SMITH, LAMAR (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (S. 3250), H7583 [2JA]

Analyses

America Invents Act Correction and Improvement (H.R. 6621), E2016• [31DE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4310, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H6782 [13DE]

Articles and editorials

Measuring the Impact of Regulation—The Rule of More—Rule-Making Is Being Made To Look More Beneficial Under Barack Obama, Economist (publication), H5236 [25JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H114 [23JA]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H6151 [19SE]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see H. Res. 774), H6152 [19SE]

Brig. Gen. Robert E. Galer Post Office Building, Gainesville, TX: designate (see H.R. 6589), H6536 [29NO]

Budget: require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (see H.R. 5872), H3362 [31MY]

Chinese Americans: express regret for passage of laws that adversely affected the Chinese in the U.S., including the Chinese Exclusion Act (see H. Res. 683), H3699 [8JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3811), H187 [27JA]

Courts: clarify exception to foreign sovereign jurisdictional immunity as it applies to certain art exhibitions (see H.R. 4086), H950 [24FE]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H6152 [19SE]

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), H5712 [2AU]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H6312 [19OC]

Dept. of Justice: eliminate an unnecessary reporting requirement for an unfunded DNA identification grant program (see H.R. 6605), H6469 [27NO]

——— eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements for unfunded programs under the Office of Justice Programs (see H.R. 6189), H5290 [25JY]

——— enhance use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 6019), H4063 [26JN]

——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (see H.R. 4362), H1845 [16AP]

——— reauthorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program (see H.R. 6062), H4654 [29JN]

Dept. of Transportation: reauthorize surface transportation research, technology, training, intelligent transportation, and university transportation programs, and Bureau of Transportation Statistics (see H.R. 3833), H186 [27JA]

Dryden Flight Research Center, Palmdale, CA: redesignate as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (see H.R. 6612), H6535 [29NO]

EPA: provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (see H.R. 6564), H6312 [19OC]

Europe: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, provide information about Hezbollah to European allies, and support Bulgaria in investigating terrorist attack in Burgas (see H. Res. 834), H7264 [18DE]

Executive Office of the President: define advisors often characterized as ‘‘czars’’ and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (see H.R. 59), H5711 [2AU]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (see H.R. 6586), H6328 [9NO]

FDA: improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H220 [31JA]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process (see H.R. 4377), H1976 [18AP]

Federal employees: 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), H6429 [16NO]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H3662 [7JN]

——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3405 [1JN]

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: receive and determine validity and amount of claims for loss of wages and other property of those plaintiffs in the case Bruce D. Abbott et al. v. Libya (see H.R. 3713), H476 [3FE]

FRS: improve functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee (see H.R. 4180), H3976 [21JN]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H6152 [19SE]

Government: require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see H.R. 1474), H1807 [29MR]

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]

Health: repeal mandate that employers provide health insurance for employees (see H.R. 1744), H2033 [19AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4684 [9JY]

Housing: enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of homebuilders, and provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the need for new homes (see H.R. 1755), H5766 [10SE]

Hydroelectric power: improve (see H.R. 5892), H3480 [5JN]

Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see H. Res. 556), H966 [27FE]

——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1367 [16MR]

Israel: allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E–2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated U.S. nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel (see H.R. 3992), H692 [9FE]

——— authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 4229), H2134 [25AP]

——— independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 115), H2134 [25AP]

——— reaffirm strategic relationship with the U.S., direct the President to submit reports on U.S. actions to enhance this relationship, and assist in the defense of Israel (see H.R. 4133), H1363 [13MR]

Labor unions: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 972), H5766 [10SE]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 2040), H6061 [14SE]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H3976 [21JN]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H2329 [7MY]

NASA: establish sites for retiring space shuttles in Texas, Virginia, California, and Florida (see H.R. 1536), H641 [8FE]

——— preserve U.S. space leadership by establishing a Board of Directors to review and reform space programs and extend the term of the Administrator (see H.R. 6491), H6274 [21SE]

National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604 [28JN]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (see H.R. 6489), H6284 [25SE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1808 [29MR]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see H.J. Res. 103), H1642 [27MR]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 2978), H5766 [10SE]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 4385), H3700 [8JN]

——— repeal rule requiring employers to post notices relative to the National Labor Relations Act (see H.R. 2854), H6302 [5OC]

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 832), H6806 [13DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H375 [1FE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4684 [9JY]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 1370), H476 [3FE]

Paul Brown U.S. Courthouse, Sherman, TX: designate (see H.R. 6633), H6675 [5DE]

Presidents of the U.S.: eliminate certain limitations on length of Secret Service protection for former Presidents and their children (see H.R. 6620), H6578 [30NO]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H3733 [18JN]

Public buildings: improve security at State and local courthouses (see H.R. 6185), H5526 [31JY]

Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program: improve (see H.R. 4018), H725 [14FE]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 6140), H5079 [19JY]

——— provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1167), H5766 [10SE]

Space policy: confirm full ownership rights for astronauts of certain artifacts from space missions (see H.R. 4158), H1272 [7MR]

——— 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]

Taxation: increase limitation on expensing of certain depreciable assets for certain businesses that hire veterans (see H.R. 2443), H159 [24JA]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H694 [9FE]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (see H.R. 9), H1641 [27MR]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 6597), H6428 [16NO]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 436), H2569 [9MY]

——— require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 1956), H2647 [10MY]

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty: oppose (see H. Res. 814), H6428 [16NO]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4970), H2267 [27AP]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H79 [18JA]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H476 [3FE]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H6152 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

America Invents Act: correct and improve (see H.R. 6621), H6578 [30NO]

Contracts: improve enactment of certain laws relative to public contracts (see H.R. 6080), H4684 [9JY]

Courts: prevent termination of temporary bankruptcy judges in certain judicial districts (see H.R. 4967), H2267 [27AP]

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (see H.R. 6063), H4654 [29JN]

——— provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (see H.R. 5889), H3480 [5JN]

Espionage: increase penalties for foreign and economic espionage (see H.R. 6029), H4155 [27JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (see H.R. 5949), H3707 [15JN]

Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs: implement (see H.R. 6432), H6150 [19SE]

Hobby Protection Act: amend to make unlawful the provision of assistance or support in violation of that Act (see H.R. 5977), H3914 [20JN]

Immigration: 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]

Patent Law Treaty: implement (see H.R. 6432), H6150 [19SE]

Patriotism: revise U.S. Code provisions on patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations (see H.R. 6602), H6428 [16NO]

Tariff: ethylhexylglycerine (see H.R. 5318), H2274 [27AP]

Trademark Act: correct an error relative to remedies for dilution (see H.R. 6215), H5326 [26JY]

Constitutional authority statements

America Invents Act: correct and improve (H.R. 6621), H6578 [30NO]

Contracts: improve enactment of certain laws relative to public contracts (H.R. 6080), H4685 [9JY]

Courts: prevent termination of temporary bankruptcy judges in certain judicial districts (H.R. 4967), H2275 [27AP]

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (H.R. 6063), H4655 [29JN]

——— provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (H.R. 5889), H3480 [5JN]

Espionage: increase penalties for foreign and economic espionage (H.R. 6029), H4156 [27JN]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 5949), H3707 [15JN]

Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs: implement (H.R. 6432), H6151 [19SE]

Hobby Protection Act: amend to make unlawful the provision of assistance or support in violation of that Act (H.R. 5977), H3915 [20JN]

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

Patriotism: revise U.S. Code provisions on patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations (H.R. 6602), H6429 [16NO]

Tariff: ethylhexylglycerine (H.R. 5318), H2288 [27AP]

Trademark Act: correct an error relative to remedies for dilution (H.R. 6215), H5327 [26JY]

Letters

Border Security Information Improvement Act: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H6119 [19SE]

——— Representative Peter T. King, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H6119 [19SE]

Border Tunnel Prevention Act: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2672• [15MY]

——— Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2671• [15MY]

——— Representative Peter T. King, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H2672• [15MY]

Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E869 [18MY]

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

——— Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H5816 [11SE]

Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4874 [17JY]

Insular Areas Act: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4889 [17JY]

International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3451 [5JN]

Local Courthouse Safety Act: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5792 [11SE]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H5792 [11SE]

Temporary Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act: by, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E740 [9MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (H.R. 3541), H3190• [30MY]

Aleynikov, Sergey: overturning of conviction for stealing proprietary computer source codes from Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., H6848 [18DE]

America Invents Act: correct and improve (H.R. 6621), H6842, H6843, H6844 [18DE]

——— correct and improve (H.R. 6621), Senate amendment, H7455, H7456 [30DE]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers, H1510• [22MR]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize certain programs relative to sex offender management and registration (H.R. 3796), H5450, H5451 [31JY]

Chinese Americans: express regret for passage of laws that adversely affected the Chinese in the U.S., including the Chinese Exclusion Act (H. Res. 683), H3715, H3716 [18JN]

Chukwueke, Sopuruchi: relief (S. 285), H6599 [4DE]

Congress: prohibit Members and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit (S. 2038), H645, H648 [9FE]

Consumers: clarify that a video tape service provider may obtain a consumer’s informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet (H.R. 6671), H6851• [18DE]

Contracts: improve enactment of certain laws relative to public contracts (H.R. 6080), H5796, H5814 [11SE]

Courts: clarify exception to foreign sovereign jurisdictional immunity as it applies to certain art exhibitions (H.R. 4086), H1370 [19MR]

Crime: correct and simplify the drafting of certain laws relating to restricted buildings or grounds (H.R. 347), Senate amendment, H953 [27FE]

——— enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (H.R. 6063), H5507, H5508 [31JY]

——— establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (H.R. 1775), H5793 [11SE]

——— increase penalties for counterfeit drug trafficking (H.R. 3668), H3719 [18JN]

——— increase penalties for stealing, transporting, and storing stolen prescription drugs (H.R. 4223), H3991, H3992 [26JN]

——— provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (H.R. 5889), H3986, H3989 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3140 [18MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: provide for a land exchange with the South Carolina State Ports Authority (S. 2061), H4672, H4673 [9JY]

——— reduce trafficking of drugs and prevent human smuggling across the Southwest border by deterring construction and use of border tunnels (H.R. 4119), H2669, H2670 [15MY]

Dept. of Justice: eliminate an unnecessary reporting requirement for an unfunded DNA identification grant program (H.R. 6605), H6650 [5DE]

——— eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements for unfunded programs under the Office of Justice Programs (H.R. 6189), H5796 [11SE], H6650 [5DE]

——— investigate possible violations of U.S. law regarding leaks of sensitive military intelligence involving the U.S. and Israel, H3140 [18MY]

——— provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry (S. 3250), unanimous-consent agreement, H7580 [2JA]

——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (H.R. 4362), H5510, H5511 [31JY]

——— provide grants to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in rapid recovery of missing individuals (H.R. 4305), H5789• [11SE]

——— provide incentive payments under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program for States to implement minimum and enhanced DNA collection processes (H.R. 6014), H6844, H6845, H6847 [18DE]

——— reauthorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program (H.R. 6062), H5514 [31JY]

——— reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 2800), H5790 [11SE]

——— report and make recommendations to Congress on ability to track, investigate, and quantify cross-border violence along the Southwest border (H.R. 6368), H6118 [19SE]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: establish programs to help States that have high rates of homicide and other violent crime (H.R. 1550), H5515, H5516 [31JY]

Dryden Flight Research Center, Palmdale, CA: redesignate as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range (H.R. 6612), H7490 [31DE]

Economic Espionage Act: clarify scope (S. 3642), H6848 [18DE]

Espionage: increase penalties for foreign and economic espionage (H.R. 6029), H5506 [31JY]

——— increase penalties for foreign and economic espionage (H.R. 6029), Senate amendment, H7453, H7454 [30DE]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 6586), H6337 [13NO]

——— extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 6586), Senate amendment, H7584 [2JA]

Federal agencies and departments: improve coordination of agency actions in preparation and adoption of environmental documents in order to streamline the Federal permitting process, H5235 [25JY]

Federal employees: 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, H6651 [5DE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: extend certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 5949), H5890, H5891, H5897 [12SE]

Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month: observance, E437• [26MR]

Government regulations: impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof, H5235 [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), H5234, H5235, H5236, H5243 [25JY]

Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs: implement (S. 3486), H6652, H6655 [5DE]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1478, H1481, H1483, H1489 [21MR], H1510• [22MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4755 [10JY]

High-Performance Computing Act: authorize activities for support of networking and information technology research (H.R. 3834), H2227• [27AP]

House of Representatives: appreciation for tributes, H6647 [5DE]

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), H5814, H5815, H5816 [11SE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), H6185, H6187, H6188, H6189, H6191, H6192, H6193 [20SE]

——— require accreditation of certain educational institutions for purposes of a nonimmigrant student visa (H.R. 3120), H5504, H5505 [31JY]

Israel: allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E–2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated U.S. nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel (H.R. 3992), H1372 [19MR]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (H.R. 365), H2673, H2674 [15MY]

Manziel, Johnny: Heisman Trophy recipient, E1920• [12DE]

Mental health: strike the word ‘‘lunatic’’ from Federal law (S. 2367), H6656 [5DE]

National parks and recreation areas: codify into law as title 54 of the U.S. Code certain laws relative to the National Park System (H.R. 1950), H5452, H5504 [31JY]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H2764 [16MY]

——— pay Quapay (O-Gah-Pah) Tribe of Oklahoma and its members for trust damages for mismanagement of assets (H.R. 5862), refer to the Court of Federal Claims (H. Res. 668), H7280, H7281 [19DE]

News media: allegations of media bias in coverage of issues based on political affiliation, H907 [17FE], H1814 [16AP], E349• [8MR], E1206• [9JY]

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

——— allegations of media bias in coverage of religious issues, H3409 [5JN]

——— allegations of media bias in coverage of taxation of millionaires, E111• [1FE]

Patent Law Treaty: implement (S. 3486), H6652, H6655 [5DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4755 [10JY]

Patriotism: revise U.S. Code provisions on patriotic and national observances, ceremonies, and organizations (H.R. 6602), H6647, H6649 [5DE]

Point of order, H5452, H5504, H5506, H5507, H5510, H5514, H5515, H5518 [31JY]

Presidents of the U.S.: eliminate certain limitations on length of Secret Service protection for former Presidents and their children (H.R. 6620), H6646 [5DE]

Public buildings: improve security at State and local courthouses (H.R. 6185), H5791, H5792 [11SE]

Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program: improve (H.R. 4018), H3994, H3995 [26JN]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1433), H997, H999 [28FE]

Securities: revise requirements related to assets pledged by a surety (H.R. 3534), H2676, H2678• [15MY]

Space policy: confirm full ownership rights for astronauts of certain artifacts from space missions (H.R. 4158), H6087• [19SE]

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

Trademark Act: correct an error relative to remedies for dilution (H.R. 6215), H5795 [11SE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2764 [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H6647 [5DE]

Reports filed

Activities During the 112th Congress: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Rept. 112–559), H4653 [29JN]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Rept. 112–747), H7589 [3JA]

Border Tunnel Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4119) (H. Rept. 112–418), H1496 [21MR]

Child and Elderly Missing Alert Program: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4305) (H. Rept. 112–649), H5764 [10SE]

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2299) (H. Rept. 112–671), H6059 [14SE]

Child Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6063) (H. Rept. 112–638), H5524 [31JY]

Child Protection and Safety Act Programs Relative to Sex Offender Management and Registration Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3796) (H. Rept. 112–637), H5524 [31JY]

Clean Up Government Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2572) (H. Rept. 112–688), H6273 [21SE]

Codify Into Law as Title 54 of the U.S. Code Certain Laws Relative to the National Park System: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1950) (H. Rept. 112–631), H5524 [31JY]

Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3668) (H. Rept. 112–537), H3732 [18JN]

Dept. of Justice Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6062) (H. Rept. 112–636), H5524 [31JY]

Dept. of Justice Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2800) (H. Rept. 112–651), H5764 [10SE]

Dept. of Justice Transmission of Documents to House of Representatives Relative to the Practice of Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens and Targets Abroad: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 819) (H. Rept. 112–704), H7263 [18DE]

District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3803) (H. Rept. 112–640), H5524 [31JY]

Divisional Realignment Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5512) (H. Rept. 112–497), H3177 [29MY]

Foreign and Economic Espionage Penalty Enhancement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6029) (H. Rept. 112–610), H5077 [19JY]

Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4086) (H. Rept. 112–413), H1390 [19MR]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Extension of Certain Counterterrorism and Intelligence Gathering Tools: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5949) (H. Rept. 112–645), H5703 [2AU]

Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4369) (H. Rept. 112–687), H6273 [21SE]

Government Litigation Savings Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1996) (H. Rept. 112–594), H4827 [11JY]

Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 112–39), H1366 [16MR]

Improve Enactment of Certain Laws Relative to Public Contracts: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6080) (H. Rept. 112–662), H5764 [10SE]

Israeli Nationals Eligibility To Receive E–2 Nonimmigrant Visas Relative to Eligibility of U.S. Nationals for Similar Nonimmigrant Status in Israel: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3992) (H. Rept. 112–410), H1303 [8MR]

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6019) (H. Rept. 112–582), H4683 [9JY]

Local Courthouse Safety Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6185) (H. Rept. 112–661), H5764 [10SE]

Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1864) (H. Rept. 112–386), H475 [3FE]

National Blue Alert Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 365) (H. Rept. 112–478), H2662 [11MY]

Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5889) (H. Rept. 112–551), H4063 [26JN]

Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA): Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3541) (H. Rept. 112–496), H3176 [29MY]

Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1433) (H. Rept. 112–401), H943 [17FE]

Prohibit Importation of Various Injurious Species of Constrictor Snakes: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 511) (H. Rept. 112–691), H6297 [28SE]

Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Improvements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4018) (H. Rept. 112–548), H3981 [25JN]

Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4078) (H. Rept. 112–461), H2266 [27AP]

Relief of Allan B. Kelley: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 794) (H. Rept. 112–620), H5200 [24JY]

Relief of Bartosz Kumor: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1857) (H. Rept. 112–617), H5200 [24JY]

Relief of Corina de Chalup Turcinovic: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 357) (H. Rept. 112–621), H5200 [24JY]

Relief of Daniel Wachira: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 824) (H. Rept. 112–618), H5200 [24JY]

Relief of Esther Karinge: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 316) (H. Rept. 112–622), H5200 [24JY]

Relief of Maria C. Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 823) (H. Rept. 112–619), H5200 [24JY]

Relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (S. 285) (H. Rept. 112–695), H6396 [15NO]

Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6189) (H. Rept. 112–648), H5764 [10SE]

Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4377) (H. Rept. 112–596), H4906 [17JY]

Secure Visas Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1741) (H. Rept. 112–411), H1303 [8MR]

Security in Bonding Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3534) (H. Rept. 112–460), H2266 [27AP]

Stolen Valor Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1775) (H. Rept. 112–650), H5764 [10SE]

Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting (STOP) Identity Theft Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4362) (H. Rept. 112–639), H5524 [31JY]

Strengthening and Focusing Enforcement to Deter Organized Stealing and Enhance Safety (Safe Doses) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4223) (H. Rept. 112–549), H3981 [25JN]

Student Visa Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3120) (H. Rept. 112–595), H4862 [12JY]

Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3862) (H. Rept. 112–593), H4827 [11JY]

Trademark Act Error Correction Relative to Remedies for Dilution: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 6215) (H. Rept. 112–647), H5764 [10SE]

Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4970) (H. Rept. 112–480), H2712 [15MY]

Tributes

Breitbart, Andrew, E312• [5MR]

Hall, Representative, H6444, H6450 [27NO]

Luce, Thomas W., III, E790• [15MY]

Pierson, Jay, H6857 [18DE]