WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, DEBBIE (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3543 [6JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2392 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H5712 [2AU]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 621), H2330 [7MY]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 2152), H802 [15FE]

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), H3481 [5JN]

Child Protection and Safety Act: reauthorize certain programs relative to sex offender management and registration (see H.R. 3796), H82 [19JA]

Civil rights: restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H3914 [20JN]

CPSC: designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product (see H.R. 4212), H1390 [19MR]

Credit: establish a mandatory mediation process for servicers of residential mortgages and borrowers (see H.R. 3595), H5860 [11SE]

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (see H.R. 6063), H4654 [29JN]

——— prevent identity theft and tax crimes (see H.R. 3482), H641 [8FE]

Dept. of Education: establish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institutes for Sport and Social Impact (see H.R. 2152), H802 [15FE]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H2072 [24AP] (see H.R. 4816), H2289 [27AP]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H2448 [8MY]

——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H2072 [24AP]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine (see H.R. 3627), H513 [6FE]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 3324), H1101 [29FE]

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), H5009 [18JY]

——— modify requirements for the visa waiver program (see H.R. 3855), H694 [9FE]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program (see H.R. 6062), H4654 [29JN]

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), H6312 [19OC]

Diseases: authorize and support psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis data collection and encourage interdisciplinary collaborative research on the relationship between psoriasis and its comorbid conditions (see H.R. 2033), H7425 [20DE]

——— expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1672), H6587 [3DE]

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

Europe: designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization and impose sanctions, provide information about Hezbollah to European allies, and support Bulgaria in investigating terrorist attack in Burgas (see H. Res. 834), H7425 [20DE]

FDA: improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases (see H.R. 3059), H1847 [16AP]

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

Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H6062 [14SE]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 3461), H1571 [26MR]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H1273 [7MR]

Human rights: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 5905), H3660 [7JN]

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

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), H3482 [5JN]

Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (see H.R. 4235), H3363 [31MY]

Iran: express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H1367 [16MR]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 4229), H1742 [28MR]

——— extend authority to provide loan guarantees (see H.R. 4197), H1498 [21MR]

——— 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), H1363 [13MR]

Medicaid: provide access to certified professional midwives for enrollees (see H.R. 1054), H4157 [27JN]

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

Miami Heat (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 703), H4064 [26JN]

National Family Reunification Month: designate (see H. Res. 693), H3981 [25JN]

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 History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 573), H1209 [6MR]

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

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 832), H6806 [13DE]

Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 854), H1428 [20MR]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 965), H5711 [2AU]

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

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

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]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H440 [2FE]

Social Security: prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 1509), H1209 [6MR]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 2152), H802 [15FE]

Taxation: encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H4656 [29JN]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H6001 [13SE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H6001 [13SE]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 3087), H1847 [16AP]

——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see H.R. 1265), H115 [23JA]

——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H3481 [5JN]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 3522), H6062 [14SE]

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), H6429 [16NO]

Wallenberg, Raoul: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3001), H79 [18JA]

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), H3808 [19JN]

——— improve prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women (see H.R. 3526), H966 [27FE]

——— 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), H3976 [21JN]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1273 [7MR]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 3767), H3976 [21JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Justice: provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (see H.R. 4362), H1845 [16AP]

Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act: amend (see H.R. 6556), H6276 [21SE]

Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 647), H2567 [9MY]

William ‘‘Bill’’ Kling VA Clinic, Sunrise, FL: designate (see H.R. 6443), H6151 [19SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Justice: provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (H.R. 4362), H1846 [16AP]

Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act: amend (H.R. 6556), H6279 [21SE]

William ‘‘Bill’’ Kling VA Clinic, Sunrise, FL: designate (H.R. 6443), H6151 [19SE]

Letters

Resignation from the House of Representatives: Representative Giffords, H168 [25JA]

Remarks

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2602 [10MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1669 [28MR]

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transactions by Members and employees (H.R. 1148), E113• [1FE]

——— reception honoring former Members of Congress, H4699 [10JY]

——— results of congressional women’s softball game, H3783 [19JN], H3931 [21JN]

Crime: enhance penalties for possession or financial facilitation of access to child pornography and require Internet service providers to assist child pornography and exploitation investigations (H.R. 6063), H5510 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, H2602 [10MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Child Exploitation Center funding, H3542 [6JN]

——— Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Investigations funding to combat child exploitation through reductions in detention and removal operations funding, H3543 [6JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5855), H3542 [6JN]

Dept. of Justice: Internet Crimes Against Children task forces funding, H2392 [8MY]

——— prohibit funding to enforce certain accessibility regulations for the disabled relative to pools at public accommodations or provided by public entities, E753• [9MY]

——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (H.R. 4362), H5512 [31JY]

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), H810 [16FE]

Disasters: express support and thanks to radio and television broadcasters for keeping people safe in emergency situations, E956• [1JN]

Diseases: cancer research funding, E938• [31MY]

Dorchester (U.S.A.T.): tribute to chaplains who were killed in action during World War II, H521 [7FE]

Fair Pay Act: anniversary, E93• [31JA]

Family Central, Inc.: anniversary, E152• [7FE]

Giffords, Gabrielle: Association of Former Members of Congress Distinguished Service Award recipient, H4699 [10JY]

Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act: repeal, H810 [16FE]

Health: maternal and child health programs funding, E74• [25JA]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4752 [10JY]

Hurricanes: implement emergency preparedness plans, E956• [1JN]

Israel: commit to security as a Jewish and democratic state with secure borders and condemn rocket and missile attacks in Gaza by Hamas, H6418 [16NO]

Jewish American Heritage Month: observance, H3256, H3257, H3258, H3259, H3260, H3261 [30MY]

Medicaid: funding, H1669 [28MR]

National Cancer Research Month: observance, E938• [31MY]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, E774• [10MY]

National Work and Family Month: observance, E1633• [21SE]

No Co-Pay Day: observance, E1383• [1AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact, E1383• [1AU]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), E117• [2FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4752 [10JY]

Public debt: disapprove the President’s exercise of authority to increase the debt limit (H.J. Res. 98), H56 [18JA]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2392 [8MY], E753• [9MY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, E74• [25JA]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2725 [16MY]

William ‘‘Bill’’ Kling VA Clinic, Sunrise, FL: designate (H.R. 6443), H7331 [19DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3097 [17MY]

Tributes

Cleaver, Representative, H7275• [19DE]

Costello, Representative, H5912• [12SE]

Giffords, Representative, H168 [25JA]

Grant, Robert C., H1265 [7MR]

Kling, William, H5930 [13SE]