EMPLOYMENT related term(s) Sexual Harassment; Unemployment

Addresses

FRS on Monetary Policy: Janet L. Yellen, FRS, H5155–H5157 [24JY]

State of the Union: President Obama, S68–S73 [24JA], H151–H156 [24JA]

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H6211, H6212, H6214, H6216, H6217, H6218 [20SE], H6237, H6239, H6240, H6242, H6243, H6245 [21SE]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), consideration (H. Res. 788), H6172 [20SE]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), H5174, H5175, H5176, H5177, H5178, H5179, H5181 [24JY]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), consideration (H. Res. 738), H5147 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), S6065 [10SE], S6110, S6111, S6112, S6113, S6233 [11SE], S6259, S6260, S6275, S6276, S6277, S6278, S6279, S6280, S6283 [12SE], S6346, S6347, S6348, S6349, S6350, S6351, S6357, S6358, S6360, S6361, S6363, S6368, S6369 [13SE]

Government regulations: prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), H5131 [23JY], H5251, H5252, H5253, H5259, H5260, H5265, H5266, H5267, H5268, H5269, H5270, H5271, H5273, H5274, H5275, H5276, H5277, H5278, H5280, H5282, H5283, H5284, H5286 [25JY]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), consideration (H. Res. 738), H5147 [24JY]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), consideration (H. Res. 741), H5302, H5306 [26JY]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), H1944, H1946, H1955 [18AP]

——— restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), consideration (H. Res. 619), H1930 [18AP]

Immigration: permanently reauthorize the EB–5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program (S. 3245), S6002, S6003, S6007 [2AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H221 [31JA], H333, H335, H337 [1FE]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), consideration (H. Res. 788), H6172 [20SE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1681 [14MR], S1693, S1694, S1742, S1747, S1754, S1755, S1756, S1757, S1758, S1759, S1760 [15MR], S1794, S1795, S1796, S1797, S1798, S1799, S1800, S1801, S1804, S1805, S1806, S1808, S1809, S1810, S1811, S1814 [19MR], S1851, S1852, S1853, S1854, S1855, S1856, S1857, S1858, S1860, S1863, S1865, S1868, S1870, S1871 [20MR], S1884 [21MR], H1245, H1249, H1250, H1251, H1252, H1256, H1257, H1259, H1260 [7MR], H1277, H1278, H1279, H1280, H1281, H1282, H1284 [8MR], H1586 [27MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), consideration (H. Res. 572), H1231 [7MR]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), S8592, S8608 [31DE], H5588 [1AU], H7536 [1JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 747), H5549 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), S5309, S5310, S5316 [24JY], S5352 [25JY]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 841), H7381 [20DE]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4825, S4827, S4828, S4829, S4830 [10JY], S4884, S4885, S4896, S4897, S4898, S4899, S4900, S4912, S4914, S4915 [11JY], S4960, S4961, S4962, S4963, S4964, S4965, S4966, S4973, S4976, S4978 [12JY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 3364), S5139, S5140, S5141 [18JY], S5224, S5231, S5232, S5236, S5237 [19JY], S5263 [23JY]

Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 547), H748 [15FE]

Analyses

Red Tape Making Americans Sick—A New Report on the Health Impacts of High Unemployment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S2949 [8MY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, D1 [3JA]

——— H.R. 4348, highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration, S2615 [24AP], H2108 [25AP]

Articles and editorials

Extend the Bush Tax Cuts Now, S3299 [21MY]

Failure To Deliver Solutions to Postal Service’s Problems, S2631 [24AP]

Heidtman Steel Products, Inc., Says Chinese Firms Owes It $7M, H6485 [28NO]

In the House, a Transportation Train Wreck, H527 [7FE]

Jim Booth Committed to Economic Development, S1676 [14MR]

Job Gains Reflect Hope a Recovery Is Blooming, H527 [7FE]

Payroll Tax Fight, H527 [7FE]

Public Wants Compromise on Fiscal Cliff, but Specifics Unpopular, S8174 [19DE]

Rare Win for Say on Pay, H1253 [7MR]

Smite the Myth That Tax Cuts Create Jobs, S7396 [4DE]

STEM Jobs Act a Step Backward on Immigration Reform, Warns Free Market Group, H6543 [30NO]

Study Sees Cuts to Health Plans, H4712 [10JY]

They Have Very Short Memories, S1668 [14MR]

Unfinished War, E1367 [31JY]

VanHoose Lumber Since 1910, S905 [17FE]

Why Ryancare and Obamacare Looks So Similar, S2161 [28MR]

Will Any Senate Democrat Stand Up to Obama’s NLRB?, S2578 [23AP]

Bills and resolutions

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof for Federal antiretaliation and antidiscrimination claims (see S. 2189), S1613 [13MR]

American Innovation Bank: establish to improve science and technology job training and to authorize grants for curriculum development (see S. 2369), S2731 [25AP] (see H.R. 4720), H2125 [25AP]

Appropriations: require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress (see H.R. 3787), H77 [18JA]

Armed Forces: grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 6188), H5290 [25JY]

——— improve provision of civil relief and the enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members (see S. 2299), S2496 [18AP] (see H.R. 6293), H5704 [2AU]

——— provide for employment of additional instructor for Junior ROTC units in which a large percentage of the student population is enrolled (see H.R. 6471), H6231 [20SE]

——— strengthen enforcement and clarify and conform certain provisions of law relative to employment and reemployment rights of members (see S. 3322), S4368 [20JN]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 3381), S4950 [12JY] (see H.R. 6117), H4862 [12JY]

——— increase maximum pay for services rendered by trustees and repeal trustee administration of certain employee pension plans (see H.R. 6349), H5707 [2AU]

Budget: repeal sequestration and replace automatic spending cuts with targeted reforms (see S. 3473), S5870 [1AU] (see H.R. 6389), H5999 [13SE]

Budget Control Act: ensure any deal on taxes and spending does not cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits, increases revenue, reduces defense spending, and promotes economic growth (see H. Res. 733), H5008 [18JY]

Business and industry: exclude employment contracts and employment disputes from arbitration (see H.R. 4181), H1304 [8MR]

——— list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see S. 3402), S5134 [18JY]

——— permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests, for flexible work terms and conditions (see S. 2142), S1147 [29FE] (see H.R. 4106), H1099 [29FE]

——— prohibit executives of financial firms from insuring against having to repay illegally-received compensation or to pay civil penalties to protect personal assets (see H.R. 5860), H3265 [30MY]

——— promote growth and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing (see H.R. 5865), H3266 [30MY]

——— strengthen manufacturing through improved training, retention, and recruitment of workers, deter evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, and promote U.S. exports (see S. 3479), S5870 [1AU]

Capitol Police: give members the option to delay mandatory retirement until age 60 (see H.R. 4285), H1739 [28MR]

Children and youth: establish a youth summer employment program (see S. 3273), S3838 [7JN]

Civil liberties: require reasonable religious accommodations in the workplace (see S. 3686), S8071 [17DE]

Civil rights: improve nonretaliation provisions of equal pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 3256), S3688 [4JN]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 3220), S3422 [22MY]

——— restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see S. 3317), S4368 [20JN] (see H.R. 5978), H3914 [20JN]

Civil Rights Act: repeal exemption for Wards Cove Packing Co. (see H.R. 4275), H1739 [28MR]

Colleges and universities: provide students with information from the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics Program and Occupational Outlook Handbook (see H.R. 6458), H6231 [20SE]

——— require programs offered by institutions to meet licensure and accreditation requirements for an occupation in order to receive Federal tuition grants and loans (see S. 3474), S5870 [1AU] (see H.R. 6717), H7469 [30DE]

Congress: approve construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border (see H.R. 6164), H5130 [23JY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 2041), S163 [30JA] (see S. 3607), S6546 [20SE] (see H.R. 3811), H158 [24JA] (see H.R. 4000), H692 [9FE]

——— prohibit adjournment unless Bush administration tax cuts and certain expiring tax provisions are extended (see H. Res. 746), H5525 [31JY]

Crime: prohibit an employer from inquiring whether an applicant for employment has been convicted of a criminal offense, except in certain circumstances (see H.R. 6220), H5327 [26JY]

——— protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (see H.R. 6198), H5291 [25JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 4403), H2029 [19AP]

Defense Production Act: clarify interpretation does not allow confiscation of personal property or forced conscription into the Armed Forces, unwilling labor, or relinquishing of goods or services without compensation (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1542 [22MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: award grants to establish veterans gardens operated by veterans to produce food that can be sold to individuals, schools, and restaurants (see H.R. 3905), H512 [6FE]

——— use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program (see H.R. 6231), H5331 [30JY]

Dept. of Defense: ensure sufficient sizing of civilian and contract services workforces (see S. 3617), S6625 [21SE]

——— provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for days of non-participation due to Government error (see S. 2060), S261 [1FE] (see H.R. 3863), H374 [1FE]

——— reassert the proper role of Congress in closing or realigning military installations (see S. 3663), S7686 [6DE]

——— require contractors and subcontractors working on military construction projects to comply with licensing requirements for employees working at the project location (see H.R. 4184), H1304 [8MR]

Dept. of Education: establish a career and technical innovation fund (see S. 3710), S8452 [27DE]

——— provide secondary school students with the opportunity to participate in a high-quality internship program as part of a broader district-wide work-based learning program (see S. 3711), S8452 [27DE]

——— simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (see H.R. 6674), H6828 [17DE]

Dept. of HHS: exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 6097), H4774 [10JY]

——— provide additional funding for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (see H.R. 3887), H440 [2FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: extend the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services special immigrant religious professionals program (see H.R. 6193), H5291 [25JY]

——— prohibit from granting a work authorization to an alien found to have been unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 6001), H3974 [21JN]

Dept. of HUD: authorize use of multifamily housing subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act as workforce residential housing (see S. 2035), S131 [26JA] (see H.R. 3825), H181 [25JA]

Dept. of Labor: carry out a pilot program to provide veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate online job searches (see S. 3316), S4368 [20JN] (see H.R. 6401), H5999 [13SE]

——— conduct a review of forms related to obtaining workers’ compensation benefits under the Federal Black Lung Benefits Program (see H.R. 4298), H1803 [29MR]

——— conduct a study on the feasibility of creating pilot programs to evaluate reforming Federal job training programs for long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 6568), H6302 [5OC]

——— disapprove rule on the certification of nonimmigrant workers in temporary or seasonal nonagricultural employment (see S.J. Res. 38), S1932 [21MR]

——— disapprove rule relative to temporary non-agricultural employment of H–2B aliens in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 104), H944 [17FE]

——— establish a competitive grant program for community colleges to train veterans for local jobs (see H.R. 4261), H1570 [26MR]

——— establish a pilot program to have community business leaders mentor Armed Forces members under the Transition Assistance Program (see H.R. 5712), H2644 [10MY]

——— establish alternate guidelines for measuring progress of State and local performance for entrepreneurial training services under the Workforce Investment Act (see H.R. 5805), H3102 [17MY]

——— establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative (see S. 3421), S5257 [23JY]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 4277), H1739 [28MR]

——— establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see S. 2108), S614 [14FE]

——— include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of State under the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 4316), H1804 [29MR]

——— minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (see S. 3297), S4203 [14JN]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see S. 2221), S1932 [21MR] (see H.R. 4157), H1272 [7MR]

——— prohibit finalization of proposed rule relative to domestic service employees (see H.R. 5970), H3807 [19JN]

——— provide off-base transition training for Armed Forces members (see S. 2246), S2166 [28MR] (see H.R. 4051), H900 [16FE]

——— require companies to notify employees and local communities if they are closing plants or laying off U.S. workers to offshore jobs and operations (see S. 3425), S5304 [24JY]

——— require State workforce agencies and employers to certify the active recruitment of Americans for job placement prior to hiring H–2B nonimmigrant workers (see S. 2167), S1459 [7MR] (see H.R. 4159), H1272 [7MR]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 4227), H1427 [20MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish a Veterans Conservation Corps (see S. 2130), S909 [17FE]

——— implement President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program (see H.R. 6168), H5200 [24JY]

——— implement President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program and conduct additional oil and gas lease sales to promote offshore energy development (see S. 3438), S5381 [25JY]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (see S. 3450), S5487 [26JY]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), consideration (see H. Res. 788), H6150 [19SE]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (see S. 3383), S4950 [12JY] (see H.R. 6082), H4684 [9JY]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), consideration (see H. Res. 738), H5130 [23JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish U.S. Employee Ownership Bank (see S. 3419), S5257 [23JY]

——— expand authority to access the National Directory of New Hires for purposes of tax administration (see H.R. 5543), H2441 [8MY]

——— provide growth and stability funding for Detroit, MI (see H.R. 4308), H1803 [29MR]

——— transfer proceeds from the sale of Government stock in General Motors Co., to fund pension benefits for former Delphi Corp., employees (see S. 3544), S6340 [13SE] (see H.R. 6404), H5999 [13SE]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure that on-duty time for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers does not include waiting time at natural gas or oil well sites (see H.R. 6451), H6230 [20SE]

——— establish a program to assist veterans to acquire commercial driver’s licenses (see S. 2084), S494 [9FE]

——— establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (see H.R. 3838), H186 [27JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 5976), H3914 [20JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (see S. 3429), S5304 [24JY] (see S. 3457), S5658 [30JY] (see H.R. 6455), H6231 [20SE] (see H.R. 6563), H6284 [25SE]

——— improve educational counseling opportunities for veterans (see H.R. 6101), H4827 [11JY]

——— improve employment services for veterans by consolidating various programs (see H.R. 4072), H943 [17FE]

——— improve provision of work-study allowances for individuals pursuing rehabilitation, education, or training programs (see S. 3503), S5977 [2AU]

——— improve the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program by providing assistance for certain training programs that are considered less than full-time (see H.R. 6577), H6312 [19OC]

——— make permanent the authority to provide work-study allowance for certain activities by individuals receiving educational assistance (see H.R. 4300), H1803 [29MR]

——— provide grants to States to assist veterans who were trained to drive large vehicles while serving in the military in obtaining State commercial drivers licenses (see H.R. 4288), H1740 [28MR]

——— require consideration of veterans before non-veterans for departmental employment in the competitive service (see H.R. 6372), H5859 [11SE]

Detroit, MI: establish the Detroit Jobs Trust Fund and temporarily provide a zero percent capital gains rate for certain new investments (see H.R. 6500), H6274 [21SE]

Economic Development Administration: modify period used to calculate certain unemployment rates and establish business incubators in economically-distressed, high-unemployment areas (see S. 2140), S1147 [29FE]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis by phasing in certain tax increases, work toward comprehensive tax reform, and call for OMB to make recommendations on spending cuts (see S. 3714), S8548 [30DE]

——— create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see S. 2162), S1422 [6MR]

——— promote U.S. economic and energy security through increased energy development and reduced regulatory burdens (see S. 2365), S2731 [25AP]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 554), H900 [16FE]

——— rebuild middle class by creating jobs, building opportunity for working families, and restoring balance to the tax code (see S. 2252), S2242 [29MR] (see H.R. 5727), H2645 [10MY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see H.R. 4297), H1803 [29MR]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs (see S. 2199), S1734 [15MR]

——— streamline Federal job training system, steer training dollars toward skills needed by industry, establish Pay for Performance pilot program, and provide State access to National Directory of New Hires (see S. 3599), S6546 [20SE]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see S. 2117), S850 [16FE]

——— support statewide individual-level integrated postsecondary education data systems (see S. 2098), S494 [9FE] (see H.R. 4061), H901 [16FE]

EPA: express that ‘‘Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions for New Stationary Sources—Electric Utility Generating Units’’ will lead to higher energy costs and endanger jobs and the economy (see H. Res. 606), H1805 [29MR]

——— require analyses of cumulative impacts of certain rules and actions that impact gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices, jobs, and the economy (see H.R. 4471), H2039 [23AP]

FAA: establish an Aviation Rulemaking Committee to address flight attendant duty time limitations and rest requirements (see H.R. 3824), H181 [25JA]

——— modify regulations governing aircraft maintenance providers (see H.R. 6002), H3974 [21JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt marketing research participants and mystery shoppers from certain provisions (see H.R. 5915), H3660 [7JN]

——— preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (see S. 3280), S3838 [7JN] (see H.R. 5969), H3807 [19JN]

——— provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirements (see H.R. 6346), H5706 [2AU]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see H.R. 6673), H6828 [17DE]

Federal agencies and departments: treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses (see S. 2239), S2085 [27MR] (see H.R. 4155), H1272 [7MR]

Federal employees: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see S. 3585), S6545 [20SE] (see H.R. 6306), H5705 [2AU]

——— provide that spouses and widows or widowers of certain veterans and Armed Forces members receive competitive service employment preference (see H.R. 5852), H3162 [18MY]

——— reform the Senior Executive Service (see S. 2249), S2166 [28MR] (see H.R. 6042), H4156 [27JN]

——— treat time spent abroad by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes (see S. 3643), S7040 [28NO]

——— treat time spent in Iraq or Afghanistan by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes (see H.R. 6223), H5327 [26JY]

——— tribute (see H. Res. 682), H3660 [7JN]

Financial literacy: provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees (see H.R. 4394), H1977 [18AP]

Fish and fishing: provide additional flexibility for fishery managers, additional transparency for fishermen, a referendum for catch shares, and additional sources for fishery survey funding (see H.R. 6350), H5707 [2AU]

——— support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (see S. 2184), S1576 [12MR] (see H.R. 4208), H1390 [19MR]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H5200 [24JY]

Foreign trade: create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa (see S. 2215), S1932 [21MR] (see H.R. 4221), H1426 [20MR]

GAO: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to processing of claims for payment of workers who were not paid appropriate wages under certain provisions of law (see H.R. 6371), H5859 [11SE]

Government regulations: prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (see H.R. 4078), H943 [17FE]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), consideration (see H. Res. 738), H5130 [23JY] (see H. Res. 741), H5290 [25JY]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (see H.R. 4348), H1844 [16AP]

——— restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), consideration (see H. Res. 619), H1914 [17AP]

——— restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 717), H4603 [28JN]

Health: expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities (see S. Res. 453), S3087 [10MY] (see H. Res. 759), H5707 [2AU]

Housing: develop local strategies to coordinate use of assistance for low-income housing residents with public and private resources to enable families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency (see S. 3513), S5977 [2AU]

Immigration: enhance national security, combat illegal immigration, and promote job creation, innovation, investment, and research (see S. 3553), S6453 [19SE]

——— implement a special visa system to allow long-term resident youth to pursue a technical or college degree or serve in the U.S. military (see S. 3639), S6947 [27NO]

——— permanently reauthorize the EB–5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program (see S. 3245), S3631 [24MY]

——— provide for additional visas for certain entrepreneurs and job creators (see H.R. 6210), H5326 [26JY]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 6412), H6060 [14SE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 6429), H6068 [18SE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), consideration (see H. Res. 821), H6505 [28NO]

——— require Federal contractors and other recipients of Federal funds to participate in the E-Verify Program for employment eligibility verification and permanently reauthorize the E-Verify Program (see H.R. 6112), H4862 [12JY]

——— simplify petitioning procedure for H–2A agricultural workers and expand the scope of the H–2A program (see H.R. 6373), H5859 [11SE]

IRS: permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and to prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see S. 2145), S1194 [1MR] (see H.R. 4123), H1133 [1MR]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 3178), S3174 [15MY] (see H.R. 4074), H943 [17FE]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 2173), S1459 [7MR]

——— require labor organizations to provide notice to employees related to fees collected for purpose of political speech (see H.R. 6322), H5706 [2AU]

Medicare: amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers’ compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 5284), H2273 [27AP]

——— clarify application of special enrollment periods and secondary payer rules to employer coverage of family members of employees (see H.R. 6435), H6150 [19SE]

Members of Congress: reduce salaries and expenses, provide further reductions if in session more than 60 days a year, remove limit on outside income, and allow benefit plan options (see H.R. 3774), H26 [17JA]

MF Global Holdings, Ltd.: prevent bonuses from being paid to employees responsible for day-to-day operations resulting in bankruptcy filing until customers’ aggregated account funds are repaid in full (see S. Res. 407), S2085 [27MR]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see S. 3453), S5487 [26JY] (see H.R. 5901), H3577 [6JN]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 6076), H4655 [29JN]

——— provide for increases consistent with inflation (see H.R. 6211), H5326 [26JY]

Mining and mineral resources: improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see S. 3443), S5381 [25JY]

——— require greater experience of mine safety inspectors (see H.R. 6547), H6276 [21SE]

Minnesota: remove designation of Mille Lacs Lake as a federally navigable body of water to eliminate Federal regulation of certain activities (see S. 3251), S3631 [24MY] (see H.R. 5797), H3102 [17MY]

National Apprenticeship Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 530), S5487 [26JY] (see H. Res. 744), H5327 [26JY]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 548), S6108 [11SE]

National forests: improve employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (see H.R. 4019), H725 [14FE]

National Labor Relations Act: propose debarment from contracting with the Federal Government of persons violating such Act (see H.R. 6668), H6806 [13DE]

National objectives: reform taxes, regulations, and workforce development programs to increase employment in the manufacturing sector and overall economy (see H.R. 6240), H5525 [31JY]

National Registered Apprenticeship Month: designate (see S. Res. 530), S5487 [26JY]

——— support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 744), H5327 [26JY]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 555), S6340 [13SE]

National Veterans Support Network: establish (see S. 3082), S3084 [10MY]

National Work and Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 533), S5658 [30JY]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see S.J. Res. 36), S850 [16FE] (see H.J. Res. 103), H901 [16FE]

——— modify the definition of ‘‘supervisor’’ relative to rights to collective bargaining and labor union membership (see S. 2168), S1459 [7MR]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see S. 2371), S2821 [26AP] (see S. 3221), S3422 [22MY] (see H.R. 4385), H1976 [18AP]

——— prohibit from requiring that employers provide to the Board or a labor organization telephone numbers or e-mail addresses of any employees (see H.R. 3991), H691 [9FE]

Northern Mariana Islands: include in employment services provided under Wagner-Peyser Act (see H.R. 4339), H1804 [29MR]

——— prevent Federal funds from being used for any construction project exceeding a certain cost unless the workforce is composed of a certain percentage of U.S. workers (see H.R. 4037), H801 [15FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 5842), H3162 [18MY]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), consideration (see H. Res. 522), H158 [24JA]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: guarantee qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans (see H.R. 5981), H3914 [20JN]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (see H. Res. 592), H1427 [20MR]

Power resources: facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation (see S. 3445), S5486 [26JY]

Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see S. 3074), S3042 [9MY] (see H.R. 5684), H2566 [9MY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 400), S1848 [20MR] (see H. Res. 589), H1427 [20MR]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see S.J. Res. 50), S6107 [11SE] (see H.J. Res. 118), H5859 [11SE]

——— disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), consideration (see H. Res. 788), H6150 [19SE]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see S. 3397), S5133 [18JY] (see H.R. 6140), H5008 [18JY]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend relative to grants for economic adjustment (see H.R. 6099), H4827 [11JY]

SBA: ensure treatment of Brevard County, FL, as a HUBZone (see S. 2157), S1422 [6MR]

——— establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (see S. 3174), S3129 [14MY]

——— establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (see H.R. 5813), H3102 [17MY]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (see S. 3675), S7976 [12DE]

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 3875), S5085 [17JY] (see H.R. 3875), H374 [1FE]

Senior citizens: provide for outreach and coordination of services to veterans (see S. 3619), S6625 [21SE]

Small business: establish a loan program to assist and provide incentives for manufacturers to reinvest in making products in the U.S. (see H.R. 4102), H1016 [28FE]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), consideration (see H. Res. 572), H1209 [6MR]

——— provide for grants to small business development centers (see H.R. 6237), H5524 [31JY]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses and improve SBA programs (see S. 3442), S5381 [25JY]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 589), S6626 [21SE] (see H. Res. 793), H6232 [20SE]

Social Security: extend solvency of the trust funds by increasing the normal and early retirement ages and modifying the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see S. 3533), S6270 [12SE]

Space policy: express that delays in implementing a clear mission for the space program represents a threat to American exceptionalism, the economy, and national security (see H. Con. Res. 124), H2713 [15MY]

SSA: ensure continuation of services under the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (see H.R. 6061), H4654 [29JN]

States: make grants to hire and prevent layoffs of teachers, firefighters, and law enforcement officers (see H.R. 6561), H6284 [25SE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 408), S2166 [28MR]

Tariff: create jobs and promote fair trade by increasing duties on certain foreign goods imported into the U.S. (see H.R. 5920), H3660 [7JN]

Taxation: allow deduction and make refundable the credit for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (see H.R. 4397), H1977 [18AP]

——— allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (see H.R. 4249), H1542 [22MR]

——— allow employers a refundable credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4167), H1303 [8MR]

——— amend extension of temporary employee payroll tax holiday to give individuals the choice of whether to participate (see S. 2107), S614 [14FE]

——— close corporate jet depreciation loophole and use such savings to increase the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 4199), H1366 [16MR]

——— deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to those not authorized to work in the U.S. and terminate use of certifying acceptance agents to facilitate the taxpayer ID number application process (see H.R. 6074), H4655 [29JN]

——— enact long-term tax policy and allow one year for citizens to adjust and prepare for impact of any tax increases (see H. Res. 805), H6277 [21SE]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H2441 [8MY] (see H.R. 6152), H5077 [19JY]

——— exclude certain farm rental income from self-employment net earnings if the taxpayer enters into a lease agreement relative to such income (see H.R. 5990), H3974 [21JN]

——— exclude from gross income amounts paid by employer on an employee’s student loans (see H.R. 5129), H2270 [27AP]

——— exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services (see H.R. 6316), H5705 [2AU]

——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 4049), H900 [16FE]

——— extend and expand the credit for qualifying advanced energy projects (see H.R. 6182), H5290 [25JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (see H.R. 8), H5200 [24JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 747), H5524 [31JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 844), H7565 [1JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 3420), S5257 [23JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend increased expensing limitations, and provide instructions for tax reform (see S. 3401), S5133 [18JY] (see S. 3413), S5212 [19JY] (see S. 3417), S5257 [23JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income (see H.R. 6100, 6104), H4827 [11JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 3393), S5085 [17JY] (see H.R. 6262), H5629 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (see S. 3412), S5212 [19JY] (see H.R. 15), H5330 [30JY]

——— extend certain Creating Small Business Jobs Act provisions (see S. 2050), S208 [31JA]

——— extend the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account (see H.R. 5793), H3102 [17MY]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (see H.R. 6066), H4654 [29JN]

——— extend the payroll tax holiday and provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employees (see S. 3660), S7458 [5DE]

——— extend the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans (see S. 3536), S6270 [12SE]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans and allow an exemption from an employer’s employment taxes in an amount equivalent to the value of such credit (see H.R. 5845), H3162 [18MY]

——— increase and extend the credit for qualifying advanced energy projects (see H.R. 4108), H1099 [29FE]

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see H.R. 5938), H3699 [8JN]

——— increase quarterly wages paid threshold for classification as an agricultural labor employer for purposes of unemployment taxes (see H.R. 5320), H2274 [27AP]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 3485), S5977 [2AU]

——— limit extent to which States may tax compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters (see H.R. 5615), H2443 [8MY]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 841), H7359 [19DE]

——— modify and extend the making work pay credit (see S. 3680), S8041 [13DE]

——— permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts (see H.R. 6663), H6806 [13DE]

——— permanently extend tax relief and repeal certain tax increases (see H.R. 3804), H114 [23JA]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 6206), H5326 [26JY]

——— provide a credit for early childhood education professional school personnel, expand deduction for expenses to early childhood education teachers, and modify credit for dependent care services (see S. 2180), S1540 [8MR]

——— provide a credit for employer-provided job training (see S. 3466), S5870 [1AU]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (see S. 2237), S2030 [26MR]

——— provide a temporary tax credit for increased payroll and eliminate certain tax benefits for major integrated oil companies (see H.R. 6030), H4156 [27JN]

——— provide benefits to individuals who have been wrongfully incarcerated (see H.R. 4241), H1541 [22MR]

——— provide for a permanent exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 4137), H1153 [5MR]

——— provide for economic growth and personal financial liberty (see H.R. 6225), H5327 [26JY]

——— provide for employment tax treatment of professional service businesses (see H.R. 3840), H218 [31JA]

——— provide for startup businesses to use a portion of the research and development credit to offset payroll taxes (see H.R. 6319), H5705 [2AU]

——— provide for the release of Federal tax levies which cause business hardships (see H.R. 4368), H1914 [17AP]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 2884), S2966 [8MY] (see S. 3364), S4789 [9JY]

——— provide payroll tax relief (see H.R. 4013), H696 [13FE]

——— provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 6102), H4827 [11JY]

——— provide standards for determining employment status (see H.R. 6653), H6765 [12DE]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 6048), H4603 [28JN]

——— require student Social Security numbers and employer identification numbers for education tax credits and disclose return information to prison officials to prevent prisoner tax fraud (see H.R. 4372), H1914 [17AP]

——— support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings (see S. Con. Res. 62), S7686 [6DE] (see H. Con. Res. 101), H901 [16FE]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program: create a social services grant program to provide workforce development opportunities and training to people with barriers to employment (see H.R. 6427), H6060 [14SE]

Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (see H.R. 7), H218 [31JA]

——— authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 547), H725 [14FE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate affordable workforce housing in, and develop full-time resident communities of, high tourism areas (see H.R. 6394), H5999 [13SE]

Treaties and agreements: report on countries with which the U.S. negotiates trade agreements, establish terms for future trade agreements, and enhance promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services (see S. 3347), S4674 [27JN]

Unemployment: ensure that individuals in an authorized job training program or completing degree or certificate work remain eligible for regular unemployment compensation (see S. 2095), S494 [9FE]

——— include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (see H.R. 4128), H1133 [1MR]

——— require participation in public service and engagement in an active job search as conditions for receipt of extended benefits (see S. 2081), S494 [9FE]

Urban areas: create jobs by attracting global investment to economically distressed urban areas (see H.R. 6493), H6274 [21SE]

Veterans: clarify responsibilities of small businesses relative to employment and reemployment rights of veterans (see H.R. 3860), H374 [1FE]

——— improve protection and enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see S. 3233), S3516 [23MY] (see S. 3236), S3630 [24MY] (see H.R. 6015), H3975 [21JN]

——— require Federal agencies to hire veterans and require States to recognize military experience when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans (see S. 3555), S6453 [19SE]

——— require States to ensure that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses (see S. 3235), S3630 [24MY] (see S. 3353), S4724 [28JN] (see H.R. 4115), H1100 [29FE] (see H.R. 6008), H3974 [21JN]

Veterans’ Job Corps: establish to provide gainful employment to unemployed veterans and widows of veterans through performance of useful public works (see H.R. 5683), H2566 [9MY]

Whistleblowing: expand whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees whose disclosures involve misuse of Federal funds (see H.R. 6406), H6000 [13SE]

——— provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (see S. 3462), S5732 [31JY]

——— streamline administration of whistleblower protections for private sector employees (see H.R. 6409), H6000 [13SE]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see S. 3565), S6454 [19SE] (see H.R. 5647), H2443 [8MY]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 400), S1848 [20MR] (see H. Res. 589), H1427 [20MR]

Briefings

Impact of Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) Transitional Subsidized Employment program: Arax Nazarian, E770 [10MY]

——— Hasmik Sargsyan, E771 [10MY]

Cloture motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3220), motion to proceed, S3612 [24MY], S3713 [5JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), S6259, S6260 [12SE]

——— establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), motion to proceed, S5950 [2AU], S6083 [11SE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1693, S1694 [15MR], S1840, S1841 [20MR], S1884 [21MR]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), motion to proceed, S5244 [23JY]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4884, S4885 [11JY], S4938 [12JY]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), motion to proceed, S4765 [29JN], S4804 [10JY], S5008 [16JY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 3364), motion to proceed, S5072 [17JY], S5189 [19JY]

Conference reports

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630), H834–H880 [16FE]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21) (H.R. 4348), H4432–H4601 [28JN]

Factsheets

Payroll Tax Cut Supported the Economic Recovery, Created Jobs and Bolstered the Social Security Trust Fund in 2012: Committee on Economics (Joint), S7418 [5DE]

Letters

Additional emergency unemployment compensation, S368 [7FE]

American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act and Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security (PIONEERS) Act: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H833 [16FE]

Avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending: several business organizations, S7132 [29NO]

Bring Jobs Home Act: Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S5183 [19JY]

Bush administration tax cut extension: Jeffrey Hinz, S4928 [12JY]

——— Main Street Alliance, H5547 [1AU]

Characterization of President Obama’s remarks concerning small business: William H. Robbins, Earth Analytical Service, Inc., S5179 [19JY]

Dept. of HHS memorandum on waivers relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements: George Sheldon, Dept. of HHS, S6050 [10SE]

——— Lynn H. Gibson, GAO, S6047 [10SE], H6179 [20SE]

Dept. of Labor procedures clarification for issuing ‘‘hot goods orders’’ on agricultural enterprises and enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act: several Representatives, E1951 [19DE]

EB–5 Regional Center Program, E-Verify Program, Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program: Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H5816 [11SE]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5816 [11SE]

Economic climate for small businesses: Stephanie Rumford, Rumford Industrial Group, E1539 [14SE]

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act: Representative Lee, H139 [24JA]

Emerging growth companies’ requirement to fully comply with say-on-pay and golden parachute shareholder vote requirements: Jeff Mahoney, Council of Institutional Investors, H1253 [7MR]

EPA analyses of cumulative impacts of certain rules and actions that impact gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices, jobs, and the economy: several public health and medical organizations, H3818 [20JN]

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H329 [1FE]

——— Representatives Boustany and Gingrey, H328 [1FE]

——— several organizations, H198 [31JA], H328 [1FE]

——— William L. Minnix, Jr., Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, H329 [1FE]

——— William L. Minnix, Jr., LeadingAge (organization), H329 [1FE]

Highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1933 [18AP]

——— Representative Mica, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1933 [18AP]

Increase contribution by new Federal employees for defined retirement benefits: Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, H920 [17FE]

——— Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union, H919 [17FE]

——— Joseph A. Beaudoin, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), H920 [17FE]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Jack E. Herstein, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., S1718–S1720 [15MR]

——— Jeff Mahoney, Council of Institutional Investors, S1720–S1722 [15MR]

——— Mary L. Schapiro, SEC Chair, S1698, S1722 [15MR]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act investment protections: Joyce A. Rogers, AARP, S1718 [15MR]

Middle Class Tax Cut Act: Geoffrey G. Burr, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S5330 [25JY]

——— Michael Kelsey, Nebraska Cattlemen (organization), S5323 [25JY]

——— Stephen D. Nelson, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, S5322 [25JY]

Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act: Tim Spreck, Minnesota Outdoor Heritage Alliance, H5607 [1AU]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21): Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S4752 [29JN]

NLRB rule relative to representation election procedures: Angelo I. Amador and Michelle Reinke Neblett, National Restaurant Association, S854 [16FE]

——— Ann Wilson, Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, S2624 [24AP]

——— Cass Johnson, National Council of Textile Organizations, S2624 [24AP]

——— Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, S2576 [23AP]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, S855 [16FE]

——— Geoffrey G. Burr, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., S855 [16FE]

——— Geoffrey G. Burr, Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, S855 [16FE]

——— Karen W. Penafiel, Building Owners and Managers Association International, S2624 [24AP]

——— National Association of Manufacturers, S854 [16FE]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2576 [23AP]

——— Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S2577 [23AP]

Paycheck Fairness Act: David French, National Retail Federation, S3713 [5JN]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S3712 [5JN]

——— several business organizations, S3712 [5JN]

——— William T. Robinson III, ABA, S3699 [5JN]

Preserving America’s Family Farms Act: several agricultural organizations, H5166 [24JY]

Prohibit use of Violence Against Women Act funds by religious organizations to discriminate in hiring practices: Coalition Against Religious Discrimination, H2729 [16MY]

Restore Gulf Coast resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands, create jobs, and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Harry Simmons, American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, H834 [16FE]

——— Marco A. Giamberardino, Associated General Contractors of America, H832 [16FE]

——— several organizations, H834 [16FE]

——— Tish H. Williams, Partners for Stennis (organization), H833 [16FE]

SBA HUBZone program expansion for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure: Heather D. Blease, Savi Systems, LLC., S7980 [12DE]

——— Patrick M. Murdock, Associaton of Defense Communities, S7979 [12DE]

——— Steven H. Levesque, Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, S7979 [12DE]

Securing Maritime Activities Through Risk-Based Targeting for (SMART) Port Security Act: Edward Wytkind, Transportation Trades Dept., AFL–CIO, H4007 [26JN]

STEM Jobs Act: José H. Gomez, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H6545 [30NO]

——— Kenneth W. Starr, Baylor University, S7425 [5DE]

——— Timothy Tardibono, CONNECT (organization), S7425 [5DE]

Veteran Skills to Jobs Act: Fang A. Wong, American Legion, S4858 [11JY]

Visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates: David W. Leebron, Rice University, S7423 [5DE]

——— Information Technology Industry Council, Partnership for a New American Economy (organization), and U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S7424 [5DE]

——— Lynn Shotwell, American Council on International Personnel and Michael P. Aitken, Society for Human Resource Management, S7424 [5DE]

——— several individuals, S7424 [5DE]

——— several Texas public university system chancellors, S7423 [5DE]

WIPA and PABSS Continuation of Services Act: Curt Decker, National Disability Rights Network, E1186 [29JN]

——— Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals Inc., E1187 [29JN]

——— several Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities members, E1187 [29JN]

Lists

Organizations supporting Bartlett amendment on project labor agreement status in construction contracts to H.R. 4310, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, E841 [17MY]

Organizations supporting S.J. Res. 36, disapprove NLRB rule relative to representation election procedures, S2576 [23AP]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day attendees and family members or guardians on the Senate floor, S2799 [26AP]

Memorandums

Guidance on Reporting Interest Paid to Nonresident Aliens: IRS, H5287–H5289 [25JY]

Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act: Coast Guard, H5607 [1AU]

——— D.L. Nichols, Coast Guard, H5607 [1AU]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2013: President Obama, H702–H705 [14FE]

Economic Report: President Obama, S906 [17FE], H938 [17FE]

Motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3220), S3612 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H6254 [21SE]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), H5222 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3429), S5724 [31JY]

——— establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), S5805 [1AU], S5901 [2AU], S6025 [10SE], S6075 [11SE], S6259 [12SE], S6396 [19SE]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H92 [23JA], H137 [24JA], H200 [31JA], H356 [1FE], H549 [7FE], H615 [8FE]

Government regulations: prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), H5318 [26JY]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), H1959 [18AP], H2099 [25AP], H2745, H2787 [16MY], H3038, H3044 [17MY], H3250 [30MY], H3444, H3447 [5JN], H3499, H3505, H3509 [6JN], H3652 [7JN], H3723 [18JN], H3755, H3788 [19JN], H3824, H3868 [20JN], H3948, H3952 [21JN], H4028, H4029 [26JN], H4151 [27JN]

——— restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), conference report, S4751, S4752 [29JN]

Immigration: provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), H6556 [30NO]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (S.J. Res. 36), S2568 [23AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H352 [1FE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1694 [15MR], H1287 [8MR]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), H5594 [1AU], H7551 [1JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), S5239 [23JY], S5265 [24JY], S5321 [25JY]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S4448 [25JN], S4627 [26JN], S4645 [27JN], S4689 [28JN], S4731 [29JN], S4783 [9JY], S4793 [10JY], S4936 [12JY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 3364), S4885 [11JY], S5072 [17JY], S5093 [18JY], S5169 [19JY]

Press releases

CBO—Republican Surface Transportation Proposal Bankrupts Highway Trust Fund—Republican Leadership’s Bill Falls $78 Billion Short Over Ten-Year Period: Representative Rahall, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H744 [15FE]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: AFL–CIO, S1723 [15MR]

Remarks in House

AbilityOne Program: tribute, E967 [1JN], E980 [5JN], E1492 [12SE], E1622 [21SE], E1667 [28SE], E1840 [29NO], E1928 [13DE]

American Crystal Sugar Co.: decision to lockout factory workers at Moorhead, MN, H386 [2FE]

——— restart of negotiations to settle labor dispute and lockout at Moorhead, MN, factory, H3489 [6JN]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: economic impact of stimulus funding, H398, H399, H403, H404 [2FE]

American Samoa: delay increase in minimum wage, H4890–H4892 [17JY]

American Society for Training and Development: tribute to Employee Learning Week, E1938 [17DE]

Appropriations: require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress, H412, H413 [2FE]

Armed Forces: increase opportunities for women and minorities in officer positions and Special Operations Forces, H5046, H5047 [19JY]

Boston, MA: anniversary of Boston Carmen’s Union Local Chapter 589, E757 [10MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, H816 [16FE]

Budget Control Act: ensure any deal on taxes and spending does not cut Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security benefits, increases revenue, reduces defense spending, and promotes economic growth (H. Res. 733), H5981–H5985 [13SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: ensure authorization of conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal reclamation law shall not result in net job loss, H1189, H1190 [6MR]

Business and industry: advantages of foreign outsourcing, H4159 [28JN]

——— bring manufacturing jobs back from overseas, H40 [18JA], H121 [24JA], H5757 [10SE]

——— consolidation of certain Government ecomonic development entities into a single entity designed to support business and industry, H42 [18JA]

——— economic role of small business, H6836 [18DE]

——— eliminate tax incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, H718 [14FE]

——— encourage job training programs, H6004 [14SE]

——— list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (H.R. 3596), H3749–H3752 [19JN]

——— permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests, for flexible work terms and conditions (H.R. 4106), E282 [29FE]

——— promote growth and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing, E2015 [31DE]

——— promote growth and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing (H.R. 5865), H5830–H5835 [11SE]

——— require emerging growth companies to fully comply with say-on-pay and golden parachute shareholder vote requirements, H1252–H1255 [7MR]

California: protect agriculture and fishery-related jobs north of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta when addressing certain water-related concerns, H1062, H1063 [29FE]

Career and Technical Education Month: observance, H807, H819 [16FE]

CBO: add findings section addressing impact of Bush administration tax cuts to proposed legislation to provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, H405 [2FE]

Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment, and Veterans Employment: tribute to Helmets to Hardhats program to provide veterans with training and employment opportunities in the construction industry, H1643 [28MR]

Chester County, PA: anniversary of ARC of Chester County, E423 [22MR]

Children and youth: require States to take certain additional steps to assist foster children in making the transition to independent living, H3275 [31MY]

CIA: increase recruitment and retention of racial and ethnic minorities to professional intelligence positions, H3301, H3302 [31MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, E519 [16AP]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1519), H444 [3FE], H2192 [26AP], H3190 [30MY], H3278, H3280, H3285, H3286 [31MY], E553, E560 [17AP], E976 [5JN], E1036 [8JN]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3220), H3582 [7JN]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (H.R. 1397), H3809 [20JN]

——— restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (H.R. 5978), H3917 [21JN]

Civil Rights Act: repeal exemption for Wards Cove Packing Co. (H.R. 4275), E472 [28MR]

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (H.R. 494), H1668 [28MR]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: exempt certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities from decommissioning, H531, H532 [7FE]

Cleveland, OH: anniversary of International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 3, E1373 [1AU]

Collective bargaining: support rights of all workers, E147 [6FE]

Community colleges: recognize valuable contributions and encourage local partnerships to train and revitalize U.S. workforce, inspire entrepreneurship, educate skilled workers, and invest in local communities, H719, H720 [14FE], H733 [15FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H5934 [13SE], H6758–H6761 [12DE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H957, H958, H962 [27FE], H1220 [7MR], H2001 [19AP], H2252 [27AP]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3811), H189 [31JA], H974 [28FE]

——— prohibit adjournment unless Bush administration tax cuts and certain expiring tax provisions are extended (H. Res. 746), H5647 [2AU], H6171 [20SE]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1559–H1563 [26MR]

Contracts: allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract, H3006 [17MY]

Corps of Engineers: approve permit for economic development in Henry County, VA, H3489 [6JN]

Crime: protect civil rights of victims of gender-motivated violence and create employer liability for negligent conduct resulting in gender-motivated crimes on employer-controlled premises (H.R. 6198), E1332 [25JY]

Cruz, Terri: Raul H. Castro Institute and Latino Perspectives (publication) Arizona Latina Trailblazer Award recipient, E565 [18AP]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (H.R. 4403), H2045 [24AP]

Delphi Corp.: address impact of bankruptcy proceedings on employee pensions, H3742 [19JN]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H522 [7FE], H894–H897 [16FE]

——— support Make It in America plan, H5022 [19JY]

Dept. of Commerce: develop online calculator to assist U.S. companies in determining the costs of manufacturing overseas, H2357 [8MY]

——— Economic Development Administration and departmental management salaries and expenses funding, H2369 [8MY]

——— Economic Development Administration funding, H2364–H2368 [8MY]

——— expand Economic Development Administration definition of grants to include grants authorized by the Regional Innovation Program, H2368 [8MY]

——— SelectUSA Initiative funding, H2541, H2542 [9MY]

Dept. of Defense: conduct outreach program to benefit women- and minority-owned small businesses prior to conversion of functions from civilian employees to contractors, H2837, H3066 [17MY]

——— ensure competition in Government service contracts and remove restrictions which prohibit contracting certain commercial products or services, H3050, H3051 [17MY], H4970, H4971 [18JY]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H4608 [29JN], H4829 [12JY], H4871 [17JY], H4916, H4921, H4923–H4925, H4937 [18JY], H5063 [19JY], H5117 [23JY], H5192 [24JY], H5208, H5210, H5211, H5212 [25JY], H5337, H5518–H5522 [31JY], H5537 [1AU], H5633, H5695 [2AU], H5959, H5961 [13SE], H6073, H6074 [19SE], H6161 [20SE], H6329 [13NO], H7277 [19DE], H7556 [1JA]

——— impose a moratorium on certain actions resulting in personnel reductions and modify notice requirements in advance of permanent, sizable force reductions and base closures, H6594 [4DE]

——— include industry-recognized certifications in pilot program on veterans’ receipt of civilian credentialing for military occupational specialty skills, H2823 [17MY], H3129 [18MY]

——— prohibit discrimination based on project labor agreement status in awarding of construction contracts, H3017–H3019 [17MY]

——— prohibit funding to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H4995, H4996 [18JY]

——— require Navy or U.S.-flagged vessels that provide services to the Federal Government to be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard located in the U.S. or Guam, H3143, H3144 [18MY]

——— security clearance process funding, H4952 [18JY]

——— tribute to Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Program, E1230 [11JY]

——— Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program funding, H4980, H4981 [18JY]

Dept. of Education: Community College to Career Fund funding, H733 [15FE]

Dept. of Energy: create clean energy jobs and set efficiency standards for small-duct high-velocity air conditioning and heat pump systems, H6605 [4DE]

——— require Transportation Fuels Regulatory Committee to conduct study on how to shield consumers from gasoline price fluctuations and supply disruptions, H3922, H3923 [21JN]

Dept. of HHS: ensure that a majority of individuals above a certain age have access to private long-term care insurance, H335–H337 [1FE]

——— exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction, H4732 [10JY]

——— increase flexibility for implementation of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H338 [1FE]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program Loan Guarantee Program funding, H4108 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funding through reductions in ATF salaries and expenses funding, H2423, H2424 [8MY]

——— limit awarding of fees and lawsuits, reform reimbursement eligibility, and compile, and make publicly available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act, H5285 [25JY]

——— prohibit funding to litigate against States on behalf of the NLRB relative to secret ballot union elections, H2501 [9MY], E901 [30MY]

——— Second Chance Act grant funding, H2390, H2391 [8MY], E734 [8MY]

Dept. of Labor: clarify procedures for due process after a farm inspection relative to enforcement of labor laws on farms, H6584 [3DE], H6835 [18DE]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 870), H1859 [17AP]

——— expand the Senior Community Service Employment Program (H.R. 3749), E819 [16MY]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, H2080 [25AP]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (H.R. 4157), H5162–H5167 [24JY]

——— prohibit finalization of proposed rule relative to domestic service employees (H.R. 5970), H4067 [27JN], E1154 [27JN]

——— reform certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, H581 [8FE]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (H.R. 4227), H1397 [20MR]

Dept. of the Interior: establish Office of Energy Employment and Training and Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, H3928–H3930 [21JN]

——— implement President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program (H.R. 6168), H5167 [24JY], H5212–H5217 [25JY], E1329 [25JY]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, H1276 [8MR]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H6147, H6148 [19SE], H6157, H6196–H6219 [20SE], H6236, H6237–H6257 [21SE], E1608, E1609, E1624–E1626, E1630, E1634, E1635 [21SE]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), consideration (H. Res. 788), H6165–H6174 [20SE]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), motion to recommit, H6255 [21SE]

——— prohibit issuance of oil and gas leases to companies which are in violation of certain sanctions against Iran and Syria, H5222 [25JY]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), H5136, H5167–H5183 [24JY], H5213–H5224 [25JY], E1325, E1329, E1330, E1331 [25JY], E1441 [3AU]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), consideration (H. Res. 738), H5141–H5150 [24JY]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), motion to recommit, H5222 [25JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide growth and stability funding for Detroit, MI (H.R. 4308), H1796 [29MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (H.R. 3838), E81 [27JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (H.R. 5976), H4037 [26JN], H4119 [27JN]

——— submit report estimating the number of lost jobs, fatalities and injuries, and the cost to the economy caused by new fuel economy standards for motor vehicles, H6214–H6216 [20SE]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, H4032, H4037, H4038, H4040, H4041 [26JN], H4119 [27JN], E1239 [12JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H2140 [26AP]

——— improve certain laws relative to employment and training of veterans (H.R. 2433), H3270 [31MY]

——— improve educational counseling opportunities for veterans (H.R. 6101), H4787 [11JY]

——— provide grants to States to assist veterans who were trained to drive large vehicles while serving in the military in obtaining State commercial drivers licenses (H.R. 4288), E469 [28MR]

——— require consideration of veterans before non-veterans for departmental employment in the competitive service (H.R. 6372), E1474 [11SE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: allow use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H3285, H3315, H3316, H3331–H3339 [31MY], E957, E965 [1JN], E1024 [7JN]

——— prohibit funding to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3345, H3346 [31MY]

Depts. of the Interior and Commerce: act through NOAA to initiate immediate action to create jobs (H.R. 3710), H747, H760 [15FE], H1186 [6MR], H1854 [17AP], H2620 [10MY], H3466 [5JN]

Domestic Energy and Jobs Act: require the Energy Information Administration to determine whether implementation of such Act is projected to lower gas prices or create jobs within a certain time period, H3904, H3905 [20JN]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6348, H6349, H6350 [14NO], H6372, H6373, H6374, H6375, H6376, H6378, H6379, H6380 [15NO], H6420 [16NO], H6432 [27NO], H6472, H6473, H6474 [28NO], H6508, H6516, H6525, H6528–H6534 [29NO], H6537, H6538, H6562–H6576 [30NO], H6580 [3DE], H6589, H6591, H6592, H6593, H6595, H6609–H6614, H6620 [4DE], H6626, H6659–H6661, H6662 [5DE], H6681, H6682, H6683, H6684, H6685, H6693–H6698 [11DE], H6705, H6708, H6711, H6712, H6713, H6714–H6723, H6751–H6756 [12DE], H6783–H6787, H6794–H6799 [13DE], H6831, H6836, H6837, H6838, H6863–H6869 [18DE], H7267, H7269, H7279, H7280, H7357 [19DE], H7362, H7363, H7420 [20DE], H7433 [27DE], H7437, H7438 [30DE], H7471, H7472, H7473, H7474, H7476, H7477, H7478 [31DE], H7518, H7519, H7520, H7531–H7536, H7551–H7559, H7560 [1JA], H7571, H7575 [2JA], E1874 [4DE], E1970 [19DE], E1983 [21DE], E2007 [30DE], E2034 [2JA]

——— comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H460, H461 [3FE], H711 [14FE], H978 [28FE], H1237 [7MR], H1462 [21MR], H5856 [11SE]

——— create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (H.R. 3638), H34 [18JA]

——— create jobs through infrastructure investment, H1004–H1006 [28FE], H6371 [15NO], H6756–H6758 [12DE], H7438 [30DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H6456 [27NO], H6706 [12DE], H6794, H6797 [13DE]

——— impact of Bush administration tax cuts, H400, H401, H403 [2FE], H661 [9FE], H4098 [27JN]

——— impact of continuation of certain agricultural programs on jobs, H5854 [11SE]

——— impact of Government regulations, H85 [23JA], H207–H213 [31JA], H581, H629 [8FE], H739 [15FE], H817 [16FE], H959–H962 [27FE], H1013 [28FE], H1021 [29FE], H1295 [8MR], H1651 [28MR], H1980 [19AP], H2079 [25AP], H4641–H4643 [29JN], H4855, H4856 [12JY], H4913, H4914, H4915 [18JY], H5122–H5129 [23JY], H5134 [24JY], H5756 [10SE], H6224–H6227 [20SE]

——— impact of stimulus funding, H6797 [13DE]

——— impact of tax cuts, H398 [2FE]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H4694 [10JY]

——— importance of job creation, H39, H45, H48, H57, H69, H70 [18JA], H93, H102 [23JA], H128 [24JA], H170 [25JA], H229, H230, H362, H363, H365, H367 [1FE], H386 [2FE], H444, H445, H460, H461 [3FE], H478 [6FE], H516, H521, H524–H529, H536 [7FE], H585, H589, H590, H629–H636 [8FE], H662, H670 [9FE], H739 [15FE], H815, H816, H819, H896 [16FE], H957–H962 [27FE], H975, H976, H977–H980 [28FE], H1028 [29FE], H1147 [5MR], H1163, H1174, H1176 [6MR], H1220, H1221 [7MR], H1531 [22MR], H1668, H1735 [28MR], H1924, H1966 [18AP], H2056 [24AP], H2073 [25AP], H2291 [7MY], H2572 [10MY], H2724 [16MY], H3408 [5JN], H3602, H3613, H3658 [7JN], H3811, H3813 [20JN], H3984, H4023 [26JN], H4691, H4715, H4742 [10JY], H4793 [11JY], H5122 [23JY], H5645 [2AU], H5749 [10SE], H5774 [11SE], H5973 [13SE], H6042, H6044, H6045 [14SE], E849 [18MY], E1468 [10SE]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, H578 [8FE], H1980 [19AP], H2458 [9MY]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H18 [17JA], H201–H207 [31JA], H554–H560 [7FE], H715–H722 [14FE], H1004, H1005 [28FE], H2116–H2121 [25AP], H6455–H6458 [27NO]

——— importance of service sector, E1627 [21SE]

——— modernize and reform monetary system and restore exclusive and sovereign authority of U.S. Government to create and regulate money to rebuild the economy (H.R. 2990), H357 [1FE], H621 [8FE], H5232 [25JY], H6625 [5DE], H7518 [1JA]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H31 [18JA], H670–H677 [9FE], H808 [16FE], H1530–H1533, H1535 [22MR], H1559–H1563 [26MR], H5854, H5855, H5857 [11SE], E101 [31JA]

——— promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, H3744 [19JN]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H42, H44, H45, H67 [18JA], H92 [23JA], H122 [24JA], H200 [31JA], H228 [1FE], H385, H386 [2FE], H444, H460 [3FE], H478 [6FE], H524–H529 [7FE], H585 [8FE], H643, H644 [9FE], H709–H711 [14FE], H738 [15FE], E159 [8FE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), conference report, H906, H911–H927, H929, H934 [17FE], H2783 [16MY], E237–E239 [24FE], E261, E265–E267, E272 [28FE], E278 [29FE], E320 [6MR]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 554), H907–H911 [17FE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to instruct conferees, H137–H143 [24JA], H356–H361 [1FE], H549 [7FE], H615–H623 [8FE], H659–H661 [9FE]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H18–H20 [17JA], H43 [18JA], H398, H400, H401 [2FE], H554 [7FE], H621 [8FE], H2619 [10MY], H3582 [7JN], H3693–H3697 [8JN], H3957 [21JN], H4425 [28JN], H4900–H4903 [17JY], H5188, H5191–H5194 [24JY], H5775, H5856 [11SE], H5926, H5928, H5933, H5934, H5983, H5986 [13SE], H6049 [14SE], H6192 [20SE], H6259, H6261, H6262, H6264 [21SE], H6358, H6360 [14NO], H6453–H6458 [27NO], H6619 [4DE]

——— provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (H.R. 3765), E122 [2FE]

——— rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, H3149 [18MY], H6614 [4DE], H6865–H6869 [18DE]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 4297), H6181 [20SE]

——— revitalize the middle class, H3957 [21JN], H5855 [11SE]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs, H119 [24JA]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs (H.R. 3400), H2111 [25AP]

——— stability of domestic automobile manufacturers, H521 [7FE], H4690 [10JY]

EEOC: funding, H2408, H2409 [8MY]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce final regulations on Disparate Impact and Reasonable Factors Other Than Age under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, E748 [9MY]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, or enforce guidance relative to consideration of arrest and conviction records in employment decisions, H2502 [9MY]

Enable America (organization): anniversary, E1488 [12SE]

EPA: consider the impact on employment levels and economic activity prior to issuing a regulation, policy statement, or guidance, or implementing any new or substantially altered program, E1624 [21SE]

——— impact of adding the lesser prairie chicken to the endangered species list on energy exploration, H6712 [12DE]

——— impact of overregulation on the economy, H358 [1FE], H4649–H4652 [29JN]

——— impact of regulations on employment and job creation, H1029 [29FE], H3664 [8JN]

——— prohibit ability to retroactively invalidate water quality permits under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H6239, H6240 [21SE]

——— require analyses of cumulative impacts of certain rules and actions that impact gasoline, diesel fuel, and natural gas prices, jobs, and the economy, H3818 [20JN]

——— require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions, H6200 [20SE]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H1925 [18AP], E553 [17AP], E585, E604 [19AP]

FAA: establish an Aviation Rulemaking Committee to address flight attendant duty time limitations and rest requirements (H.R. 3824), E76 [25JA]

Fair Labor Standards Act: preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (H.R. 3066), E1154 [27JN]

——— preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (H.R. 5969), H4067 [27JN], E1154 [27JN]

Fair Pay Act: anniversary, E93 [31JA]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to address domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking and their effects, and include domestic partners (H.R. 3151), H2725 [16MY]

FCC: preserve ability to protect online privacy, including rules prohibiting licensees or regulated entities from requiring job applicants to disclose passwords to social networking web sites, H1627 [27MR]

Federal agencies and departments: treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses (H.R. 4155), H3366 [1JN], H4661–H4663 [9JY], H5026 [19JY]

Federal employees: allow contractors to perform certain activities currently performed by Federal employees, H2416, H2417 [8MY]

——— increase contribution by employees for defined retirement benefits, H2611–H2613 [10MY], H3319 [31MY], H3392, H3393 [1JN], E966 [1JN]

——— increase contribution by new employees for defined retirement benefits, H908, H910, H912–H914, H916–H926 [17FE]

——— make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (H.R. 828), H5414–H5416 [31JY], E1389, E1391 [2AU]

——— reform the Senior Executive Service (H.R. 6042), E1152 [27JN]

——— treat time spent in Iraq or Afghanistan by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes (H.R. 6223), H6650–H6652 [5DE]

——— tribute, E489 [29MR]

——— tribute (H. Res. 682), E1519 [13SE]

FERC: prohibit approval of permit for the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline until certification that a certain percentage of iron and steel used for pipeline construction was manufactured in North America, H771, H772 [15FE]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: proposed changes to accounting standards, E342 [8MR]

Foreign trade: create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa (H.R. 4221), E579 [18AP]

——— impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H125 [24JA], H6485 [28NO]

Fortune (publication): tribute to annual Fortune 500 issue and efforts to assist veterans to find employment, E683 [27AP]

GAO: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to processing of claims for payment of workers who were not paid appropriate wages under certain provisions of law (H.R. 6371), H6334, H6335 [13NO]

Global Entrepreneurship Week: observance, H6341 [13NO]

Government regulations: clarify procedure for considering requests for Presidential waivers from any regulatory freeze, H5269, H5270 [25JY]

——— clarify that definition of annual cost to the economy includes expected change in business revenue, H5274 [25JY]

——— exempt clean drinking water regulations from any regulatory freeze, H5251, H5252 [25JY]

——— exempt Fair Credit Reporting Act regulations to protect consumers from any regulatory freeze, H5268, H5269 [25JY]

——— exempt nuclear powerplants from certain obstacles in establishing safety regulations, H5272, H5273 [25JY]

——— exempt OSHA from certain obstacles in establishing safety regulations to prevent combustible dust and fire explosions, H5275, H5276 [25JY]

——— exempt patent application process regulations from any regulatory freeze, H5265 [25JY]

——— exempt Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation from any regulatory freeze, H5267, H5268 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations aimed at limiting oil speculations from any regulatory freeze, H5253–H5259 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations on offshore bank account disclosure, middle income tax relief, invasive species, prescription drug safety, and foreclosure relief and predatory lending from regulatory freeze, H5318 [26JY]

——— exempt regulations pertaining to privacy from any regulatory freeze, H5252, H5253 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations relative to work-related electrocutions or other fatalities from regulatory freeze, H5276, H5277 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations that promote energy efficiency from regulatory freeze, H5259 [25JY]

——— exempt regulations that protect the public from extreme weather events from regulatory freeze, H5260 [25JY]

——— exempt regulatory actions that would lower prices for gasoline, diesel, oil, or other motor fuels from any regulatory freeze, H5266, H5267 [25JY]

——— include existing Dept. of the Treasury rule on U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens in any regulatory freeze, H5286–H5289 [25JY], E1335 [26JY]

——— lower threshold at which significant regulatory action is measured relative to the unemployment rate and the economy, H5273, H5274 [25JY]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), H960, H961 [27FE], H5117, H5122–H5129 [23JY], H5134, H5138 [24JY], H5208, H5209, H5225–H5289 [25JY], H5296, H5307–H5320, H5323 [26JY], H5336 [31JY], E1335, E1339, E1341 [26JY], E1356 [31JY], E1386 [1AU]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), consideration (H. Res. 738), H5141–H5150 [24JY]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), consideration (H. Res. 741), H5302–H5307 [26JY]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), motion to recommit, H5318 [26JY]

——— require attorneys fees or costs be paid from administrative budget of regulatory agency if a small business substantially prevails in lawsuit on a regulatory action taken during regulatory freeze, H5270, H5271 [25JY]

——— require each agency to submit and obtain approval from the Office of Science and Technology Policy for guidelines ensuring and maximizing the quality of relevant scientific information, H5283, H5284 [25JY], E1339 [26JY]

——— require publicly traded companies to disclose the number of domestic and foreign employees, H1281, H1282 [8MR]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, H831–H834 [16FE], E225 [17FE]

——— restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), H1923, H1932–H1962 [18AP], H2011 [19AP], H2099 [25AP], H2460 [9MY], H3391, H3392 [1JN], H3487 [6JN], H3664, H3693 [8JN], H3743, H3744 [19JN], H3817 [20JN], H3918, H3946, H3956, H3960 [21JN], H4023–H4025 [26JN], H4067, H4077, H4120 [27JN], E592, E596, E599, E602 [19AP], E663 [26AP], E910 [30MY]

——— restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 717), H4609–H4614 [29JN]

——— restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), conference report, H4608, H4616–H4630, H4636, H4637 [29JN], H5634 [2AU], E1176 [28JN], E1205 [9JY], E1238 [12JY]

——— restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), consideration (H. Res. 619), H1925–H1932 [18AP]

——— restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H2099–H2106 [25AP], H3038–H3049 [17MY], H3444, H3447 [5JN], H3499, H3505–H3513 [6JN], H3652–H3658 [7JN], H3664 [8JN], H3788–H3797 [19JN], H3868–H3875 [20JN], H3948–H3955 [21JN], H4151–H4153 [27JN], E699 [27AP], E856 [18MY], E1031 [8JN], E1098 [20JN], E1106 [21JN]

——— restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), motion to recommit, H1959, H1960 [18AP]

Hanover Township, PA: anniversary of Sallie Mae Loan Servicing Center, E661 [26AP]

Health: expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities (H. Res. 759), E1597 [21SE]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 3000), H431 [2FE]

——— study impact of not having long-term care insurance on Federal, State, and local governments before repeal of Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H333–H335 [1FE]

Helmets to Hardhats (nonprofit organization): tribute, H819 [16FE]

House of Representatives: prohibit sine die adjournment unless the President signs H.R. 4078, Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, with provisions of S. 3412, Middle Class Tax Cut Act as an amendment, H5306 [26JY]

Houston, TX: anniversary of AFL–CIO local chapter 716, E355 [8MR]

——— anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 716, E305 [1MR]

Immigration: allow companies to attract foreign graduates of U.S. universities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and reform and create new immigration categories to stimulate the economy (H.R. 2161), H6518, H6521 [29NO]

——— create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (H.R. 2895), H6617 [4DE]

——— establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (H.R. 1114), H6551 [30NO]

——— permanently reauthorize the EB–5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program (S. 3245), H5814–H5817 [11SE], E1507, E1511, E1520 [13SE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (H.R. 6412), H6155, H6188, H6190–H6193 [20SE], H6523 [29NO], H6550, H6551 [30NO], E1632 [21SE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), H6162, H6185–H6194 [20SE], H6508, H6516, H6524 [29NO], H6539–H6561 [30NO], E1557 [19SE], E1632, E1640 [21SE], E1656, E1657 [25SE], E1865 [4DE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), consideration (H. Res. 821), H6517–H6524 [29NO]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), motion to recommit, H6559 [30NO]

——— reform, H562 [7FE], H6614–H6619 [4DE], H7564 [1JA]

——— release of guidelines on application process to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, H5528 [1AU]

Intelligence services: protect U.S. intelligence and military capability, defend certain sensitive information against cybersecurity attack, and promote U.S businesses, H3306 [31MY]

International Institute of Minnesota: tribute, E513 [30MR]

International Women’s Day: observance, H1276 [8MR], E342, E353 [8MR], E359 [9MR]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform, H1922 [18AP]

Kittinger Furniture Co., Inc.: MADE—In America (organization) BEST—Made in America Award recipient, H4161 [28JN]

Labor unions: prohibit tally of absent votes as an active vote against union representation, H136 [24JA], H446–H450, H452, H454–H456 [3FE]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for physicians, H137–H143 [24JA]

——— amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers’ compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (H.R. 5284), H7306 [19DE]

——— clarify application of special enrollment periods and secondary payer rules to employer coverage of family members of employees (H.R. 6435), E1560 [19SE]

Members of Congress: reduce salaries and expenses, provide further reductions if in session more than 60 days a year, remove limit on outside income, and allow benefit plan options (H.R. 3774), H655 [9FE]

Merrillville, IN: tribute to United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers Local 26 Annual Apprentice Graduation Banquet, E1826 [28NO]

Michigan: State legislature passage of right-to-work law protecting the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, H6686 [11DE], H6761–H6763 [12DE], H6795 [13DE], H6810 [17DE]

Mining and mineral resources: prohibit mineral exploration or mining permits to companies that have failed to pay taxes, have connections to Iran or China, or are outsourcing jobs, and require equipment be made in the U.S., H4852, H4853 [12JY]

Minnesota: remove designation of Mille Lacs Lake as a federally navigable body of water to eliminate Federal regulation of certain activities (H.R. 5797), H5606–H5608 [1AU]

Morality and ethics: value of personal responsibility versus Federal aid programs, H466 [3FE], H5926 [13SE], H6161 [20SE]

My Possibilities (organization): opening of HIPStore featuring gifts made by special-needs adults, E416 [22MR]

National Bullying Prevention Month: observance, E1673 [2OC]

National Guard: tribute, E1230 [11JY]

National Mediation Board: modify rules governing showing of interest threshold preceding representation elections, E142 [6FE]

——— repeal rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing, E142 [6FE]

National objectives: economic recovery, H129, H130, H131 [24JA], H229, H230 [1FE], H470–H473 [3FE], H739 [15FE], H6048–H6051 [14SE], H6236 [21SE]

National Telework Week: observance, E372 [16MR]

National Work and Family Month: observance, E1633 [21SE], E1656 [25SE]

Natural gas: Marcellus shale drilling for reserves, H108–H112 [23JA], E55 [23JA]

New Jersey: tribute to agricultural industry, E1397 [3AU]

New York, NY: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 25, E814 [16MY]

News media: allegations of media bias in coverage of jobs report, H2666 [15MY]

NLRB: repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (H.R. 2775), H6710 [12DE]

Northern Mariana Islands: include in employment services provided under Wagner-Peyser Act (H.R. 4339), E491 [29MR]

——— prevent Federal funds from being used for any construction project exceeding a certain cost unless the workforce is composed of a certain percentage of U.S. workers (H.R. 4037), E204 [15FE]

Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell & O’Brien, P.C.: Dept. of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award recipient, E1362 [31JY]

——— inclusion in Dept. of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve list of top employers, E919 [31MY]

Obama, President: characterization of remarks concerning small business, H4917, H4919 [18JY], H5013, H5020, H5025 [19JY], H5645–H5647 [2AU], H5871 [12SE]

——— decision to reject permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H43, H44, H45, H72 [18JA], H84, H85, H93 [23JA], H162, H170, H174–H176 [25JA], H213–H216 [31JA], H362–H368 [1FE], H588, H629–H635 [8FE], H1025, H1027, H1096 [29FE], H1221 [7MR], H1559 [26MR], E122 [2FE]

——— economic policies relative to stability of domestic automobile manufacturers, H1547 [26MR]

——— evaluation of administration, H3918 [21JN], H5985–H5988 [13SE], H6235, H6265–H6271 [21SE]

——— evaluation of economic policies, H39, H70–H73 [18JA], H121 [24JA], H390, H397, H398 [2FE], H470 [3FE], H478 [6FE], H896 [16FE], H905 [17FE], H1147 [5MR], H1294–H1297 [8MR], H1461 [21MR], H1649 [28MR], H2041 [24AP], H2198–H2200 [26AP], H3407 [5JN], H3664 [8JN], H3709 [18JN], H4677 [9JY], H4778 [11JY], H4872 [17JY], H4913, H4914, H4915, H4917 [18JY], H5852 [11SE], H6664, H6671 [5DE], H6683 [11DE], E1030 [8JN]

——— evaluation of energy policies, H2056–H2062 [24AP], H3179 [30MY], H3815, H3818 [20JN]

——— evaluation of policies relative to taxation and tax code, H2254–H2256 [27AP]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, H191 [31JA], H444 [3FE], H1276 [8MR]

——— State of the Union Message, H162, H170 [25JA], H386 [2FE], H588 [8FE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (H.R. 190), E691 [27AP]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: report on improving methods of granting security clearances to subcontractors and notifying them of Federal classified contracting opportunities, H3298 [31MY]

Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE): tribute, E769 [10MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H1378–H1384 [19MR], H1395, H1396, H1398, H1399, H1400 [20MR], H1436, H1439, H1441, H1442, H1475, H1490–H1495 [21MR], H1524 [22MR], H1584 [27MR], H1647, H1650, H1651 [28MR], H1744 [29MR], H1859 [17AP], H1924 [18AP], H3586 [7JN], H3797–H3804 [19JN], H3961–H3966 [21JN], H4664, H4673–H4677 [9JY], H4689, H4695 [10JY], H4782, H4784, H4785, H4813–H4816 [11JY], H4830 [12JY], H4897–H4900 [17JY], H5139, H5188–H5191 [24JY], H5209 [25JY], E404 [21MR], E418 [22MR], E464 [28MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H1536–H1539 [22MR]

——— impact on small business hiring, H4739 [10JY], H4818, H4824 [11JY]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements, H3584, H3591, H3593, H3594, H3601, H3605, H3606, H3609, H3611, H3613, H3614, H3616 [7JN], E1031 [8JN]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 5842), H3366 [1JN]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H3607, H3608 [7JN]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H322–H354 [1FE], H428, H432 [2FE], H469 [3FE], H590 [8FE], H4785 [11JY], E117, E125 [2FE], E141 [6FE]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), consideration (H. Res. 522), H192–H200 [31JA]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), motion to recommit, H352, H353 [1FE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: guarantee qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans (H.R. 5981), E1093 [20JN]

——— increase transparency, H385 [2FE]

——— pension funding relief reforms, H4627, H4628, H4629 [29JN]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (H. Res. 592), E393 [20MR]

Postal Service: prevent closure of postal processing and distribution center in Buffalo, NY, H384 [2FE]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, H3399 [1JN]

——— national energy policy, H130 [24JA]

——— prohibit granting new leases to oil companies until they forgo oil and gas subsidies, use U.S. made products, and hire U.S. workers, H3943 [21JN]

——— require estimates of economic impact, including job losses, resulting from a worst-case discharge of oil from facilities operating under petroleum and natural gas leases, H780, H781 [15FE]

Princeton, IN: tribute to Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc., H228 [1FE]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies, employers, or prospective employers from requiring the disclosure of passwords to social networking web sites or personal accounts, H2184 [26AP]

Professional Social Work Month: observance, E489 [29MR]

Public debt: impact on job creation and economy, H5754–H5760 [10SE]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), H6174–H6185 [20SE], E1618, E1621 [21SE], E1657 [25SE]

——— disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.J. Res. 118), consideration (H. Res. 788), H6165–H6174 [20SE]

Reagan, Ronald: evaluation of economic policies, H3407 [5JN]

Religion: role of tenets of faith in establishing policies to provide social services and welfare programs, H224 [1FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H42 [18JA], H144 [24JA], H516 [7FE], H590 [8FE], H975, H977, H978 [28FE], H1220, H1221 [7MR], H3280 [31MY], H3489 [6JN], H3692, H3693 [8JN], H4692 [10JY], H5686, H5687, H5688, H5689 [2AU], H6235 [21SE]

Rumford Industrial Group: tribute, E1539 [14SE]

San Jose, CA: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 332, E1557 [19SE]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 5813), E837 [17MY]

Seattle, WA: Port of Seattle recipient of Dept. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, E1397 [3AU]

SEC: address certain anti-evasion concerns and determine if the term ‘‘held of record’’ should be changed to mean beneficial owner of the security, H1280, H1281 [8MR]

——— clarify that general advertising regulations only apply to certain securities offerings and permit only qualified institutional buyers to purchase securities from secondary market, H1260, H1261 [7MR]

——— delay effective date of requirement for cost/benefit analysis of regulations until certification that such requirement will not divert resources from mission to protect investors and the financial system, H5282, H5283 [25JY]

——— establish new filing fees to discourage frivolous filings, H1259 [7MR]

——— exempt from registration regulations brokers who do not charge fees nor handle investors money and permit only accredited investors to use their platforms, H1277, H1278 [8MR]

——— provide online information and conduct outreach to inform small businesses and women-, veteran-, and minority-owned businesses of efforts to improve access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies, H1284, H1285 [8MR]

——— report on increase in initial public offerings, specifically in the manufacturing and high technology industry, resulting from efforts to improve access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies, H1283, H1284 [8MR]

——— require companies to disclose in annual reports measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and child labor within supply chains (H.R. 2759), E353 [8MR]

——— study authority to enforce certain anti-evasion provisions associated with shareholder threshold regulations, H1279, H1280 [8MR]

——— study effects of financial speculation on domestic oil and gasoline prices on emerging growth companies, H1259, H1260 [7MR]

Seminole, FL: anniversary of Seminole Vocational Education Center, E225 [17FE]

Small business: adjust emerging growth company definition for inflation, H1249, H1250 [7MR]

——— establish a loan program to assist and provide incentives for manufacturers to reinvest in making products in the U.S. (H.R. 4102), H4720 [10JY]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H906 [17FE], H1163, H1164, H1166 [6MR], H1214, H1215, H1217, H1219, H1236–H1264 [7MR], H1275, H1277–H1289 [8MR], H1519 [22MR], H5871 [12SE], E339, E342 [8MR], E381 [19MR], E407 [21MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), consideration (H. Res. 572), H1222–H1231 [7MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), corrections in engrossment, H1289 [8MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), motion to recommit, H1287 [8MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), Senate amendment, H1580, H1584, H1586–H1593 [27MR], E517 [30MR], E536 [16AP]

——— modify revenue threshold for emerging growth companies to remain eligible for exemptions from certain regulations, H1250, H1251 [7MR], H5278, H5279 [25JY]

——— prohibit communication between emerging growth companies and accredited investors, H1257–H1259 [7MR]

——— promote job growth, H3391 [1JN]

——— require that companies not be considered emerging growth companies if they have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt over the prior three years, H1251, H1252 [7MR]

——— stimulate growth through accelerating Federal payments, reducing paperwork, improving access to loans and tax credits, and increasing investment expensing, E1229 [11JY]

Small Business Saturday: observance, E1780 [16NO]

Smithfield, RI: tribute to Alexion Inc., biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility, E1636 [21SE]

South Carolina: formation of joint technology initiative between Savannah River National Laboratory and University of South Carolina to build new technology-based businesses and create jobs, H1813 [16AP]

SSA: ensure continuation of services under the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program and Protection and Advocacy for Beneficiaries of Social Security program (H.R. 6061), E1185 [29JN]

St. Louis, MO: anniversary of Teamsters Local Union No. 600, E1082 [19JN]

St. Paul, MN: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 110, E1332 [25JY]

——— anniversary of United Steelworkers (organization) Local 264, E1349 [30JY]

Steelcase, Inc.: anniversary, E2042 [3JA]

Taxation: allow deduction and make refundable the credit for household and dependent care services necessary for gainful employment (H.R. 4397), E572 [18AP]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 3720), H1150 [5MR]

——— deny deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses to any company that reduces number of American workers and jobs while correspondingly increasing its foreign workforce, H1997 [19AP]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (H.R. 5542), H4722 [10JY]

——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (H.R. 4049), H807 [16FE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, H4707 [10JY], H4855, H4856–H4859 [12JY], H4914, H4915, H4917 [18JY], H5023, H5025, H5073, H5074 [19JY], H5138, H5140 [24JY], H5210, H5211 [25JY], E1290 [19JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), H5320, H5321 [26JY], H5533, H5535, H5536, H5537, H5538, H5578–H5597 [1AU], H5634, H5660, H5674, H5689 [2AU], H6043 [14SE], H6171 [20SE], H6575 [30NO], H6716, H6751 [12DE], E1390 [2AU], E1432 [3AU], E1465 [10SE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 747), H5538–H5552 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 844), H7531–H7536 [1JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H5595, H5596 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), Senate amendments, H7518, H7519, H7520, H7526, H7536–H7559, H7560 [1JA], H7575 [2JA], E2034 [2JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief, H5585–H5594 [1AU], H6685, H6687 [11DE], H7372 [20DE], E1390 [2AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (H.R. 15), H5592 [1AU], H5783, H5784 [11SE], H5944 [13SE], H6171 [20SE], H6595, H6596, H6597 [4DE], H6626, H6659 [5DE], H6682, H6695 [11DE], H6708, H6714 [12DE], H6768, H6783, H6784 [13DE], H6836, H6837 [18DE], H7364 [20DE], H7438 [30DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), H5305, H5306 [26JY], H5336 [31JY], H5533 [1AU], H5634 [2AU], H5867 [12SE], H6043, H6044 [14SE], H6563 [30NO]

——— extend the Build America Bonds program (H.R. 11), H3407 [5JN]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (H.R. 6066), H4783 [11JY]

——— impact of temporary employee payroll tax cut, H6620 [4DE]

——— increase and extend the credit for qualifying advanced energy projects (H.R. 4108), H1116 [1MR]

——— increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements, H3584, H3591, H3593, H3594, H3601, H3606, H3609, H3614, H3616 [7JN], E1031 [8JN]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (H.R. 1864), H2667–H2669 [15MY]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), H7362, H7363, H7364 [20DE], E1997 [21DE]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 841), H7366, H7374–H7383 [20DE]

——— permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (H.R. 696), H923 [17FE]

——— permanently extend the research and development credit, H715–H720 [14FE]

——— prohibit deductions for businesses that engage in illegal activities, discriminate based on race or gender, create or distribute pornographic material, conduct business with Iran, or outsource jobs overseas, H2008, H2009 [19AP]

——— prohibit tax benefit from repeal of excise tax on medical devices for companies that outsource jobs, H3616 [7JN]

——— provide for employment tax treatment of professional service businesses (H.R. 3840), E92 [31JA]

——— provide payroll tax relief, H55, H68 [18JA], H129 [24JA], H385, H386 [2FE], H478 [6FE], H519, H522, H524–H529 [7FE], H589, H590, H591, H592, H616–H623 [8FE], H659–H661 [9FE], H709–H711 [14FE], H738 [15FE], H907–H913, H921–H925, H929, H934 [17FE]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (H.R. 6048), H4764 [10JY]

Telecommunications: importance of economic investment, E1272 [18JY]

Tobyhanna, PA: anniversary of Tobyhanna Army Depot, E1097 [20JN], E1108, E1128 [21JN]

TransCanada Pipelines Ltd.: clarify project labor agreement for Texas relative to TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline construction, H772 [15FE]

Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), H201–H207 [31JA], H386 [2FE], H461–H463 [3FE], H477 [6FE], H526 [7FE], H632, H635 [8FE], H662 [9FE], H699, H720, H721 [14FE], H731, H732, H737, H739, H759 [15FE], H818, H894–H897 [16FE], H930 [17FE], H952 [27FE], H978 [28FE], H1161, H1189, H1190 [6MR], H1221 [7MR], H1433, H1448 [21MR], H1595, H1603–H1607 [27MR], H1668 [28MR], H1748, H1749, H1755–H1760 [29MR], H1934–H1937 [18AP], E213, E217 [16FE], E514 [30MR]

——— authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 547), H740–H750 [15FE]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, H3956 [21JN]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation, E1906 [11DE]

——— allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (H.R. 3173), H4015–H4017 [26JN], H4422 [28JN], E1171 [28JN]

——— ensure that certain transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) do not expire before deadline for implementation of electronic readers for such credentials, H3502, H3503 [6JN], H4007 [26JN]

——— require compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (H.R. 3670), H3239–H3241 [30MY]

Trenton, NJ: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 269, E1848 [29NO]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H5973 [13SE]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: ratification, H5973 [13SE]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: ratification, H5973 [13SE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H55 [18JA], H122, H142 [24JA], H229 [1FE], H519 [7FE], H590, H591, H592, H616–H623 [8FE], H659 [9FE], H709–H711 [14FE], H738 [15FE], H907–H912, H921, H923, H926 [17FE], H3582 [7JN], H6566, H6568 [30NO], H6619 [4DE], H7272 [19DE], H7555 [1JA], E101 [31JA], E159 [8FE], E278 [29FE], E1958 [19DE]

——— provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 589), H138 [24JA], H226 [1FE], H732 [15FE]

——— rate among college graduates, H5755 [10SE]

——— rates, H478 [6FE], H1219 [7MR], H3280 [31MY], H3489 [6JN], H4780 [11JY], H5755 [10SE]

——— require all money withdrawn from States’ unemployment funds be used solely for the payment of unemployment compensation, H356–H361 [1FE]

United Technologies Corp.: tribute to Employee Scholars Program, E225 [17FE]

Veterans: improve assistance programs, E1339 [26JY]

——— reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, H37 [18JA], H5138 [24JY]

——— require States to ensure that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses, H7279 [19DE]

——— require States to ensure that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses (H.R. 6008), H5138 [24JY]

Veterans’ Job Corps: establish to provide gainful employment to unemployed veterans and widows of veterans through performance of useful public works, H5870 [12SE]

Violence Against Women Act: prohibit funding for religious organizations to discriminate in hiring practices, H2736 [16MY]

Virgin Islands: economic impact of closure of HOVENSA L.L.C., oil refinery, H98, H102 [23JA]

Waterford, OH: proposed closure of Muskingum River Power Plant, H384 [2FE]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (H.R. 5647), H2459 [9MY]

——— impact of budget sequestration on maternal and child health programs and resesarch, H6486–H6491 [28NO]

——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (H.R. 2315), H1925 [18AP]

Workers Memorial Day: observance, H2215 [27AP], E621 [24AP], E691 [27AP]

Zippo Manufacturing Co.: tribute, H2291 [7MY]

Remarks in Senate

AbilityOne Program: tribute, S320 [2FE]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: clarify appropriate standard of proof for Federal antiretaliation and antidiscrimination claims (S. 2189), S1615–S1617 [13MR]

Alcoa Inc.: tribute, S560 [13FE]

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: tribute to Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility recipients, S3726–S3728 [5JN]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: economic impact of stimulus funding, S898 [17FE], S3298 [21MY]

Armed Forces: improve provision of civil relief and the enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members (S. 2299), S2500 [18AP]

——— improve provision of Federal transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to members and veterans (S. 951), S3504 [23MY]

——— strengthen enforcement and clarify and conform certain provisions of law relative to employment and reemployment rights of members (S. 3322), S5848 [1AU]

Budget: repeal sequestration and replace automatic spending cuts with targeted reforms (S. 3473), S5881 [1AU]

——— require detailed reports to Congress on impact of defense and non-defense budget sequestration, S4386–S4388 [21JN]

Business and industry: economic role of small business, S5101 [18JY], S5809 [1AU]

——— impact of tax rates and government regulations on decision to outsource jobs to foreign countries, S4991 [16JY]

Chicago, IL: O’Hare International Airport infrastructure improvement project funding, S382 [7FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3220), S3457 [22MY], S3459 [23MY], S3536 [24MY]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3220), motion to proceed, S3612 [24MY], S3669–S3671, S3672–S3674 [4JN], S3695, S3697–S3715 [5JN]

——— restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (S. 3317), S4370–S4372 [20JN]

Climate: impact of global warming on the economy, S4255–S4261 [19JN], S4647–S4649 [27JN], S8620 [1JA]

Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate): release of report entitled ‘‘Red Tape Making Americans Sick—A New Report on the Health Impacts of High Unemployment’’, S2949 [8MY]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: condemn use of slave labor for mining minerals used in the manufacture of cell phones, S1783 [19MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S605 [14FE], S1495, S1502–S1505, S1515–S1517, S1519–S1523, S1525, S1530 [8MR], S1596, S1609 [13MR], S1651 [14MR], S1707 [15MR], S2142, S2143 [28MR], S5816 [1AU], S6298 [13SE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2041), S165, S174 [30JA], S175 [31JA], S234–S237 [1FE], S366 [7FE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 3607), S6558 [20SE], S6559 [21SE]

——— encourage Members of Congress to hire qualified veterans for openings in congressional offices, S6291 [13SE]

Corps of Engineers: Savannah Harbor Expansion Project funding, S609 [14FE]

Deloitte Development LLC: LATINA Style (publication) Company of the Year award recipient, S846 [16FE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S14 [23JA], S51 [24JA], S3812–S3816 [7JN], S6023 [10SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Rural Energy for America Program funding, S4170 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: economic impact of the budget sequester established by the Budget Control Act upon the defense industry, S3757 [6JN]

——— ensure sufficient sizing of civilian and contract services workforces, S7188 [29NO], S7281, S7282 [30NO]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S4745–S4748 [29JN], S5115–S5123, S5126, S5129 [18JY], S5171–S5175 [19JY], S5807 [1AU], S6294–S6296, S6321, S6322 [13SE], S6412 [19SE], S6480 [20SE], S6995, S7001 [28NO], S7654 [6DE]

——— impose a moratorium on certain actions resulting in personnel reductions and modify notice requirements in advance of permanent, sizable force reductions and base closures, S7159 [29NO]

——— provide benefits under the Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program for days of non-participation due to Government error (S. 2060), S265 [1FE]

——— provide for inclusion and command review of information on sexual-related offenses in personnel service records of members of the Armed Forces, S7141 [29NO]

——— report to Congress on impact of budget sequestration, S3937–S3939 [12JN], S5119 [18JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain Armed Forces members who served on active duty to be eligible to participate in the Troops-to-Teachers Program, S7680 [6DE]

Dept. of HHS: provide whistleblower protections for the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service Act, S3468, S3491 [23MY]

Dept. of Justice: Inspector General report on violations of hiring practices, S5458 [26JY]

Dept. of Labor: carry out a pilot program to provide veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate online job searches, S6256 [12SE]

——— establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (S. 2108), S619 [14FE]

——— minimize adverse effects of employment dislocation (S. 3297), S5118 [18JY]

——— prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, S3932 [12JN]

——— provide off-base transition training for Armed Forces members, S6256 [12SE]

——— reform certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming, S371 [7FE], S490 [9FE], S895–S898 [17FE], S1112 [29FE]

Dept. of the Interior: replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (H.R. 6082), S5628 [26JY], S5631 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure veterans jobs corps program counselors are available to veterans in rural areas, S6315 [13SE]

——— establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3429), S5319 [24JY], S5321 [25JY]

——— establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), S5689 [30JY], S5691 [31JY], S6260 [12SE], S6289–S6292, S6294, S6296, S6298, S6315–S6318, S6330 [13SE], S6393, S6395–S6405 [19SE], S6488 [20SE]

——— establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), motion to proceed, S5805, S5825 [1AU], S5921, S5934, S5950 [2AU], S6025 [10SE], S6075, S6077, S6080–S6083, S6095 [11SE], S6246–S6249, S6254–S6259 [12SE]

——— establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), unanimous-consent agreement, S6332 [13SE]

——— establish a veterans jobs corps (S. 3457), unanimous-consent request, S6260, S6261 [12SE]

——— implementation of Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, S4930 [12JY]

——— veterans job corps funding through reductions in foreign aid to Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt, and Libya, S6316, S6317 [13SE]

Disasters: provide regulatory relief for disaster victims and relief volunteers, S8474 [28DE]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis by phasing in certain tax increases, work toward comprehensive tax reform, and call for OMB to make recommendations on spending cuts (S. 3714), S8548 [30DE]

——— avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, S6715–S6718 [13NO], S6769, S6771, S6773 [14NO], S6829, S6831, S6837–S6841 [15NO], S6878, S6884 [26NO], S6909–S6911, S6919–S6922, S6936 [27NO], S6986–S6991, S6993, S6994, S7008, S7012, S7016 [28NO], S7128–S7134, S7165–S7167 [29NO], S7311 [3DE], S7363, S7379–S7381, S7395 [4DE], S7406–S7411, S7415–S7420, S7426, S7435–S7437 [5DE], S7643–S7645, S7652, S7654–S7656, S7665, S7667–S7669, S7672–S7675, S7677, S7678, S7680 [6DE], S7692, S7695 [10DE], S7712, S7714, S7727–S7732, S7737, S7740 [11DE], S7753, S7754, S7757, S7760, S7770–S7772, S7779–S7782, S7784, S7792 [12DE], S7991–S7994, S7996, S8005, S8014, S8015, S8019, S8025, S8026, S8029–S8031 [13DE], S8157, S8171–S8175, S8177 [19DE], S8236, S8241, S8245–S8248 [20DE], S8323–S8325, S8345 [21DE], S8383, S8384, S8418, S8419 [27DE], S8474, S8478–S8480 [28DE], S8521–S8523, S8527–S8530, S8542–S8544 [30DE], S8557–S8572, S8575, S8576, S8578–S8580, S8583–S8586 [31DE], S8611–S8618, S8620, S8622 [1JA], S8641–S8644, S8661–S8663 [2JA]

——— comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S6590–S6592 [21SE]

——— create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (S. 2162), S1425 [6MR]

——— create jobs through infrastructure investment, S6410 [19SE]

——— impact of Bush administration tax cuts, S7737 [11DE]

——— impact of deregulation of the financial sector, S4658 [27JN], S5124 [18JY]

——— impact of Government bailout of automobile industry, S3892 [11JN]

——— impact of Government regulations, S2676–S2679 [25AP], S2948–S2950 [8MY], S3823 [7JN], S4113, S4118 [13JN], S4168 [14JN], S4318 [20JN], S4922 [12JY]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S4658 [27JN]

——— importance of job creation, S14 [23JA], S332, S337 [6FE], S368 [7FE], S421 [9FE], S1568 [12MR], S1642 [14MR], S1705 [15MR], S2203 [29MR], S3110 [14MY], S3823 [7JN], S3959 [12JN], S4112 [13JN], S4194 [14JN], S4623 [26JN], S6477 [20SE]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, S283–S285 [2FE], S823 [16FE], S3123 [14MY], S4814 [10JY], S8011 [13DE]

——— invest in innovation through research and development and improve the competitiveness of the U.S., S3258–S3260 [17MY], S3760 [6JN]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S831 [16FE], S3745 [6JN], S3959 [12JN], S4659 [27JN], S5100 [18JY]

——— promote U.S. economic and energy security through increased energy development and reduced regulatory burdens (S. 2365), S3065, S3066 [10MY]

——— provide growth through small business tax relief, research and innovation, veterans’ business incentives, regulatory relief, support for high-skilled workers, and counterfeiting enforcement (S. 1866), S1830 [20MR], S3764, S3765 [6JN]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S329 [6FE], S362, S368 [7FE], S587 [14FE], S668, S676 [15FE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), conference report, S830–S836, S838–S842 [16FE], S880, S882, S888–S892, S893, S894 [17FE]

——— rebuild middle class by creating jobs, building opportunity for working families, and restoring balance to the tax code (S. 2252), S2483 [18AP]

——— stability of domestic automobile manufacturers, S1064 [28FE], S1174 [1MR], S2217 [29MR], S3419 [22MY]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (S. 2117), S852 [16FE]

——— support statewide individual-level integrated postsecondary education data systems (S. 2098), S502 [9FE], S3005 [9MY]

Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.: anniversary, S6263 [12SE]

EPA: impact of overregulation on the economy, S3620 [24MY]

F.S. VanHoose & Co., Inc.: tribute, S905 [17FE]

Federal agencies and departments: treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses (H.R. 4155), S4858, S4916 [11JY]

——— treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses (S. 2239), S4781 [29JN]

Federal aid programs: reform and strengthen investments in education and employment programs, S8296 [20DE]

Federal employees: increase contribution by new employees for defined retirement benefits, S831, S835 [16FE], S893, S894 [17FE]

——— reduce the size of the Federal workforce and extend salary freeze, S3110 [14MY]

——— reform the Senior Executive Service (S. 2249), S2168 [28MR]

——— treat time spent in Iraq or Afghanistan by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes (H.R. 6223), S8087, S8088 [17DE]

Fish and fishing: support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management, S4181 [14JN]

——— support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (S. 2184), S1579 [12MR]

Foreign trade: create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa (S. 2215), S1933 [21MR], S2065–S2068 [27MR], S3140 [15MY], S7715 [11DE], S8136 [18DE], S8541, S8542 [30DE]

——— create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa (S. 2215), unanimous-consent request, S8541 [30DE]

General Motors Co.: anniversary of Chevrolet Cruze automobile, S6097 [11SE]

Global Entrepreneurship Week: observance, S6721 [13NO]

Government regulations: impact on the energy sector, S3697 [5JN], S4333 [20JN]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (H.R. 4078), S5689 [30JY], S5691 [31JY]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), S2615 [24AP], S2683 [25AP], S3066, S3069 [10MY], S3223 [16MY], S4452 [25JN], S4690 [28JN]

——— restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine and wildlife habitats, beaches, and coastal wetland of Gulf Coast States, and provide Land and Water Conservation Fund funding, S1507, S1524, S1529 [8MR], S1661 [14MR], S2076 [27MR], S2208 [29MR], S2476 [18AP]

——— restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), conference report, S4699, S4707, S4708, S4710–S4714, S4716 [28JN], S4735, S4741–S4744, S4747–S4764 [29JN], S4810–S4812 [10JY], S5178 [19JY]

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving: Council on Foundations Wilmer Shields Rich Awards Program Bronze Award for Excellence in Communications recipient, S3421 [22MY]

Health: release of ‘‘Health Care Delivery System Reform and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’’ report, S2200 [29MR]

Housing: develop local strategies to coordinate use of assistance for low-income housing residents with public and private resources to enable families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency (S. 3513), S5987 [2AU]

Hurricanes: provide enhanced disaster unemployment assistance to States affected by Hurricane Sandy, S8273, S8274 [20DE]

——— provide for nonapplication of wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act for Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery projects, S8469, S8470 [28DE]

Immigration: eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (H.R. 3012), S13 [23JA], S1921 [21MR], S4889 [11JY]

——— enhance national security, combat illegal immigration, and promote job creation, innovation, investment, and research (S. 3553), S7421 [5DE]

——— enhance national security, combat illegal immigration, and promote job creation, innovation, investment, and research (S. 3553), unanimous-consent request, S7422 [5DE]

——— implement a special visa system to allow long-term resident youth to pursue a technical or college degree or serve in the U.S. military (S. 3639), S7013 [28NO]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory, S3068 [10MY]

——— permanently reauthorize the EB–5 Regional Center Program, the E-Verify Program, the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program (S. 3245), S3636 [24MY], S6007 [2AU], S6334 [13SE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), S7360 [3DE], S7363 [4DE], S7420–S7425 [5DE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), unanimous-consent request, S7421 [5DE]

Income: disparity between public and private sector wages and benefits, S3877 [11JN]

International Women’s Day: observance, S1497–S1501 [8MR]

——— support goals (S. Res. 90), S1499 [8MR]

Kelly, Keith: nomination to be Assistant Sec. of Labor for Veterans’ Employment and Training, unanimous-consent agreement, S6510 [20SE]

K-I Lumber & Building Materials (company): tribute, S609 [14FE]

King Arthur Flour Co., Inc.: tribute, S346 [6FE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (S. 2173), S1493 [7MR], S1495 [8MR]

McConnell AFB, KS: support selection as main operating base for KC–46A Tanker fleet, S5108 [18JY]

MF Global Holdings, Ltd.: prevent bonuses from being paid to employees responsible for day-to-day operations resulting in bankruptcy filing until customers’ aggregated account funds are repaid in full (S. Res. 407), S2113 [27MR]

Michigan: State legislature passage of right-to-work law protecting the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, S7729 [11DE], S7999, S8019 [13DE]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (S. 3453), S5491 [26JY]

Motor vehicles: importance of manufacturing jobs, S560 [13FE], S824 [16FE], S3419 [22MY]

National Apprenticeship Act: anniversary (S. Res. 530), S5626 [26JY]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (S. Res. 548), S6238 [11SE]

National Mediation Board: modify rules governing showing of interest threshold preceding representation elections, S340, S341 [6FE]

——— modify rules protecting rights of workers to organize and negotiate labor terms, S382 [7FE]

——— repeal rule on recognition of a labor union if a simple majority of workers who cast ballots approved organizing, S339–S341 [6FE]

National objectives: economic recovery, S57–S59, S62 [24JA], S332 [6FE], S368 [7FE], S2804 [26AP], S3110–S3113 [14MY], S4134 [13JN], S4193, S4196 [14JN], S4602–S4604 [26JN], S4649, S4653–S4658 [27JN], S4870–S4872 [11JY], S5107 [18JY], S5652–S5654 [30JY], S5806, S5826–S5828 [1AU], S6029–S6032 [10SE], S6480, S6492, S6505–S6507, S6510 [20SE], S6878 [26NO]

National Registered Apprenticeship Month: designate (S. Res. 530), S5626 [26JY]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 555), S6678, S6679 [21SE]

National Work and Family Month: designate (S. Res. 533), S5688 [30JY]

New Hampshire: importance of travel and tourism, S6329 [13SE]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (S.J. Res. 36), S853–S856 [16FE], S2587, S2588 [23AP]

——— disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (S.J. Res. 36), motion to proceed, S2559, S2568–S2579 [23AP], S2616–S2630 [24AP]

——— disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (S.J. Res. 36), unanimous-consent agreement, S2538 [19AP]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract, S4388, S4389 [21JN]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (S. 2371), S3706 [5JN]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (S. 3221), S3457 [22MY], S3459 [23MY]

Obama, President: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline consistent with current law, prohibit export of crude oil transported by the pipeline, and require use of U.S. iron, steel, and manufactured goods in construction, S1525, S1529 [8MR]

——— characterization of remarks concerning small business, S5178 [19JY], S5344 [25JY]

——— decision to reject permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S1069 [28FE], S1100–S1103 [29FE], S1183, S1188 [1MR], S1381 [5MR], S1403–S1407 [6MR], S1434 [7MR], S2024, S2026, S2028 [26MR], S2070 [27MR]

——— evaluation of administration, S2614, S2616 [24AP], S2991 [9MY], S3052 [10MY], S3460 [23MY], S4314 [20JN], S4986–S4988 [16JY], S5052–S5054, S5074, S5076–S5081 [17JY]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S52, S53, S56, S61 [24JA], S140 [30JA], S177, S180 [31JA], S550 [13FE], S898 [17FE], S1567 [12MR], S2560 [23AP], S3298–S3300 [21MY], S3746 [6JN], S3931, S3932 [12JN], S4110–S4114 [13JN], S4189–S4192 [14JN], S4784–S4786 [9JY], S4922 [12JY], S5101 [18JY], S5170, S5184 [19JY], S5241–S5243 [23JY], S5281, S5284 [24JY], S5693 [31JY], S5808, S5829 [1AU], S5902 [2AU], S6322 [13SE], S7409–S7411 [5DE]

——— evaluation of energy policies, S2948–S2950 [8MY], S4288, S4293 [19JN], S6480, S6481 [20SE]

——— evaluation of tax policies, S3408 [22MY], S4998 [16JY], S5938–S5940 [2AU]

——— State of the Union Message, S82 [26JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program funding, S1880, S1881 [21MR]

——— impact, S1821 [20MR], S1873–S1875, S1879–S1883 [21MR], S1956–S1963, S1988–S1991 [22MR], S2014, S2020–S2023 [26MR], S2160–S2163 [28MR], S2200, S2214 [29MR], S3008 [9MY], S3114 [14MY], S4112 [13JN], S4731–S4733 [29JN], S4808–S4810 [10JY], S4857, S4879 [11JY], S5202 [19JY], S5445–S5447 [26JY], S5692–S5699, S5713 [31JY], S6042–S6044 [10SE]

——— impact on job creation, S3245 [17MY], S4650 [27JN]

——— impact on small business hiring, S4868 [11JY]

——— impact on tax burden, S4856–S4858 [11JY]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements, S3829 [7JN]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), S234, S250 [1FE], S287–S289 [2FE], S1062 [27FE], S1063 [28FE]

Pensions: reform funding rules, S1659 [14MR]

Petroleum: decrease dependence on oil from foreign sources hostile to U.S. interests and recognize employment impact of increased access to Canadian energy resources, S367 [7FE]

Postal Service: contract with an independent organization to conduct a study on community impact of closure or consolidation of postal facilities, S2466 [18AP]

——— determine impact of certain postal facility closures or consolidations on small business, S2689 [25AP]

——— impact of closure of post offices and facilities, S3260 [17MY]

——— renegotiation of current collective bargaining agreements, S2632–S2634 [24AP]

Power resources: facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation (S. 3445), S5488 [26JY], S5816 [1AU]

Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (S. 3074), S3058 [10MY]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, S8158–S8160 [19DE]

——— disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (S.J. Res. 50), S6086 [11SE], S6407–S6409 [19SE]

——— disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (S.J. Res. 50), unanimous-consent request, S6407, S6408 [19SE]

——— Executive order to reform Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, S4995 [16JY]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (S. 3397), S5136 [18JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3671 [4JN], S3812–S3816 [7JN]

SBA: establish a vocational and technical entrepreneurship development demonstration program (S. 3174), S3131 [14MY]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (S. 3675), S7979, S7980 [12DE]

——— extend loan refinancing program, S1728 [15MR]

SEC: determine if the term ‘‘held of record’’ should include beneficial owners of such class of securities, S1884 [21MR], S1973 [22MR]

Senate: legislative priorities, S1607 [13MR], S1642 [14MR], S3052 [10MY]

——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 4348, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21) conference report, S4760 [29JN]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1454 [7MR], S1496 [8MR], S1581 [12MR], S1583–S1586 [13MR], S1667–S1671, S1673–S1675 [14MR], S1686–S1696, S1698–S1700, S1705, S1714–S1729 [15MR], S1764–S1768, S1776–S1783 [19MR], S1817, S1822–S1831, S1834, S1835, S1837–S1842 [20MR], S1875, S1877–S1879, S1883–S1890, S1894 [21MR], S1957, S1963, S1966–S1977, S1995 [22MR], S2078 [27MR], S2229–S2231 [29MR], S2590 [23AP], S4195 [14JN], S5474–S5478 [26JY]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), unanimous-consent agreement, S1919 [21MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), unanimous-consent request, S1568, S1569 [12MR], S1585 [13MR]

——— increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (S. 1933), S1455 [7MR]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses and improve SBA programs (S. 3442), S5386–S5390 [25JY]

Social Security: extend solvency of the trust funds by increasing the normal and early retirement ages and modifying the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (S. 1213), S61 [24JA], S90 [26JA], S663 [15FE], S3115 [14MY]

——— extend solvency of the trust funds by increasing the normal and early retirement ages and modifying the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (S. 3533), S7130 [29NO]

Sparrows Point, MD: closure of steel mill, S8011 [13DE]

SSA: reauthorize Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program, S4767 [29JN]

States: proposal to eliminate collective bargaining rights for most public employees, S3773–S3775 [6JN]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: observance, S2799, S2800 [26AP]

——— support goals and ideals (S. Res. 408), S2184 [28MR]

Taxation: apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (S. 1558), S5276 [24JY]

——— Build America Bonds program, S836 [16FE]

——— create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas, S284 [2FE]

——— encourage alternative energy investments and job creation, S1561–S1564 [12MR], S1591, S1600 [13MR]

——— establish Transportation and Regional Infrastructure Project (TRIP) Bonds program, S836, S838 [16FE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, S4117 [13JN], S4798–S4800, S4804–S4806 [10JY], S4835–S4842, S4851, S4857, S4885 [11JY], S4928, S4932, S4934 [12JY], S4991–S4995, S4998 [16JY], S5052, S5074, S5076–S5081 [17JY], S5102–S5103 [18JY], S5178, S5198 [19JY], S6485–S6488 [20SE], S7654 [6DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), S5840 [1AU], S6066 [10SE], S6075 [11SE], S8583–S8586 [31DE], S8611–S8618, S8620, S8622 [1JA], S8641–S8644, S8661–S8663 [2JA]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent agreement, S8513 [28DE], S8584 [31DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent request, S6418, S6419 [19SE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and repeal estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 3420), S5264 [23JY], S5265 [24JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend increased expensing limitations, and provide instructions for tax reform, S5275, S5287, S5291–S5293 [24JY], S5324–S5327, S5330–S5339, S5345, S5349–S5353 [25JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend increased expensing limitations, and provide instructions for tax reform (S. 3401), S5167 [18JY], S5169 [19JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, extend increased expensing limitations, and provide instructions for tax reform (S. 3413), S5238 [19JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3393), S5090 [17JY], S5093 [18JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), S5238 [19JY], S5352–S5357 [25JY], S5421, S5441, S5442, S5445 [26JY], S5631 [30JY], S6877 [26NO], S6936 [27NO], S7128, S7132 [29NO], S7379–S7381, S7395 [4DE], S7406–S7408, S7415–S7420, S7426, S7435 [5DE], S7643, S7677 [6DE], S7692 [10DE], S7714, S7727 [11DE], S7757, S7781, S7784 [12DE], S8323 [21DE], S8383, S8418 [27DE]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), motion to proceed, S5265–S5268, S5270, S5271, S5275, S5277–S5288, S5291–S5294 [24JY], S5321–S5347, S5349–S5352 [25JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), unanimous-consent agreement, S5339 [25JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (S. 3412), unanimous-consent request, S6418, S6419 [19SE]

——— extend certain Creating Small Business Jobs Act provisions (S. 2050), S210 [31JA]

——— extend renewable energy production tax credit, S674–S678 [15FE]

——— extend the payroll tax holiday and provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employees (S. 3660), S7418, S7419 [5DE]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), S8324 [21DE]

——— provide a credit for early childhood education professional school personnel, expand deduction for expenses to early childhood education teachers, and modify credit for dependent care services (S. 2180), S1542 [8MR]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), S2036 [26MR], S2039 [27MR], S4884–S4886 [11JY], S4919–S4928, S4930–S4938 [12JY]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), motion to proceed, S4448 [25JN], S4765 [29JN], S4784 [9JY], S4793, S4795, S4804–S4806, S4812 [10JY], S4835–S4843, S4846, S4851–S4853, S4872–S4884 [11JY]

——— provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for certain business assets (S. 2237), unanimous-consent request, S4836, S4885, S4886 [11JY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 3364), S4791 [9JY], S4793 [10JY], S5022 [16JY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 3364), motion to proceed, S5072–S5074 [17JY], S5093, S5099, S5105, S5109–S5111, S5114, S5130 [18JY], S5169, S5170, S5175, S5178, S5180–S5186, S5188–S5190 [19JY], S5328, S5346 [25JY]

——— provide payroll tax relief, S329 [6FE], S362 [7FE], S587 [14FE], S668, S676 [15FE], S830, S840 [16FE], S882 [17FE]

Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers (business): tribute, S698 [15FE]

Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), S585, S587 [14FE]

——— ensure transit agencies that partner with community colleges on job training programs are eligible for Federal grants, S842 [16FE]

Transportation Security Administration: require compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (H.R. 3670), S6007 [2AU]

Twin Falls, ID: opening of Chobani Inc., production facility, S8067 [17DE]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation, S3167 [15MY], S4194 [14JN]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement: implementation, S3167 [15MY], S4194 [14JN]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement: implementation, S3167 [15MY], S4194 [14JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S368 [7FE], S891 [17FE], S8617 [1JA]

——— rates, S368 [7FE], S421 [9FE], S823 [16FE], S1888 [21MR], S4623 [26JN], S6508 [20SE]

Veterans: improve protection and enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (S. 3233), S3518 [23MY]

——— reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, S3504–S3506 [23MY]

——— require States to ensure that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses, S6256 [12SE], S6291 [13SE], S7391 [4DE]

Veterans Jobs Corps Act: violation of Budget Control Act by increasing authority and outlays above Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) allocation, S6317 [13SE], S6396 [19SE]

Whistleblowing: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 3462), S5736 [31JY]

Wisconsin Community Services, Inc.: anniversary, S2599 [23AP]

Xuron Corp.: tribute, S1678 [14MR]

Reports

Continuing Oversight of Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation—Job Creators Still Buried by Red Tape: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H5231 [25JY]

Employer Health Benefits Survey Findings: Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust (organization), H4712–H4715 [10JY]

Telecom Sector Leads the Way in Domestic Economic Investments: Progressive Policy Institute, E1272 [18JY]

‘‘Ten Thousand Commandments’’: Clyde W. Crews, Jr., Competitive Enterprise Institute (excerpt), H5147 [24JY]

Reports filed

American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act: Committee on Transportation (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 112–397), H696 [13FE]

American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5865) (H. Rept. 112–659), H5764 [10SE]

Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3409) (H. Rept. 112–670), H5999 [13SE]

Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 6082) (H. Rept. 112–615), H5130 [23JY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 554) (H. Rept. 112–400), H900 [16FE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4348, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21): Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 112–558), H4603 [28JN]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 118, Disapprove Rule Relative to Waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Work Requirements: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 788) (H. Rept. 112–680), H6150 [19SE]

Consideration of H.R. 7, American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 547) (H. Rept. 112–398), H725 [14FE]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 747) (H. Rept. 112–641), H5524 [31JY]

Consideration of H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 522) (H. Rept. 112–375), H158 [24JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3409, Stop the War on Coal Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 788) (H. Rept. 112–680), H6150 [19SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3606, Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 572) (H. Rept. 112–409), H1209 [6MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4078, Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 738) (H. Rept. 112–616), H5130 [23JY]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 741) (H. Rept. 112–623), H5290 [25JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4348, Highway Programs Reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline Permitting Approval, and Gulf Coast States Resources and Economy Restoration: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 619) (H. Rept. 112–446), H1914 [17AP]

Consideration of H.R. 6082, Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 738) (H. Rept. 112–616), H5130 [23JY]

Consideration of H.R. 6429, STEM Jobs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 821) (H. Rept. 112–697), H6505 [28NO]

Consideration of H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act and Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. 66, Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 841) (H. Rept. 112–708), H7359 [19DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 844) (H. Rept. 112–741), H7565 [1JA]

Disapprove Rule Relative to Waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Work Requirements: Committee on Education and Workforce (House) (H.J. Res. 118) (H. Rept. 112–677), H6068 [18SE]

——— Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.J. Res. 118) (H. Rept. 112–677), H6068 [18SE]

Federal Forests County Revenue, Schools, and Jobs Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4019) (H. Rept. 112–737), H7516 [31DE]

Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1173) (H. Rept. 112–342), H113 [23JA]

Gasoline Regulations Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4471) (H. Rept. 112–519), H3577 [6JN]

Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2215) (S. Rept. 112–231), S6744 [13NO]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3606) (H. Rept. 112–406), H1209 [6MR]

Medical FSA Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1004) (H. Rept. 112–515), H3479 [5JN]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3630) (H. Rept. 112–399), H900 [16FE]

Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5797) (H. Rept. 112–634), H5524 [31JY]

Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1864) (H. Rept. 112–386), H475 [3FE]

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21): Committee of Conference (H.R. 4348) (H. Rept. 112–557), H4603 [28JN]

Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 241), S8203 [19DE]

Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4078) (H. Rept. 112–461), H5130 [23JY]

Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4078) (H. Rept. 112–461), H2266 [27AP]

Reopening American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3606) (H. Rept. 112–406), H1133 [1MR]

Restoring Access to Medication Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5842) (H. Rept. 112–516), H3479 [5JN]

Transportation Security Administration Compliance With the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 3670) (H. Rept. 112–487), H3161 [18MY]

Transportation Security Administration Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) Applicants To Remotely Apply for Issuance, Renewal, or Activation: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3173) (H. Rept. 112–523), H3706 [15JN]

U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1641) (S. Rept. 112–222), S6545 [20SE]

U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1642) (S. Rept. 112–223), S6545 [20SE]

U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1643) (S. Rept. 112–224), S6545 [20SE]

Veteran Skills to Jobs Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2239), S4773 [29JN]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4155) (H. Rept. 112–585), H4684 [9JY]

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3289) (H. Rept. 112–508), H3265 [30MY]

Workforce Investment Improvement Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4297) (H. Rept. 112–699), H6675 [5DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H348 [1FE]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), S1884 [21MR], H1240 [7MR]

Statements

American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act: Executive Office of the President, H745 [15FE]

Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 Anniversary: Representative Keating, E757 [10MY]

Economic Justice: Alex Lesser and Josh Fixler, Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism and Union for Reform Judaism, E101 [31JA]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: Executive Office of the President, H1237 [7MR]

——— Luis A. Aguilar, SEC, S1970 [22MR]

Summaries

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (H.R. 3606), H1239 [7MR]

Surveys

Economic State of Small Business: American Sustainable Business Council, Main Street Alliance, Small Business Majority (organization), H5239 [25JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 522, consideration of H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act, H192 [31JA]

H. Res. 547, consideration of H.R. 7, American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, H740 [15FE]

H. Res. 554, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H907 [17FE]

H. Res. 572, consideration of H.R. 3606, Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, H1222 [7MR]

H. Res. 619, consideration of H.R. 4348, highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration, H1925 [18AP]

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 4348, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP–21), H4609 [29JN]

H. Res. 738, consideration of H.R. 4078, Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act and H.R. 6082, Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan, H5141 [24JY]

H. Res. 741, consideration of H.R. 4078, Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, H5302 [26JY]

H. Res. 747, consideration of H.R. 8, Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act, H5538 [1AU]

H. Res. 788, consideration of H.J. Res. 118, disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, H6165 [20SE]

H. Res. 788, consideration of H.R. 3409, Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act, H6165 [20SE]

H. Res. 821, consideration of H.R. 6429, STEM Jobs Act and to allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation, H6517 [29NO]

H. Res. 841, consideration of H.R. 6684, Spending Reduction Act and Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 66, Permanent Tax Relief for Families and Small Businesses Act, H7374 [20DE]

H. Res. 844, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 8, American Taxpayer Relief Act, H7531 [1JA]

H.J. Res. 118, disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirement, H6175 [20SE]

H.R. 8, Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act, H5578 [1AU]

H.R. 828, Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act, H5414 [31JY]

H.R. 1173, Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security Act, H333 [1FE]

H.R. 1864, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act, H2667 [15MY]

H.R. 3173, Transportation Security Administration allowance of transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation, H4015 [26JN]

H.R. 3409, Stop the War on Coal Act, H6204–H6211 [20SE]

H.R. 3606, Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, H1245–H1249 [7MR]

H.R. 3670, require Transportation Security Administration compliance with the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, H3239 [30MY]

H.R. 4078, Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, H5244–H5251 [25JY]

H.R. 4155, Veteran Skills to Jobs Act, H4661 [9JY]

H.R. 4157, Preserving America’s Family Farms Act, H5162 [24JY]

H.R. 4348, highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration, H1940–H1944 [18AP]

H.R. 5797, Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act, H5606 [1AU]

H.R. 5865, American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act, H5830 [11SE]

H.R. 6082, Congressional Replacement of President Obama’s Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan, H5174 [24JY]

H.R. 6168, President Obama’s Proposed 2012–2017 Offshore Drilling Lease Sale Plan Act, H5212 [25JY]

H.R. 6223, treat time spent in Iraq or Afghanistan by diplomatic or military translators, interpreters, or executive security personnel as U.S. residency for naturalization purposes, H6650 [5DE]

H.R. 6371, Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act, H6334 [13NO]

H.R. 6429, STEM Jobs Act, H6185–H6187 [20SE], H6539–H6541 [30NO]

S. 2050, Small Business Tax Extenders Act, S211 [31JA]

S. 2189, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, S1616 [13MR]

S. 2215, Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act, S1933 [21MR]

S. 2237, Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act, S2032 [26MR]

S. 2239, treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy training or certification requirements for Federal licenses, S4781 [29JN]

S. 2249, Senior Executive Service Reform Act, S2168–S2171 [28MR]

S. 2299, Servicemembers Rights Enforcement Improvement Act, S2501 [18AP]

S. 3245, EB–5 Regional Center Program, E-Verify Program, Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program, and the Conrad State 30 J–1 Visa Waiver Program permanent reauthorization, S3636 [24MY], H5814 [11SE]

S. 3381, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S4954–S4958 [12JY]

S. 3393, Middle Class Tax Cut Act, S5087–S5089 [17JY]

S. 3412, Middle Class Tax Cut Act, S5216–S5218 [19JY], S5355 [25JY]

S. 3442, Success Ultimately Comes from Capital, Contracting, Education, Strategic Partnerships, and Smart Regulations (SUCCESS) Act, S5390–S5401 [25JY]

S. 3453, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S5492 [26JY]

S. 3462, Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, S5736 [31JY]

S. Con. Res. 62, support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings, S7687 [6DE]

S. Res. 400, support goals and ideals of World Social Work Day and Professional Social Work Month, S1850 [20MR]

S. Res. 407, prevent bonuses from being paid to MF Global Holdings, Ltd., employees responsible for day-to-day operations resulting in bankruptcy filing until customers’ aggregated account funds are repaid in full, S2092, S2113 [27MR]

S. Res. 408, support goals and ideals of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, S2171, S2184 [28MR]

S. Res. 453, expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities, S3089 [10MY]

S. Res. 530, National Apprenticeship Act anniversary and National Registered Apprenticeship Month, S5493, S5626 [26JY]

S. Res. 533, National Work and Family Month, S5660, S5688 [30JY]

S. Res. 548, National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week, S6109, S6238 [11SE]

S. Res. 555, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S6345 [13SE], S6679 [21SE]

S. Res. 589, Small Business Saturday, S6635, S6684 [21SE]