LEE, BARBARA (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3011, H3075, H3083 [17MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4991, H4994 [18JY], H5028, H5030, H5034 [19JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2500 [9MY]

Articles and editorials

Census—Fuller Poverty Picture Finds 49.7M Are Poor, Factoring in Medical and Work Expenses, Associated Press (news service), H6376 [15NO]

Truth, Lies and Afghanistan—How Military Leaders Have Let Us Down, Daniel L. Davis, Armed Forces Journal, H583 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: condemn atrocities and encourage efforts to end threats by the Lord’s Resistance Army and bring Joseph Kony and his top commanders to justice (see H. Res. 583), H1367 [16MR]

——— provide assistance to sub-Saharan Africa to combat obstetric fistula (see H.R. 5748), H2713 [15MY]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory cattle (see H.R. 3704), H221 [31JA]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 3798), H1498 [21MR]

AID: improve nutritional quality, quality control, and cost effectiveness of U.S. food assistance (see H.R. 4141), H1210 [6MR]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2256), H1807 [29MR]

——— expand workforce of veterinarians specialized in care and conservation of wild animals and ecosystems and develop educational programs focused on wildlife and zoological veterinary medicine (see H.R. 3886), H439 [2FE]

——— restrict use of exotic and nondomesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions (see H.R. 3359), H1915 [17AP]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H1915 [17AP]

Armed Forces: add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans benefits that recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 6046), H4828 [11JY]

——— facilitate naturalization and removal of conditional immigration status of military personnel and their families (see H.R. 3761), H3105 [17MY]

——— provide for certain requirements relative to retirement, adoption, care, and recognition of military working dogs (see H.R. 4103), H7425 [20DE]

——— provide for treatment of autism under TRICARE (see H.R. 2288), H694 [9FE]

——— require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1417), H2329 [7MY]

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

Autoimmune Diseases Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee: establish (see H.R. 6218), H5326 [26JY]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 6117), H4862 [12JY]

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

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see H. Res. 774), H5765 [10SE]

Brubeck, David W.: tribute (see H. Res. 831), H6806 [13DE]

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]

Capitol Building and Grounds: acquire a statue of ‘‘The Unknown Slave’’ for display in Emancipation Hall of the Capitol Visitor Center (see H.R. 4080), H1154 [5MR]

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

Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H. Res. 130), H187 [27JA]

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 5186), H3734 [18JN]

Children and youth: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1381), H1846 [16AP]

Chin, Vincent J.: recognize anniversary of death as a time to reflect on the dangers of xenophobia and scapegoating (see H. Res. 698), H3975 [21JN]

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), H3699 [8JN]

Citizenship: exempt certain elderly persons from English language and government and history knowledge requirements for naturalization, and permit others to take the examinations in other languages (see H.R. 2957), H1306 [8MR]

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), H3914 [20JN]

Civil Rights Act: repeal exemption for Wards Cove Packing Co. (see H.R. 4275), H1916 [17AP]

Coal Mitigation Trust Fund: establish by imposing a tax on the extraction of coal to mitigate impact of transportation of coal by rail (see H.R. 6202), H5291 [25JY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 6421), H6060 [14SE]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 6482), H6273 [21SE]

Conservation of natural resources: strengthen the U.S. role in the international community in conserving natural resources to further global prosperity and security (see H.R. 6038), H6234 [20SE]

Copyrights: adopt fair standards and procedures by which determinations of Copyright Royalty Judges are made with respect to webcasting (see H.R. 6480), H6469 [27NO]

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), H82 [19JA]

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

CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 2861), H4157 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve energy programs (see H.R. 5955), H3732 [18JN]

——— 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), H5861 [11SE]

——— treat Puerto Rico in the same manner as States for purposes of carrying out the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 4280), H1739 [28MR]

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

Dept. of Defense: establish a research program under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program to discover a cure for HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 6187), H5290 [25JY]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 3974), H639 [8FE]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 3826), H221 [31JA]

——— make grants to State-based science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) networks to expand STEM education (see H.R. 6517), H6275 [21SE]

——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 2547), H5328 [26JY]

——— provide information to foster youth on their potential eligibility for Federal student aid (see H.R. 6669), H6806 [13DE]

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

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges from receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (see H.R. 4055), H1018 [28FE]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 2794), H3915 [20JN]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 2637), H3163 [18MY]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2098), H903 [16FE]

Dept. of Energy: provide loan guarantees for energy efficiency upgrades to existing buildings (see H.R. 3221), H220 [31JA]

Dept. of HHS: collaborate with other departments on epilepsy education and awareness programs (see H. Res. 298), H948 [21FE]

——— ensure that immigration status alone is not a disqualification for foster child placement and clarify State and local laws on parental rights in foster care cases (see H.R. 6128), H6280 [21SE]

——— exempt Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration from sequestration (see H.R. 6692), H7424 [20DE]

——— expedite research and drug development to combat the most deadly and costly chronic diseases (see H.R. 3891), H2715 [15MY]

——— 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]

——— improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see H.R. 3015), H694 [9FE]

——— improve health of children, reduce occurrence of sudden unexpected infant death, and enhance public health activities relative to stillbirth (see H.R. 3418), H1274 [7MR]

——— provide cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see H.R. 3625), H6300 [2OC]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1195), H1978 [18AP]

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

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2679), H903 [16FE]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from liver cancer (see H.R. 3381), H6279 [21SE]

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]

——— transmit to the House of Representatives documents relative to the practice of targeted killing U.S. citizens and targets abroad (see H. Res. 819), H6536 [29NO]

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

——— phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 3086), H3105 [17MY]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 4227), H1916 [17AP]

Dept. of State: authorize payment of a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals (see H.R. 4077), H2134 [25AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the Pullman Historic Site in Chicago, IL (see H.R. 3894), H1274 [7MR]

——— conduct a study of the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, OH, and associated locations to assess potential inclusion in the National Park System (see H.R. 799), H966 [27FE]

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

Dept. of the Treasury: establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 300), H5728 [7AU]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 3612), H571 [7FE]

——— establish an open burn pit registry to ensure that Armed Forces members exposed to toxic chemicals and fumes in Afghanistan or Iraq receive information regarding such exposure (see H.R. 3337), H3662 [7JN]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 2985), H571 [7FE]

——— make on time tuition payments for veterans enrolled in institutions of higher learning who are receiving Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program assistance (see H.R. 3462), H159 [24JA]

——— 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), H79 [18JA]

——— 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), H1916 [17AP]

Developing countries: protect girls through prevention of child marriage (see H.R. 6087), H6318 [26OC]

Disabled: provide certified trainers of service animals access to the same public transportation and public accommodations afforded disabled persons with service animals (see H.R. 1878), H3733 [18JN]

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]

——— condemn illicit and religious profiling and surveillance of Muslim American communities by New York Police Dept., and call for a Federal investigation of such surveillance (see H. Res. 651), H3578 [6JN]

Diseases: commend progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs (see H. Res. 594), H1542 [22MR]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding, the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 5937), H3699 [8JN]

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

——— require a Federal commitment to Alzheimer’s disease research to advance breakthrough treatments for people with the disease (see H.R. 1897), H182 [25JA]

——— 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), H3363 [31MY]

Drugs: improve safety (see H.R. 1483), H1154 [5MR]

——— provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (see H.R. 6134), H4907 [17JY]

——— provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law governing marijuana (see H.R. 6606), H6469 [27NO]

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

——— reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 1983), H3808 [19JN]

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]

——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (see H.R. 4170), H4686 [9JY]

——— stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives (see H.R. 3373), H966 [27FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 97), H79 [18JA]

——— constitutional amendment on the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (see H.J. Res. 111), H4656 [29JN]

ERISA: provide protection for company-provided retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H5923 [12SE]

Federal employees: tribute (see H. Res. 682), H5712 [2AU]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: prohibit disposing of certain real estate owned of such Agency and by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (see H.R. 5823), H3734 [18JN]

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]

Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 1781), H641 [8FE]

——— prohibit trafficking (see H.R. 2554), H7425 [20DE]

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

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

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

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

——— authorize appropriations to promote long-term, sustainable rebuilding and development (see H.R. 3771), H26 [17JA]

Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see H.R. 3528), H966 [27FE]

Health: expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities (see H. Res. 759), H6062 [14SE]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3497), H1847 [16AP]

——— recognize importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating progress on global health and saving lives of women and children (see H. Res. 734), H6062 [14SE]

Homeless: eliminate involuntary homelessness for families, women, and children (see H. Con. Res. 119), H2067 [24AP]

Housing: allow States participating in the State Small Business Credit Initiative to provide program funds to community development housing organizations for development of affordable housing (see H.R. 4144), H2212 [26AP]

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

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

——— express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 312), H6578 [30NO]

——— 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]

——— waive certain requirements for naturalization for American Samoan U.S. nationals to become U.S. citizens (see H.R. 4021), H3915 [20JN]

Information technology: specify circumstances in which a person may acquire geolocation information through an electronic communications device (see H.R. 2168), H376 [1FE]

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), H2813 [16MY]

——— 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), H2030 [19AP]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs (see H. Res. 713), H4908 [17JY] (see H. Res. 749), H5525 [31JY]

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), H5010 [18JY]

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

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

Japan: commend for extending official apology to former U.S. POW from the Pacific War and moving forward in planning to invite surviving members to Japan (see H. Res. 333), H2135 [25AP]

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

Jon Faddis Day: designate (see H. Res. 641), H2274 [27AP]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: develop a strategy for assisting stateless children (see H.R. 1464), H4157 [27JN]

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

LIHEAP: provide level funding (see H.R. 3626), H966 [27FE]

Macedonia: work within U.N. framework process with Greece to find a mutually-acceptable composite name, with a geographical qualifier and for all international uses for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (see H. Res. 627), H2031 [19AP] (see H. Res. 639), H2274 [27AP] (see H. Res. 650), H2645 [10MY]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H376 [1FE]

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), H159 [24JA]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 876), H1741 [28MR]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 831), H4656 [29JN]

——— reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 2741), H1915 [17AP]

Mental health: protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 141), H6536 [29NO]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 640), H3662 [7JN]

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: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 5959), H4908 [17JY]

Motor vehicles: protect the rights of consumers to diagnose, service, maintain, and repair their motor vehicles (see H.R. 1449), H220 [31JA]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3510), H115 [23JA]

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

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 809), H6397 [15NO]

National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 538), H475 [3FE]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H5078 [19JY]

National Family Reunification Month: designate (see H. Res. 693), H3807 [19JN]

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

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

National parks and recreation areas: repeal certain laws relative to carrying certain weapons in national parks (see H.R. 4063), H901 [16FE]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 605), H1805 [29MR]

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

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]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1808 [29MR]

NLRB: repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (see H.R. 2775), H7425 [20DE]

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), H3105 [17MY]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: tribute to establishment of Federal interagency neuroscience working group (see H. Res. 613), H3578 [6JN]

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

Pesticides: prohibit use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine (see H.R. 4318), H6152 [19SE]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2672), H4157 [27JN]

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), H6280 [21SE]

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]

Postal Inspector Terry Asbury Post Office Building, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 6587), H6469 [27NO]

Postal Service: reduce operating costs and provide for continued postal services for certain areas (see H.R. 3916), H1808 [29MR]

Power resources: eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production (see H.R. 5745), H3405 [1JN]

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

Public lands: sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 3496), H4775 [10JY]

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), H1976 [18AP]

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

Real estate: require holder of subordinate lien on property that secures a federally related mortgage loan, upon a request by the homeowner for a short sale, to make a timely decision whether to allow the sale (see H.R. 6153), H5077 [19JY]

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

Renewable energy: establish a pilot program to provide assistance for partnerships supporting applied sciences in renewable energy (see H.R. 288), H5525 [31JY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see H.R. 14), H1543 [22MR]

Rotary International: commend efforts to prevent and eradicate polio (see H. Res. 704), H4064 [26JN]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 458), H220 [31JA]

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

Small business: ensure State-certified medical marijuana businesses have full access to banking services (see H.R. 1984), H1017 [28FE]

Social Security: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 6256), H5628 [1AU]

——— 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]

Sports: prohibit the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing (see H.R. 1733), H3481 [5JN]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 2448), H5711 [2AU]

Sudan: continue restrictions unless the President certifies that Sudan is no longer engaged in training, harboring, supplying, financing, or supporting in any way the Lord’s Resistance Army (see H.R. 895), H1391 [19MR]

——— develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 4169), H1303 [8MR]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for qualified manufacturing facility construction costs (see H.R. 6120), H4863 [12JY]

——— allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1479), H903 [16FE]

——— allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 1416), H2040 [23AP]

——— disallow a deduction for amounts paid or incurred by a responsible party relating to a discharge of oil (see H.R. 3852), H572 [7FE]

——— disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (see H.R. 6700), H7424 [20DE]

——— encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 289), H5630 [1AU]

——— extend credit for electricity produced from certain renewable resources (see H.R. 3307), H441 [2FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2088), H5766 [10SE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 4202), H5202 [24JY]

——— facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see H.R. 2151), H2134 [25AP]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions (see H.R. 6411), H6060 [14SE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3661), H3662 [7JN]

——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 4032), H945 [17FE]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 3522), H5711 [2AU]

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

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 3238), H5860 [11SE]

——— provide for employment tax treatment of professional service businesses (see H.R. 3840), H803 [15FE]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 3903), H572 [7FE]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see H.R. 1746), H27 [17JA]

Treaties and agreements: provide for congressional oversight of U.S. agreements with Afghanistan (see H.R. 5787), H5860 [11SE]

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

U.S. Coast Guard Academy: modify process for congressional nomination of individuals for appointment as cadets (see H.R. 3695), H945 [17FE]

Veterans: improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 6107), H6397 [15NO]

——— improve protection and enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 6015), H6152 [19SE]

——— 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]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4271), H1742 [28MR]

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]

——— 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), H6280 [21SE]

——— require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5816), H3103 [17MY]

——— require State voter registration agencies that require government-issued photo identification to vote in Federal elections to provide such identification without charge upon request (see H.R. 4126), H1274 [7MR]

——— 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]

Wildlife: establish improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent introduction and establishment in the U.S. of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites (see H.R. 5864), H5526 [31JY]

——— prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 4122), H1847 [16AP]

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), H966 [27FE]

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

World TB Day: support goals (see H. Res. 594), H1542 [22MR]

Yosemite National Park: modify boundaries (see H.R. 5907), H6069 [18SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 6138), H5008 [18JY]

——— support continued international cooperation to combat HIV/AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 131), H4868 [13JY]

Drugs: exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (see H.R. 6335), H5706 [2AU]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce discretionary budget authority if financial statement for the previous fiscal year does not receive an unqualified audit opinion by an external independent auditor (see H.R. 6528), H6275 [21SE]

Haiti: recognize anniversary of earthquake, honor victims and responders, and reaffirm support and assistance (see H. Res. 510), H26 [17JA]

Iran: appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for the purpose of ensuring U.S. diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons and avoid war (see H.R. 4173), H1304 [8MR]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 560), H944 [17FE]

National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 803), H6276 [21SE]

NIH: establish a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium (see H.R. 4138), H1153 [5MR]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 589), H1427 [20MR]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 589), H1427 [20MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (H.R. 6138), H5009 [18JY]

Drugs: exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (H.R. 6335), H5710 [2AU]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce discretionary budget authority if financial statement for the previous fiscal year does not receive an unqualified audit opinion by an external independent auditor (H.R. 6528), H6278 [21SE]

Iran: appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for the purpose of ensuring U.S. diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons and avoid war (H.R. 4173), H1305 [8MR]

NIH: establish a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium (H.R. 4138), H1153 [5MR]

Letters

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act: by, H139 [24JA]

Sudan and South Sudan conflict resolution: several Members of Congress, H1898 [17AP]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (H.R. 3541), H3186 [30MY], E924• [31MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (H.R. 3803), H5444 [31JY]

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, H3011, H3013 [17MY], H5028 [19JY]

Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 6083), H4708 [10JY]

Armed Forces: develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, H582 [8FE], H811 [16FE], H1736 [28MR], H6420 [16NO], H6777 [13DE], E1170• [28JN], E1782• [16NO]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and replacement of sequester established by the Budget Control Act (H.R. 5652), H2629• [10MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2022 (H. Con. Res. 112), H1686, H1687, H1716, H1736 [28MR], H1903 [17AP]

Center for Independent Living, Inc. (CIL): anniversary, E1516• [13SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1519), H3286 [31MY]

Davis, Belva: Progressive Oakland Women for Empowerment and Reform (P.O.W.E.R.) (organization) Lifetime Achievement award recipient, E1528• [14SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H1903 [17AP], H3582 [7JN], H4708 [10JY]

——— WIC funding, H1903 [17AP]

Dept. of Defense: across-the-board funding reduction, H5034 [19JY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), H3011, H3013, H3075, H3076, H3084, H3085 [17MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 840), H7372 [20DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4310), motion to instruct conferees, H6777 [13DE]

——— develop a strategy to promote the security of Afghan women and girls during the security transition process, H6777 [13DE]

——— freeze funding at current levels unless financial statements are ready for audit by a certain date, H4991 [18JY]

——— limit funding to amount authorized under the Budget Control Act, H3075, H3076 [17MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5856), H4944, H4991, H4994, H4996 [18JY], H5028, H5030, H5034 [19JY]

——— military operations in Afghanistan funding, H4944, H4994 [18JY]

——— prohibit funding to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H4996 [18JY]

——— reduce funding to 2008 levels, H5030 [19JY]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 4628), H2235 [27AP]

Dept. of HHS: ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H626 [8FE], E341• [8MR]

——— Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, H2235 [27AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 5855), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3286 [31MY]

Dept. of HUD: National Affordable Housing Trust Fund funding, H4032 [26JN]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding, H2500 [9MY]

——— investigation into shooting of Trayvon Martin by neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, H1830 [16AP]

——— prohibit funding to prevent States from implementing laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana, H2528 [9MY]

Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, H4032 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: report to Congress a plan to eliminate backlog of benefit claims, H3317 [31MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), H3317 [31MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 5854), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3286 [31MY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5972), H4032 [26JN]

Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (H.R. 6138), E1272• [18JY]

District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress, H1831 [16AP]

East Bay Bicycle Coalition: anniversary, E1775• [15NO]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H6376 [15NO], H6714 [12DE]

——— create jobs and reduce the deficit through fair tax rates, cutting defense spending, strengthening Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, and infrastructure investment (H.R. 3638), H34 [18JA]

——— provide for spending reductions through reform and repeal of certain Federal and State programs (H.R. 6684), H7363 [20DE]

——— provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to instruct conferees, H138 [24JA]

——— 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), H3582 [7JN], H5928 [13SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5325), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3286 [31MY]

Firearms: gun control, H6832 [18DE]

Fouche, Aloysia: One Hundred Black Women of Funeral Service Organization Living Legends of Funeral Service Award recipient, E1501• [12SE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4732 [10JY]

House of Representatives: 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), H4069 [27JN]

——— tribute to departing Members, H6745 [12DE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743), H3299• [31MY]

——— authorizing appropriations (H.R. 5743), consideration (H. Res. 667), H3286 [31MY]

International AIDS Conference: support and encourage global HIV/AIDS research, prevention, and treatment programs, H5026 [19JY], E1272• [18JY]

Iran: appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for the purpose of ensuring U.S. diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons and avoid war, H3084, H3085 [17MY]

Israel: 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 (H.R. 4133), E779• [11MY]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling, H1831 [16AP]

Libya: commend U.S. public servants who died in attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, express condolences to families of victims, condemn the attack, and call for perpetrators to be brought to justice, E1704• [16OC]

Medicare: reform, H1686, H1687 [28MR]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, H523 [7FE]

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]

Oakland, CA: tribute to the African American Education Task Force Academic Achievement Celebration, E791• [15MY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: assess consequences of a military strike against Iran, H3299• [31MY]

Omega Boys Club/Street Soldiers (organization): anniversary, E1720• [23OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program (H.R. 1173), H339 [1FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4732 [10JY]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H34 [18JA], H123 [24JA], H226 [1FE], H1855 [17AP], H3273 [31MY], H5927 [13SE], H6376 [15NO]

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), consideration (H. Res. 691), H3820 [20JN]

Progressive Oakland Women for Empowerment and Reform (P.O.W.E.R.) (organization): tribute to Ms. Delilah Beasley Tea reception, E1528• [14SE]

Public welfare programs: require States to implement policies to prevent assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being used in strip clubs, casinos, and liquor stores (H.R. 3567), H226, H321• [1FE]

Renewable energy: impact of budget sequestration, H6714 [12DE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5326), H2500, H2528 [9MY]

Sisters of Loretto (organization): anniversary, E545• [17AP]

Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (H.R. 4169), H1898 [17AP]

Taxation: extend production tax credit for wind power, H6380 [15NO]

——— make permanent certain tax cuts and relief for families making less than a certain income, increased expensing limitations, and alternative minimum tax relief (H.J. Res. 66), H7363 [20DE]

——— provide a deduction for domestic business income of qualified small businesses (H.R. 9), H1855, H1903 [17AP]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, H2235 [27AP]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H3582 [7JN]

——— provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 589), H138 [24JA], H226 [1FE], H732 [15FE]

Violence Against Women Act: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H2708 [15MY]

——— ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H2708 [15MY]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 4970), H2707 [15MY]

Votes: position on missed, H1519• [22MR], E271• [28FE], E275• [29FE], E291• [1MR], E393• [20MR], E409• [21MR], E424• [22MR], E892• [25MY], E1317• [25JY], E1475• [11SE], E1580• [20SE]

Voting: impact of State voting reform laws labeled as ‘‘voter suppression’’ legislation, H96 [23JA]

Women: health care for women, H1924 [18AP]

World AIDS Day: observance, H6516 [29NO]

Reports

Armed Opposition Groups (AOG) Initiated Attacks: Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (excerpt), H812 [16FE]

Tributes

Allen, LaVerda O., E145• [6FE]

Brubeck, David W., H6768 [13DE]

Canty, Leonard J., Jr., E1702• [16OC]

Cleaver, Representative, H7273 [19DE]

Doherty, Glen, E1704• [16OC]

Dukes, Ofield, E107• [1FE]

Elliott, Lydia M., E1849• [29NO]

Franklin, Juanita A., E457• [27MR]

Gonzales, Gilda, E1762• [15NO]

Hall, Stanley H., E1121• [21JN]

Lee, Linda, H3273 [31MY]

Marsh, Pearl A., E1716• [23OC]

Matthew, Geraldine, H3273 [31MY]

Olver, Representative, H4032 [26JN]

Payne, Donald M., H1164, H1200 [6MR]

Payton, John A., H1830, H1831 [16AP]

Woods, Tyrone, E1704• [16OC]