BLUMENAUER, EARL (a Representative from Oregon)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4909 [17JY], H4953 [18JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3268 [30MY], H3320, H3327 [31MY]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: protect farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 3555), H1978 [18AP]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H1306 [8MR]

Animals: restrict use of exotic and nondomesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions (see H.R. 3359), H5923 [12SE]

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]

——— limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3702), H27 [17JA]

——— provide for certain requirements relative to retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military working dogs (see H.R. 4103), H4656 [29JN]

——— require Presidential negotiation of and entrance into a bilateral status of forces agreement with Afghanistan (see H.R. 651), H1741 [28MR]

——— require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1417), H903 [16FE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H115 [23JA]

Aviation: ensure certain flight, duty, and rest requirements apply to all-cargo air operations (see H.R. 4350), H2289 [27AP]

CCC: prohibit Brazil Cotton Institute funding (see H.R. 5143), H2270 [27AP]

Census: acknowledge surveys and information derived from those surveys are crucial to national welfare (see H. Con. Res. 136), H5707 [2AU]

CFTC: impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (see H.R. 3665), H2072 [24AP]

Civil rights: restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H4065 [26JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H5717 [3AU]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see H.J. Res. 90), H221 [31JA]

Courts: prohibit exclusion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 5848), H4775 [10JY]

Credit: address certain issues relative to the extension of consumer credit (see H.R. 6483), H6273 [21SE]

——— establish a mandatory mediation process for servicers of residential mortgages and borrowers (see H.R. 3595), H1915 [17AP]

——— establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers (see H.R. 3789), H727 [14FE]

——— provide enhanced mortgage-backed and asset-backed security investor protections to prevent foreclosure fraud (see H.R. 1783), H159 [24JA]

——— require certain mortgagees to evaluate loans for modifications and establish a grant program for State and local government mediation programs (see H.R. 1477), H1915 [17AP]

——— require portion of closing costs to be paid by the enterprises with respect to certain refinanced mortgage loans (see H.R. 6467), H6280 [21SE]

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

——— modify crop insurance ineligibility requirements for producers that produce an annual crop on native sod (see H.R. 5879), H6280 [21SE]

——— stop sale of products fraudulently labeled as organic, require organic producers and certifiers to maintain and provide records, and impose penalties on violators of organic food laws (see H.R. 5962), H4828 [11JY]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H6344 [13NO]

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

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H1847 [16AP]

——— provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 3714), H159 [24JA]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 2794), H4656 [29JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H4685 [9JY]

——— 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), H6062 [14SE]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H1978 [18AP]

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

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H6701 [11DE]

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 3266), H6152 [19SE]

——— 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), H220 [31JA]

Dept. of HUD: provide grants to State and local governments to carry out programs to provide mediation between mortgagees and mortgagors facing foreclosure (see H.R. 1131), H1915 [17AP]

Dept. of Justice: fund and increase accessibility to National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, share data with National Crime Information Center (NCIC), and facilitate reporting to such systems (see H.R. 1300), H6302 [5OC]

Dept. of Labor: establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (see H.R. 5975), H4606 [28JN]

Dept. of the Interior: provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see H.R. 3599), H476 [3FE]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 5976), H4065 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 2985), H4656 [29JN]

Developing countries: improve access to microenterprise by the very poor (see H.R. 2524), H950 [24FE]

Disasters: enhance existing programs providing mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 2069), H6535 [29NO]

Discrimination: condemn discrimination, hate crimes, racism, bigotry, bullying and brutal violence perpetrated against Sikh-Americans, and all acts of vandalism against Sikh Gurdwaras in the U.S. (see H. Res. 785), H6060 [14SE]

——— prohibit housing and credit decision discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or source of income (see H.R. 3030), H5009 [18JY]

Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 6138), H5202 [24JY]

——— provide for an evidence-based strategy for voluntary screening for HIV/AIDS and other common sexually transmitted infections (see H.R. 1774), H4775 [10JY]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 266), H115 [23JA]

——— statehood (see H.R. 265), H115 [23JA]

Drugs: exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (see H.R. 6335), H5706 [2AU]

——— provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (see H.R. 6134), H4907 [17JY]

——— provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law governing marijuana (see H.R. 6606), H6469 [27NO]

——— reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 6311), H5705 [2AU]

Education: reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (see H.R. 3821), H966 [27FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 86), H27 [17JA]

EPA: 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]

FDA: help prevent occurrence of cancer resulting from the use of ultraviolet tanning lamps by imposing more stringent controls on the use of such devices (see H.R. 1676), H1017 [28FE]

——— improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H966 [27FE]

——— require the label of drugs to contain a parenthetical statement identifying the source of any ingredient constituting or derived from a grain or starch-containing ingredient (see H.R. 4972), H4158 [27JN]

Federal agencies and departments: develop public access policies relative to research conducted by that agency or from funds administered by that agency (see H.R. 4004), H1391 [19MR]

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 1066), H2072 [24AP]

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]

——— exclude credit union loans made to Main Street businesses from the definition of member business loan (see H.R. 4293), H1740 [28MR]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H5292 [25JY]

Firearms: establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 591), H27 [17JA]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 3553), H1210 [6MR]

Food industry: require labels on packages of meat include a statement on whether the meat contains lean finely textured beef (pink slime) (see H.R. 4346), H4686 [9JY]

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), H1808 [29MR]

Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 4105), H1099 [29FE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: reduce interest rates on mortgages owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 3733), H803 [15FE]

Haiti: address gender-based violence against women and children (see H. Res. 521), H4656 [29JN]

Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see H.R. 3528), H1154 [5MR]

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), H1101 [29FE]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 32), H2033 [19AP]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 6388), H6280 [21SE]

House of Representatives: provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see H.R. 267), H115 [23JA]

Human rights: modify certain provisions of law relative to torture (see H.R. 4011), H692 [9FE]

——— 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), H3481 [5JN]

Immigration: establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (see H.R. 1114), H1391 [19MR]

——— establish entrepreneur-based immigrant category for aliens who have completed or are in the process of completing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) related fields (see H.R. 3692), H1428 [20MR]

——— facilitate travel and investment in the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals investing in residential real estate (see H.R. 3341), H1391 [19MR]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 6412), H6152 [19SE]

Insurance: allow enforcement of State disclosure laws and access to courts for covered Holocaust-era insurance policy claims (see H.R. 890), H1543 [22MR]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 713), H4865 [12JY]

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), H1572 [26MR]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: develop a strategy for assisting stateless children (see H.R. 1464), H5766 [10SE]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 3618), H5631 [1AU]

Macedonia: work within U.N. framework process with Greece to find a mutually-acceptable composite name, with a geographical qualifier and for all international uses for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (see H. Res. 650), H2814 [16MY]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H3267 [30MY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H1428 [20MR]

——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H1846 [16AP]

Medicare: ensure eligibility of certain professionals practicing in rural health clinics for electronic health records and quality improvement incentives (see H.R. 3458), H4157 [27JN]

——— extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H6279 [21SE]

——— provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H2211 [26AP]

——— reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 2741), H5079 [19JY]

——— 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), H3981 [25JN]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 3506), H966 [27FE]

Medicare/Medicaid: exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 4066), H1498 [21MR]

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

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5959), H3806 [19JN]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 2954), H4775 [10JY]

Moldova: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 6156), H5077 [19JY]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 285), H4908 [17JY]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 3993), H1018 [28FE]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 644), H2320 [7MY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1498 [21MR]

NOAA: establish an expedited award process for grants to address marine debris emergencies (see H.R. 6251), H5628 [1AU]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: tribute to establishment of Federal interagency neuroscience working group (see H. Res. 613), H1978 [18AP]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2970), H1391 [19MR]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 1867), H6469 [27NO]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H803 [15FE]

Postal Service: recalculate and restore retirement annuities, eliminate requirement to pre-fund health benefits fund, restrict facility closures, and create incentives to maintain levels of service (see H.R. 3591), H1274 [7MR]

Privacy: prohibit employers, schools, and universities from requiring employees or enrollees to provide a user name, password, or other access to a personal social networking account (see H.R. 5050), H3267 [30MY]

——— prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H5526 [31JY]

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

Public lands: sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 3496), H4828 [11JY]

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]

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

Renewable energy: promote development of renewable energy on public lands (see H.R. 6154), H6280 [21SE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 14), H1496 [21MR]

Rotary International: commend efforts to prevent and eradicate polio (see H. Res. 704), H4865 [12JY]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (see H.R. 6156), H5077 [19JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 975), H4775 [10JY]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H1571 [26MR]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3599), H476 [3FE]

Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see H.R. 1085), H5711 [2AU]

——— treat permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 4609), H2066 [24AP]

Sports: prohibit the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing (see H.R. 1733), H1978 [18AP]

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: carry out congressional redistricting in accordance with a process under which the public is informed of proposals and has the opportunity to participate in their development prior to adoption (see H.R. 419), H159 [24JA]

Supreme Court: express that Justices should make themselves subject to existing and operative ethics guidelines set out in the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges, most of which are already legally binding on them (see H. Res. 478), H1847 [16AP]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1190), H1846 [16AP]

——— clarify that tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum (see H.R. 6468), H6231 [20SE]

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

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2989), H2663 [11MY]

——— expand availability of saver’s credit, make credit refundable, and provide Federal matching contributions into the retirement savings of the taxpayer (see H.R. 6472), H6231 [20SE]

——— 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 allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets (see H.R. 4196), H1428 [20MR]

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

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2353), H159 [24JA]

——— extend bonus depreciation (see H.R. 5974), H3914 [20JN]

——— 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 H.R. 15), H5330 [30JY]

——— extend certain improvements in the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 6181), H5201 [24JY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H1390 [19MR]

——— 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), H1740 [28MR]

——— extend rule disregarding tax refunds in the administration of Federal or federally-assisted programs (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

——— extend the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 6179), H5201 [24JY]

——— extend the research and development tax credit, limit treaty benefits relative to certain deductible related-party payments, and treat general aviation aircraft as 7-year property (see H.R. 6109), H4862 [12JY]

——— impose a tax on transactions in oil futures, options, and swaps (see H.R. 2003), H1846 [16AP]

——— increase and extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 694), H5711 [2AU]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 5719), H2645 [10MY]

——— make permanent the expansion of certain tax benefits for adoption (see H.R. 4373), H6234 [20SE]

——— modify and extend the nonbusiness energy property credit (see H.R. 6398), H6280 [21SE]

——— modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 5746), H2713 [15MY]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 2962), H3662 [7JN]

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

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6061 [14SE]

——— 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 estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax relief (see H.R. 16), H5330 [30JY]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H6001 [13SE]

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

——— provide incentives for clean energy and to repeal fossil fuel subsidies for big oil companies (see H.R. 5187), H2271 [27AP]

——— reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring a Federal emission permit for the sale or use of covered substances, reduce deficit, and return funds to the American people (see H.R. 6338), H5706 [2AU]

——— reduce rate on distilled spirits produced by small producers (see H.R. 777), H1915 [17AP]

——— regulate and tax Internet gambling (see H.R. 2230), H1359 [9MR]

——— repeal excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers (see H.R. 4321), H1804 [29MR]

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

Veterans: issue a Victory for Veterans stamp (see H.R. 6121), H4863 [12JY]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H4775 [10JY]

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

——— permit an individual who is required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet such requirement by signing an affidavit attesting to the individual’s identification (see H.R. 6419), H6300 [2OC]

——— require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5816), H3103 [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), H6397 [15NO]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3145), H220 [31JA]

Wildlife: establish improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent introduction and establishment in the U.S. of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites (see H.R. 5864), H5631 [1AU]

——— prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 4122), H1847 [16AP]

——— prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 4306), H1803 [29MR]

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), H4828 [11JY]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H3268 [30MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bankruptcy: provide authority to modify certain mortgages on principal residences of debtors to prevent foreclosure (see H.R. 4058), H901 [16FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a pilot program to study alternatives to the current system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including systems based on the number of miles traveled by each vehicle (see H.R. 6662), H6806 [13DE]

Medicare: cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (see H.R. 6413), H6060 [14SE]

National Commission for Independent Redistricting: establish (see H.R. 3846), H218 [31JA]

Tariff: baby or child carriers designed for use on bicycles (see H.R. 4986), H2267 [27AP]

——— bicycle brakes (see H.R. 4990), H2267 [27AP]

——— bicycle speedometer parts (see H.R. 4989), H2267 [27AP]

——— bicycle speedometers (see H.R. 4988), H2267 [27AP]

——— bicycle wheel rims (see H.R. 4991), H2267 [27AP]

——— boys’ shirts (see H.R. 5563), H2442 [8MY]

——— footwear (see H.R. 5559, 5564), H2442 [8MY]

——— girls’ shorts (see H.R. 5557), H2442 [8MY]

——— girls’ trousers and breeches (see H.R. 5558), H2442 [8MY]

——— knit garments with electrodes knit into or attached to the fabric and that incorporate connectors designed to secure an electronic transmitter that transmits physiological information to a compatible monitor (see H.R. 4985), H2267 [27AP]

——— knit tank tops with electrodes knit into or attached to the fabric and that incorporate connectors designed to secure an electronic transmitter that transmits physiological information to a compatible monitor (see H.R. 4984), H2267 [27AP]

——— sports bras with electrodes knit into or attached to the fabric and that incorporate connectors designed to secure an electronic transmitter that transmits physiological information to a compatible monitor (see H.R. 4983), H2267 [27AP]

——— sports footwear (see H.R. 5560, 5561, 5562), H2442 [8MY]

——— wide angle reflectors (see H.R. 4987), H2267 [27AP]

Taxation: extend the production and investment tax credits for wind facilities and modify the foreign tax credit rules applicable to major integrated oil companies which are dual capacity taxpayers (see H.R. 6031), H4156 [27JN]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 6249), H5628 [1AU]

Constitutional authority statements

Bankruptcy: provide authority to modify certain mortgages on principal residences of debtors to prevent foreclosure (H.R. 4058), H902 [16FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a pilot program to study alternatives to the current system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including systems based on the number of miles traveled by each vehicle (H.R. 6662), H6807 [13DE]

Medicare: cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (H.R. 6413), H6061 [14SE]

National Commission for Independent Redistricting: establish (H.R. 3846), H219 [31JA]

Tariff: baby or child carriers designed for use on bicycles (H.R. 4986), H2275 [27AP]

——— bicycle brakes (H.R. 4990), H2275 [27AP]

——— bicycle speedometer parts (H.R. 4989), H2275 [27AP]

——— bicycle speedometers (H.R. 4988), H2275 [27AP]

——— bicycle wheel rims (H.R. 4991), H2275 [27AP]

——— boys’ shirts (H.R. 5563), H2444 [8MY]

——— footwear (H.R. 5559), H2444 [8MY]

——— footwear (H.R. 5564), H2444 [8MY]

——— girls’ shorts (H.R. 5557), H2444 [8MY]

——— girls’ trousers and breeches (H.R. 5558), H2444 [8MY]

——— knit garments with electrodes knit into or attached to the fabric and that incorporate connectors designed to secure an electronic transmitter that transmits physiological information to a compatible monitor (H.R. 4985), H2275 [27AP]

——— knit tank tops with electrodes knit into or attached to the fabric and that incorporate connectors designed to secure an electronic transmitter that transmits physiological information to a compatible monitor (H.R. 4984), H2275 [27AP]

——— sports bras with electrodes knit into or attached to the fabric and that incorporate connectors designed to secure an electronic transmitter that transmits physiological information to a compatible monitor (H.R. 4983), H2275 [27AP]

——— sports footwear (H.R. 5560), H2444 [8MY]

——— sports footwear (H.R. 5561), H2444 [8MY]

——— sports footwear (H.R. 5562), H2444 [8MY]

——— wide angle reflectors (H.R. 4987), H2275 [27AP]

Taxation: extend the production and investment tax credits for wind facilities and modify the foreign tax credit rules applicable to major integrated oil companies which are dual capacity taxpayers (H.R. 6031), H4157 [27JN]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund: establish (H.R. 6249), H5629 [1AU]

Lists

Organizations opposed to S. 2039, FEMA allowance of State or local governments to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space, H5107 [23JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 6083), H4688 [10JY]

Appropriations: establish legislative line-item veto to expedite consideration of rescissions (H.R. 3521), H610• [8FE]

——— making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H7573 [2JA]

Armed Forces: implement certain suicide prevention policies to separate at-risk servicemembers from personal private weapons, H6703 [12DE]

Aurora, CO: express condolences for victims of movie theater shootings and gratitude to responders to the shootings, H5081 [23JY]

Bankruptcy: provide authority to modify certain mortgages on principal residences of debtors to prevent foreclosure (H.R. 4058), H806 [16FE], E211• [16FE], E530• [16AP]

Bicycles: recognize importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation, H1578 [27MR]

Budget: deficit, H3655 [7JN]

——— express that passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance (H. Res. 516), H144, H146, H147 [24JA]

——— reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2603 [10MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1674 [28MR], H1773 [29MR], H1866 [17AP], E514• [30MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal reclamation law (H.R. 2842), E330• [7MR]

——— require small conduit hydropower projects to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act, E330• [7MR]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), H402 [2FE]

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), E1079• [19JN]

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

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (H.R. 1734), E151• [7FE]

Climate: global warming, H4778 [11JY]

——— impact of extreme weather events, H4778 [11JY]

Colleges and universities: require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (H.R. 1048), H3809 [20JN]

Congress: importance of bipartisanship, H6371 [15NO]

——— prohibit Members and employees from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal benefit (S. 2038), H656• [9FE]

Corp. for Public Broadcasting: tribute to supporters, H1020 [29FE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (H.R. 1116), H3809 [20JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform payment limitation rules for farm subsidies, H2603 [10MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H2816, H3005 [17MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 840), H7370, H7371 [20DE]

——— Defense Environmental Restoration Program-Formerly Used Defense Sites funding, H4954 [18JY]

——— Energy Conservation Investment Program funding, H3320 [31MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4943, H4954 [18JY], H5044, H5045 [19JY], E1266• [17JY]

——— military operations in Afghanistan funding, H4943 [18JY]

——— NATO troop deployment funding, H5044, H5045 [19JY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 3826), H2244• [27AP]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), H2244• [27AP]

——— prohibit from overreaching into academic affairs financial aid program eligibility (H.R. 2117), E273• [28FE]

Dept. of HHS: Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, H2244• [27AP]

Dept. of the Interior: implement President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program (H.R. 6168), H5217• [25JY]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), E1608• [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), H5217• [25JY]

——— set clear rules for development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development (H.R. 3408), consideration (H. Res. 547), H747 [15FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish a pilot program to study alternatives to the current system of taxing motor vehicle fuels, including systems based on the number of miles traveled by each vehicle (H.R. 6662), E1932• [13DE]

Dept. of Transportation: reauthorize and improve the Safe Routes to School Program, H731 [15FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: post-traumatic stress disorder and brain trauma treatment funding, H3327 [31MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3320, H3327 [31MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H5014 [19JY]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, H5134 [24JY]

——— avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6592 [4DE], H7267 [19DE], H7471 [31DE], H7518, H7554 [1JA]

——— create jobs through infrastructure investment, H1004, H1006 [28FE], H6371 [15NO]

——— importance of job creation, H1005 [28FE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H31 [18JA]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H201, H203 [31JA], H1004 [28FE]

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, H455• [3FE]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (H.R. 1681), H3809 [20JN]

Federal employees: secure annuities of civilian employees (H.R. 3813), consideration (H. Res. 547), H747 [15FE]

FEMA: allow State or local governments to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space (S. 2039), H5106 [23JY]

——— funding, H6507 [29NO]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), H4067 [27JN]

——— transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H3655 [7JN]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (H.R. 1418), H5863 [12SE]

Firearms: gun control, H5081 [23JY], H6703 [12DE], H6829 [18DE], H7277 [19DE]

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

Foreign trade: apply countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries (H.R. 4105), H1168 [6MR]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (H.R. 459), E1362• [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), H4067 [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), motion to instruct conferees, H3655 [7JN]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1471 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4738 [10JY]

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), E1180• [28JN]

——— legislative priorities, H5194 [24JY]

——— moment of silence in memory of victims of Clackamas, OR, mall shootings, H6740 [12DE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 821), H6520 [29NO]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H7573 [2JA]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (H.R. 1537), H3809 [20JN]

——— cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, H6520 [29NO]

——— cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (S. 952), H2137 [26AP]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (H.R. 6412), E1632• [21SE]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 6429), E1632• [21SE]

——— 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), H6520 [29NO]

——— reform, H2137 [26AP]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 3454), H7485• [31DE]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (H. Res. 568), H2691 [15MY]

——— strengthen sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities (H.R. 1905), Senate amendment (H. Res. 750), E1421• [3AU]

Israel: encourage continued commitment to Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, H2490• [9MY]

——— 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 (H.R. 4133), H2490• [9MY]

Labor unions: prohibit tally of absent votes as an active vote against union representation, H455• [3FE]

Lobbyists: require disclosure of political intelligence activities, H656• [9FE]

Manhattan Project National Historical Park: establish (H.R. 5987), E1652• [21SE]

Medicare: cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (H.R. 6413), E1533• [14SE]

——— reform, H1674 [28MR]

——— tribute to hospice care workers, H3735 [19JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (H.R. 1589), H1155 [6MR], H3735 [19JN], H5203 [25JY]

Mining and mineral resources: clarify definition of ‘‘strategic and critical minerals’’ relative to efforts to promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials, E1245• [12JY]

——— promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (H.R. 4402), E1245• [12JY]

Moldova: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), H6412 [16NO]

National Commission for Independent Redistricting: establish (H.R. 3846), H224 [1FE], E100• [31JA]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content, H5014 [19JY]

National School Lunch Week: observance, H1211 [7MR]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings, H6829 [18DE]

Nuclear weapons: funding, H7267 [19DE]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 3523), E693• [27AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4738 [10JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1471 [21MR]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 4010), H971 [28FE]

——— reform financing of House of Representatives elections (H.R. 1404), H971 [28FE]

Portland, OR: streetcar investment anchored revitalization project funding, H518 [7FE]

——— tribute to Lincoln High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, H2331 [8MY], E749• [9MY]

Postal Service: improve, sustain, and transform, H5195 [24JY]

Powell’s City of Books (business): anniversary, E1461• [10SE]

Power resources: develop plan to increase oil and gas exploration, development, and production under oil and gas leases of Federal lands in response to Strategic Petroleum Reserve drawdown (H.R. 4480), H3879 [20JN]

——— national energy policy, H1007 [28FE]

Public broadcasting: funding, H4911 [18JY], H5014 [19JY]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), H59 [18JA]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1433), E253• [27FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H144 [24JA]

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), H4612 [29JN]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 14), H1645 [28MR], H1994 [19AP]

——— 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. 4281), consideration (H. Res. 600), H1746, H1747 [29MR]

——— 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), H4067 [27JN]

——— 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), complete conference report, H3789 [19JN]

——— 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), motion to instruct conferees, H3655 [7JN], H3789 [19JN]

——— obligate Highway Trust Fund funding equal to level of CBO projected Federal gas tax revenues, H3655 [7JN]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), H6412 [16NO]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (H.R. 1648), H3809 [20JN]

Social Security: prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (H.R. 1509), H7311 [19DE]

Space policy: remove commercial satellites and related components from the U.S. Munitions List subject to certain restrictions, H3005 [17MY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 4089), consideration (H. Res. 614), H1866 [17AP]

Supreme Court: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, H971 [28FE]

Syria: impose sanctions due to human rights abuses, E1421• [3AU]

Taxation: expand rehabilitation credit (H.R. 2479), H3484 [6JN]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), H5676• [2AU]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (H.R. 6169), consideration (H. Res. 747), H5542 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), H5581 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 747), H5542 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), Senate amendments, H7518, H7554 [1JA]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (H.R. 3307), H1007 [28FE], H5870 [12SE]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, H5870 [12SE]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), H1994, H2007 [19AP]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from wind, H1007 [28FE]

——— reform the Federal tax code, H1850 [17AP], H3270 [31MY]

——— repeal excise tax on heavy trucks and trailers (H.R. 4321), H2331 [8MY], E510• [29MR]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H1006 [28FE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H5771 [11SE]

Transportation: authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), H201, H203 [31JA], H386 [2FE], H930 [17FE]

——— authorize funds for Federal-aid highway, public transportation, and highway and motor carrier safety programs (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 547), H747 [15FE]

——— importance of public transit program funding, H1004, H1005 [28FE]

——— infrastructure funding, H201, H203 [31JA]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2717 [16MY]

Votes: correction, E577• [18AP]

——— position on missed, H2244• [27AP], E1079• [19JN], E1540• [14SE]

Voting: impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ‘‘voter suppression’’ legislation, H6153 [20SE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (H.R. 3658), H1429 [21MR]

Water Protection and Reinvestment Trust Fund: establish (H.R. 6249), E1382• [1AU]

Women’s Garden Club of America: tribute, H1020 [29FE]

World Water Day: observance, H1429 [21MR]

Tributes

Achterman, Gail, H379 [2FE]

Billington, James H., H6400 [16NO]

Campbell, Duncan, H2074 [25AP]

Hewitt, Ronald T., E507• [29MR]

Houghton, Priscilla Dewey, H4830 [12JY]

LaTourette, Representative, H5527 [1AU]

Payne, Donald M., H1204 [6MR]

Snowe, Senator, H1020 [29FE]

Williams, Harold, E1230• [11JY]