BONAMICI, SUZANNE (a Representative from Oregon)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4960 [18JY]
Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1392 [19MR], H1505 [22MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 3286), H1847 [16AP]
——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H3105 [17MY]
Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 835), H5009 [18JY]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H3105 [17MY]
Armed Forces: ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 181), H5292 [25JY]
——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 3435), H5711 [2AU]
——— prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 1092), H5292 [25JY]
Bailey, Jonathan W.: tribute (see H. Res. 792), H6151 [19SE]
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]
Bureau of Prisons: establish an Oleoresin Capsicum Spray Pilot Program (see H.R. 1175), H1807 [29MR]
Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in manufacturing to improve competitiveness (see H.R. 6081), H4684 [9JY]
——— promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 1240), H3700 [8JN]
CFTC: impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (see H.R. 3665), H2329 [7MY]
——— take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 4457), H2030 [19AP]
Children and youth: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1381), H3404 [1JN]
Chinese Americans: express regret for passage of laws that adversely affected the Chinese in the U.S., including the Chinese Exclusion Act (see H. Res. 683), H3703 [12JN]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1519), H3363 [31MY]
——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1397), H2329 [7MY]
——— restore effective use of group actions for claims arising under antidiscrimination laws (see H.R. 5978), H5131 [23JY]
Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 2016), H5630 [1AU]
——— require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 1048), H1543 [22MR]
——— require private educational lenders to obtain certain certifications from institutions of higher education (see H.R. 6273), H6429 [16NO]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H3177 [29MY]
Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transactions by Members and employees (see H.R. 1148), H641 [8FE]
Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 1831), H5860 [11SE]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 20), H3808 [19JN]
Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H6233 [20SE]
Credit: establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers (see H.R. 3789), H1210 [6MR]
——— exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 2086), H6234 [20SE]
——— prohibit creditors from discriminating on account of sexual orientation or gender identity when extending credit (see H.R. 1488), H1209 [6MR]
——— provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 6428), H6369 [14NO]
——— require portion of closing costs to be paid by the enterprises with respect to certain refinanced mortgage loans (see H.R. 6467), H6231 [20SE]
Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 2492), H5130 [23JY]
Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 1116), H1306 [8MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding (see H. Res. 760), H5861 [11SE]
Dept. of Commerce: issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program (see H.R. 6362), H6152 [19SE]
Dept. of Defense: reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 3974), H2072 [24AP]
Dept. of Education: establish a comprehensive literacy program (see H.R. 2272), H3267 [30MY]
——— 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), H903 [16FE]
——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H1847 [16AP] (see H.R. 4816), H2289 [27AP]
——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 2547), H1915 [17AP]
Dept. of HHS: conduct programs to screen adolescents, and educate health professionals, with respect to bleeding disorders (see H.R. 1919), H1543 [22MR]
——— establish a working group to develop and disseminate best practices to ensure accessibility in prescription drug labeling for visually-impaired and blind individuals (see H.R. 4087), H1741 [28MR]
——— establish and implement a Pancreatic Cancer Initiative (see H.R. 733), H3733 [18JN]
——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 3679), H1847 [16AP]
——— 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), H6280 [21SE]
——— 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), H3267 [30MY]
——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 3324), H6675 [5DE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: provide certain information to intellectual property right owners of semiconductor chip products to facilitate identification of suspected counterfeit microchips (see H.R. 6012), H3975 [21JN]
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), H7425 [20DE]
Dept. of the Interior: provide full funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see H.R. 3599), H2647 [10MY]
Dept. of the Treasury: establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 300), H1915 [17AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 812), H4064 [26JN]
——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 4287), H3662 [7JN]
——— 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), H6275 [21SE]
——— repeal modification of authority to make certain interval payments of educational assistance (see H.R. 1451), H1101 [29FE]
——— 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), H1153 [5MR]
Developing countries: improve access to microenterprise by the very poor (see H.R. 2524), H1847 [16AP]
Disabled: expand and intensify NIH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention programs on translational research and related activities relative to Down syndrome (see H.R. 2696), H1571 [26MR]
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: 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), H1391 [19MR]
——— expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 2505), H6505 [28NO]
——— 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), H3808 [19JN]
Education: express that adding art and design into Federal programs that target science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth (see H. Res. 319), H5861 [11SE]
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), H4907 [17JY]
Enhancing Education Through Technology Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3614), H3578 [6JN]
Ethnic groups: express regret for passage of discriminatory laws against Chinese in America, including the Chinese Exclusion Act (see H. Res. 282), H1916 [17AP]
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), H1209 [6MR]
——— strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see H.R. 1821), H1497 [21MR]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 2364), H1915 [17AP]
FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H2211 [26AP]
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), H2072 [24AP]
Federal employees: provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3485), H1498 [21MR]
Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 1418), H571 [7FE]
Firearms: prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 308), H7264 [18DE]
Foreign aid: provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2705), H6369 [14NO]
Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 639), H4907 [17JY]
Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 460), H1572 [26MR]
Grand Ronde Reservation Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 726), H1306 [8MR]
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: expand boundaries (see H.R. 192), H6233 [20SE]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 104), H1642 [27MR]
Health: provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 2376), H6828 [17DE]
Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 32), H1209 [6MR]
Housing Act: revise requirements for areas to be considered rural areas (see H.R. 273), H6233 [20SE]
Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1537), H1306 [8MR]
——— cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students (see H.R. 1842), H1428 [20MR]
——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 6412), H6234 [20SE]
Information technology: preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived (see H. Con. Res. 127), H3734 [18JN]
Insurance: provide for equal access to COBRA continuation health coverage (see H.R. 2310), H1306 [8MR]
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), H3268 [30MY]
Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 134), H6280 [21SE]
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]
Lions Clubs: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2139), H5202 [24JY]
March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H2813 [16MY]
Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 1171), H4685 [9JY]
Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 3364), H3171 [25MY]
——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 1219), H2647 [10MY]
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), H4775 [10JY]
——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2267), H2569 [9MY]
——— improve diagnosis and treatment of lymphedema and reduce costs relative to treatment of complications of lymphedema (see H.R. 2499), H4907 [17JY]
——— provide coverage of comprehensive Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia diagnosis and services to improve care and outcomes by increasing detection, diagnosis, care, and planning (see H.R. 1386), H4064 [26JN]
——— provide for a primary care graduate medical education pilot project to improve access to the primary care workforce (see H.R. 3667), H1391 [19MR]
——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 876), H2288 [27AP]
——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 1546), H6344 [13NO]
Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 640), H2274 [27AP]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 130), H4776 [10JY]
National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 3993), H3105 [17MY]
National Foster Care Month: recognize goals and ideals (see H. Res. 659), H2812 [16MY]
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: prevent drunken driving injuries and fatalities (see H.R. 2324), H1210 [6MR]
National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 644), H2320 [7MY]
National Teacher Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 645), H2570 [9MY]
National Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 6150), H5631 [1AU]
Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 4010), H692 [9FE]
——— reform the financing of congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns (see H.R. 6426), H6060 [14SE]
Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1351), H1807 [29MR]
——— ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 137), H1742 [28MR]
——— 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), H1101 [29FE]
Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see H.R. 5684), H5712 [2AU]
Religion: honor historical contributions of Catholic sisters (see H. Res. 689), H4606 [28JN]
Renewable energy: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (see H.R. 2994), H6152 [19SE]
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]
Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1648), H1978 [18AP]
——— direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H5711 [2AU]
——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 998), H1391 [19MR]
——— provide assistance for the modernization, renovation, and repair of elementary and secondary school buildings and community colleges (see H.R. 2948), H2033 [19AP]
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3599), H2647 [10MY]
Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education programs (see H.R. 1085), H5766 [10SE]
——— 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), H6344 [13NO]
——— 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]
Soda Ash Royalty Reduction Act: extend reduced royalty rate for soda ash (see H.R. 1192), H3915 [20JN]
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), H4828 [11JY]
Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 2697), H1101 [29FE]
——— recreational performance outerwear (see H.R. 2071), H966 [27FE]
Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H6535 [29NO]
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), H2447 [8MY]
——— allow eligible veterans to use qualified veterans mortgage bonds to refinance home loans (see H.R. 834), H1428 [20MR]
——— broaden special rules for certain governmental health reimbursement arrangements to include plans established by political subdivisions (see H.R. 2698), H1847 [16AP]
——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 5542), H5079 [19JY]
——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 3423), H1428 [20MR]
——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 1244), H6279 [21SE]
——— expand rehabilitation credit (see H.R. 2479), H1428 [20MR]
——— expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 2555), H1391 [19MR]
——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H1101 [29FE]
——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H1154 [5MR]
——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness and provide exclusions from income for certain payments under the National Mortgage Settlement (see H.R. 4290), H6505 [28NO]
——— impose a tax on transactions in oil futures, options, and swaps (see H.R. 2003), H1428 [20MR]
——— increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H726 [14FE]
——— make all veterans eligible for home loans under the veterans mortgage revenue bond program (see H.R. 1595), H1846 [16AP]
——— make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 687), H5526 [31JY]
——— make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2412), H1811 [30MR]
——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 2962), H4828 [11JY]
——— promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 860), H6151 [19SE]
——— provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods (see H.R. 2382), H5923 [12SE]
——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain small producers (see H.R. 1236), H1134 [1MR]
——— reduce rate on distilled spirits produced by small producers (see H.R. 777), H1100 [29FE]
——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 2649), H1978 [18AP]
Transportation: provide flexibility in use of Federal funding for certain transit functions to local entities (see H.R. 3200), H1391 [19MR]
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), H1209 [6MR] (see H.R. 333), H4907 [17JY]
——— improve protection and enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 6015), H6152 [19SE]
——— issue a Victory for Veterans stamp (see H.R. 6121), H4863 [12JY]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H1742 [28MR]
Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 5799), H3102 [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), H1811 [30MR]
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), H2570 [9MY]
World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 719), H1273 [7MR]
Year of the Girl: designate (see H. Res. 460), H1572 [26MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Credit: address certain issues relative to the extension of consumer credit (see H.R. 6483), H6273 [21SE]
Dept. of Defense: submit a report to Congress on the future availability of TRICARE Prime throughout the U.S. and ensure certain TRICARE beneficiaries retain access to a primary care provider (see H.R. 6635), H6675 [5DE]
Dept. of Labor: establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (see H.R. 5975), H3914 [20JN]
NOAA: establish an expedited award process for grants to address marine debris emergencies (see H.R. 6251), H5628 [1AU]
Tariff: men’s leathered footwear (see H.R. 4994, 4995), H2267 [27AP]
——— women’s leathered footwear (see H.R. 4992, 4993), H2267 [27AP] (see H.R. 5330), H2316 [7MY]
Constitutional authority statements
Credit: address certain issues relative to the extension of consumer credit (H.R. 6483), H6277 [21SE]
Dept. of Labor: establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (H.R. 5975), H3915 [20JN]
NOAA: establish an expedited award process for grants to address marine debris emergencies (H.R. 6251), H5629 [1AU]
Tariff: men’s leathered footwear (H.R. 4994), H2275 [27AP]
——— men’s leathered footwear (H.R. 4995), H2276 [27AP]
——— women’s leathered footwear (H.R. 4992), H2275 [27AP]
——— women’s leathered footwear (H.R. 4993), H2275 [27AP]
——— women’s leathered footwear (H.R. 5330), H2444 [8MY]
Letters
Election of Suzanne Bonamici to the House of Representatives: Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House of Representatives, H530 [7FE]
——— Stephen N. Trout, Oregon Division of Elections, H530 [7FE]
Oaths of office
House of Representatives, H530, H566 [7FE]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (H.R. 3541), H3280 [31MY]
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2606 [10MY]
——— require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5872), H4923 [18JY], H6160 [20SE]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1651, H1675 [28MR]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2838), concur in Senate amendments with an amendment (H. Res. 825), H6642 [5DE]
Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H6262 [21SE]
——— 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), H625 [8FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H2606 [10MY]
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4960 [18JY], H5038 [19JY]
Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4816), H2257 [27AP]
Dept. of Energy: Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy funding through reductions in Fossil Energy Research and Development Program funding, E993• [6JN]
Dept. of HHS: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H1030 [29FE]
——— Social Services Block Grant Program funding, H2606 [10MY]
Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), E1156• [27JN]
Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6836 [18DE]
——— 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), H6262 [21SE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5325), E993• [6JN]
Health: delay enactment of medical malpractice tort reform until the Dept. of HHS has submitted a report on the potential effect on health care premium reductions, H1505, H1507 [22MR]
——— reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1505, H1507 [22MR]
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4694 [10JY]
House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H531 [7FE]
International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs, H5211 [25JY]
Jewish American Heritage Month: observance, H3259 [30MY]
National Guard: complete capability assessment of medical equipment in Humvee ambulances, H4960 [18JY], H5038 [19JY]
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]
NOAA: Marine Debris Program funding, H6642 [5DE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal (H.R. 6079), H4694 [10JY]
Portland, OR: tribute to Lincoln High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, H2454 [9MY]
Republican Party: national agenda, H6262 [21SE]
Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), E381• [19MR]
Taxation: 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), H6836 [18DE]
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), H2725 [16MY]
——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), consideration (H. Res. 656), H2727 [16MY]
Women: health care for women, H1030 [29FE], H5537 [1AU]
Remarks in House relative to
Tributes
Elliott-Parham, Maryk, E491• [29MR]