CHRISTENSEN, DONNA M. (a Delegate from the Virgin Islands)

Amendments

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

Appointments

Donald M. Payne funeral attendees, H1828 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (see H.R. 3886), H476 [3FE]

——— prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H1497 [21MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H4685 [9JY]

Armed Forces: commend, make permanent, oppose proposals to diminish national security role of, and recognize the National Guard as the foundation of the Operational Reserve (see H. Con. Res. 129), H4065 [26JN]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 567), H1100 [29FE]

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]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the pioneers and participants of the civil rights movement (see H.R. 3866), H374 [1FE]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H2135 [25AP]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transactions by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H375 [1FE]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 6482), H6273 [21SE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1588), H2033 [19AP]

Corp. for National and Community Service: make certain U.S. territories eligible for Nonprofit Capacity Building Program grants (see H.R. 5897), H3480 [5JN]

Correctional institutions: reduce spread of sexually transmitted infections and provide for reinstatement of Medicaid benefits to certain individuals released from a public institution (see H.R. 2704), H6234 [20SE]

Crime: save money and reduce tragedies through teen dating abuse prevention grants (see H.R. 3515), H903 [16FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H2647 [10MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve energy programs (see H.R. 5955), H3732 [18JN]

——— recognize significance of and support adequate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H. Res. 564), H965 [27FE]

——— treat Puerto Rico in the same manner as States for purposes of carrying out the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 4280), H1739 [28MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (see H.R. 4314), H1803 [29MR]

Dept. of Defense: reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 3974), H639 [8FE]

Dept. of Education: authorize use of Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools grant funds for dating violence prevention (see H.R. 2689), H1101 [29FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H512 [6FE]

——— implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being through parenting practices and skills (see H.R. 5841), H3162 [18MY]

——— provide cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see H.R. 3625), H28 [17JA]

——— provide for research and education to improve screening, detection, and diagnosis of prostate cancer (see H.R. 6033), H4156 [27JN]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from liver cancer (see H.R. 3381), H6279 [21SE]

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 5998), H3974 [21JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 83), H115 [23JA]

——— improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4195), H1359 [9MR]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2721), H1571 [26MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize Indian tribes to enter into certain leases without prior express approval (see H.R. 205), H27 [17JA]

——— require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail System (see H.R. 6257), H5628 [1AU]

Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 6138), H5008 [18JY]

——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H. Res. 351), H1154 [5MR]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding, the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 5937), H3699 [8JN]

——— support continued international cooperation to combat HIV/AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 131), H5202 [24JY]

District of Columbia: support an appropriate site at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard for a memorial to honor Armed Forces members who have served as divers (see H. Con. Res. 87), H1742 [28MR]

El Yunque National Forest: facilitate land acquisition for consolidation of lands located within or abutting and further protection of ecological integrity and biological diversity of the forest (see H.R. 4131), H1134 [1MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1903), H220 [31JA]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see H.R. 2738), H1391 [19MR]

——— implement integrated pest management systems to minimize pesticide use in schools and provide parents and employees with notices of such use (see H.R. 4225), H1427 [20MR]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see H.R. 1821), H3404 [1JN]

FDA: provide incentives for the development of qualified infectious disease products (see H.R. 2182), H2447 [8MY]

Federal employees: tribute (see H. Res. 682), H5712 [2AU]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H7264 [18DE]

——— require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 6241), H5717 [3AU]

Fish and fishing: extend authorized time period for rebuilding of certain overfished fisheries (see H.R. 3061), H159 [24JA]

——— strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement the Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 4100), H1016 [28FE]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H6000 [13SE]

Haiti: address gender-based violence against women and children (see H. Res. 521), H114 [23JA]

Houston, Whitney E.: tribute (see H. Res. 555), H902 [16FE]

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3363 [31MY]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H3577 [6JN]

——— require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 4470), H2030 [19AP]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 713), H4908 [17JY]

Jamaica: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 764), H5707 [2AU]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H5328 [26JY]

Medicaid: provide payment for patient navigator services (see H.R. 6521), H6275 [21SE]

Medicare: provide parity to Puerto Rico hospitals relative to inpatient hospital payments (see H.R. 4065), H901 [16FE]

——— reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (see H.R. 5707), H2567 [9MY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 3858), H376 [1FE]

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

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H727 [14FE]

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 130), H4655 [29JN]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Cancer Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 531), H219 [31JA]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H5078 [19JY]

National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 803), H6276 [21SE]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 552), H902 [16FE]

National Foster Care Month: recognize goals and ideals (see H. Res. 659), H2812 [16MY]

National Guard: establish units in American Samoa (see H.R. 6294), H5704 [2AU]

National Heritage Area Program: authorize (see H.R. 4099), H1016 [28FE]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 605), H1805 [29MR]

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

Northern Mariana Islands: 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), H5131 [23JY]

Palau: approve agreement providing terms for a continuation of free association between the U.S. and Palau (see H.R. 6040), H4156 [27JN]

Peace Corps: require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, develop assault protocol and guidelines, establish victims advocates, and establish a Sexual Assault Advisory Council (see H.R. 2337), H2040 [23AP]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H1846 [16AP]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H692 [9FE]

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]

Public welfare programs: eliminate cap on certain payments under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 5824), H3103 [17MY]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4158 [27JN]

Schools: end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H5630 [1AU]

Social Security: improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3620), H3578 [6JN]

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 3812), H158 [24JA]

Taxation: promote neutrality, simplicity, and fairness in the taxation of digital goods and services (see H.R. 1860), H2288 [27AP]

Telecommunications: make more spectrum available to, facilitate development of a wireless broadband network for, and provide standards for spectrum needs of public safety agencies (see H.R. 607), H79 [18JA]

Trinidad and Tobago: independence anniversary (see H. Res. 765), H5707 [2AU]

Udall, Stewart L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 6494), H6274 [21SE]

Veterans: improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 6107), H4862 [12JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H6344 [13NO]

Voting: condemn passage of State legislation that unduly burdens the ability to vote and oppose any election law or proposed legislation that has a disproportionate impact on vulnerable communities (see H. Res. 542), H640 [8FE]

——— modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 5799), H3102 [17MY]

——— require States to establish minimum early voting period and ensure that no individual be required to wait for longer than one hour to cast a ballot at a polling place in an election for Federal office (see H.R. 6591), H6536 [29NO]

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

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H1101 [29FE]

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 H.R. 5647), H2443 [8MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1273 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Labor: 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]

Health: extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories (see H.R. 6585), H6326 [6NO]

Kenneth Leslie Harmon Post Office, St. Thomas, VI: designate (see H.R. 5567), H2442 [8MY]

Kenneth Leslie Hermon Post Office, St. Thomas, VI: designate (see H.R. 5867), H3266 [30MY]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage for territories (see H.R. 5566), H2442 [8MY]

Taxation: extend the increased limitation on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 4374), H1914 [17AP]

Territories: extend the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in U.S. insular areas (see H.R. 3979), H640 [8FE]

Virgin Islands: establish a visa waiver program (see H.R. 5875), H3362 [31MY]

——— provide energy crisis relief (see H.R. 6631), H6622 [4DE]

——— provide for direct appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court (see H.R. 6116), H4862 [12JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Labor: include Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands in the definition of State under the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (H.R. 4316), H1806 [29MR]

Health: extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories (H.R. 6585), H6326 [6NO]

Kenneth Leslie Harmon Post Office, St. Thomas, VI: designate (H.R. 5567), H2444 [8MY]

Kenneth Leslie Hermon Post Office, St. Thomas, VI: designate (H.R. 5867), H3266 [30MY]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage for territories (H.R. 5566), H2444 [8MY]

Taxation: extend the increased limitation on the cover over of tax on distilled spirits to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 4374), H1915 [17AP]

Territories: extend the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in U.S. insular areas (H.R. 3979), H640 [8FE]

Virgin Islands: establish a visa waiver program (H.R. 5875), H3363 [31MY]

——— provide energy crisis relief (H.R. 6631), H6623 [4DE]

——— provide for direct appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court (H.R. 6116), H4864 [12JY]

Letters

Tribute to Donald M. Payne: Claire Nelson, Institute of Caribbean Studies, H1203 [6MR]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (H.R. 3541), E935• [31MY]

Armed Forces: require to display flags of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands whenever the official flags of all 50 States are displayed, H6498 [28NO]

Aurora, CO: express condolences for victims of movie theater shootings and gratitude to responders to the shootings, H5118 [23JY]

Black History Month: observance, H510 [6FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1559, H1560, H1561 [26MR]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2614 [10MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1715 [28MR]

Children and youth: address senseless acts of violence, E418• [22MR]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1559, H1560, H1561 [26MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H6498 [28NO]

Dept. of Energy: phase out the innovative technology loan guarantee program and provide taxpayer protections from pending program participants (H.R. 6213), H6015• [14SE]

Dept. of Justice: investigation into shooting of Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, E418• [22MR]

Depts. of Justice and Homeland Security: establish programs to help States that have high rates of homicide and other violent crime (H.R. 1550), H5517 [31JY]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress, H1831 [16AP]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6379 [15NO], H7477 [31DE]

——— importance of job creation, H102 [23JA]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H1559, H1560, H1561 [26MR]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7364 [20DE]

FCC: consolidate reporting obligations to improve congressional oversight and reduce reporting burdens (H.R. 3310), H3234• [30MY]

FDA: revise and extend the user-fee programs for prescription drugs and medical devices and establish user-fee programs for generic drugs and biosimilars (H.R. 5651), H3229• [30MY]

Firearms: gun control, H7353, H7354, H7356 [19DE]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 308), H7353 [19DE]

Health: health care programs funding, H1715 [28MR]

——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1456 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4673 [9JY], H4786 [11JY]

House of Representatives: find Attorney General Holder in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 711), H4077 [27JN]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs, H5023 [19JY]

Medicaid: adjust cap on payments and statutory matching rate for territories, H2614 [10MY]

NAACP: anniversary, H4673 [9JY]

National objectives: economic recovery, H130 [24JA]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings, H7353, H7354, H7356 [19DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H1378, H1379, H1381, H1382 [19MR], H4673, H4674, H4675 [9JY]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H346 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4673 [9JY], H4786 [11JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1456 [21MR]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 4010), H3589 [7JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and Highway Trust Fund programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 717), H4611 [29JN]

St. Thomas, VI: anniversary of New Herrnhut Moravian Church, E1930• [13DE]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, H3589 [7JN]

Taiwan: observance of National Day, E1580• [20SE]

Taxation: 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), H7364 [20DE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), consideration (H. Res. 656), H2729 [16MY]

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

——— establish Office of Chief Financial Officer (H.R. 3706), H5436 [31JY]

——— provide energy crisis relief (H.R. 6631), E1875• [4DE]

——— provide for direct appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court of decisions of the Virgin Islands Supreme Court (H.R. 6116), H6354 [14NO]

Voting: impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ‘‘voter suppression’’ legislation, H95, H96, H97, H98, H102 [23JA], H503, H509, H510 [6FE], H5119, H5120, H5121 [23JY]

——— modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (H.R. 5799), H5121 [23JY]

——— prohibit election officials from requiring individuals to provide photo identification as a condition of obtaining or casting a ballot or registering to vote in an election for Federal office (H.R. 3316), H503 [6FE]

——— require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (H.R. 3317), H503 [6FE]

Voting Rights Act: anniversary, H94 [23JA]

Women: health care for women, H1381, H1382 [19MR]

Statements

Tribute to Donald M. Payne: National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc., E353• [8MR]

Tributes

Cleaver, Representative, H7276• [19DE]

Golden, Arnold M., Sr., E1276• [18JY]

Morrison, Toni, H509 [6FE]

Payne, Donald M., H1190, H1203 [6MR]

Payton, John A., H1830, H1836, H1838 [16AP]

Schuster, Lowell O., E1872• [4DE]