HAHN, JANICE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3537, H3556 [6JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5325), H3383 [1JN]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743), H3300 [31MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: ensure funds provided for Armed Forces operations are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (see H.R. 780), H726 [14FE]

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

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H3733 [18JN]

Armed Forces: award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S. (see H.R. 5144), H2270 [27AP]

——— permanently extend period of mortgage foreclosure protections (see H.R. 544), H79 [18JA]

——— provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see H.R. 2288), H966 [27FE]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 621), H1914 [17AP]

Aviation: ensure air passengers have access to necessary services while on a grounded air carrier and are not unnecessarily held on a grounded air carrier before or after a flight (see H.R. 729), H182 [25JA]

——— require individuals seeking training in the operation of certain aircraft be checked against the terrorist watchlist (see H.R. 6159), H5328 [26JY]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 2152), H2647 [10MY]

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), H441 [2FE]

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

Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H. Res. 130), H2329 [7MY]

Children and youth: provide for universal intercountry adoption accreditation standards (see H.R. 6027), H4064 [26JN]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the pioneers and participants of the civil rights movement (see H.R. 3866), H374 [1FE]

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

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 494), H476 [3FE]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H1017 [28FE]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H159 [24JA]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H4686 [9JY]

Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H440 [2FE]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 88), H641 [8FE]

——— 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), H641 [8FE]

Corps of Engineers: review policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees (see H.R. 5831), H3161 [18MY]

Credit: require lender or servicer of a home mortgage, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a prompt decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 1498), H1101 [29FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H6280 [21SE]

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]

Dept. of Education: establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1704), H1209 [6MR]

——— establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 2152), H2647 [10MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H221 [31JA] (see H.R. 4816), H2329 [7MY]

——— provide interest-free deferment on unsubsidized student loans during periods of unemployment (see H.R. 5895), H3480 [5JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 2187), H694 [9FE]

——— make grants to volunteer dental projects, improve oral health education and dental disease prevention, and enhance Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program dental services (see H.R. 1666), H2569 [9MY]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H512 [6FE]

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

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), H1209 [6MR]

——— authorize, enhance, and reform certain port security programs through increased efficiency and risk-based coordination (see H.R. 4251), H1742 [28MR]

——— prevent terrorism, including terrorism associated with homegrown violent extremism and domestic violent extremism (see H.R. 6003), H3974 [21JN]

Dept. of HUD: authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing and increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (see H.R. 284), H512 [6FE]

Dept. of Justice: enhance use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 6019), H4063 [26JN]

——— establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 83), H115 [23JA]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2721), H5711 [2AU]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H726 [14FE] (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), H2329 [7MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a transformational infrastructure competitive grant program (see H.R. 4352), H1845 [16AP]

——— 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), H513 [6FE]

——— designate one U.S. city each year as an ‘‘American World War II City’’ (see H.R. 2717), H1807 [29MR]

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

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 178), H512 [6FE]

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]

Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 6138), H5631 [1AU]

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

Drugs: address critical drug shortages (see H.R. 3839), H1274 [7MR]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see H.R. 3502), H1741 [28MR]

——— create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (see H.R. 3638), H182 [25JA]

——— provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and work-based training for unemployed adults and youth (see H.R. 3425), H1428 [20MR]

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), H4158 [27JN]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage girls and minorities to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1903), H220 [31JA]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1876), H220 [31JA]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4302), H2447 [8MY]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H945 [17FE]

——— improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H1210 [6MR]

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), H1808 [29MR]

——— limit fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine (see H.R. 4367), H3734 [18JN]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 1489), H5860 [11SE]

Firearms: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H159 [24JA]

——— require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 6241), H5525 [31JY]

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), H5526 [31JY]

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), H440 [2FE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H1391 [19MR]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H159 [24JA]

Homeless: eliminate involuntary homelessness for families, women, and children (see H. Con. Res. 119), H3662 [7JN]

House of Representatives: establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in House parking areas at no net cost to Federal Government (see H.R. 1402), H512 [6FE]

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

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

Insurance: establish a program to provide guarantees for debt issued by State catastrophe insurance programs to assist in financial recovery from natural catastrophes (see H.R. 3125), H6578 [30NO]

——— provide for equal access to COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 2310), H1017 [28FE]

——— require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 4470), H2447 [8MY]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 713), H4686 [9JY]

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), H1742 [28MR]

——— include in the visa waiver program (see H.R. 5850), H3808 [19JN]

——— 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), H2329 [7MY]

James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 6166), H5130 [23JY]

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

Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H476 [3FE]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H2072 [24AP]

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

Medicare: extended coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients and other renal dialysis provisions (see H.R. 2969), H2447 [8MY]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 3858), H376 [1FE]

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

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

Motor vehicles: establish a program to accelerate, provide incentives for, and examine the challenges and opportunities associated with the deployment of electric drive vehicles (see H.R. 1685), H2447 [8MY]

——— protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 1449), H1915 [17AP]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H727 [14FE]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 3993), H1808 [29MR]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 40), H1978 [18AP]

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

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 Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 6150), H5526 [31JY]

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

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 353), H5010 [18JY]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1306 [8MR]

NLRB: repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (see H.R. 2775), H7264 [18DE]

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

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 190), H1571 [26MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 191), H512 [6FE]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 2970), H476 [3FE]

Petroleum: provide relief from high gas prices by repealing subsidies for large oil companies, releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, reforming royalty laws, and penalizing price gouging (see H.R. 1748), H1391 [19MR]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H512 [6FE]

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

——— reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H571 [7FE]

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

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), H1741 [28MR]

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

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

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H2569 [9MY]

Public welfare programs: permit States to exempt single parents with children under a certain age from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program participation rate requirements (see H.R. 4379), H2034 [19AP]

Real estate: require Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to disclose minimum price on the short sale of a residence financed by a mortgage purchased by them in order to make short sales a viable alternative to foreclosure (see H.R. 3164), H1101 [29FE]

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]

SBA: improve microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant program and establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship (see H.R. 2809), H2033 [19AP]

——— improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 4203), H1390 [19MR]

——— increase small business participation in multiple award contracts (see H.R. 4118), H1133 [1MR]

——— provide for a program to provide Federal contracts to early-stage small businesses (see H.R. 4121), H1133 [1MR]

——— provide for low interest loans for small businesses in major disaster areas (see H.R. 3042), H3404 [1JN]

——— provide interest rate for certain disaster related loans (see H.R. 6296), H5704 [2AU]

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

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 3875), H476 [3FE]

Small business: encourage initiatives for appropriate and accessible financial products for entities that do not have access to the financial mainstream (see H.R. 3635), H572 [7FE]

——— modify certain assistance and goals for procurement contracts (see H.R. 2921), H1915 [17AP]

——— provide for higher goals for procurement contracts awarded to small business concerns (see H.R. 6078), H4655 [29JN]

Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see H.R. 1085), H182 [25JA]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1332), H1428 [20MR]

——— 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]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2152), H2647 [10MY]

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), H1916 [17AP]

Supreme Court: permit televising of proceedings (see H.R. 3572), H803 [15FE]

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H2329 [7MY]

——— 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), H1367 [16MR]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions (see H.R. 3313), H903 [16FE]

——— increase and extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 694), H4907 [17JY]

——— modify application of the tonnage tax on vessels operating in the dual U.S. domestic and foreign trades (see H.R. 1267), H440 [2FE]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 2962), H2715 [15MY]

——— prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H1018 [28FE]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 2866), H1741 [28MR]

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

——— repeal certain tax breaks for gas and oil companies and refund the revenue savings to registered vehicle owners (see H.R. 4231), H1496 [21MR]

Transportation: provide driver safety grants to States with graduated driver licensing laws that meet certain minimum requirements (see H.R. 1515), H1741 [28MR]

——— provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 572), H79 [18JA]

Transportation Security Administration: allow transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) applicants to remotely apply for issuance, renewal, or activation (see H.R. 3173), H571 [7FE]

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

U.S. Coast Guard Academy: modify process for congressional nomination of individuals for appointment as cadets (see H.R. 3695), H694 [9FE]

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

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H1846 [16AP] (see H.R. 333), H726 [14FE]

——— 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. 2853), H512 (see H.R. 3884), H513 [6FE]

——— provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 287), H512 [6FE]

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]

——— 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]

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

Water pollution: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1375), H2647 [10MY]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 2236), H3976 [21JN]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 5647), H2443 [8MY]

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

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

——— require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (see H.R. 3102), H7264 [18DE]

World War II: ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see H.R. 1193), H4775 [10JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: submit a plan to ensure the placement of sufficient officers at certain U.S. international airports to effectively combat security threats and vulnerabilities (see H.R. 4006), H692 [9FE]

Dept. of Education: restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 4286), H1740 [28MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: study and report to Congress on gaps in U.S. port security and a plan to address them (see H.R. 4005), H692 [9FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (see H.R. 3838), H186 [27JA]

——— provide funds to States to cover costs to repair or reconstruct a bridge determined by the Federal Highway Administration to be structurally deficient (see H.R. 3837), H186 [27JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 4287), H1740 [28MR]

——— provide grants to States to assist veterans who were trained to drive large vehicles while serving in the military in obtaining State commercial drivers licenses (see H.R. 4288), H1740 [28MR]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (see H. Res. 592), H1427 [20MR]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (see H.R. 5813), H3102 [17MY]

——— make permanent the Small Loan Advantage program (see H.R. 3836), H186 [27JA]

Taxation: increase manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit (see H.R. 6323), H5706 [2AU]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: submit a plan to ensure the placement of sufficient officers at certain U.S. international airports to effectively combat security threats and vulnerabilities (H.R. 4006), H693 [9FE]

Dept. of Education: restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (H.R. 4286), H1740 [28MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: study and report to Congress on gaps in U.S. port security and a plan to address them (H.R. 4005), H693 [9FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (H.R. 3838), H187 [27JA]

——— provide funds to States to cover costs to repair or reconstruct a bridge determined by the Federal Highway Administration to be structurally deficient (H.R. 3837), H187 [27JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (H.R. 4287), H1740 [28MR]

——— provide grants to States to assist veterans who were trained to drive large vehicles while serving in the military in obtaining State commercial drivers licenses (H.R. 4288), H1740 [28MR]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 5813), H3104 [17MY]

——— make permanent the Small Loan Advantage program (H.R. 3836), H187 [27JA]

Taxation: increase manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit (H.R. 6323), H5710 [2AU]

Letters

U.S. freight transportation system investment and improvement: Bill Graves, American Trucking Associations, H4152 [27JN]

——— Kurt J. Nagle, American Association of Port Authorities, H4153 [27JN]

Motions

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), H4028 [26JN]

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), H4028 [26JN], H4151 [27JN]

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), H4028 [26JN], H4151 [27JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H42 [18JA], H736 [15FE], H1857 [17AP]

Remarks

Afghanistan: ensure funds provided for Armed Forces operations are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors, H2824 [17MY], H5029 [19JY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1857 [17AP], H2335 [8MY]

Cargo transportation: invest in and improve the U.S. freight transportation system, H4151, H4153 [27JN]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), concur in Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 825), H6642 [5DE]

Congressional Ports, Opportunity, Renewal, Trade, and Security (PORTS) Caucus: inaugural event, H1221 [7MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H2824 [17MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H5029 [19JY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), H2081 [25AP]

——— restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (H.R. 4286), H2081 [25AP], E465• [28MR]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program funding through reductions in Fossil Energy Research and Development Program funding, H3383 [1JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Bureau of Customs and Border Protection salaries and expenses funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3537 [6JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3537, H3556 [6JN]

——— study and report to Congress on gaps in U.S. port security and a plan to address them (H.R. 4005), H4010 [26JN], E175• [9FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (H.R. 3838), E81• [27JA]

——— provide funds to States to cover costs to repair or reconstruct a bridge determined by the Federal Highway Administration to be structurally deficient (H.R. 3837), E83• [27JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (H.R. 4287), E478• [28MR]

——— provide grants to States to assist veterans who were trained to drive large vehicles while serving in the military in obtaining State commercial drivers licenses (H.R. 4288), E469• [28MR]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6379 [15NO], H6474 [28NO], H7478 [31DE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H738 [15FE]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H43 [18JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5325), H3383 [1JN]

Faith & Politics Institute: tribute to Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage, E454• [27MR]

FEMA: Port Security Grant Program funding through reductions in National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility funding, H3556 [6JN]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), H4151 [27JN]

——— transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H4151 [27JN]

Firearms: gun control, H6836 [18DE]

Gulf of Mexico: 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, H4151 [27JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4708 [10JY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743), H3301 [31MY]

LaBonge, Tom: Los Angeles Police Historical Society Jack Webb Award recipient, E1514• [13SE]

Los Angeles Kings (hockey team): tribute, E1206• [9JY]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H738 [15FE]

Motor vehicles: provide incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles and increase investment in advanced vehicle technology, development, and manufacturing, H976 [28FE]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H2727 [16MY]

Obama, President: State of the Union Message, H386 [2FE]

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), H2146 [26AP]

——— ensure that coordination and training between the intelligence community and local law enforcement agencies not violate the civil rights of minorities, H3301 [31MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, H1398 [20MR], H1650 [28MR]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H340 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4708 [10JY]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 4010), H1221 [7MR]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (H. Res. 592), E393• [20MR]

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), H3814 [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, H4151, H4153 [27JN]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 5813), E837• [17MY]

——— make permanent the Small Loan Advantage program (H.R. 3836), E84• [27JA]

Taxation: extend Bush administration tax cuts, H5140 [24JY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts and other tax relief for families making less than a certain annual income and provide alternative minimum tax relief (H.R. 15), H6596 [4DE], H6768 [13DE]

——— increase manufacturer limitation on the number of new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles eligible for credit (H.R. 6323), E1427• [3AU]

——— provide payroll tax relief, H590 [8FE], H738 [15FE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, H5775 [11SE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H590 [8FE], H738 [15FE]

Violence Against Women Act: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H2727 [16MY]

——— ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H2727 [16MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2724 [16MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), consideration (H. Res. 656), H2727 [16MY]

Votes: position on missed, E154• [7FE]

Women: health care for women, H1398 [20MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H473 [3FE]

Tributes

Anderson, Lee M., E1661• [28SE]

Barbieri, Van P., E1519• [13SE]

Bogert, John, E1381• [1AU]

Brookins, Hamel H., E904• [30MY]

Buscaino, Joe, E215• [16FE]

Calas, Kay A., E1211• [9JY]

Ciaramitaro, Salvatore, E1881• [5DE]

Diomartich, Felix S., E1386• [1AU]

Greenwood, John, E1708• [19OC]

Herrera, Frank, E154• [7FE]

Jones, Stancil G., E1096• [20JN]

Perisho, Albert, E1525• [13SE]

Robinson, Willie A., III, E907• [30MY]

Rossi, Ryan, E187• [14FE]

Weitzman, H. Michael, E600• [19AP]

Wesson, Herb J., Jr., E151• [7FE]