CHRISTENSEN, DONNA M. (a Delegate from the Virgin Islands)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: 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 H.R. 3471), H7051 [13NO]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H2605 [14MY]

——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 198), H4080 [26JN]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 1008), H2656 [15MY]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 49), H342 [4FE]

Budget: eliminate sequestration (see H.R. 900), H984 [5MR]

——— exempt Dept. of HUD public and Indian housing programs from sequestration (see H.R. 2695), H4522 [16JY]

——— repeal sequestration while achieving balance in deficit reduction between revenue and cuts and between non-defense and defense cuts and invest in job creation (see H.R. 505), H3288 [11JN]

C.W. Bill Young Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bay Pines, FL: designate (see H.R. 3302), H6674 [22OC]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 248), H3095 [4JN]

Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see H.R. 669), H7253 [19NO]

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

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 852), H700 [27FE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H550 [14FE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H279 [23JA]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H2438 [6MY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H6545 [11OC]

Commission on Americans Living Abroad: establish (see H.R. 597), H1430 [14MR]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: call for an end to the ongoing conflict and support international efforts toward long-term peace, stability, and observance of human rights (see H. Res. 131), H1825 [21MR]

Congress: refrain from conditioning the resolution of fiscal and budgetary disputes on the taking of action on non-germane legislative matters (see H. Res. 375), H6492 [10OC]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H4482 [11JY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1551), H3253 [6JN]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1844), H4080 [26JN]

Coral Reef Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 71), H30 [3JA]

Corps of Engineers: give priority to projects and studies for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction (see H.R. 3646), H7628 [10DE]

Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 895), H814 [28FE]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 506), H1720 [20MR]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 1767), H6902 [29OC]

Crime: include certain territories and possessions of the U.S. in the definition of State for purposes of trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (see H.R. 338), H983 [5MR]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 2523), H4078 [26JN]

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 10), H456 [12FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve energy programs (see H.R. 2290), H3250 [6JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program (see H.R. 764), H594 [15FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorize the transport to any country, without charge, supplies furnished by a nonprofit organization intended for distribution to Armed Forces members (see H.R. 1756), H3253 [6JN]

——— provide service records of veterans to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs in an efficient electronic format (see H.R. 1729), H3016 [3JN]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 1506), H1956 [11AP]

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 2839), H5088 [25JY]

Dept. of Education: authorize use of funds for inclusion in domestic violence education programs of information on legal rights available to teenage victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3297), H6770 [23OC]

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

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

——— increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 403), H372 [5FE]

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

——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (see H.R. 1330), H1822 [21MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families (see H.R. 2975), H5344 [1AU]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3591), H7353 [21NO]

——— award certain asthma-related grants to States that permit trained school personnel to administer epinephrine (see H.R. 2094), H4524 [16JY]

——— 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 H.R. 1732), H4524 [16JY]

——— develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 2023), H3929 [19JN]

——— establish a National Pediatric Research Network (see H.R. 225), H178 [18JA]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (see H.R. 698), H4523 [16JY]

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

——— provide grants to health agencies and community and faith-based organizations for HIV/AIDS education, outreach, research and testing activities in minority communities (see H.R. 2893), H5260 [31JY]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 1984), H2653 [15MY]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H7357 [21NO]

——— reauthorize poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (see H.R. 3527), H7253 [19NO]

——— reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs in children’s hospitals (see H.R. 297), H178 [18JA]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (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 H.R. 541), H411 [6FE]

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

——— revise operations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (see H.R. 2143), H2952 [23MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H2125 [17AP]

Dept. of Justice: improve services for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence in U.S. territories and the District of Columbia (see H.R. 840), H659 [26FE]

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

——— reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 2976), H5344 [1AU]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H4309 [9JY]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 445), H628 [25FE]

——— reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 666), H1360 [12MR]

——— require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail (see H.R. 2416), H3758 [18JN]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 1124), H1395 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to certain educational assistance (see H.R. 2169), H3289 [11JN]

——— exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans’ pensions (see H.R. 1438), H1857 [9AP]

——— furnish headstones and markers for certain deceased veterans buried in veterans’ cemeteries of Indian tribes (see H.R. 2039), H2717 [16MY]

——— pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated claims (see H.R. 1739), H2840 [21MY]

——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (see H.R. 595), H431 [8FE]

——— provide for advance appropriations for certain information technology accounts and include mental health professionals in training programs (see H.R. 3499), H7110 [14NO]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1725), H2349 [25AP]

Discrimination: eliminate discrimination in State criminal and civil laws for those living with HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1843), H4080 [26JN]

Diseases: extend authorities related to global HIV/AIDS and promote oversight of U.S. programs (see H.R. 3177), H7312 [20NO]

District of Columbia: authorize placement at the former Navy Dive School at the Washington Navy Yard of a memorial to honor Armed Forces members who have served as divers (see H.R. 165), H316 [1FE]

——— provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 362), H278 [23JA]

——— statehood (see H.R. 292), H170 [15JA]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H6998 [12NO]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see H.R. 1397), H1825 [21MR]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 2821), H5050 [24JY]

Electric power: provide for an independent assessment of the future resilience and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution system (see H.R. 2962), H5344 [1AU]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1286), H2354 [25AP]

FAA: modify appropriations (see H.R. 1432), H2300 [24AP]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2028), H2717 [16MY]

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

FDA: enhance reporting requirements pertaining to use of antimicrobial drugs in food animals (see H.R. 820), H2125 [17AP]

——— require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H2297 [24AP]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit policy that discourages or prohibits the selection of a resort or vacation destination as the location for a conference or event (see H.R. 1880), H5348 [1AU]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 2182), H4081 [26JN]

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H818 [28FE]

Financial literacy: provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees (see H.R. 1538), H2959 [23MY]

Firearms: condemn gun violence, encourage enactment of comprehensive gun reforms, and repeal or reject Stand Your Ground laws (see H. Res. 318), H5088 [25JY]

——— ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H2719 [16MY]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 137), H1549 [15MR]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 955), H1569 [18MR]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H1549 [15MR]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 437), H1549 [15MR]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 69), H29 [3JA]

Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 1012), H1550 [15MR]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H28 [3JA]

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

——— measure progress of recovery and development efforts following earthquake (see H.R. 1749), H2350 [25AP]

Health: expand eligibility and permit additional individuals to enroll in the preexisting condition insurance program to be funded by a temporary increase in the cigarette tax (see H.R. 1578), H2065 [16AP]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H501 [13FE]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see H.R. 1098), H7311 [20NO]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H6676 [22OC]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H7608 [9DE]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2247 [23AP]

——— provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see H.R. 363), H278 [23JA]

House Rules: allow Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to file, sign, and call up discharge petitions (see H. Res. 374), H6412 [8OC]

——— reinstate ‘‘Gephardt rule’’ setting debt ceiling automatically at level projected by concurrent budget resolution (see H. Res. 11), H87 [14JA]

——— require that any extension of debt ceiling only be considered in a stand-alone bill (see H. Res. 12), H87 [14JA]

Housing: allow States participating in the State Small Business Credit Initiative to provide program funds to small businesses for development of affordable housing (see H.R. 3003), H7357 [21NO]

Human rights: 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]

Immigration: reform (see H.R. 15), H6289 [4OC]

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 221), H2774 [17MY]

Internet: affirm U.S. policy to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model (see H.R. 1580), H2065 [16AP]

Iraq: condemn attack on Iranian dissidents at Camp Hurriya, call for resettlement of camp residents, allow outside assessment of the camp, and return residents to Camp Ashraf to improve protection (see H. Res. 89), H1360 [12MR]

Law enforcement: condemn Stand Your Ground laws, urge rejection and repeal of and find alternatives for such legislation, penalize racial profiling, and study ways to elevate the social status of Black males (see H. Res. 55), H371 [5FE]

——— mandate basic educational, regulatory, and management actions necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices (see H.R. 3560), H7358 [21NO]

——— prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2851), H5173 [30JY]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H7689 [11DE]

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1329), H1822 [21MR]

Mayes, Nicarsia: tribute (see H. Res. 444), H8109 [12DE]

Medicaid: remove exclusion from medical assistance of items and services for patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 2757), H5404 [2AU]

Medicare: allow certain hospitals in Puerto Rico to qualify for incentives for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology (see H.R. 1379), H1824 [21MR]

——— change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico under part B (see H.R. 670), H501 [13FE]

——— count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H7253 [19NO]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H3758 [18JN]

——— prevent budget sequestration from impacting payment for physician-administered drugs (see H.R. 1416), H2125 [17AP]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H596 [15FE]

——— reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (see H.R. 574), H412 [6FE]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians (see H.R. 2810), H5176 [30JY]

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 1588), H2125 [17AP]

Members of Congress: prohibit automatic salary adjustments for the remainder of the 113th Congress (see H.R. 636), H983 [5MR]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 212), H2574 [13MY]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend right of appeal to certain Postal Service employees (see H.R. 1431), H3288 [11JN]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR]

National Asian American and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 219), H2774 [17MY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 59), H413 [6FE]

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

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 309), H4826 [19JY]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 69), H547 [14FE]

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

National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 38), H177 [18JA]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 203), H2575 [13MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H4142 [27JN]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1632 [19MR]

National STD Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 192), H2393 [26AP]

National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 123), H2656 [15MY]

National Weather Service: establish, maintain, and operate a tsunami forecast and warning center for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 1110), H1394 [13MR]

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

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 282), H4143 [27JN]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 1962), H4040 [25JN]

Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 573), H412 [6FE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool (see H.R. 1358), H1823 [21MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H278 [23JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H316 [1FE]

——— recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H3096 [4JN]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, and train new land managers (see H.R. 1351), H1823 [21MR]

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]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see H. Res. 91), H816 [28FE]

SBA: establish loan guarantee program to assist small business concerns that manufacture clean energy technologies (see H.R. 1138), H1396 [13MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H3253 [6JN]

——— 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]

Slavery: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which officially abolished slavery (see H.R. 2633), H4980 [23JY]

Social Security: prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2159 [18AP]

Southeast Asia: promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea (see H.R. 772), H1360 [12MR]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1008), H2656 [15MY]

SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 364), H278 [23JA]

Taxation: apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see H.R. 1029), H1360 [12MR]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2350 [25AP]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H7111 [14NO]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H1837 [25MR]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 924), H5554 [16SE]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H3286 [11JN]

Territories: clarify application of Federal election laws to certain jurisdictions (see H.R. 1018), H1320 [6MR]

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

——— improve administration of programs in the insular areas (see H.R. 2200), H2955 [23MY]

Trademarks: cancel existing and prohibit future trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans (see H.R. 1278), H1717 [20MR]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see H.R. 664), H7052 [13NO]

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans (see H.R. 2056), H2802 [20MY]

——— issue veterans health care stamp (see H.R. 3396), H6951 [30OC]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 235), H224 [22JA]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H221 [22JA]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H277 [23JA]

——— promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (see H.R. 50), H416 [6FE]

——— provide employees with paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 2350), H3590 [13JN]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 1975), H2602 [14MY]

——— recognize the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2393 [26AP]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H3289 [11JN]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H3592 [13JN]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H432 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Castle Nugent National Historic Site: establish (see H.R. 87), H30 [3JA]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (see H.R. 83), H30 [3JA]

Fish and fishing: develop a strategy to address the lionfish invasion in the Atlantic Ocean and support research and capacity building to develop responses to such invasion (see H. Res. 67), H502 [13FE]

Health: extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories (see H.R. 81), H30 [3JA]

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

National Marine Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 68), H502 [13FE]

SSI: authorize extension to Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 91), H30 [3JA]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 89), H30 [3JA]

Taxation: assist in recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans’ assets (see H.R. 374), H279 [23JA]

Territories: constitutional amendment on Presidential election voting rights for residents of all U.S. territories and commonwealths (see H.J. Res. 7), H33 [3JA]

——— extend the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in U.S. insular areas (see H.R. 1085), H1356 [12MR]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: incorporate consideration of global warming and sea-level rise into comprehensive conservation plans for coastal national wildlife refuges (see H. Con. Res. 13), H502 [13FE]

Virgin Islands: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 38), H2911 [22MY]

——— establish a visa waiver program (see H.R. 1966), H2602 [14MY]

——— establish Office of Chief Financial Officer (see H.R. 85), H30 [3JA]

——— provide energy crisis relief (see H.R. 92), H30 [3JA]

Constitutional authority statements

Castle Nugent National Historic Site: establish (H.R. 87), H35 [3JA]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), H35 [3JA]

Health: extend the temporary high-risk insurance pool program to the territories (H.R. 81), H35 [3JA]

Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage for territories (H.R. 79), H35 [3JA]

SSI: authorize extension to Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (H.R. 91), H36 [3JA]

St. Croix National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 89), H35 [3JA]

Taxation: assist in recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans’ assets (H.R. 374), H282 [23JA]

Territories: constitutional amendment on Presidential election voting rights for residents of all U.S. territories and commonwealths (H.J. Res. 7), H38 [3JA]

——— extend the production certificate program that allows refunds of duties on certain articles produced in U.S. insular areas (H.R. 1085), H1358 [12MR]

Virgin Islands: establish a visa waiver program (H.R. 1966), H2603 [14MY]

——— establish Office of Chief Financial Officer (H.R. 85), H35 [3JA]

——— provide energy crisis relief (H.R. 92), H36 [3JA]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4388 [11JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6117 [2OC], H6183, H6211 [3OC], H6426 [9OC], H6465 [10OC]

Budget: impact of budget sequestration on health care, H1562 [18MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1562 [18MR], H1670 [20MR]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1562 [18MR], H1670 [20MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5718• [19SE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H4388 [11JY]

Dept. of Education: establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), H2937• [23MY]

Discrimination: societal impact, H4853 [22JY]

Diseases: extend authorities relative to global HIV/AIDS and promote oversight of U.S. programs (S. 1545), H7236 [19NO]

District of Columbia: anniversary of Image Band (musical group), E1742• [21NO]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H944 [4MR]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2508 [8MY]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6117 [2OC], H6183, H6211 [3OC], H6359 [8OC], H6426 [9OC]

Health: health care programs funding, H1670 [20MR]

House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H18• [3JA]

——— permit Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to Congress to cast votes in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, H18• [3JA]

Minorities: emergency mortality rate of minority individuals, H4853 [22JY]

——— improve health of minority individuals, H2417 [6MY]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, H375 [6FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7200 [19NO]

——— impact of implementation on the Virgin Islands, H6183 [3OC]

——— implementation, H5809 [25SE], H6465 [10OC], H7156 [18NO]

——— repeal, H1562 [18MR]

Public debt: ceiling, H6359 [8OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6050 [30SE]

Tributes

Gray, William H., III, E1026• [9JY]

Krigger, Kevin, H1874 [10AP], H2258 [24AP], E410• [10AP]

Lebron, Victor, H2258 [24AP]

Mandela, Nelson R., H8091 [12DE]

Mayes, Nicarsia, H8088 [12DE]

Millin, Leslie A., Sr., E1904• [19DE]

Nicholas, Gareem, H2258 [24AP]

Walker, Claudia Nesbitt, E1341• [19SE]