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Addresses

State of the Union: President Obama, S651–S655 [12FE], H444–H448 [12FE]

Teen Choice Awards Acceptance: Ashton Kutcher (excerpt), S6819 [24SE]

Amendments

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3719 [18JN]

Congressional Award Act: reauthorize (S. 1348), S6968 [26SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6251, H6253 [4OC]

Dept. of Education: making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6251, H6253 [4OC]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4629, H4679, H4680, H4693, H4694, H4696, H4697, H4698, H4705, H4706, H4707, H4708, H4710, H4711, H4714, H4715, H4716, H4717, H4718, H4720 [18JY], H4731, H4732, H4734, H4736, H4738 [19JY]

Dept. of HHS: making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6251, H6253 [4OC]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 252), S6898, S6900 [24SE]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2598, S2610, S2611, S2612, S2613 [11AP], S2689, S2690, S2692, S2693 [16AP], S2707, S2709, S2719, S2743, S2752, S2760, S2765, S2766, S2770, S2771 [17AP], S2806, S2807, S2808, S2810, S2814 [18AP]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S4093, S4195, S4197, S4217, S4218, S4219, S4225, S4226, S4228, S4229, S4230, S4231 [11JN], S4411, S4412, S4413, S4414, S4415, S4416, S4429, S4430, S4431 [12JN], S4441, S4450, S4484, S4485, S4486, S4487, S4488, S4489, S4490, S4492 [13JN], S4524, S4525, S4526, S4527, S4529, S4530, S4532 [17JN], S4592, S4593, S4594, S4596, S4597, S4615, S4616, S4617, S4618, S4619 [18JN], S4628, S4631, S4635, S4644, S4653, S4656, S4659, S4678, S4679, S4680, S4681, S4682, S4683, S4684, S4685, S4686, S4687, S4688, S4689, S4690, S4691, S4692, S4693, S4706, S4707, S4708, S4709, S4710, S4711, S4712, S4713, S4714, S4715 [19JN], S4755, S4799, S4800, S4801, S4802, S4803, S4804, S4805, S4820, S4821, S4822, S4823, S4824, S4825, S4826, S4827, S4828, S4829, S4830, S4832, S4833, S4834, S4835, S4836, S4837, S4838, S4841, S4842, S4843, S4844, S4845 [20JN], S4860, S4976, S4977, S4985 [21JN], S5030, S5031, S5033, S5034, S5036, S5037, S5045, S5046, S5047, S5048, S5050, S5051, S5052, S5053, S5054, S5055, S5056, S5075, S5076, S5077, S5078, S5079, S5080, S5081, S5082, S5083, S5084, S5092, S5093, S5094, S5095, S5096, S5097 [24JN], S5152, S5160, S5162, S5163, S5164, S5165, S5166, S5167, S5168, S5186, S5187, S5188, S5189, S5190, S5191, S5192, S5193, S5194, S5196, S5197, S5198, S5200 [25JN], S5275, S5284, S5292, S5300, S5301 [26JN]

Appointments

Commission To Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, S1274 [7MR], S3352 [9MY], H2153 [18AP]

Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, S3879 [23MY]

Articles and editorials

Another View—Immigration Reform Plan Adds Disorder to a Failing System (excerpt), S5228 [26JN]

As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard, H942 [4MR]

CHAMPS! SLMS Dance Team Wins National Title, S1588 [11MR]

Children and Guns—Hidden Toll, H8103 [12DE]

Congratulations in Order for Dr. Hannah Gay, UMC, S1705 [12MR]

Daraa—The Spark That Lit the Syrian Flame, S6309 [10SE]

$4.6 Trillion Opportunity—Immigration Reform Will Impove Social Security’s Finances, S4500 [17JN]

‘Going Above and Beyond’—Academic Decathlon Offers Another Kind of Competition, E399 [9AP]

Government Shutdown Jeopardizes WIC Program, H6269 [4OC]

Hope Arrives for Refugees From Civil War-Torn Syria, E1646 [13NO]

How AIDS Invented Global Health, E905 [18JN]

John Boehner Must Act on Immigration Now, H7269 [20NO]

Kelly Ann Garcia Allegedly Had Sex, Went to Sex Shop With Student She Claimed To Be Mentoring, H6650 [22OC]

Lakeland Girl Commite Suicide After Being Bullied Online, S6629 [19SE]

Lessons in Democracy, S4029 [10JN]

Mexico Children Used as ‘‘Mules’’ by Drug Gangs, H5047 [24JY]

My Family Needs Immigration Reform, Sen. Bennet, S5125 [25JN]

Newtown Shooting Demands We Consider Our ‘‘Call of Duty’’ as Parents, E65 [25JA]

NLHS, E.B. Cheer Teams Win Big at Nationals, S1123 [5MR]

Obamacare Denies Hospital Choice for Blind Child With Rare Bone Disease (excerpt), H7339 [21NO]

Out West, Reaching the Summit, S1263 [7MR]

Police Search Officer’s Home, E1811 [9DE]

Police—Florida Girl Who Committed Suicide Had Been Bullied for Months by as Many as 15 Girls, S6628 [19SE]

Richmond Bakery Cooks Up Job-Training Program and Successful Business, S6323 [10SE]

Top 10 Reasons Why People of Color Should Care About Sequestration, H943 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 356), S773 [14FE]

——— investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (see S. Res. 133), S3256 [8MY] (see H. Res. 206), H2533 [8MY]

——— limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see S. 1696), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 3471), H7051 [13NO]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex (see S. 138), S284 [24JA] (see H.R. 447), H315 [1FE]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers (see H.R. 1122), H1395 [13MR]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (see S. 583), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 1091), H1356 [12MR]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see S. 1670), S7927 [7NO]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (see H. Res. 266), H3686 [17JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see S. 886), S3159 [7MY] (see H.R. 1797), H2392 [26AP]

——— require parental notification and intervention for minors seeking an abortion (see H.R. 3601), H7354 [21NO]

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (see S. Res. 274), S7536 [16OC]

AID: establish a health and education grant program related to autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 3054), H5399 [2AU]

Alcoholic beverages: provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H370 [5FE]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 414), H7110 [14NO]

Armed Forces: educate potential military recruits on healthy body weight and facilitate and encourage exercise by opening military base sports and exercise facilities to youth (see S. 976), S3569 [16MY]

——— pay monthly annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to a supplemental or special needs trust established for the benefit of a disabled dependent child of a participant (see S. 1076), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2249), H3095 [4JN]

——— protect child custody rights of deployed members (see H.R. 1898), H2533 [8MY]

——— recognize dependent children of members serving on active duty or who have served on active duty through the presentation of an official lapel button (see H.R. 1889), H2533 [8MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 1869), S9051 [19DE] (see H.R. 3788), H8124 [19DE]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see S. 475), S1229 [6MR] (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]

Boy Scouts: tribute to National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia (see H. Res. 305), H4725 [18JY]

Boys & Girls Clubs of America: tribute (see S. Con. Res. 13), S2749 [17AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 1011), S3760 [22MY] (see H.R. 2866), H5173 [30JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 19), H659 [26FE]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see S. Res. 22), S400 [30JA] (see H. Res. 46), H281 [23JA]

Children’s Gasoline Burn Prevention Act: improve (see H.R. 1456), H1908 [10AP]

Children’s Grief Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 426), H7354 [21NO]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals born in the U.S. to those with one parent that is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or active member of the U.S. military (see S.J. Res. 4), S214 [23JA]

Civil liberties: protect rights by prohibiting funds to educational institutions that punish students for possession of toy guns, simulating guns, or expressing support for Second Amendment rights (see H.R. 2625), H4213 [8JY]

Coast Guard: improve quality of life for members and families through expanded child care availability, increased educational opportunities, and eased transition to post-service life (see S. 1760), S8457 [21NO]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see S. 1622), S7674 [30OC]

Common Core State Standards Initiative: support (see H. Res. 43), H281 [23JA]

Congressional Award Act: reauthorize (see S. 1348), S5840 [23JY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary (see S. Res. 282), S7729 [31OC] (see H. Res. 355), H5833 [25SE]

Courts: eliminate a defense, to certain criminal prosecutions, based on the state of mind of the defendant as to the age of the minor engaging in, or intended to engage in, a commercial sex act (see H.R. 2915), H5342 [1AU]

——— provide funds to State courts for the provision of legal representation to parents and legal guardians relative to child welfare cases (see H.R. 1096), H1357 [12MR]

CPSC: require ratings labels on video games and prohibit the sale or rental of adult-rated video games to minors (see H.R. 287), H170 [15JA]

Crime: clarify the range of conduct punished as sex trafficking (see S. 1354), S5907 [24JY] (see H.R. 2805), H5049 [24JY]

——— consolidate, improve, and reauthorize programs that support families and victims in the justice system affected by domestic violence (see H.R. 393), H280 [23JA]

——— enhance penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors (see S. 1686), S7951 [12NO]

——— express that children trafficked in the U.S. be treated as victims of crime, and not as perpetrators (see S. Con. Res. 29), S8457 [21NO] (see H. Con. Res. 66), H7354 [21NO]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see S. 32), S42 [22JA] (see S. 369), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 732), H546 [14FE]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see S. 1738), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3530), H7251 [19NO]

——— reduce violence and protect citizens (see S. 2), S42 [22JA]

——— remove knowledge of age as an element of the offense for sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion (see H.R. 1690), H2246 [23AP]

——— save money and reduce tragedies through teen dating abuse prevention grants (see S. 129), S284 [24JA]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 1733), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3610), H7354 [21NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct a pilot program for purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for schools and service institutions by giving certain States the option of receiving grants for that purpose (see H.R. 1720), H2298 [24AP]

——— create competition in canned tuna purchasing program to strengthen buying power, increase availability to school lunch and nutrition programs, and create jobs in canning industry (see H.R. 2842), H5088 [25JY]

——— implement a certain interim final or final rule regarding child nutrition programs (see H.R. 2562), H4143 [27JN]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 1783), H2391 [26AP]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (see H.J. Res. 74), H6174 [2OC] (see H.J. Res. 75), H6223 [3OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), consideration (see H. Res. 371), H6223 [3OC]

——— prohibit regulations establishing certain limits for the school lunch program (see H.R. 3663), H7566 [5DE]

——— repeal rule and nutrition standards that impose caloric limits in the national school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 1503), H1956 [11AP]

——— repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program (see H.R. 1355), H1823 [21MR]

——— require report on cost differences between providing school meals and supplements in each of the territories, the District of Columbia, and the States (see H.R. 428), H293 [25JA]

——— require that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are used to purchase foods eligible for purchase under the WIC program (see H.R. 3073), H5475 [10SE]

Dept. of Education: aid gifted and talented and high-ability learners by empowering teachers (see S. 512), S1592 [11MR] (see H.R. 2338), H3356 [12JN]

——— allow local educational agencies to use certain grants for professional development activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and conflict resolution (see H.R. 3401), H6952 [30OC]

——— allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (see S. 756), S2749 [17AP]

——— amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (see H.R. 2658), H4482 [11JY]

——— assist in coordination among science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) efforts in States and strengthen capacity of schools to prepare students in such fields (see S. 1129), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 2334), H3356 [12JN]

——— assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see H.R. 379), H279 [23JA]

——— authorize awarding of grants to promote civic learning and engagement (see H.R. 1802), H2392 [26AP]

——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see S. 1033), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2178), H2954 [23MY]

——— authorize grants to prepare and train principals on effective core competencies and in instructional leadership skills (see H.R. 1514), H1956 [11AP]

——— award grants to establish, expand, or support an existing school-based mentoring program to assist at-risk middle school students with transition to high school (see H.R. 2930), H5342 [1AU]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (see S. 1126), S4058 [10JN]

——— award grants to States that enact laws making school attendance compulsory through the age of 17 (see H.R. 3738), H8108 [12DE]

——— award grants to States to establish Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in English and a second language (see H.R. 2549), H4142 [27JN]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten in public schools and public charter schools (see H.R. 866), H701 [27FE]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten programs and programs to support infants and toddlers (see S. 502), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 1368), H1823 [21MR]

——— award grants to States to establish voluntary prekindergarten programs to ensure children are ready to learn when they begin kindergarten (see S. 322), S708 [13FE]

——— award grants to States to pay the Federal share of carrying out full-day prekindergarten programs (see H.R. 3778), H8117 [16DE]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see S. 217), S469 [4FE] (see H.R. 455), H341 [4FE]

——— create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 3435), H6953 [30OC]

——— enable States to implement integrated statewide education longitudinal data systems (see H.R. 112), H31 [3JA]

——— ensure children are ready for college or a career by providing more State and local control over student, school, and teacher evaluations and achievements (see S. 1101), S3987 [6JN]

——— ensure decisions to award grants or other assistance to States or local agencies are not contingent upon adoption of specific educational curricula (see S. 1890), S9105 [20DE]

——— equalize treatment of States and outlying areas relative to certain education funds (see H.R. 1383), H1824 [21MR]

——— establish, enhance, and increase access to early childhood parent education and family engagement programs (see S. 1674), S7927 [7NO]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (see S. 1083), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2252), H3095 [4JN]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (see S. 758), S2797 [18AP] (see H.R. 2706), H4597 [17JY]

——— establish a demonstration program to provide skills to classroom teachers and staff who work with children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 1509), H1956 [11AP]

——— establish a grant program to ensure that students in high-need schools have equal access to a quality education delivered by an effective, diverse workforce (see H.R. 1334), H1822 [21MR]

——— establish a new counseling program (see S. 282), S657 [12FE]

——— establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see S. 1036), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2170), H2953 [23MY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools and high schools (see S. 1293), S5667 [11JY]

——— establish an alternative accountability model for elementary and secondary schools to measure student progress (see S. 943), S3429 [14MY] (see H.R. 1977), H2603 [14MY]

——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see S. 456), S1127 [5MR] (see H.R. 1763), H2351 [25AP]

——— establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities (see H.R. 2516), H4078 [26JN]

——— establish feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk students on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (see H.R. 1395), H1825 [21MR]

——— establish grant program to hire and retain school social workers in high-need local educational agencies (see H.R. 563), H412 [6FE]

——— establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 1875), H2532 [8MY]

——— establish national program for arts and technology (see S. 1055), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2152), H2953 [23MY]

——— establish Office of Rural Education Policy (see S. 1096), S3955 [4JN]

——— establish Office of School Discipline Policy (see H.R. 3153), H5766 [19SE]

——— establish task force to share best practices on computer programming and coding for elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 3734), H8108 [12DE]

——— foster community involvement of students (see H.R. 2184), H2954 [23MY]

——— fund directed development projects through Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education Program to support breakthroughs in teaching and learning (see H.R. 700), H545 [14FE]

——— help States develop and improve qualifications and training of early childhood educator workforce (see S. 1673), S7927 [7NO] (see H.R. 3357), H6827 [28OC]

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see S. 370), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 822), H658 [26FE]

——— improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards and develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts (see S. 940), S3429 [14MY]

——— improve outcomes for students in persistently low-performing schools by authorizing school turnaround grants and reward schools that make significant progress in closing achievement gaps (see S. 578), S1853 [14MR]

——— improve programs operated by local educational agencies with high numbers of children from low-income families (see S. 1110), S3987 [6JN]

——— improve quality and accountability for educator preparation programs (see S. 1062), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2172), H2954 [23MY]

——— improve teacher and principal quality (see S. 1063), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2173), H2954 [23MY]

——— improve the financial aid process for homeless and foster youth (see S. 1754), S8457 [21NO]

——— increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (see H.R. 2228), H3014 [3JN]

——— increase percentage of Federal education tax dollars spent in classrooms (see H.R. 2963), H5344 [1AU]

——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 1854), H2483 [7MY]

——— integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (see S. 1178), S4585 [18JN] (see H.R. 2426), H3759 [18JN]

——— invest in innovation for education (see S. 283), S657 [12FE] (see H.R. 3433), H6953 [30OC]

——— make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1857), H2483 [7MY]

——— make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students (see S. 870), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 1845), H2483 [7MY]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 320), H176 [18JA]

——— make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see H.R. 551), H411 [6FE]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (see H.J. Res. 83), H6223 [3OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (see H. Res. 371), H6223 [3OC]

——— modify the High School Graduation Initiative (School Dropout Prevention Program) (see S. 1109), S3987 [6JN]

——— prohibit use of funds relative to multistate academic content standards (see H.R. 3339), H6774 [24OC]

——— promote environmental education (see S. 1306), S5708 [16JY] (see H.R. 2702), H4523 [16JY]

——— promote student physical health and well-being, nutrition, and fitness (see H.R. 3122), H5654 [18SE]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H2533 [8MY]

——— provide adequate and equitable educational opportunities for students in State public school systems (see H.R. 378), H279 [23JA]

——— provide education for homeless children and youths (see S. 833), S3029 [25AP]

——— provide flexibility to school food authorities in meeting certain nutritional requirements for the school lunch and breakfast programs (see S. 427), S1012 [28FE] (see H.R. 1244), H1629 [19MR] (see H.R. 1303), H1719 [20MR]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see S. 1407), S6126 [31JY] (see H.R. 2536), H4142 [27JN] (see H.R. 2982), H5396 [2AU]

——— provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see S. 708), S2589 [11AP] (see H.R. 2316), H3287 [11JN]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (see H.R. 2317), H3287 [11JN]

——— provide incentives to implement reforms and strategies designed to improve outcomes for all students and significantly reduce achievement gaps among subgroups of students (see H.R. 426), H293 [25JA]

——— provide information to foster youth on their potential eligibility for Federal student aid (see H.R. 2108), H2911 [22MY]

——— provide professional development for elementary school principals in early childhood education and development (see S. 1113), S4021 [7JN]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see S. 1127), S4058 [10JN] (see H.R. 2515), H4078 [26JN]

——— reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see S. 1108), S3987 [6JN] (see H.R. 2296), H3251 [6JN] (see H.R. 2378), H3652 [14JN]

——— recruit, prepare, and support principals through capacity-building measures that will improve student academic achievement in high-need schools (see S. 840), S3029 [25AP] (see H.R. 1736), H2350 [25AP]

——— require local educational agencies to implement a policy on allergy bullying (see H.R. 3660), H7566 [5DE]

——— require States and local educational agencies to report on the achievement of military-connected students (see H.R. 2933), H5342 [1AU]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 791), H595 [15FE]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 2237), H3094 [4JN]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2195), H2954 [23MY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (see H.R. 5), H3250 [6JN]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (see H. Res. 303), H4597 [17JY]

——— support teacher and school professional training on awareness of student mental health conditions (see S. 648), S2146 [21MR]

——— support teacher and school professional training on awareness of student mental health conditions and suicide prevention efforts (see H.R. 3536), H7252 [19NO]

Dept. of HHS: allow use of Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds to improve child safety and reduce incidence of preventable infant deaths in child care settings (see S. 1494), S6377 [11SE]

——— authorize a national toll-free hotline and website to provide child care consumer education information to help parents access child care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see S. 390), S943 [27FE]

——— authorize additional funding for the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (see S. 144), S284 [24JA]

——— award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (see S. 1503), S6446 [12SE] (see H.R. 2094), H2910 [22MY]

——— award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (see S. 13), S871 [26FE] (see H.R. 718), H546 [14FE]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see S. 1823), S8809 [13DE] (see H.R. 1732), H2349 [25AP]

——— conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations and unvaccinated populations (see H.R. 1757), H2351 [25AP]

——— ensure access to high-quality child care for homeless children and families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see S. 834), S3029 [25AP]

——— ensure women who access federally funded family planning services are given pregnancy option counseling including professional adoption counseling (see H.R. 3539), H7252 [19NO]

——— establish a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, support methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and improve prevention and treatment of addiction (see H.R. 752), H594 [15FE]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (see S. 424), S1012 [28FE] (see H.R. 225), H84 [14JA]

——— establish a public-private partnership program to provide child care (see S. 442), S1088 [4MR]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (see H.R. 2632), H4308 [9JY]

——— extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care (see S. 423), S1012 [28FE] (see H.R. 564), H412 [6FE]

——— improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see S. 1247), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 2058), H2803 [20MY]

——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see S. 1251), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 2607), H4175 [28JN]

——— improve the quality of infant and toddler care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see S. 1065), S3844 [23MY]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (see H.J. Res. 84), H6223 [3OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), consideration (see H. Res. 371), H6223 [3OC]

——— preserve eligibility of a child for kinship guardianship assistance payments when the guardian is replaced by a successor legal guardian (see H.R. 2979), H5395 [2AU]

——— prohibit certain grants to States that do not provide for minimal terms of imprisonment for certain child abusers (see H.R. 1311), H1821 [21MR]

——— promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority (see H.R. 2286), H3250 [6JN]

——— 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 S. 254), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 565), H412 [6FE]

——— provide for national collection of data on stillbirths in a standardized manner (see H.R. 2365), H3591 [13JN]

——— provide research, training, and navigator services to youth and young adults on the verge of aging out of the secondary education system (see S. 1259), S5499 [27JN]

——— publish physical activity guidelines (see S. 531), S1710 [12MR] (see H.R. 2179), H2954 [23MY]

——— reauthorize and extend the fetal alcohol syndrome prevention and services program (see S. 237), S519 [7FE]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see S. 1086), S3905 [3JN]

——— reauthorize and restructure the adoption incentives grant program and extend Family Connection Grant Program (see H.R. 3205), H5921 [27SE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see S. 1417), S6206 [1AU] (see H.R. 1281), H1718 [20MR]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (see S. 1557), S7007 [27SE] (see H.R. 297), H170 [15JA]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see S. 372), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 725), H546 [14FE]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see S. 252), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 541), H411 [6FE]

——— require a criminal background check for a child care staff member of any child care provider in a State that receives funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see S. 624), S2026 [20MR] (see H.R. 1925), H2568 [9MY]

——— require certain family planning projects and programs to provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see S. 1539), S6753 [24SE] (see H.R. 3062), H5399 [2AU]

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 1981), H2653 [15MY]

——— require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief (see H.R. 2036), H2717 [16MY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see S. 195), S438 [31JA] (see H.R. 628), H499 [13FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: permit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recognition of a State court order amending an internationally adopted child’s birth date or name (see S. 1614), S7673 [30OC] (see H.R. 3386), H6951 [30OC]

——— provide for enhanced protections for vulnerable unaccompanied alien children and female detainees (see H.R. 2624), H4213 [8JY]

——— provide protection for certain Federal employees relative to implementation of certain immigration policies regarding the exercise of prosecutorial discretion (see H.R. 692), H545 [14FE]

Dept. of HUD: provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for specialized housing and supportive services to elderly persons who are the primary caregivers of related children (see H.R. 3501), H7110 [14NO]

Dept. of Justice: allow funds provided under the Matching Grant Program for School Security to be used to improve information sharing between law enforcement and schools (see H.R. 2269), H3215 [5JN]

——— amend Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs to add gender-responsive services to the list of authorized grant purposes (see H.R. 1833), H2436 [6MY]

——— award grants to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, teachers, families, and community leaders (see H.R. 1709), H2297 [24AP]

——— 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. 2585), H4174 [28JN]

——— establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see S. 1362), S5968 [25JY]

——— establish regional training centers to improve the training of child protection professionals (see S. 1722), S8186 [19NO]

——— expand cause of action relative to the pattern of practice of conduct by a governmental authority that deprives a person of constitutional rights to adults as well as juveniles (see H.R. 1967), H2602 [14MY]

——— increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers (see S. 1799), S8667 [11DE] (see H.R. 3706), H7687 [11DE]

——— make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape (see H.R. 2772), H4856 [22JY]

——— provide definitions of terms and services for community-based gang intervention to ensure funding for such intervention is utilized in a cost-effective manner and agencies are held accountable (see H.R. 2669), H4482 [11JY]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see S. 1307), S5708 [16JY] (see H.R. 1318), H1821 [21MR]

——— provide grants to assist Federal, State, tribal, and local law enforcement agencies in rapid recovery of missing individuals (see H.R. 3388), H6951 [30OC]

——— reauthorize Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 2583), H4174 [28JN]

——— reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 2370), H3591 [13JN]

——— report on State law penalties for certain child abusers and expand the predicate for increased penalties for domestic assaults against children (see S. 1778), S8565 [9DE] (see H.R. 3627), H7394 [2DE]

——— require entrance of all missing children in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database and that certain information be provided to reporters of missing children (see H.R. 3427), H6953 [30OC]

——— strengthen the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (see S. 146), S284 [24JA]

Dept. of Labor: establish Youth Corps programs and provide for wider dissemination of the Youth Corps model (see H.R. 3061), H5399 [2AU]

Dept. of State: take steps in the U.N. to move the seat of the International Court of Justice from the Netherlands due to failure to investigate child rape allegations against a Ministry of Justice official (see H. Res. 62), H454 [12FE]

Dept. of the Interior: require a portion of revenues from new Federal mineral and geothermal leases be paid to States to supplement education (see H.R. 3460), H6997 [12NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: use revenue generated by certain fines, penalties, and settlements to fund evidence-based youth mentoring projects, justice reinvestment efforts, and medical research and development (see H.R. 3580), H7353 [21NO]

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. 2163), H2953 [23MY]

——— issue regulations to ensure families are able to sit together on flights (see H.R. 2191), H2954 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow certain Armed Forces members to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 1988), H2653 [15MY]

——— clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (see H.R. 1400), H1825 [21MR]

——— clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H7354 [21NO]

——— expand authority of veterans to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 3514), H7152 [15NO]

——— expand eligibility of children of certain deceased veterans to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 2210), H2955 [23MY]

——— furnish case management services and assisted living to children of Vietnam and certain Korean war veterans born with spina bifida or certain birth defects (see S. 832), S3029 [25AP]

——— improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see S. 131), S284 [24JA] (see H.R. 958), H981 [5MR]

——— improve benefits and assistance to surviving spouses of veterans (see S. 735), S2683 [16AP]

——— increase age limit for children using transferred Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 3515), H7152 [15NO]

——— permit certain Armed Forces members discharged or released due to service-connected disability to transfer Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 883), H813 [28FE]

Developing countries: provide assistance to achieve food and nutrition security, increase sustainable and equitable agricultural development, reduce hunger, improve nutrition, and stimulate rural economies (see H.R. 2822), H5087 [25JY]

——— provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 3398), H6952 [30OC]

Dia de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (see S. Res. 125), S3030 [25AP]

Disabled: authorize grants for the transition of youths with significant disabilities to adulthood (see H.R. 509), H370 [5FE]

——— improve individualized education program and facilitate the transition of children with disabilities to adulthood (see H.R. 510), H370 [5FE]

——— provide assistance to States to develop and implement transition plans for developmentally disabled individuals who are transitioning from the secondary school system into adulthood (see H.R. 511), H370 [5FE]

Diseases: provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see S. 907), S3256 [8MY] (see H.R. 1915), H2567 [9MY]

——— provide grants to schools for the development of asthma management plans and the purchase of asthma medications and devices for emergency use (see H.R. 1007), H1319 [6MR]

Economy: 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 S. 1383), S6023 [29JY] (see H.R. 2721), H4723 [18JY] (see H.R. 2770), H4856 [22JY]

Education: allow a State to opt out of K–12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 2394), H3687 [17JN]

——— authorize appropriations to recruit, hire, and train new classroom paraprofessionals in order to improve educational achievement for children (see H.R. 209), H52 [4JA]

——— award grants to prepare individuals for the 21st century workplace and increase global competitiveness (see H.R. 2653), H4482 [11JY]

——— develop 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring skills to think critically and solve problems, communicate, collaborate with others, and create and innovate (see H.R. 347), H222 [22JA]

——— establish academic competition in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in each congressional district (see H. Res. 77), H627 [25FE]

——— improve and provide all students with the opportunity to succeed (see S. 3), S42 [22JA]

——— improve early education (see S. 519), S1592 [11MR] (see H.R. 1041), H1330 [11MR]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see S. 1697), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 3461), H7050 [13NO]

——— improve student achievement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects (see S. 854), S3029 [25AP]

——— prohibit Federal grants and regulation waivers from being contingent upon whether States are using a certain curriculum or assessment policies (see H.R. 2089), H2910 [22MY]

——— promote advanced placement and International Baccalaureate programs (see S. 1082), S3844 [23MY]

——— promote innovative education practices, help States and local educational agencies ensure high-quality English proficiency instruction, and provide college and career knowledge to English learners (see S. 1043), S3843 [23MY]

——— reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (see S. 326), S772 [14FE]

——— support the community schools model (see S. 844), S3029 [25AP]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 1094), S3954 [4JN]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see S. 631), S2026 [20MR] (see H.R. 1286), H1718 [20MR]

——— create an emergency jobs program (see H.R. 1617), H2156 [18AP]

——— provide for youth jobs (see S. 1170), S4481 [13JN] (see H.R. 2381), H3652 [14JN]

——— require employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees (see H.R. 2096), H2910 [22MY]

EPA: award grants to individuals that may be affected by a reported disease cluster (see S. 53), S43 [22JA]

——— establish a pilot program to test and mitigate radon levels in public schools (see H.R. 275), H169 [15JA]

——— investigate and address cancer and disease clusters, including in infants and children (see S. 50), S43 [22JA]

Every Kid Healthy Week: designate (see H. Res. 226), H2803 [20MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2342), H3356 [12JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment on parental rights (see H.J. Res. 50), H3759 [18JN]

——— encourage the placement of children in foster care with siblings (see S. 1786), S8601 [10DE]

——— enhance pre- and post-adoptive support services (see S. 1527), S6646 [19SE] (see H.R. 3423), H6953 [30OC]

——— ensure that immigration status alone does not disqualify a parent, legal guardian, or relative from being a placement for a foster child (see H.R. 2604), H4174 [28JN]

——— establish national and State putative father registries and make grants to States to promote permanent families for children and responsible fatherhood (see S. 1203), S4792 [20JN] (see H.R. 2439), H3928 [19JN] (see H.R. 3549), H7309 [20NO]

——— improve outcomes for youth at risk for sex trafficking (see S. 1518), S6597 [18SE]

——— increase effectiveness of State child support enforcement programs (see S. 1763), S8457 [21NO]

——— increase reliability of child support for children (see S. 1870, 1877), S9052 [19DE]

——— 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 S. 1069), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2028), H2717 [16MY]

——— prohibit States from charging child support recipients for the collection of child support (see H.R. 970), H981 [5MR]

——— provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 2359), H3590 [13JN]

——— reauthorize and restructure adoption incentives payments (see S. 1870, 1876), S9052 [19DE]

——— recognize contributions of fathers in the healthy development of children, support responsible fatherhood, and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (see H. Res. 263), H3653 [14JN]

——— remove barriers to the adoption of children in foster care through reauthorization and improvement of the adoption incentives program (see S. 1511), S6518 [17SE]

——— strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see S. 1291), S5667 [11JY] (see H.R. 2662), H4482 [11JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see S. 226), S469 [4FE] (see H.R. 515), H370 [5FE]

——— allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see S. 846), S3029 [25AP] (see S. 857), S3091 [6MY] (see H.R. 1751), H2350 [25AP]

——— anniversary (see S. Res. 139), S3372 [13MY]

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act: clarify requirements of authorized representatives (see H.R. 3604), H7354 [21NO]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 517), H370 [5FE]

Firearms: allow certain off-duty and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms to protect children in a school zone (see H.R. 2541), H4142 [27JN]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (see S. 649), S2146 [21MR]

——— limit possession, sale, and other disposition by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children (see H.R. 619), H454 [12FE]

——— prevent children from having access to firearms (see H.R. 65), H29 [3JA]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see H.R. 1177), H1426 [14MR]

——— repeal Federal laws mandating gun-free zones around schools (see H.R. 35), H28 [3JA]

——— require all handguns manufactured, sold, or imported into the U.S. incorporate technology that precludes the average 5-year-old child from operating the handgun when it is ready to fire (see H.R. 2567), H4143 [27JN]

Foreign aid: ensure the provision of foreign assistance does not contribute to human trafficking and combat human trafficking by requiring greater transparency in recruitment of foreign workers (see H.R. 3344), H6827 [28OC]

——— express that foreign assistance for child welfare should adhere to the goals of the U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity (see S. Res. 190), S5499 [27JN]

——— provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H4856 [22JY]

——— provide assistance for the prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula (see H.R. 2888), H5260 [31JY]

Foreign countries: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see S. 1530), S6647 [19SE] (see H.R. 3323), H6768 [23OC]

FRS: establish a grant program in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to establish centers of excellence in financial literacy education for young adults and families (see H.R. 891), H814 [28FE]

FTC: prohibit providers of social media services from using self-images uploaded by minors for commercial purposes (see H.R. 2645), H4369 [10JY]

Growth Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 242), S6647 [19SE]

Gun-Free School Zones Act: repeal (see H.R. 133), H31 [3JA]

Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance: implement (see H.R. 1896), H2533 [8MY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (see H.R. 1951), H2574 [13MY] (see H.R. 3212), H6011 [28SE]

Haiti: address gender-based violence against women and children (see H. Res. 61), H413 [6FE]

Hazardous substances: exempt health care facilities, schools, and day care centers from laws requiring energy efficient lighting if such lighting contains mercury (see H.R. 643), H499 [13FE]

Health: condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices (see S. Res. 134), S3256 [8MY]

——— establish and implement concussion management guidelines for school-aged children (see S. 1516), S6597 [18SE] (see H.R. 3113), H5588 [17SE]

——— improve health of individuals and reduce health care costs by reorienting health care system toward prevention, wellness, and health promotion (see S. 39), S43 [22JA]

——— improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 314), S708 [13FE] (see H.R. 669), H501 [13FE]

——— incentivize the development of abuse-deterrent drugs (see H.R. 486), H342 [4FE]

——— promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see S. 1546), S6885 [24SE] (see H.R. 3532), H7252 [19NO]

——— provide for coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health programs (see H.R. 3665), H7566 [5DE]

——— recognize importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating progress on global health and saving lives of women and children (see H. Res. 135), H1825 [21MR]

——— support and encourage the health and well-being of elementary and secondary school students by enhancing physical and health education (see S. 392), S943 [27FE] (see H.R. 2160), H2953 [23MY]

Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H. Res. 195), H2393 [26AP]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (see H. Res. 442), H8109 [12DE]

——— permit donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 212), H52 [4JA]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 283), H4143 [27JN]

——— provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (see H. Res. 387), H6675 [22OC]

Hunger: recognize importance of U.S. leadership in addressing the challenge of global maternal and child malnutrition (see H. Res. 254), H3287 [11JN]

Immigration: clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (see S. 301), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 140), H32 [3JA]

——— permit certain alien elementary and secondary school students to attend U.S. public schools if such aliens reimburse the local educational agency for the cost of providing education (see H.R. 1139), H1396 [13MR]

——— provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a U.S. citizen child should not be ordered removed from the U.S. (see H.R. 406), H281 [23JA]

——— provide for nonimmigrant status for an alien parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen child born abroad and the child of a deceased member of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 458), H341 [4FE]

——— reform (see S. 1), S42 [22JA] (see S. 744), S2684 [16AP] (see H.R. 15), H6173 [2OC] (see H.R. 1525), H1990 [12AP] (see H.R. 3163), H5801 [20SE]

——— reform detention procedures (see H.R. 639), H499 [13FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 108), S214 [23JA]

Insurance: increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see S. 325), S772 [14FE] (see H.R. 288), H170 [15JA]

International Water Safety Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 79), H627 [25FE]

International Year of Statistics: designate (see S. Res. 150), S3657 [21MY]

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day: designate (see S. Res. 257), S6886 [24SE]

Law enforcement: require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 680), H501 [13FE]

MAGIC Foundation: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 313), H4857 [22JY]

Medicaid: extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (see S. 1672), S7927 [7NO] (see H.R. 2123), H2952 [23MY]

——— increase Federal medical assistance percentage for territories (see H.R. 79), H30 [3JA]

——— increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (see H.R. 1264), H1630 [19MR]

——— increase required State match for newly eligible individuals and apply savings against sequestration reductions (see H.R. 3667), H7566 [5DE]

——— provide access to certified professional midwives for enrollees (see H.R. 1976), H2603 [14MY]

——— provide medical assistance coverage for uninsured newborns (see H.R. 3596), H7353 [21NO]

——— require continuous coverage for children (see H.R. 173), H51 [4JA]

——— waive requirement for proof of citizenship during first year of life for children born in the U.S. to Medicaid-eligible mothers (see H.R. 211), H52 [4JA]

Medicare: require hospitals to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 82), H30 [3JA]

Medicare/Medicaid: make permanent the exemption of grandfathered long-term care hospitals from Medicare threshold payment percentage adjustment (see H.R. 3668), H7566 [5DE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 3717), H8107 [12DE]

——— protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 69), H7507 [4DE]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see S. 116), S214 [23JA] (see H.R. 2734), H4724 [18JY]

Missing Children’s Assistance Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 3092), H5546 [12SE]

Mother’s Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 1905), H2567 [9MY]

National Academy of Sciences: study impact of violent video games and violent video programming on children (see S. 134), S284 [24JA]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 294), S8000 [13NO] (see H. Res. 407), H6998 [12NO] (see H. Res. 409), H7051 [13NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 294), S8000 [13NO] (see H. Res. 407), H6998 [12NO] (see H. Res. 409), H7051 [13NO]

National Anti-Bullying Month: designate (see H. Res. 398), H6954 [30OC]

National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day: designate (see S. Res. 87), S2146 [21MR] (see S. Res. 93), S2455 [8AP]

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies to identify, locate, and recover victims of child sex trafficking (see H.R. 3081), H5512 [11SE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 272), S7536 [16OC]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 138), S3326 [9MY]

National Chess Week: designate (see S. Res. 266), S7211 [4OC]

National Child Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 173), S4585 [18JN]

National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: reauthorize and update grants to address problems of individuals who experience trauma and violence related stress (see S. 380), S871 [26FE]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 341), H5512 [11SE]

National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 85), S2026 [20MR] (see H. Res. 144), H1858 [9AP]

National Cyber Security Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 399), H6954 [30OC]

National Day of Recognition for Veterans’ Families: designate (see H. Res. 32), H171 [15JA]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2159 [18AP]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 392), H6828 [28OC]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see S. Res. 147), S3569 [16MY] (see H. Res. 203), H2484 [7MY]

National Guard: allow Federal reimbursement of States that choose to use National Guard troops to enhance school safety (see S. 145), S284 [24JA]

——— provide support for Boy Scout Jamborees (see H.R. 1075), H1356 [12MR]

National Guard Educational Foundation: include among youth and charitable organizations eligible for National Guard assistance (see S. 926), S3326 [9MY]

National Holoprosencephaly Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 152), S3761 [22MY]

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 258), S6886 [24SE]

National Kids to Parks Day: designate (see S. Res. 148), S3570 [16MY]

National Mentoring Month: designate (see S. Res. 9), S214 [23JA]

National Middle Level Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 80), S1950 [19MR]

——— support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 100), H982 [5MR]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (see S. Res. 107), S2897 [23AP]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (see S. Res. 108), S2897 [23AP]

National Pediatric Bone Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see H. Res. 362), H5921 [27SE]

National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 116), S3030 [25AP]

National Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month: observance (see S. Res. 162), S3955 [4JN] (see H. Res. 237), H2955 [23MY]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 308), S8361 [20NO]

National School Breakfast Week: observance (see H. Res. 143), H1858 [9AP]

National School Bus Drivers Appreciation Day: designate (see H. Res. 239), H2955 [23MY]

National School Bus Safety Week: designate (see H. Res. 239), H2955 [23MY]

National School Counseling Week: designate (see S. Res. 27), S520 [7FE] (see H. Res. 60), H413 [6FE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see H. Res. 406), H6997 [12NO]

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 262), S6960 [26SE] (see H. Con. Res. 64), H7110 [14NO]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see S. Res. 126), S3030 [25AP] (see H. Res. 167), H2124 [17AP]

National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month: designate (see H. Res. 93), H816 [28FE]

National Toy Week: designate (see S. Res. 325), S9105 [20DE]

National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week: designate (see H. Res. 126), H1568 [18MR]

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 104), S2845 [22AP] (see H. Res. 148), H1909 [10AP]

Native Americans: improve education (see S. 1131), S4212 [11JN] (see H.R. 2367), H3591 [13JN]

Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (see S. 1107), S3987 [6JN] (see H.R. 2287), H3250 [6JN]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see H.R. 1724), H2349 [25AP] (see H.R. 2019), H2716 [16MY]

No Name-Calling Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 10), H293 [25JA]

Office of National Drug Control Policy: increase public awareness on dangers of synthetic drugs through national youth antidrug media campaign (see H.R. 2148), H2953 [23MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation, repeal exemption for congressional and executive branch employees, and maintain certain coverages (see H.J. Res. 66), H5921 [27SE] (see H.J. Res. 69), H6052 [30SE]

——— disregard students as employees for purposes of determining employer health care shared responsibility (see H.R. 3777), H8117 [16DE]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see S. 1848), S8975 [18DE] (see H.R. 3279), H6453 [9OC]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (see S. Res. 68), S1229 [6MR] (see H. Res. 103), H1320 [6MR]

Postage and stamps: issue a semipostal stamp to support programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care (see S. 1047), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2149), H2953 [23MY]

Prayer: constitutional amendment clarifying that the Constitution neither prohibits voluntary prayer nor requires prayer in schools (see H.J. Res. 42), H2393 [26AP]

Presidential Youth Council: establish (see H.J. Res. 68), H6052 [30SE]

Privacy: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see S. 1700), S8049 [14NO] (see H.R. 3481), H7109 [14NO]

Product safety: ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products (see H.R. 2934), H5342 [1AU]

——— ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers for children, baby food, and infant formula and regulate its use in other food containers (see S. 1124), S4058 [10JN]

——— prohibit the sale of infant formula after the expiration date on the product (see H.R. 2306), H3256 [10JN]

Public welfare programs: eliminate cap on certain payments under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (see H.R. 365), H278 [23JA]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 890), H814 [28FE]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), consideration (see H. Res. 107), H1355 [12MR]

——— require States to deny Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program assistance to parents, caretakers, or legal guardians of children who are not attending enough school (see H.R. 3434), H6953 [30OC]

Read Across America Day: designate (see S. Res. 61), S944 [27FE] (see H. Res. 92), H816 [28FE]

Red Ribbon Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 279), S7728 [31OC] (see H. Res. 382), H6594 [14OC]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: ensure that recipients of assistance provide services to sexual and gender minority youth in a manner that is culturally competent (see H.R. 2955), H5343 [1AU]

Russia: allow adoptions initiated before law ending adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens to proceed, express sadness over abuse and deaths of adopted children, and prevent future abuse (see H. Res. 34), H171 [15JA]

——— disapprove law ending adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens, urge reconsideration of law, and prioritize processing of adoptions of children matched before enactment (see H. Res. 24), H85 [14JA]

School Bus Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 278), S7674 [30OC]

School Social Work Week: designate (see H. Res. 96), H949 [4MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see S. 403), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 1199), H1427 [14MR]

——— direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters only if the student’s parent provides written request for the release (see H.R. 392), H280 [23JA]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 88), S213 [23JA]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see S. 1088), S3954 [4JN] (see H.R. 1652), H2158 [18AP]

——— enhance safety (see H.R. 1470), H1909 [10AP]

——— make grants available to local governments to place law enforcement officers in schools (see S. 148), S284 [24JA]

——— prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 2943), H5343 [1AU]

——— provide financial assistance for school construction after a violent or traumatic crisis (see S. 1025), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 2102), H2910 [22MY]

——— require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired (see S. 111), S214 [23JA]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (see S. 1596), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 2083), H2910 [22MY]

——— require local school wellness policies to include a requirement that students receive a certain amount of school nutrition education per school year (see H.R. 1500), H1956 [11AP]

——— strengthen nutrition education for elementary and secondary school students to promote healthy eating choices through developmentally appropriate lessons and activities integrated into the school day (see S. 274), S589 [11FE]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 72), H596 [15FE]

Small business: transfer funds to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, improve microenterprise programs, and establish the SBA Office of Youth Entrepreneurship (see H.R. 2474), H3989 [20JN]

Social Security: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking (see S. 1118), S4021 [7JN] (see S. 1870, 1878), S9052 [19DE] (see H.R. 2744), H4725 [18JY]

——— eliminate abstinence-only education program from the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (see H.R. 3774), H8117 [16DE]

——— ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 3123), H5654 [18SE]

——— extend adoption incentive payments program to incentive payments for foster care exits to reunification, adoption, and guardianship (see H.R. 3124), H5654 [18SE]

——— improve enforcement, collection, and administration of child support payments (see S. 508), S1270 [7MR]

——— improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 425), S1012 [28FE] (see H.R. 896), H814 [28FE]

——— modernize income eligibility standards for Federal foster care benefits (see H.R. 2111), H2911 [22MY]

——— prevent fraud and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program and require National Provider Identifiers for reimbursement of prescriptions under Medicare part D (see H.R. 2828), H5088 [25JY]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1698), H2297 [24AP]

——— reform (see H.R. 1374), H1824 [21MR]

——— repeal Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program maintenance of effort requirements to provide for more program flexibility for States (see H.R. 1472), H1909 [10AP]

——— replace Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program with a block grant to the States (see H.R. 567), H412 [6FE]

——— require continuous coverage under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 172), H51 [4JA]

——— require States to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed from the custody of his or her parents (see H.R. 102), H31 [3JA]

Sports: reduce sports-related concussions in youth (see S. 1014), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 2118), H2911 [22MY]

St. Louis, MO: designate as the National Chess Capital (see S. Res. 102), S2798 [18AP] (see H. Res. 169), H2159 [18AP]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 79), S1892 [18MR]

Taxation: allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2141), H2952 [23MY]

——— allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1476), H1909 [10AP]

——— assist in the support of children living in poverty by allowing a refundable credit to grandparents of those children for the purchase household items for the benefit of those children (see H.R. 2051), H2774 [17MY]

——— clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (see S. 91), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 2778), H4856 [22JY]

——— deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see H.R. 2831), H5088 [25JY]

——— deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to those not authorized to work in the U.S. and terminate use of certifying acceptance agents to facilitate the taxpayer ID number application process (see H.R. 1674), H2246 [23AP]

——— encourage law enforcement presence in our schools by allowing full-time, off-duty law enforcement officials an exclusion from income for wages for performing services as a substitute teacher (see H.R. 1546), H1991 [12AP]

——— exclude from gross income certain State foster care program payments made to the biological parents of disabled children (see H.R. 286), H170 [15JA]

——— expand access to Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 1032), H1327 [7MR] (see H.R. 2006), H2654 [15MY]

——— expand Coverdell education savings accounts to allow home schooling expenses, adjust contributions for inflation, and make expansion of such accounts permanent (see S. 86), S213 [23JA]

——— extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and allow such deduction for home school expenses (see H.R. 1850), H2483 [7MY]

——— increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities (see S. 56), S43 [22JA] (see H.R. 3101), H5546 [12SE]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H8108 [12DE]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2116), H2911 [22MY]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H6768 [23OC]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H594 [15FE]

——— permit medical expenses of dependents under 27 to be paid from health savings accounts (see H.R. 1140), H1396 [13MR]

——— permit students who were homeless youths or homeless veterans to occupy low-income housing units (see H.R. 3145), H5766 [19SE]

——— provide a credit dependent on enactment of State qualified scholarship tax credits and allowed against Federal income tax for charitable contributions to certain education investment organizations (see H.R. 422), H292 [25JA]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see S. 881), S3159 [7MY] (see H.R. 1851), H2483 [7MY]

——— provide a credit for early childhood education professional school personnel, expand deduction for expenses to early childhood education teachers, and modify credit for dependent care services (see S. 438), S1088 [4MR]

——— provide an increasingly larger earned income credit for families with more than a certain number of children (see H.R. 2320), H3287 [11JN]

——— provide deduction for itemizers and nonitemizers for home schooling expenses (see S. 87), S213 [23JA]

——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see S. 1056), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2144), H2953 [23MY]

——— recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs (see H.R. 2332), H3356 [12JN]

——— reduce number of tax brackets, provide child and personal tax credits, allow new charitable and mortgage interest deductions, repeal certain taxes, and eliminate State and local deductions (see S. 1616), S7673 [30OC]

——— repeal phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care credit (see H.R. 1978), H2603 [14MY] (see H.R. 2048), H2774 [17MY]

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 556), H411 [6FE]

——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (see S. 836), S3029 [25AP]

——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 3673), H7566 [5DE]

Territories: encourage students to become civically engaged through local and Federal government fellowships (see H.R. 512), H370 [5FE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons (see H.R. 898), H814 [28FE]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 2468), H3988 [20JN]

U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking: establish (see S. 121), S214 [23JA]

Volunteer workers: clarify that volunteers at children’s consignment events are not employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3173), H5832 [25SE]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H7352 [21NO]

——— provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (see S. 934), S3371 [13MY] (see H.R. 1941), H2568 [9MY]

World Refugee Day: support goals and ideals and reaffirm commitment to protecting women and girls (see S. Res. 184), S5017 [24JN]

Books 

‘‘Green Eggs and Ham’’: Dr. Seuss, S6732 [24SE]

‘‘Oh, the Places You’ll Go!’’: Dr. Seuss (excerpt), H6067 [1OC]

Cloture motions

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), motion to proceed, S2492 [9AP], S2580 [11AP]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S4976 [21JN], S4988, S5012 [24JN], S5215 [26JN], S5330 [27JN]

——— reform (S. 744), motion to proceed, S3969 [6JN], S4086 [11JN]

Cost Estimates

National Pediatric Research Network Act (H.R. 225): CBO, H324 [4FE]

Essays

Congressional Youth Advisory Council Project: Pallavi Dev, E763 [24MY]

——— Reena Jasani, E779 [4JN]

How I Can Show My Patriotism in My Community: Thaila Schug, E601 [7MY]

State of the Union: Alexandra McFarland, S769 [14FE]

——— Allie Bull, S703 [13FE]

——— Annie Arthur, S702 [13FE]

——— Austin Price, S771 [14FE]

——— Benjamin Gilbert, S768 [14FE]

——— Caroline Braun, S649 [12FE]

——— Christie Kershaw, S769 [14FE]

——— Damon Fulcher, S768 [14FE]

——— Derryk O’Grady, S770 [14FE]

——— Emily Ellsworth, S649 [12FE]

——— Emma Davitt, S703 [13FE]

——— Gina Chiola, S650 [12FE]

——— Jeannine Bissonette, S702 [13FE]

——— Jonah Blatt, S703 [13FE]

——— Liam Hayes, S769 [14FE]

——— Rachel Moore, S770 [14FE]

——— Rebecca Potter, S771 [14FE]

——— Riley Forbes, S768 [14FE]

——— Robert Pennypacker, S771 [14FE]

——— Saleban Olow, S770 [14FE]

——— Sonia Lowen, S769 [14FE]

——— Sydney Alderman, S702 [13FE]

——— Taryn Druge, S704 [13FE]

——— Tyler Bradley, S702 [13FE]

Factsheets

Fetal Pain—The Evidence: doctorsonfetalpain.org (Internet site), H3715–H3717 [18JN]

Jackson Lee Amendment to H.R. 5, Student Success Act, on Dept. of Education Report on Advisability of State Education Authorities Closing School Districts, H4735 [19JY]

——— North Forest, TX, Independent School District, H4735 [19JY]

Letters

Ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products: Ana Mascarenas and Martha D. Arguello, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles (organization), E1195 [1AU]

——— Arlene Blum and Veena Singla, Green Science Policy Institute, E1195 [1AU]

——— Beverley Thorpe, Clean Production Action (organization), E1197 [1AU]

——— Bruce Lesly, First Focus Campaign for Children (organization), E1196 [1AU]

——— Jamie McConnell, Women’s Voices for the Earth (organization), E1196 [1AU]

——— Jenny Levin, Federation of State PIRGs, E1195 [1AU]

——— Kenneth A. Cook, Environmental Working Group (organization), E1196 [1AU]

——— Malin Nasman, IKEA North America Services, LLC, E1196 [1AU]

——— Marian Wright Edelman, Children’s Defense Fund (organization), E1197 [1AU]

——— Matthew Melmed, Zero to Three—National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, E1197 [1AU]

——— Pamela Miller and Maricarmen Cruz-Guilloty, Alaska Community Action on Toxics (organization), E1197 [1AU]

Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act: Senator Leahy, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) and Senator Carper, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate), S4362 [12JN]

——— Zack Taylor, National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers, S5008 [24JN]

Combat trafficking in persons: Representative Wolf, E1191 [1AU]

Dept. of Agriculture school meal requirements: Lindsey Heward, S328 [28JA]

Detention of undocumented children: Representatives Gutierrez and Polis, E1172 [31JY]

Global AIDS programs funding: several Representatives, E907 [18JN]

Gun control: Chris and Lynn McDonnell, S1700 [12MR]

——— several family members of Newtown, CT, school shooting victims, S1700 [12MR]

——— Sophie Boucher, E327 [19MR]

Immigration reform: Charlie Hoz-Pena, H7682 [11DE]

——— David Fleming (excerpt), H2345 [25AP]

——— David Uth (excerpt), H2345 [25AP]

——— Jose Gomez, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (excerpt), H2345 [25AP]

——— Laurie Coskey, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and Pedro Rios, San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium and American Friends Service Committee (excerpt), H2118 [17AP]

——— Mark Potter (excerpt), H2117 [17AP]

——— Richard Land (excerpt), H2118 [17AP], H2344 [25AP]

——— Ron Stern, H2343 [25AP]

——— Samuel Rodriguez, National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (excerpt), H2345 [25AP]

——— Scott Santarosa (excerpt), H2116 [17AP]

——— Sean Carroll, Kino Border Initiative (organization) (excerpt), H2034 [16AP], H2116 [17AP]

——— several California legislators, H5646 [18SE]

——— several religious organizations, H2344 [25AP]

Insurance coverage of abortion care for fatal fetal anomalies: Holly Scheuren, E89 [4FE]

International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act: John D. Ryan, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, H7648 [11DE]

——— Robert E. Wallace, VFW, H7648 [11DE]

International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act: Colleen Delaney Eubanks, National Child Support Endangerment Association, H3702 [18JN]

——— Gordon L. Berlin, MDRC (organization), H3703 [18JN]

——— Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H3703 [18JN]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3703 [18JN]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), H3703 [18JN]

Keep Student Loans Affordable Act: several youth, consumer, civil rights, and educational organizations, S5545 [9JY]

Kids First Research Act: Beth Anne Baber, Nicholas Conor Institute, H7662 [11DE]

——— Clifford A. Hudis, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), H7654 [11DE]

——— Dean Crowe, Rally Foundation, H7655 [11DE]

——— Eileen Braun, Angelman Syndrome Foundation, H7654 [11DE]

——— Emil D. Kakkis, Everylife Foundation for Rare Disease, H7662 [11DE]

——— Emily Shetty, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, H7660 [11DE]

——— Global Genes Project (organization), H7659 [11DE]

——— Jeffrey Brewer, JDRF (organization), H7660 [11DE]

——— Jeffrey Cohen, National Fragile X Foundation, H7659 [11DE]

——— Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes Foundation, H7655 [11DE]

——— Jessica Hester, Brooke’s Blossoming Hope for Childhood Cancer Foundation, H7655 [11DE]

——— Jim Kaufman, Children’s Hospital Association, H7661 [11DE]

——— Kathleen A. Casey, Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, H7655 [11DE]

——— Katrina M. Brohman, Just-In-Time Neuroblastoma Foundation, Inc., H7662 [11DE]

——— Liz Feld, Autism Speaks (organization), H7660 [11DE]

——— Nick Manetto, Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research, H7660 [11DE]

——— Paula Evans, Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics, H7663 [11DE]

——— Rino Aldrighetti, Pulmonary Hypertension Association, H7663 [11DE]

——— Sara Hart Weir, National Down Syndrome Society, H7659 [11DE]

——— Scott Kennedy, Solving Kids’ Cancer (organization), H7656 [11DE]

——— Susan H. Connors, Brain Injury Association of America, H7663 [11DE]

——— United for Medical Research (coalition), H7662 [11DE]

Medicare and Medicaid budget cuts: Alliance for a Just Society, S1017 [28FE]

Native Hawaiian Education Act reauthorization: Camille Rockett, H4693 [18JY]

——— Dee Jay Mailer, Kamehameha Schools, H4691 [18JY]

——— Jane R. Best, Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (organization) Pacific Center for Changing the Odds, H4691 [18JY]

——— Joe Fraser, Kaho‘wai—Center for Adult Teaching and Learning, H4692 [18JY]

——— Ka‘iulani Pahi’o̅, Na̅ Lei Na’ auao Native Hawaiian Charter School Alliance, H4692 [18JY]

——— Lisá Boyce, Dolores Doré Eccles Center for Early Care & Education, H4693 [18JY]

——— Momi Akana, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Centers (organization), H4691 [18JY]

——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina Learning ’Ohana (organization), H4692 [18JY]

——— Taffi Wise, Kanu o ka ‘A̅ina New Century Public Charter School, H4692 [18JY]

——— Wendy Roylo Hee, Native Hawaiian Education Council, H4692 [18JY]

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H3742 [18JN]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H3742 [18JN]

——— several religious organizations, H3734, H3737 [18JN]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) reauthorization and Dept. of HHS National Pediatric Research Network establishment: Daniel Hayden and Michael Calise, FightSMA (organization), H6965 [12NO]

——— Jim Kaufman, Children’s Hospital Association, H6965 [12NO]

——— Nick Manetto, Coalition for Pediatric Medical Research, H6965 [12NO]

Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) reauthorization and Prematurity Awareness Month observance: Jennifer L. Howse, March of Dimes Foundation, H6966 [12NO]

——— several health organizations, H6966 [12NO]

Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1374 [13MR]

——— Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H1374 [13MR]

Prioritization of combatting sex trafficking on the Internet: Representative Wolf, E1811, E1812 [9DE]

Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act: Adam Pertman and Ruth McCoy, Donaldson Adoption Institute, H6657 [22OC]

——— Dennis Richardson, Hillside Family of Agencies (organization), H6657 [22OC]

——— Gregg Nicklas, Christian Heritage (organization), H6656 [22OC]

——— Ken Berrick, Seneca Family of Agencies (organization), H6656 [22OC]

——— Kevin A. Campbell, Center for Family Finding and Youth Permanency, H6656 [22OC]

——— Nicole Dobbins, Voice for Adoption (organization), H6657 [22OC]

Special Needs Trust Fairness Act: Henry Claypool, American Association of People With Disabilities, S7930 [7NO]

——— Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., S7930 [7NO]

——— Peter G. Wacht and Howard S. Krooks, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Inc., S7930 [7NO]

Student Success Act: Anita Christy, Gilbert Watch (Internet site), H4624 [18JY]

——— Barbara Trader, TASH (organization), H4704 [18JY]

——— Carol Clesceri, H4624 [18JY]

——— Curt Decker, National Disability Rights Network, H4701 [18JY]

——— Deborah A. Ziegler, Council for Exceptional Children, H4702 [18JY]

——— James H. Wendorf, National Center for Learning Disabilities, H4703 [18JY]

——— Jess Butler, Autism National Committee, Inc., H4703 [18JY]

——— Karen K. Garza, Fairfax County, VA, Public Schools Superintendent, H4628 [18JY]

——— Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., H4702 [18JY]

——— Laura Kaloi, Cindy Smith, and Katherine Beh Neas, Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities Education Task Force, H4699 [18JY]

——— Marty Ford, The Arc of the U.S. (organization), H4703 [18JY]

——— several Collaboration To Promote Self-Determination (organization) national partners, H4700 [18JY]

Lists

Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project supporters, S2659 [16AP]

Congressional Award Gold Medal recipients, E913 [19JN]

Fredericksburg, VA, high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, E770 [3JN]

Law enforcement and security industry groups supporting school safety provisions of S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2672 [16AP]

New Jersey 11th Congressional District service academy nominees, E65 [25JA]

Noncontroversial amendments to S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S4669 [19JN]

Northern Virginia high school seniors enlisting in the Air Force, E796 [4JN]

Northern Virginia high school seniors enlisting in the Army, E796 [4JN]

Northern Virginia high school seniors enlisting in the Marine Corps, E797 [4JN]

Northern Virginia high school seniors enlisting in the Navy, E796 [4JN]

NSF Subcommittee on Youth Violence of the Advisory Committee to the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate participants, H813 [28FE]

Ohio high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, S3087 [6MY]

Organizations supporting H.R. 1318, Youth Prison Reduction Through Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education (Youth PROMISE) Act, E354 [21MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 2805, End Sex Trafficking Act, H5875 [26SE]

Parents, teachers, and administrators supporting school safety provisions of S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2672 [16AP]

Republican amendments proposed for consideration to S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S5234 [26JN]

Stennis Congressional Intern Program participants, S5965 [25JY]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day attendees and family members or guardians on the Senate floor, S3022 [25AP]

Team 26 bicyclists who rode to the Capitol in support of gun control, S1701 [12MR]

Texas 3d Congressional District service academy nominees, E886 [17JN]

United Health Foundation Diverse Scholar Initiative participants, E1072 [17JY]

Victims of the 1988 Carrollton, KY, bus crash, S3425 [14MY]

Memorandums

Dept. of HHS Authority To Waive State Plan Requirements Relative to Compliance With Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Work Requirements: Dept. of HHS, S5332 [27JN]

Motions

Dept. of Agriculture: making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), H6270, H6271 [4OC]

Dept. of Education: support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4808 [19JY]

Dept. of HHS: making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6368, H6369 [8OC]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2440 [8AP], S2475 [9AP]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S3969 [6JN], S4438 [13JN], S4657 [19JN], S4736 [20JN], S4977 [21JN], S5128 [25JN]

Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), H1382 [13MR]

Poems

‘‘Jack of Hearts,’’ Albert C. Caswell, E791 [4JN]

‘‘Rich in Laughter!,’’ Albert C. Caswell, E973 [26JN]

‘‘What Gift Can I Bring?’’ Albert C. Caswell, E1881 [16DE]

Proclamations

Childhood Cancer Awareness Week: Representative Lowenthal, E480 [17AP]

John W. Peoples Induction Into Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association Hall of Honor: Representative Stockman, E1799 [5DE]

Miller Grove High School Day: Representative Henry C. ‘‘Hank’’ Johnson, Jr., E651 [14MY]

Roy A. Hutchins Induction Into Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association Hall of Honor: Representative Stockman, E1658 [14NO]

Remarks in House

Abbeville, LA: tribute to Vermilion Catholic High School football team, E1906 [19DE]

ABC, Inc.: tribute to ABC Family television drama ‘‘The Fosters’’, E959 [25JN]

Abortion: investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (H. Res. 206), E624 [8MY]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons, H2381 [26AP]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H3670, H3677 [17JN], H3691, H3695, H3697, H3698, H3699, H3700, H3730–H3745 [18JN], H3768 [19JN], E928, E942, E952 [20JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3708–H3720 [18JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (H.R. 1797), H2752–H2754 [17MY], H3229–H3233 [6JN], H3636, H3637 [14JN]

Adrian, MI: anniversary of Lenawee Christian Family Centre, E1859 [12DE]

Aguilar, Francisco: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E394 [9AP]

Aguirre, Yatzire: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E842 [11JN]

Ahn, Steve: McGlothlin Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, E569 [26AP]

Albin, Canada: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E320 [18MR]

Alcoholic beverages: provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (H.R. 498), H508 [14FE]

Aledo, IL: tribute to Mercer County High School football team, E53 [23JA]

Alija, Labeat: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E532 [24AP]

Allen, Dorene: Michigan Supreme Court and Michigan Dept. of Human Services Daniel J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1757 [2DE]

Allen, Kyle: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E163 [15FE]

Allen, TX: tribute to Allen High School football team, H376 [6FE]

Almquist, Art: People (publication) Teacher of the Year award recipient, H7266 [20NO], E1697 [18NO]

American Cancer Fund for Children (organization): anniversary, E351 [21MR]

American Cancer Fund for Children (organization) and Kids Cancer Connection (organization): anniversary, E373 [25MR]

American Education Week: observance, E1733 [21NO]

American Muslim Alliance of Florida: tribute, E761 [23MY]

Andersen, Dane: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1345 [19SE]

Anniston, AL: anniversary of Donoho School, E1266 [9SE]

Anthony, Enzo: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1559 [23OC]

Anthony, Walter L., IV: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1561 [23OC]

Anthony Telesca Foundation: anniversary, E411 [10AP]

Aptos, CA: tribute to Aptos High School Robotics Club, E1206 [2AU]

Arasim, Christina: International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 830 Scholarship recipient, E602 [7MY]

Archie, MO: tribute to Archie High School girls’ basketball team, E537 [24AP]

Arleta, CA: tribute to Arleta High School for graduation rate, H3693 [18JN]

Armed Forces: pay monthly annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to a supplemental or special needs trust established for the benefit of a disabled dependent child of a participant (H.R. 2249), E788 [4JN]

——— tribute to members and their families, H8088 [12DE], E1881 [16DE]

Arnold, Darrin: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E985 [27JN]

Arvello, Aaron: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E268 [12MR]

Atlanta, GA: tribute to Lovett High School baseball team, E820 [6JN]

——— tribute to Lovett School football team, E1857 [12DE]

Auburn, WA: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 401, E1198 [1AU]

Audubon, NJ: tribute to Boy Scout Troop 88, E175 [25FE]

Aviles, Emmanuel: Scholastic Inc., Picture a President art contest winner, H1404 [14MR]

Baker, Sean: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E805 [5JN]

Ballston Spa, NY: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 1, E289 [13MR]

Bamberski, Gabrielle: International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 830 Scholarship recipient, E605 [7MY]

Bamberski, Jacquelyn: International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 830 Scholarship recipient, E607 [7MY]

Barnes, Thomas: Presidential Champion of Change award recipient, E561 [26AP]

Barrera, Mayra: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E667 [15MY]

Barretero, Casey: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E321 [18MR]

Barrett, Alex: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E53 [23JA]

Batavia, IL: tribute to Batavia High School football team, H7511 [5DE], E1802 [5DE]

Bates, Jeremiah: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E416 [10AP]

Baudler, Bradley: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Iowa, E168 [15FE]

Baxley, Taylor: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E839 [11JN]

Beatty, Collins A.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E141 [13FE]

Beauchamp, Brandt: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1703 [19NO]

Beauchamp, Jacob R.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E528 [24AP]

Bedford, Kyle: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E540 [24AP]

Beeler, Chase L.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E138 [13FE]

Bellaire, TX: tribute to Bellaire High School Young Republicans, E137 [13FE]

Ben Wheeler, TX: tribute to Martin’s Mill High School girls’ basketball team, E477 [17AP]

Bennett, Samantha: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E731 [23MY]

Bentch, Hunter S.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E369 [21MR]

Bergman, Grant A.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1436 [4OC]

Berndt, Sarah: Milken Family Foundation National Educator Award recipient, E1426 [3OC]

Berwyn, IL: tribute to Berwyn South School District 100 efforts to promote nutrition and physical activity, E1191 [1AU]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: tribute to campaign to promote the use and acceptance of the term ‘‘intellectual disabilities’’ for persons with mental health challenges, H1316 [6MR]

Bethany Christian Services (organization): Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, E1600 [30OC]

Bethesda, MD: tribute to St. George Greek Orthodox Church Greek Orthodox Youth of America chapter, E358 [21MR]

Bibens, James A.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E142 [13FE]

Biggs, Gabriel H.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1433 [4OC]

Binghamton, NY: tribute to Broome-Tioga Board of Cooperative Educational Services graduating students enlisting in the Armed Forces, E841 [11JN]

Blankenship, Jared T.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E161 [15FE]

Bloomfield Hills, MI: tribute to Oakland County Young Republicans Club, E1540 [22OC]

Blosenco, Emma: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E396 [9AP]

Boardman, OH: Akron Children’s Hospital Mahoning Valley recipient of American Nurses Association Outstanding Nursing Quality Award, E435 [12AP]

Boatright, Brian: Boy Scouts Honor Medal recipient, E86 [4FE]

Boca Raton, FL: tribute to Boca Raton Community High School Science Olympiad team, E994 [28JN]

Bock, Chelsey: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E321 [18MR]

Bodenheimer, Joseph D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E497 [18AP]

Bolton, Damon: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E342 [20MR]

Bond, Gabrielle: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E391 [9AP]

Boone, NC: tribute to Mabel Elementary School, E1321 [17SE]

Boothby, Sarah: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E729 [23MY]

Borquez-Diaz, Karen: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E469 [16AP]

Boy Scouts: anniversary of partnership with Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, E1562 [23OC]

——— support stance on morality, H2778 [20MY]

——— tribute to National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia (H. Res. 305), E1101 [19JY]

Bozeman, MT: tribute to Bozeman High School girls’ cross-country team, H7510 [5DE]

Brahmin Samaj of USA (organization): anniversary, E1646 [13NO]

Brentwood, CA: Liberty High School recipient of Dept. of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Security Community Gift Program award, E1904 [19DE]

Bridgeton, NJ: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 1, E617 [8MY]

Brizendine, Christopher: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E800 [5JN]

Brooklyn, NY: tribute to Edward R. Murrow High School chess team, E1162 [30JY]

Brown, Cassie: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E319 [18MR]

Brown, Nathan F.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1383 [26SE]

Brown, Trent: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1314 [12SE]

Buckner, Ally: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E274 [12MR]

Bucks Promise for Youth and Communities (organization): Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and Consumer Healthcare Products Association Dose of Prevention Award recipient, H353 [5FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H5888 [27SE]

——— ensure any budget resolution does not cut benefits to people living below the poverty line, H360 [5FE]

Burkey, Dominique: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E344 [20MR]

Burlison, Stacy: Air Force Association Hurlburt Chapter 398 High School Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1368 [25SE]

Burris, Carol: School Administrators Association of New York State Principal of the Year award recipient, E527 [24AP]

Cable, Austin L.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E368 [21MR]

Cabrera-Marquez, Madahi: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E530 [24AP]

Cahill, Willy (Clipper): USA Judo (organization) Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1246 [2AU]

Caldwell, Sabrina D.: Boys & Girls Clubs of America Oprah Winfrey Mississippi Youth of the Year award recipient, E1326 [17SE]

Camden County, NJ: tribute to high school students enlisting in the Armed Forces, E704 [20MY]

Camden County College: tribute to Garden State Pathways Program graduates, E678 [16MY]

Capital Partners for Education (organization): anniversary, E1694 [18NO]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 19), H1555, H1556 [18MR]

Carl Junction, MO: tribute to Carl Junction High School Destination Imagination team, E1105 [19JY]

Carmel, IN: tribute to Creekside Middle School Science Bowl Team, E613 [7MY]

Carmosino, Ashlyn: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E329 [19MR]

Carrizzo, Jackson A.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E152 [14FE]

Carroll, Fiona: Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern New York Winning Kid designee, E242 [5MR]

Cartersville, GA: tribute to Cartersville High School baseball team, E770 [3JN]

Castro Valley, CA: Canyon Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, H4045 [26JN]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (H. Res. 46), H347 [5FE]

Caucus on Black Men and Boys: tribute, H5077 [25JY]

CDKL5 Awareness Day: observance, H3658 [17JN]

Cendejas, April: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E332 [19MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: create and implement infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality, H6959 [12NO]

Chantilly, VA: tribute to Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year award recipients, E215 [28FE]

Chardon, OH: recognize anniversary of Chardon High School shooting and honor victims, H674 [27FE]

Chaska, MN: tribute to Chaska High School girls’ jazz and high kick dance team, E236 [4MR]

Cheerleading Safety Month: observance, E481 [17AP]

Cherry Hill, NJ: tribute to Cherry Hill High School West Patriot Club, E178 [25FE]

Chicago, IL: anniversary of Marist High School, E1443 [4OC]

——— annviersary of Nicholas Senn High School, E1418 [2OC]

——— Evergreen Academy Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E991 [28JN]

——— tribute to National Runaway Safeline, E158 [14FE]

Child Safety Network: anniversary, E1618 [30OC]

Childhood Apraxia of Speech Day: observance, E582 [30AP]

Childhood Cancer Awareness Week: observance, E373 [25MR]

Children’s Diagnostic and Treatment Center, Inc.: tribute, E227 [28FE]

Children’s Institute: anniversary, E449 [12AP]

China Grove, NC: tribute to Jesse Carson High School sports teams, E1472 [10OC]

Chowchilla, CA: anniversary of Chowchilla Elementary School District, E1540 [22OC]

Christensen, Matthew A.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E79 [1FE]

Cinnamon, Katelyn: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient, E611 [7MY]

Cisneros, Aaron: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E275 [12MR]

City Colleges of Chicago: tribute to graduating class, H2415 [6MY]

Clairton, PA: tribute to Clairton High School football team, E87 [4FE]

Cleary, James: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E418 [10AP]

Clemmons, NC: tribute to residents of Trinity Elms (assisted living facility) on Grandparents Day, E1326 [17SE]

Cleveland, Raven: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E727 [23MY]

Cockriel, Adam E.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E137 [13FE]

Collaborative for Children (organization): tribute, E436 [12AP]

Collens, Benjamin J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E496 [18AP]

Colorado: tribute to 4th Congressional District service academy nominees, E701 [20MY]

Columbus, IN: tribute to Columbus East High School football team, E1806 [5DE]

Comer, David H.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1374 [25SE]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing on sex selective abortion and female infanticide in India, E1324 [17SE]

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: observance, E46 [22JA]

Congress: legislative priorities, H3239 [6JN]

——— results of First Tee Congressional Challenge golf tournament, H5142 [30JY]

——— tribute to Artistic Discovery student art competition participants, E491 [18AP]

——— tribute to Congressional Award Gold Medal recipients, E913 [19JN]

Congressional Award Act: reauthorize (S. 1348), H6019, H6020 [30SE]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1560–H1566 [18MR], H1667–H1671 [20MR], H6819–H6823 [28OC], H7384–H7390 [2DE], E325 [18MR], E348 [21MR]

Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI): anniversary, H6808 [28OC]

Cooper, Christine: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E339 [20MR]

Cordova, Katrina: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E472 [16AP]

Corgan, Jack P.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E201 [27FE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary of AmeriCorps, E1283 [11SE], E1325 [17SE], E1335 [18SE], E1356 [20SE], E1367 [25SE]

Corpus Christi, TX: tribute to Corpus Christi Universal Little League baseball team, H5442 [10SE]

——— tribute to Flour Bluff High School Junior ROTC team, H3229 [6JN]

Cowden, Eric: Future Farmers of America Honorary American Star Degree recipient, H7402 [3DE]

Crane, MO: tribute to Crane High School girls’ basketball team, E529 [24AP]

Crime: clarify the range of conduct punished as sex trafficking (H.R. 2805), H5274 [1AU], H5874 [26SE]

——— effect of immigration on domestic drug control, H5086 [25JY]

——— protect children from violence, H2381 [26AP]

——— reduce violence and protect citizens, H5460 [10SE]

——— rememberance of missing and exploited children, E903 [18JN]

C-SPAN: tribute to StudentCam documentary competition winners, H1868 [10AP]

Cull, Zachary: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E167 [15FE]

Cumberland, MD: tribute to Fort Hill High School football team, E1908 [19DE]

Curiel, Frank: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E392 [9AP]

Dahmer, Ryan: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E457 [15AP]

Dale City, VA: tribute to Dale City Christian Church Dale City Multicultural Achievement Awards recipients, E458 [15AP]

Dallas, TX: anniversary of Children’s Medical Center Dallas, E660 [14MY]

Daly, Alex: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E316 [15MR]

Daly, Samuel: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E307 [15MR]

Dawsonville, GA: Dawson County High School Junior ROTC Program recipient of Gold Star award, H2106 [17AP]

De Bruyn, Hanna: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Connecticut, E134 [13FE]

DeClerck, Dylan: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Iowa, E171 [15FE]

Deerfield, IL: reopening of Deerfield Public Library, E925 [20JN]

Defiance, OH: tribute to Defiance High School baseball team, E909 [18JN]

Delgado, Jacqueline: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E389 [9AP]

Dell, Eric and Torry Lyons: tribute to birth of child, H4000 [25JN], E958 [25JN]

Delta Children Products Corp.: tribute to efforts to assist victims of Hurricane Sandy, E317 [15MR]

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: tribute to Prince William County, VA, Alumnae Chapter Martin Luther King Youth Oratorical Contest participants, E70 [25JA]

Deng, Alice: Alameda County, CA, Women’s Hall of Fame inductee, H1642 [20MR]

Denton, TX: tribute to John H. Guyer High School football team, E13 [4JA]

——— tribute to John H. Guyer High School girls’ soccer team, E582 [30AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure no delay in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for veterans, children, senior citizens, the disabled, and pregnant women in case of a Government shutdown or default, H5719, H5720 [19SE]

——— Government shutdown impact on nutrition programs, H6506 [11OC], H6602 [15OC], H6608 [16OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on school lunch program, H6211 [3OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 74), H6266 [4OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), H6239, H6243, H6262–H6272 [4OC], H6425, H6428 [9OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), motion to recommit, H6270, H6271 [4OC]

——— repeal rule and nutrition standards that impose caloric limits in the national school lunch and breakfast programs, H6488, H6489 [10OC]

——— repeal rule and nutrition standards that impose caloric limits in the national school lunch and breakfast programs (H.R. 1503), H2480 [7MY]

——— require report on cost differences between providing school meals and supplements in each of the territories, the District of Columbia, and the States (H.R. 428), E58 [23JA]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H4377–H4390, H4393 [11JY]

——— WIC funding, H4051 [26JN], H5181 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: develop a master plan for major military installations to enhance livability of environment, H3616 [14JN]

——— ensure fair treatment of students not enrolled in traditional secondary schools relative to military recruitment and enlistment, H4962, H4963 [23JY]

——— require a cost-benefit report on the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, ROTC Warrior Forge exercise, H5029 [24JY]

——— STARBASE program funding, H4916 [23JY]

Dept. of Education: allow charter schools to use Federal funds for professional development, teacher training, instructional materials, and minor facilities costs, H4716, H4717 [18JY], E1098 [19JY]

——— allow local educational agencies to enter contracts with other organizations to implement programs for at-risk-youth, H4706, H4707 [18JY]

——— allow redistribution of education funds to allow such funds to follow low-income students to the school of their choice, H4736–H4738 [19JY]

——— allow State and local educational agencies to use multiple measures to identify school academic performance, H4705, H4706 [18JY]

——— amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (H.R. 2658), H4374 [11JY]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten in public schools and public charter schools (H.R. 866), E207 [27FE]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten programs and programs to support infants and toddlers (H.R. 1368), E355 [21MR]

——— clarify that Federal funds may be used for teacher professional development in computer science education, H4715, H4716 [18JY]

——— clarify that States that do not accept Federal funds are not required to comply with Federal education mandates, H4720 [18JY]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 455), E85 [4FE]

——— educational opportunity outreach programs funding, H3009, H3010 [3JN]

——— encourage States to include the number of enrolled public secondary school students attaining career and technical education proficiencies in its annual State report card, H4706 [18JY]

——— English language learner programs funding, H4694 [18JY]

——— ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4690–H4693, H4695 [18JY], H4813 [19JY]

——— ensure educational opportunities for children with disabilities, protect children from abusive seclusion and restraint practices, protect children from sexual predators, and protect athletes from concussions, H4812, H4813 [19JY]

——— ensure Family Engagement Centers target services to low-income students and families, H4718 [18JY]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools, H4612 [18JY]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (H.R. 2706), H4533 [17JY]

——— exempt local educational agencies serving high percentage of students from families with income below the poverty line from changes to funding formula, H4710, H4711 [18JY]

——— help States develop and improve qualifications and training of early childhood educator workforce (H.R. 3357), H6915 [30OC]

——— Impact Aid Program funding, H6610 [16OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on Impact Aid Program, H6360 [8OC]

——— improve outcomes for students in persistently low-performing schools by authorizing school turnaround grants and reward schools that make significant progress in closing achievement gaps, H2712 [16MY]

——— increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (H.R. 2228), E774 [3JN]

——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (H.R. 1854), H2609 [15MY]

——— make certain consolidated school districts eligible for payments, prohibit mid-year adjustments for student counts, and make the current construction program a competitive grant program, H4719 [18JY]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers, H78 [14JA]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (H.R. 320), H487 [13FE]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— prohibit Federal funds to State and local educational agencies who facilitate the transfer of an employee they know or have probable cause to believe has engaged in sexual misconduct, H4733, H4734 [19JY]

——— prohibit Federal mandate requiring States to institute teacher evaluation programs, H4709, H4710, H4712 [18JY]

——— prohibit grant funds from bypassing States and going directly to local school districts, H4711, H4712 [18JY]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (H.R. 1893), H2538 [9MY], H2843 [22MY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education, H4612 [18JY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (H.R. 2536), H7633, H7637 [11DE]

——— report on advisability of State education authorities closing school districts over local opposition, and the monitoring, supervising, and controlling of underperforming school districts, H4734–H4736 [19JY]

——— require State educational agencies to consult with private sector employers and entrepreneurs as part of education plan and require appointment of representatives from private sector to peer-review process, H4697 [18JY]

——— require States receiving insufficient grants to prioritize funding for schools serving neglected, delinquent, migrant students, English learners, at-risk students, and Native Americans, H4696, H4697 [18JY], E1099 [19JY]

——— restore cap on percentage of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participating in alternate assessments, H4698, H4699, H4703 [18JY]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods, H2288 [24AP]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4321 [10JY], H4475 [11JY], H4532 [17JY], H4607, H4610, H4619–H4722 [18JY], H4730, H4731–H4814 [19JY], H5076 [25JY], E1097, E1098, E1099 [19JY], E1107, E1110, E1111 [22JY], E1116 [23JY], E1136 [25JY], E1147 [26JY], E1193 [1AU]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 303), H4610–H4619 [18JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), corrections in engrossment, H4814 [19JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), motion to recommit, H4812, H4813 [19JY]

Dept. of HHS: award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (H.R. 2094), H5145–H5147 [30JY]

——— award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (H.R. 718), H821 [4MR]

——— conduct or support a comprehensive study comparing total health outcomes, including risk of autism, in vaccinated populations and unvaccinated populations (H.R. 1757), E576 [26AP]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network, H6963–H6967 [12NO]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (H.R. 225), H322–H325 [4FE], E103 [6FE]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (H.R. 2632), H4222 [9JY]

——— impact of Government shutdown on Head Start Program, H6360 [8OC], H6490 [10OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6362–H6370, H6398 [8OC], H6425 [9OC], E1473 [10OC], E1502 [11OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), motion to recommit, H6368, H6369 [8OC]

——— modify Organ Procurement and Transportation Network policy to allow consideration of pediatric transplant candidates for organ transplants from adolescent and adult donors without consideration of age, H3292 [12JN]

——— prohibit certain grants to States that do not provide for minimal terms of imprisonment for certain child abusers (H.R. 1311), H2312 [25AP], H4992 [24JY]

——— promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority, H2808 [21MY]

——— reauthorize and restructure the adoption incentives grant program and extend Family Connection Grant Program (H.R. 3205), H6651–H6659 [22OC], E1571 [24OC]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), H1643 [20MR], E341 [20MR]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (H.R. 297), H319–H322 [4FE], E111 [6FE]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 252), H6959, H6961–H6967 [12NO], E1656 [14NO]

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (H.R. 1981), H2625 [15MY], H2843 [22MY]

——— require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief (H.R. 2036), H2666 [16MY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (H.R. 628), H487 [13FE]

——— Social Services Block Grant Program funding to provide transportation for students displaced by Hurricane Sandy, H114, H115 [15JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: permit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recognition of a State court order amending an internationally adopted child’s birth date or name (S. 1614), H8130 [23DE]

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 (H.R. 2585), H7387 [2DE], H8102 [12DE]

——— establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program, E25 [14JA]

——— implement national standards to eliminate sexual assault in prisons, jails, and detention centers, H5054 [25JY]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (H.R. 1318), E353 [21MR]

——— report on State law penalties for certain child abusers and expand the predicate for increased penalties for domestic assaults against children (H.R. 3627), H7570, H7571 [9DE], E1821 [10DE]

——— require entrance of all missing children in the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database and that certain information be provided to reporters of missing children (H.R. 3427), E1607 [30OC]

Dept. of State: Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons annual Trafficking in Persons Report using tier rankings to evaluate a country’s compliance with minimum standards for elimination of human trafficking, E536 [24AP]

——— Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons funding, H744 [28FE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a program to make grants to ports to enable ports to employ high school students during the summer (H.R. 2163), E755 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, H6798 [28OC]

——— clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (H.R. 1400), E359 [21MR]

——— expand authority of veterans to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (H.R. 3514), E1681 [15NO]

——— increase age limit for children using transferred Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program benefits (H.R. 3515), E1681 [15NO]

Deptford Township, NJ: tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., contest winners, E135 [13FE]

Derry, Connor J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E148 [14FE]

Developing countries: provide assistance to achieve food and nutrition security, increase sustainable and equitable agricultural development, reduce hunger, improve nutrition, and stimulate rural economies (H.R. 2822), H5097 [30JY]

Dewey’s Bakery (business): tribute to fundraising store for Forbush High School band boosters in East Bend, NC, H7304 [20NO]

Dicesare, Melissa: Walton County, FL, Teacher of the Year award recipient, E200 [27FE]

Dickmeyer, Adam: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1373 [25SE]

Dillsboro, IN: tribute to Children’s Adovocacy Center of Southeastern Indiana, E1039 [10JY]

Dilocker, Samantha: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient, E613 [7MY]

DiMucci, Kendra: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E471 [16AP]

Diseases: promote autism awareness efforts, E552 [25AP]

District of Columbia: anniversary of Latin American Youth Center, E572 [26AP]

——— tribute to opening of redesigned Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School, E1245 [2AU]

Dixon, Charley G., Jr.: Knox County, KY, Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year award recipient, E1589 [29OC]

Domestic policy: address culture of violence, H76–H82 [14JA]

Donner, Jordan K.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E136 [13FE]

Doorways for Women and Families (organization): anniversary, E1317 [16SE]

Douglas, AZ: tribute to Douglas Youth Leadership Development Forum, E1706 [19NO]

Douglas, Grant D.E.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E530 [24AP]

Downes, Grant M.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1392 [27SE]

Duncanville, TX: tribute to Duncanville High School girls’ basketball team, E402 [9AP]

Dutcher, Angelina: Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern New York Winning Kid designee, E242 [5MR]

Duval County, FL: tribute to high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, E602 [7MY]

Dwiggins, John P.R.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E532 [24AP]

Eaker, Emma: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E397 [9AP]

East Peoria, IL: East Peoria School District 86 named NAMM Foundation ‘‘Best Communities for Music Education’’, E670 [15MY]

Eastlake, WA: tribute to Eastlake Little League girls’ softball team, E1303 [12SE]

Eau Claire, WI: tribute to Memorial High School boys’ hockey team, E386 [9AP]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H608 [25FE], H676 [27FE], H941–H948 [4MR], H2167 [23AP], H2308 [25AP], H2378, H2379, H2380 [26AP], H2555 [9MY], H2607 [15MY], H3055 [4JN], H4084 [27JN], H4624, H4626 [18JY], H5485 [11SE]

——— impact of immigration reform, H4320 [10JY], H4579–H4585 [17JY], H5186 [31JY]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H3298 [12JN]

Eden Prairie, MN: tribute to Eden Prairie High School boys’ golf team, E998 [28JN]

——— tribute to Eden Prairie High School boys’ lacrosse team, E997 [28JN]

——— tribute to Eden Prairie High School boys’ Nordic ski team, H607 [25FE]

——— tribute to Eden Prairie High School boys’ swim team, E455 [15AP]

——— tribute to Eden Prairie High School football team, H7377 [2DE]

Edina, MN: tribute to Edina High School boys’ hockey team, E458 [15AP]

——— tribute to Edina High School girls’ golf team, H3932 [20JN]

——— tribute to Edina High School girls’ tennis team, H6980 [12NO]

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, H3028 [4JN], E814, E827 [6JN]

——— develop 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring skills to think critically and solve problems, communicate, collaborate with others, and create and innovate (H.R. 347), E45 [22JA]

——— ensure States and local educational agencies maintain rights and responsibilities of determining educational curriculum, programs of instruction, and assessments for elementary and secondary education, H4694–H4696 [18JY], E1098 [19JY]

——— establish academic competition in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in each congressional district (H. Res. 77), H642, H643–H647 [26FE], H801 [28FE], E197 [27FE]

——— funding, H968 [5MR], H1707 [20MR], H2285 [24AP], H2559 [9MY]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H5842 [26SE], H5936, H5937, H5938 [28SE]

——— improve high school dropout rate for teen girls by renewing national commitment to literacy, H1416 [14MR]

——— promote civic education, H5374 [2AU]

——— recognize importance of investment in public education programs and promote and improve education opportunities for underserved populations, H2283–H2289 [24AP]

——— simplify and strengthen Federal school aid programs, H2310 [25AP]

——— tribute to teachers, H4608 [18JY]

——— tribute to the Uni-Capitol Washington Internship Programme, E86 [4FE]

Edwardsville, IL: tribute to Edwardsville High School boys’ soccer team, H7114 [15NO]

El Paso, TX: tribute to Cathedral High School, H2232 [23AP]

Elazier, Micah: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E665 [15MY]

Elgin, IL: Got Robot? FTC Team No. 5037 recipient of For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Tech Challenge (FTC) Illinois State Tournament Inspire Award, H351 [5FE]

Elk Grove, CA: tribute to Pleasant Grove High School boys’ basketball team, H1870 [10AP]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (H.R. 1286), H2513, H2518, H2519 [8MY], E643 [13MY]

——— provide for youth jobs, H4318 [10JY]

——— provide for youth jobs (H.R. 2381), E892 [17JN]

——— require employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees (H.R. 2096), E1598 [29OC]

EPA: ensure ability to enforce rules that result in reduced incidence of cancer, premature mortality, asthma attacks, or respiratory disease in children and seniors, H5291 [1AU]

Erickson, Bill: Colorado State University Alumni Association 50 Year Club Public Service Award recipient, E1794 [5DE]

Erickson, Heather: Okaloosa County, FL, Teacher of the Year award recipient, E198 [27FE]

Esquibel, Brianna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E322 [18MR]

Ethridge, Elizabeth: Legion of Valor of the United States of America, Inc., Bronze Cross for Achievement recipient, H6837 [29OC]

FACETS (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E1737 [21NO]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (H.R. 2342), H3295 [12JN]

Fairfax, VA: anniversary of W.T. Woodson High School, E472 [16AP]

Fairfax County, VA: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 150, E1300 [12SE]

——— anniversary of Stratford Landing Elementary School, E1186 [1AU]

——— tribute to Fairfax County Youth Football League, E212 [28FE]

Families and domestic relations: importance of fathers in the healthy development of children, H3750–H3756 [18JN]

——— 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 (H.R. 2028), E679 [16MY]

Family & Children’s Place (organization): anniversary, E1802 [5DE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent with a serious health condition (H.R. 1751), E551 [25AP]

——— anniversary, H351, H353 [5FE], H459 [13FE], E220 [28FE]

Farmer, Betsy: Space Coast Early Intervention Center Helping Hand Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, E1718 [20NO]

Farnen, Andrew J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1169 [31JY]

Fast for Families (organization): tribute, H7375, H7378 [2DE], H7455 [4DE]

Favela, Neko: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E665 [15MY]

Fayetteville, NC: tribute to Terry Sanford High School centennial graduation, E677 [16MY]

FDA: urge approval of drug to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, H5078 [25JY], E1223 [2AU]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 517), E99 [5FE]

Fenske, Ethan J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1658 [14NO]

Figueroa, Mercedes: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E667 [15MY]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), H1914, H1920, H1946 [11AP], H1963, H1986 [12AP], H2071, H2074, H2076, H2077, H2107, H2119 [17AP], H2128, H2129 [18AP]

——— prevent children from having access to firearms (H.R. 65), H465 [13FE], H1725 [21MR], H2036 [16AP], H2600 [14MY], H7259 [20NO], E25 [14JA], E520 [23AP]

——— repeal Federal laws mandating gun-free zones around schools (H.R. 35), H938 [4MR]

——— role of mental health and exposure to violent media in mass shootings, H636 [26FE], H811–H813 [28FE]

——— tribute to victims of gun violence, H3023 [4JN]

Fischbach, John P.: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E410 [10AP]

Fisher, Carl: Missouri Pioneer in Education award recipient, E1193 [1AU]

Fisher House Foundation, Inc.: funding, H4908, H4909 [23JY]

Florida: tribute to high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, E510 [23AP], E577 [26AP]

——— tribute to high school seniors in the 22d Congressional District of Florida enlisting in the Armed Forces, E597 [6MY]

Food: address paradox between hunger and increased risk of obesity, H820 [4MR]

——— address U.S. hunger crisis, H507 [14FE], H637 [26FE], H1362 [13MR], H1866 [10AP], H1995 [15AP], H2302 [25AP], H2477–H2479 [7MY], H2577 [14MY], H3100 [5JN], H3342–H3347 [12JN], H3745–H3750 [18JN], H4085 [27JN], H4315 [10JY], H5181 [31JY], H6456 [10OC], H7057 [14NO], H7170–H7176 [18NO], H7399 [3DE], H7632 [11DE], E1703 [19NO]

Food Allergy Awareness Week: observance, E714 [21MY]

Ford, Chad: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E398 [9AP]

Foreign aid: provide assistance for the prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula (H.R. 2888), E1175 [31JY]

Foreign countries: resume intercountry adoption of Guatemalan and Russian children to the U.S., H7298 [20NO]

Fort Worth, TX: anniversary of I.M. Terrell High School, E188 [26FE]

——— tribute to Morningside Middle School Junior National Academic Championship participants, H3299 [12JN]

——— tribute to Trimble Technical High School Texas Christian University Community Scholars Program scholarship recipients, H2377 [26AP]

——— tribute to Woodhaven Scholarship award recipients, H2525 [8MY]

Fortville, IN: tribute to Mount Vernon High School girls’ basketball team, E395 [9AP]

Fousel, Olivia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E725 [22MY]

Fox, Devon: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E341 [20MR]

Frankfort, KY: anniversary of Stewart Home School, E675 [16MY]

Frederick, MD: anniversary of Frederick High School band, E190 [26FE]

——— anniversary of New Life Christian School, E455 [15AP]

Fredericksburg, VA: tribute to high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, E770 [3JN]

——— tribute to Lance Corporal Caleb Power Young Marine Unit Red Ribbon Week observance, E1721 [20NO]

Frost, Marissa: Google, Inc., Doodle 4 Google competition winner, E594 [6MY]

FTC: tribute to ‘‘We Don’t Serve Teens’’ program, H5838 [26SE]

Gallegos, Maximilian E.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E164 [15FE]

Gallegos-Alexus, Savannah: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E736 [23MY]

Garcia, Juliet V.: Girl Scouts of Greater South Texas Award of Distinction recipient, E1212 [2AU]

Gary, IN: anniversary of Gary Chamber of Commerce Lakeshore Classic basketball tournament, E1687 [18NO]

Georgetown, KY: Royal Spring Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E976 [26JN]

Georgia: tribute to Georgia Student Health and Physical Education (SHAPE) Program Honor Roll medal recipients, E1297 [12SE]

Germantown, MD: tribute to Northwest High School football team, E1897 [19DE]

Gibbs, Lindsey: International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 830 Scholarship recipient, E604 [7MY]

Gilliland, Josh: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E204 [27FE]

Gold, Doug: Jewish Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Los Angeles, CA, Big Brother of the Year award recipient, E438 [12AP]

Gonzalez, Adriana: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E271 [12MR]

Gonzalez, Linyeiner: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E537 [24AP]

Gordon, Thomas: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E312 [15MR]

Gosselin, Charles M., III: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1393 [27SE]

Gotzon, Andrew: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E681 [16MY]

Gould, Jared D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1707 [19NO]

Gouldd, Shea: National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Award recipient, H4161 [28JN]

Granger, Spencer H.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E149 [14FE]

Grapevine, TX: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 7, E636 [9MY]

——— tribute to groundbreaking for The Gatehouse transitional housing community for women, E1498 [11OC]

Greene, Robert: Buffalo Club (organization) Buffalo Club Medal recipient, E1463 [9OC]

Green-Jackson, Pamela: Presidential Citizens Medal recipient, E166 [15FE]

Greensboro, NC: tribute to Vandalia Christian School boys’ basketball team, E462 [15AP]

——— tribute to Vandalia Christian School boys’ soccer team, E462 [15AP]

——— tribute to Vandalia Christian School cheerleading squad, E462 [15AP]

——— tribute to Vandalia Christian School sports teams, E738 [23MY]

Greensburg, IN: tribute to Greensburg Community High School boys’ basketball team, E391 [9AP]

Grimes, Issa: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E390 [9AP]

Griswold, Craig S.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E139 [13FE]

Grove City, OH: tribute to Grove City High School marching band, E29 [15JA]

Guam: anniversary of Father Duenas Memorial School, E1411 [1OC]

Guigon, Domonick: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E342 [20MR]

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.: tribute to Student Leadership Program, E1253 [9SE]

Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance: implement (H.R. 1896), H3700–H3704 [18JN], E623 [8MY]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (H.R. 1951), E679 [16MY]

——— ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (H.R. 3212), H7642–H7650 [11DE]

Hahn, Alexander: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E710 [21MY]

Hahn, Andrew: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E710 [21MY]

Haiti: address gender-based violence against women and children, H348 [5FE]

Hall, Nick: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E668 [15MY]

Hamilton, Travis: American Red Cross Serving Greater Iowa Hero of the Heartland Award recipient, E557 [25AP]

Hansen, Landon: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1787 [4DE]

Hardeeville, SC: tribute to Hardeeville-Ridgeland Middle School incentive program, E1520 [16OC]

Harris, Wesley: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E494 [18AP]

Harrisburg, IL: tribute to Harrisburg High School boys’ basketball team, E291 [13MR]

Harrisburg, PA: tribute to Holy Name of Jesus School pony football team, E1789 [4DE]

Harrity, Sheila: MetLife/National Association of Secondary School Principals National High School Principal of the Year award recipient, E1391 [27SE]

Harvey, Grayson T.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E256 [7MR]

Haugen, Nils: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E429 [11AP]

Hayward, WI: tribute to Hayward High School girls’ ice hockey team, H1417 [14MR], E297 [14MR]

Hayward Education Foundation: anniversary, H1559 [18MR]

Health: continue efforts to prevent and eradicate polio, H2557 [9MY]

——— health care programs funding, H1670 [20MR]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: ensure food programs address nutritional needs of students in athletic programs and physical education classes, E1102 [19JY], E1108 [22JY]

Hedgesville, WV: tribute to Hedgesville High School baseball team, E896 [17JN]

Heller, Brandon: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E322 [18MR]

Hendersonville, NC: Dana Elementary School designated Partnership for 21st Century Skills (organization) 21st Century Learning Exemplar School, E1860 [12DE]

Herber, John: People (publication) Teacher of the Year Award recipient, E1869 [12DE]

Heritage Foundation: release of ‘‘Fiscal Cost of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the U.S. Taxpayer’’ report, H2430 [6MY], H2447 [7MY], H2948–H2951 [23MY], H3246 [6JN], H4209 [8JY]

Hernandez, Maria: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E533 [24AP]

Heronemus, Evan J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1850 [12DE]

Heronemus, Seth M.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1856 [12DE]

High Point, NC: tribute to High Point Christian Academy girls’ softball team, E911 [18JN]

High School Radio Day: observance, E559 [26AP]

Highland Park, IL: Elm Place Middle School Illinois Future Problem Solvers Bowl winner, H2449 [7MY]

Hillsborough, NC: A.L. Stanback Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E1143 [25JY]

Hoang, Linh: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E531 [24AP]

Hodson, Jacob B.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E154 [14FE]

Hoffman, Jack: ESPN (television network) ESPY Sports Moment of the Year award recipient, H4831 [22JY]

Hoke, Fletcher G.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1437 [4OC]

Holder, Attorney General: prioritization of combatting sex trafficking on the Internet, E1811 [9DE]

Holifield, James: Indiana Association of School Principals Indiana Middle School Principal of the Year award recipient, E1343 [19SE]

Holt International Children’s Services (organization): tribute, E1638 [12NO]

Homeboy Industries (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E555 [25AP]

Ho’olehua, HI: Molokai Middle School Golden Eyes robotics team winner of Hawaii For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Lego League Championship, H3108 [5JN]

Hooten, James D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E682 [16MY]

Houston, TX: Texas Education Agency decision to close North Forest Independent School District, H2379 [26AP], H2416 [6MY], H2796 [20MY]

Hubbard, Avery: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E28 [15JA]

Hubbard, Colin: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E28 [15JA]

Hudsonville, MI: Baldwin Street Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, H4133 [27JN]

Hughes, James C., III: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1861 [12DE]

Human rights: combat trafficking in persons, E1190 [1AU]

——— combat underage sex trafficking, H5871–H5875 [26SE], E1559 [23OC]

——— provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (H. Res. 387), H6910 [30OC]

Hunger: recognize importance of U.S. leadership in addressing the challenge of global maternal and child malnutrition (H. Res. 254), E1522 [16OC]

——— tribute to chefs for anti-hunger campaign, H4985 [24JY]

Huntington, NY: Huntington High School Brookhaven winner of National Laboratory/Long Island Regional Science Bowl, E124 [12FE]

Hutchinson, John M.: Boy Scouts Honor Medal With Crossed Palms recipient, E1439 [4OC]

Hyundai Motor America (company): tribute to Hope on Wheels campaign to raise awareness of childhood cancer, H5827 [25SE]

Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, H4584 [17JY], H4991 [24JY]

——— Executive order to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, H336 [4FE], H2019 [15AP], H2481 [7MY], H3978–H3980 [20JN], E891, E892 [17JN]

——— impact of reform on women’s rights, H6808 [28OC]

——— reform, H333–H339 [4FE], H353 [5FE], H539–H543 [14FE], H553 [15FE], H1343 [12MR], H1402, H1406 [14MR], H1920 [11AP], H1997, H2018–H2020 [15AP], H2034, H2036, H2061–H2063 [16AP], H2075, H2076, H2077, H2078, H2114–H2119, H2120–H2122 [17AP], H2257, H2259 [24AP], H2343–H2345 [25AP], H2428–H2431 [6MY], H2441, H2449, H2481 [7MY], H2559–H2565 [9MY], H2708–H2712 [16MY], H2755–H2761, H2771 [17MY], H3025 [4JN], H3245–H3248 [6JN], H3638, H3642–H3649 [14JN], H3691, H3699 [18JN], H3976–H3982 [20JN], H4068–H4074 [26JN], H4224 [9JY], H4319, H4320 [10JY], H4505–H4511, H4513, H4516–H4521 [16JY], H4579–H4585 [17JY], H4610 [18JY], H4994 [24JY], H5186 [31JY], H5276 [1AU], H5641–H5648 [18SE], H6398 [8OC], H6430 [9OC], H6692 [23OC], H7368, H7378, H7386, H7389 [2DE], H7404 [3DE], H7455, H7459, H7462, H7464, H7466 [4DE], H7637 [11DE], H8088, H8097 [12DE], H8134 [26DE], E116 [8FE], E1791 [4DE]

——— reform (H.R. 15), H6106 [2OC], H6842–H6844, H6887–H6891 [29OC], H7040–H7046 [13NO], H7146, H7148 [15NO], H7208 [19NO], H7305–H7308 [20NO], H7386 [2DE], H7467, H7468, H7503–H7506 [4DE], H7557 [5DE], H7681–H7684 [11DE], H8102 [12DE], E1750, E1751 [21NO], E1871 [12DE]

——— reform (H.R. 1525), H1980 [12AP]

——— reform (S. 744), H2129 [18AP], H2251, H2290–H2293 [24AP], H2312, H2333 [25AP], H2409, H2431 [6MY], H2447 [7MY], H2493 [8MY], H2539, H2558, H2561 [9MY], H2609 [15MY], H2778 [20MY], H2813 [21MY], H2948–H2951 [23MY], H2967 [3JN], H3296 [12JN], H3670 [17JN], H3998, H4001, H4013–H4015 [25JN], H4042, H4073 [26JN], H4096 [27JN], H4148, H4149, H4167 [28JN], H4201–H4210 [8JY], H4219 [9JY], H4315, H4321 [10JY], H4475, H4476 [11JY], H4508 [16JY], H4582, H4594 [17JY], H4989, H5044–H5048 [24JY], H5487–H5491 [11SE], H6758, H6759 [23OC], H6844, H6848, H6888 [29OC], H7040, H7041, H7043, H7044 [13NO], H7146, H7148 [15NO], H7265, H7268 [20NO], E1728 [21NO]

Independence, MO: closing of St. Mary’s Bundschu Memorial High School, E686 [16MY]

Infant Toddler Family Day Care (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E1573 [24OC]

International 15q Day: observance, H7149 [15NO]

International Day of the Girl Child: observance, E1489 [11OC]

International Year of Statistics: observance, H4095 [27JN]

Ishpeming, MI: tribute to Ishpeming High School football team, E1769 [3DE]

Iske, Troy: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E371 [21MR]

Ismert, Jackson: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E309 [15MR]

Itao, Nathan T.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E140 [13FE]

Jack and Jill of America, Inc.: anniversary of Oakland County, MI, chapter, E1413 [1OC]

Jackson, TN: tribute to ‘‘Do the Write Thing Challenge’’ participants, E691 [17MY]

James, Logan M.L.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1382 [26SE]

Jannazo, Joe: Air Force Association Hurlburt Chapter 398 Middle School and Overall Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1367 [25SE]

Jewell, Morgan: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E668 [15MY]

Jewish Community Alliance: anniversary, E233 [4MR]

Johns, David J.: appointment as Director of White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, E317 [15MR]

Johnson, Christopher D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1435 [4OC]

Johnson, Jacob C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1881 [16DE]

Joliet, IL: tribute to Joliet Catholic Academy baseball team, E856 [14JN]

Jones, Anthony: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1661 [14NO]

Jones, John: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E415 [10AP]

Joyce, Randy: Air Force Association Teacher of the Year award recipient, E678 [16MY]

Kesler, Richard G.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E314 [15MR]

Kids Cancer Connection (organization): anniversary, E351 [21MR], E373 [25MR]

Kimsey, Hagen R.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E686 [16MY]

King, Representative Steve: characterization of remarks on Hispanic community, H4990, H4991 [24JY]

Kirtley, Benjamin: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E422 [11AP]

Koch, Tyler S.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1789 [4DE]

Kopperschlager, Ava: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E333 [19MR]

Koster, Bryon: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E381 [9AP]

Labor unions: importance of organized labor in the U.S., H1811–H1815, H1817 [21MR]

Lafayette, LA: tribute to Acadiana High School football team, E1905 [19DE]

——— tribute to St. Thomas More Catholic High School boys’ basketball team, E369 [21MR]

Lakewood, CO: tribute to Lakewood High School efforts in responding to Colorado flooding, E1898 [19DE]

Langan, Colin: International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 830 Scholarship recipient, E602 [7MY]

Laughlin, Aaron J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E535 [24AP]

Laughlin, Ben: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E801 [5JN]

Laurel Springs, NJ: tribute to Laurel Springs School sixth grade class play commemorating anniversary of Laurel Springs, E511 [23AP]

Lawrence, Anastasia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E327 [19MR]

Lawrenceburg, TN: tribute to Babe Ruth Baseball League 13-year-old team, E1545 [22OC]

Lawton, Larry: tribute to establishment of Reality Check Program, H7335 [21NO]

Leman, Talia: Helen Diller Family Foundation Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award recipient, E1343 [19SE]

Lessenden, Alan P.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E146 [14FE]

Lewis, Matt: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E526 [24AP]

Lewis, Trenton D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E489 [18AP]

Lewiston, ME: tribute to Lewiston Firefighters Association, E1750 [21NO]

Lindburg, Jacob D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E490 [18AP]

Lockport, IL: tribute to Lockport Township High School boys’ bowling team, E103 [6FE]

Long, Aaron: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E269 [12MR]

Long, Taylor J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E529 [24AP]

Los Angeles, CA: tribute to Yeshiva University High School Panthers for Israel, E716 [21MY]

Loschen, Tyler: Future Farmers of America American Star Farmer award recipient, E1627 [12NO]

Loudoun Bar Association: tribute to ‘‘Beat the Odds’’ scholarship recipients, E773 [3JN]

Louisville, KY: tribute to DeSales High School football team, H7700 [12DE]

Lozano, Jesus: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E412 [10AP]

Lufkin, TX: tribute to Hudson High School girls’ softball team, E1329 [18SE]

Lunders, Keyan D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1709 [19NO]

Luzerne County, PA, Head Start, Inc.: anniversary, E734 [23MY]

Lyons, IL: George Washington Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E990 [28JN]

MacDonald, Pamela: McGlothlin Foundation Award for Teaching Excellence recipient, E569 [26AP]

Maestas, Roberto: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E728 [23MY]

Malfabon, Adrian: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E276 [12MR]

Maloku, Edite: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E344 [20MR]

Manassas, VA: tribute to St. Mark’s United Methodist Church Teens Opposing Poverty Program volunteers, E996 [28JN]

Martin County, FL: tribute to Martin County North Little League All-Stars baseball team, E1250 [6SE]

Martinez, Arianna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E332 [19MR]

Mata, Sandy: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E734 [23MY]

Mathiang, Matiok: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E535 [24AP]

Matt, Benjamin J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E143 [14FE]

Mayhew, Christopher: Boy Scouts Medal of Merit recipient, E794 [4JN]

Mays, Ben C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E428 [11AP]

McClannahan, William W.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E683 [16MY]

McClendon, Ray, III: Jackson, MS, Public Schools JROTC Cadet of the Year award recipient, E1319 [17SE]

McCoy, Ryan A.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1706 [19NO]

McNabb, Chris: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E320 [18MR]

Medel, Araceli: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E329 [19MR]

Medicaid: expand, E1689 [18NO]

——— extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (H.R. 2123), H5077 [25JY]

——— increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1264), E330 [19MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: impact of increased funding obligations on the economy, H513 [14FE]

Melbourne, FL: anniversary of Space Coast Early Intervention Center, E1718 [20NO]

Members of Congress: encourage donation of frequent flyer miles to the Fisher House Foundation, Inc., Hero Miles Program, H7699 [12DE]

Memphis, TN: inclusion of St. Jude’s Research Hospital in National Society of High School Scholars career survey list, H2590 [14MY]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 3717), H7697 [12DE]

——— protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, H7407 [3DE]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (H.R. 2734), H6115 [2OC]

Meraz, Katia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E475 [16AP]

Meraz, Liliana: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E538 [24AP]

Merced Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Task Force (organization): Congressional Victims’ Rights Caucus Lois Haight Award of Excellence and Innovation recipient, H2077 [17AP]

Mexican American Opportunity Foundation: anniversary, E402 [9AP]

Miami, FL: anniversary of Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School, E129 [12FE]

——— anniversary of Christopher Columbus High School, E131 [12FE]

——— Leewood K-8 Center recipient of Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Solve for Tomorrow STEM Competition grand prize, E585 [3MY]

——— tribute to South Florida After-School All-Stars program, E585 [3MY]

Middletown, CT: anniversary of Xavier High School, E1470 [9OC]

Milan, IN: tribute to opening of Milan ’54 Hoosiers Museum, E822 [6JN]

Milledgeville, IL: tribute to Milledgeville High School girls’ softball team, E823 [6JN]

Miller, Alyssa: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E269 [12MR]

Miller, Cameron: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E987 [28JN]

Miller, Diagét: National Federation of Independent Business Young Entrepreneur Award recipient, E630 [9MY]

Miller, Riley: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E205 [27FE]

Millsap, Kyle W.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1171 [31JY]

Milton, NJ: tribute to Pace High School marching band, E1866 [12DE]

Minnesota: tribute to Certificate of Congressional Merit recipients, E691 [17MY]

Minnesota Special Olympics: anniversary, E918 [19JN]

Minnetonka, MN: tribute to Hopkins High School girls’ basketball team, E457 [15AP]

——— tribute to Minnetonka High School girls’ alpine ski team, E234 [4MR]

——— tribute to Minnetonka High School girls’ hockey team, H968 [5MR]

——— tribute to Minnetonka High School girls’ soccer team, E1732 [21NO]

——— tribute to Minnetonka High School girls’ track and field team, E996 [28JN]

Minorities: emergency mortality rate of minority individuals, H4853 [22JY]

——— improve health of minority individuals, H2416–H2424 [6MY], E548 [25AP]

Missing Children’s Assistance Act: reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3092), H5569–H5572 [17SE]

Mitchell, Justice: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E468 [16AP]

Mitochondrial Disease Caucus: mitochondrial disease prevention and treatment awareness, H6156 [2OC]

Mocksville, NC: tribute to Sugar Valley Airport Spirit of Aviation Day, H6908 [30OC]

Mohrey, Cody: Eagle Scout Award recipient, H5793 [20SE]

Molina, Angelica: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E328 [19MR]

Monarcas Academy (organization): tribute, E1275 [10SE]

Montana: tribute to Special Olympics World Winter Games participants, E237 [4MR]

Montgomery, AL: tribute to Montgomery American Angels softball team, E1166 [30JY]

Montgomery County, KY: tribute to Montgomery County School District ranking in Kentucky Unbridled Learning assessment and accountability system, E1607 [30OC]

Monticello, IL: Monticello Middle School named to National Forum To Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform ‘‘Schools to Watch’’ list, E1005 [28JN]

Montoya, Jazmin: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E414 [10AP]

Moon, Daniel R.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1803 [5DE]

Moore, Joshua S.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1655 [14NO]

Moraga, CA: tribute to Campolindo High School Academic Decathlon Club, E398 [9AP]

Mora-Pina, Alysia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E273 [12MR]

Moravia, NY: tribute to Moravia High School boys’ basketball team, E823 [6JN]

Morby, Ian: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1705 [19NO]

Morristown, NJ: anniversary of Peck School, E97 [5FE]

Morton, Katarina: American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American honoree, E1856 [12DE]

Motion pictures: tribute to documentary, ‘‘Place at the Table’’, on U.S. hunger crisis, H637 [26FE], H1362 [13MR]

Mugaruka, Roseline: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E735 [23MY]

Mullen, Connor: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E135 [13FE]

Murphy, Anna: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Connecticut, E134 [13FE]

myLIFEspeaks (organization): tribute, E1575 [28OC]

Naperville, IL: tribute to Nequa Valley High School rocket team, E635 [9MY]

——— tribute to Neuqua Valley High School for participation in the SIFMA Foundation Stock Market Game, E916 [19JN]

Nashville, IL: tribute to Nashville Community High School girls’ basketball team, E233 [4MR]

Nashville, TN: tribute to South Nashville Little League All-Stars baseball team, E1540 [22OC]

——— tribute to South Nashville Little League baseball team, E1229 [2AU]

National Adoption Month: observance, H7298 [20NO], E1638 [12NO]

National Assistant Principals Week: observance, E417 [10AP]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, H2231 [23AP], H2312 [25AP], E576 [26AP]

National Charter Schools Week: observance, H2462 [7MY]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: observance, E501 [18AP]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H5483 [11SE], H5576 [17SE], H5665 [19SE], H5827 [25SE]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate, H5441 [10SE]

National Coaches Day: observance, H5271 [1AU]

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 33), H2128, H2129, H2147, H2148, H2149 [18AP]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: observance, E1594 [29OC], E1604 [30OC]

——— support goals and ideals (H. Res. 392), H6910, H6935–H6941 [30OC]

National Emergency Summit on Urban Violence: convene, H4531 [17JY]

National Foster Care Month: observance, H2524 [8MY], H2805, H2812 [21MY], H2851 [22MY], E711 [21MY]

National GEAR UP Week: observance, E1341 [19SE]

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals, E1610 [30OC]

National Mentoring Month: observance, H98 [15JA]

National Missing Children’s Day: observance, H2230 [23AP]

National Night Out: observance, H5054 [25JY]

National Parent Teacher Association: observance of Month of the Hispanic Child, H5598 [18SE]

National Rural Electric Cooperative Association: tribute to Electric Cooperative Youth Tour, H3933 [20JN]

National School Breakfast Week: observance, H956 [5MR]

National School Choice Week: observance, H251 [23JA]

National School Spirit Day: observance, E1758 [2DE]

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: observance, H5865–H5871 [26SE], E1384, E1386 [26SE], E1403 [30SE]

National Suicide Prevention Week: observance, H5516, H5532 [12SE]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, H2492 [8MY], H2558 [9MY], E630 [9MY]

National Teacher Day: observance, H2446, H2461 [7MY], E611, E612 [7MY], E636 [9MY]

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 148), E428 [11AP]

Native Hawaiian Education Act: strengthen (H.R. 2287), H4321 [10JY]

Navarre, FL: tribute to Navarre High School girls’ weightlifting team, E122 [12FE]

Nazario, Jordan P.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E425 [11AP]

Neeley, Michael D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1379 [26SE]

Neosho, MO: tribute to Neosho High School wrestling team, E531 [24AP]

New Directions (organization): tribute to Life Line program, E697 [17MY]

New Jersey: tribute to 11th Congressional District service academy nominees, E64 [25JA]

——— tribute to 11th District Congressional Arts competition participants, E447 [12AP]

New York: tribute to 2d Congressional District Intel Corp., Science Talent Search semifinalists, E504 [19AP]

Newell, Kanoe C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1790 [4DE]

Newtown, CT: anniversary of shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, H3360, H3361, H3362, H3363 [13JN], H8101, H8102 [12DE]

——— condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, H1416 [14MR], E65 [25JA], E176 [25FE]

Nible, Riley T.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1374 [25SE]

NIH: funding, H7656–H7659, H7661, H7663–H7665 [11DE]

——— provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 1724), H3362 [13JN]

——— provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), H5576 [17SE], H7556 [5DE], H7637, H7653–H7666 [11DE], E1880 [16DE], E1902 [19DE]

North Kansas City, MO: anniversary of North Kansas City School District, E745 [23MY]

Northern Mariana Islands: anniversary of Hopwood Junior High School, H1997 [15AP], E457 [15AP]

——— anniversary of public school system, H5556 [17SE], E1320 [17SE]

——— Marianas High School recipient of Real World Design Challenge National Aviation Champion Team award, H5556 [17SE]

Northwestern University: study of impact of Superfund contaminants on reproductive health, E164 [15FE]

Noyes, Kevin J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E527 [24AP]

Nunez, Alexandra: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E267 [12MR]

Nunn, Ulaunda: Air Force Association Hurlburt Chapter 398 Elementary School Teacher of the Year award recipient, E1370 [25SE]

Nutter, Colt A.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E135 [13FE]

Oak Park, CA: Oak Park Unified School District recipient of Dept. of Education Sustainability Award, H2314 [25AP]

Oakland Park, FL: tribute to Northeast High School student inventors for producing bicycle that serves as emergency water sanitation system, H2450 [7MY]

Ohio: tribute to African-American faith-based leaders, H672 [27FE]

Olivarez, Frankie: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E391 [9AP]

Ording, Will: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E803 [5JN]

Orlando Day Nursery Association, Inc.: tribute, E1579 [28OC]

Osborn, Shilo G.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E165 [15FE]

Oswego, IL: tribute to Oswego East High School rocket team, E635 [9MY]

Ott, Tristan M.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1393 [27SE]

Ottawa, OH: tribute to Ottawa-Glandorf High School boys’ basketball team, E522 [23AP]

Our Community Salutes (organization): tribute to Northern Virginia chapter for hosting high school enlistee recognition ceremony, E796, E797 [4JN]

Owens, Dave: Greeley, CO, Chamber of Commerce honoree, E128 [12FE]

PADS Lake County, Inc.: tribute to opening of new Family Center, E1480 [10OC]

Paradiso, Daniel: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E317 [15MR]

Parisi, Joseph: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E310 [15MR]

Parker, Bryce J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E202 [27FE]

Parma, OH: anniversary of Holy Name High School, E1334 [18SE]

Parra, Jose: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E467 [16AP]

Parrish, Taylor L.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1320 [17SE]

Pate, Jordan M.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1839 [11DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: affordability and accessibility of health insurance and health care in New York relative to implementation, H4607 [18JY]

——— impact, H1349 [12MR], H2168 [23AP], H2492 [8MY], H2610 [15MY], H2669 [16MY]

——— impact on tax burden, H64 [14JA], H822 [4MR], H1336 [12MR], H6532 [11OC]

——— improve eligibility requirements for uninsured individuals with a preexisting condition for coverage, H5998 [28SE]

——— preserve certain provisions relative to women, children, and pre-existing conditions, H2703, H2704 [16MY]

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges, H7340 [21NO]

Paulsen, Timmy: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E840 [11JN]

Peard, Tanner: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E80 [1FE]

Peck, MI: tribute to Peck High School football team, E1816 [9DE]

Pembroke Pines, FL: tribute to Montessori Academy, E1198 [1AU]

Pennsauken, NJ: tribute to Phifer Middle School concert band, E280 [13MR]

Pennsylvania Special Olympics: tribute, H804 [28FE]

Pensacola, FL: tribute to Booker T. Washington High School girls’ swimming team, E1884 [16DE]

——— tribute to Pensacola Catholic High School baseball team, E848 [12JN]

Perez, Tania: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E835 [11JN]

Perth Amboy, NJ: anniversary of Assumption Catholic School, E1564 [23OC]

Pfaff, Carson D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1788 [4DE]

Phelps, Jazmin: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E417 [10AP]

Philadelphia, PA: inclusion of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Children’s Hospitals’’ list, H3639 [14JN]

Phoenix, AZ: tribute to Desert Vista High School Health Occupations Students of America club, E1225 [2AU]

Picayune, MS: tribute to Picayune High School football team, E1872 [12DE]

Pieterse, Betina: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E330 [19MR]

Pilachai, Arthur: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E896 [17JN]

Pine, Jace C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E150 [14FE]

Pinellas County, FL: tribute to Congressional Award Gold Medal recipients, E913 [19JN]

Pittsburgh, PA: Girls of Steel robotics team recipient of Pittsburgh Regional For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) (organization) Robotics Competition Engineering Inspiration Award, E684 [16MY]

Placencio, Valeria: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E841 [11JN]

Plano, TX: tribute to Plano East High School technology team, E336 [19MR]

Pleasant Hope, MO: tribute to Pleasant Hope High School girls’ softball team, E12 [3JA]

Pluenneke, Joseph R.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1391 [27SE]

Plymouth, MN: tribute to Wayzata High School boys’ tennis team, E995 [28JN]

——— tribute to Wayzata High School girls’ Nordic ski team, H650 [26FE]

Pontiac, IL: Pontiac Township High School Future Farmers of America chapter recipient of Future Farmers of America Model of Excellence award, E1625 [12NO]

Pontiac, MI: tribute to Baldwin Center, E783 [4JN]

Pontiac, MI, Rotary Club: tribute to Career Day, E608 [7MY]

Portland, OR: tribute to Central Catholic High School football team, E1868 [12DE]

——— tribute to Riverdale High School ‘‘H20 for Life’’ program, E1677 [15NO]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H1584, H1614, H1615 [19MR], H3006–H3013 [3JN], H3341–H3347 [12JN]

Prematurity Awareness Month: observance, H6964 [12NO], E1656 [14NO]

Presidential Scholars Foundation: tribute to Presidential Scholar honorees, E624 [8MY]

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): anniversary, H3698, H3700 [18JN], E904, E907 [18JN]

Price, TX: tribute to Carlisle High School baseball team, E1688 [18NO]

Prince, Jessie and Kayci: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipients, H6359 [8OC]

Prince William County, VA: tribute to Dept. of Social Services employees and volunteers, E963 [25JN]

——— tribute to Prince William County Juvenile Detention Center volunteer workers, E977 [26JN]

Prison Rape Elimination Act: anniversary, H5054 [25JY]

Product safety: ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products (H.R. 2934), E1195 [1AU]

Professional Opportunities Program for Students, Inc.: tribute, E1715 [20NO]

Project HOPE (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1645 [13NO]

Prymowicz, Chandler: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1901 [19DE]

Public School Week: observance, E251 [6MR]

Public welfare programs: allow waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements for certain individuals, H1382, H1383 [13MR], E330 [19MR]

——— eliminate cap on certain payments under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, H1369 [13MR]

——— eliminate cap on certain payments under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (H.R. 365), H183 [22JA]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, H2430 [6MY]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), H1365, H1373–H1384 [13MR], E297 [14MR], E321 [18MR]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), consideration (H. Res. 107), H1365–H1372 [13MR]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), motion to recommit, H1382, H1383 [13MR], E330 [19MR]

Rabbit, Andrew: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E331 [19MR]

Raleigh, NC: anniversary of Fuller Gifted and Talented Magnet Elementary School, E865 [14JN]

Rambo, Jarred: National PTA (organization) Reflections Award of Excellence for literature recipient, E160 [14FE]

Rambo, Shelby: National PTA (organization) Reflections Award of Merit for dance choreography recipient, E160 [14FE]

Ramirez, Nuvia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E669 [15MY]

Redmond, WA: tribute to Bear Creek High School boys’ soccer team, E1907 [19DE]

Reed, Dallin W.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E852 [12JN]

Reed, Tanner D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E852 [12JN]

Reilly, Thomas A., Jr.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1321 [17SE]

Render, Keegan: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1788 [4DE]

Republic, MO: tribute to Republic High School boys’ basketball team, E539, E540 [24AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4223 [9JY], H4992 [24JY]

Resendez, Rafael: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E733 [23MY]

Rhoads, Megan: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E664 [15MY]

Rhymer, Lynn: Wells Fargo & Co., North Carolina Southwest Region Principal of the Year award recipient, E1327 [17SE]

Richmond, CA: tribute to Office of Neighborhood Safety Peacekeeper Fellowship program, H3293 [12JN]

Richmond, KY: tribute to Madison Central High School boys’ basketball team, E670 [15MY]

Richmond, TX: tribute to Travis High School boys’ basketball team, H1417 [14MR]

Riegelsville, PA: anniversary of Boy Scout Troop 127, E141 [13FE]

Rigby, Susan: Escambia County, FL, Teacher of the Year award recipient, E222 [28FE]

Rio Rico, AZ: tribute to Rio Rico Little League Juniors baseball team, E1278 [10SE]

Riviera Beach, FL: anniversary of Suncoast High School, E1576 [28OC]

Roberts, Charles: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E550 [25AP]

Robertson, Peyton: Discovery Education and 3–M Co., America’s Top Young Scientist award recipient, E1529 [16OC]

Rochester, MN: anniversary of Kellogg Middle School, E512 [23AP]

Rochford, Edward V.: Distinguished Citizen Award recipient, E898 [17JN]

Rockwall, TX, Women’s League: anniversary, E1250 [6SE]

Rodriguez, Marisol: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E529 [24AP]

Roland, David: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E343 [20MR]

Roldan, Cristian: Gatorade National Boys Soccer Player of the Year award recipient, E1278 [10SE]

Romeike family: grant asylum to citizens of Germany fleeing from persecution for home schooling their children, H4093 [27JN]

Romero, Rayanna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E732 [23MY]

Root, Joey: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E411 [10AP]

Rosalia, KS: tribute to Flinthills High School graduating class, H2623 [15MY]

Rosenberg, TX: tribute to B.F. Terry High School boys’ basketball team, H1343 [12MR]

Rosendahl, Bill: Democratic Party of the San Fernando Valley, CA, Badge of Courage Award recipient, E1519 [16OC]

Roshon, Jamie: Knowledge Universe (organization) Early Childhood Educator Award recipient, E1712 [20NO]

Rotary International: commend efforts to prevent and eradicate polio, E1548 [23OC]

Royero, John R.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1823 [10DE]

Ruark, Phillip C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1708 [19NO]

Ruffo, Emily: California School Resource Officer Association Law Enforcement Administrator of the Year award recipient, H5185 [31JY]

Rush, Lee: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Advocate of the Year award recipient, H399 [6FE]

Russia: disapprove law ending adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens, urge reconsideration of law, and prioritize processing of adoptions of children matched before enactment, H75 [14JA]

Rusty Keeble Foundation: tribute, E1599 [30OC]

Ruvalcaba, Stephani: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E834 [11JN]

Ryan, Jhamier: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E416 [10AP]

Sacramento, CA: annniversary of United College Action Network, E1307 [12SE]

——— Mira Loma High School winner of Dept. of Energy National Science Bowl, H2491 [8MY]

Saenz, Edwin: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E345 [20MR]

Safe Surfin’ Foundation: tribute to participation in the H.E.R.O. Child Rescue Corps, E1628 [12NO]

Salazar, Jair: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E387 [9AP]

Sammamish, WA: tribute to Eastlake Little League All-Stars baseball team, E1313 [12SE]

San Diego, CA: tribute to High Tech High School robotics team, H2524, H2525 [8MY]

San Fernando, CA: tribute to San Fernando High School baseball team, H3693 [18JN]

San Jose, CA: anniversary of San Jose High School, E1759 [2DE]

Santa Ana, CA: Discovery Science Center recipient of Institute of Museum and Library Services National Medal for Museum and Library Service, E618 [8MY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students, H81 [14JA]

——— allow flexibility to enforce discipline rather than zero tolerance policies, H3021 [4JN]

——— direct local educational agencies to release secondary school student information to military recruiters only if the student’s parent provides written request for the release, H3380 [13JN]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools, H4612, H4615, H4616 [18JY]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees, H4733 [19JY]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), H2843 [22MY], H6647–H6651, H6655 [22OC]

Schug, Thaila: American Legion Auxiliary Dept. of Florida Gold Medal for Class III recipient, E601 [7MY]

Scranton, PA: tribute to St. Joseph’s Center, E977 [26JN]

Seward, Christopher: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E551 [25AP]

Shay, Wyatt: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E493 [18AP]

Shepherd, Stephanie: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E838 [11JN]

Sherman, Alain E.: Presidential Scholars Foundation Presidential Scholar honoree, E654 [14MY]

Shipley, Jacob: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E684 [16MY]

Shipman, Tyler W.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1372 [25SE]

Shupe, Connor: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1077 [17JY]

Simpson, Erica: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E395 [9AP]

SkillsUSA (organization): tribute to medal recipients, H5888 [27SE]

Smith, Michael J.: Morgan’s Wonderland (theme park), San Antonio, TX, Walk of Fame honoree, E1369 [25SE]

Smothers, Taylor: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E836 [11JN]

Snohomish, WA: tribute to Glacier Peak High School girls’ cross country team, E1899 [19DE]

Social Security: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking (H.R. 2744), H5351 [2AU]

——— reform, H2715 [16MY]

——— require States to follow certain procedures in placing a child who has been removed from the custody of his or her parents (H.R. 102), E4 [3JA]

Solis, Edna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E342 [20MR]

Soroptimist International of Bucks County (organization): anniversary, E1399 [28SE]

South Jersey Football Coaches Association: tribute to Hall of Fame inductees, E1223 [2AU]

South San Francisco, CA: anniversary of South San Francisco Unified School District, E1777 [3DE]

Southern Poverty Law Center: opposition to Alabama school choice legislation, H5597 [18SE]

Sowl, Trevor: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E836 [11JN]

Spring, Paul: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E421 [11AP]

Springfield, MO: tribute to Glendale High School girls’ swim team, E271 [12MR]

——— tribute to Springfield Catholic High School boys’ soccer team, E4 [3JA]

Sridhar, Mayuri: Intel Corp., Science Talent Search finalist, E504 [19AP]

St. Leon, IN: tribute to East Central High School Business Professionals of America (organization) team, E341 [20MR]

Stahl, Nathan C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E145 [14FE]

States: address needs of children who have aged out of foster care programs, H5419 [9SE]

Stephenville, TX: tribute to Stephenville High School football team, H608 [25FE]

Stockton, CA: Bear Creek High School Bruin Voice (newspaper) recipient of National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Award and Best in Show award, E1910 [23DE]

Stubbs, Matthew A., II: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1660 [14NO]

Students Run L.A. (organization): tribute, H1803 [21MR]

Sugar Land, TX: tribute to Clements High School marching band, E1646 [13NO]

Sun Valley, CA: Sun Valley High School robotics team winner of U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Mini Urban Challenge Competition, H3693 [18JN]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H184, H185, H186, H187, H206–H219 [22JA], H226, H258 [23JA], E56, E59 [23JA], E68 [25JA]

Swartwood, Chris: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E319 [18MR]

Swenson, Maverick: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E661 [15MY]

Tapia, Darlene: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E340 [20MR]

Taxation: address high audit rate of tax returns claiming adoption tax credit, H3297 [12JN]

——— deny the refundable portion of the child tax credit to those not authorized to work in the U.S. and terminate use of certifying acceptance agents to facilitate the taxpayer ID number application process (H.R. 1674), E523 [23AP]

——— expand access to Coverdell education savings accounts (H.R. 2006), H3103 [5JN]

——— permit students who were homeless youths or homeless veterans to occupy low-income housing units (H.R. 3145), E1349 [19SE]

——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (H.R. 556), H1364 [13MR]

TELACU Education Foundation: anniversary, E516 [23AP]

Tennessee: tribute to job training programs, H3697 [18JN]

Texas: impact of decision not to expand Medicaid coverage of uninsured citizens, H1559 [18MR], H2420 [6MY], E1661 [14NO]

——— tribute to 3d Congressional District service academy nominees, H3369 [13JN], E886 [17JN]

——— tribute to 21st Congressional District service academy nominees, E786 [4JN], E828 [6JN]

——— tribute to southeast Texas children, schools, and organizations for participation in and sponsorship of Christmas card project for overseas troops, E1887 [16DE]

——— tribute to 3d Congressional District Congressional Youth Advisory Council participants, E815 [6JN]

——— tribute to 22d Congressional District Congressional Youth Advisory Council participants, E710, E712, E713, E714, E716 [21MY], E749, E753, E755, E758, E761 [23MY], E763, E764, E765 [24MY], E779, E783, E786, E788, E790, E791 [4JN]

Tharp, John B.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1322 [17SE]

Thomas, Anne: American Red Cross Serving Greater Iowa Hero of the Heartland Award recipient, E555 [25AP]

Thomas, Martine: National Youth Orchestra of the USA participant, E1062 [16JY]

Thomas, Skyler E.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E533 [24AP]

Thompson, Ann: Santa Rosa County, FL, Teacher of the Year award recipient, E237 [4MR]

Tilton-Lagermann, Tyler: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E683 [16MY]

Time Warner Cable, Inc.: tribute to Connect a Million Minds initiative for introducing students to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and encouraging volunteer opportunities for employees, E145 [14FE], E207 [27FE], E216 [28FE]

Toledo, OH: anniversary of Scott High School, E1336 [18SE]

——— tribute to Macomber-Whitney High School, E1337 [18SE]

Toys for Tots Foundation: tribute to Centre County, PA, Toys for Tots campaign, H7192 [19NO]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, H679 [27FE], H6910 [30OC]

Trover, Jennica: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E413 [10AP]

Truckers Against Trafficking (organization): Motor Transport Association of Connecticut Good Buddy Award recipient, E1877 [16DE]

——— tribute, H569 [15FE]

True, Victoria: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E837 [11JN]

Trujillo, Alina: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E272 [12MR]

Tucker, Cheyayn: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E319 [18MR]

Tucson, AZ: tribute to Sunnyside Little League girls’ softball team, E1274 [10SE]

Tuell, Kathy: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, E1761 [2DE]

Tulipana, John: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E308 [15MR]

Turner, George: Wake County, NC, Boys & Girls Clubs of America Hall of Fame inductee, H7193 [19NO]

United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida: tribute to new campus, E683 [16MY]

United Health Foundation: tribute to Diverse Scholar Initiative, E1072 [17JY]

Upham-Tubbs, Jakob K.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E491 [18AP]

Upper Darby, PA: tribute to Upper Darby High School cheerleading team, E1762 [2DE]

——— tribute to Upper Darby High School Lunar Research team, E1626 [12NO]

——— Upper Darby High School recipient of Varsity Brands, Inc., National School Spirit Day, E1774 [3DE]

Urenda, Joseph: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E473 [16AP]

Urias, Noe: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E666 [15MY]

Uxbridge, MA: Taft Early Learning School recipient of Dept. of Agriculture Healthier School Challenge Bronze Award, H5272 [1AU]

Vail, AZ: tribute to Vail School District, E1210 [2AU]

Van Black, Austin: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E424 [11AP]

VanBebber, Nicholas J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1373 [25SE]

Velo, Miroslaba (Lili): California Council for Social Studies Outstanding Senior High School Teacher of the Year award recipient, H2074 [17AP]

Vick, Kamelia: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E474 [16AP]

Vick, Klarissa: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E475 [16AP]

Village Project, Inc.: anniversary, E669 [15MY]

Virginia: tribute to Northern Virginia high school seniors enlisting in the Air Force, E796 [4JN]

——— tribute to Northern Virginia high school seniors enlisting in the Army, E796 [4JN]

——— tribute to Northern Virginia high school seniors enlisting in the Marine Corps, E797 [4JN]

——— tribute to Northern Virginia high school seniors enlisting in the Navy, E796 [4JN]

Walnut Grove, MO: tribute to Walnut Grove High School girls’ basketball team, E595 [6MY]

Waukegan, IL: tribute to Youth Conservation Corps charity golf outing, E855 [14JN]

WDSO–Radio (Chesterton, IN): tribute, E559 [26AP]

Wemhoff, Jonathan P.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E532 [24AP]

West Bloomfield Township MI: tribute to Ealy Elementary School, E953 [20JN]

Westhues, Alex: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E806 [5JN]

Weymouth, MA: anniversary of Sacred Heart School, E444 [12AP]

WGVE–Radio (Gary, IN): tribute, E559 [26AP]

Wheat Ridge, CO: Teller Street Gallery and Studios (business) recipient of Wheat Ridge Cultural Commission Award, E1437 [4OC]

Wheatland, CA: Wheatland Union High School recipient of California Distinguished School award, E719 [22MY]

Wheeler, Tyler K.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E153 [14FE]

White House: call to host a conference on food and nutrition in effort to address U.S. hunger crisis, H507 [14FE], H1362 [13MR], H1995 [15AP], H2302 [25AP], H4316 [10JY], H5181 [31JY]

White Oak, TX: tribute to White Oak High School boys’ basketball team, E382 [9AP]

Whitesburg, KY: tribute to Letcher County Central High School marching band, E37 [18JA]

Whitmore, Joel: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1360 [20SE]

Wightman, Johnny: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E476 [16AP]

Wilburn, Bryan: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E100 [5FE]

Wilder, Rose: South Carolina Association of School Administrators Superintendent of the Year award recipient, E655 [14MY]

Wilmington, DE: anniversary of Howard High School boys’ basketball team State championship season, H7405 [3DE]

Wilson, Breanna: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E320 [18MR]

Wilson, Jacob C.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E313 [15MR]

Womack, Phillip and Kaylee: tribute to birth of child, H4161 [28JN]

Women: impact of budget sequestration on programs assisting women including maternal and child health programs, H806–H811 [28FE]

——— provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (H.R. 1941), E632 [9MY]

Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program, Inc.: anniversary, H607 [25FE]

Women’s Fund of Miami-Dade (nonprofit organization): anniversary, H2230 [23AP]

Woods, Marcus D.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E1558 [23OC]

Woods Services (organization): anniversary, E1648 [13NO]

Worcester, MA: tribute to Worcester Technical High robotics and automation technology team, E566 [26AP]

World Polio Day: observance, E1548 [23OC]

Wrigley, Parker: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E804 [5JN]

Yardley, PA: anniversary of Grey Nun Academy, E417 [10AP]

Yerington, NV: tribute to Yerington High School football team, H7377 [2DE]

Yoder, Bailee: Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award recipient, E333 [19MR]

Zanios family: tribute to provision of housing to Peruvian youth, Flavio L. Guiterrez, during U.S. visit for heart procedure, E1218 [2AU]

Zeeland, MI: tribute to Zeeland West High School football team, H7459 [4DE]

Zhang, Jingwen: U.S. Institute of Peace National Peace Essay Contest winner for Ohio, E955 [24JN]

Zirkle, Dayton R.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E431 [11AP]

Zuber, Mikala J.J.J.: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E682 [16MY]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (S. Res. 133), S3239–S3241 [8MY], S3553–S3555 [16MY], S3807 [23MY]

——— investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices (S. Res. 133), unanimous-consent request, S3239 [8MY], S3553 [16MY], S3806 [23MY]

——— prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex, S2089 [21MR]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (S. 583), S1872 [14MR], S1873 [18MR]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), S4629, S4630, S4654 [19JN]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (S. 886), S3240 [8MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (S. 1670), S7898–S7900 [7NO]

Afterschool Alliance (organization): support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event (S. Res. 274), S7559 [16OC]

Alaska: tribute to Purple UP! Day, S2454 [8AP]

——— tribute to youth hockey, S327 [28JA]

Allred, Samuel: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, S812 [25FE]

Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance: tribute to Arkansas No Kid Hungry Campaign, S7006 [27SE]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S9036 [19DE]

Arnold, Kate: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipient, S8358 [20NO]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project, S2658 [16AP]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (S. 475), S1230 [6MR]

Bethlehem, NH: anniversary of Copper Cannon Camp, S6440 [12SE]

BIA: tribal school construction funding, S1944, S1945 [19MR]

Boston, MA: Boston Children’s Museum recipient of Institute of Museum and Library Services National Medal for Museum and Library Service, S3252 [8MY]

Boy Scouts: tribute to National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia and Reaching the Summit Community Service Initiative, S5666 [11JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S6564–S6567 [18SE]

——— require that Federal children’s programs be separately displayed and analyzed, S2246 [22MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (H. Con. Res. 19), S2232 [21MR]

Carrollton, KY: anniversary of 1988 bus crash, S3424 [14MY]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools, S328 [28JA]

——— recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (S. Res. 22), S408 [30JA]

CHARACTERplus (organization): tribute, S7998 [13NO]

Charleston, SC: tribute to Cannon Street Allstars Little League baseball team, S2143 [21MR]

CHILD, Inc.: anniversary, S6883 [24SE]

Chula Vista, CA: tribute to Eastlake Little League All-Stars baseball team, S7827 [5NO]

Climate: impact of global warming on health, S1885–S1887 [18MR]

Commission on Native Children: establish (S. 1622), S7678–S7680 [30OC]

Congressional Award Act: reauthorize (S. 1348), S6968 [26SE]

Connecticut: enactment of successful juvenile justice reforms, S9098 [20DE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary of AmeriCorps, S6679, S6680 [23SE], S6883 [24SE]

——— anniversary (S. Res. 282), S7778 [31OC]

Crime: combat trafficking in persons, S5818 [23JY]

——— enhance penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors (S. 1686), S7961 [12NO]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions, S2281 [22MR]

——— prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 369), S786 [14FE]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 1738), S8308 [20NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow all fresh fruits and vegetables, including white potatoes, as supplemental foods under WIC program, S3980 [6JN]

——— evaluate and consolidate duplicative nutrition programs, S3934 [4JN]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), S7222, S7224, S7243 [5OC], S7272 [7OC], S7312 [9OC]

——— require a certain percentage of Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funds be used for affordable food for children and at-risk families, food safety, crop protection, and specialty crop production, S3935 [4JN]

Dept. of Defense: develop a strategy to promote the security of Afghan women and girls during the security transition process and provide for recruitment of women in the Afghan National Security Forces, S8344–S8346 [20NO]

Dept. of Education: allow redistribution of education funds to allow such funds to follow low-income students to the school of their choice, S2121 [21MR], S2280 [22MR]

——— award grants to establish pediatric early literacy programs for health care providers and facilities (S. 1126), S4060 [10JN]

——— ensure children are ready for college or a career by providing more State and local control over student, school, and teacher evaluations and achievements (S. 1101), S3988 [6JN]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (S. 1083), S3859 [23MY]

——— establish a new counseling program (S. 282), S7995 [13NO]

——— establish Office of Rural Education Policy (S. 1096), S3958 [4JN], S3981 [6JN]

——— Impact Aid Program funding, S2123 [21MR]

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (S. 370), S786 [14FE]

——— improve programs operated by local educational agencies with high numbers of children from low-income families (S. 1110), S4401 [12JN]

——— improve quality and accountability for educator preparation programs (S. 1062), S3857 [23MY]

——— improve teacher and principal quality (S. 1063), S3857 [23MY]

——— invest in innovation for education (S. 283), S7995 [13NO]

——— modify the High School Graduation Initiative (School Dropout Prevention Program) (S. 1109), S4401 [12JN]

——— promote environmental education (S. 1306), S5712 [16JY]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (S. 1127), S4060 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: allow use of Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds to improve child safety and reduce incidence of preventable infant deaths in child care settings (S. 1494), S6379 [11SE]

——— award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (H.R. 2094), S7778 [31OC]

——— award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (S. 1503), S6448 [12SE]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network, S9047 [19DE], S9095 [20DE]

——— impact of Government shutdown on Head Start Program, S7249 [7OC]

——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (H.R. 2607), S8940 [18DE]

——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (S. 1251), S5502 [27JN]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), S7278 [8OC], S7354 [9OC], S7357 [10OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), unanimous-consent request, S7332, S7333 [9OC]

——— modify Organ Procurement and Transportation Network policy to allow consideration of pediatric transplant candidates for organ transplants from adolescent and adult donors without consideration of age, S3978 [6JN], S4445 [13JN]

——— provide States with incentives to require elementary and secondary schools to maintain, and permit school personnel to administer, epinephrine, S3525 [15MY]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S3908 [3JN]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (S. 1557), S7963 [12NO]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (S. 252), S6900 [24SE], S8069 [14NO], S9047 [19DE], S9095 [20DE]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (S. 195), S2676 [16AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: deny foreign nationals entry into, or deport them from, the U.S. if they are members of violent street gangs, S4759 [20JN], S5115 [25JN]

——— exclude crimes against children involving moral turpitude from discretionary authority relative to removal, deportation, or inadmissibility of an individual, S4655 [19JN], S4756 [20JN]

——— permit U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recognition of a State court order amending an internationally adopted child’s birth date or name (S. 1614), S9069 [19DE]

——— prohibit housing of unaccompanied alien children in adult detention facilities, S4988 [24JN]

Dept. of Justice: establish the Alaska Safe Families and Villages Demonstration Project, S487 [7FE]

——— increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers (S. 1799), S8634 [11DE]

——— provide grants to enhance law enforcement, support victims, and increase penalties relative to sex trafficking, S465 [4FE], S507 [7FE]

——— strengthen Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program, S2669 [16AP]

——— strengthen the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (S. 146), S9044 [19DE]

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 (S. 131), S286 [24JA]

——— improve benefits and assistance to surviving spouses of veterans (S. 735), S2686 [16AP]

——— improve benefits for homeless veterans who are women or who have dependents, S2265 [22MR]

Dia de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans: designate (S. Res. 125), S3060 [25AP]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, S2886 [23AP], S3102–S3104, S3149 [7MY], S3500 [15MY], S6631 [19SE], S8350 [20NO]

——— importance of job creation, S3499 [15MY], S8625 [11DE]

Education: funding, S2243, S2244 [22MR]

——— improve early education, S2247 [22MR]

——— improve early education (S. 519), S1595 [11MR]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (S. 1697), S7983 [13NO]

——— promote advanced placement and International Baccalaureate programs (S. 1082), S5220 [26JN]

——— reauthorize 21st century community learning centers (S. 326), S774 [14FE], S1008 [28FE]

El Salvador: condemn attack on human rights organization, S8182 [19NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize and amend (S. 1094), S3957 [4JN]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 631), S2029 [20MR]

——— establish a youth summer employment program, S4466 [13JN]

Fairbanks, AK: anniversary of Wellspring Revival Ministries Joel’s Place, S2957 [24AP]

Families and domestic relations: improve outcomes for youth at risk for sex trafficking (S. 1518), S6598 [18SE]

——— increase effectiveness of State child support enforcement programs (S. 1763), S8462 [21NO]

——— provide for automatic citizenship for internationally adopted children and modify preadoption visitation requirements, S4367 [12JN], S4442 [13JN], S4558 [18JN]

——— remove barriers to the adoption of children in foster care through reauthorization and improvement of the adoption incentives program (S. 1511), S6523 [17SE]

——— strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (S. 1291), S5671 [11JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent with a serious health condition (S. 846), S3039 [25AP]

——— anniversary, S463–S465 [4FE], S517 [7FE]

Fayetteville, NC: anniversary of Terry Sanford High School, S435 [31JA]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2232 [21MR], S2236 [22MR], S2440 [8AP], S2629–S2631, S2633–S2644 [15AP], S2657, S2660–S2674, S2676–S2679 [16AP], S2697–S2744 [17AP], S2775–S2782, S2784 [18AP], S3503 [15MY], S4207 [11JN], S4461 [13JN]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), motion to proceed, S2476, S2484, S2490, S2492–S2494 [9AP], S2512, S2516–S2520, S2522–S2533, S2535–S2542, S2547, S2551 [10AP], S2571–S2584 [11AP]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), unanimous-consent agreement, S2679 [16AP]

——— tribute to victims of gun violence, S2524–S2533, S2535 [10AP], S2573, S2575, S2581, S2582 [11AP], S2666–S2670 [16AP], S5517 [8JY], S5898 [24JY], S5996 [29JY], S6281 [9SE], S7918 [7NO], S7987 [13NO], S8641–S8643 [11DE], S8902 [17DE]

Food Allergy Awareness Week: observance, S3525 [15MY]

Friends of the Children (organization): anniversary, S2559 [10AP]

Gamroth, Brian S.: Boys and Girls Club of Central Wyoming Distinguished Service Award recipient, S6063 [30JY]

Haynes, Anna Jo Garcia: Denver, CO, Girls Athletic Leadership School Champion of Education Award recipient, S2648 [15AP]

Health: condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices (S. Res. 134), S3239–S3241 [8MY], S3553–S3555 [16MY]

——— condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices (S. Res. 134), unanimous-consent request, S3239 [8MY], S3553 [16MY], S3806, S3807 [23MY]

——— expand and improve the provision and insurance coverage of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, S1247–S1249 [7MR]

——— expand and improve the provision and insurance coverageof pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, S2291 [22MR]

——— promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (S. 1546), S6882 [24SE]

Highland, UT: tribute to Lone Peak High School basketball team, S1263 [7MR]

Holt International Children’s Services (organization): tribute, S7998 [13NO]

Immigration: cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, S308–S311 [28JA], S753 [14FE], S1843 [14MR], S2789 [18AP], S4008, S4013 [7JN], S4027, S4034, S4036 [10JN], S4199 [11JN], S4435 [13JN], S4498, S4503–S4510 [17JN], S4557 [18JN], S5106–S5108, S5111, S5112, S5116 [25JN], S5236 [26JN], S5348 [27JN], S5951 [25JY], S9011–S9013 [19DE]

——— clarify classes of individuals born in the U.S. who are nationals and citizens of the U.S. at birth (S. 301), S672 [13FE]

——— ensure that young children are not excluded from provision to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students due to age, S5116 [25JN]

——— Executive order to cancel removal and adjust status of certain long-term resident alien students, S5204 [26JN]

——— impact of guest worker program expansion on youth employment, S4557 [18JN]

——— influence of Colorado Compact principles of immigration on formulating a national immigration policy, S5340 [27JN]

——— prohibit granting of registered provisional immigrant status to any individual who has been convicted of a criminal offense under the Violence Against Women Act, S4561 [18JN], S5226 [26JN]

——— prohibit granting of registered provisional immigrant status to any individual who has been convicted of certain crimes, S4655 [19JN], S4756 [20JN], S5110 [25JN]

——— reform, S300, S307–S311 [28JA], S336–S339, S342–S344, S348 [29JA], S458–S460 [4FE], S670–S672 [13FE], S753 [14FE], S798 [25FE], S2585 [11AP], S2940 [24AP], S5950–S5952 [25JY], S5991–S5993 [29JY], S6100–S6102 [31JY], S8907 [17DE]

——— reform (S. 744), S2696 [16AP], S2744 [17AP], S2776, S2786–S2791 [18AP], S2913 [24AP], S3009–S3012, S3018–S3020 [25AP], S3314–S3317 [9MY], S3357–S3359 [13MY], S3537 [16MY], S3609 [20MY], S3701, S3728, S3748 [22MY], S3829 [23MY], S3916, S3927, S3929–S3931 [4JN], S4064–S4067 [10JN], S4093–S4206 [11JN], S4351, S4355, S4359–S4370, S4375–S4392, S4394–S4400, S4432–S4434 [12JN], S4435–S4438, S4440–S4443, S4450–S4457, S4462–S4467 [13JN], S4498–S4501, S4503–S4510, S4518–S4520 [17JN], S4535, S4546–S4568, S4570–S4574, S4620 [18JN], S4623, S4625, S4628, S4631–S4637, S4640–S4642, S4644–S4661, S4663–S4670 [19JN], S4727, S4730–S4786 [20JN], S4850–S4981 [21JN], S4987–S5013, S5098–S5101 [24JN], S5103, S5106–S5108, S5110–S5119, S5121–S5132, S5134, S5140–S5144 [25JN], S5203–S5222, S5225–S5229, S5233–S5236, S5238–S5258, S5306–S5313 [26JN], S5315–S5475, S5478–S5480, S5481, S5484 [27JN], S5513 [8JY], S5539 [9JY], S6186 [1AU], S6371 [11SE], S6548 [18SE], S6627 [19SE], S9011, S9043 [19DE]

——— reform (S. 744), motion to proceed, S3969 [6JN], S3997–S4014 [7JN], S4027–S4043 [10JN], S4069–S4071, S4073–S4093 [11JN]

——— reform (S. 744), order for printing, S5510 [27JN]

——— reform (S. 744), unanimous-consent agreement, S4438 [13JN], S4518 [17JN]

——— reform (S. 744), unanimous-consent request, S4384, S4385 [12JN], S4438 [13JN], S4739 [20JN], S5244, S5250 [26JN]

——— require training for National Guard and Coast Guard officers and agents in programs on border protection, immigration law enforcement, and how to address vulnerable populations, S4631 [19JN]

——— use of emergency designation spending in immigration reform legislation, S4450 [13JN]

Institute of Museum and Library Services: include in the Task Force on New Americans to direct integration policy and clarify role libraries play in facilitating immigrant services, S4552 [18JN]

Insurance: increase maximum age of children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, S2289 [22MR]

Jhpiego (organization): anniversary, S4789 [20JN]

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day: designate (S. Res. 257), S6901 [24SE]

Kelly, Ryan and Rhonda: Congressional Coalition on Adoption Angels in Adoption Award recipients, S6957 [26SE]

King, Representative Steve: characterization of remarks on Hispanic community, S5952 [25JY]

Limestone, ME: inclusion of Maine School of Science and Mathematics in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best High Schools’’ list, S3426, S3427 [14MY]

London, KY: tribute to North Laurel High School cheerleading team, S1122 [5MR]

——— tribute to South Laurel Middle School dance team, S1588 [11MR]

Louisville, KY: express sympathy and support to individuals injured in bus accident, S4352 [12JN]

Marshal, John: 2Not1 Fatherhood and Families, Inc., Community Dad award recipient, S7535 [16OC]

Matayka, Ed and Karen: tribute to birth of children, S3365 [13MY]

McGowan, Steve: Boy Scouts Silver Buffalo Award recipient, S3836 [23MY]

Medicaid: extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (S. 1672), S7929 [7NO]

Mental health: reauthorize and improve programs related to mental health and substance use disorders, S2730 [17AP], S2781 [18AP]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies, S2725 [17AP]

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (S. 116), S222 [23JA]

Messinger, Blaise: Connecticut Dept. of Education Teacher of the Year award recipient, S6190 [1AU]

Missing Children’s Assistance Act: reauthorize, S6325 [10SE]

——— reauthorize and amend (H.R. 3092), S6901 [24SE], S9042 [19DE]

National Academy of Sciences: study impact of violent video games and violent video programming on children (S. 134), S287 [24JA]

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 294), S8010 [13NO], S8358 [20NO]

National Adoption Month: observance, S7998 [13NO]

——— support goals and ideals (S. Res. 294), S8010 [13NO], S8358 [20NO]

National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day: designate (S. Res. 93), S2474 [8AP]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 272), S7559 [16OC]

National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 138), S3352 [9MY]

National Chess Week: designate (S. Res. 266), S7214 [4OC]

National Child Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 173), S4620 [18JN]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: observance, S7057 [30SE]

National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 85), S2778 [18AP]

National Foster Care Month: designate (S. Res. 147), S3585 [16MY]

National Holoprosencephaly Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 152), S3767 [22MY]

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 258), S6901 [24SE]

National Kids to Parks Day: designate (S. Res. 148), S3585 [16MY]

National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month: observance, S7611 [29OC], S7668 [30OC]

National Mentoring Month: designate (S. Res. 9), S333 [28JA]

National Month of the Military Child: observance (S. Res. 107), S2904 [23AP]

National 9-1-1 Education Month: designate (S. Res. 108), S2904 [23AP]

National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 116), S2991, S2992 [25AP]

National Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month: observance (S. Res. 162), S3963 [4JN]

National Runaway Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 308), S8410 [20NO]

National School Counseling Week: designate (S. Res. 27), S569 [7FE]

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: observance, S6616 [19SE]

——— support goals and ideals (S. Res. 262), S6968 [26SE]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (S. Res. 126), S3282 [8MY]

National Toy Week: designate (S. Res. 325), S9114 [20DE]

National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week: observance, S2325 [22MR]

Native Americans: impact of Government shutdown on North Dakota reservations, S7401 [11OC]

Newtown, CT: anniversary of shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, S6495 [17SE], S8799, S8803 [13DE]

——— condemn shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, S4460–S4462 [13JN]

——— tribute to Team 26 bicyclists who rode to the Capitol in support of gun control, S1699–S1701 [12MR], S2453 [8AP]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), S9115 [20DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of immigration policies, S309 [28JA]

Ohio: anniversary of All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir, S6440 [12SE]

——— tribute to high school seniors enlisting in the Armed Forces, S3086 [6MY]

Olympic Games: suggested additions to U.S. delegation to Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, S8968 [18DE]

O’Rea, Ebony: 2Not1 Fatherhood and Families, Inc., Female Supporter of Fatherhood award recipient, S7535 [16OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S7660 [30OC]

——— impact of Prevention and Public Health Fund, S6880 [24SE]

——— impact on tax burden, S8659 [11DE]

——— permit stand-alone dental plans to participate in health insurance exchanges if paired with qualified health plans, S1249 [7MR]

Presidential Scholars Foundation: tribute to Presidential Scholar honorees, S3951 [4JN]

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): anniversary, S5489 [27JN]

President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): anniversary, S836 [26FE]

Pride Foundation: tribute to scholars, S3613 [20MY]

Prison Rape Elimination Act: anniversary, S5961 [25JY]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers for children, baby food, and infant formula and regulate its use in other food containers (S. 1124), S4059 [10JN]

Project Stay Gold (organization): tribute, S5819 [23JY]

Public welfare programs: allow States waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, S5330–S5332 [27JN]

Read Across America Day: designate (S. Res. 61), S957 [27FE]

Rizzo, Shaylee: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Alaska, S812 [25FE]

Robinson, Konner: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Nevada, S587 [11FE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: ensure that recipients of assistance provide services to sexual and gender minority youth in a manner that is culturally competent (H.R. 2955), S8448 [21NO]

School Bus Safety Month: designate (S. Res. 278), S7685, S7686 [30OC]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (S. 403), S6627–S6629 [19SE]

Schrecengost, Anthony: Prudential Insurance Co., of America Spirit of Community Award recipient for Nevada, S587 [11FE]

Senate Rules: use of filibuster to impede strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System relative to firearm sale, gun trafficking, and school security, S2577, S2581, S2582 [11AP]

Social Security: better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent sex trafficking of children and serve the needs of children who are victims of sex trafficking (S. 1118), S4022 [7JN]

——— history, S6489 [17SE]

——— preserve States’ rights to extend Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage to legal immigrant children and pregnant women, S5333–S5335 [27JN], S6186 [1AU]

Sports: reduce sports-related concussions in youth (S. 1014), S3765 [22MY]

Springfield, MO: anniversary of Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield, S7534 [16OC]

SSA: impact of Government shutdown, S7122 [2OC], S7162 [3OC]

Starr Commonwealth (organization): anniversary, S7100 [1OC]

Stennis Center for Public Service Leadership: tribute to Stennis Congressional Intern Program, S5965 [25JY]

Stoddard family: tribute, S7057 [30SE]

Taft, CA: tribute to Taft Union High School staff, students, and first responders for response to gun violence at school, S466 [4FE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: observance, S3022 [25AP]

——— support goals and ideals (S. Res. 79), S1911 [18MR]

Taxation: clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (S. 91), S672 [13FE]

——— end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification, S2948 [24AP]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (S. 881), S3611 [20MY]

——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (S. 836), S3038 [25AP]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, S572, S573 [11FE], S608, S609, S611 [12FE], S808 [25FE]

Unemployment: youth and young adult unemployment rate, S7660 [30OC]

University of Michigan: tribute to C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital for use of high-resolution imaging and 3-D printing to treat a life-threatening condition, S4473 [13JN]

Utah: tribute to service academy nominees, S3427 [14MY]

VH1 Save the Music Foundation: recognition of efforts in West Virginia to preserve music education, S2024 [20MR]

Violence Against Women Act: clarify that child victims of sex trafficking are eligible to receive assistance under grants provided to enhance safety of youth and children, S611 [12FE]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, S7713 [31OC]

Warner, Mike: 2Not1 Fatherhood and Families, Inc., Father of the Year award recipient, S7535 [16OC]

Wellington, OH: tribute to Boy Scout Troop 414, S4209 [11JN]

Westport, CT: tribute to Westport Little League baseball team, S7827 [5NO]

Wilmington, DE: anniversary of 1973 Howard High School boys’ basketball team undefeated season, S6197 [1AU]

Winston-Salem, NC: Hanes Magnet Middle School recipient of Magnet Schools of America (organization) Dr. Ronald P. Simpson School of Merit Excellence Award, S3612 [20MY]

Women: budget priorities relative to impact on women, children, and families, S2080–S2082 [21MR]

——— health care for women, S4629–S4631 [19JN]

World Refugee Day: support goals and ideals and reaffirm commitment to protecting women and girls (S. Res. 184), S5098 [24JN]

Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio (organization): tribute, S2325 [22MR]

Reports

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Arkansas’ 2d Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4551 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Florida’s 12th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4553 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Georgia’s 11th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4569 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Indiana’s 9th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4559 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Michigan’s 10th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4567 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Minnesota’s 3d Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4559 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Ohio’s 16th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4554 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce•20(House) Democratic Staff, H4552 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4560 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4570 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4556 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Texas’ 8th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4548 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Texas’ 26th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4542 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Virginia’s 5th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4562 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4565 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Washington’s 5th Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4566 [17JY]

Benefits of the Health Care Reform Law in Wisconsin’s 1st Congressional District: Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce (House) Democratic Staff, H4548 [17JY]

Briefing Note—The Children Crisis in Syria: Save the Children (organization), S6311 [10SE]

Protecting Our Nation From Bad Federal Budget Choices: Coalition on Human Needs, E194 [26FE]

Shelters for Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims in the U.S., H5873 [26SE]

Youth Violence—What We Need To Know: NSF (excerpt), H636 [26FE]

Reports filed

Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 744), S3905 [3JN]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 744) (S. Rept. 113–40), S4021 [7JN]

Child Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3627) (H. Rept. 113–286), H7607 [9DE]

Congressional Award Act Reauthorization: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1348) (S. Rept. 113–109), S6683 [23SE]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, Various Federal Agencies and Programs Continuing Appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 371) (H. Rept. 113–242), H6223 [3OC]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 303) (H. Rept. 113–158), H4597 [17JY]

Consideration of H.R. 890, Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 107) (H. Rept. 113–15), H1355 [12MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 266) (H. Rept. 113–114), H3686 [17JN]

Dept. of HHS Graduate Medical Education Programs in Children’s Hospitals Support Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1557), S7673 [30OC]

Dept. of HHS Support for Graduate Medical Education Programs in Children’s Hospitals Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 297) (H. Rept. 113–3), H340 [4FE]

National Pediatric Research Network Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 225) (H. Rept. 113–4), H340 [4FE]

Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1417), S9051 [19DE]

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1797) (H. Rept. 113–109), H3652 [14JN]

Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 890) (H. Rept. 113–13), H1330 [11MR]

Reduce Preterm Labor, Delivery, and Risk of Pregnancy-Related Deaths and Complications Due to Pregnancy, and Reduce Infant Mortality Caused by Prematurity: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 252), S771 [14FE]

School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2094) (H. Rept. 113–182), H5172 [30JY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 2094), S7673 [30OC]

School Safety Enhancements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 146), S1709 [12MR]

Strengthening America’s Schools Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1094) (S. Rept. 113–113), S7414 [11OC]

Student Success Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 113–150), H4482 [11JY]

Supporting At-Risk Children Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1870), S9051 [19DE]

Use of Capitol Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 19) (H. Rept. 113–19), H1567 [18MR]

Violent Content Research Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 134) (S. Rept. 113–126), S8912 [17DE]

Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 131) (S. Rept. 113–106), S6517 [17SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3708 [18JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), H6271 [4OC]

Dept. of HHS: making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6369 [8OC]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S4755 [20JN], S5330 [27JN]

Statements

Condemn Iran’s Development of Nuclear Weapons: Several Yeshiva University High School Students, E716 [21MY]

Condemn Shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School: Dan Malloy, Governor of Connecticut, E176 [25FE]

Gay Rights: Harvey Milk, H2806 [21MY]

Immigration Reform: Coalition of Evangelicals, H5489 [11SE]

——— Several Citizens and Immigrants, E1730, E1734, E1744, E1747–E1749, E1750, E1751–E1753 [21NO]

International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act: CBO, H3703 [18JN]

Living Beyond the Bandaide of Abortion: Joyce Zounis, H210, H215 [22JA]

Protect Access to Safe and Legal Abortion—Reject the Nationwide 20-Week Abortion Ban: Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., H3736 [18JN]

Summaries

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act (H.R. 2585), H7388 [2DE]

Tables

Top 10 States of WIC eligible women and children, H6268 [4OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 19, use of Capitol Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby, H1555 [18MR]

H. Res. 77, Academic Competition Resolution, H643 [26FE]

H. Res. 107, consideration of H.R. 890, Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act, H1365 [13MR]

H. Res. 266, consideration of H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act and H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H3708 [18JN]

H. Res. 303, consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H4610 [18JY]

H. Res. 371, consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, various Federal agencies and programs continuing appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, H6244 [4OC]

H.J. Res. 75, Dept. of Agriculture continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC, H6262 [4OC]

H.J. Res. 84, Head Start Program continuing appropriations, H6362 [8OC]

H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H4629–H4679 [18JY]

H.R. 225, National Pediatric Research Network Act, H322 [4FE]

H.R. 297, Dept. of HHS support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals reauthorization, H319 [4FE]

H.R. 890, Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act, H1373 [13MR]

H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H3730 [18JN]

H.R. 1896, International Child Support Recovery Improvement Act, H3700–H3702 [18JN]

H.R. 2019, Kids First Research Act, H7653 [11DE]

H.R. 2083, Protecting Students From Sexual and Violent Predators Act, H6647 [22OC]

H.R. 2094, School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, H5145 [30JY]

H.R. 3092, Missing Children’s Assistance Act reauthorization and amendment, H5569 [17SE]

H.R. 3205, Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act, H6651 [22OC]

H.R. 3212, International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act, H7642–H7646 [11DE]

H.R. 3627, Child Protection Act, H7570 [9DE]

S. 1, Immigration Reform That Works for America’s Future Act, S44 [22JA]

S. 2, Sandy Hook Elementary School Violence Reduction Act, S44 [22JA]

S. 3, Strengthen Our Schools and Students Act, S44 [22JA]

S. 134, Violent Content Research Act, S288 [24JA]

S. 252, Dept. of HHS reduction of preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity, S6900 [24SE]

S. 252, Dept. of HHS reduction of preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduction of infant mortality caused by prematurity, H6961–H6963 [12NO]

S. 475, Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act reauthorization and Best Buddies International, Inc., assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs, S1230–S1232 [6MR]

S. 631, Healthy Families Act, S2030–S2035 [20MR]

S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2158–S2162 [21MR]

S. 735, Survivor Benefits Improvement Act, S2686 [16AP]

S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S4093–S4195 [11JN], S5357–S5475 [27JN]

S. 846, Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act, S3040 [25AP]

S. 1083, All Students Achieving Through Reform (ALL-STAR) Act, S3859–S3863 [23MY]

S. 1086, Office of Rural Education Policy Act, S3959 [4JN]

S. 1348, Congressional Award Act reauthorization, S6968 [26SE], H6020 [30SE]

S. 1494, Child Care Infant Mortality Prevention Act, S6379 [11SE]

S. 1503, School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act, S6449 [12SE]

S. 1546, Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act, S6887 [24SE]

S. 1557, Dept. of HHS graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals support reauthorization, S7963 [12NO]

S. 1614, Accuracy for Adoptees Act, S9069 [19DE], H8130 [23DE]

S. 1686, Saving Kids From Dangerous Drugs Act, S7962 [12NO]

S. 1738, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, S8193–S8197 [19NO]

S. Con. Res. 13, tribute to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, S2751 [17AP]

S. Con. Res. 29, express that children trafficked in the U.S. be treated as victims of crime, and not as perpetrators, S8467 [21NO]

S. Res. 9, National Mentoring Month, S225 [23JA]

S. Res. 22, recognize goals of Catholic Schools Week and honor contributions of Catholic schools, S406 [30JA]

S. Res. 27, National School Counseling Week, S527 [7FE]

S. Res. 61, Read Across America Day, S947 [27FE]

S. Res. 68, tribute to Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, S1237 [6MR]

S. Res. 79, support goals and ideals of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, S1909 [18MR]

S. Res. 80, National Middle Level Education Month, S1955 [19MR]

S. Res. 85, National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month, S2036 [20MR]

S. Res. 87, National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day, S2163 [21MR]

S. Res. 93, National Association of Junior Auxiliaries Day, S2457 [8AP]

S. Res. 102, St. Louis, MO, designation as the National Chess Capital, S2805 [18AP]

S. Res. 104, support goals and ideals of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day, S2846 [22AP]

S. Res. 107, National Month of the Military Child observance, S2902 [23AP]

S. Res. 108, National 9-1-1 Education Month, S2903 [23AP]

S. Res. 116, National Pediatric Brain Cancer Awareness Day, S3046 [25AP]

S. Res. 125, Dia de los Niños—Celebrating Young Americans, S3049 [25AP]

S. Res. 126, National Teacher Appreciation Week, S3050 [25AP]

S. Res. 133, investigate and correct abusive, unsanitary, and illegal abortion practices, S3263 [8MY]

S. Res. 134, condemn, prevent, and prosecute abusive, unsanitary, and illegal health care practices, S3263 [8MY]

S. Res. 138, support goals and ideals of National Charter Schools Week, S3344 [9MY]

S. Res. 139, Family and Medical Leave Act anniversary, S3374 [13MY]

S. Res. 147, National Foster Care Month, S3583 [16MY]

S. Res. 148, National Kids to Parks Day, S3584 [16MY]

S. Res. 150, International Year of Statistics, S3662 [21MY]

S. Res. 152, National Holoprosencephaly Awareness Day, S3767 [22MY]

S. Res. 162, National Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month, S3961 [4JN]

S. Res. 173, National Child Awareness Month, S4590 [18JN]

S. Res. 184, support goals and ideals of World Refugee Day and reaffirm commitment to protecting women and girls, S5027 [24JN]

S. Res. 190, express that foreign assistance for child welfare should adhere to the goals of the U.S. Government Action Plan on Children in Adversity, S5506 [27JN]

S. Res. 242, support goals and ideals of Growth Awareness Week, S6661 [19SE]

S. Res. 257, Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day, S6893 [24SE]

S. Res. 258, support goals and ideals of National Infant Mortality Awareness Month, S6893 [24SE]

S. Res. 262, support goals and ideals of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, S6962 [26SE]

S. Res. 266, National Chess Week, S7211 [4OC]

S. Res. 272, National Character Counts Week, S7538 [16OC]

S. Res. 274, support goals and ideals of Lights on Afterschool! event, S7539 [16OC]

S. Res. 278, School Bus Safety Month, S7683 [30OC]

S. Res. 279, support goals and ideals of Red Ribbon Week, S7732 [31OC]

S. Res. 282, Corp. for National and Community Service anniversary, S7733 [31OC]

S. Res. 294, support goals and ideals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month, S8007 [13NO]

S. Res. 308, support goals and ideals of National Runaway Prevention Month, S8369 [20NO]

S. Res. 325, National Toy Week, S9108 [20DE]

Tributes

Mikulski, Senator, S2080, S2081 [21MR]

Murray, Senator, S2080, S2081, S2082 [21MR]