DeLAURO, ROSA L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3557 [13JN], H3623 [14JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4949 [23JY]

Appointments

Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair, H4 [3JA]

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]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H3216 [5JN]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H4214 [8JY]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H5554 [16SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H1359 [12MR]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H5051 [24JY]

——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1333), H1822 [21MR]

——— lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 1389), H1824 [21MR]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2989), H5396 [2AU]

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

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1630), H2157 [18AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H6676 [22OC]

Budget: prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on the budget resolution (see H. Res. 424), H7628 [10DE]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (see H.R. 699), H545 [14FE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 684), H2570 [9MY]

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

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

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 785), H595 [15FE]

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

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

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

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H5513 [11SE]

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), H1398 [13MR]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H2351 [25AP]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H5342 [1AU]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 812), H627 [25FE]

Coltsville National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 1259), H1630 [19MR]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2840 [21MY]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H701 [27FE]

Committee on Sexual Assault and Abuse in the Armed Forces (House, Special): establish (see H. Res. 213), H3097 [4JN]

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), H4215 [8JY]

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

Corporations: constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see H.J. Res. 34), H1357 [12MR]

Credit: address certain issues relative to the extension of consumer credit (see H.R. 990), H1318 [6MR]

——— exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 1767), H7357 [21NO]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H6052 [30SE]

——— 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), H2959 [23MY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: extend period during which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are temporarily increased (see H.R. 3108), H6677 [22OC] (see H.R. 3353), H6827 [28OC]

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

——— include farmed shellfish as specialty crops (see H.R. 1590), H2122 [17AP]

——— oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H815 [28FE]

——— reform crop insurance program (see H.R. 1995), H2654 [15MY]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Dept. (see H.R. 2384), H3652 [14JN]

Dept. of Defense: enhance assistance for victims of sexual assault committed by members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2002), H4370 [10JY]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 1593), H2123 [17AP]

——— modify authorities relative to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by removing prosecution of serious crimes from the chain of command (see H.R. 2016), H4214 [8JY]

——— reform investigative procedures under the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prevent abusive treatment of alleged sexual assault victims in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3459), H8113 [12DE]

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

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

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1433), H1857 [9AP] (see H.R. 1595), H2123 [17AP]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (see H.R. 2574), H4485 [11JY]

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H2958 [23MY]

——— make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students (see H.R. 1845), H2575 [13MY]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H5834 [25SE]

——— establish single, front-of-package labeling system for all foods required to bear nutrition labeling and eliminate deceptive claims and update existing nutrition labels (see H.R. 3147), H5766 [19SE]

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

——— provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see H.R. 1019), H1320 [6MR]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H2438 [6MY]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 725), H983 [5MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H7109 [14NO]

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), H7395 [2DE]

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

Dept. of Labor: list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 2909), H6999 [12NO]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see H.R. 2428), H4215 [8JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize certain major medical facility leases (see H.R. 902), H814 [28FE]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H628 [25FE]

——— designate one U.S. city each year as an ‘‘American World War II City’’ (see H.R. 864), H2396 [26AP]

——— 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]

Depts. of Labor and Commerce: establish Make It in America Incentive Grant Program (see H.R. 375), H599 [15FE]

Diseases: expand research and awareness activities relative to scleroderma (see H.R. 1429), H6643 [16OC]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1801), H2438 [6MY]

Economy: 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]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 2852), H5173 [30JY]

——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 951), H981 [5MR]

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H3216 [5JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1858 [9AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 650), H500 [13FE]

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

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H7153 [15NO]

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), H660 [26FE]

——— provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3135), H6999 [12NO]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6052 [30SE]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 2182), H2954 [23MY]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H6958 [30OC]

——— improve the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 2199), H6412 [8OC]

——— temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 41), H56 [4JA]

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H1331 [11MR]

Firearms: enhance criminal penalties for straw purchasers of firearms (see H.R. 404), H280 [23JA]

——— ensure greater accountability by licensed firearms dealers (see H.R. 236), H178 [18JA]

——— 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), H2396 [26AP]

——— 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), H173 [15JA] (see H.R. 1605), H2161 [18AP]

——— impose excise tax on concealable firearms and require the Dept. of Justice to establish a firearms buyback grant program (see H.R. 793), H596 [15FE]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H1829 [21MR]

——— prevent illegal sale (see H.R. 427), H1829 [21MR]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H86 [14JA]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 437), H300 [29JA]

——— repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws (see H.R. 661), H500 [13FE]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 93), H599 [15FE]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2738), H4724 [18JY]

——— provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H5655 [18SE]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H2354 [25AP]

GSA: repeal requirement to sell Plum Island, NY, and allow for the transfer to another Federal agency or entity to protect environmental and recreational benefits (see H.R. 2691), H4599 [17JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H301 [29JA]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H6829 [28OC]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H2804 [20MY]

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]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 519), H504 [13FE]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6289 [4OC]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2067 [16AP]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2125 [17AP]

Kennedy, John F.: designate May 29, 2014, as a national day of remembrance honoring the late President (see H. Res. 427), H7354 [21NO]

LIHEAP: reauthorize (see H.R. 835), H659 [26FE]

Long Island Sound: amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to restoration and stewardship (see H.R. 2174), H2954 [23MY]

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

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H1633 [19MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H6594 [14OC]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H7358 [21NO]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 1346), H5476 [10SE]

Mining and mineral resources: improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see H.R. 1373), H1861 [9AP]

——— place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 526), H410 [6FE]

Mother’s Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 1905), H8112 [12DE]

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

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

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

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 301), H4523 [16JY]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H2161 [18AP]

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

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

NIH: enhance the clinical trial registry data bank reporting requirements and enforcement measures (see H.R. 2031), H2717 [16MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 1648), H2158 [18AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 261), H168 [15JA]

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 874), H1721 [20MR]

Pensions: protect Federal and military retirees by expanding Truth in Lending Act disclosure provisions when a Federal or military pension is used as consideration by predatory lenders (see H.R. 3310), H6767 [23OC]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1150), H1911 [10AP]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 148), H32 [3JA]

——— reassert congressional authority to restrict spending by corporations and labor organizations on campaigns for elections for Federal office (see H.R. 1338), H1822 [21MR]

——— reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 269), H169 [15JA]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns (see H.R. 268), H169 [15JA]

——— require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see H.R. 1734), H2349 [25AP]

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H8113 [12DE]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H432 [8FE]

——— provide for the computation of normal-cost percentage for postal employees as a separate and distinct class and the disposition of certain excess retirement contributions (see H.R. 961), H2839 [21MY]

——— 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), H1958 [11AP]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H8127 [19DE]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 2248), H3095 [4JN]

Public buildings: recognize need to improve physical access to many U.S. postal facilities and other Federal agencies for all people and in particular disabled citizens (see H. Con. Res. 67), H7354 [21NO]

Public lands: designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (see H.R. 1187), H3357 [12JN]

Public safety officers: extend public safety officers’ death benefits to fire police officers (see H.R. 1828), H2436 [6MY]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 814), H627 [25FE]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 949), H2125 [17AP]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H5175 [30JY]

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

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

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

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), H5348 [1AU]

Social Security: prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2300 [24AP]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H2656 [15MY]

——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (see H.R. 3118), H5922 [27SE]

——— treat permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 3050), H5398 [2AU]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1466), H2125 [17AP]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]

Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 1692), H3655 [14JN]

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), H2965 [24MY]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 851), H2354 [25AP]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H1398 [13MR]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3747), H8108 [12DE]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions (see H.R. 880), H813 [28FE]

——— 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 special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2807), H5049 [24JY]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H3655 [14JN]

——— prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 1556), H2025 [15AP]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 1851), H2959 [23MY]

——— provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 2737), H4724 [18JY]

——— provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods (see H.R. 901), H3253 [6JN]

——— provide tax relief for damages relative to Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 2137), H2952 [23MY]

——— reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for U.S. businesses (see H.R. 1555), H2025 [15AP]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 2990), H5396 [2AU]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 609), H454 [12FE]

——— repeal phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care credit (see H.R. 1978), H2959 [23MY]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1554), H2025 [15AP]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 3467), H7050 [13NO]

——— provide for congressional oversight of U.S. agreements with Afghanistan (see H.R. 125), H224 [22JA]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H1958 [11AP]

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]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 1998), H4370 [10JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H6958 [30OC]

——— 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]

——— promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 1229), H4485 [11JY]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H3015 [3JN]

——— provide that service in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps constituted active military service for veteran classification (see H.R. 1835), H2436 [6MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Budget: alleviate the sequester through offsets from restricting use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 3666), H7566 [5DE]

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

Credit: establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers (see H.R. 2512), H4078 [26JN]

Dept. of Education: clarify the calculation of cohort default rates for proprietary or for-profit institutions relative to forebearance or deferment of student loans (see H.R. 1928), H2568 [9MY]

Dept. of Justice: 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]

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), H1718 [20MR]

FDA: strengthen regulation of compounding drugs by pharmacies (see H.R. 3019), H5397 [2AU]

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]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1531), H1991 [12AP]

Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3097), H5546 [12SE]

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

Postal Service: reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 2459), H3988 [20JN]

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

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H8107 [12DE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for surrendering to authorities certain assault weapons (see H.R. 226), H84 [14JA]

——— allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see H.R. 1737), H2350 [25AP]

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

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see H.R. 3497), H7110 [14NO]

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

Women: require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (see H.R. 3404), H6952 [30OC]

Constitutional authority statements

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H282 [23JA]

Credit: establish clear regulatory standards for mortgage servicers (H.R. 2512), H4079 [26JN]

Dept. of Education: clarify the calculation of cohort default rates for proprietary or for-profit institutions relative to forebearance or deferment of student loans (H.R. 1928), H2569 [9MY]

Dept. of Justice: amend Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs to add gender-responsive services to the list of authorized grant purposes (H.R. 1833), H2437 [6MY]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (H.R. 1286), H1719 [20MR]

FDA: strengthen regulation of compounding drugs by pharmacies (H.R. 3019), H5401 [2AU]

Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (H.R. 1531), H1992 [12AP]

Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 3097), H5548 [12SE]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (H.R. 2553), H4144 [27JN]

Postal Service: reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (H.R. 2459), H3990 [20JN]

Product safety: ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products (H.R. 2934), H5346 [1AU]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (H.R. 3712), H8109 [12DE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for surrendering to authorities certain assault weapons (H.R. 226), H85 [14JA]

——— allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (H.R. 1737), H2352 [25AP]

——— deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (H.R. 2831), H5089 [25JY]

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (H.R. 3497), H7111 [14NO]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (H.R. 769), H597 [15FE]

Women: require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (H.R. 3404), H6955 [30OC]

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]

Gun control: Sophie Boucher, E327• [19MR]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3712 [18JN]

Agriculture: permanently suspend application of certain price support authority, H6519 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3747, H3749, H3750 [18JN], H3854, H3886, H3887, H3909, H3921, H3922 [19JN], H3959 [20JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), consideration (H. Res. 271), H3776, H3777 [19JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), agree to conference with the Senate (H. Res. 380), H6508 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), consideration (H. Res. 380), H6508 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4386 [11JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 361), H5943 [28SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), motion to instruct conferees, H6519 [11OC]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5780 [20SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration (H. Res. 352), H5687, H5688 [19SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H5991 [28SE], H6034 [30SE], H6142, H6144 [2OC], H6329 [7OC], H6363, H6364, H6365, H6366 [8OC]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), H1307 [6MR]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), Senate amendment, H1792 [21MR]

Branford, CT: anniversary of Branford Italian-American Club, E1466• [9OC]

——— anniversary of Myers Flower Shop (business), E1467• [9OC]

Budget: repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (H.R. 699), H686 [27FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1796• [21MR], H3035, H3036 [4JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: funding, H6144 [2OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H1841 [9AP], H1925, H1926 [11AP], H2454 [7MY]

Connecticut: anniversary of Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, E331• [19MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow States to implement a work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, H3959 [20JN]

——— allow States to implement drug testing program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, H3886 [19JN]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), H6265 [4OC]

——— reduce Thrifty Food Plan calculations in any year the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is not authorized, H3887 [19JN]

——— reform crop insurance program, H3909 [19JN]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs, H5943 [28SE], H6508 [11OC]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5624 [18SE], H5660 [19SE]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5673, H5676 [19SE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H3342, H3343 [12JN], H3747, H3749, H3750 [18JN], H3776, H3777, H3854 [19JN], H4386 [11JY], H6508 [11OC], H7267 [20NO]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3623 [14JN]

——— end contracts with Rosoboronexport (company) relative to role in arms sales to Syria, H3623 [14JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4949, H4950 [23JY]

——— prohibit funding to train the Afghan Special Mission Wing to operate or maintain Russian-made Mi–17 helicopters, H4949, H4950 [23JY]

Dept. of Education: allow redistribution of education funds to allow such funds to follow low-income students to the school of their choice, H4737 [19JY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), consideration (H. Res. 232), H2922 [23MY]

——— 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), H4737 [19JY]

Dept. of HHS: making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6363, H6364, H6365, H6366 [8OC]

——— require a scientific and economic analysis of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act before final regulations are enforced, H3921, H3922 [19JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), consideration (H. Res. 243), H3035, H3036 [4JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), consideration (H. Res. 243), H3035, H3036 [4JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H5119 [30JY]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H1307 [6MR], H5943 [28SE]

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 [8MY]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2512 [8MY]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (H. Res. 198), H2454 [7MY]

Equal Pay Act: anniversary, E800• [5JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H1841 [9AP], H1925 [11AP]

FDA: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 77), H6329 [7OC]

——— strengthen regulation of compounding drugs by pharmacies (H.R. 3019), E1223• [2AU]

——— strengthen regulation of human drug compounding and drug supply chain security (H.R. 3204), H5964 [28SE]

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: reauthorize nutrition programs for the same duration as farm programs, H6519 [11OC]

Firearms: 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 (H.R. 1565), E860• [14JN]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H3342, H3343, H3344 [12JN], H3747, H3749, H3750 [18JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6073 [1OC], H6141, H6144 [2OC], H6265 [4OC], H6329 [7OC], H6363, H6364, H6365, H6366 [8OC]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 352), H5687 [19SE]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 361), H5942, H5943 [28SE]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H142 [15JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), consideration (H. Res. 23), H101 [15JA]

Middletown, CT: anniversary of Xavier High School, E1470• [9OC]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H968 [5MR], H7500 [4DE]

National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 70), H6073 [1OC]

New Haven, CT: anniversary, E594• [6MY]

——— anniversary of Knights of Columbus Rodrigo Council 44, E867• [14JN]

New Haven Manufacturers Association: anniversary, E1468• [9OC]

NIH: funding, H7663 [11DE]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), H6140, H6141, H6142, H6144 [2OC]

——— 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), H7663 [11DE]

NLRB: prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), H1969 [12AP]

——— prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), consideration (H. Res. 146), H1925, H1926 [11AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), H7133 [15NO]

——— delay implementation, H5991 [28SE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, H6034 [30SE]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6034 [30SE], H6840 [29OC], H7257 [20NO], H7454 [4DE]

——— prohibit funding to implement, H5687 [19SE], H5780 [20SE], H5943 [28SE]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H3342, H3343, H3344 [12JN]

Product safety: ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products (H.R. 2934), E1195• [1AU]

Ships and vessels: extend exemption from fire-retardant materials construction requirement for vessels operating within the Boundary Line (H.R. 1961), H5812 [25SE]

Thanksgiving Day: observance, H7267 [20NO]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, H7500, H7502 [4DE]

Truckers Against Trafficking (organization): Motor Transport Association of Connecticut Good Buddy Award recipient, E1877• [16DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Stewart McKinney National Wildlife Refuge funding to rebuild seawalls and buildings on uninhabited islands, H101, H142 [15JA]

Votes: position on missed, H7334• [21NO], E104•, E113• [6FE], E174•, E179•, E180• [25FE], E336• [19MR], E359•, E369• [21MR], E713• [21MY], E1774•, E1780•, E1784• [3DE]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to swaps (H.R. 1256), H3325 [12JN]

Waterbury, CT: anniversary of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, E1062• [16JY]

West Haven, CT: anniversary of West Haven Fire Dept., E1465• [9OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H3342 [12JN]

Resolutions by organizations

Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act: Seymour, CT, Board of Selectmen, E1889• [16DE]

Tributes

Acquavita, Fred, E592• [6MY]

Brady, John J., E857• [14JN]

Clark, Katrina, E984• [27JN]

DeLauro, Luisa, E1873• [16DE]

DeMatteo, Ann, E990• [28JN]

Giles, Carleton J., E834• [11JN]

Harvill, Moses L., E1006• [28JN]

Magnarelli, Louis, E1469• [9OC]

Mayo, Reginald, E993• [28JN]