S7824 [18NO], S7884-S7898, S7902-S7904 [28NO], S7937, S7940-S7958, S7960-S7987 [29NO], S8009, S8012, S8059-S8062 [30NO], S8083, S8088-S8103, S8105-S8110, S8112-S8118, S8122-S8138 [1DE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1867), unanimous-consent agreement, S7903 [28NO], S7983 [29NO]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 981), S2947 [12MY]
———bolster the detection and avoidance of counterfeit electronic parts, S7643, S7647, S7648, S7662 [17NO], S7967, S7968 [29NO], S8134 [1DE]
———clarify definition of specialty metals produced in the U.S., S7985 [29NO]
———Commanders Energy Response Program funding, S8083 [1DE]
———consult with Armed Services committees in commissioning an independent assessment of U.S. security interests in East Asia and the Pacific region, S8060 [30NO]
———definition of core depot-level maintenance and repair capabilities, S8638-S8643 [15DE]
———Energy Conservation Investment Program funding, S8032 [30NO]
———expand Operation Hero Miles program to include donations of travel benefits in the form of hotel points or awards for free or reduced-cost accommodations, S7687 [17NO]
———F-35 Joint Strike Fighter competitive engine program funding, S1488 [9MR], S8162-S8164 [5DE]
———funding, S1192 [3MR], S1478, S1488, S1492 [9MR], S1716 [16MR], S4905 [26JY], S5214, S5217 [2AU]
———Global Hawk program funding, S8113 [1DE]
———implement a fully integrated finance and accounting system, S8433 [8DE]
———improve treatment of certain sensitive national security information under the Freedom of Information Act, S7800 [18NO], S8128 [1DE]
———include feasibility and advisability of establishing a missile defense site on the East Coast of the U.S. in Homeland Defense Hedging Strategy Review, S8061 [30NO]
———increase cybersecurity collaboration with Dept. of Homeland Security, S8049, S8050 [30NO]
———Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System funding, S7985 [29NO]
———limit contractor salaries to no more than the salary of the President, S8109 [1DE]
———oppose efforts to move location of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), S7958 [29NO]
———phase out the use of private military contractors, S8032 [30NO]
———procurement procedures for satellites and space-related capability projects, S7985 [29NO]
———prohibit from requiring the disclosure of political contributions by an entity submitting an offer for a Federal contract, S7893 [28NO]
———prohibit funding to pay a contractor a salary that exceeds that of certain Government executives, S8115 [1DE]
———prohibit transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a country that has a case of prior confirmed recidivism, S7895 [28NO]
———provide for the closure of Umatilla Army Chemical Depot in Umatilla, OR, S7802 [18NO]
———redirection of operation and maintenance funds to Guam for mental health facility, cultural repository, and school bus fleet, S8718 [16DE]
———reform acquisition process, S8628-S8632 [15DE]
———report on cost, schedule, and performance of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, S7985 [29NO]
———report on impact of proposed FAA rule relative to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements, S8061 [30NO]
———report on status and improvement plan for renovation of Education Activity schools, S4701 [20JY]
———require a report explaining the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program acquisition strategy, S7985 [29NO]
———require a report on Air Force Materiel Command reorganization, S7814 [18NO]
———require epidemiological study on health of military personnel exposed to burn pit emissions at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, S7965 [29NO]
———require purchase of certain specialty metals from U.S. companies, S7984 [29NO]
———Space-Based Infrared System High program funding, S7985 [29NO]
———stop transfer of MC-12W ISR aircraft from the Air Force to the Army, S7958 [29NO]
Dept. of Education: reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (S. 1328), S4395 [6JY]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (H.R. 471), S2060 [31MR], S2063 [4AP]
———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (S. 206), S283-S287 [26JA]
Dept. of Energy: Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, S7411 [14NO]
———fossil energy research and development funding, S7601 [16NO], S7695 [17NO], S8386, S8387 [7DE]
———National Nuclear Security Administration funding, S7404 [14NO]
———National Nuclear Security Administration nonproliferation programs funding, S2186 [6AP]
———require inspector general to investigate conditional loan agreement in place to Severstal North America, Inc., S7412 [14NO]
———solar and wind energy development funding, S7411 [14NO]
Dept. of HHS: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program funding, S8620 [15DE]
———family planning services funding, S1482 [9MR], S2223, S2261 [7AP], S2287-S2295, S2308-S2310, S2312, S2319, S2321, S2322, S2326-S2332 [8AP], S2433 [13AP], S2460, S2473 [14AP]
———provide additional funding for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (S. 1088), S3431 [26MY]
———reauthorize certain programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons (S. 1855), S7382-S7384 [10NO]
Dept. of Homeland Security: border protection funding, S1472 [9MR]
———disaster response fund funding, S1579 [14MR]
———funding, S1716 [16MR], S2482 [14AP]
———making appropriations, S8763-S8766 [17DE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), S5977-S5987 [26SE]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2017), unanimous-consent agreement, S5987 [26SE]
———protect Federal employees and visitors, improve security of Federal facilities, and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service (S. 772), S2352, S2358 [8AP]
Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S6585 [17OC]
———Community Development Block Grant Program funding to assist in flood recovery efforts, S7061 [2NO]
———Fair Housing Initiatives Program funding, S6724 [19OC], S6804, S6807 [20OC]
———Housing Counseling Assistance Program funding, S6725 [19OC]
———prohibit payments to any property owner whose rental units are listed on the Online Property Integrated Information Suite troubled property list, S6651-S6653 [18OC], S6845 [20OC], S6912 [31OC]
Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, S637 [10FE], S8723 [16DE]
———conduct audits and require matching funds for grant recipients, and prohibit funding to nonprofit organizations holding money in offshore accounts, S6802, S6805-S6808, S6851 [20OC]
———make permanent certain appropriations riders relating to firearms, S6805 [20OC]
———prohibit funding for operations transferring firearms to drug cartels where U.S. law enforcement personnel do not monitor such firearms, S6634, S6635, S6648 [18OC]
———prohibit funding for prosecution in Article III courts of individuals involved in terrorist attacks against the U.S. or its allies or who are members of al-Qaeda (terrorist organization), S6730, S6736, S6737, S6744-S6749, S6751 [19OC], S6795, S6809, S6818, S6819, S6833-S6836, S6846 [20OC]
———protect crime victims' rights and reauthorize certain DNA-related grant programs (S. 250), S418-S420 [1FE]
———provide incentive payments under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes (S. 517), S1503 [9MR]
———reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (S. 639), S1846 [17MR]
———U.S. Marshals Service funding, S6829 [20OC]
Dept. of State: President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) funding, S8142, S8143 [1DE]
Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: funding, S1396-S1398 [8MR], S1468 [9MR]
———making appropriations, S7395 [14NO], S7432-S7434, S7439 [15NO], S8755 [17DE]
———making appropriations (S. 1601), S6324 [6OC]
Dept. of the Interior: accept title to the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center (S. 1537), S5477 [9SE]
———Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Recovery Program funding, S7601 [16NO]
———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 the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations, S8757 [17DE]
Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit direct cash transfers from Cuban buyers to U.S. financial institutions for payment of agricultural commodities, S7432, S7433 [15NO]
Dept. of Transportation: allow States to opt out of requirement to spend certain percentage of surface transportation funds on enhancement projects, S5613, S5618 [14SE], S5655 [15SE]
———establish minimum on-duty staffing standards for air traffic controllers at certain airports, S2436 [13AP]
———establish national safety standards for transit agencies operating heavy rail on fixed guideway (S. 562), S1596 [14MR]
———guardrail manufacturing galvanization requirements, S6817 [20OC]
———require all projects to have domestically produced steel, iron, and manufactured products, S6733 [19OC], S6803 [20OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: detail plans and identify challenges in ensuring advanced next-generation prosthetics are made available to veterans, S4701 [20JY]
———establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure, S7791 [18NO]
———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, S7965 [29NO]
———require evidence of causal relationships for presumptions of service connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents, S4665-S4667 [19JY], S4695, S4702, S4703 [20JY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: cap funding at a level provided for in concurrent budget resolution for fiscal year 2012, S4662, S4663 [19JY], S4690, S4691 [20JY]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), S4505 [12JY], S4542 [13JY], S4577, S4588, S4600-S4602, S4605 [14JY], S4629 [18JY], S4651, S4660 [19JY], S4687, S4688, S4690, S4691, S4695, S4700-S4713 [20JY]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), conference report, S8693, S8704-S8706, S8711, S8717-S8721 [16DE], S8746, S8753-S8760, S8763-S8766 [17DE]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S8742 [16DE]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), conference report—unanimous-consent request, S8745 [17DE]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), motion to proceed, S4477 [11JY]
———making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), unanimous-consent agreement, S4575 [14JY], S4669 [19JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S8757 [17DE]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S6740 [19OC]
———making appropriations, S6578-S6580 [17OC], S6646-S6648, S6651-S6653 [18OC], S6704, S6708-S6713, S6716, S6717, S6724, S6725, S6733, S6739-S6741, S6754 [19OC], S6792, S6793, S6803-S6807, S6813, S6815, S6817, S6841, S6842, S6845, S6846, S6853 [20OC], S6899, S6911 [31OC], S6933, S6936, S6937, S6980, S6986 [1NO], S7061 [2NO], S7100 [3NO], S7430 [15NO], S7677, S7679-S7684 [17NO]
Disasters: making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), S8753, S8756, S8758 [17DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 94), S8708-S8711, S8716, S8727 [16DE], S8759 [17DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 94)—unanimous-consent agreement, S8742 [16DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), unanimous-consent agreement, S8742 [16DE]
———making for disaster relief requirements (H.R. 3672), unanimous-consent request, S8745 [17DE]
Diseases: global HIV/AIDS assistance funding, S1469 [9MR]
District of Columbia: prohibit funding for needle exchange programs, S8694 [16DE]
Earmarks: eliminate from appropriations legislation, S8717-S8721 [16DE], S8754 [17DE]
———rescind earmarked funds that have not been spent for a certain period, S781 [16FE]
———rescind unused earmarks, S825 [17FE]
———rescind unused earmarks (S. 282), S584-S586 [7FE]
Economic Development Administration: across-the-board funding reduction, S3604 [8JN]
———clarify communities eligible for reduced local cost share for projects include areas affected by military base closures and realignment, S3765 [14JN]
———disaster relief grants funding, S6752 [19OC], S6843 [20OC]
———eliminate, S3636 [9JN]
———provide funding for the establishment of business incubators in economically-distressed, high-unemployment areas, S3765 [14JN]
———reauthorize (S. 782), S3524-S3535 [7JN], S3571-S3575, S3579-S3601, S3603-S3607 [8JN], S3631, S3632, S3635-S3663, S3665-S3667 [9JN], S3709-S3713, S3716, S3719-S3721, S3723-S3726, S3738-S3740 [13JN], S3743, S3746-S3748, S3752-S3754, S3765 [14JN], S3805, S3847, S3848 [15JN], S3852-S3881 [16JN], S3905 [20JN], S3939, S3962-S3966 [21JN], S3981, S3985-S3987 [22JN], S4039 [23JN]
———reauthorize (S. 782), motion to proceed, S3492 [6JN], S3513, S3515-S3524 [7JN]
———reauthorize (S. 782), unanimous-consent agreement, S3524 [7JN], S3883 [16JN], S3936 [20JN]
———reauthorize (S. 782), unanimous-consent request, S3806 [15JN]
Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, S5711 [19SE]
———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion, S7263-S7268, S7270-S7277 [9NO], S7336-S7338 [10NO]
———create jobs through spending cuts, tax reform, regulatory burden reduction, domestic energy development, and export promotion (S. 1720), S6566-S6569, S6621 [17OC], S6623 [18OC]
———invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S., S1470-S1472 [9MR]
———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention, S7327 [10NO]
———national objectives priority assignments, S2068 [4AP], S2757 [9MY], S2815 [10MY]
———provide incentives to create jobs through tax reform, infrastructure investment, regulatory reform, and consolidating and strengthening job training programs (S. 1960), S8415-S8417 [7DE]
Education: express that Pell Grant program funding should not be cut in any deficit reduction program, S7590-S7593 [16NO]
———funding, S3602 [8JN], S6565 [17OC], S6623 [18OC]
Elementary and Secondary Education Act: authorizing appropriations, S6717-S6724 [19OC], S7349-S7351 [10NO]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), S7395-S7412 [14NO], S7432-S7435, S7442 [15NO], S7587, S7596-S7598, S7600-S7604 [16NO], S7684, S7695 [17NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), motion to proceed, S7346 [10NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), unanimous-consent agreement, S7183 [8NO]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2354), unanimous-consent request, S7433 [15NO]
Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (S. 1178), S3693 [9JN]
EPA: funding, S1344 [8MR]
Executive Office of the President: end appointments of advisors often characterized as ``czars'' and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses, S4009 [22JN], S4046-S4049 [23JN]
Eximbank: reauthorize (S. 1547), S5537 [13SE]
FAA: Airport Improvement Program funding, S587 [7FE], S780 [16FE], S827 [17FE]
———approve applications from airports to authorize private security companies to conduct passenger screening, S502 [3FE]
———authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), S2285 [7AP], S2436 [13AP], S4929, S4943-S4947 [27JY], S4980, S4987-S4989, S5000, S5007 [28JY], S5223 [2AU], S5316 [6SE], S5355 [7SE]
———authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), insert S. 223 language in lieu, S2285 [7AP]
———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]
———exempt charter airlines from crew flight time limitations and rest restrictions, S451 [2FE], S506 [3FE], S673 [14FE], S769 [16FE]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 1079), S1943 [29MR]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 1893), S3263 [24MY]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2279), S4132 [27JN]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2553), S4775, S4776, S4811 [21JY], S4813 [22JY], S4943-S4947 [27JY], S4980-S4984, S4987, S5000 [28JY], S5170, S5181-S5183 [1AU], S5223-S5226, S5233, S5280 [2AU], S5297 [5AU]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (H.R. 2553), unanimous-consent request, S4840, S4841 [22JY], S4946, S4947 [27JY], S5179-S5181 [1AU], S5224 [2AU]
———extend Airport Improvement Program authority (S. 1387), S4930 [27JY]
———limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, S533-S535, S538 [3FE]
———modify requirement on distance from nearest medium or large hub airport to qualify for Essential Air Service Program funding, S826 [17FE]
———Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) funding, S379 [1FE], S505 [3FE], S586 [7FE], S672, S673 [14FE], S712, S724 [15FE], S773 [16FE]
———provide liability protection for volunteer pilot organizations that fly for public benefit, S451 [2FE], S506 [3FE], S670, S671, S673 [14FE], S829 [17FE]
———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), S347 [27JA], S377-S403 [1FE], S431-S477 [2FE], S501-S507, S509, S531-S540 [3FE], S566 [4FE], S586-S596 [7FE], S621-S626 [8FE], S641 [10FE], S653-S656, S659-S663, S670-S676 [14FE], S709-S727, S731-S735, S739 [15FE], S768-S774, S777, S780-S783, S802 [16FE], S807, S809-S811, S814-S816, S818-S820, S823-S837 [17FE], S1116 [2MR], S3512 [7JN]
———reauthorize appropriations for safety, reliability, and availability of air transportation and to modernize the air traffic control system (S. 223), unanimous-consent agreement, S608 [7FE], S824 [17FE]
———reduce appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to 2008 levels, S531 [3FE], S720-S727 [15FE]
———reduce appropriations to 2008 levels, S5666-S5668 [15SE]
———require a certain minimum number of daily enplanements to qualify for Essential Air Service Program funding, S826 [17FE]
———require Notice to Airmen hazard alerts to be posted and accessible to all pilots, S450 [2FE]
———Small Community Air Service Program funding, S781 [16FE], S6936 [1NO]
———use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to allow furloughed employees to return to work and provide retroactive pay for the period of their furlough (S. 1433), S4987 [28JY], S5226 [2AU]
Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs, S4345, S4354 [6JY], S4769 [21JY], S4951 [27JY], S5654, S5658 [15SE], S7891 [28NO], S8452 [8DE]
Federal aid programs: impact of spending cuts on women and children, S1185-S1192 [3MR], S3253-S3257 [24MY]
———prohibit use of Federal grants or awards to pay off Federal loans, S6846 [20OC]
Federal employees: civilian employees pay and benefits funding, S8669 [15DE]
Federal Highway Administration: Emergency Relief Fund funding, S5668 [15SE], S6585 [17OC]
FEMA: Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, S8723 [16DE]
———Disaster Relief Fund funding, S3795 [15JN], S3946 [21JN], S5316, S5324, S5331 [6SE], S5396 [8SE], S5487-S5489 [12SE], S5507, S5510 [13SE], S5587, S5592-S5597, S5600-S5602, S5606-S5610, S5613, S5615, S5618 [14SE], S5638, S5646-S5648, S5650-S5658, S5661-S5665 [15SE], S5732, S5736, S5761, S5764-S5767 [20SE], S5811-S5819 [21SE], S5871-S5873, S5876-S5878, S5884 [22SE], S5922 [23SE]
———Disaster Relief Fund funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program funding, S5594 [14SE], S5796, S5818 [21SE], S5849, S5852 [22SE], S5923-S5930, S5936 [23SE], S5961-S5973, S5976 [26SE]
———Disaster Relief Fund funding through rescission of unobligated AID foreign assistance programs funding, S5655, S5658, S5661-S5663 [15SE]
———extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), S4915 [26JY]
———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1864), S8118 [1DE]
———extend the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1958), S8408 [7DE]
———Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, S2488 [14AP]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations, S7395 [14NO], S7432-S7434 [15NO], S8757 [17DE]
———making appropriations (S. 1573), S6993 [1NO]
Flathead Valley Community College: tribute to Scholars Program deficit reduction plan, S7291 [9NO]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding, S7433 [15NO]
Foreign policy: require rescission or termination of Federal contracts and subcontracts with enemies of the U.S., S7897 [28NO]
Foreign trade: repeal the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for firms, S6638-S6640, S6643-S6646, S6649 [18OC]
GAO: report on waste in Government spending, S2367 [12AP]
Government: 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), S2014 [31MR], S2109, S2144 [5AP], S2287 [8AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), S2148 [6AP], S2216, S2229, S2232-S2237, S2239-S2241, S2243, S2246-S2251, S2253, S2260, S2284, S2286 [7AP], S2288, S2293, S2311, S2314, S2317, S2320, S2323, S2325, S2340-S2342, S2362 [8AP], S2381 [12AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), S2367, S2375 [12AP], S2410, S2434, S2438-S2441 [13AP], S2460, S2463-S2468, S2470, S2477, S2480-S2493 [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), S2422-S2426, S2433, S2441 [13AP], S2460, S2463-S2468, S2476, S2479, S2488-S2490 [14AP], S2618 [3MY]
———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), unanimous-consent agreement, S2438 [13AP]
———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), S2422-S2426, S2432 [13AP], S2461, S2465, S2467, S2489 [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), unanimous-consent agreement, S2438 [13AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), unanimous-consent agreement, S2438 [13AP]
———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 agreement, S1362 [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]
———prevent a shutdown by requiring funds to be automatically appropriated at the previous year's level if a budget is not agreed upon (S. 784), S2336, S2360 [8AP]
———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (S. 1420), S4915 [26JY], S4917, S4936 [27JY], S4996 [28JY]
———prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 388), S887 [17FE], S1026, S1047, S1048, S1051 [1MR], S1117 [2MR], S1320 [7MR], S2013-S2015 [31MR], S2115 [5AP]
———provide for continuing operations in a fiscally responsible manner (S. 768), S2284, S2286 [7AP], S2287 [8AP]
———require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (S. 1222), S3894 [16JN]
———require contractors to make timely payments to subcontractors that are small business concerns, S7691 [17NO]
———shutdown relative to budget process, S2149, S2159 [6AP], S2222, S2224, S2228-S2241, S2243-S2261 [7AP], S2292, S2294-S2297, S2308, S2313-S2315, S2319, S2320, S2322 [8AP], S5966 [26SE]
Government-sponsored enterprises: reestablish maximum aggregate amount permitted to be provided by taxpayers, S6841 [20OC]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (S. 412), S909 [17FE]
Health: prohibit funding to implement regulations regarding the removal of essential-use designation for epinephrine used in oral pressurized metered-dose inhalers, S6934 [1NO]
IMF: repeal authority to provide certain loans to the IMF, repeal increase in the U.S. quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and rescind related appropriations, S4145 [28JN], S4175 [29JN]
———repeal authority to provide certain loans to the IMF, repeal increase in the U.S. quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and rescind related appropriations (S. 1276), S4106 [23JN], S4133 [27JN]
Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (S. 332), S684 [14FE], S5472 [9SE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 1403), S4806 [21JY]
———ensure States use certain teacher employment stabilization funds for special education, S6830 [20OC]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 754), S3458 [26MY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1892), S8611-S8617 [14DE]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 719), S2127 [5AP]
———authorizing appropriations (S. 1458), S5239 [2AU]
LIHEAP: funding, S8711 [16DE], S8757 [17DE]
———provide level funding (S. 1961), S8417 [7DE], S8569 [14DE]
Medicare: funding, S1484 [9MR]
———reform, S1315-S1318 [7MR], S2377 [12AP], S2409, S2433, S2440 [13AP], S2465, S2473, S2483, S2486, S2488 [14AP], S2667 [4MY], S2906 [12MY], S3099 [18MY], S3205 [23MY], S3252-S3257 [24MY], S3289, S3295-S3300, S3302, S3306-S3310, S3316-S3319, S3323-S3331, S3333, S3335 [25MY], S3380-S3386, S3408-S3411 [26MY], S3508 [6JN], S3516 [7JN], S3669 [9JN], S3757-S3759 [14JN], S3797, S3798, S3801, S3803 [15JN], S4118 [27JN], S4689, S4693 [20JY], S5209 [2AU], S8707 [16DE]
Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution has not been approved, S6159 [5OC]
Mental health: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Federal autism funding, S5747 [20SE]
Michigan State University: Facility for Rare Isotope Beams funding, S8756 [17DE]
Middle East: limit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if they unilaterally declare a Palestinian state, S5797 [21SE]
NASA: commercial crew development program funding, S6850 [20OC]
———funding, S260 [26JA], S4265 [30JN]
———manned space flight funding, S4514 [12JY], S4839 [22JY], S5600, S5612 [14SE]
National Academy of Sciences: consider the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program as part of the evaluation of the SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, S2469 [14AP]
National Aquatic Animal Health Task Force: assess risk infectious salmon anemia poses to wild Pacific salmon and coastal economies which rely on them, S6849 [20OC]
National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient, S8366-S8368 [6DE]
National Criminal Justice Commission: establish, S6794, S6796-S6800, S6851 [20OC], S6983 [1NO]
National Guard: authorize death benefits for Reserves who die during an authorized stay at their residence during or between successive days of inactive duty training, S7940 [29NO]
———elevate the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to a position on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, S7896-S7898 [28NO]
———empower, enhance functions of the National Guard Bureau, and improve Federal-State military coordination in domestic emergency response, S8651, S8652 [15DE]
———provide that the basic housing allowance is not reduced when a member transitions between active duty and full-time National Guard duty without a break in active service, S8115, S8116 [1DE]
National Guard Youth Challenge Program: prohibit expansion or operation of District of Columbia National Guard Youth Challenge Program in Anne Arundel County, MD, S7687 [17NO]
National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (H.R. 1076), S1814 [17MR]
National security: provide for greater interagency experience through the development of a national security and homeland security human capital strategy and interagency rotational service by employees, S7822 [18NO]
National Veterans Business Development Corp.: funding, S1662, S1663 [15MR], S1716 [16MR]
Navy: assess advisability of stationing additional DDG-51 class destroyers at Naval Station Mayport, FL, S7964 [29NO]
———nuclear-powered aircraft carrier homeport construction at Naval Station Mayport, FL, funding, S8134 [1DE]
———prohibit funding for architectural, engineering, and construction design services to establish a homeport for a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Naval Station Mayport, FL, S4660-S4662 [19JY]
———prohibit funding for road improvements at Naval Station Mayport, FL, S4660-S4662 [19JY]
———shipbuilding funding, S7893 [28NO]
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (S. 538), S1549 [10MR]
NOAA: funding, S1798 [17MR]
Nuclear weapons: maintain a triad of strategic nuclear delivery systems, S8112 [1DE]
Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to budget and debt crisis, S4253, S4270, S4276, S4278 [30JN], S4898 [26JY], S5751 [20SE]
———proposal to freeze discretionary spending, S765 [16FE]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: foreign trade violations investigation funding, S6735 [19OC], S6837, S6844 [20OC]
Pakistan: certify efforts to counter improvised explosive devices devices operations, S7692 [17NO]
Patent and Trademark Office: establish Public Enterprise Fund, S5416-S5423, S5437-S5439, S5442 [8SE]
———prohibit diversion, redirection, or transfer of funding, S1046, S1052 [1MR], S1209-S1212 [3MR], S5372, S5373 [7SE], S5416-S5423, S5437-S5439, S5442 [8SE]
———prohibit funding to implement clarification of calculation of filing period deadline for patent term extension applications, S6755 [19OC], S6814, S6815 [20OC]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 1213), S2695 [4MY], S2702 [5MY]
———require OMB Director to identify and offset cost of repeal of certain reporting requirements through reductions in non-defense appropriated discretionary funding, S471, S473 [2FE]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, S1187-S1191 [3MR], S1482 [9MR]
Political campaigns: proposed Executive order to require Federal contractors to disclose political contributions, S2852 [11MY]
Power resources: ethanol blender pump or storage facilities construction funding, S3858-S3866, S3868-S3870 [16JN]
Public broadcasting: funding, S1592 [14MR]
Public debt: ceiling, S1035 [1MR], S2413, S2429-S2431, S2435 [13AP], S2640 [4MY], S2701, S2709 [5MY], S2853-S2855 [11MY], S2896 [12MY], S2975, S2978-S2981 [16MY], S3219 [23MY], S3797-S3799 [15JN], S3908 [20JN], S3940, S3955 [21JN], S3988 [22JN], S4037-S4039, S4041-S4045, S4057, S4061-S4065 [23JN]
———disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (S.J. Res. 25), S5377 [7SE], S5442, S5466 [8SE]
———increase statutory limit, S3595 [8JN], S4108-S4115 [27JN], S4135 [28JN], S4166, S4167, S4185 [29JN], S4243, S4248, S4262-S4267, S4270-S4276, S4278-S4286 [30JN], S4311, S4312, S4314, S4318, S4323 [5JY], S4333-S4344, S4346-S4353, S4355-S4382 [6JY], S4405-S4409, S4411, S4415-S4424, S4426-S4438, S4440, S4442, S4444 [7JY], S4474, S4479-S4482 [11JY], S4493-S4497, S4501-S4503, S4505, S4509-S4515 [12JY], S4535-S4545, S4548, S4550, S4551 [13JY], S4568-S4576, S4589-S4600, S4602-S4605 [14JY], S4623-S4627 [18JY], S4649, S4656-S4660, S4667-S4669, S4679 [19JY], S4683-S4685, S4688, S4693-S4695 [20JY], S4826, S4827, S4829 [22JY], S4856-S4859, S4862-S4865 [25JY], S4883-S4893, S4895-S4905 [26JY], S4917-S4920, S4922-S4936, S4942-S4945, S4948-S4955 [27JY], S4973-S4982, S4984-S4992, S4995-S4999, S5001-S5012 [28JY], S5027-S5034, S5036-S5049, S5052 [29JY]
———increase statutory limit (H.R. 1954), S3578 [8JN]
———increase statutory limit (S. 1326), S4331 [5JY], S4333 [6JY]
———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached, S1045, S1046, S1049, S1050 [1MR]
———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached, S952 [28FE], S1035 [1MR]
———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached (S. 163), S247 [25JA], S249 [26JA]
Public safety officers: extend Federal benefits to emergency service providers who die or are disabled in the line of duty, S671 [14FE], S829 [17FE]
Research: science, medical, and pharmaceutical innovation, research, and development funding, S1614 [15MR]
Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1786), S7092 [2NO], S7094, S7095 [3NO], S7587-S7589 [16NO]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1786), motion to proceed, S7095, S7104, S7106-S7113, S7116 [3NO]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1786), unanimous-consent agreement, S7058 [2NO]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 1813), S7261, S7280 [9NO]
———extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 662), S1202 [3MR]
———reauthorize additional contract authority to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around Indian reservations (S. 885), S2688 [4MY]
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users: reauthorize, S6825 [20OC]
SBA: adjust for inflation the personal net worth cap under the 8(a) program for small disadvantaged business concerns, S782 [16FE]
———eliminate Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program allocation increase and ensure participation of businesses with substantial venture capital funding, S2342 [8AP]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, S7685 [17NO], S7971, S7982, S7983 [29NO]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), S1264 [4MR], S1613, S1620-S1644, S1647-S1673 [15MR], S1715-S1732, S1734-S1738, S1740-S1746 [16MR], S1780-S1788, S1802-S1805 [17MR], S1883-S1888 [28MR], S1907, S1909, S1912-S1914, S1922-S1927, S1929 [29MR], S1950, S1953-S1957, S1959-S1970 [30MR], S2012, S2013, S2015-S2017, S2019-S2026, S2028-S2034 [31MR], S2065, S2066, S2092 [4AP], S2111 [5AP], S2149, S2154-S2159, S2161-S2183 [6AP], S2295, S2342 [8AP], S2403 [12AP], S2429 [13AP], S2468-S2470, S2496, S2550 [14AP], S2572 [2MY], S2589-S2593, S2602, S2611, S2636 [3MY], S2640, S2657-S2661 [4MY], S2921 [12MY]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), motion to commit, S1962-S1964 [30MR]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), motion to proceed, S1543 [10MR], S1574-S1576 [14MR]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), unanimous-consent agreement, S1641 [15MR], S2142 [5AP]
———reauthorize and improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (S. 493), unanimous-consent request, S1786 [17MR], S2495 [14AP]
———require agencies to report on how they are using their Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program funding, S2469 [14AP]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S6740 [19OC]
———making appropriations, S6573, S6580, S6581 [17OC], S6634, S6635, S6638-S6640, S6643-S6646, S6648, S6649 [18OC], S6730, S6735-S6738, S6740, S6744-S6756 [19OC], S6792-S6800, S6802, S6805, S6809, S6813-S6815, S6818, S6819, S6829, S6833-S6838, S6843, S6844, S6846, S6850, S6851 [20OC], S6899 [31OC], S6934-S6936, S6980, S6983 [1NO], S7678-S7681 [17NO]
SEC: funding, S8694 [16DE]
Second Chance Act: reauthorize (S. 1231), S3926 [20JN]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize, S6831 [20OC]
———reauthorize (S. 1692), S6465, S6466 [12OC]
Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act: reauthorize (S. 832), S2518 [14AP]
Senate: legislative priorities, S1519 [10MR], S2560 [2MY], S2756 [9MY], S3477 [6JN], S3802 [15JN], S4107 [27JN], S6014-S6017 [3OC], S7095 [3NO], S8619 [15DE]
———legislative process relative to controlling spending and reducing national debt, S7816 [18NO]
———provide a point of order against consideration of any measure that would increase the statutory limit on the public debt above a certain amount unless that measure has been publicly available for a full 7 days (S. 1341), S4765 [21JY]
———reduce budget of the Senate, S1642, S1643 [15MR], S1715, S1717 [16MR]
———reduce budget of the Senate (S. Res. 94), S1768 [16MR]
Senate Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs, S4010, S4011 [22JN], S4189-S4191, S4203, S4206, S4207, S4209 [29JN]
Solyndra LLC: investigation into Federal loan guarantees and subsequent bankruptcy declaration, S6169 [5OC]
Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (S. 1086), S3431 [26MY]
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: authorize draw down of oil reserves to lower gasoline price levels, S2857 [11MY]
———prohibit sale of oil reserves, S7596-S7598 [16NO]
Taiwan: sale of F-16 fighters, S3535-S3537 [7JN]
Technology: encourage investment in nanotechnology research and development, S3586 [8JN]
Terrorism: notify Congress with respect to the initial custody and further disposition of certain terrorists, S8053 [30NO]
Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (S. 1301), S4228 [29JN], S4627 [18JY], S7102 [3NO]
Transportation: bike paths funding, S5638 [15SE]
———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), S5585 [13SE], S5587, S5588, S5599, S5613, S5618 [14SE], S5638, S5655, S5666-S5669 [15SE]
———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), unanimous-consent agreement, S5663 [15SE]
———extend surface and air transportation programs (H.R. 2887), unanimous-consent request, S5656 [15SE]
———infrastructure funding, S822 [17FE]
———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S6897-S6899, S6927 [31OC], S6931, S6994-S6997 [1NO], S7636 [17NO]
———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO], S7014, S7016-S7019, S7021-S7025, S7031-S7045, S7050-S7058 [2NO], S7093-S7102, S7104-S7113 [3NO]
———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), unanimous-consent agreement, S7058 [2NO]
———reallocate funds appropriated for capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure to the highway bridge program, S6933 [1NO]
Transportation Security Administration: exclude employees from the collective bargaining rights of Federal employees, S501, S532, S538 [3FE], S588-S591 [7FE], S671 [14FE], S716-S720 [15FE]
———provide employees with whistleblower protections, the right to appeal adverse personnel actions, and the right to join a union, S716-S718 [15FE]
U.N.: clarify funding prohibitions for any U.N. entity that admits Palestine as a member state (S. 1860), S7412 [14NO]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: funding, S1597 [14MR]
U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START): strengthen strategic force posture by implementing and supplementing certain provisions, S8643-S8645 [15DE]
Umatilla, OR: provide for closure of Umatilla Army Chemical Depot, S4665 [19JY], S4700 [20JY]
———provide for closure of Umatilla Army Chemical Depot (S. Res. 345), S8419 [7DE]
War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, S5324 [6SE], S5975 [26SE]
———require new war funding be offset (S. Res. 133), S2211 [6AP], S5513 [13SE]
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, S4020 [22JN]
WIC: funding, S2438 [13AP]
Reports
Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11: Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service (excerpt), H1926 [17MR]
Federal Shutdown Could Derail the Economy: Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics, Inc., H2005 [29MR]
Impact of the Economic Downturn on American Police Agencies: Dept. of Justice (excerpt), H7275 [3NO]
LHA Replacement, Shipbuilding and Conversion (SCN), Fiscal Year 2012-Line 3041: GAO, H3676 [25MY]
National Veterans Business Development Corp., Funding: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate), S1662 [15MR]
Port of Bellingham, WA, Protest of Award of a Lease by NOAA to Port of Newport, OR, To Provide Office, Warehouse, and Related Space for NOAA Marine Operations Center-Pacific, E305-E307 [18FE]
Proposals To Cut Federal Spending: Alec Phillips, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., H2006 [29MR]
Republican Proposal To `Right Our Ship' Throws More Workers Overboard: Rebecca Thiess, Economic Policy Institute, H2004 [29MR]
Status of the Budget: Committee on the Budget (House), H7393-H7395 [4NO], H9921-H9923 [16DE]
Understanding Prostate Cancer, H4609 [6JY]
Voting Practices in the U.N. 2009, E318 [18FE]
Where Do Innovations Come From? Transformations in the U.S. National Innovation System, 1970-2006: Fred Block and Matthew R. Keller, Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, S1636-S1638 [15MR]
Reports filed
Administrative Conference of the U.S. Appropriations: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2480) (H. Rept. 112-154), H5238 [19JY]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 2480), S5902 [22SE]
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]
Airport and Airway Extension Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 1079) (H. Rept. 112-41), H2036 [29MR]
Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-76), S5458 [8SE]
Allow Consideration of Motion To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 466) (H. Rept. 112-285), H7626 [15NO]
Clean Estuaries Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1313) (S. Rept. 112-41), S5017 [28JY]
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2838) (H. Rept. 112-229), H6505 [3OC]
Committees of the House Expenditures: Committee on House Administration (House) (H. Res. 147) (H. Rept. 112-30), H1767 [11MR]
Committees of the Senate Expenditures: Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. Res. 81), S1060 [1MR]
———Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. Res. 81) (S. Rept. 111-9), S2045 [31MR]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 493) (H. Rept. 112-330), H8879 [13DE]
Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2055, Consolidated Appropriations Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 500) (H. Rept. 112-332), H9430 [15DE]
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. Con. Res. 34, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2012-2021: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 223) (H. Rept. 112-62), H2664 [13AP]
Consideration of H. Res. 38, Reduce Spending Through a Transition to Non-Security Spending at Fiscal Year 2008 Levels: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 43) (H. Rept. 112-4), H353 [19JA]
Consideration of H. Res. 292, Prohibit Funding for Deployment of Ground Troops in Libya: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 294) (H. Rept. 112-99), H3984 [2JN]
Consideration of H.J. Res. 44, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 115) (H. Rept. 112-19), H1389 [28FE]
Consideration of H.J. Res. 48, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 167) (H. Rept. 112-33), H1795 [14MR]
Consideration of H.J. Res. 68, Limited Use of Armed Forces in Support of NATO Mission in Libya and H.R. 2278, Restrict Use of Funds in Support of NATO Mission in Libya: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 328) (H. Rept. 112-114), H4525 [23JN]
Consideration of H.J. Res. 79, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 399) (H. Rept. 112-207), H6230 [15SE]
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. 471, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 186) (H. Rept. 112-45), H2036 [29MR]
Consideration of H.R. 658, FAA Appropriations To Streamline Programs, Improve Aviation Safety and Capacity, and Provide Stable Aviation System Funding: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 189) (H. Rept. 112-46), H2105 [30MR]
Consideration of H.R. 662, Surface Transportation Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 128) (H. Rept. 112-20), H1454 [1MR]
Consideration of H.R. 754, Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 264) (H. Rept. 112-75), H3217 [11MY]
Consideration of H.R. 830, FHA Refinance Program Termination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 150) (H. Rept. 112-27), H1618 [8MR]
Consideration of H.R. 836, Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 151) (H. Rept. 112-28), H1618 [8MR]
Consideration of H.R. 839, HAMP Termination Act and H.R. 861, NSP Termination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 170) (H. Rept. 112-34), H1840 [15MR]
Consideration of H.R. 1076, Prohibit National Public Radio Federal Funding and the Usage of Federal Funds To Acquire Radio Content: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 174) (H. Rept. 112-35), H1904 [16MR]
Consideration of H.R. 1213, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Mandatory Funding Provided to States To Establish American Health Benefit Exchanges Repeal: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 236) (H. Rept. 112-70), H2933 [2MY]
Consideration of H.R. 1216, Dept. of HHS Graduate Medical Education in Qualified Teaching Health Centers Funding Conversion to an Authorization of Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 269) (H. Rept. 112-86), H3341 [23MY]
Consideration of H.R. 1255, Government Shutdown Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 194) (H. Rept. 112-49), H2213 [31MR]
Consideration of H.R. 1309, Flood Insurance Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 340) (H. Rept. 112-138), H4747 [7JY]
Consideration of H.R. 1363, Dept. of Defense and Continuing Appropriations for Other Federal Departments and Agencies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 206) (H. Rept. 112-56), H2409 [6AP]
Consideration of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and Continuing Appropriations for Other Federal Departments and Agencies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 218) (H. Rept. 112-60), H2602 [12AP], H2664 [13AP]
Consideration of H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 269) (H. Rept. 112-86), H3341 [23MY]
———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 276) (H. Rept. 112-88), H3408 [24MY]
Consideration of H.R. 2017, Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 287) (H. Rept. 112-95), H3805 [31MY]
Consideration of H.R. 2055, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 288) (H. Rept. 112-97), H3868, H3909 [1JN]
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]
Consideration of H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act and H.R. 1892, Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 392) (H. Rept. 112-200), H5963 [7SE]
Consideration of H.R. 2219, Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 320) (H. Rept. 112-113), H4455 [22JN]
Consideration of H.R. 2354, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 337) (H. Rept. 112-135), H4670 [6JY]
Consideration of H.R. 2551, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 359) (H. Rept. 111-173), H5284 [20JY]
Consideration of H.R. 2553, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part IV: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 357) (H. Rept. 112-155), H5238 [19JY]
Consideration of H.R. 2560, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 355) (H. Rept. 112-150), H5149 [18JY]
Consideration of H.R. 2584, Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 363) (H. Rept. 112-176), H5372 [21JY]
Consideration of H.R. 2838, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H.R. 2838) (H. Rept. 112-267), H7329 [3NO]
Consideration of S. 365, Budget Control Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 384) (H. Rept. 112-190), H5882 [1AU]
Consideration of S. 627, Budget Control Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 375) (H. Rept. 112-184), H5660 [27JY]
———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 383) (H. Rept. 112-187), H5780 [29JY]
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2112) (H. Rept. 112-284), H7577 [14NO]
Consolidated Appropriations Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2055) (H. Rept. 112-331), H9430 [15DE]
Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.J. Res. 1) (H. Rept. 112-117), H4525 [23JN]
Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 1425) (H. Rept. 112-90), H3753 [26MY]
———Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1425) (H. Rept. 112-90), H4586 [1JY]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2219) (H. Rept. 112-110), H4325 [16JN]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2219) (S. Rept. 112-77), S5684 [15SE]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (House) (H.R. 1540) (H. Rept. 112-78), H3341 [23MY]
———Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1253) (S. Rept. 112-26), S4023 [22JN]
———Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1867), S7451 [15NO]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities and Prescribing Personnel Strengths: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1540) (H. Rept. 111-329), H8727 [12DE]
———Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1254), S4023 [22JN]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Construction: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1255), S4023 [22JN]
Dept. of Energy Appropriations for Defense Activities: Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. 1256), S4023 [22JN]
Dept. of HHS Graduate Medical Education in Qualified Teaching Health Centers Funding Conversion From Direct Appropriations to an Authorization of Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1216) (H. Rept. 112-64), H2932 [2MY]
Dept. of HHS Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant Personal Responsibility Education Programs Funding Conversion to Authorization of Appropriations: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1215) (H. Rept. 112-63), H2932 [2MY]
Dept. of HHS Programs To Protect Against Pandemics and Attacks From Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1855), S8733 [16DE]
Dept. of HHS Reauthorization of Programs To Protect Against Pandemics and Attacks From Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Weapons: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2405) (H. Rept. 112-286), H7712 [16NO]
Dept. of Homeland Security Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2017) (H. Rept. 112-91), H3753 [26MY]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2017) (S. Rept. 112-74), S5386 [7SE]
Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1601) (S. Rept. 112-85), S5902 [22SE]
Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2584) (H. Rept. 112-151), H5238 [19JY]
Dept. of Transportation Maritime Programs Authorization: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1430) (S. Rept. 112-99), S8413 [7DE]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Service: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2055) (H. Rept. 112-94), H3804 [31MY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans' Services: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2055) (S. Rept. 112-29), S4291 [30JN]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1599) (S. Rept. 112-84), S5902 [22SE]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1596) (S. Rept. 112-83), S5836 [21SE]
Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2146) (H. Rept. 112-260), H7068 [25OC]
Economic Development Revitalization Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 782) (S. Rept. 112-15), S2580 [2MY]
Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 836) (H. Rept. 112-26), H1618 [8MR]
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. 2354) (H. Rept. 112-118), H4573 [24JN]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2354) (S. Rept. 112-75), S5386 [7SE]
Eximbank Reauthorization: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1547), S5535 [13SE]
Expenditures: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Res. 52), S791 [16FE]
———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. Res. 67), S868 [17FE]
———Committee on Armed Services (Senate) (S. Res. 59), S868 [17FE]
———Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 62), S868 [17FE]
———Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. Res. 64), S868 [17FE]
———Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. Res. 56), S791 [16FE]
———Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. Res. 50), S791 [16FE]
———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. Res. 69), S868 [17FE]
———Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 79), S975 [28FE]
———Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. Res. 57), S791 [16FE]
———Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 53), S791 [16FE]
———Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 68), S868 [17FE]
———Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Res. 54), S791 [16FE]
———Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. Res. 70), S868 [17FE]
———Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. Res. 66), S868 [17FE]
———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Res. 58), S791 [16FE]
———Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. Res. 61), S868 [17FE]
———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. Res. 71), S868 [17FE]
FAA Appropriations To Streamline Programs, Improve Aviation Safety and Capacity, and Provide Stable Aviation System Funding: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 658) (H. Rept. 112-29), H1722 [10MR], H1904 [16MR]
FAA Civil Aviation Research and Development Projects and Activities Reauthorization: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 970) (H. Rept. 112-52), H2291 [4AP]
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 714) (S. Rept. 112-69), S5338 [6SE]
FHA Refinance Program Termination Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 830) (H. Rept. 112-25), H1618 [8MR]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2434) (H. Rept. 112-136), H4747 [7JY]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1573) (S. Rept. 112-79), S5684 [15SE]
Flood Insurance Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1309) (H. Rept. 112-102), H4044 [9JN]
Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act Reauthorization and Amendment: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2484) (H. Rept. 112-333), H9925 [16DE]
Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 1892) (H. Rept. 112-197), H5936 [2SE]
———Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 754) (H. Rept. 112-72), H2997 [3MY]
———Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 719) (S. Rept. 112-12), S2087 [4AP]
———Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1458) (S. Rept. 112-43), S5191 [1AU]
Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2551) (S. Rept. 112-148), H5124 [15JY]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2551) (S. Rept. 112-80), S5684 [15SE]
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 538) (S. Rept. 112-46), S5248 [2AU]
NSP Termination Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 861) (H. Rept. 112-32), H1767 [11MR], H1795 [14MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Mandatory Funding Provided to States To Establish American Health Benefit Exchanges Repeal: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1213) (H. Rept. 112-65), H2932 [2MY]
Reduce Spending Through a Transition to Non-Security Spending at Fiscal Year 2008 Levels: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 38) (H. Rept. 112-3), H353 [19JA]
Return Unused or Reclaimed Stimulus Funds Made Available for Broadband Awards: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1343) (H. Rept. 112-228), H6466 [29SE]
Revised Allocation to Subcommittees of Budget Totals: Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-81), S5836 [21SE]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-86), S5902 [22SE]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-87), S6330 [6OC]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-89), S6871 [20OC]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. Rept. 112-95), S7701 [17NO]
Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2011: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 112-12), H773 [14FE]
Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2012: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 112-104), H4185 [14JN]
Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 206) (H. Rept. 112-56), H2409 [6AP]
———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 409) (H. Rept. 112-214), H6341 [21SE], H6412 [22SE]
———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 500) (H. Rept. 112-332), H9430 [15DE]
SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 493), S1501 [9MR]
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 471) (H. Rept. 112-36), H1982 [17MR]
Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2596) (H. Rept. 112-169), H5284 [20JY]
———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1572) (S. Rept. 112-78), S5684 [15SE]
Second Chance Act Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1231), S4802 [21JY]
Securing American Jobs Through Exports Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2072) (H. Rept. 112-201), H6042 [9SE]
Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2012-2021: Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 34) (H. Rept. 112-58), H2575 [11AP]
SOAR Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3237) (H. Rept. 112-315), H8186 [6DE]
Suballocation of the Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2012: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H. Rept. 112-96), H3868, H3909 [1JN]
Surface Transportation Extension Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 662) (H. Rept. 112-18), H1390 [28FE]
Trafficking Victims Protection Act Appropriations and Enhancement Measures To Combat Trafficking in Persons: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1301), S6505 [13OC]
Trafficking Victims Protection Act Appropriations and Enhancement of Measures To Combat Trafficking in Persons: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1301) (S. Rept. 112-96), S7701 [17NO]
Resolutions by organizations
National Veterans Business Development Corp., funding: American Legion, S1663 [15MR]
Norfolk and Greers Ferry National Fish Hatcheries Funding: Arkansas General Assembly, H2024 [29MR]
Rules
Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select), S6760 [19OC]
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]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34), H2867 [15AP]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1540), consideration (H. Res. 276), H3424 [25MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2219), H4615, H4648, H4653, H4659, H4662 [6JY], H4708, H4721, H4740, H4741, H4743, H4745, H4746 [7JY]
Dept. of HHS: convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations (H.R. 1216), H3399 [24MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2017), H3849, H3850, H3851, H3863, H3864, H3881, H3890, H3892, H3894, H3898, H3901 [1JN], H3929, H3952 [2JN]
Dept. of HUD: rescind unobligated funding for FHA Refinance Program and terminate the program (H.R. 830), H1688, H1693, H1695, H1696, H1697, H1698 [10MR]
———rescind unobligated funding for the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program and terminate the program (H.R. 836), H1747 [11MR]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5625, H5641 [27JY]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans' services (H.R. 2055), H4059 [13JN]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2354), S7432 [15NO], H4801, H4807, H4810, H4816, H4817, H4848 [11JY], H5006 [13JY], H5053, H5062, H5077 [14JY]
Government: making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363), H2502 [7AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and continuing for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2617 [13AP]
———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), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2617 [13AP]
———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), consideration (H. Res. 218), H2617 [13AP]
———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H879, H897 [15FE], H970, H988, H991, H994, H1025, H1028, H1029, H1033, H1034, H1044, H1064 [16FE], H1103, H1111, H1115 [17FE], H1203, H1215, H1232, H1244, H1271, H1282, H1288 [18FE]
Statements
Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, H4262 [15JN]
``Big Deal'' Is Foundation for ``Long-Term Austerity''—Why I Voted ``No'' on the Budget Deal: Representative Jackson, H5859 [1AU]
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act: Executive Office of the President, H7344 [4NO]
Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Executive Office of the President, H7850 [18NO]
Cuts to International Food Aid Programs in H.R. 2112, Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations: Representative McGovern, H4104 [14JN]
Debt, Deficits, and Defense—A Way Forward: Sustainable Defense Task Force (organization), H3671 [25MY]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction: Executive Office of the President, S7657-S7659 [17NO], S8664 [15DE]
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction (S. 1867): Executive Office of the President, S7952 [29NO]
Dept. of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, H5436 [25JY]
Examining the Progress of Suicide Prevention Outreach Efforts at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Jacob B. Gadd, American Legion, H4716 [7JY]
Express That Pell Grant Program Funding Should Not Be Cut in Any Deficit Reduction Program, S7593 [16NO]
FAA Appropriations To Streamline Programs, Improve Aviation Safety and Capacity, and Provide Stable Aviation System Funding: A. Oakley Brooks, Cargo Airline Association, H2174 [31MR]
———Peter J. Bunce, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, H2139 [31MR]
NSP Termination Act: Executive Office of the President, H1887 [16MR]
Open Letter to Congress and the President—Listen to Your Pastors: Faith in Public Life (organization) and Sojourners (organization), H5155 [19JY]
Public Libraries—The Language of Conservation: Poets House (organization), S818 [17FE]
Statutory Public Debt Limit Increase: Several Constituents of Representative George Miller, E1441 [29JY]
Treat President Obama Like All Other Presidents!—Raise the Debt Ceiling Without Conditions: Representative Jackson, H5860 [1AU]
We Must Not Leave Them Wanting: Jack Bailer, Judith P. Hoyer Foundation, E471 [14MR]
Summaries
Dept. of Defense Appropriations for Military Activities, Prescribing Personnel Strengths, and Military Construction (S. 1867): Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S7642 [17NO]
Food for Peace Program, H4212 [15JN]
Provisions and Policies To Ensure That Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funds Used Effectively, H1862 [16MR]
Setting Forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021 (H. Con. Res. 34): Cooper Substitute Proposal, H2836 [14AP]
Surface Transportation Extension Act (H.R. 662): Polis Motion To Recommit on Alaskan Bridge Construction Projects Elimination, H1492 [2MR]
Tables
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations (H.R. 2112), S6754 [19OC], H4112-H4121 [14JN]
Allocations of spending authority to House committees other than the Committee on Appropriations (House), H720 [11FE]
Average retail price of energy, H1287 [18FE]
Budget aggregates, S5379 [7SE], S6178 [5OC], S6911 [31OC], S7611 [16NO], S8725 [16DE]
CBO preliminary estimate—change in amounts subject to appropriation arising from Section 511 of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reonciliation Act, S6852 [20OC]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget allocations, S6178 [5OC]
Committee on Appropriations (Senate) budget authority and outlay allocations revisions, S6178 [5OC], S6853 [20OC], S6911 [31OC], S8725 [16DE]
Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of conference report on H.R. 2055, Consolidated Appropriations Act and H.R. 3672, disaster relief requirements appropriations, S8758 [17DE]
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act (H.R. 2112): conference report, H7747-H7769 [17NO]
Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055), H9825-H9890 [16DE]
———Dept. of Defense, H9825-H9830 [16DE]
———Dept. of Homeland Security, H9841-H9845 [16DE]
———Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs, H9885-H9890 [16DE]
———Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies, H9846-H9851 [16DE]
———Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies, H9881-H9884 [16DE]
———Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies, H9852-H9876 [16DE]
———energy and water development, H9831-H9834 [16DE]
———financial services and general Government, H9835-H9840 [16DE]
———legislative branch of the Government, H9877-H9880 [16DE]
Daily Troubled Asset Relief Program progress report, H1683 [10MR]
Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1363): Division A, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H2459-H2500 [7AP]
Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies (H.R. 1473): Division A, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H2747-H2788 [14AP]
Dept. of Defense appropriations (H.R. 2219), E1242-E1247 [6JY]
Dept. of Defense appropriations in Inouye substitute amendment to H.R. 1, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, S1424-S1465 [9MR]
Dept. of Defense reprogramming guidance, E336-E379 [28FE]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2584), H5413-H5434 [25JY]
Dept. of the Interior Payments in Lieu of Taxes program State payment results, H1276 [18FE]
Disaster relief appropriations requirements (H.R. 3672), E2322 [20DE]
Duplicative Federal programs identified by GAO, S4207 [29JN]
Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 2354), H4777-H4783 [8JY]
Estimated State-by-State impact of Federal Pell Grant program funding reduction, H1026 [16FE]
FAA authorization extension history during 110th-112th Congress, H6114 [13SE]
FAA non-excepted employees by city, E1421-E1426 [27JY]
Federal Highway Adminstration Emergency Relief Program supplemental appropriations, H7277 [3NO]
Foreign programmed food aid, H4213 [15JN]
Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 2551), H5350-H5353 [21JY]
Number of homes vacant 90 days or more by State, H1888 [16MR]
Number of outstanding mortgages with negative equity by State, H1688 [10MR]
Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 658, FAA appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system, S2285 [7AP]
Republican budget resolution stashes Federal-aid highway infrastructure investment, H2836 [14AP]
Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Appropriations (House), H3822 [1JN], H4104 [14JN], E168 [8FE]
Senate committee budget authority and outlay allocations: 2011, S5378 [7SE], S5704 [16SE], S5831 [21SE], S7611 [16NO]
———2012, S5378 [7SE], S8725 [16DE]
———2012-2016, S5379 [7SE]
———2012-2021, S5379 [7SE]
Senate pay-as-you-go scorecard, S5379 [7SE]
Social Security aggregates, S5379 [7SE]
Spending offsets and budget restraints rejected since statutory pay-as-you-go was adopted, S79 [25JA]
Summary of budget receipts, outlays, and surpluses or deficits as percentages of Gross Domestic Product—1930-2016: Committee on Appropriations (Senate), S5098 [30JY]
Testimonies
Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S8434-S8437 [8DE]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 34, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, H2837-H2843 [14AP]
H. Con. Res. 35, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to health care reform funding, H2795 [14AP]
H. Con. Res. 36, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to Planned Parenthood funding, H2798 [14AP]
H. Con. Res. 70, corrections in enrollment of S. 365, Budget Control Act, H5867 [1AU]
H. Con. Res. 92, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8942 [14DE]
H. Con. Res. 94, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 3672, disaster relief requirements appropriations, H9902 [16DE]
H. Res. 22, reduce amount authorized for House of Representatives salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices, H62 [6JA]
H. Res. 38, reduce budget spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels, H446 [25JA]
H. Res. 43, consideration of H. Res. 38, reduce budget spending through a transition to non-security spending at fiscal year 2008 levels, H403 [24JA]
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. 115, consideration of H.J. Res. 44, continuing appropriations, H1406 [1MR]
H. Res. 128, consideration of H.R. 662, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H1473 [2MR]
H. Res. 147, committees of the House expenditures, H1911 [17MR]
H. Res. 150, consideration of H.R. 830, FHA Refinance Program Termination Act, H1635 [9MR]
H. Res. 151, consideration of H.R. 836, Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act, H1629 [9MR]
H. Res. 167, consideration of H.J. Res. 48, continuing appropriations, H1806 [15MR]
H. Res. 170, consideration of H.R. 839, HAMP Termination Act and H.R. 861, NSP Termination Act, H1852 [16MR]
H. Res. 174, consideration of H.R. 1076, prohibit National Public Radio Federal funding and the useage of Federal funds to acquire radio content, H1911 [17MR]
H. Res. 186, consideration of H.R. 471, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, H2050 [30MR]
H. Res. 189, consideration of H.R. 658, FAA appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system, H2122 [31MR]
H. Res. 206, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation and consideration of H.R. 1363, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, H2415 [7AP]
H. Res. 218, consideration of H. Con. Res. 35, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to health care reform funding, H2616 [13AP]
H. Res. 218, consideration of H. Con. Res. 36, correction in enrollment of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies relative to Planned Parenthood funding, H2616 [13AP]
H. Res. 218, consideration of H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, H2616 [13AP]
H. Res. 223, consideration of H. Con. Res. 34, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, H2675 [14AP]
H. Res. 236, consideration of H.R. 1213, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges repeal, H2943 [3MY]
H. Res. 264, consideration of H.R. 754, intelligence services appropriations, H3232 [12MY]
H. Res. 269, consideration of H.R. 1216, Dept. of HHS graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers funding conversion from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3353 [24MY]
H. Res. 269, consideration of H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H3353 [24MY]
H. Res. 276, consideration of H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H3423 [25MY]
H. Res. 287, consideration of H.R. 2017, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, H3816 [1JN]
H. Res. 288, consideration of H.R. 2055, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, H3936 [2JN]
H. Res. 292, prohibit funding for deployment of Armed Forces ground troops in Libya, H3998 [3JN]
H. Res. 294, consideration of H. Res. 292, prohibit funding for deployment of ground troops in Libya and H. Con. Res. 51, direct the President, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, to remove the U.S. Armed Forces from Libya, H3990 [3JN]
H. Res. 300, consideration of H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, H4096 [14JN]
H. Res. 320, consideration of H.R. 2219, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H4476 [23JN]
H. Res. 328, consideration of H.J. Res. 68, limited use of Armed Forces in support of NATO mission in Libya and H.R. 2278, restrict use of funds in support of NATO mission in Libya, H4534 [24JN]
H. Res. 337, consideration of H.R. 2354, energy and water development appropriations, H4762 [8JY]
H. Res. 340, consideration of H.R. 1309, Flood Insurance Reform Act, H4757 [8JY]
H. Res. 355, consideration of H.R. 2560, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, H5171 [19JY]
H. Res. 357, consideration of H.R. 2553, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part IV, H5251 [20JY]
H. Res. 359, consideration of H.R. 2551, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5312 [21JY]
H. Res. 363, consideration of H.R. 2584, Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies appropriations, H5403 [25JY]
H. Res. 368, return to House of H.R. 1309, Flood Insurance Reform Act, H5408 [25JY]
H. Res. 384, consideration of S. 365, Budget Control Act, H5831 [1AU]
H. Res. 392, consideration of H.R. 2218, Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act and H.R. 1892, intelligence services appropriations, H5979 [8SE]
H. Res. 409, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H6366 [22SE]
H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 2838, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H7337 [4NO]
H. Res. 466, allow consideration of motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, H7737 [17NO]
H. Res. 467, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2112, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, H7733 [17NO]
H. Res. 493, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8915 [14DE]
H. Res. 500, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2055, Consolidated Appropriations Act, H9812 [16DE]
H. Res. 500, consideration of H.R. 3672, disaster relief requirements appropriations, H9812 [16DE]
H. Res. 500, same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H9812 [16DE]
H.J. Res. 2, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H7782 [17NO]
H.J. Res. 44, continuing appropriations, H1415-H1417 [1MR]
H.J. Res. 48, continuing appropriations, H1811-H1814 [15MR]
H.J. Res. 77, disapprove the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, H6156 [14SE]
H.J. Res. 94, continuing appropriations, H9908 [16DE]
H.J. Res. 95, continuing appropriations, H9908 [16DE]
H.R. 471, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, H2060-H2063 [30MR]
H.R. 658, FAA appropriations to streamline programs, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable aviation system funding, H2141-H2172 [31MR]
H.R. 662, Surface Transportation Extension Act, H1482-H1484 [2MR]
H.R. 754, intelligence services appropriations, H3250 [12MY]
H.R. 1076, prohibit National Public Radio Federal funding and the useage of Federal funds to acquire radio content, H1953 [17MR]
H.R. 1079, Airport and Airway Extension Act, H1992 [29MR]
H.R. 1213, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandatory funding provided to States to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges repeal, H2961 [3MY]
H.R. 1216, Dept. of HHS graduate medical education in qualified teaching health centers funding conversion from direct appropriations to an authorization of appropriations, H3368 [24MY]
H.R. 1246, reduce Dept. of Defense amounts appropriated for printing and reproduction, H2273 [4AP]
H.R. 1255, Government Shutdown Prevention Act, H2239 [1AP]
H.R. 1309, Flood Insurance Reform Act, H4888-H4894 [12JY]
H.R. 1343, return unused or reclaimed stimulus funds made available for broadband awards, H6570 [5OC]
H.R. 1363, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, H2426-H2451 [7AP]
H.R. 1473, Dept. of Defense and continuing appropriations for other Federal departments and agencies, H2687-H2738 [14AP]
H.R. 1540, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S8187-S8341 [5DE], H3436-H3595 [25MY]
H.R. 1892, intelligence services appropriations, H6019-H6025 [9SE]
H.R. 1893, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part II, H3317 [23MY]
H.R. 1954, increase statutory limit on the public debt, H3765 [31MY]
H.R. 2017, Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations, S6055 [3OC]
H.R. 2055, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans' services, S4577-S4583 [14JY], S4705-S4712 [20JY]
H.R. 2112, agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs appropriations, S6937-S6979 [1NO]
H.R. 2278, restrict use of funds in support of NATO mission in Libya, H4550 [24JN]
H.R. 2279, Airport and Airway Extension Act, Part III, H4533 [24JN]
H.R. 2405, Dept. of HHS programs to protect against pandemics and attacks from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons reauthorization, H8153-H8157 [6DE]
H.R. 2480, Administrative Conference of the U.S. appropriations, H5822 [1AU]
H.R. 2551, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5356-H5360 [21JY]
H.R. 2560, Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, H5184 [19JY]
H.R. 2693, Budget Control Act, H5791-H5799 [30JY]
H.R. 2838, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act, H7352-H7362 [4NO]
H.R. 2887, Surface and Air Transportation Programs Extension Act, H6106-H6111 [13SE]
H.R. 3237, SOAR Technical Corrections Act, H8159 [6DE]
H.R. 3672, disaster relief requirements appropriations, H9903 [16DE]
S. 3, Fiscal Responsibility and Spending Control Act, S128 [25JA]
S. 206, Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, S283-S287 [26JA]
S. 223, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, S980-S1021 [28FE]
S. 250, Dept. of Justice crime victims' rights protection and DNA-related grant programs reauthorization, S420-S423 [1FE]
S. 365, Budget Control Act, H5840-H5847 [1AU]
S. 388, prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns, S1051 [1MR]
S. 412, Harbor Maintenance Act, S909 [17FE]
S. 538, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act reauthorization, S1549 [10MR]
S. 627, Budget Control Act, H5693-H5698 [28JY]
S. 639, State Criminal Alien Assistance Program reauthorization, S1846 [17MR]
S. 772, Supporting Employee Competency and Updating Readiness Enhancements for Facilities (SECURE) Facilities Act, S2353-S2358 [8AP]
S. 774, Ensuring Support for Defenders of Freedom and Their Families Act, S2359 [8AP]
S. 782, Economic Development Revitalization Act, S3525-S3527 [7JN]
S. 784, Preventing a Government Shutdown Act-S2360 [8AP]
S. 885, additional contract authority reauthorization to maintain certain State and county roads used by school buses in and around Indian reservations, S2689 [4MY]
S. 1231, Second Chance Act reauthorization, S3926-S3930 [20JN]
S. 1301, Trafficking Victims Protection Act appropriations and enhancement of measures to combat trafficking in persons, S4228-S4234 [29JN]
S. 1328, Strengthening Kids' Interest in Learning and Libraries (SKILLs) Act, S4395-S4397 [6JY]
S. 1537, National September 11 Memorial and Museum Act, S5477 [9SE]
S. 1740, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network reauthorization, S6768 [19OC]
S. 1958, FEMA National Flood Insurance Program extension, S8408 [7DE]
S. 1961, LIHEAP Protection Act, S8417 [7DE]
S. Con. Res. 18, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, S3184-S3190 [19MY]
S. Con. Res. 19, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, S3190-S3195 [19MY]
S. Con. Res. 20, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2016, S3195-S3199 [19MY]
S. Con. Res. 21, setting forth the Federal budget for 2012-2021, S3230-S3235 [23MY]
S. Res. 23, amend Senate Rules to prohibit unauthorized earmarks, S245 [25JA]
S. Res. 41, reduce spending by the amount resulting from the recently announced earmark moratorium, S551 [3FE]
S. Res. 50, Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) expenditures, S756 [15FE]
S. Res. 52, Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) expenditures, S757 [15FE]
S. Res. 53, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) expenditures, S757 [15FE]
S. Res. 54, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) expenditures, S759 [15FE]
S. Res. 56, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) expenditures, S798 [16FE]
S. Res. 57, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) expenditures, S798 [16FE]
S. Res. 58, Committee on the Budget (Senate) expenditures, S799 [16FE]
S. Res. 59, Committee on Armed Services (Senate) expenditures, S912 [17FE]
S. Res. 61, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) expenditures, S913 [17FE]
S. Res. 62, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) expenditures, S913 [17FE]
S. Res. 64, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) expenditures, S914 [17FE]
S. Res. 65, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) expenditures, S915 [17FE]
S. Res. 67, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) expenditures, S915 [17FE]
S. Res. 68, Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) expenditures, S916 [17FE]
S. Res. 69, Committee on Finance (Senate) expenditures, S916 [17FE]
S. Res. 70, Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) expenditures, S917 [17FE]
S. Res. 71, Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) expenditures, S917 [17FE]
S. Res. 79, Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) expenditures, S978 [28FE]
S. Res. 81, committees of the Senate expenditures, S1062-S1068 [1MR], S1078-S1083 [2MR]
S. Res. 94, Senate budget reduction, S1412 [8MR], S1768 [16MR]
S. Res. 133, require new war funding be offset, S2210 [6AP]
S. Res. 274, express that Pell Grant program funding should not be cut in any deficit reduction program, S5919 [22SE]
S. Res. 331, express that Congress should ``Go Big'' in its attempts toward deficit reduction, S7620 [16NO]
S. Res. 345, provide for closure of Umatilla Army Chemical Depot in Oregon, S8418, S8419 [7DE]
S.J. Res. 5, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S550 [3FE]
S.J. Res. 23, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S4235 [29JN]