FUDGE, MARCIA L. (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), H407 [2FE]

Appointments

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H6328 [9NO]

Animals: prohibit conducting of invasive research on great apes (see H.R. 1513), H7264 [18DE]

Armstrong, Neil A.: tribute (see H. Res. 784), H6000 [13SE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 3368), H3267 [30MY]

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

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), H1498 [21MR]

Colleges and universities: increase transparency and reduce students’ burdens related to transferring credits between institutions of higher education (see H.R. 6135), H4907 [17JY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H2715 [15MY]

Community development: provide funding through bonding or Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to empower States to undertake significant residential and commercial structure demolition projects (see H.R. 4210), H1390 [19MR]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H6233 [20SE]

Corps of Engineers: compel completion of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study within a certain time period and focus attention on permanent prevention of aquatic nuisance species (see H.R. 4406), H3267 [30MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (see H.R. 3525), H79 [18JA]

——— establish an office to encourage local agricultural production and increase availability of fresh food in nontraditional communities (see H.R. 3225), H1741 [28MR]

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

——— provide grants to enhance the most effective freezing methods to improve access to affordable and locally produced specialty crops (see H.R. 6457), H6587 [3DE]

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

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H5707 [2AU]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H1741 [28MR] (see H.R. 4816), H2329 [7MY]

——— provide interest-free deferment on unsubsidized student loans during periods of unemployment (see H.R. 5895), H3977 [21JN]

Dept. of HHS: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see H.R. 4091), H2569 [9MY]

——— authorize grants to States for demonstration projects to expand State registries on childhood immunization or health to include body mass index (BMI) (see H.R. 6402), H6469 [27NO]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 3679), H2211 [26AP]

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

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

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 4227), H3481 [5JN]

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

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

Dept. of 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: improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R. 6527), H6300 [2OC]

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

Diseases: provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 2194), H4775 [10JY]

Education: anniversary of Title IX, prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs and its critical role in guaranteeing equal educational opportunities for women and girls (see H. Res. 694), H3914 [20JN]

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 (see H.R. 1681), H3267 [30MY]

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H1807 [29MR]

——— tribute (see H. Res. 682), H5712 [2AU]

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

Glenn, John: anniversary of first manned orbital mission for NASA (see H. Con. Res. 102), H902 [16FE]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), H6062 [14SE]

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H6233 [20SE]

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

Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see H.R. 3528), H3267 [30MY]

Homeless: eliminate involuntary homelessness for families, women, and children (see H. Con. Res. 119), H2329 [7MY]

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

International Olympic Committee: recognize a moment of silence at future Olympic opening ceremonies to honor those who lost their lives at 1972 Munich Olympics (see H. Res. 663), H5328 [26JY]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2329 [7MY]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 4229), H2134 [25AP]

——— 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 (see H.R. 4133), H2288 [27AP]

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

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

Lance Corporal Joshua B. McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, London, OH: designate (see H.R. 5984), H3977 [21JN]

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H4864 [12JY]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H4685 [9JY]

Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck and Veterans Memorial Post Office, Columbus, OH: designate (see H.R. 5985), H3977 [21JN]

Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, Grove City, OH: designate (see H.R. 5983), H3977 [21JN]

Medicare: establish a program to provide incentive payments to participating beneficiaries who voluntarily establish and maintain better health (see H.R. 6232), H5524 [31JY]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 3506), H2329 [7MY]

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

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

Mining and mineral resources: improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see H.R. 1579), H2072 [24AP]

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

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

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

National Young Audiences Week: designate (see H. Res. 574), H1272 [7MR]

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

NSF: provide grants to increase minority students receiving college degrees in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), and to recruit, retain, and advance minority STEM faculty members (see H.R. 4483), H2064 [24AP]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H1306 [8MR]

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), H1811 [30MR]

Power resources: impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow a tax credit for the purchase of a domestic fuel-efficient vehicle, and make grants to mass transit systems for fare reductions (see H.R. 3784), H77 [18JA]

——— impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas, allow a tax credit for the purchase of a domestic fuel-efficient vehicle, and make grants to mass transit systems for fare reductions, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3784), H376 [1FE]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1392 [19MR]

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 728), H4863 [12JY]

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), H1571 [26MR]

SBA: strengthen entrepreneurial education (see H.R. 5944), H4828 [11JY]

Social Security: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 6256), H6535 [29NO]

Space policy: confirm full ownership rights for astronauts of certain artifacts from space missions (see H.R. 4158), H1272 [7MR]

Taxation: apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see H.R. 797), H1807 [29MR]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H4686 [9JY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H6307 [12OC]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H1807 [29MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H2212 [26AP]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3661), H2288 [27AP]

——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 4032), H1543 [22MR]

——— modify the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 2082), H1807 [29MR]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H4907 [17JY]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 3903), H2288 [27AP]

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

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries (see H.R. 6385), H6469 [27NO]

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

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

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

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

——— require jurisdictions using electronic voting machines for Federal elections to deposit certain technical data at NIST and allow access to such data to analyze for accuracy and reliability (see H.R. 6246), H5628 [1AU]

——— 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]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H441 [2FE]

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]

——— protect breastfeeding, provide performance standards for breast pumps, provide tax incentives to employers to encourage breastfeeding, and provide reasonable break time for nursing mothers (see H.R. 2758), H5923 [12SE]

Year of the Korean War Veteran: designate (see H. Res. 618), H3662 [7JN]

Yousafzai, Malala: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 6588), H6343 [13NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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]

Children and youth: prevent childhood obesity (see H.R. 6461), H6231 [20SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 664), H3103 [17MY]

Dept. of Education: award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math education programs (see H.R. 4366), H1914 [17AP]

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

National Assistant Principals Week: designate (see H. Res. 626), H2031 [19AP]

Tariff: basic violet 11 (see H.R. 5383), H2317 [7MY]

——— basic violet 11—1 (see H.R. 5384), H2317 [7MY]

——— huron yellow dye (see H.R. 5385), H2317 [7MY]

——— invisible blue dye (see H.R. 5386), H2317 [7MY]

——— reactive red (see H.R. 5391), H2317 [7MY]

——— sodium thiocyanate (see H.R. 4918), H2205 [26AP]

——— solvent orange 115, marigold orange (see H.R. 5387), H2317 [7MY]

——— solvent yellow 131, fluorescent yellow M, Mohawk (see H.R. 5388), H2317 [7MY]

——— solvent yellow 160—1, Potomac (see H.R. 5390), H2317 [7MY]

——— solvent yellow 195 (see H.R. 5392), H2317 [7MY]

——— zinc sulfide, copper chloride doped (see H.R. 5389), H2317 [7MY]

Veterans: allow recipients of Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care benefits to be eligible for supplemental dental and vision insurance under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (see H.R. 6580), H6318 [26OC]

Constitutional authority statements

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

Children and youth: prevent childhood obesity (H.R. 6461), H6233 [20SE]

Dept. of Education: award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math education programs (H.R. 4366), H1915 [17AP]

Dept. of HHS: implement demonstration projects at federally qualified community health centers to prevent child maltreatment and promote family well-being through parenting practices and skills (H.R. 5841), H3163 [18MY]

Tariff: basic violet 11 (H.R. 5383), H2323 [7MY]

——— basic violet 11—1 (H.R. 5384), H2323 [7MY]

——— huron yellow dye (H.R. 5385), H2323 [7MY]

——— invisible blue dye (H.R. 5386), H2323 [7MY]

——— reactive red (H.R. 5391), H2323 [7MY]

——— sodium thiocyanate (H.R. 4918), H2210 [26AP]

——— solvent orange 115, marigold orange (H.R. 5387), H2323 [7MY]

——— solvent yellow 131, fluorescent yellow M, Mohawk (H.R. 5388), H2323 [7MY]

——— solvent yellow 160—1, Potomac (H.R. 5390), H2323 [7MY]

——— solvent yellow 195 (H.R. 5392), H2323 [7MY]

——— zinc sulfide, copper chloride doped (H.R. 5389), H2323 [7MY]

Veterans: allow recipients of Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care benefits to be eligible for supplemental dental and vision insurance under the Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (H.R. 6580), H6318 [26OC]

Letters

Dept. of Energy nuclear weapons laboratories and production facilities safety: Alliance of Nuclear Workers Advocacy Groups, H2842• [17MY]

——— Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers (organization), H2842• [17MY]

Remarks

Budget: allocation of funds, H1560 [26MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1903 [17AP]

CBO: include income equality among economic variables to be estimated in macroeconomic impact analysis, H407, H408 [2FE]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 3582), H407, H408 [2FE]

Children and youth: tribute to ‘‘Share Your Breakfast’’ initiative, E352• [8MR]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1519), H3278 [31MY]

Colleges and universities: efforts of for-profit colleges and universities to recruit active-duty military personnel and veterans, H2824 [17MY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H1903 [17AP]

——— WIC funding, H1903 [17AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), consideration (H. Res. 661), H2842• [17MY]

Dept. of Education: award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math education programs (H.R. 4366), E595• [19AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), E1183• [29JN]

Economy: importance of job creation, H521 [7FE]

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

Firearms: gun control, H6832 [18DE]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H976 [28FE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4746 [10JY]

House of Representatives: compile oral histories from current and former Members involved in the Selma to Montgomery, AL, marches and the civil rights movement (H. Res. 562), E308• [5MR]

——— 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), H4162 [28JN]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: observance, H5933 [13SE]

National objectives: economic recovery, H129 [24JA]

National School Breakfast Week: observance, E352• [8MR]

National Young Audiences Week: observance, E354• [8MR]

Newtown, CT: condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, express condolences for victims, and commend school personnel and first responders who responded to shootings, H6832 [18DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H1378 [19MR], H1399 [20MR], H4675 [9JY]

——— impact on tax burden, H4746 [10JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4746 [10JY]

SEC: exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place under the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 2779), H1549, H1550, H1551 [26MR]

Taxation: prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions and return previously distributed funds for deficit reduction (H.R. 5912), H6113, H6114 [19SE]

Voting: impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ‘‘voter suppression’’ legislation, H95 [23JA], H5119 [23JY]

Women: health care for women, H1399 [20MR]

Resignations

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H1411 [20MR]

Tributes

Austria, Representative, H6690 [11DE]

Callahan, Leslie, H6514 [29NO]

Cleaver, Representative, H7271 [19DE]

Kucinich, Representative, H6690 [11DE]

LaTourette, Representative, H6690 [11DE]

Payne, Donald M., H1205• [6MR]

Schmidt, Representative, H6690 [11DE]

Sutton, Representative, H6690 [11DE]