BLACK, DIANE (a Representative from Tennessee)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3622 [7JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2419, H2448 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 3805), H114 [23JA]

——— prohibit Federal assistance for telemedicine abortions and ban interstate abortions using telemedicine technology (see H.R. 5731), H2645 [10MY]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 6173), H5200 [24JY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H221 [31JA]

Agriculture: repeal sugar price support program and marketing allotments (see H.R. 1385), H1915 [17AP]

Armed Forces: authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for certain current and former members of the Reserve components, widows and widowers of retired members, and dependents (see H.R. 4164), H1847 [16AP]

——— ensure repeal of ‘‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’’ does not infringe upon the free exercise of religion and rights of conscience of members, including chaplains (see H.R. 3828), H2447 [8MY]

——— protect child custody arrangements for parents who are members (see H.R. 4201), H2447 [8MY]

Budget: increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see H.R. 3581), H221 [31JA]

——— provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (see H.R. 3844), H218 [31JA]

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

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2012–2022 (see H. Con. Res. 113), H1742 [28MR]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (see H.R. 3582), H187 [27JA]

Congress: approve construction, operation, and maintenance of the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border (see H.R. 6164), H5293 [25JY]

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

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (see H.R. 4323), H4869 [13JY]

——— provide exception from definition of loan originator for certain loans made relative to manufactured homes and amend Truth in Lending Act to modify definition of high-cost mortgage (see H.R. 3849), H2033 [19AP]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about military service (see H.R. 1775), H4656 [29JN]

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

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H5712 [2AU]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit appropriated funds from being used to pay for an abortion (see H.R. 5646), H3662 [7JN]

——— prohibit from granting deferred action or otherwise suspending effectiveness or enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 5957), H3916 [20JN]

——— prohibit implementation of certain immigration policies regarding the exercise of prosecutorial discretion (see H.R. 5953), H3808 [19JN]

Dept. of Labor: prohibit finalization of certain proposed child labor rules relative to family farming (see H.R. 4157), H2288 [27AP]

Dept. of State: require investigations into and a report on attacks on the U.S. missions in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen (see H.R. 6511), H6275 [21SE]

Dept. of the Interior: ensure Federal oil and natural gas lease sales occur, eliminate redundant leasing bureaucracy, and provide leasing certainty (see H.R. 4382), H3481 [5JN]

——— establish goals for an all-of-the-above energy production plan strategy on onshore Federal lands (see H.R. 4381), H3481 [5JN]

——— streamline the application for permits to drill process and increase funds for energy project permit processing (see H.R. 4383), H3481 [5JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure (see H.R. 3337), H4656 [29JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (see H.R. 3066), H3363 [31MY]

FDA: prohibit use of Federal money for any media advertisement, campaign, or form of publicity against the use of a food or beverage that is lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 3848), H1017 [28FE]

Federal agencies and departments: require approval by agency head for conferences costing above a certain limit (see H.R. 4454), H2072 [24AP]

Federal employees: extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (see H.R. 6726), H7565 [1JA]

Federal-State relations: allow States and localities to return unused Federal grant funds to the general fund of the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 3994), H966 [27FE]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H5331 [30JY]

Firearms: protect the right of individuals to bear arms at Corps of Engineers water resources development projects (see H.R. 1865), H802 [15FE]

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

Fraternal organizations: tribute to tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies for charitable works and volunteer activities in communities across the country (see H. Con. Res. 116), H6152 [19SE]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H571 [7FE]

Government: require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see H.R. 1474), H1391 [19MR]

Government regulations: impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements by agencies that require the agencies to take regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof (see H.R. 3862), H4828 [11JY]

——— prohibit agencies from taking any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than a certain level (see H.R. 4078), H4828 [11JY]

Government-sponsored enterprises: establish a term for conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and provide conditions for continued operations, wind down, and dissolution of such enterprises (see H.R. 1182), H1846 [16AP]

Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance: implement (see H.R. 4282), H1739 [28MR]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 157), H2447 [8MY]

——— intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 2951), H2569 [9MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members’ official allowances be applied to deficit or Federal debt reduction (see H.R. 121), H182 [25JA]

House Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see H. Res. 623), H4065 [26JN]

——— prohibit Members and House employees from buying or selling securities while in possession of material or nonpublic information obtained by reason of employment in the House (see H. Res. 480), H183 [25JA]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see H.R. 140), H3733 [18JN]

——— temporarily suspend certain provisions of Federal immigration law relative to Executive efforts to block certain deportations (see H.R. 2497), H3808 [19JN]

Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3808 [19JN]

Insurance: preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers (see H.R. 1206), H1209 [6MR]

Iran: clarify treatment of the interests of Iran in certain assets (see H.R. 4070), H1274 [7MR]

——— condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see H. Res. 556), H1101 [29FE]

——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1848 [16AP]

IRS: disapprove rule relative to the health insurance premium tax credit (see H.J. Res. 112), H5293 [25JY]

Medicare: clarify application of secondary payer rules (see H.R. 1063), H6279 [21SE]

——— create incentives for innovative diagnostics by improving process for determining payment rates for new tests (see H.R. 6446), H6587 [3DE]

——— establish a payment option to freely contract, without penalty, for fee-for-service items and services, while allowing beneficiaries to use their benefits (see H.R. 1700), H1154 [5MR]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 905), H5766 [10SE]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 4378), H6001 [13SE]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 431), H220 [31JA] (see H.R. 6721), H7516 [31DE]

——— prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 124), H182 [25JA]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see H.R. 3643), H182 [25JA]

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

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

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

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

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 4385), H2072 [24AP]

OMB: establish the Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program (see H.R. 665), H802 [15FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure coverage offered under multi-State qualified health plans offered in exchanges is consistent with the Federal abortion funding ban (see H.R. 4971), H2267 [27AP]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H571 [7FE]

——— provide fiscal accountability by converting direct funding into authorizations of appropriations and rescinding unobligated direct funding (see H.R. 1286), H5009 [18JY]

——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 5842), H3267 [30MY]

——— repeal prohibition on using medical savings account funds to purchase over-the-counter medications (see H.R. 2529), H945 [17FE]

Power resources: clarify that a State has the sole authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on Federal land within the boundaries of the State (see H.R. 4322), H6623 [4DE]

Presidential appointments: prevent payment for services to individuals appointed during a Senate recess to fill a vacancy that existed when the Senate was in session (see H.R. 3770), H26 [17JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: clarify that Executive orders infringing on congressional powers and duties or requiring expenditure of funds not specifically appropriated has no force or effect (see H. Con. Res. 98), H219 [31JA]

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

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (see H.J. Res. 98), H8 [13JA]

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

——— provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1167), H1846 [16AP]

Safe Drinking Water Act: amend relative to consumer confidence reports by community water systems (see H.R. 1340), H966 [27FE]

Securities: protect transactions in the U.S. from enforcement of certain excise taxes imposed by foreign governments (see H.R. 6616), H6587 [3DE]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 787), H1391 [19MR]

——— replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 4160), H2072 [24AP]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 2697), H6578 [30NO]

Taxation: exclude from gross income any discharge of indebtedness income on education loans of deceased veterans (see H.R. 5044), H2268 [27AP]

——— expedite consideration of comprehensive tax reform legislation (see H.R. 6169), H5200 [24JY]

——— extend allowance for bonus depreciation for certain business assets (see H.R. 4196), H2034 [19AP]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H27 [17JA]

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

——— extend the research credit and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 942), H2033 [19AP]

——— improve health savings accounts (see H.R. 5858), H3267 [30MY]

——— increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1004), H944 [17FE]

——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 476), H1807 [29MR]

——— modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 5746), H6152 [19SE]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H2134 [25AP]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 749), H1134 [1MR]

——— permit health plans without a deductible for prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care to be treated as high deductible plans relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 6162), H5078 [19JY]

——— prohibit requirement that taxpayers reconcile amounts relative to reportable payment transactions to amounts related to gross receipts and sales (see H.R. 3877), H948 [21FE]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H159 [24JA]

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

——— require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 1956), H641 [8FE]

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

Transportation: empower States with authority for most taxing and spending for highway and mass transit programs (see H.R. 3264), H1847 [16AP]

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit certain employees from using title of ‘‘officer’’ and from wearing uniforms and badges resembling those of law enforcement officers (see H.R. 3608), H28 [17JA]

——— transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO) (see H.R. 2179), H1101 [29FE]

U.N.: terminate funding if the U.S. agrees to any treaty that threatens U.S. sovereignty or infringes on U.S. constitutional rights, such as the right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3594), H5009 [18JY]

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

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H1741 [28MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1846 [16AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HUD: terminate authority to provide assistance under the Tenant Resource Network Program (see H.R. 6298), H5705 [2AU]

Health: repeal federally subsidized loan program for non-profit health insurance and provide for association health plans (see H.R. 6299), H5705 [2AU]

Immigration: prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support enforcement of Federal immigration laws (see H.R. 3842), H218 [31JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend certain requirements and penalties that would impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care (see H.R. 6598), H6428 [16NO]

Presidential appointments: disapprove appointment of certain officers or employees during a congressional recess of less than 3 days and express that such appointments are unconstitutional (see H. Res. 509), H26 [17JA]

Taxation: clarify that any person who, for commercial purposes, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products (see H.R. 4134), H1152 [5MR]

——— provide exception to additional estate tax for severance of standing timber harvested consistent with a forest management plan (see H.R. 6439), H6151 [19SE]

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

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of HUD: terminate authority to provide assistance under the Tenant Resource Network Program (H.R. 6298), H5709 [2AU]

Health: repeal federally subsidized loan program for non-profit health insurance and provide for association health plans (H.R. 6299), H5709 [2AU]

Immigration: prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support enforcement of Federal immigration laws (H.R. 3842), H219 [31JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend certain requirements and penalties that would impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care (H.R. 6598), H6429 [16NO]

Taxation: clarify that any person who, for commercial purposes, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products (H.R. 4134), H1153 [5MR]

——— provide exception to additional estate tax for severance of standing timber harvested consistent with a forest management plan (H.R. 6439), H6151 [19SE]

——— require student Social Security numbers and employer identification numbers for education tax credits and disclose return information to prison officials to prevent prisoner tax fraud (H.R. 4372), H1915 [17AP]

Motions

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), H3824 [20JN], H3952 [21JN]

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), H3824 [20JN], H3952 [21JN]

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), H3824 [20JN], H3952 [21JN]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1786 [29MR]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), H401 [2FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3622 [7JN]

——— prohibit funding for Public Advocate position within Immigration and Customs Enforcement, H3622 [7JN]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support enforcement of Federal immigration laws, H2420 [8MY]

Dept. of Transportation: State distracted driving prevention grant funding, H3953, H3955 [21JN]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6374 [15NO]

——— impact of Government regulations, H4914 [18JY]

Goodlettsville, TN: tribute to Goodlettsville Little League All-Stars baseball team, H6162 [20SE]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1474 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4736 [10JY], H4821 [11JY]

Immigration: prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support enforcement of Federal immigration laws (H.R. 3842), H521 [7FE]

Lenihan, Brian and Keagan: tribute to birth of child, E559• [17AP]

Medicare: reform, H1786 [29MR], H3798, H3803 [19JN]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (H.R. 3643), H3108 [18MY]

Moldova: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), H6418 [16NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H4914 [18JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H3797, H3798, H3799, H3800, H3802, H3803 [19JN]

——— impact on tax burden, H4821 [11JY]

——— repeal, H3366 [1JN]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements, H3584, H3611 [7JN]

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

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H330 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4736 [10JY], H4821 [11JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1474 [21MR]

——— require health care exchange subsidy overpayments be repaid in full, H3611 [7JN]

——— Supreme Court review of constitutionality, H3584, H3611 [7JN], H3797, H3803 [19JN]

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), H3813 [20JN]

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), motion to instruct conferees, H3953, H3955 [21JN]

Russia: extend normal trade relations status (H.R. 6156), H6418 [16NO]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2420 [8MY]

Taxation: clarify that any person who, for commercial purposes, makes available for consumer use a machine capable of producing tobacco products, is a manufacturer of tobacco products (H.R. 4134), E561• [17AP]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, H4914 [18JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations (H.R. 8), H5585, H5590, H5591 [1AU]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief, H5585, H5590, H5591 [1AU]

——— increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements, H3584 [7JN]

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

——— reform the Federal tax code, H2115 [25AP]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 436), H3366 [1JN], H3584, H3611 [7JN]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H5770 [11SE]

Votes: correction, E1001• [6JN]

——— position on missed, H1751• [29MR], H5681• [2AU], H6561• [30NO], H6853• [18DE]

Tributes

Phillips, Bob J., E1217• [10JY]

Rice, Jeff, E1019• [7JN]

Summitt, Pat, H2079 [25AP]

Thomas, Danny, H810 [16FE]