EMPLOYMENT see also Sexual Harassment; Unemployment

Addresses

Joint Meeting of Congress: Park Geun-hye, President of the Republic of Korea, H2487–H2490 [8MY]

Republican Party Domestic Policies: Ed Gillespie, Republican State Leadership Committee, S7412 [11OC]

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

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

Amendments

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 687), H5856, H5857, H5860 [26SE]

Business and industry: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2516 [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), H2458 [7MY]

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), S7799 [4NO], S7839, S7841, S7846, S7880, S7881, S7883, S7885 [6NO]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2875, H2876, H2877, H2878, H2879, H2880, H2881, H2882, H2883, H2884, H2885 [22MY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 228), H2860 [22MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), consideration (H. Res. 322), H5284 [1AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve and increase the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs (H.R. 1412), S6685, S6686, S6687 [23SE], H5888 [27SE]

Economy: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1444, H1469, H1472, H1473, H1474, H1475 [15MR]

Federal employees: making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (H.J. Res. 89), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6380 [8OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (H.R. 3223), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6251, H6253 [4OC]

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]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (H.R. 1526), H5733, H5748, H5749, H5750, H5752, H5754 [19SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), H7126 [15NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4543 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4543 [17JY]

States: recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), H7289, H7290, H7291, H7292, H7293 [20NO]

——— recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), consideration (H. Res. 419), H7209 [19NO]

Whistleblowing: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 42), S7799 [4NO]

Articles and editorials

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

Boehner—Upton Bill a Step on Path to Obamacare Repeal, H7121 [15NO]

California Braces for Impending Cuts From Federal Sequestration, S839 [26FE]

Colorado’s Delegation Must Support Immigration Reform, S4204 [11JN]

Congress Must Help Eliminate Hunger, H5718 [19SE]

Economy Leaves Wages Behind, H2456 [7MY]

Failure To Continue Jobless Benefits Would Undo Budget Deal’s Economic Boost, H7710 [12DE]

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

Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set To Fall 50%, H4537 [17JY]

Health Reform Without a Mandate—Lessons From Washington State, H4558 [17JY]

How the Sequester Threatens the U.S. Legal System, S2450 [8AP]

In the Depths of a Coal Mine (excerpt), S3544 [16MY]

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

Lawmakers’ Sequestration Double-Talk, H2252 [24AP]

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

Obama White House Paid Women Staffers Less Than Men in 2012, H2457 [7MY]

ObamaCare’s Troubles Are Only Beginning—Be Prepared for Eligibility, Payment and Information Protection Debacles—And Longer Waits for Care, S8980 [18DE]

On the Edge of Poverty, at the Center of a Debate on Food Stamps, H5682 [19SE]

Part-Timers To Lose Pay Amid Health Act’s New Math, S3304 [9MY]

Poll of Westerners on Drilling on Public Lands—65% Protection; 30% Drilling, H7209 [19NO]

Reagan Would Not Repeat Amnesty Mistake, H1953 [11AP]

Rebuilding American Textiles, One Sock at a Time—Darn Tough Measures Success, S2679 [16AP]

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

Second Wave of Health Plan Cancellations Looms, S8980 [18DE]

Sequestration Threatens American Justice, S1079 [4MR]

Shamed in Edina for Using Food Stamps, H5718 [19SE]

Tennessee Voices—Health Care Law Must Be Delayed, S6861 [24SE]

Texas Growth Machine, S665 [13FE]

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

Under ACA, Employer Mandate Could Mean Fewer Jobs, S1108 [5MR]

Wanted—Jobs for the New ‘Lost’ Generation (excerpt), S6730, S6731 [24SE]

When Debt Is a Sound Investment, H4241 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions

Alaska: establish Niblack and Bokan Mountain mining area road corridor (see S. 181), S400 [30JA] (see H.R. 587), H413 [6FE]

Appropriations: adjust discretionary spending limits for appropriations for emergency job creation (see H.R. 545), H411 [6FE]

——— require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress (see S. 1835), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 3592), H7353 [21NO]

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (see S. 339), S772 [14FE] (see H.R. 687), H544 [14FE]

Armed Forces: better connect current and former members with employment opportunities by consolidating duplicative Federal Government websites and conserve resources by merging redundant and competing programs (see S. 1637), S7728 [31OC] (see H.R. 3405), H6952 [30OC]

——— establish a tiered hiring preference for civil service jobs for members of the Reserve components (see S. 1320), S5799 [18JY]

——— express importance of easing the transition of members and their families from military to civilian life (see H. Res. 104), H1320 [6MR]

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

——— prohibit discrimination on the basis of military service (see S. 1281), S5667 [11JY] (see H.R. 2654), H4482 [11JY]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 100), H30 [3JA]

——— provide additional protections for debtors from discrimination by private employers (see H.R. 646), H500 [13FE]

Benefits: extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of employer-provided health insurance, family and medical leave, and pension plans (see H.R. 675), H501 [13FE]

Budget: encourage Federal employees to suggest ways to make sensible or efficient budget reductions within their employing agency and protect employees under whistleblower protection laws (see H. Res. 173), H2247 [23AP]

——— 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), H370 [5FE]

Business and industry: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see S. 1623), S7674 [30OC] (see H.R. 1406), H1856 [9AP]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (see H. Res. 198), H2436 [6MY]

——— amend certain securities laws relative to treatment of emerging growth companies (see H.R. 3623), H7364 [22NO]

——— develop and recruit new, high-value jobs to the U.S. and encourage the repatriation of jobs that have been off-shored to other countries (see S. 1615), S7673 [30OC]

——— ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see S. 1687), S7951 [12NO]

——— permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions (see S. 1248), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 2559), H4143 [27JN]

——— prohibit business enterprises that lay-off a greater percentage of their U.S. workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance (see H.R. 1899), H2533 [8MY]

——— promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see S. 1226), S5264 [26JN] (see H.R. 919), H815 [28FE]

——— provide private sector employees with an opportunity for compensatory time off and a flexible credit hour program to help balance the demands of work and family (see S. 1626), S7674 [30OC]

——— repeal disclosure requirements that allow for comparison of executive compensation to that of other employees (see H.R. 1135), H1395 [13MR]

Capitol Police: give members the option to delay mandatory retirement until age 60 (see H.R. 598), H431 [8FE]

Cargo transportation: establish a Maritime Goods Movement User Fee and provide grants for international maritime cargo improvements (see S. 1509), S6518 [17SE]

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 84), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 377), H279 [23JA]

——— prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 168), S357 [29JA] (see H.R. 438), H300 [29JA]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see S. 815), S3028 [25AP] (see H.R. 1755), H2351 [25AP]

Civil Rights Act: repeal exemption for Wards Cove Packing Co. (see H.R. 2215), H2964 [24MY]

Civilian Conservation Corps: anniversary (see H. Res. 249), H3215 [5JN]

——— reestablish (see H.R. 188), H51 [4JA]

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]

Colleges and universities: provide students with information from the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics Program and Occupational Outlook Handbook (see H.R. 2584), H4174 [28JN]

——— support community college and industry partnerships (see S. 1269), S5526 [8JY] (see H.R. 2560), H4143 [27JN]

Commission on American Discoveries and American Jobs: establish (see H.R. 614), H454 [12FE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 582), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 3), H1547 [15MR] (see H.R. 334), H221 [22JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), consideration (see H. Res. 228), H2837 [21MY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), prohibit consideration due to House Rules violation and unconstitutionality (see H. Res. 225), H2803 [20MY]

Contracts: allow an income tax credit for employers who pay Federal contractor employees compensation lost due to the Government shutdown (see H.R. 3553), H7309 [20NO]

——— allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract (see S. 1246), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 1332), H1822 [21MR]

——— establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see S. 878), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 1844), H2483 [7MY]

——— preserve open competition and neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects (see S. 109), S214 [23JA] (see H.R. 436), H300 [29JA]

——— provide for compensation of Federal contractor employees that were placed on unpaid leave as a result of the Government shutdown (see H.R. 3500), H7110 [14NO]

——— repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 711), H545 [14FE]

Courts: permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses (see H.R. 3014), H5397 [2AU]

Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see S. 1837), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 645), H500 [13FE]

——— require Federal mortgage agencies to consider energy costs in the underwriting process, reduce home energy consumption, and facilitate creation of energy efficiency retrofit and construction jobs (see S. 1106), S3987 [6JN]

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

Davis-Bacon Act: raise threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements (see H.R. 1637), H2157 [18AP]

——— repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 2013), H2716 [16MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow States to implement a work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants (see H.R. 3055), H5399 [2AU]

——— carry out employment and training pilot projects to reduce dependency and increase work efforts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1929), H2568 [9MY]

——— 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]

——— expand agricultural opportunities for military veterans (see S. 784), S2896 [23AP]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (see H.R. 3102), H5553 [16SE]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), consideration (see H. Res. 351), H5653 [18SE]

——— use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program (see H.R. 1611), H2124 [17AP]

Dept. of Commerce: authorize appropriations for the SelectUSA Initiative (see S. 1608), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 1413), H1856 [9AP]

——— establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see S. 1468), S6208 [1AU] (see H.R. 2996), H5396 [2AU]

——— produce, with other relevant agencies, a report on enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. in attracting foreign direct investments (see S. 1023), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 2052), H2802 [20MY]

Dept. of Commerce and the Workforce: establish (see S. 1836), S8913 [17DE]

Dept. of Defense: close and consolidate excess overseas infrastructure and facilities and relocate overseas missions to U.S. installations prior to any domestic base realignment and closure (see S. Res. 132), S3256 [8MY]

——— extend pilot program for the temporary exchange of information technology personnel with private industry and academia (see H.R. 2105), H2911 [22MY]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults through transition of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response positions to nominative or ‘‘high visibility’’ positions (see S. 992), S3657 [21MY]

——— improve the Transition Assistance Program (see S. 889), S3159 [7MY]

——— protect eligibility for Federal employment and access to classified information for civilian employees who incur economic hardship as a result of sequestration furloughs (see H.R. 1642), H2158 [18AP]

——— provide certain TRICARE beneficiaries with opportunity to retain access to TRICARE Prime (see S. 1078), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 1971), H2602 [14MY]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (see S. 1092), S3954 [4JN] (see H.R. 1864), H2484 [7MY]

——— review adequacy of training, qualifications, and experience of personnel responsible for sexual assault prevention and response for the Armed Forces (see S. 964), S3532 [15MY]

Dept. of Education: award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system (see S. 1087), S3954 [4JN] (see H.R. 521), H410 [6FE]

——— 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 and expand innovative teacher and principal preparation programs known as teacher and principal preparation academies (see S. 1052), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2196), H2954 [23MY]

——— 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]

——— establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to support student internships (see H.R. 2659), H4482 [11JY]

——— 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 Pay It Forward model for funding postsecondary education that requires students to pay a percentage of their income back into the fund upon graduation (see S. 1884), S9105 [20DE]

——— 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 a program to provide professional development activities for educators (see S. 441), S1088 [4MR]

——— establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities (see S. 439), S1088 [4MR]

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

——— 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]

——— increase participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and industry (see S. 1796), S8601 [10DE]

——— make grants for recruiting, training, and retaining individuals from underrepresented groups as elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 536), H411 [6FE]

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

——— prohibit from engaging in regulatory overreach relative to institutional eligibility under student aid provisions of the Higher Education Act (see H.R. 2637), H4369 [10JY]

——— provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (see H.R. 2878), H5260 [31JY]

——— 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]

——— repeal suspension of eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses (see H.R. 3510), H7152 [15NO]

——— simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (see H.R. 1716), H2298 [24AP]

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

——— update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (see S. 915), S3326 [9MY] (see H.R. 1937), H2568 [9MY]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

——— exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 973), H982 [5MR]

——— provide grants to support job creation initiatives under the Social Services Block Grants Program (see H.R. 2109), H2911 [22MY]

——— 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]

Dept. of Homeland Security: adjust immigration status of certain Venezuelans (see H.R. 944), H949 [4MR]

Dept. of HUD: develop local strategies to coordinate use of assistance for low-income housing residents with public and private resources to enable families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency (see S. 454), S1127 [5MR]

——— establish program to create jobs and increase economic development in underserved areas by promoting cooperative development (see H.R. 2437), H3928 [19JN]

——— improve implementation and oversight of training and hiring requirements for public housing, Indian housing assistance, and housing and community development programs (see H.R. 1670), H2246 [23AP]

——— transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities (see S. 437), S1088 [4MR]

Dept. of Justice: establish a system of background checks for employers and employees of the electronic life safety and security system installation and monitoring industry (see H.R. 1441), H1857 [9AP]

Dept. of Labor: address the skills gap by providing recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities and employer participation in education and workforce training (see S. 1619), S7674 [30OC]

——— anniversary (see H. Res. 105), H1320 [6MR]

——— authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see S. 1227), S5264 [26JN] (see H.R. 3617), H7354 [21NO]

——— award grants for the employment of individuals in targeted communities to perform work for the benefit of such communities (see H.R. 2204), H2955 [23MY]

——— clarify eligibility for services under the Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program (see H.R. 1305), H1719 [20MR]

——— conduct a review of forms related to obtaining workers’ compensation benefits under the Federal Black Lung Benefits Program (see H.R. 1722), H2349 [25AP]

——— create a pilot program to award grants to local governments and community-based organizations to create jobs (see H.R. 2257), H3095 [4JN]

——— encourage online workforce training (see H.R. 114), H31 [3JA]

——— establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (see H.R. 1436), H1857 [9AP]

——— establish pilot programs to provide employers who employ certain veterans and Armed Forces members wage subsidies and provide career transition services to young veterans (see S. 922), S3326 [9MY]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H701 [27FE] (see H.R. 1000), H1319 [6MR]

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

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 1357), S5907 [24JY]

——— improve management of the Job Corps program (see S. 1825), S8809 [13DE]

——— include the Northern Mariana Islands in employment services provided under Wagner-Peyser Act (see H.R. 1656), H2158 [18AP]

——— issue occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard (see H.R. 2480), H4037 [25JN]

——— 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 S. 1565), S7063 [30SE] (see H.R. 2909), H5341 [1AU]

——— modify employee protective arrangements for public transportation projects (see H.R. 2537), H4142 [27JN]

——— 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), H659 [26FE]

——— prepare disconnected youth for a competitive future by improving existing education, workforce, and support programs for high school dropouts (see S. 1117), S4021 [7JN]

——— prepare individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce by providing such individuals with support services, job training, and education (see H.R. 546), H411 [6FE]

——— prevent imposition of Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs rule on contractors hiring the disabled unless the Dept. of Labor is in compliance with such rule (see H.R. 759), H594 [15FE]

——— prohibit enforcement of requirement that certain consumer reporting agencies obtain and maintain an individual’s informed consent agreement when verifying income and employment (see H.R. 2722), H4723 [18JY]

——— provide grants for an Urban Jobs Program (see S. 655), S2328 [22MR] (see H.R. 1340), H1822 [21MR]

——— provide grants to States for on-the-job training programs for adults in economically disadvantaged areas (see H.R. 3524), H7187 [18NO]

——— require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (see S. 453), S1127 [5MR]

——— require State workforce agencies and employers to certify the active recruitment of Americans for job placement prior to hiring H–2B nonimmigrant workers (see S. 891), S3255 [8MY] (see H.R. 1596), H2123 [17AP]

——— revise regulations concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 170), H51 [4JA]

——— specify responsibilities of the Directors and Assistant Directors of Veterans’ Employment and Training (see H.R. 1316), H1821 [21MR]

——— strengthen quality control measures for lung disease claims and establish Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health under Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (see S. 1423), S6206 [1AU] (see H.R. 2905), H5341 [1AU]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 798), H596 [15FE]

——— strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth (see S. 1356), S5907 [24JY]

Dept. of State: affirm that scientific and technical studies and analyses support that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is an environmentally sound project (see H. Res. 214), H2654 [15MY]

Dept. of the Interior: issue an oil and gas leasing program under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act for 2016–2020 (see H.R. 2265), H3215 [5JN]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (see S. 831), S3029 [25AP]

——— replace President Obama’s proposed Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas leasing program with a congressional plan that will conduct additional lease sales (see S. 176), S358 [29JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the STEM Education and Training Account (see H.R. 3568), H7310 [20NO]

——— make permanent the performance-based compensation system for scientific and technical employees of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (see H.R. 2067), H2838 [21MY]

——— prohibit a bailout of a State, city, or municipality and designate economic freedom zones (see S. 1852), S8975 [18DE]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (see S. 983), S3569 [16MY] (see S. 1315), S5755 [17JY] (see H.R. 1990), H2653 [15MY] (see H.R. 2009), H2716 [16MY]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), consideration (see H. Res. 322), H5259 [31JY]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure that on-duty time for certain commercial motor vehicle drivers does not include waiting time at natural gas or oil well sites (see S. 1380), S6023 [29JY] (see H.R. 1097), H1357 [12MR]

——— 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]

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

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program and set aside certain funding for smaller cities (see H.R. 2944), H5343 [1AU]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (see S. 794), S2960 [24AP] (see S. 818), S3028 (see S. 853), S3029 [25AP] (see H.R. 1765), H2390 [26AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance (see H.R. 3384), H6951 [30OC]

——— establish a Veterans Conservation Corps (see S. 1262), S5499 [27JN] (see H.R. 3451), H6997 [12NO]

——— establish a Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration (see H.R. 2327), H3355 [12JN]

——— extend eligibility period for veterans to enroll in certain vocational rehabilitation programs (see H.R. 844), H659 [26FE]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (see H.R. 562), H412 [6FE]

——— extend work-study program for individuals pursuing rehabilitation, education, or training and expand program to veterans’ outreach services provided by congressional offices (see S. 894), S3255 [8MY] (see H.R. 2151), H2953 [23MY]

——— improve and increase the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs (see S. 1216), S5149 [25JN] (see H.R. 1412), H1856 [9AP]

——— improve the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program by providing assistance for certain training programs that are considered less than full-time (see H.R. 1357), H1823 [21MR]

——— make certain clarifications and improvements in academic and vocational counseling programs (see S. 1682), S7951 [12NO] (see H.R. 3399), H6952 [30OC]

——— make grants to eligible nonprofit entities to establish clearinghouses for local information about employment opportunities and services for veterans (see H.R. 3442), H6954 [30OC]

——— make permanent the authority to provide work-study allowance for certain activities by individuals receiving educational assistance (see H.R. 1453), H1858 [9AP]

Depts. of Energy and Labor: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 2029), H2717 [16MY]

Depts. of Labor and Commerce: create a job training program and an economic stability program to stabilize the workforce and promote economic growth in the Johnson Space Center region (see H.R. 230), H84 [14JA]

Depts. of the Interior and Commerce: act through NOAA to initiate immediate action to create jobs (see H.R. 70), H29 [3JA]

Discrimination: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see S. 1391), S6071 [30JY] (see H.R. 2852), H5173 [30JY]

Drugs: prohibit the manufacture, marketing, sale, or shipment of products designed to assist in defrauding a drug test (see H.R. 1930), H2568 [9MY]

Economic Development Administration: terminate (see H.R. 887), H814 [28FE]

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

——— encourage job creation through trade, tax, labor, health care, and court reforms, a balanced budget amendment, Alaskan energy development, Federal workforce reduction, and regulatory flexibility (see H.R. 2674), H4483 [11JY]

——— provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1826), S8809 [13DE]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see H.R. 803), H626 [25FE]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), consideration (see H. Res. 113), H1394 [13MR]

——— restore growth, spur job creation, and build momentum toward economic recovery for border communities and the U.S. (see H.R. 548), H411 [6FE]

——— streamline Federal job training system, steer training dollars toward skills needed by industry, establish Pay for Performance pilot program, and provide State access to National Directory of New Hires (see S. 804), S2960 [24AP]

Education: allow that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials (see H.R. 497), H370 [5FE]

——— 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]

——— establish partnerships to create or enhance educational and skills development pathways to 21st century careers (see S. 1370), S5968 [25JY]

——— increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see S. 1400), S6072 [30JY] (see H.R. 3697), H7687 [11DE]

EPA: provide guidance and clarification relative to issuance and renewal of coal mining permits for dredged or fill material (see S. 861), S3091 [6MY] (see H.R. 1829), H2436 [6MY]

——— require analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions (see H.R. 2948), H5343 [1AU]

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

ERISA: modify definition of fiduciary to exclude appraisers of employee stock ownership plans (see S. 273), S589 [11FE] (see H.R. 2041), H2773 [17MY]

——— provide protection for company-provided retiree health benefits (see H.R. 2425), H3759 [18JN]

E3—Economy, Energy, and Environment—A Sustainable Growth Strategy (Government initiative): evaluate and authorize continuation of activities (see H.R. 2873), H5259 [31JY]

European Union: support Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the U.S. (see H. Res. 76), H596 [15FE]

Executive departments: reduce number of civil service positions (see H.R. 237), H84 [14JA]

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

——— provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirements (see H.R. 1001), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 3179), H5832 [25SE]

——— strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2342), H3356 [12JN]

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

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]

FBI: provide for procedures ensuring accuracy in employment-related background checks (see H.R. 2999), H5396 [2AU]

——— provide safeguards relative to criminal background checks prepared for employment purposes (see H.R. 2865), H5173 [30JY]

Federal agencies and departments: enhance authority to pay cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures (see H.R. 1931), H2568 [9MY]

——— reform regulatory process to ensure freedom of small businesses to compete and create jobs (see S. 1730), S8186 [19NO]

Federal employees: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see S. 1120), S4021 [7JN] (see H.R. 533), H411 [6FE]

——— clarify that furloughed Federal employees who receive back pay may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same time period (see H.R. 3447), H6997 [12NO]

——— eliminate use of official time (see S. 785), S2896 [23AP]

——— end the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employee Retirement System for any individual hired after a certain date (see S. 1678), S7951 [12NO]

——— 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]

——— ensure the percentage increase in rates of pay for prevailing wage employees is equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality (see H.R. 3573), H7352 [21NO]

——— limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee (see S. 1312), S5755 [17JY] (see H.R. 107), H31 [3JA]

——— make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (see S. 1045), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 249), H168 [15JA]

——— making continuing appropriations for on-time compensation of all Federal employees and certain military personnel during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3271), H6343 [7OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (see H.J. Res. 89), H6411 [8OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (H.J. Res. 89), consideration (see H. Res. 373), H6411 [8OC]

——— provide a short-term disability insurance program for disabilities that are not work-related (see H.R. 2698), H4523 [16JY]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see S. 1567), S7101 [1OC] (see H.R. 3223), H6052 [30SE] (see H.R. 3235), H6174 [2OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees as a result of sequestration (see H.R. 3744), H8108 [12DE]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (H.R. 3223), consideration (see H. Res. 371), H6223 [3OC]

——— reduce size of the Federal workforce through attrition (see H.R. 824), H658 [26FE]

——— tribute (see H. Res. 102), H982 [5MR]

Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance: provide lump-sum payments to recipients unless the insured or beneficiary elects otherwise (see H.R. 468), H341 [4FE]

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 1141), H1396 [13MR]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: require competition for contracts, provide an adjustment period to phasing out mandatory source status, and improve inmate access to reintegration opportunities (see H.R. 2098), H2910 [22MY]

Federal-State relations: provide for the compensation of furloughed State or local government employees (see H.R. 3235), H6174 [2OC]

——— provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (see H.R. 2889), H5260 [31JY]

Financial literacy: provide grants to promote (see S. 829), S3028 [25AP] (see S. 1532), S6647 [19SE] (see H.R. 2920), H5342 [1AU]

——— provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees (see H.R. 1538), H1991 [12AP]

Fish and fishing: permit eligible fishermen to approve certain limited access privilege programs (see S. 221), S469 [4FE]

——— support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (see H.R. 799), H596 [15FE]

Foreign aid: ensure that a percentage of food aid provided in the form of certain agricultural commodities or their products must be transported on U.S. commercial vessels (see H.R. 1678), H2246 [23AP]

Foreign trade: create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa (see S. 718), S2589 [11AP] (see H.R. 1777), H2391 [26AP]

FRS: remove mandate on the Board of Governors and the Federal Open Market Committee to focus on maximum employment (see H.R. 492), H342 [4FE]

GAO: report on implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (see H.R. 2630), H4308 [9JY]

——— transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to the processing of claims for the payment of federally contracted workers who were not paid appropriate wages (see H.R. 2747), H4825 [19JY]

Government: prohibit Members of Congress, President, Vice-President, and executive department heads from receiving pay and prioritize payments to seniors, military, and veterans during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 3152), H5766 [19SE]

——— prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see S. 55), S43 [22JA]

——— reduce pay for Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President (see H.R. 391), H280 [23JA]

Health: 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]

——— assist survivors of stroke and other debilitating health occurrences in returning to work (see H.R. 3351), H6827 [28OC]

——— assist survivors of stroke in returning to work (see S. 1026), S3761 [22MY]

——— expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities (see S. Res. 128), S3091 [6MY] (see H. Res. 197), H2436 [6MY]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 1204), S4792 [20JN] (see H.R. 940), H949 [4MR]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (see S. 1851), S8975 [18DE] (see H.R. 2300), H3251 [6JN]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see H.R. 1254), H1630 [19MR]

Health care professionals: build a stronger health care workforce (see S. 1152), S4405 [12JN]

——— extend authorization for certain health care workforce loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1827), H2436 [6MY]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (see H. Res. 8), H33 [3JA]

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]

Immigration: authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the U.S. and provide funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (see S. 169), S357 [29JA]

——— authorize issuance of H2O nonimmigrant visas for aliens temporarily performing labor in the seafood processing industry (see S. 518), S1592 [11MR]

——— create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (see H.R. 242), H85 [14JA] (see H.R. 1773), H2391 [26AP]

——— create an electronic employment eligibility verification system to ensure that all U.S. workers are legally able to work (see H.R. 502), H370 [5FE]

——— eliminate the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrants and increase the per-country limitation for family-sponsored immigrants (see S. 293), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 633), H499 [13FE]

——— enhance competitiveness through encouragement of high-skilled immigration (see H.R. 2131), H2952 [23MY]

——— establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (see S. 189), S400 [30JA]

——— establish entrepreneur-based immigrant category for aliens who have completed or are in the process of completing a degree in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) related fields (see H.R. 1760), H2351 [25AP]

——— expand the E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (see S. 202), S438 [31JA]

——— extend period when Iraqis employed by the U.S. in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and temporarily increase fee or surcharge for processing certain nonimmigrant visas (see S. 1566), S7063 [30SE] (see H.R. 3233), H6174 [2OC]

——— improve worksite enforcement, prevent crime, and gain operational control of the borders (see H.R. 2124), H2952 [23MY]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (see H.R. 1772), H2391 [26AP]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory and change procedures for participants in the program (see H.R. 478), H342 [4FE]

——— oppose any immigration reform proposal that legalizes, grants amnesty for, or confers any legal status condoning otherwise unlawful entry or presence in the U.S., of any individual (see H. Res. 326), H5399 [2AU]

——— provide a special rule for the period of admission of certain nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, goat herders, or dairy farmers (see S. 292), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 1444), H1857 [9AP]

——— provide for additional investment visas for aliens investing in rural areas (see H.R. 3000), H5396 [2AU]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see S. 303), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 459), 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 and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the U.S. (see S. 600), S1892 [18MR]

——— reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 830), H659 [26FE]

——— simplify and rename the H–2C worker program (see H.R. 707), H545 [14FE]

——— simplify petitioning procedure for H–2A agricultural workers and expand the scope of the H–2A program (see H.R. 1562), H2025 [15AP]

Information technology: secure against cyber attack, enhance competitiveness and create jobs in information technology industry, and protect identities and sensitive information of citizens and businesses (see S. 21), S42 [22JA]

Infrastructure: create jobs and strengthen the economy by rebuilding infrastructure (see S. 4), S42 [22JA]

Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (see S. 1716), S8049 [14NO]

Insurance: exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans (see S. 1735), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3462), H7050 [13NO]

International Women’s Day: support goals (see S. Res. 74), S1592 [11MR]

IRS: permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see S. 1706), S8049 [14NO]

——— permit truncated Social Security numbers on wage reporting provided to employees (see H.R. 1560), H2025 [15AP]

——— prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see S. 962), S3531 [15MY] (see H.R. 1993), H2653 [15MY]

——— prohibit implementation or enforcement of health care reform until certifications are made that there is not discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (see H.R. 2022), H2717 [16MY]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H2392 [26AP]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see H.R. 2021), H2717 [16MY]

——— ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the NLRB (see H.R. 2346), H3590 [13JN]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see S. 204), S438 [31JA] (see S. 1712), S8049 [14NO] (see H.R. 946), H980 [5MR] (see H.R. 3485), H7109 [14NO]

——— protect workers from corrupt and coercive ‘‘card check’’ system of organizing (see H.R. 1815), H2393 [26AP]

——— require arbitration of initial contract negotiation disputes (see H.R. 169), H51 [4JA]

——— require labor organizations to provide notice to employees related to fees collected for purpose of political speech (see H.R. 175), H51 [4JA]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (see S. 1791), S8601 [10DE]

——— allow certain State and local government employees to elect to treat employment as Medicare qualified government employment for purposes of entitlement to coverage (see H.R. 2618), H4212 [8JY]

——— amend the application of secondary payer rules to workers’ compensation settlement agreements and set-asides under such agreements (see H.R. 1982), H2653 [15MY]

Members of Congress: increase duration of post-employment restrictions (see H.R. 53), H29 [3JA]

——— reduce rate of compensation by percentage equal to reduction in pay of Federal employees subject to sequestration-related furloughs (see H.R. 2677), H4483 [11JY]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend right of appeal to certain Postal Service employees (see S. 686), S2501 [9AP] (see H.R. 1431), H1857 [9AP]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S8186 [19NO]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see S. 460), S1127 [5MR] (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 1346), H1822 [21MR] (see H.R. 3746), H8108 [12DE]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 229), H84 [14JA]

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 S. 805), S2960 [24AP] (see H.R. 1373), H1824 [21MR]

——— protect health care and pension benefits of miners (see S. 468), S1229 [6MR] (see H.R. 980), H1318 [6MR]

——— protect health care benefits of miners (see H.R. 2627), H4213 [8JY]

——— transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H5342 [1AU]

NAFTA: assess impact, require further negotiation of certain provisions, and withdraw unless certain conditions are met (see H.R. 191), H51 [4JA]

National Commission on Employment and Economic Security: establish (see H.R. 3642), H7445 [3DE] (see H.R. 3651), H7507 [4DE]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 208), S6126 [31JY] (see H. Res. 336), H5435 [9SE]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources (H.R. 1526), consideration (see H. Res. 351), H5653 [18SE]

——— restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (see H.R. 1526), H1990 [12AP]

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

National Innovation in Education Day: designate (see H. Res. 331), H5399 [2AU]

National Labor Relations Act: protect employer rights (see H.R. 1746), H2350 [25AP]

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

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 222), S6377 [11SE]

National Work and Family Month: designate (see S. Res. 276), S7616 [29OC]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (see S. 1477), S6208 [1AU] (see H.R. 1226), H1548 [15MR]

——— facilitate ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related services from diverse Federal sources (see S. 1574), S7536 [16OC]

NIST: provide support for organizations to promote the Manufacturing Skills Certification System (see H.R. 3244), H6289 [4OC]

NLRB: modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see H.R. 795), H596 [15FE]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see S. 1542), S6753 [24SE] (see H.R. 3154), H5766 [19SE]

——— reform criteria for determining employee units appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining (see S. 1166), S4481 [13JN] (see H.R. 2347), H3590 [13JN]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see S. 665), S2328 [22MR] (see H.R. 1648), H2158 [18AP]

OMB: oversee reforms to improve efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process for major capital projects (see S. 1397), S6072 [30JY]

OPM: establish a national health plan to offer Federal employee health benefit plans to individuals who are not Federal employees (see H.R. 779), H595 [15FE]

——— require submittal of an annual report on the use of official time by Federal employees (see S. 1338), S5839 [23JY] (see H.R. 568), H412 [6FE]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (see H.R. 632), H499 [13FE]

Patent and Trademark Office: end application of budget sequestration (see H.R. 2582), H4174 [28JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), consideration (see H. Res. 413), H7109 [14NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3350), H6827 [28OC] (see H.R. 3522), H7187 [18NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1330), S5800 [18JY] (see S. 1488), S6295 [9SE] (see H.R. 2667), H4482 [11JY]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), consideration (see H. Res. 300), H4522 [16JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 1488), S6295 [9SE] (see S. 1671), S7927 [7NO] (see H.R. 2668), H4482 [11JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), consideration (see H. Res. 300), H4522 [16JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate and penalties for violating such mandate until Federal enrollment website is fully functional (see H.R. 3425), H6953 [30OC]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate and penalties for violating such mandate until Federal or State enrollment websites are fully functional (see H.R. 3517), H7152 [15NO]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate for individuals who have not attained a certain age (see H.R. 2950), H5343 [1AU]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate until the American Health Benefit Exchanges are functioning properly (see S. 1592), S7574 [28OC] (see H.R. 3359), H6828 [28OC]

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

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate (see H.R. 3419), H6953 [30OC]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 1798), S8601 [10DE] (see H.R. 3685), H7627 [10DE]

——— exempt local schools from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2443), H3928 [19JN]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce certain provisions (see H. Res. 425), H7310 [20NO]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce employer mandate provisions (see H. Con. Res. 45), H4369 [10JY]

——— make the individual health insurance mandate voluntary (see H.R. 3348), H6827 [28OC]

——— modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 2577), H4173 [28JN]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 701), S2564 [10AP] (see S. 1188), S4673 [19JN] (see H.R. 2575), H4173 [28JN] (see H.R. 2988), H5396 [2AU]

——— prevent implementation of tax and fee provisions until certification that certain employer and employee reporting requirements may be made accurately and without fraud (see H.R. 2927), H5342 [1AU]

——— prohibit payment of bonuses and pay increases for executives of a State exchange funded through Federal grants (see H.R. 3679), H7607 [9DE]

——— provide a hardship exemption from the individual health insurance mandate if an individual can attest they have been unable to enroll in an exchange (see H.R. 3338), H6774 [24OC]

——— provide temporary exemption from individual health insurance mandate for persons whose employer-sponsored health insurance coverage is terminated for the coming plan year (see H.R. 3376), H6901 [29OC]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see S. 1647), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 2835), H5088 [25JY]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: guarantee qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans (see H.R. 566), H412 [6FE]

Pensions: provide an election for funding parity for charity-sponsored pensions (see H.R. 2134), H2952 [23MY]

Philippines: permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 3602), H7354 [21NO]

Pipelines: express that construction of the Keystone XL pipeline promotes sound investment in infrastructure, energy security, and job creation (see S. Con. Res. 21), S6127 [31JY]

——— provide for expedited approval of construction, operation, and maintenance of the Keystone XL Pipeline (see H.R. 3703), H7687 [11DE]

Political action committees: prohibit authorized committees and leadership committees from employing immediate family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to the committee (see S. 64), S212 [23JA]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (see H. Res. 158), H1992 [12AP]

Postal Service: lower the maximum rate of compensation for employees (see H.R. 1006), H1319 [6MR]

Power resources: enhance energy security by expanding access to domestic energy resources, boost employment opportunities in the energy sector, and provide consumers relief from artificial price increases (see H.R. 3033), H5398 [2AU]

——— facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation (see S. 1401), S6126 [31JY]

——— prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters (see S. 1514), S6518 [17SE]

——— use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 787), H595 [15FE]

Privacy: prohibit employers from requiring employees to provide access to personal online accounts (see S. 1426), S6206 [1AU] (see H.R. 2077), H2838 [21MY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 78), S1892 [18MR] (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see S.J. Res. 9), S1088 [4MR]

——— 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]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend relative to grants for economic adjustment (see H.R. 3518), H7152 [15NO]

Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 2368), H3591 [13JN]

SBA: amend and extend State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 3619), H7364 [22NO]

——— ensure that all of Brevard County, FL, is treated as a HUBZone (see H.R. 2049), H2774 [17MY]

——— establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (see H.R. 2460), H3988 [20JN]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (see S. 206), S438 [31JA] (see H.R. 489), H342 [4FE]

——— extend and expand State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 3115), H5588 [17SE]

——— provide conformity in Native small business opportunities and promote job creation, manufacturing, and American economic recovery (see S. 1607), S7615 [29OC]

——— provide for grants to small business development centers (see H.R. 1283), H1718 [20MR]

——— provide for permanent establishment of the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program (see H.R. 2333), H3356 [12JN]

Schools: 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]

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 790), H595 [15FE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see S. 1690), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 3465), H7050 [13NO]

Small business: ensure businesses in rural areas have access to credit to promote economic growth and job creation (see H.R. 2136), H2952 [23MY]

——— provide assistance to small businesses providing low-income individuals with green jobs (see H.R. 2863), H5173 [30JY]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 313), S8565 [9DE] (see H. Res. 410), H7051 [13NO]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see S. 90), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 155), H50 [4JA]

——— exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 2745), H4725 [18JY]

——— remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (see H.R. 174), H51 [4JA] (see H.R. 387), H280 [23JA]

——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 896), S3256 [8MY] (see H.R. 1795), H2392 [26AP]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 997), S3657 [21MY] (see H.R. 1466), H1909 [10AP]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 1810), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 3712), H8107 [12DE]

States: recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (see S. 1743), S8360 [20NO] (see H.R. 2728), H4724 [18JY]

——— recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), consideration (see H. Res. 419), H7187 [18NO]

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

Tariff: create jobs and promote fair trade by increasing duties on certain foreign goods imported into the U.S. (see H.R. 734), H547 [14FE]

Taxation: allow a credit for equity investments in high technology and biotechnology small business concerns developing innovative technologies that stimulate private sector job growth (see H.R. 1415), H1856 [9AP]

——— allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see S. 759), S2797 [18AP] (see H.R. 1620), H2157 [18AP]

——— allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (see H.R. 1271), H1630 [19MR]

——— allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 1324), H1821 [21MR]

——— allow employers an income tax credit as an incentive to partner with community colleges or other educational institutions to improve workforce development and job training for students (see H.R. 1747), H2350 [25AP]

——— allow increased work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 3653), H7507 [4DE]

——— allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see S. 1651), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 1737), H2350 [25AP]

——— allow penalty-free withdrawals from Federal Thrift Savings Fund to employees furloughed as a result of the Federal budget sequestration (see H.R. 1643), H2158 [18AP]

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

——— allow small businesses to defer the payment of certain employment taxes (see H.R. 952), H981 [5MR]

——— allow small employers a credit against income tax for hiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3781), H8117 [16DE]

——— allow the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans or Ready Reserve or National Guard members, make such credit permanent, and expand and make permanent the employer wage credit for active duty servicemen (see H.R. 3649), H7507 [4DE]

——— allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see S. 1591), S7574 [28OC] (see H.R. 3648), H7507 [4DE]

——— apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see S. 500), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 1029), H1327 [7MR]

——— authorize new empowerment zone designations for urban areas with high unemployment and high foreclosure rates (see H.R. 3535), H7252 [19NO]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 1292), H1718 [20MR]

——— clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see S. 479), S1229 [6MR] (see H.R. 3581), H7353 [21NO]

——— consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (see H.R. 3393), H6951 [30OC]

——— consolidate the current education tax incentives into one credit against income tax for higher education expenses (see S. 1090), S3954 [4JN] (see H.R. 2253), H3095 [4JN]

——— 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 alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1364), H1823 [21MR]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 851), H700 [27FE]

——— establish a Federal tax credit approximation matching program for State new jobs training tax credits (see S. 1795), S8601 [10DE]

——— establish lifelong learning accounts to provide an incentive for employees to save for career-related skills development and to promote a competitive workforce (see H.R. 1939), H2568 [9MY]

——— exclude from gross income amounts paid by employer on an employee’s student loans (see H.R. 395), H280 [23JA]

——— exclude from gross income the administratively uncontrollable overtime of Border Patrol agents (see H.R. 2755), H4825 [19JY]

——— exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see S. 1224), S5264 [26JN] (see H.R. 2509), H4078 [26JN]

——— exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services (see H.R. 1840), H2436 [6MY]

——— exclude seasonal workers from the applicable large employer determination for purposes of employer shared responsibility regarding health coverage (see H.R. 2752), H4825 [19JY]

——— expand and permanently extend health care tax credit available to laid-off employees receiving trade adjustment assistance and retirees receiving Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., payments (see S. 1446), S6207 [1AU]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see S. 742), S2684 [16AP]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see S. 1476), S6208 [1AU]

——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 2035), H2717 [16MY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1859), S9051 [19DE]

——— extend certain tax incentives for investment in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2890), H5260 [31JY] (see H.R. 3272), H6343 [7OC]

——— extend employer wage credit for activated military reservists (see H.R. 3759), H8108 [12DE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see S. 728), S2649 [15AP] (see H.R. 2499), H4037 [25JN]

——— extend payroll tax reduction (see H.R. 516), H370 [5FE]

——— extend the Build America Bonds program (see H.R. 535), H411 [6FE]

——— extend the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account (see H.R. 3242), H6223 [3OC]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (see S. 1882), S9105 [20DE] (see H.R. 3751), H8108 [12DE]

——— extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see S. 140), S284 [24JA]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for certain targeted groups (see H.R. 3328), H6768 [23OC]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see S. 1624), S7674 [30OC] (see H.R. 3327), H6768 [23OC] (see H.R. 3395), H6951 [30OC]

——— 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]

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see S. 1713), S8049 [14NO] (see H.R. 3497), H7110 [14NO]

——— increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (see S. 966), S3532 [15MY] (see H.R. 1634), H2157 [18AP]

——— increase quarterly wages paid threshold for classification as an agricultural labor employer for purposes of unemployment taxes (see H.R. 2899), H5261 [31JY]

——— increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee (see H.R. 1618), H2156 [18AP]

——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 1645), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 1129), H1395 [13MR]

——— make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1116), S4021 [7JN] (see H.R. 3739), H8108 [12DE]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 3394), H6951 [30OC]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit for veterans and allow an exemption from an employer’s employment taxes in an amount equivalent to the value of such credit (see H.R. 2133), H2952 [23MY]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H3250 [6JN]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds (see H.R. 789), H595 [15FE]

——— 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 a credit for employer-provided job training (see S. 1409), S6126 [31JY]

——— provide a credit to small employers for certain newly hired employees (see H.R. 3127), H5654 [18SE]

——— provide a payroll tax exemption for hiring long-term unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3752), H8108 [12DE]

——— provide an income tax credit for increased payroll (see S. 115), S214 [23JA]

——— provide for an employment assistance voucher program for the unemployed (see H.R. 51), H29 [3JA]

——— provide for employment tax treatment of professional service businesses (see H.R. 348), H222 [22JA]

——— provide for identification of corporate tax haven countries and increased penalties for tax evasion practices in haven countries that ship U.S. jobs overseas (see H.R. 2740), H4724 [18JY]

——— provide for reporting and disclosure by State and local public employee retirement pension plans (see S. 779), S2896 [23AP] (see H.R. 1628), H2157 [18AP]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 337), S772 [14FE]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see S. 506), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 1009), H1319 [6MR]

——— provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 886), H814 [28FE]

——— provide tax credits to small businesses that hire people who were previously unemployed and to small businesses in high unemployment areas (see H.R. 3430), H6953 [30OC]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (see S. 1085), S3905 [3JN]

——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 3726), H8107 [12DE]

——— reform public and private pension plans and preserve access to professional investment advice (see S. 1270), S5567 [9JY]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 399), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 903), H814 [28FE]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 582), H413 [6FE]

——— require student Social Security numbers and employer identification numbers for education tax credits (see H.R. 856), H701 [27FE]

——— support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings (see S. Con. Res. 12), S2564 [10AP]

Tobacco products: clarify FDA jurisdiction over certain tobacco products and protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing, and distribution of cigars (see S. 772), S2798 [18AP] (see H.R. 792), H595 [15FE]

Transportation: allow local hiring for transportation projects (see H.R. 3620), H7364 [22NO]

Transportation Security Administration: prepare a comprehensive security assessment of the transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) program (see H.R. 3202), H5921 [27SE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate affordable workforce housing in, and develop full-time resident communities of, high tourism areas (see H.R. 2339), H3356 [12JN]

21st Century Great Outdoors Commission: establish to assess use, value, job creation, and economic opportunities associated with outdoor resources of public lands and other land and water areas (see H.R. 1834), H2436 [6MY]

Unemployment: eliminate application of sequestration to benefits (see H.R. 2177), H2954 [23MY]

——— ensure that individuals in an authorized job training program or completing degree or certificate work remain eligible for regular unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1530), H1991 [12AP]

——— express that Congress should reconvene to enact legislation extending unemployment benefits (see H. Res. 446), H8117 [16DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (see S. 1747), S8361 [20NO] (see S. 1797), S8601 [10DE] (see S. 1845), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 3546), H7309 [20NO] (see H.R. 3773), H8117 [16DE]

——— include discouraged and marginally attached workers in official measure of national unemployment (see H.R. 484), H342 [4FE]

——— prevent payment of benefits to incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 2826), H5087 [25JY]

——— prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use (see H.R. 1172), H1426 [14MR]

——— provide grants to cities with high unemployment rates to provide job training, public works, and economic development programs (see H.R. 3016), H5397 [2AU]

——— terminate benefits to jobless millionaires (see H.R. 2448), H3988 [20JN]

University of Minnesota Duluth: observance of National Student Employment Week (see S. Res. 96), S2589 [11AP]

Veterans: ensure education and training received by Armed Forces members and veterans better assists them in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses (see S. 700), S2564 [10AP] (see H.R. 1796), H2392 [26AP]

——— extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3453), H6997 [12NO]

——— 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]

——— improve coordination of Federal veteran job training services (see S. 140), S284 [24JA]

——— improve hiring by the Federal Government (see H.R. 3615), H7354 [21NO]

——— improve hiring by the Federal Government and State governments (see H.R. 2785), H4857 [22JY]

——— provide for reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position to obtain medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 1774), H2391 [26AP]

——— reauthorize Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see S. 6), S42 [22JA]

——— require employers to provide veterans with time off on Veterans Day (see H.R. 3368), H6901 [29OC]

——— require Federal agencies to hire veterans and require States to recognize military experience when issuing licenses and credentials to veterans (see S. 495), S1269 [7MR]

——— require States to ensure that training received by a veteran while on active duty is taken into consideration in granting certain State certifications or licenses (see S. 492), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 3007), H5397 [2AU] (see H.R. 3614), H7354 [21NO]

Volunteer workers: clarify that volunteers at children’s consignment events are not employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 1656), S7876 [6NO] (see H.R. 3173), H5832 [25SE]

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

Whistleblowing: protect employees from retaliation in the workplace based on actions taken to protest or try to improve working conditions (see H.R. 2311), H3287 [11JN]

——— provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (see S. 42), S43 [22JA]

——— provide whistleblower protection for union employees (see H.R. 3637), H7445 [3DE]

——— provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 1649), H2158 [18AP]

Women: ensure access to best available overall and reproductive health care and affordable insurance, reduce health disparities, end gender-based violence, and promote economic security (see H. Res. 94), H816 [28FE]

——— 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 S. 942), S3429 [14MY] (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), H1548 [15MR]

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

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

Workforce Investment Act: integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards (see S. 882), S3159 [7MY] (see H.R. 113), H31 [3JA]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 78), S1892 [18MR] (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]

Cloture motions

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), S7864 [6NO], S7902 [7NO]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), motion to proceed, S7777 [31OC], S7794 [4NO]

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

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

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S9083 [20DE]

Essays

State of the Union: Emma Davitt, S703 [13FE]

——— Jonah Blatt, S703 [13FE]

Explanations

Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act (H.R. 100), E5–E8 [3JA]

Letters

American Job Protection Act: Angelo I. Amador and Michelle Reinke Neblett, National Restaurant Association, S1109 [5MR]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, S1110 [5MR]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S1109 [5MR]

Authority for Mandate Delay Act: National Taxpayers Union, H4569 [17JY]

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]

Dept. of Defense civilian furloughs: Representative Courtney, E1172 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS memorandum on waivers relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements: George Sheldon, Dept. of HHS, S760 [14FE]

——— Kathleen Sebelius, Sec. of HHS, H1368 [13MR]

——— Lynn H. Gibson, GAO, S758 [14FE]

Dept. of Labor oversight and administration of Job Corps program: Jane Oates, Dept. of Labor Employment and Training Administration, S8810 [13DE]

Dept. of Labor proposal to modify definition of fiduciary under ERISA: several Congressional Black Caucus and Committee on Financial Services (House) members, S5570 [9JY]

——— several Representatives, S5571 [9JY]

Employment Non-Discrimination Act: several religious organizations, S7857 [6NO]

Extend period when Iraqis employed by the U.S. in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and temporarily increase fee or surcharge for processing certain nonimmigrant visas: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary, E1424 [3OC]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), E1424 [3OC]

Fairness for American Families Act: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, H4558 [17JY]

——— Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, H4563 [17JY]

——— Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks (organization), H4567 [17JY]

——— Max Richtman, National Committee To Preserve Social Security & Medicare, H4563 [17JY]

——— National Taxpayers Union, H4569 [17JY]

——— Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H4566 [17JY]

Fairness for American Families Act and Authority for Mandate Delay Act: Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals, Inc., H4564 [17JY]

——— Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, H4563 [17JY]

——— several organizations, H4562 [17JY]

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act: Representative Luján, H6301 [5OC]

Financial deregulation legislation: Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, H7483 [4DE]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7482 [4DE]

Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act: William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7029 [13NO]

Global Investment in American Jobs Act: Nancy L. McLernon, Organization for International Investment, H5413 [9SE]

——— Patrick McLean, Sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC., H5414 [9SE]

HUBZone Expansion Act: Heather D. Blease, Savi Systems, LLC, S445 [31JA]

——— Robert M. Murdock, Association of Defense Communities, S444 [31JA]

——— Steven H. Levesque, Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority, S444 [31JA]

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

Impact of budget sequestration: Janet Napolitano, Sec. of Homeland Security, S884 [27FE]

Impact of budget sequestration on Dept. of Defense: Representative Austin Scott, H690 [27FE]

——— Representative Williams, H665 [27FE]

——— Senators Inhofe and Levin, Committee on Armed Services (Senate), S2262 [22MR]

Impact of budget sequestration on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board: several Member of Congress, E287 [13MR]

Improve criteria of merit-based evaluation immigration system to provide women with a fairer opportunity to compete for green cards: several organizations, S5328 [27JN]

Inclusion of logging employment in the W agricultural worker program established to replace the H-2A agricultural worker program: Thomas J. Vilsack, Sec. of Agriculture, S5338 [27JN]

Individual health insurance mandate: several economists, H4571 [17JY]

Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act: Christine Harbin Hanson, Americans for Prosperity (organization), H5365 [2AU]

——— Colin Hanna, Let Freedom Ring (organization), H5364 [2AU]

——— Ken Hoagland, Restore America’s Voice Foundation, H5366 [2AU]

——— Matt Kibbe, FreedomWorks (organization), H5367 [2AU]

——— Sean Ferritor, Seniors Coalition, H5364 [2AU]

——— several organizations, H5370 [2AU]

——— several taxpayer advocate organizations, H5369 [2AU]

Keep Your Health Plan Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1691 [18NO]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E1690 [18NO]

——— several health organizations, H7120 [15NO]

Middle class revitalization: Bill Ross, S6288 [9SE]

National network for manufacturing innovation establishment: Aric Newhouse, National Association of Manufacturers, S2293–S2295 [22MR]

——— Brian Toohey, Semiconductor Industry Association, S2295 [22MR]

——— Douglas K. Woods, Association for Manufacturing Technology, S2295 [22MR]

——— E. Gordon Gee, Ohio State University, S2295 [22MR]

——— Josh Nassar, UAW, S2295 [22MR]

Nomination of Thomas E. Perez to be Sec. of Labor: John R. Dunne, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, S3235 [8MY]

——— Kathleen T. Snyder, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, S3235 [8MY]

——— M.H. Jim Estepp, Greater Prince George’s County Business Roundtable (organization), S3235 [8MY]

——— Pless Jones, Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc., S3235 [8MY]

Northern Route Approval Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2862 [22MY]

——— Representative Grayson, E715 [21MY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H2863 [22MY]

Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act: A. Barry Rand, AARP, H5681 [19SE]

——— Stephen E. Blaire, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H5680 [19SE]

——— Tom Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H5681 [19SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation, S6797 [24SE], H6602 [15OC]

——— Lee Stanley, H6609 [16OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility: Gary Bailey, H7092 [14NO]

——— Robert W. Hillman, Anthem Insurance Co., Inc., H7093 [14NO]

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]

Prohibit FEMA Urban Areas Security Initiative funding for projects that do not improve homeland security: Raymond W. Kelly, New York, NY, Police Commissioner, S1982 [20MR]

——— several law enforcement and emergency services organizations, S1983 [20MR]

Protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of specific items and services: David Green, Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., S6774 [24SE]

Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: Andy Duyck, Washington County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5732 [19SE]

——— Anthony DeBone, Deschutes County, OR, Board of County Commissioners, H5725 [19SE]

——— Craig Pope, Aaron Felton, Robert Wolfe, and Doug Schmidt, Polk County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5727 [19SE]

——— David Itzen, Everett Dial, and John Bishop, Curry County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5724 [19SE]

——— Dennis Linthicum, Frank Skrah, and Greg Thede, Klamath County, OR, Commissioners, H5725 [19SE]

——— Doug Robertson, John Hanlin, Rick Wesenberg, and Susan Acree, Douglas County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5724 [19SE]

——— Henry Heimuller, Anthony Hyde, Earl Fisher, Jeff Dickerson, and Steve Atchinson, Columbia County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5726 [19SE]

——— Janet Carlson, Samuel A. Brentano, Patricia Milne, Jason Myers, Walt Beglau, and Tom Rohlfing, Marion County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5727 [19SE]

——— John Ludlow, Jim Bernard, Paul Savas, Martha Schrader, and Tootie Smith, Clakamas County, OR, Board of County Commissioners, H5727 [19SE]

——— John Rachor, Jackson County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5732 [19SE]

——— Mark E. Bennett, Baker County, OR, Commissioners, H5725 [19SE]

——— Mark Labhart, Bill Baertlein, and Tim Josi, Tillamook County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5727 [19SE]

——— Mike McCabe, Ken Fahlgren, and Seth Crawford, Crook County, OR, Court, H5725 [19SE]

——— Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H5733 [19SE]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), H5732 [19SE]

——— Rod Runyon, Scott Hege, and Steve Kramer, Wasco County, OR, Board of County Commissioners, H5723 [19SE]

——— Simon G. Hair, Stephen Campbell, and Connie Roach, Josephine County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5726 [19SE]

——— Steve Shaffer, Gilliam County, OR, Court, H5723 [19SE]

Secure Annuities for Employees (SAFE) Retirement Act: Brian H. Graff, American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, S5572 [9JY]

——— Catherine J. Weatherford, Insured Retirement Institute, S5663 [11JY]

——— Gregory J. Burrows, Principal Life Insurance Co., S5750 [17JY]

——— Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S5572 [9JY]

——— James J. Donelon, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S5751 [17JY]

——— Joseph F. McKeever, Davis & Harman LLP, S5662 [11JY]

——— Kim O’Brien, National Association for Fixed Annuities, S5663 [11JY]

——— Kirk D. Johnson, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S5750 [17JY]

——— Lynn D. Dudley, American Benefits Council, S5571 [9JY]

——— Malott W. Nyhart, Great American Life Insurance Co., S5662 [11JY]

——— Pamela D. Everhart, Fidelity Investments (business), S5750 [17JY]

——— Paul S. Stevens, Investment Company Institute, S5663 [11JY]

——— Paula Calimafde, Small Business Council of America, S5750 [17JY]

——— Peter G. Gallanis, National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations, S5751 [17JY]

——— Peter Kunkel, Transamerica Corp., S5751 [17JY]

——— Peter R. Pastre, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., S5663 [11JY]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5751 [17JY]

——— Robert O. Smith, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, S5664 [11JY]

——— Scott F. Betts, National Benefit Services, LLC, S5750 [17JY]

——— W. Jeffrey Zobell, Alliance Benefit Group-Rocky Mountain (company), S5571 [9JY]

——— Walter C. Welsh, American Council of Life Insurers, S5571 [9JY]

Special rules for certain nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders: Alan C. Nelson, Dept. of Justice, S5240 [26JN]

——— Alan K. Simpson, S5240 [26JN]

——— Jane Oates, Dept. of Labor, S5240 [26JN]

——— Senator Enzi, S5240 [26JN]

Tax incentives for small businesses: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S3908 [3JN]

Lists

Business Coalition for Workplace Fairness members that support S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, S7784 [4NO]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) hearings on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H7117 [15NO]

Consequences of sequester cuts, S840 [26FE]

Employers supporting S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, S7788 [4NO]

Maine employers with current policies to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, S7788 [4NO]

Native American tribes and organizations opposed to H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H5858 [26SE]

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

Organization for International Investment members, H5413 [9SE]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act, H7138 [15NO]

Organizations opposing H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, H5681 [19SE]

Organizations supporting the expediting of adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability, S4396 [12JN]

Recent expert reports, disparity studies and congressional hearings addressing public procurement and minority-owned and women-owned enterprises, S4981 [21JN], E940 [20JN]

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

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

Memorandums

Apportionment of the Continuing Resolution: Jeffrey D. Zients, OMB, S964–S967 [28FE]

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]

Issues Raised by Potential Sequestration: Jeffrey D. Zients, OMB, S963 [28FE]

Recent Examples of IRS Postponement of Statutory Effective Dates: Erika K. Lunder and Carol A. Pettit, Congressional Research Service, H4538 [17JY]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2014: President Obama, S2560–S2562 [10AP], H1890–H1892 [10AP]

Economic Report: President Obama, S1891 [18MR], H1530 [15MR]

Motions

Business and industry: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2520 [8MY]

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), S7777 [31OC], S7841 [6NO]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2892 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5719 [19SE]

Dept. of Labor: strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth (S. 1356), S8413 [21NO], S8539 [9DE], S8581 [10DE], S8608 [11DE], S8823 [16DE], S8870 [17DE], S8920 [18DE], S8986 [19DE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), H5371 [2AU]

Economy: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1527 [15MR]

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

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (H.R. 1526), H5790 [20SE]

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), H7139, H7142 [15NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4573 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4575 [17JY]

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

States: recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), H7295 [20NO]

Petitions and memorials

Harney County, OR, Court: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5732 [19SE]

Jefferson County, OR, County Commission: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5730 [19SE]

Umatilla County, OR, Board of Commissioners: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5730 [19SE]

Union County, OR, Board of Commissioners: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5730 [19SE]

Wallowa County, OR, Board of Commissioners: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5730 [19SE]

Wheeler County, OR, Court: Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5732 [19SE]

Poems

‘‘What Would You Miss About Immigrants, if They Didn’t Come to America?,’’ Erin Stark, S6187 [1AU]

Presentations 

Block Cave Mining: Resolution Copper Mining (company), H5859 [26SE]

Press releases

ATR Supports H.R. 2009, Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act: Ryan Ellis, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), H5368 [2AU]

Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Human Rights Campaign (organization) Business Coalition for Workplace Fairness, S7788 [4NO]

EPA Coal Rule Threatens Energy Independence, Says IBEW: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, S6693 [24SE]

National Women’s Law Center Critical of House Bills Aimed at Hampering Health Care Law: National Women’s Law Center, H4563 [17JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Individual Health Insurance Mandate Implementation: Mike Kreidler, Washington State Insurance Commissioner, E1089 [18JY]

Remarks in House

AbilityOne Program: anniversary, H7637 [11DE], E1831, E1837 [11DE]

——— tribute, E658 [14MY], E919 [19JN], E1153 [30JY], E1718 [20NO]

ACDI/VOCA (organization): anniversary, E939 [20JN], E959 [25JN]

African Americans: history of involvement in the labor movement, H5425–H5432 [9SE], E1265 [9SE]

Agriculture: tribute to Bracero guest worker program, H5661 [19SE]

Anthony Timberlands, Inc.: tribute to addition of second shift at Bearden, AK, sawmill, H635 [26FE]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H4348 [10JY]

Argo Marketing Group (business): Inc. (publication) Hire Power Award for Job Creation recipient, E1706 [19NO]

Arizona: condition Federal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) for a mining project on locating the remote operations center in or near Superior, AZ, H5856, H5857 [26SE]

——— economic impact of certain infrastructure development projects in rural areas, H6691 [23OC]

——— facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 687), H5530 [12SE], H5792 [20SE], H5848–H5863 [26SE], E1393 [27SE]

——— facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 687), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5669–H5684 [19SE]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (H.R. 100), E5 [3JA]

Bayaud Enterprises (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1191 [1AU]

Blind Center of Nevada: tribute, E1831 [11DE]

BLM: economic impact of cancellation of oil and natural gas lease sales in California, E677 [16MY]

BLS: impact of Government shutdown on release of jobs report, H6496 [11OC]

Blue Diamond Growers (company): tribute to opening of Turlock, CA, plant, E827 [6JN]

Budget: repeal sequestration while achieving balance in deficit reduction between revenue and cuts and between non-defense and defense cuts and invest in job creation (H.R. 505), H540 [14FE], H694 [27FE]

Bureau of Reclamation: require all machinery constructed or used in conduit facilities for hydropower development projects to be made in the U.S., H1888 [10AP]

Business and industry: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2235–H2239 [23AP], H2310 [25AP], H2408 [6MY], H2447, H2448, H2449, H2450, H2462, H2463 [7MY], H2490, H2491, H2492, H2493, H2494, H2502–H2522, H2526 [8MY], H3027 [4JN], H3227 [6JN], H4843 [22JY], H5076 [25JY], H7557 [5DE], E636 [9MY], E643 [13MY]

——— 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), H2450–H2459 [7MY]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), motion to recommit, H2520, H2521 [8MY]

——— amend certain securities laws relative to treatment of emerging growth companies (H.R. 3623), E1756 [22NO]

——— establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing, H5430 [9SE]

——— guarantee employee choice for use of compensatory time for certain purposes and exclude employers that violate equal pay protections for women from option to offer compensatory time for overtime, H2520, H2521 [8MY]

——— impact of Government regulations on hiring and job loss, H4843–H4848 [22JY]

——— improve economic climate for businesses, H505 [14FE]

——— permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests for, flexible work terms and conditions (H.R. 2559), E989 [28JN]

——— permit employees to request, and ensure employers consider requests, for flexible work terms and conditions, H1533 [15MR]

California: impact of budget sequestration on Kern and Fresno Counties relative to BLM cancellation of all oil and natural gas leases, H2668 [16MY]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6476–H6482 [10OC]

——— importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2114 [17AP]

Career and Technical Education Month: observance, H458, H462 [13FE]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs, H4318 [10JY]

——— provide for youth jobs (H.R. 2381), E892 [17JN]

Cintas Corp.: Statesville, NC, branch recipient of North Carolina Dept. of Labor OSHA Carolina Star Program award, H1334 [12MR]

Civil rights: anniversary of March on Washington, H5266 [1AU], E1228 [2AU]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, E393 [9AP]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H226, H251 [23JA], H318 [4FE], H1840, H1841, H1847, H1848, H1849 [9AP], H1925–H1928, H1942 [11AP], H1986–H1988 [12AP], H2454, H2457, H2458 [7MY], H2518, H2519 [8MY], H3105, H3106, H3107, H3108, H3109, H3110 [5JN], E216 [28FE], E401 [9AP], E407 [10AP], E643 [13MY], E804, E806 [5JN]

——— prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 438), H1987 [12AP], E73 [29JA]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), H7062 [14NO], H7199 [19NO], H7264 [20NO], H7337 [21NO], E1717, E1723 [20NO]

Civil Rights Act: repeal exemption for Wards Cove Packing Co. (H.R. 2215), E763 [24MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H5375 [2AU], H7611 [10DE], H7695 [12DE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H2490, H2491 [8MY], H4090 [27JN], H5664 [19SE], H5771 [20SE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H1559 [18MR], H2751 [17MY], H2777, H2788, H2789 [20MY], H2811, H2812, H2813 [21MY], H2843, H2845, H2849, H2850, H2852, H2862–H2895 [22MY], H2916, H2940 [23MY], H3027 [4JN], H3226 [6JN], H3367 [13JN], H7557 [5DE], E747, E753 [23MY], E770 [3JN]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), consideration (H. Res. 228), H2852–H2862 [22MY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), motion to recommit, H2892, H2893 [22MY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), prohibit consideration due to House Rules violation and unconstitutionality (H. Res. 225), H2788 [20MY], H2828, H2829 [21MY]

——— goals of the 113th Congress, H63 [14JA], H2356 [26AP]

——— legislative priorities, H3766 [19JN], H5309 [1AU], H5437 [10SE], H5648 [18SE], H7195 [19NO], H7269–H7272 [20NO]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1560–H1566 [18MR], H1667–H1671 [20MR], H6819–H6823 [28OC], H7384–H7390 [2DE], E325 [18MR], E348 [21MR]

——— legislative priorities, H7384–H7390 [2DE]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H1810, H1814 [21MR]

Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus: tribute, H673, H674 [27FE]

Contracts: allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract (H.R. 1332), H1916 [11AP]

——— ensure retail and commercial vendors contracting with the Federal Government offer employees a decent wage with benefits, H2558 [9MY]

——— establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (H.R. 1844), H2448 [7MY]

——— provide for compensation of Federal contractor employees that were placed on unpaid leave as a result of the Government shutdown (H.R. 3500), E1664 [14NO]

Corps of Engineers: Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, H6711, H6712 [23OC]

——— Savannah Harbor Expansion Project funding, H6702 [23OC]

Courts: impact of budget sequestration, H4529 [17JY]

Crime: impact of budget sequestration on Federal probation system, H3670 [17JN]

Dearborn County, MI: tribute to Dearborn County Commissioners’ efforts toward local job fair, E1852 [12DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4993, H4994 [24JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow States to implement a work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, H3959, H3960, H3969 [20JN]

——— carry out employment and training pilot projects to reduce dependency and increase work efforts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 1929), H2538 [9MY]

——— 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]

——— fire suppression equipment and personnel, and rural water, waste disposal, wastewater facility, and business opportunity grant programs funding, H3966 [20JN]

——— increase opportunities for women- and minority-owned small businesses, H3783 [19JN]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs, H5939, H5942, H5943 [28SE], H6507–H6512 [11OC], E1501 [11OC]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5591, H5592, H5593, H5594, H5595, H5596, H5598, H5599, H5600, H5624, H5625 [18SE], H5659, H5660, H5661, H5662, H5663, H5664, H5665, H5666, H5667, H5668, H5694–H5721, H5755, H5756 [19SE], H5836 [26SE], E1353, E1355 [20SE], E1366 [25SE]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5669–H5684 [19SE]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), motion to recommit, H5719, H5720 [19SE]

——— require additional work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients and eliminate funding for nutrition education, job training, and job search programs, H3956, H3957 [20JN]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Program funding, H1370 [13MR], H1409, H1410 [14MR]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H5844 [26SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (H.R. 2996), H6212 [3OC]

——— produce, with other relevant agencies, a report on enhancing the competitiveness of the U.S. in attracting foreign direct investments (H.R. 2052), H5411–H5414 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: assess retention, recruitment, and management of the cyber workforce, H3560 [13JN]

——— conduct outreach program to benefit women- and minority-owned small businesses prior to conversion of functions from civilian employees to contractors, H3547 [13JN], E887 [17JN]

——— determine whether Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service Program is meeting the department’s technical personnel needs, H3561 [13JN]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H317 [4FE], H360 [5FE], H507, H531 [14FE], H668, H687, H688, H690, H693 [27FE], H821 [4MR], H1365 [13MR], H1677 [20MR], H2448 [7MY], H2661 [16MY], H2722 [17MY], H2778 [20MY], H3026, H3035 [4JN], H3339–H3341 [12JN], H3763 [19JN], H4180 [8JY], H4218 [9JY], H4313 [10JY], H4373, H4374 [11JY], H4525, H4528, H4532 [17JY], H4604, H4605, H4608 [18JY], H4729 [19JY], H4873, H4887 [23JY], H5185 [31JY], H5271 [1AU], H5624 [18SE], H6905 [30OC], H7001 [13NO], H7263 [20NO]

——— military readiness funding, H3338 [12JN]

——— prohibit funding to deny security clearances for civilian employees who incur economic hardship as a result of sequestration furloughs, H5007 [24JY]

——— prohibit funding to furlough military technicians (dual status), H4969, H4970 [23JY], E1136 [25JY]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault, H3219 [6JN], H3340 [12JN], H3377 [13JN], H7702, H8042, H8046 [12DE]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (H.R. 1864), H2538 [9MY], H3271 [11JN], H4057–H4061 [26JN]

Dept. of Education: collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 455), E85 [4FE]

——— create and expand innovative teacher and principal preparation programs known as teacher and principal preparation academies (H.R. 2196), E750 [23MY]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— provide grants for innovative teacher retention programs (H.R. 2878), E1175 [31JY]

——— simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (H.R. 1716), H2928 [23MY], H5217 [31JY]

Dept. of Energy: cleanup and reindustrialization of Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, H4329 [10JY]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees at Government-owned, contractor operated national laboratories, H6537, H6541 [11OC]

——— salaries and expenses funding, H4288 [9JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: adjust immigration status of certain Venezuelans (H.R. 944), H4583 [17JY]

Dept. of Labor: create a pilot program to award grants to local governments and community-based organizations to create jobs (H.R. 2257), H3025 [4JN], H3766 [19JN]

——— establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (H.R. 1436), H1962 [12AP]

——— establish alternate guidelines for measuring progress of State and local performance for entrepreneurial training services under the Workforce Investment Act, H1411 [14MR]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 870), E206 [27FE]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (H.R. 1000), E301 [14MR]

——— include the Northern Mariana Islands in employment services provided under Wagner-Peyser Act (H.R. 1656), E497 [18AP]

——— increase State allotments for workforce training programs for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians, H1472, H1473 [15MR]

——— integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards, H1439 [15MR]

——— issue occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard (H.R. 2480), H5314 [1AU], E963 [25JN]

——— job training programs funding through reduction in Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program marketing and outreach funding, H1473, H1474 [15MR]

——— make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to carry out employment training programs, H5430 [9SE]

——— proposal to modify definition of fiduciary under ERISA, H6844, H6845, H6857, H6858, H6860, H6861, H6863 [29OC]

——— reduce workforce investment system funding if evaluations and reports are not submitted on time, H1474, H1475 [15MR]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, H1408 [14MR], H1441–H1444, H1523–H1527 [15MR], H7631, H7636 [11DE]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (H.R. 798), E322 [18MR]

Dept. of State: affirm that scientific and technical studies and analyses support that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is an environmentally sound project, H2876, H2877 [22MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct an annual review and report to Congress on all State hydraulic fracturing activities, H7293, H7294 [20NO]

——— include areas requested by States in environmental review process for energy leasing plans, H4120, H4121 [27JN]

——— limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, H2110 [17AP]

——— prohibit issuance of oil and gas leases to companies which are in violation of certain sanctions against Iran and Syria, H4122, H4123 [27JN]

——— require companies purchasing oil or gas leases to implement company policy to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, H4111 [27JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: establish the STEM Education and Training Account (H.R. 3568), H7265 [20NO]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform, H5897 [27SE]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), H5183, H5185, H5187 [31JY], H5272, H5274 [1AU], H5362–H5373 [2AU], E1202 [1AU]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), consideration (H. Res. 322), H5276–H5285 [1AU]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), motion to recommit, H5371, H5372 [2AU]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (S. 983), H2850 [22MY]

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]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs, H2330, H2331 [25AP]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (H.R. 1765), H2364–H2374, H2379, H2380 [26AP], E581 [30AP], E598 [6MY], E645 [13MY]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, H5114 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H2335 [25AP], H3053, H3054, H3086, H3087 [4JN], E816 [6JN]

——— extend veterans assistance programs, H7616, H7617 [10DE]

——— improve and increase the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs (H.R. 1412), H2813–H2815 [21MY], E756 [23MY], E1399 [28SE]

——— improve and increase the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs (H.R. 1412), Senate amendments, H5888–H5890 [27SE]

——— improve the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program by providing assistance for certain training programs that are considered less than full-time (H.R. 1357), H5706 [19SE]

——— make certain clarifications and improvements in academic and vocational counseling programs (H.R. 3399), H6915 [30OC]

——— Veterans Benefits Administration veterans employment funding, H3064, H3065 [4JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: prohibit funding to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3080–H3083 [4JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Commerce: act through NOAA to initiate immediate action to create jobs (H.R. 70), E1003 [28JN]

Detroit, MI: anniversary of Payne-Pulliam School of Trade and Commerce, E1662 [14NO]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice, E394 [9AP]

East St. Louis, IL: anniversary of Boilermakers Union Local 363, E421 [11AP]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, E11 [3JA], E21 [14JA]

——— ensure local input in State designations of local workforce investment areas, H1470, H1471 [15MR]

——— Government bailout of automobile industry, H6449 [9OC]

——— historical significance of the American dream and analysis of issues that undermine its survival, H7430 [3DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H350, H357 [5FE], H396–H398 [6FE], H434, H436, H437 [12FE], H457, H458, H461, H462, H463, H464, H465 [13FE], H506, H508, H514, H515, H516, H521, H522, H530, H531, H540 [14FE], H554, H564, H570 [15FE], H601, H602, H607, H608, H609 [25FE], H633, H634, H637, H638, H639, H640, H641, H642, H643, H650, H651 [26FE], H663–H672, H673, H674, H675, H676, H680, H681, H684, H685, H686, H687, H688–H697 [27FE], H705, H706, H801–H811 [28FE], H821, H822, H941–H948 [4MR], H955, H956, H957, H958, H964, H968, H978 [5MR], H985, H986, H988–H995, H1303–H1315 [6MR], H1364, H1366–H1371 [13MR], H1401, H1403, H1423 [14MR], H1542 [15MR], H1591–H1596 [19MR], H1641, H1642 [20MR], H1863, H1870, H1871, H1872, H1873 [10AP], H1917, H1925 [11AP], H1977 [12AP], H2076 [17AP], H2167, H2168 [23AP], H2252, H2258, H2269 [24AP], H2303, H2308, H2312, H2313, H2314, H2315, H2316–H2321 [25AP], H2356, H2366, H2367, H2371, H2378, H2379, H2380 [26AP], H2471–H2473 [7MY], H2494 [8MY], H2555 [9MY], H2607 [15MY], H2810, H2811, H2812 [21MY], H2846, H2848, H2849, H2851 [22MY], H3055 [4JN], H3931 [20JN], H4084, H4085 [27JN], H4987 [24JY], H5442 [10SE], H5483, H5484, H5485 [11SE], H5689, H5690, H5756 [19SE], H5913 [27SE], H5943 [28SE], H6403 [8OC], H6540 [11OC], H7461 [4DE], H8043, H8083 [12DE], E193 [26FE], E199, E201 [27FE], E226, E229, E231 [28FE], E244 [5MR], E263 [11MR], E321 [18MR], E585 [3MY], E636 [9MY], E1361 [23SE]

——— impact of Government regulations, H635 [26FE], H1803 [21MR], H3262 [11JN], H3670, H3672–H3678, H3684 [17JN], H7065 [14NO]

——— impact of Government regulations on manufacturing, H399 [6FE]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6646 [22OC], H6688 [23OC]

——— impact of illegal aliens, H1952 [11AP], H4204, H4205 [8JY], H4580 [17JY]

——— impact of immigration reform, H4320 [10JY], H4579–H4585 [17JY], H5186 [31JY]

——— importance of job creation, H97 [15JA], H464 [13FE], H640 [26FE], H1406 [14MR], H1434 [15MR], H1668, H1669, H1670, H1671, H1677, H1679 [20MR], H1724, H1814 [21MR], H1871, H1873, H1874 [10AP], H1921, H1924 [11AP], H2377 [26AP], H2470–H2475 [7MY], H2494 [8MY], H2626 [15MY], H2723 [17MY], H2812 [21MY], H2916 [23MY], H3027 [4JN], H3106 [5JN], H3220 [6JN], H3274, H3277 [11JN], H3297, H3299 [12JN], H3368, H3369, H3370, H3371 [13JN], H3671, H3684 [17JN], H4001 [25JN], H4048 [26JN], H4148 [28JN], H4179, H4189, H4200 [8JY], H4223 [9JY], H4830, H4831, H4842–H4848 [22JY], H4987 [24JY], H5099 [30JY], H5273 [1AU], H5352 [2AU], H5418 [9SE], H5441 [10SE], H5481 [11SE], H5532 [12SE], H5658 [19SE], H5808 [25SE], H6189 [3OC], H6418 [9OC], H6466 [10OC], H7265 [20NO], E428 [11AP]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, H2168 [23AP]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H158–H160 [15JA], H354 [5FE], H1346, H1347, H1349 [12MR], H1627 [19MR], H1870, H1881, H1882 [10AP], H1919, H1923 [11AP], H1976, H1977 [12AP], H2232–H2235 [23AP], H2473–H2475 [7MY], H2598–H2600 [14MY], H3089–H3093 [4JN], H3275 [11JN], H4504, H4511–H4516 [16JY], H5576–H5578 [17SE], H6212–H6218 [3OC], H6499 [11OC], H6665–H6668 [22OC], H6981–H6983 [12NO], H7245, H7247 [19NO], H7430–H7433 [3DE], H7620–H7626 [10DE], H7696 [12DE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H1343–H1345 [12MR], H1625–H1628 [19MR], H3105 [5JN], H3263 [11JN], H3658 [17JN], H4591 [17JY], H6235 [4OC]

——— prohibit use of funds to reform and strengthen the workforce investment system for lobbying and political activities, H1437 [15MR]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H157 [15JA], H1576 [19MR], H3106 [5JN], H5430 [9SE]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 2821), H4990 [24JY], H5184 [31JY], H5275 [1AU], H5516 [12SE], H5599 [18SE], H5678 [19SE]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system and spur economic growth and create jobs, H1675, H1676 [20MR]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1317 [6MR], H1335 [12MR], H1370, H1378 [13MR], H1405, H1416 [14MR], H1434, H1435–H1530, H1532, H1533, H1537 [15MR], H2238 [23AP], H3226, H3227 [6JN], H5076 [25JY], H7557 [5DE], E301 [14MR], E322 [18MR]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), consideration (H. Res. 113), H1407–H1415 [14MR]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), motion to recommit, H1528 [15MR]

——— revitalize the middle class, H202 [22JA], H1872 [10AP], H2470, H2471 [7MY], H3274–H3276, H3278, H3279 [11JN], H6695 [23OC]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs, H516 [14FE]

Education: allow that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials (H.R. 497), H1923 [11AP]

——— importance of investment in public education, H4514, H4515 [16JY]

Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman (company): MADE—In America (organization) BEST—Made in America Award recipient, E1077 [17JY]

Elkhart County, IN: tribute to job growth, H6210 [3OC]

Employment: guarantee employee choice for use of compensatory time for certain purposes and exclude employers that violate equal pay protections for women from option to offer compensatory time for overtime, H2520, H2521 [8MY]

Energy and water development: importance of infrastructure investment, H4240 [9JY], H4603 [18JY]

EPA: impact of Government regulations on coal industry, H5582–H5586 [17SE], H5936 [28SE]

——— impact of overregulation on the economy, H689 [27FE]

Equal Pay Act: anniversary, H3105, H3106, H3107, H3108, H3109 [5JN], H3228 [6JN], E800, E804, E806 [5JN], E830 [10JN], E840 [11JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H1840, H1841, H1847, H1848, H1849 [9AP], H1925, H1942 [11AP], H1986–H1988 [12AP], E393, E401 [9AP], E407 [10AP], E424 [11AP]

Eximbank: tribute, H6908 [30OC]

ExxonMobil Corp.: shareholder vote to strike down proposal to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, H3106 [5JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (H.R. 2342), H3295 [12JN]

Fair Pay Act: anniversary, E108 [6FE], E216 [28FE]

Families and domestic relations: require employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees (H.R. 2096), E1598 [29OC]

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], E98 [5FE], E220 [28FE]

Farmington, MN: anniversary of Minnesota National Guard Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program participation, H7458 [4DE]

Federal agencies and departments: allow use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H3026 [4JN]

——— exempt major rules that OMB determines would result in job creation from requirement of a congressional joint resolution of approval, H5325, H5326 [1AU]

——— require agency reports on proposed Federal rules include an analysis of anticipated jobs gained or lost due to implementation and specify if jobs are public or private, H5323, H5324 [1AU]

Federal aid programs: create a pilot program to award grants to local governments and community-based organizations to create jobs, H3106 [5JN]

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]

——— impact of budget sequestration, E1884 [16DE]

——— make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (H.R. 249), H2004–H2010 [15AP], E478 [17AP]

——— making continuing appropriations for on-time compensation of all Federal employees and certain military personnel during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3271), H6376 [8OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (H.J. Res. 89), H6384–H6389 [8OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (H.J. Res. 89), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6370–H6381 [8OC]

——— provide a short-term disability insurance program for disabilities that are not work-related (H.R. 2698), E1063 [16JY]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees, H6620 [16OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (H.R. 3223), H6292, H6296–H6304, H6306, H6307 [5OC], H6332, H6333 [7OC], H6385–H6389 [8OC], H6429 [9OC], H6560, H6565 [12OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (H.R. 3223), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— revision of benefit portion of the Federal Employee Retirement System, E1906 [19DE]

Financial literacy: require financial literacy and economic education counseling for student borrowers, H2935 [23MY]

Fish and fishing: support fisheries and communities that rely upon them, clear regulatory burdens, and streamline Federal fisheries management (H.R. 799), H3893 [19JN]

Foreign aid: assist in economic development and job creation in Mexico and foster trade relationship, H4070 [26JN]

Foreign trade: create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa (H.R. 1777), E616 [8MY], E704 [20MY]

Forests: restart jobs in the timber industry, H4095 [27JN]

Fulton, MO: National Churchill Museum recipient of Missouri Humanities Council award for ‘‘Kingdom at Work’’ exhibit, E460 [15AP]

Gainesville, GA: tribute, H463 [13FE]

GAO: conduct study on economic benefits of shale energy development from hydraulic fracturing, H7291, H7292 [20NO]

——— report on implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (H.R. 2630), H4219 [9JY]

——— study effectiveness of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in maximizing economic growth and job creation in communities surrounding low and moderate-use ports, H6746 [23OC]

——— submit report to Congress on usage of compensatory time as substitute for cash wages for overtime hours worked and detail complaints filed and enforcement actions taken for alleged violations, H2517 [8MY]

——— transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to the processing of claims for the payment of federally contracted workers who were not paid appropriate wages (H.R. 2747), H5449, H5450 [10SE]

General Electric Co.: GE Transportation plan to restructure operations at Lawrence Park, PA, locomotive manufacturing facility, H1847 [9AP]

General Motors Co: tribute, H7620 [10DE]

Global Business Network Association: tribute, E1593 [29OC]

Government: institute hiring freeze to stop impact of budget sequestration, H688 [27FE]

——— prohibit Members of Congress, President, Vice-President, and executive department heads from receiving pay and prioritize payments to seniors, military, and veterans during Government shutdowns (H.R. 3152), H6241 [4OC]

Health: 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]

——— decision to eliminate income verification eligibility requirement relative to health care exchange insurance subsidies, H4180 [8JY], H4221 [9JY]

——— expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities, E677 [16MY]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, H6162 [2OC]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (H.R. 940), H3106 [5JN], H3347–H3354 [12JN], E1727 [21NO]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 2300), H5371 [2AU], H7082 [14NO], H7437 [3DE]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (H.R. 1254), H2591 [14MY]

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]

Horizon Industries (organization): tribute, H8096 [12DE]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (H. Res. 8), H24 [3JA]

——— legislative priorities, H4996, H4997 [24JY], H5183 [31JY], H5269, H5272 [1AU], H5369, H5383–H5386 [2AU], H6845 [29OC]

——— tribute to Office of the Chief Administrative Officer voluntary separation incentive payment program retirees, E1834 [11DE]

Houston, TX: tribute to labor union leaders, H5430 [9SE]

Illinois: tribute to southern Illinois coal industry, H98 [15JA]

Immigration: authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the U.S. and provide funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, H4581 [17JY]

——— create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers (H.R. 1773), H7147 [15NO], H7462 [4DE]

——— enhance competitiveness through encouragement of high-skilled immigration (H.R. 2131), H4519 [16JY], H7147 [15NO], H7462 [4DE]

——— extend period when Iraqis employed by the U.S. in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and temporarily increase fee or surcharge for processing certain nonimmigrant visas (H.R. 3233), H6156 [2OC], H6177 [3OC]

——— fulfillment of conditions under which amnesty would be granted to illegal aliens, H1951 [11AP], H2018 [15AP], H2481 [7MY], H3980 [20JN], H4201–H4206 [8JY], H4315 [10JY]

——— impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, H3670 [17JN]

——— impact of reform on women’s rights, H6808 [28OC]

——— impact that granting amnesty to illegal aliens has on employment, H4594–H4596 [17JY]

——— improve agricultural workers programs, E1791 [4DE]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory, H1906 [10AP]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (H.R. 1772), H2759 [17MY], H4518, H4519 [16JY], H7148 [15NO], H7462 [4DE]

——— prohibit granting of lawful permanent residence status until deployment of border strategy, new Border Patrol agents and fencing, employment verification system, and electronic entry/exit system, H4042, H4073 [26JN], H4096 [27JN]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates, H2287 [24AP]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program, H6213 [3OC]

——— reform, H333–H339 [4FE], H353 [5FE], H539–H543 [14FE], H553 [15FE], H1343 [12MR], H1402, H1406 [14MR], H1904–H1907 [10AP], H1920, H1950–H1953 [11AP], H1982–H1986 [12AP], 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], H5641–H5648 [18SE], H5809 [25SE], 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]

Indiana: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2112 [17AP]

International Association of Workforce Professionals: anniversary, E299 [14MR]

Investments: restrict eligibility of investment funds to those that do not own a controlling interest in companies that outsource American jobs, H7488, H7489 [4DE]

IRS: prohibit implementation or enforcement of health care reform until certifications are made that there is not discriminatory misconduct against taxpayers by IRS officers and employees (H.R. 2022), H3102 [5JN], H3262 [11JN]

Ivy Tech Community College: tribute to Southeast regional campuses’ contributions to Indiana 6th Congressional District Job Fair, E1830 [11DE]

Japan: inclusion in Trans-Pacific Partnership, E1611 [30OC]

Kentucky: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2108, H2112 [17AP]

Keystone XL Pipeline: job creation relative to Congress approving the permit, H4490 [16JY]

Labor unions: importance of organized labor in the U.S., H1811–H1815, H1817 [21MR]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (H.R. 946), H2305 [25AP]

Longaberger Co.: tribute to moving of pottery production line back into the U.S., H2810 [21MY]

Manufacturing Day: observance, H6210, H6212–H6218 [3OC], H6239, H6243 [4OC], E1438, E1441 [4OC]

Maple Grove, MN: Minnesota National Guard Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program community participant, H4841 [22JY]

Mars, Inc.: anniversary of Greenville, MS, manufacturing facility, E1762 [2DE]

Mayer Lumber Co., Inc.: anniversary, E1377 [26SE]

Melwood (organization): anniversary, E1657 [14NO]

Mexican American Opportunity Foundation: anniversary, E402 [9AP]

Mexican-American Council: tribute, E587 [3MY]

Minimum wage: increase, H5497–H5502 [11SE], H5599 [18SE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H1528 [15MR]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H968 [5MR], H2458 [7MY], H2518, H2519 [8MY], H7498–H7503 [4DE], H7636 [11DE], E1801 [5DE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1346), E357 [21MR]

——— level, H6668 [22OC]

Minneapolis, MN: U.S. Bank recipient of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (organization) Sec. of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, E1028 [9JY]

Minnesota: tribute to passage of the ‘‘Ban the Box’’ Act, E655 [14MY]

Missouri: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2108, H2111 [17AP]

Montana: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2113 [17AP]

Monterey County Hospitality Association: tribute to hospitality industry employee recognition celebration, E1625 [12NO]

Morality and ethics: value of personal responsibility versus Federal aid programs, H1983 [12AP], H3985 [20JN]

National Commission on Employment and Economic Security: establish (H.R. 3642), E1775 [3DE]

——— establish (H.R. 3651), E1790 [4DE]

National Electrical Lineworker Appreciation Day: observance, E1102 [19JY]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources (H.R. 1526), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5669–H5684 [19SE]

——— restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources (H.R. 1526), motion to recommit, H5790, H5791 [20SE]

——— restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (H.R. 1526), H5460–H5467 [10SE], H5530 [12SE], H5721–H5755 [19SE], H5788–H5792 [20SE], H5820 [25SE], E1353, E1356, E1357, E1358 [20SE], E1389 [27SE]

National Industries for the Blind: anniversary, H7304 [20NO], H8096 [12DE], E1831 [11DE]

National Infrastructure Bank: establish, H6667 [22OC]

National objectives: economic recovery, H318 [4FE], H554 [15FE], H2235–H2242 [23AP], H6667 [22OC], H6981 [12NO]

National Retirement Planning Week: observance, E422 [11AP], E448 [12AP]

National Truck Driver Appreciation Week: observance, H5555 [17SE]

National Work and Family Month: observance, E1598 [29OC], E1617 [30OC]

Natural gas: Marcellus shale drilling for reserves, H3669 [17JN], H6695 [23OC], H7619 [10DE]

Nebraska Advanced Manufacturing Coalition: tribute to Dream It Do It Initiative partnership with Omaha Northwest High Magnet School, E1137 [25JY]

NLRB: exempt protections for employment and election rights of veterans and American workers against outsourcing, abuse by foreign firms, unsafe working conditions and discrimination from legislation prohibiting certain actions, H1973, H1974 [12AP]

NOAA: impact of budget sequestration, H3697 [18JN]

Northern Mariana Islands: adjust scheduled minimum wage increases, H5453, H5454 [10SE]

Northern Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc.: tribute, E1593 [29OC]

Obama, President: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H1362 [13MR], H1920 [11AP], H2168 [23AP], H2283 [24AP], H4016, H4019 [25JN], H4067 [26JN]

——— evaluation of administration, H976–H978 [5MR]

——— evaluation of budget proposal, H1945, H1947 [11AP]

——— evaluation of economic policies, H437 [12FE], H515 [14FE], H2271 [24AP], H2475 [7MY], H3229 [6JN], H4320 [10JY], H4864 [23JY], H4989 [24JY], H5078 [25JY], H5275 [1AU], H5387 [2AU], H5598 [18SE], H5666 [19SE]

——— evaluation of energy policies, H4010, H4011, H4015–H4021 [25JN], H4050, H4061–H4068 [26JN], H4090 [27JN], H4818 [19JY]

——— evaluation of environmental and climate policies, H4001, H4002 [25JN], H4087, H4093 [27JN]

OMB: impact of budget sequestration on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, E287 [13MR]

Opportunity Partners (nonprofit organization): anniversary, H2789 [20MY]

OSHA: authorize and expand the Voluntary Protection Programs to include more small businesses (H.R. 632), E136 [13FE]

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), H6959, H6960, H6979, H6980 [12NO], H7006, H7007, H7034 [13NO], H7058, H7061, H7062, H7063, H7064, H7065, H7080, H7081, H7082, H7083, H7084, H7085, H7086, H7087, H7089, H7090, H7091, H7092, H7093, H7094 [14NO], H7114, H7115, H7128–H7145, H7149, H7150 [15NO], H7157 [18NO], H7215, H7239 [19NO], H7265 [20NO], H7314, H7338 [21NO], E1656 [14NO], E1692 [18NO], E1707 [19NO], E1728 [21NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), consideration (H. Res. 413), H7115–H7128 [15NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), motion to recommit, H7140, H7141, H7143 [15NO]

——— authorize State insurance commissioners to investigate and fine instances of arbitrary insurance cancellations and excessive or unjustified premium increases, H7140, H7141 [15NO]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H4179 [8JY], H4221, H4222, H4223 [9JY], H4318 [10JY], H4374, H4375 [11JY], H4818 [19JY], H6067 [1OC], H6443 [9OC]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4475 [11JY], H4491, H4504 [16JY], H4527, H4529, H4530, H4531, H4532, H4533, H4534, H4546–H4560, H4564–H4575, H4579 [17JY], H4606, H4608, H4609 [18JY], H4817 [19JY], H4990, H5038 [24JY], H5333–H5336 [1AU], H7338 [21NO], E1074 [17JY], E1089 [18JY], E1108 [22JY]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4534–H4545 [17JY], E1143 [25JY]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), motion to recommit, H4573 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, H5555 [17SE], H5897 [27SE], H5941, H5943 [28SE], H6021–H6029, H6034, H6038, H6044 [30SE], H6066 [1OC], H6119, H6157, H6159 [2OC], H6180, H6181, H6183, H6186, H6187, H6190, H6191 [3OC], H6231, H6240, H6242, H6246, H6251, H6257, H6265, H6272, H6273, H6276, H6277, H6280 [4OC], H6314 [5OC], H6335 [7OC], H6355, H6391, H6398 [8OC], H6417, H6422, H6425, H6442, H6445 [9OC], H6462, H6463 [10OC], H6533, H6535 [11OC], H6566 [12OC], H6573 [14OC], H6595 [15OC], H6612, H6614 [16OC], H6670–H6672 [22OC], H6692, H6762–H6766 [23OC], H6915 [30OC]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4475 [11JY], H4491 [16JY], H4529, H4530, H4531, H4532, H4533, H4534, H4546–H4573, H4575, H4579 [17JY], H4606, H4608, H4609 [18JY], H4817 [19JY], H4990 [24JY], H5333, H5334 [1AU], H6128 [2OC], H7402 [3DE], E1074 [17JY], E1087, E1089 [18JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), consideration (H. Res. 300), H4534–H4545 [17JY], E1145 [25JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), motion to recommit, H4575, H4576 [17JY]

——— delay penalty provisions of individual health insurance mandate, H6118 [2OC]

——— economic impact on middle class families, H6050 [30SE], H6070 [1OC]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3685), H7670 [11DE]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce certain provisions (H. Res. 425), H7338 [21NO]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce employer mandate provisions (H. Con. Res. 45), H4554, H4555 [17JY]

——— impact, H1342, H1349 [12MR], H1641 [20MR], H2168 [23AP], H2492 [8MY], H2610 [15MY], H2665, H2666, H2667, H2668, H2669 [16MY], H4021–H4024 [25JN], H4477 [11JY], H4505 [16JY], H4535, H4539 [17JY], H5033–H5039 [24JY], H5275, H5334–H5336 [1AU], H5368 [2AU]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H1579 [19MR]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H1804, H1805, H1809 [21MR], H2015 [15AP], H2272 [24AP], H3107, H3109, H3110 [5JN], H3298 [12JN], H3367, H3370 [13JN], H3670 [17JN], H4001 [25JN], H4201 [8JY], H5033–H5039 [24JY], H5846 [26SE], H6015, H6025, H6044 [30SE], H6186 [3OC], H6235, H6245 [4OC], H6455 [10OC], H6987, H6988 [12NO]

——— impact on tax burden, H64 [14JA], H822 [4MR], H1336 [12MR], H6532 [11OC]

——— make the individual health insurance mandate voluntary (H.R. 3348), H6811 [28OC], H7130 [15NO], H7238 [19NO]

——— prohibit employers from reducing insurance coverage for individuals and families who currently receive job-based health benefits, H4573 [17JY]

——— protect consumers from premium increases and prohibit discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, H4575, H4576 [17JY]

——— repeal, H4529 [17JY]

——— repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H5371 [2AU]

——— repeal implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H4190 [8JY], H4320 [10JY]

Pennco Tech (career training school): anniversary, E1646 [13NO]

Pennsylvania: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2112, H2113 [17AP]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: guarantee qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans (H.R. 566), E105 [6FE]

Philippines: permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (H.R. 3602), H7511 [5DE]

Pontiac, MI, Rotary Club: tribute to Career Day, E608 [7MY]

Ports: recognize importance to the U.S. economy and national security, strengthen seaport-related infrastructure, and express gratitude to port employees (H. Res. 158), E450 [12AP]

Power resources: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H5581–H5586 [17SE]

——— promote use of natural gas, H5374 [2AU], H6695 [23OC]

Prince William County, VA: tribute to Dept. of Social Services employees and volunteers, E963 [25JN]

Privacy: prohibit Federal agencies, employers, or prospective employers from requiring the disclosure of passwords to social networking web sites or personal accounts, H2142–H2144 [18AP]

Professional Social Work Month: observance, E291 [13MR], E305 [14MR]

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]

——— establish work requirements for recipients, H6448 [9OC]

——— 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]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain relative to the Keystone XL Pipeline, H2855 [22MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3767 [19JN], H4046 [26JN], H4189 [8JY], H4223 [9JY], H4992, H4993, H5032 [24JY], H5273 [1AU], H7404, H7406 [3DE], H7457 [4DE], H7636 [11DE]

Reseach: importance of science, health, agricultural, and alternative energy research investment, H3277, H3278 [11JN]

Sacramento, CA: tribute to Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce ‘‘Capitol to Capitol’’ trip to Washington, DC, H2129 [18AP]

SBA: establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 2460), E953 [20JN]

Schools: 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]

Seattle, WA: anniversary of Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce, E442 [12AP]

——— Seattle-Tacoma International Airport recipient of Skytrax (company) World Report Best Airport Staff in North America Award, E651 [14MY]

SEC: include assessment of anticipated impact on public or private sector jobs as a result of implementation of any major rule, H2744 [17MY]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3465), H7095–H7097 [14NO], E1725 [21NO]

Second Chance Employment Services (organization): tribute, H6690 [23OC]

Sermersheim, Kristina M.: South Bay AFL–CIO Labor Council COPE Award for Service Above Self recipient, E106 [6FE]

SkillsUSA (organization): tribute to medal recipients, H5888 [27SE]

Small business: economic impact of Government regulations, E813 [6JN]

——— improve opportunities for minority entrepreneurs, H3678–H3683 [17JN]

Smith, Melody: St. Joseph, MO, YWCA Women of Excellence Woman in the Workplace Award recipient, E930 [20JN]

SRC Electrical LLC: OSHA Voluntary Protection Program inductee, E1155 [30JY]

States: recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), H7145 [15NO], H7261, H7263, H7266, H7280–H7297, H7307 [20NO], E1729 [21NO]

——— recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), consideration (H. Res. 419), H7201–H7211 [19NO]

——— recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), motion to recommit, H7296 [20NO], E1727 [21NO]

Taxation: allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (H.R. 1271), H1883 [10AP]

——— allow employers an income tax credit as an incentive to partner with community colleges or other educational institutions to improve workforce development and job training for students (H.R. 1747), H2328 [25AP]

——— allow small businesses to defer the payment of certain employment taxes (H.R. 952), H3670 [17JN]

——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 1292), H2293 [24AP], H2760 [17MY], H3648 [14JN]

——— consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), E1614 [30OC]

——— 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]

——— eliminate wage cap on payroll tax, H5773 [20SE]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (H.R. 851), H5602, H5603 [18SE]

——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (H.R. 2035), H2706 [16MY]

——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations, E17 [4JA], E21 [14JA]

——— extend certain tax incentives for investment in the District of Columbia (H.R. 2890), E1173 [31JY]

——— extend certain tax incentives for investment in the District of Columbia (H.R. 3272), E1446 [7OC]

——— extend the Build America Bonds program (H.R. 535), H2270–H2272 [24AP]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (H.R. 3751), E1867 [12DE]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for certain targeted groups (H.R. 3328), H6912 [30OC], H7061 [14NO]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans, H7456 [4DE]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (H.R. 3327), H6912 [30OC]

——— permanently extend the research and development credit, H7676 [11DE]

——— provide a payroll tax exemption for hiring long-term unemployed individuals (H.R. 3752), E1870 [12DE]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 903), H4548 [17JY]

——— restoration of tax-free employer-sponsored public transit benefits for commuters, H96 [15JA]

Tennessee: tribute to job training programs, H3697 [18JN]

Time Warner Cable, Inc.: tribute to Centennial, CO, data center, E1054 [11JY]

——— 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]

Toyo Tire Corp.: tribute to Bartow County, GA, facility, E1763 [2DE]

Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., INC.: headquarters relocation to Columbus, IN, E1827 [10DE]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H155–H160 [15JA], H463 [13FE], H1345–H1347 [12MR], H1573, H1627 [19MR], H1642, H1707 [20MR], H2233–H2235 [23AP], H2474, H2475 [7MY], H3025, H3091–H3093 [4JN], H3257, H3275–H3277 [11JN], H4253 [9JY], H4511–H4516 [16JY], H4859, H4860 [23JY], H5179 [31JY], H5271 [1AU], H5578–H5580 [17SE], H6066 [1OC], H6345 [8OC], H6666 [22OC], H6982 [12NO], H7397, H7430–H7433 [3DE], H7457 [4DE], H7624 [10DE]

Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corp.: anniversary, E1465 [9OC]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H7145 [15NO], H7368 [2DE], H7699, H7700, H7701, H7704–H7712, H8073–H8075, H8077, H8079–H8083, H8088, H8089, H8100, H8102 [12DE], H8134 [26DE], E1719 [20NO]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), H7406 [3DE], H7557 [5DE], H7623–H7626 [10DE], H7635, H7636 [11DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration on benefits, E989 [28JN]

——— prevent payment of benefits to incarcerated individuals (H.R. 2826), E1141 [25JY]

——— prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use (H.R. 1172), E305 [14MR]

——— rates, H1576 [19MR], H4490 [16JY]

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (H.R. 3453), H7623 [10DE]

——— include training in advanced manufacturing for veterans in State and local plans for reforming and strengthening the workforce investment system, H1472 [15MR]

——— reduce unemployment, H2832 [21MY]

Waukegan, IL: tribute to Youth Conservation Corps charity golf outing, E855 [14JN]

West Virginia: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2110, H2113 [17AP]

Whitehouse Station, NJ: anniversary of Anderson House women’s addiction center, E87 [4FE]

Wittman, AZ: anniversary of Toyota Arizona Proving Grounds, E568 [26AP]

Women: impact of budget sequestration on programs assisting women including maternal and child health programs, H806–H811 [28FE]

——— promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (H.R. 1229), H6936 [30OC]

——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations, H1408 [14MR]

——— provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (H.R. 1941), E632 [9MY]

——— tribute to advances in the workplace, H2968 [3JN]

WorkOne Southeast (organization): tribute to contributions to Indiana 6th Congressional District Job Fair, E1821 [10DE]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ‘‘Rosie the Riveter’’, who served on the homefront, E1477 [10OC]

Wyoming: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2114 [17AP]

Zippo Manufacturing Co.: tribute, H5660 [19SE]

Remarks in Senate

AbilityOne Program: tribute, S7139 [2OC]

Alaska: establish Niblack and Bokan Mountain mining area road corridor (S. 181), S403 [30JA]

——— facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation, S2124 [21MR]

America Creating Opportunities To Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science (America COMPETES) Act: reauthorize and strengthen, S5602 [10JY]

Applied Materials, Inc.: merger with Tokyo Electron Limited and move to the Netherlands, S7662 [30OC]

Armaly Brands (business): anniversary of Brillo pad, S812 [25FE]

Armed Forces: prohibit discrimination on the basis of military service, S7817 [5NO]

Benefits: improve mental health care, reduce backlog of benefits claims, and provide education and employment opportunities for all veterans, S7910 [7NO]

Budget: prohibit consideration of budget resolution that includes revenue increases while the civilian unemployment rate is above a certain level, S2252 [22MR]

Business and industry: establish national network for manufacturing innovation, S2293–S2296 [22MR]

——— provide private sector employees with an opportunity for compensatory time off and a flexible credit hour program to help balance the demands of work and family (S. 1626), S7690 [31OC]

Capitol Police: tribute, S6473, S6474 [16SE]

Cargo transportation: establish a Maritime Goods Movement User Fee and provide grants for international maritime cargo improvements (S. 1509), S6522 [17SE]

CBO: release of economic impact report on S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S4568, S4571–S4574, S4620 [18JN], S4632, S4656, S4658 [19JN], S4764, S4766, S4783–S4786 [20JN], S4993 [24JN], S5207–S5209, S5213 [26JN], S5345 [27JN]

——— release of ‘‘Updated Budget Projections—Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023’’ report, S3496, S3499 [15MY], S3643 [21MY]

Children and youth: establish a youth summer employment program, S4466 [13JN]

Civil rights: anniversary of March on Washington, S6103, S6104 [31JY], S6320 [10SE]

——— exempt religious organizations from regulations prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, S7894 [7NO]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, S2238 [22MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 84), S335 [29JA], S373–S377 [30JA], S4017 [7JN]

——— include primarily secular activities of religious organizations in exemption from regulations prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, S7900–S7902 [7NO]

——— prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 168), S358 [29JA]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), S7839–S7841, S7843, S7845–S7849, S7856–S7869 [6NO], S7892–S7896, S7898–S7909 [7NO], S9044 [19DE]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), motion to proceed, S7777 [31OC], S7781, S7783–S7785, S7787–S7790, S7792–S7794 [4NO], S7801–S7806, S7808–S7811, S7813, S7817, S7819 [5NO], S7837 [6NO]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), unanimous-consent agreement, S7865 [6NO]

Climate: global warming, S8343 [20NO], S8651 [11DE], S8903–S8905 [17DE]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (S. 1269), S5528 [8JY], S7234 [5OC], S7447 [13OC], S9010, S9011 [19DE]

Committee on Economics (Joint): release of report on a strategy to strengthen manufacturing, boost STEM education, increase exports, expand access to capital, and reduce regulatory burdens, S9065 [19DE]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S2272 [22MR], S2519 [10AP], S5735 [17JY], S8751–S8753 [12DE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), S3879 [23MY], S3887 [3JN]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 582), S1872 [14MR], S1873 [18MR]

Congressional Veterans Jobs Caucus: tribute, S895 [27FE]

Contracts: allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract (S. 1246), S5599 [10JY]

Corps of Engineers: impact of budget sequestration, S888 [27FE], S1975 [20MR]

Credit: prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (S. 1837), S8916 [17DE]

——— require Federal mortgage agencies to consider energy costs in the underwriting process, reduce home energy consumption, and facilitate creation of energy efficiency retrofit and construction jobs, S6498 [17SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand agricultural opportunities for military veterans (S. 784), S2901 [23AP]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), S6611, S6631 [19SE], S6699, S6871 [24SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (S. 1468), S7654–S7657 [30OC], S7992 [13NO]

Dept. of Defense: determine whether Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service Program is meeting the department’s technical personnel needs, S8334 [20NO]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S407 [30JA], S686–S689 [13FE], S751 [14FE], S821 [26FE], S887, S902–S904 [27FE], S973, S1006 [28FE], S1877 [18MR], S2261 [22MR], S3555 [16MY], S5932 [25JY], S7852, S7870 [6NO], S8077, S8080 [18NO], S8329 [20NO], S8948 [18DE]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults through transition of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response positions to nominative or ‘‘high visibility’’ positions (S. 992), S3660 [21MY]

——— improve the Transition Assistance Program (S. 889), S3167 [7MY]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault, S9093 [20DE]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (H.R. 1864), S9061 [19DE]

——— support transition of servicemembers to the civilian workforce by streamlining the process associated with Federal and State credentialing requirements, S2293 [22MR]

Dept. of Education: 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 Pay It Forward model for funding postsecondary education that requires students to pay a percentage of their income back into the fund upon graduation (S. 1884), S9084 [20DE]

——— establish a program to provide professional development activities for educators (S. 441), S7995 [13NO]

——— establish a program to support the modernization, renovation, or repair of career and technical education facilities (S. 439), S7995 [13NO]

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (S. 370), S786 [14FE]

——— update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (S. 915), S3330 [9MY], S5597 [10JY]

Dept. of Energy: clarify impact of TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline on domestic oil prices, individual property rights, job creation, and domestic energy security, S2271 [22MR]

——— impact of budget sequestration on the National Nuclear Security Administration, S888 [27FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: recruit veterans and Reserve component members to fill positions within Bureau of Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, S4565 [18JN], S4660, S4661 [19JN]

Dept. of HUD: develop local strategies to coordinate use of assistance for low-income housing residents with public and private resources to enable families to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency (S. 454), S1129 [5MR]

——— transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities (S. 437), S2854 [22AP]

Dept. of Labor: address the skills gap by providing recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities and employer participation in education and workforce training (S. 1619), S7967 [13NO]

——— establish pilot programs to provide employers who employ certain veterans and Armed Forces members wage subsidies and provide career transition services to young veterans (S. 922), S3332 [9MY]

——— improve management of the Job Corps program (S. 1825), S8809 [13DE]

——— reform H–2B nonimmigrant worker program, S5238 [26JN]

——— require certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that provide a national industry-recognized and portable credential (S. 453), S2927 [24AP], S6862 [24SE], S7967 [13NO], S9020 [19DE]

——— require State workforce agencies and employers to certify the active recruitment of Americans for forest job placement prior to hiring H–2B nonimmigrant workers, S4653, S4661 [19JN]

——— strengthen quality control measures for lung disease claims and establish Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health under Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (S. 1423), S6216 [1AU]

——— strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth (S. 1356), S5956 [25JY], S6036, S6037 [30JY]

——— strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth (S. 1356), motion to proceed, S8539 [9DE], S8581 [10DE]

Dept. of State: issuance of J–1 visas for the exchange visitor program, S5335 [27JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), S6172 [1AU], S6544 [17SE], S6547 [18SE]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), unanimous-consent request, S6170 [1AU]

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (S. 1315), S5758 [17JY], S5759 [18JY], S6039 [30JY]

Dept. of Transportation: provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (S. 794), S2942, S2962 [24AP]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (S. 853), S2984, S3059 [25AP]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (S. 853), unanimous-consent agreement, S3060 [25AP], S3065 [30AP]

——— require an impact assessment on domestic employment of a waiver of the Buy American Act requirement for Federal-aid highway projects, S5937 [25JY]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, S5862 [24JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, S2838 [22AP]

——— extend work-study program for individuals pursuing rehabilitation, education, or training and expand program to veterans’ outreach services provided by congressional offices (S. 894), S3259 [8MY]

——— improve and increase the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs (H.R. 1412), S6686 [23SE]

Discrimination: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (S. 1391), S6074–S6076 [30JY], S6103 [31JY]

——— ensure equal pay policies and practices, S2252 [22MR]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions, S6626 [19SE], S7000–S7002 [27SE]

——— analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions and the deficit, S2082 [21MR]

——— comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S1241 [7MR]

——— historical significance of the American dream and analysis of issues that undermine its survival, S6800–S6807 [24SE], S7370, S7371 [10OC], S8648–S8651 [11DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S481, S485 [7FE], S572 [11FE], S598 [12FE], S663, S686–S689 [13FE], S722, S737, S751 [14FE], S798, S800, S803 [25FE], S819–S821, S836–S844, S847 [26FE], S882–S892, S902–S906, S908–S911, S918–S921 [27FE], S960–S970, S992, S1071–S1073 [28FE], S1082 [4MR], S1096, S1099, S1116, S1117 [5MR], S1149 [6MR], S1241, S1242 [7MR], S1678 [12MR], S1933 [19MR], S1975 [20MR], S2511 [10AP], S2819 [22AP], S2858, S2859, S2861, S2878, S2882, S2886, S2888–S2891 [23AP], S2910, S2912, S2917, S2931 [24AP], S2992–S2994 [25AP], S3102–S3104, S3149 [7MY], S3226 [8MY], S3500 [15MY], S3826–S3829 [23MY], S5637, S5639, S5640 [11JY], S5810 [23JY], S5938–S5941 [25JY], S5989 [29JY], S6428 [12SE], S6631 [19SE], S6918 [26SE], S7427, S7428 [12OC], S7517 [16OC], S7990 [13NO], S8557 [9DE], S8945–S8948 [18DE]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S6871 [24SE], S7120 [2OC], S7261 [7OC], S7844 [6NO]

——— importance of job creation, S3233 [8MY], S3286 [9MY], S3499 [15MY], S3733 [22MY], S4077 [11JN], S5600–S5602 [10JY], S5819 [23JY], S5952–S5955 [25JY], S6737, S6862 [24SE], S6912 [26SE], S7138 [2OC], S7855 [6NO], S8625 [11DE]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, S7990, S7995, S7996 [13NO]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, S7910 [7NO]

——— invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S., S3890 [3JN], S7910 [7NO]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S5810 [23JY], S7441 [13OC], S7495 [15OC], S7712–S7714 [31OC], S7814 [5NO], S8553 [9DE]

——— revitalize the middle class, S3499 [15MY], S3562 [16MY], S6564–S6567 [18SE], S6629 [19SE], S7394 [11OC], S7510, S7518 [16OC]

——— spur economic growth and create jobs, S7990 [13NO]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (S. 1400), S6077 [30JY]

Employee Benefit Research Institute: anniversary, S7611 [29OC], S7794 [4NO], S7997 [13NO]

EPA: impact of overregulation on the economy, S8739 [12DE]

Equal Pay Act: anniversary, S4017 [7JN]

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]

Federal agencies and departments: reform regulatory process to ensure freedom of small businesses to compete and create jobs (S. 1730), S8192 [19NO]

Federal employees: impact of budget sequestration, S1777 [13MR]

——— make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment, S2994 [25AP]

——— making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (H.J. Res. 89), S7354 [9OC], S7357 [10OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees, S7513 [16OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (H.R. 3223), S7215, S7231, S7243 [5OC], S7263, S7264, S7268, S7272 [7OC], S7278, S7287 [8OC], S7448 [13OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (S. 1567), S7101 [1OC], S7121 [2OC], S7443 [13OC]

——— temporarily freeze hiring of nonessential Federal employees, S1829–S1831 [14MR]

——— tribute, S199 [23JA], S3151 [7MY], S7097 [1OC], S7188 [4OC], S7215, S7216, S7226 [5OC]

FEMA: prohibit Urban Areas Security Initiative funding for projects that do not improve homeland security, S1977, S1982–S1984 [20MR]

Food industry: impact of budget sequestration on poultry processing and safety inspections, S1683 [12MR]

Ford Motor Co.: tribute to Louisville, KY, assembly plant, S7966, S7967 [13NO]

Foreign aid: assist in economic development and job creation in certain Central American countries in order to reduce illegal immigration to the U.S., S4566 [18JN]

Foreign trade: create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa, S835 [26FE], S1258 [7MR]

——— create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa (S. 718), S2593–S2598 [11AP], S5485 [27JN], S5602 [10JY]

GAO: transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to the processing of claims for the payment of federally contracted workers who were not paid appropriate wages (H.R. 2747), S7834 [5NO]

Government: prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 55), S3605 [20MY], S6998 [27SE]

Gulf of Mexico: restore natural resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S3223, S3227 [8MY]

Health: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (S. 631), S2029 [20MR]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, S2268 [22MR], S6774 [24SE], S6926 [26SE], S6980 [27SE]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (S. 1851), S8978 [18DE]

Health care professionals: build a stronger health care workforce (S. 1152), S4409 [12JN]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, S4630, S4631 [19JN]

Immigration: authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the U.S. and provide funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, S4080 [11JN]

——— authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the U.S. and provide funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (S. 169), S348, S360–S364 [29JA], S4554 [18JN]

——— establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (S. 189), S405 [30JA]

——— establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish businesses in the U.S., S5119 [25JN]

——— expand the E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (S. 202), S443 [31JA], S672 [13FE]

——— expand the W visa program for unskilled workers, S4737, S4738 [20JN]

——— expedite adjudication of employer petitions for aliens of extraordinary artistic ability, S4197 [11JN], S4377, S4396 [12JN]

——— extend period when Iraqis employed by the U.S. in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and temporarily increase fee or surcharge for processing certain nonimmigrant visas (H.R. 3233), S7149 [3OC], S9042 [19DE]

——— extend period when Iraqis employed by the U.S. in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and temporarily increase fee or surcharge for processing certain nonimmigrant visas (S. 1566), S7049, S7050 [30SE], S7100 [1OC]

——— extend period when Iraqis employed by the U.S. in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and temporarily increase fee or surcharge for processing certain nonimmigrant visas (S. 1566), unanimous-consent agreement, S7140 [2OC]

——— fulfillment of conditions under which amnesty would be granted to illegal aliens, S4000 [7JN], S4038–S4041 [10JN], S4077, S4082 [11JN], S4380 [12JN]

——— impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, S4076–S4078 [11JN], S4556 [18JN], S5118 [25JN], S5222, S5236 [26JN], S6175–S6177 [1AU], S6627, S6637–S6639 [19SE]

——— impact of guest worker program expansion on youth employment, S4557 [18JN]

——— improve agricultural workers programs, S4633 [19JN], S5112 [25JN], S5306–S5309 [26JN]

——— improve criteria of merit-based evaluation system to provide women with a fairer opportunity to compete for green cards, S4451 [13JN], S4555 [18JN], S4761 [20JN], S5206 [26JN], S5327 [27JN]

——— inclusion of logging employment in the W agricultural worker program established to replace the H-2A agricultural worker program, S5337 [27JN]

——— influence of Colorado Compact principles of immigration on formulating a national immigration policy, S5340 [27JN]

——— maintain special rules for certain nonimmigrants employed as sheepherders, S5239 [26JN]

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation permanent and mandatory (H.R. 1772), S6101 [31JY]

——— prohibit funding to implement exemptions from Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act fines for employment of registered provisional immigrants, S5140–S5142 [25JN]

——— prohibit granting of lawful permanent residence status until deployment of border strategy, new Border Patrol agents and fencing, employment verification system, and electronic entry/exit system, S4746–S4753, S4757, S4761–S4766, S4769, S4776, S4777, S4782 [20JN], S4850–S4981 [21JN], S4989–S4996, S4998–S5013 [24JN], S5112, S5117, S5118, S5127–S5132 [25JN], S5205–S5209, S5211–S5215 [26JN], S5318–S5320, S5325, S5339 [27JN], S5539 [9JY]

——— prohibit unauthorized employment from being counted as a period of time used to determine Social Security eligibility, S4389 [12JN]

——— provide for additional visas based on merit and decrease family-based visas, S4378 [12JN]

——— provide for the temporary employment of agricultural workers, S4207 [11JN]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates, S4035 [10JN], S4365 [12JN], S5112 [25JN]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates and eliminate the diversity immigrant program (S. 303), S671 [13FE]

——— provide whistleblower protections to H–2B temporary workers, S5116 [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 and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the U.S., S3358 [13MY], S3929, S3931 [4JN], S4652 [19JN]

——— reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program, S4081 [11JN]

——— 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]

——— reform the E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation, S4390 [12JN], S4992, S5098–S5101 [24JN], S5246–S5251, S5312 [26JN]

——— strengthen enforcement of laws and gain operational control over U.S. borders, S670, S671 [13FE]

——— use of emergency designation spending in immigration reform legislation, S4450 [13JN]

Insurance: exclude from the definition of health insurance coverage certain medical stop-loss insurance obtained by certain plan sponsors of group health plans (S. 1735), S8942 [18DE]

International Association of Workforce Professionals: anniversary, S1887 [18MR]

International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen: anniversary, S3526 [15MY]

International Women’s Day: objection to Senate resolution to support goals relative to inclusion of clause addressing impact of climate change on women in developing countries, S1704 [12MR]

——— observance, S1261 [7MR]

——— support goals (S. Res. 74), S1669 [11MR], S1704 [12MR]

Labor Day: observance, S6288 [9SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, S7803, S7804 [5NO]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (S. 204), S448 [31JA], S449 [4FE]

Maryland: tribute to local companies for contributions to economy through manufacturing innovation, S5700 [16JY], S7714 [31OC]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals, S2268, S2269 [22MR]

Minimum wage: increase, S6149 [1AU], S6696 [24SE], S8626 [11DE], S9010 [19DE]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S8290 [19NO], S8293 [20NO]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, S8925 [18DE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (S. 460), S1131 [5MR], S2792 [18AP], S5899 [24JY], S8540–S8547 [9DE], S8886–S8889 [17DE]

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 (S. 805), S2963–S2965 [24AP]

——— protect health care and pension benefits of miners (S. 468), S1230 [6MR]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (S. Res. 208), S6138 [31JY]

National Labor Relations Act: impact, S3543–S3545 [16MY]

National objectives: economic recovery, S377 [30JA], S412 [31JA], S597 [12FE], S889–S892 [27FE], S2443 [8AP], S5925–S5927 [25JY], S6083–S6085 [31JY], S7977 [13NO], S8041 [14NO]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 222), S6395 [11SE]

National Work and Family Month: designate (S. Res. 276), S7634 [29OC]

New Haven Manufacturers Association: anniversary, S6440 [12SE]

Nightforce Optics, Inc.: tribute, S4983 [21JN]

NLRB: history, effectiveness, and need for fully staffed board relevant to negotiations with business and industry, receiving of workers complaints, and protection of workers against unfair labor practices, S5831 [23JY]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract, S4207 [11JN]

Obama, President: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S390 [30JA], S512–S514 [7FE], S729–S734 [14FE], S1112 [5MR], S5852 [24JY], S6550 [18SE]

——— evaluation of budget proposal, S2582 [11AP]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S411 [31JA], S481 [7FE], S572, S577 [11FE], S598, S599 [12FE], S664–S666, S668–S670 [13FE], S1241, S1242 [7MR], S3232 [8MY], S3286 [9MY], S3942 [4JN], S5819–S5821 [23JY], S5852–S5854, S5874 [24JY], S5931, S5952–S5955 [25JY], S6030 [30JY], S6169 [1AU], S6483 [17SE], S6548–S6550, S6580 [18SE], S8737 [12DE]

——— evaluation of energy policies, S1147–S1149 [6MR], S5013–S5015 [24JN], S5104–S5106, S5109, S5132–S5140 [25JN], S5762 [18JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (S. 665), S3085 [6MY]

OSHA: exempt small farming operations from rules and regulations, S8933 [18DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S5532, S5535, S5550, S5553–S5555 [9JY], S5604 [10JY], S5659–S5661 [11JY], S5701, S5713 [16JY], S5720 [17JY], S5769 [18JY], S6139 [31JY], S6425 [12SE], S6548 [18SE], S6853, S6868 [24SE], S7070 [1OC]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), S5723, S5726 [17JY], S5931 [25JY], S6765 [24SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (S. 1488), S7645 [30OC], S7811, S7816 [5NO], S7971 [13NO]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, S6139 [31JY], S6404, S6406–S6408, S6425 [12SE], S6548 [18SE], S6853, S6868 [24SE], S6926, S6928 [26SE], S6982, S6989 [27SE], S7022, S7039–S7041, S7043 [30SE], S7065, S7069–S7072 [1OC], S7118 [2OC], S7145, S7148 [3OC], S7187 [4OC], S7257 [7OC], S7278, S7299 [8OC], S7314 [9OC], S7362 [10OC]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), S5850 [23JY], S5931 [25JY], S6170, S6173 [1AU], S6765, S6771, S6845 [24SE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), unanimous-consent request, S6170 [1AU], S8987 [19DE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (S. 1488), S7645 [30OC], S7811, S7816 [5NO], S7971 [13NO]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate until the American Health Benefit Exchanges are functioning properly (S. 1592), S7581 [28OC], S7583 [29OC], S7816 [5NO]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate until the American Health Benefit Exchanges are functioning properly (S. 1592), unanimous-consent request, S7657 [30OC]

——— eliminate cap on flexible spending account contributions and requirement for prescriptions for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts, S2302 [22MR]

——— impact, S2078 [21MR], S2320 [22MR], S3100–S3102 [7MY], S3308–S3310 [9MY], S6042–S6049 [30JY], S6144, S6168 [1AU]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S1971 [20MR], S7660 [30OC]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S3287 [9MY], S4436 [13JN], S5713–S5715 [16JY], S5931, S5949, S5955 [25JY], S6043, S6044 [30JY], S6707–S6709, S6712–S6716, S6721–S6724, S6729–S6731, S6797, S6830, S6854, S6867, S6878 [24SE], S6974 [27SE], S7043 [30SE], S7069 [1OC], S7851 [6NO], S7974 [13NO]

——— impact on tax burden, S8659 [11DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee, S2259, S2278, S2279 [22MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (S. 701), S2567 [10AP], S3302 [9MY]

——— prohibit discrimination based on pre-existing conditions, S6750, S6751 [24SE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: increase premiums paid by employers to guarantee pension benefits, S8877, S8878 [17DE]

Pipelines: express that construction of the Keystone XL pipeline promotes sound investment in infrastructure, energy security, and job creation, S6415–S6421 [12SE], S6621–S6623 [19SE]

——— express that construction of the Keystone XL pipeline promotes sound investment in infrastructure, energy security, and job creation (S. Con. Res. 21), S6134 [31JY]

Political action committees: prohibit authorized committees and leadership committees from employing immediate family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to the committee (S. 64), S201 [23JA]

Power resources: domestic oil and natural gas production, S7261 [7OC]

——— importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, S5787–S5790 [18JY]

——— prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters, S6693 [24SE]

——— prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters (S. 1514), S6544 [17SE], S6547 [18SE], S6612 [19SE]

——— prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters (S. 1514), unanimous-consent request, S6612 [19SE]

Public welfare programs: allow States waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, S5330–S5332 [27JN]

Religion: prevent government from penalizing religious employers that are exempt from prohibitions on employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, S7846–S7849, S7862, S7863 [6NO], S7904, S7906 [7NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, S6630 [19SE], S6696 [24SE]

Santa Teresa, NM: extend hours at Mexican border crossing, S5143 [25JN]

SBA: expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure, S8438 [21NO]

——— expand the HUBZone program for communities affected by defense base realignment and closure (S. 206), S444 [31JA]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (S. 1690), S8001 [13NO]

Senate: legislative priorities, S6478 [17SE], S6552, S6554 [18SE], S7563–S7565 [28OC], S7802 [5NO], S8540 [9DE]

Small business: improve opportunities for minority entrepreneurs, S4981 [21JN]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (S. 997), S3661 [21MY]

Southern Nevada Employment Education Outreach (EMPLEO) program: tribute, S6956 [26SE]

States: recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), S8537 [21NO], S8539 [9DE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: observance, S3022 [25AP]

——— support goals and ideals (S. Res. 79), S1911 [18MR]

Taxation: allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (S. 1651), S7817 [5NO]

——— allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (S. 1591), S7579 [28OC]

——— clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (S. 479), S1234 [6MR]

——— consolidate the current education tax incentives into one credit against income tax for higher education expenses (S. 1090), S5597 [10JY]

——— expand and permanently extend health care tax credit available to laid-off employees receiving trade adjustment assistance and retirees receiving Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., payments (S. 1446), S8989 [19DE]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (S. 1476), S6235 [1AU]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), S8988–S8993, S9069 [19DE], S9115 [20DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), unanimous-consent request, S8987 [19DE]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits, S8989, S8991 [19DE]

——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (S. 1882), unanimous-consent request, S9083 [20DE]

——— extend the work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (S. 140), S1882 [18MR]

——— increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (S. 966), S3533 [15MY]

——— prohibit an increase in tax rates until unemployment is reduced to a certain level, S2245 [22MR]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (S. 506), S1271 [7MR]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (S. 1085), S3908 [3JN]

——— reform public and private pension plans and preserve access to professional investment advice (S. 1270), S5569, S5572 [9JY], S5750, S5751 [17JY]

——— reform tax code and provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S., S7662 [30OC]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (S. 399), S1107–S1110 [5MR], S6037 [30JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S8833 [16DE], S8945, S8947 [18DE], S9010 [19DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1747), S8365 [20NO]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1797), S8595–S8597, S8606 [10DE], S8608 [11DE], S8804 [13DE], S8886, S8892 [17DE], S8938, S8946 [18DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1797), unanimous-consent request, S8595 [10DE], S8938 [18DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S8917 [17DE], S8920 [18DE], S9000–S9004, S9020 [19DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), unanimous-consent request, S9003, S9004 [19DE]

——— rates, S3929 [4JN], S5600 [10JY]

——— youth and young adult unemployment rate, S7660 [30OC]

Veterans: ensure education and training received by Armed Forces members and veterans better assists them in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses, S7913 [7NO], S8305 [20NO]

——— ensure education and training received by Armed Forces members and veterans better assists them in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses (S. 700), S2567 [10AP]

——— improve coordination of Federal veteran job training services (S. 140), S1882 [18MR]

——— improve mental health care, reduce backlog of benefits claims, and provide education and employment opportunities for all veterans, S7910 [7NO]

——— reauthorize Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (S. 6), S277 [24JA]

——— reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, S277 [24JA], S924 [27FE]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, S6314–S6316 [10SE]

Western Idaho Cabinets (business): tribute, S4790 [20JN]

Whistleblowing: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 42), S156 [22JA], S7799, S7800 [4NO], S7826 [5NO], S9043 [19DE]

Women: budget priorities relative to impact on women, children, and families, S2080–S2082 [21MR]

——— ensure access to primary and preventive health care, family planning or birth control, or employer-provided contraceptive coverage, S2250, S2255 [22MR]

Workforce Investment Act: integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards (S. 882), S3165 [7MY]

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]

Protecting Our Nation From Bad Federal Budget Choices: Coalition on Human Needs, E194 [26FE]

Reports filed

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Personnel Flexibilities Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2067) (H. Rept. 113–156), H4522 [16JY]

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]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 89, Excepted Federal Employees Who Work During a Government Shutdown Salaries and Related Expenses Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 373) (H. Rept. 113–243), H6411 [8OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3, Northern Route Approval Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 228) (H. Rept. 113–88), H2837 [21MY]

Consideration of H.R. 803, Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 113) (H. Rept. 113–16), H1394 [13MR]

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. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 198) (H. Rept. 113–51), H2436 [6MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 351) (H. Rept. 113–215), H5653 [18SE]

Consideration of H.R. 1965, Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act and H.R. 2728, Protecting States’ Rights To Promote American Energy Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 419) (H. Rept. 113–271), H7187 [18NO]

Consideration of H.R. 2009, Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 322) (H. Rept. 113–187), H5259 [31JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act and H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 300) (H. Rept. 113–157), H4522 [16JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 351) (H. Rept. 113–215), H5653 [18SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 413) (H. Rept. 113–265), H7109 [14NO]

Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 42), S7724 [31OC]

Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 815) (S. Rept. 113–105), S6445 [12SE]

Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 249) (H. Rept. 113–38), H1990 [12AP]

Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 1412) (H. Rept. 113–64), H2773 [17MY]

Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 718) (S. Rept. 113–103), S6327 [10SE]

Northern Route Approval Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 113–61), H2773 [17MY]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 113–61), H2773 [17MY]

——— Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3) (H. Rept. 113–61), H2773 [17MY]

OPM Submittal of an Annual Report on the Use of Official Time by Federal Employees: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 568) (H. Rept. 113–154), H4522 [16JY]

Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 890) (H. Rept. 113–13), H1330 [11MR]

Protecting States’ Rights To Promote American Energy Security Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 2728) (H. Rept. 113–261), H6996 [12NO]

Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1526) (H. Rept. 113–210), H5587 [17SE]

Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 687) (H. Rept. 113–167), H4856 [22JY]

Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 2747), S7673 [30OC]

Strengthen Workforce Development System Through Innovation and Alignment and Improvement of Employment, Training, and Education Programs and Promote Economic Growth: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1356), S7951 [12NO]

Supporting Academic Freedom Through Regulatory Relief Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2637) (H. Rept. 113–205), H5475 [10SE]

Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 803) (H. Rept. 113–14), H1355 [12MR]

Working Families Flexibility Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1406) (H. Rept. 113–49), H2400 [30AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: Ken Kestner and Dan Shoun, Lake County, OR, Board of Commissioners, H5725 [19SE]

——— Scott W. Meyers, Chris B. Labhart, and Boyd Britton, Grant County, OR, County Court, H5723 [19SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), prohibit consideration due to House Rules violation and unconstitutionality (H. Res. 225), H2829 [21MY]

Immigration: reform (S. 744), S4755 [20JN], S5330 [27JN]

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), H7141 [15NO]

Statements

Authority for Mandate Delay Act: Executive Office of the President, H4555 [17JY]

Fairness for American Families Act: Executive Office of the President, H4555 [17JY]

Immigration Reform: Coalition of Evangelicals, H5489 [11SE]

——— Several Citizens and Immigrants, E1730, E1734, E1744, E1747–E1749, E1750, E1751–E1753 [21NO]

Insurance Coverage Requirement Is Foundation of Improving Access, Quality and Cost Containment in Health Care: Jeff Cain, American Academy of Family Physicians, H4563 [17JY]

Keep Your Health Plan Act: Executive Office of the President, H7118 [15NO]

Legislative Proposals To Relieve the Red Tape Burden on Investors and Job Creators: Anne Simpson, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, H7481 [4DE]

Studies

Which Workers Are Most at Risk of Reduced Work Hours Under the Affordable Care Act? University of California, Berkeley, Labor Center, S3303 [9MY]

Summaries

Fiscal Year 2013 Sequestration Impacts on the Federal Judiciary: Executive Office of the President, S4447 [13JN]

Tables

Hours worked by health coverage—workers in firms of 100 or more employees, S3304 [9MY]

Hours worked by industry—workers in firms of 100 or more employees, S3303 [9MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 45, express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act employer mandate provisions, H4555 [17JY]

H. Res. 8, compensation of certain minority House employees, H24 [3JA]

H. Res. 107, consideration of H.R. 890, Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act, H1365 [13MR]

H. Res. 113, consideration of H.R. 803, Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act, H1407 [14MR]

H. Res. 198, consideration of H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act, H2450 [7MY]

H. Res. 225, prohibit consideration of H.R. 3, Northern Route Approval Act, due to House Rules violation and unconstitutionality, H2788 [20MY]

H. Res. 228, consideration of H.R. 3, Northern Route Approval Act, H2852 [22MY]

H. Res. 300, consideration of H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act and H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act, H4534 [17JY]

H. Res. 322, consideration of H.R. 367, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act, H.R. 2009, Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act, and H.R. 2879, Stop Government Abuse Act, H5276 [1AU]

H. Res. 351, consideration of H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, and H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, H5669 [19SE]

H. Res. 413, consideration of H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act, H7115 [15NO]

H. Res. 419, consideration of H.R. 1965, Federal Lands Jobs and Energy Security Act and H.R. 2728, Protecting States’ Rights To Promote American Energy Security Act, H7201 [19NO]

H.J. Res. 89, excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown salaries and related expenses continuing appropriations, H6385 [8OC]

H.R. 3, Northern Route Approval Act, H2875 [22MY]

H.R. 249, Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act, H2004 [15AP]

H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H5854–H5856 [26SE]

H.R. 803, Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act, H1444–H1469 [15MR]

H.R. 890, Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act, H1373 [13MR]

H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act, H2502 [8MY]

H.R. 1412, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act, S6686 [23SE], H5888 [27SE]

H.R. 1412, Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act, H2813 [21MY]

H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, H5733–H5747 [19SE]

H.R. 1765, Reducing Flight Delays Act, H2364 [26AP]

H.R. 1864, Dept. of Defense Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault, H4057 [26JN]

H.R. 2009, Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act, H5362 [2AU]

H.R. 2052, Global Investment in American Jobs Act, H5411 [9SE]

H.R. 2083, Protecting Students From Sexual and Violent Predators Act, H6647 [22OC]

H.R. 2667, Authority for Mandate Delay Act, H4546 [17JY]

H.R. 2668, Fairness for American Families Act, H4557 [17JY]

H.R. 2728, Protecting States’ Rights To Promote American Energy Security Act, H7288 [20NO]

H.R. 2747, Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act, H5449 [10SE]

H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, H5694–H5705 [19SE]

H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, H6296 [5OC]

H.R. 3233, extend period when Iraqis employed by the U.S. in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and temporarily increase fee or surcharge for processing certain nonimmigrant visas, H6156 [2OC]

H.R. 3350, Keep Your Health Plan Act, H7128 [15NO]

S. 1, Immigration Reform That Works for America’s Future Act, S44 [22JA]

S. 4, Rebuild America Act, S44 [22JA]

S. 6, Putting Our Veterans Back to Work Act, S45–S47 [22JA]

S. 42, Criminal Antitrust Anti-Retaliation Act, S156 [22JA], S7799 [4NO]

S. 169, Immigration Innovation (I-Squared) Act, S364–S367 [29JA]

S. 460, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S1132 [5MR]

S. 631, Healthy Families Act, S2030–S2035 [20MR]

S. 718, Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act, S2595–S2597 [11AP]

S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S4093–S4195 [11JN], S5357–S5475 [27JN]

S. 815, Employment Non-Discrimination Act, S7839–S7841 [6NO], S7907–S7909 [7NO]

S. 846, Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act, S3040 [25AP]

S. 853, Reducing Flight Delays Act, S3059 [25AP]

S. 861, EPA guidance and clarification relative to issuance and renewal of coal mining permits for dredged or fill material, S3093–S3096 [6MY]

S. 889, Servicemembers’ Choice in Transition Act, S3167 [7MY]

S. 894, Dept. of Veterans Affairs work-study program extension for individuals pursuing rehabilitation, education, or training and expand program to veterans’ outreach services provided by congressional offices, S3259 [8MY]

S. 922, Veterans Equipped for Success Act, S3333–S3337 [9MY]

S. 983, Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act, S3580 [16MY]

S. 1315, Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act, S5756 [17JY]

S. 1391, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, S6076 [30JY]

S. 1514, Saving Coal Jobs Act, S6524–S6527 [17SE]

S. 1566, extend period when Iraqis employed by the U.S. in Iraq may be granted special immigrant status and temporarily increase fee or surcharge for processing certain nonimmigrant visas, S7050 [30SE]

S. 1607, Native Small Business Conformity Act, S7633 [29OC]

S. 1608, Dept. of Commerce appropriations for the SelectUSA Initiative, S7633 [29OC]

S. 1626, Family Friendly and Workplace Flexibility Act, S7681 [30OC]

S. 1690, Second Chance Act reauthorization, S8002–S8006 [13NO]

S. 1859, Tax Extenders Act, S9054–S9058 [19DE]

S. Con. Res. 12, support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings, S2568 [10AP]

S. Con. Res. 21, express that construction of the Keystone XL pipeline promotes sound investment in infrastructure, energy security, and job creation, S6133 [31JY], S8752 [12DE]

S. Res. 74, support goals of International Women’s Day, S1598, S1669 [11MR]

S. Res. 78, support goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day, S1909 [18MR]

S. Res. 79, support goals and ideals of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, S1909 [18MR]

S. Res. 96, University of Minnesota Duluth observance of National Student Employment Week, S2598 [11AP]

S. Res. 128, expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities, S3096 [6MY]

S. Res. 132, Dept. of Defense closure and consolidation of excess overseas infrastructure and facilities and relocate overseas missions to U.S. installations prior to any domestic base realignment and closure, S3262 [8MY]

S. Res. 139, Family and Medical Leave Act anniversary, S3374 [13MY]

S. Res. 208, National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week, S6132 [31JY]

S. Res. 222, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S6380 [11SE]

S. Res. 276, National Work and Family Month, S7633 [29OC]

S. Res. 313, Small Business Saturday, S8573 [9DE]