PINGREE, CHELLIE (a Representative from Maine)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3000 [17MY]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide assistance and opportunity to create and support sustainable agriculture activities and improve access to nutrition in U.S. cities (see H.R. 4351), H1845 [16AP]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H221 [31JA]

Armed Forces: add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans benefits that recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 6046), H4156 [27JN]

——— expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of retired pay and veterans’ disability compensation to all members retired for disability regardless of disability rating percentage (see H.R. 186), H1391 [19MR]

——— limit authority to detain U.S. citizens under authorizations for use of military force (see H.R. 3702), H115 [23JA]

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

——— review separation of members on the basis of a mental condition not amounting to a disability, including a personality or adjustment disorder (see H.R. 6574), H6306 [12OC]

——— tribute to members for service in Iraq (see H. Res. 528), H181 [25JA]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H2211 [26AP]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 2028), H220 [31JA]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see H. Res. 774), H6280 [21SE]

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]

Business and industry: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 3596), H221 [31JA]

CFTC: impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (see H.R. 3665), H2211 [26AP]

——— take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 5186), H4605 [28JN]

Civil rights: restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H4908 [17JY]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H5526 [31JY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H1807 [29MR]

Conservation of natural resources: strengthen the U.S. role in the international community in conserving natural resources to further global prosperity and security (see H.R. 6038), H6280 [21SE]

Credit: require inclusion of credit scores with free annual credit reports provided to consumers (see H.R. 769), H903 [16FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: award grants to establish veterans gardens operated by veterans to produce food that can be sold to individuals, schools, and restaurants (see H.R. 3905), H1847 [16AP]

——— establish the Community-Supported Agriculture Promotion Program (see H.R. 4012), H693 [9FE]

——— improve energy programs (see H.R. 5955), H3732 [18JN]

——— modify the definition of the term biobased product (see H.R. 5873), H3362 [31MY]

——— repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 4296), H4158 [27JN]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: ensure detainees on U.S. soil have access to due process, the court system, and will not be detained indefinitely by the military (see H.R. 4192), H1304 [8MR]

——— modify award of Post-Deployment/Mobilization Respite Absence program administrative absence days to exempt Reserve members whose mobilization began before changes to the program took effect (see H.R. 4045), H2072 [24AP]

Dept. of Education: enter into voluntary, flexible agreements with certain guaranty agencies to provide delinquency prevention and default aversion services for Federal Direct Loan Program borrowers (see H.R. 3624), H1642 [27MR]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H1642 [27MR] (see H.R. 4816), H2329 [7MY]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges from receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (see H.R. 4055), H2647 [10MY]

Dept. of HHS: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see H.R. 4091), H3808 [19JN]

——— establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 2557), H5079 [19JY]

——— extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care (see H.R. 4083), H943 [17FE]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tree (see H.R. 4209), H2570 [9MY]

——— provide for research and education to improve screening, detection, and diagnosis of prostate cancer (see H.R. 6033), H5202 [24JY]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 3324), H5202 [24JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering application for veterans status of an individual who performed service in the merchant marines during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H182 [25JA]

Dept. of Justice: provide grants to nonprofit organizations that carry out child-parent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents (see H.R. 2464), H641 [8FE]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 3086), H1274 [7MR]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 4227), H2570 [9MY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H79 [18JA]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H1741 [28MR]

——— develop a comprehensive policy to improve outreach and transparency to veterans and Armed Forces members through provision of information on institutions of higher learning (see H.R. 4057), H2447 [8MY]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at or underwent training at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown to track possible exposure to toxins (see H.R. 6534), H6276 [21SE]

——— 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), H945 [17FE]

——— presume service connection for illnesses associated with water contaminants at Camp Lejeune, NC, and provide health care to those affected by such contamination (see H.R. 1742), H1543 [22MR]

Diseases: provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 2194), H5711 [2AU]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (see H.R. 2746), H3976 [21JN]

Drugs: provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (see H.R. 6134), H5631 [1AU]

——— provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law governing marijuana (see H.R. 6606), H6623 [4DE]

Education: restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (see H.R. 4170), H1642 [27MR]

ERISA: provide protection for company-provided retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H3915 [20JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H159 [24JA]

FBI: provide additional resources for Federal investigations and prosecutions of crimes related to the recent financial crisis (see H.R. 1350), H159 [24JA]

FDA: ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 2359), H2813 [16MY]

——— improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H803 [15FE]

——— 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), H3164 [18MY]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 3300), H6310 [16OC]

Financial institutions: limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3363 [31MY]

——— provide exception from requirement for annual privacy notices for financial institutions which do not share personal information with affiliates (see H.R. 5817), H6429 [16NO]

Fish and fishing: support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (see H.R. 4208), H1390 [19MR]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 6170), H5712 [2AU]

——— provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H6535 [29NO]

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), H159 [24JA]

Foreign policy: codify U.S. Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security to promote inclusion of women in conflict resolution efforts and peacebuilding institutions (see H.R. 6255), H5628 [1AU]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H4685 [9JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that annual expenditures to pay for operation and maintenance costs are allocated equitably among eligible harbor projects (see H.R. 3648), H5923 [12SE]

Health: examine, label, and communicate adverse human biological effects associated with exposure to electromagnetic fields from cell phones and other wireless devices (see H.R. 6358), H5716 [3AU]

Higher Education Act: expand teacher loan forgiveness (see H.R. 85), H1846 [16AP]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5905), H5202 [24JY]

——— 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]

Information technology: specify circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information through an electronic communications device (see H.R. 2168), H802 [15FE]

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), H1642 [27MR]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 5796), H4656 [29JN]

IRS: establish a self-employment tax initiative grant program to provide low-income startup companies with financial and business assistance (see H.R. 3571), H182 [25JA]

LIHEAP: establish minimum level of assistance for certain States (see H.R. 6533), H6275 [21SE]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 4026), H1391 [19MR]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H4775 [10JY]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H2715 [15MY]

——— improve access to advanced practice nurses and physicians’ assistants (see H.R. 2134), H2211 [26AP]

——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H2447 [8MY]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1543), H6061 [14SE]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 6490), H6701 [11DE]

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 5943), H6062 [14SE]

——— improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H3167 [22MY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 4378), H6280 [21SE]

——— recognize attending physician assistants as attending physicians to serve hospice patients (see H.R. 3831), H3171 [25MY]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 3506), H2813 [16MY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 3858), H1428 [20MR]

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), H5131 [23JY]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 3993), H1571 [26MR]

National Month of Voter Registration: designate (see H. Res. 758), H5707 [2AU]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of establishment (see H.R. 5840), H3977 [21JN]

North American Wetlands Conservation Act: extend authorization of appropriations for allocation to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects (see H.R. 1960), H2329 [7MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: take action to obtain Russia’s full compliance with commitments under the protocol on their accession to the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 6149), H5328 [26JY]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H903 [16FE]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns (see H.R. 6426), H6060 [14SE]

Power resources: promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 6275), H5704 [2AU]

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), H2448 [8MY]

——— prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H4908 [17JY]

Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H3977 [21JN]

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]

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), H5328 [26JY]

Salem, MA: recognize as birthplace of the National Guard (see H.R. 1339), H1497 [21MR]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H5292 [25JY]

——— establish a grant program to ensure that students in high-need schools have equal access to a quality education delivered by an effective, diverse workforce (see H.R. 2902), H220 [31JA]

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), 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]

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]

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), H1543 [22MR]

Taxation: allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 1416), H2288 [27AP]

——— apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see H.R. 797), H6587 [3DE]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H5079 [19JY]

——— exclude from gross income any prizes or awards received by Olympic medal winners (see H.R. 6267), H5766 [10SE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H3661 [7JN]

——— expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 2479), H5292 [25JY]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2353), H2715 [15MY]

——— 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 credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H1571 [26MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6152 [19SE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H3363 [31MY]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions (see H.R. 3313), H1543 [22MR]

——— increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H115 [23JA]

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

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H803 [15FE]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 3903), H1847 [16AP]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 2669), H6807 [13DE]

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

——— treat automatic fire sprinkler systems under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1792), H2813 [16MY]

Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H441 [2FE]

Twain, Mark: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2453), H641 [8FE]

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]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 4124), H2716 [15MY]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide assistance to individuals in Vietnam affected by Agent Orange, enhance medical care for descendants of veterans, and provide health assessments and assistance to Vietnamese Americans (see H.R. 2634), H966 [27FE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H1641 [27MR]

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

——— 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 for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 3658), H1498 [21MR]

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), H5923 [12SE]

——— 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), H3363 [31MY]

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]

——— honor and support women in North Africa and the Middle East (see H. Res. 258), H727 [14FE]

——— promote media literacy and youth empowerment programs, authorize research on role and impact of depictions of girls and women in the media, and establish National Task Force on Girls and Women in the Media (see H.R. 2513), H512 [6FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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), H1811 [30MR]

Tariff: alginates (see H.R. 5280), H2273 [27AP]

——— propylene glycol alginates (see H.R. 5281), H2273 [27AP]

——— sodium alginate (see H.R. 5282), H2273 [27AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Food industry: require labels on packages of meat include a statement on whether the meat contains lean finely textured beef (pink slime) (H.R. 4346), H1811 [30MR]

Tariff: alginates (H.R. 5280), H2286 [27AP]

——— propylene glycol alginates (H.R. 5281), H2286 [27AP]

——— sodium alginate (H.R. 5282), H2286 [27AP]

Motions

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5882), H3688 [8JN]

Remarks

America’s Camp (organization): tribute to Center for Grieving Children support for children whose relatives were killed in September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Pentagon art exhibit created by attendees, E1479• [11SE]

Armed Forces: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults, H3006 [17MY]

Augusta, ME: tribute to signing of Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Mandate, E1185• [29JN]

Colleges and universities: address increasing levels of student loan debt and default rates, H590 [8FE]

Cox, Thomas: Encore.org (organization) Purpose Prize recipient, E1930• [13DE]

Damariscotta, ME: tribute to Coastal Kids Preschool, E621• [24AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3006 [17MY]

Dept. of the Interior: set clear rules for development of U.S. oil shale resources and promote shale technology research and development (H.R. 3408), H777 [15FE]

Hope, ME: Hope Elementary School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E1769• [15NO]

House of Representatives: franking budget funding, H3688 [8JN]

——— prohibit funding for polystyrene containers in food service facilities, H3682 [8JN]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5882), H3682 [8JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5882), motion to recommit, H3688 [8JN]

Logan, Eleanor: tribute for participation in Olympic Games, E1323• [25JY]

Maine: referendum to allow same-sex marriage, H387 [2FE]

——— tribute to advocates visiting the U.S. Capitol to raise awareness of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), E804• [15MY]

——— tribute to Governor’s Award for Volunteerism recipients, E628• [24AP]

Naples, ME: tribute to Cross Walk Community Outreach Food Pantry, E624• [24AP]

NOAA: prohibit funding to develop, approve, or implement new catch share programs along certain areas of the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, H2429 [8MY]

Ogunquit, ME: anniversary of Ogunquit Playhouse, E1083• [19JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H1442 [21MR]

Power resources: national energy policy, H130 [24JA]

——— prohibit oil and natural gas lease sales in the northeast U.S., H777 [15FE]

Rockport, ME: tribute to Camden Hills Regional High School Windplanners student group for installing a wind turbine on campus, E862• [18MY]

Sanford, ME: tribute to Sanford Community Adult Education program graduates, E1075• [19JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2429 [8MY]

South Berwick, ME: tribute to Marshwood High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E978• [5JN]

St. Joseph’s College: anniversary, E1554• [19SE]

York County, ME: tribute to Mothers and Others Against Hunger program, E302• [1MR]

York River: designate segments and associated tributaries for study and inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2336), H3442 [5JN]

Tributes

Carroll, Annalee, E1570• [19SE]

Cropper, Douglas, E1436• [3AU]

Kennedy, Joshua, E804• [15MY]

Libby, Russell, E1935• [13DE]

Newton, Ron, E1069• [19JN]

Sherman, Diane, E1382• [1AU]