WATERS, MAXINE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4037, H4066 [26JN]

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), H5277 [25JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2377 [8MY]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H1256 [7MR]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: condemn atrocities and encourage efforts to end threats by the Lord’s Resistance Army and bring Joseph Kony and his top commanders to justice (see H. Res. 583), H1978 [18AP]

Armed Forces: provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see H.R. 2288), H726 [14FE]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 2028), H2647 [10MY]

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]

Cecil E. Bolt Post Office, Fowler, CA: designate (see H.R. 4389), H1976 [18AP]

CFTC: impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (see H.R. 3665), H2647 [10MY]

Civil rights: restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H3914 [20JN]

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 494), H696 [13FE]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 2659), H1367 [16MR]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H28 [17JA]

Credit: encourage mortgage loan modifications and suspending foreclosures and evictions (see H.R. 4848), H2204 [26AP]

——— exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 2086), H1846 [16AP]

Crime: save money and reduce tragedies through teen dating abuse prevention grants (see H.R. 3515), H1135 [1MR]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H6429 [16NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: recognize significance of and support adequate funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H. Res. 564), H1916 [17AP]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H5861 [11SE]

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]

——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1704), H5923 [12SE]

——— establish grant program to enhance existing secondary education programs teaching high school students about the U.S. Constitution and State constitutions (see H.R. 6390), H5999 [13SE]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H441 [2FE]

——— provide information to foster youth on their potential eligibility for Federal student aid (see H.R. 6669), H7436 [27DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H440 [2FE]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 6155), H6152 [19SE]

——— provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and PCP abuse (see H.R. 5711), H2644 [10MY]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H6397 [15NO]

Dept. of HUD: establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (see H.R. 6381), H6062 [14SE]

Dept. of Justice: 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 Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H571 [7FE] (see H.R. 4277), H2072 [24AP]

Dept. of Peace: establish (see H.R. 808), H5711 [2AU]

Dept. of State: authorize payment of a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals (see H.R. 4077), H6469 [27NO]

——— authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3056), H6279 [21SE]

——— establish the Muhammad Ali Legacy Grant Program to promote global respect, understanding, and communication (see H.R. 3795), H160 [24JA]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 300), H1915 [17AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (see H.R. 3838), H2329 [7MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve educational counseling opportunities for veterans (see H.R. 6101), H5712 [2AU]

——— make on time tuition payments for veterans enrolled in institutions of higher learning who are receiving Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program assistance (see H.R. 3462), H159 [24JA]

——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (see H.R. 3483), H376 [1FE]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 4315), H1803 [29MR]

——— require recipients of grants and other assistance for provision of housing and other services to homeless veterans to comply with certain codes (see H.R. 4079), H943 [17FE]

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

——— establish a comprehensive interagency response to reduce lung cancer mortality in a timely manner (see H.R. 1394), H6304 [9OC]

——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H. Res. 351), H2716 [15MY]

——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 2194), H6061 [14SE]

——— recognize potential for virtual elimination of pediatric HIV and AIDS and keeping HIV positive mothers alive (see H. Con. Res. 123), H2645 [10MY]

——— require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer’s disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H27 [17JA]

——— support goal of preventing and effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease by a certain date and other goals of the National Plan To Address Alzheimer’s Disease draft (see H. Con. Res. 120), H2716 [15MY]

Education: assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program (see H.R. 555), H2447 [8MY]

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), H5009 [18JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2234), H376 [1FE]

FDA: limit the quantity of arsenic and lead in beverages containing fruit juice pursuant to certain tolerances (see H.R. 3984), H1391 [19MR]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H6312 [19OC]

FEMA: extend the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 5740), H2813 [16MY]

Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 5691), H2566 [9MY]

——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3267 [30MY]

——— permit certain current loans that would otherwise be treated as non-accrual loans as accrual loans for certain purposes (see H.R. 4029), H725 [14FE]

Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 1781), H945 [17FE]

Floods: require a study of voluntary community-based flood insurance options and how such options could be incorporated into the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 6186), H5290 [25JY]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2639), H2569 [9MY]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H160 [24JA]

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

——— authorize appropriations to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development (see H.R. 3771), H159 [24JA]

——— recognize anniversary of earthquake, honor victims and responders, and reaffirm support and assistance (see H. Res. 510), H26 [17JA]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 6157), H6152 [19SE]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H802 [15FE]

Higher Education Act: expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 85), H2211 [26AP]

Housing: extend protection of interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3619), H3662 [7JN]

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

Human rights: prohibit transfer of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries that are engaging in gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see H.R. 5749), H2713 [15MY]

Immigration: provide for naturalization of certain high school graduates (see H.R. 218), H2211 [26AP]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 713), H4908 [17JY] (see H. Res. 749), H5525 [31JY]

Iran: appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for the purpose of ensuring U.S. diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons and avoid war (see H.R. 4173), H1304 [8MR]

James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 6166), H5526 [31JY]

Johnson, John H.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3868), H441 [2FE]

Law enforcement: improve public safety through increased law enforcement presence and enhanced public safety equipment and programs (see H.R. 4098), H1016 [28FE]

——— prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H903 [16FE]

Lieutenant Kenneth M. Ballard Memorial Post Office, Mountain View, CA: designate (see H.R. 6260), H5766 [10SE]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H115 [23JA]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 640), H2274 [27AP]

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

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

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

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (see H.R. 2342), H802 [15FE]

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

National Foster Care Month: recognize goals and ideals (see H. Res. 659), H3167 [22MY]

National Hunger Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 655), H2646 [10MY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 644), H2570 [9MY]

National Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 6150), H6001 [13SE]

Nelson ‘Mac’ MacWilliams Post Office Building, Ramona, CA: designate (see H.R. 4062), H901 [16FE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1154 [5MR]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: increase public awareness about the dangers of synthetic drugs through the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign (see H.R. 4205), H1390 [19MR]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H27 [17JA]

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

——— reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H2447 [8MY]

Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 6587), H6623 [4DE]

Private First Class Victor A. Dew Post Office, Roseville, CA: designate (see H.R. 3892), H440 [2FE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1306 [8MR]

Public lands: designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (see H.R. 3334), H6344 [13NO]

Public welfare programs: permit States to exempt single parents with children under a certain age from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program participation rate requirements (see H.R. 4379), H2329 [7MY]

Russia: impose sanctions on persons responsible for detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, the conspiracy to defraud Russia of taxes on corporate profits, and other human rights violations (see H.R. 4405), H5728 [7AU]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H726 [14FE]

Social Security: revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 718), H802 [15FE]

Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 4169), H1847 [16AP]

Syria: condemn human rights violations and call for transition to democracy (see H. Res. 549), H1808 [29MR]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H476 [3FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6307 [12OC]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness and provide exclusions from income for certain payments under the National Mortgage Settlement (see H.R. 4290), H6280 [21SE]

——— extend the deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses (see H.R. 4038), H801 [15FE]

——— increase and extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 694), H3703 [12JN]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H2211 [26AP]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see H.R. 1746), H4775 [10JY]

Udall, Stewart L.: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 6494), H6536 [29NO]

Veterans: 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 H.R. 4115), H1392 [19MR]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H1742 [28MR]

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

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]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 3658), H6828 [17DE]

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]

——— improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 3526), H512 [6FE]

——— provide protections against violence against immigrant women (see H.R. 5331), H2316 [7MY]

Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H160 [24JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Insurance: 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]

Kwanzaa Week: anniversary (see H. Res. 520), H78 [18JA]

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

Postal Service: reduce operating costs and provide for continued postal services for certain areas (see H.R. 3916), H567 [7FE]

Price, Frederick K.C.: tribute (see H. Res. 519), H78 [18JA]

Real estate: prevent foreclosure of, and provide for the reduction of principal on, mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 3841), H218 [31JA]

SEC: require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers (see H.R. 6204), H5291 [25JY]

Tariff: plastic device book style covers (see H.R. 5782), H2812 [16MY]

——— plastic device covers and stands (see H.R. 5785), H2812 [16MY]

——— textile device book style covers (see H.R. 5783), H2812 [16MY]

——— textile device covers and stands (see H.R. 5784), H2812 [16MY]

Yoon, Byung Wook: tribute (see H. Res. 599), H1641 [27MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (H.R. 5976), H3915 [20JN]

Insurance: require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (H.R. 4470), H2033 [19AP]

Postal Service: reduce operating costs and provide for continued postal services for certain areas (H.R. 3916), H569 [7FE]

Real estate: prevent foreclosure of, and provide for the reduction of principal on, mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (H.R. 3841), H219 [31JA]

SEC: require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers (H.R. 6204), H5292 [25JY]

Tariff: plastic device book style covers (H.R. 5782), H2812 [16MY]

——— plastic device covers and stands (H.R. 5785), H2812 [16MY]

——— textile device book style covers (H.R. 5783), H2812 [16MY]

——— textile device covers and stands (H.R. 5784), H2812 [16MY]

Letters

Appointment of substitute Members to serve for any Committee on Ethics (House) proceeding related to the matter of Representative Waters: Representative Bonner, H927 [17FE]

Remarks

Dept. of Education: prohibit from overreaching into academic affairs financial aid program eligibility (H.R. 2117), H987 [28FE]

Dept. of Justice: legal activities, U.S. attorneys, and FBI financial and mortgage fraud enforcement activities funding through reductions in NASA funding, H2377 [8MY]

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

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

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, H4037, H4038 [26JN], H4119 [27JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4037, H4038 [26JN], H4119 [27JN]

Economy: provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7406 [20DE]

FAA: authorize appropriations to streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, improve aviation safety and capacity, and provide stable funding for the national aviation system (H.R. 658), conference report, H454 [3FE]

FEMA: extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk (H.R. 1309), H2785 [16MY]

——— extend the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 5740), H2785 [16MY]

——— restore financial solvency of the National Flood Insurance Fund, H4623 [29JN]

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), H5277, H5278 [25JY]

——— SEC and CFTC cost-benefit analysis requirements and litigation costs funding, H5277, H5278 [25JY]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1487 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4758 [10JY]

Korean American Day: observance, H1522 [22MR]

Labor unions: prohibit tally of absent votes as an active vote against union representation, H454 [3FE]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H2728 [16MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H342 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4758 [10JY]

Public welfare programs: require States to implement policies to prevent assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being used in strip clubs, casinos, and liquor stores (H.R. 3567), H320, H321 [1FE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1433), H1001 [28FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), conference report, H4623 [29JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2377 [8MY]

SEC: eliminate prohibition against general solicitation as a requirement for certain registration exemptions, H1240 [7MR]

Securities: amend laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, H1240 [7MR]

——— provide for registration exemptions for certain crowdfunded securities, H1240 [7MR]

——— require brokers underwriting initial public offerings for emerging growth companies be held to strict liability for publicly released research and that certain communications be filed with the SEC, H1256, H1257 [7MR]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H1240, H1243, H1256, H1257 [7MR]

Violence Against Women Act: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H2728 [16MY]

——— ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H2728 [16MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2725 [16MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), consideration (H. Res. 656), H2728 [16MY]

Votes: position on missed, H5225• [25JY]

Yoon, Byung Wook: tribute (H. Res. 599), E493• [29MR]

Reports filed

In the Matter of Representative Waters: Committee on Ethics (House) (H. Rept. 112–690), H6284 [25SE]

Tributes

Payne, Donald M., H1193 [6MR]