FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS see also Public Welfare Programs

Addresses

Government Shutdown Impact on Disaster Assistance to Colorado: Vice President Biden, H6059 [1OC]

Amendments

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3787, H3850, H3855, H3856, H3857, H3859, H3860, H3862, H3863, H3864, H3866, H3867, H3868, H3870, H3872, H3875, H3876, H3883, H3884, H3885, H3886, H3887, H3888, H3890, H3891, H3893, H3894, H3895, H3896, H3897, H3898, H3900, H3901, H3902, H3903, H3905, H3906, H3907, H3911, H3912, H3913, H3914, H3915, H3916, H3917, H3918, H3919, H3920, H3922, H3924, H3925 [19JN], H3933, H3947, H3953, H3955, H3957 [20JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3719 [18JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), agree to conference with the Senate (H. Res. 380), H6512 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), consideration (H. Res. 380), H6512 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to restore Dept. of Agriculture authority to manage sugar supplies throughout the year (H. Res. 378), consideration (H. Res. 380), H6512 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (S. 954), S3592, S3617, S3618, S3619, S3620, S3621, S3622, S3623, S3624, S3626, S3627, S3628, S3629 [20MY], S3636, S3637, S3641, S3665, S3666, S3667, S3668, S3669, S3671, S3672, S3674, S3675, S3676, S3677, S3678, S3679, S3680, S3681, S3682, S3683, S3686, S3687, S3688, S3689, S3690, S3691, S3692, S3693, S3695, S3697 [21MY], S3713, S3716, S3717, S3727, S3749, S3768, S3769, S3770, S3771, S3772, S3773, S3774, S3775, S3776, S3777, S3780, S3781, S3782, S3785, S3786, S3787 [22MY], S3805, S3817, S3819, S3866, S3867, S3868, S3869, S3870, S3871, S3872, S3873, S3874 [23MY], S3900, S3901, S3909, S3910, S3911, S3912 [3JN], S3962, S3963 [4JN], S3965, S3966, S3967, S3968 [5JN], S3989 [6JN]

——— temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 3695), consideration (H. Res. 438), H7712 [12DE]

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

Dept. of Education: establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), S5847 [23JY], S5866, S5867, S5870, S5918, S5919 [24JY], H5214 [31JY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), consideration (H. Res. 232), H2925 [23MY]

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

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

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

——— transfer Prevention and Public Health Fund funds to extend the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan and eliminate uninsured time requirement for the Plan (H.R. 1549), consideration (H. Res. 175), H2273 [24AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (S. 287), S7799 [4NO], S7885, S7887 [6NO]

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

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H4727 [18JY], H5093 [26JY], H5117, H5123, H5124, H5125, H5126, H5128, H5129, H5130, H5132, H5134, H5135, H5136, H5152, H5153, H5154, H5157, H5158, H5160, H5161, H5162, H5163, H5164, H5168, H5176, H5177 [30JY], H5263 [31JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2610), consideration (H. Res. 312), H4875 [23JY]

——— making appropriations (S. 1243), S5822, S5843, S5844, S5847, S5848 [23JY], S5857, S5858, S5861, S5916, S5917, S5918, S5919, S5920, S5921, S5922 [24JY], S5937, S5942, S5943, S5972, S5974, S5975, S5976, S5977 [25JY], S6025, S6026 [29JY], S6080, S6081 [30JY], S6086, S6136, S6137 [31JY], S6241 [1AU]

Diseases: extend authorities relative to global HIV/AIDS and promote oversight of U.S. programs (S. 1545), S8104, S8135, S8137, S8138 [18NO]

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

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

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), S180, S183 [22JA], S295 [24JA], S320 [28JA], H56 [4JA], H121, H125, H128, H136, H137, H139, H140, H141, H143, H144, H145 [15JA]

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), S7539, S7543 [16OC], H6616 [16OC]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5733, H5748, H5749, H5750, H5752, H5754 [19SE]

Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6131 [2OC]

Analyses

No Subsidies Without Verification Act: Dept. of HHS Office of Inspector General, H5525 [12SE]

Appointments

Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance, S1135 [5MR], S6260 [1AU], H5171 [30JY]

Conferees: H.R. 2642, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, S6259 [1AU], S7085 [1OC]

——— H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H6557 [12OC]

Articles and editorials

Congress Must Help Eliminate Hunger, H5718 [19SE]

Evidence Shows Immigrants Come To Work, Not To Collect Welfare, S4454 [13JN]

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

50 Years After Landmark Ruling, Lawyer’s Help Is Legal Fiction for Many Accused of Crime, S1905 [18MR]

Flood Insurance Rate Hikes Threaten ‘Old Florida’ Communities, E1554 [23OC]

Food Stamps Do Work, H3101 [5JN]

Government Shutdown Jeopardizes WIC Program, H6269 [4OC]

Gov’t Shutdown Could Leave Single Mom, Kids, Homeless, S7518 [16OC]

House Leadership Proposes Outspending Senate in Farm Bill, H4391 [11JY]

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

Ode to the Welfare State (excerpt), S6795 [24SE]

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

Playing Politics With Student Debt, S3974 [6JN]

Poor Immigrants Use Public Benefits at a Lower Rate Than Poor Native-Born Citizens, S4453 [13JN]

Right to Counsel—Badly Battered at 50, S1905 [18MR]

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

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

There Was a Time When Ending Hunger Was a National Goal for Republicans and Democrats, H2845 [22MY]

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

Veterans Need To Share the Moral Burden of War, E782 [4JN]

What Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants Will Cost America, H5048 [24JY]

You Have the Right to Counsel. Or Do You? 50 Years After U.S. Supreme Court Enshrined Constitutional Right to a Lawyer, Budget Realities Are Undermining Justice in America, S1906 [18MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see S. 946), S3430 [14MY] (see H.R. 7), H2602 [14MY]

Agriculture: express that all direct and indirect subsidies that benefit the production or export of sugar by all major sugar producing and consuming countries should be eliminated (see H. Con. Res. 39), H3653 [14JN]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance (see S. 141), S284 [24JA]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance available (see H.R. 1454), H1908 [10AP]

——— permanently suspend application of certain price support authority (see S. 956), S3531 [15MY]

——— provide assistance and opportunity to create and support sustainable agriculture activities and improve access to nutrition in U.S. cities (see H.R. 1933), H2568 [9MY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (see S. 10), S42 [22JA] (see S. 954), S3430 [14MY] (see H.R. 1947), H2574 [13MY] (see H.R. 2498), H4037 [25JN] (see H.R. 2642), H4369 [10JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), consideration (see H. Res. 266), H3686 [17JN] (see H. Res. 269), H3759 (see H. Res. 271), H3758 [18JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), agree to conference with the Senate (see H. Res. 380), H6544 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (see H. Res. 379), H6545 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), consideration (see H. Res. 380), H6544 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to restore Dept. of Agriculture authority to manage sugar supplies throughout the year (see H. Res. 378), H6545 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to restore Dept. of Agriculture authority to manage sugar supplies throughout the year (H. Res. 378), consideration (see H. Res. 380), H6544 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (see H. Res. 295), H4369 [10JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 361), H5882 [26SE]

——— reform sugar price support program (see S. 345), S772 [14FE] (see H.R. 693), H545 [14FE]

——— restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (see S. 281), S657 [12FE] (see H.R. 1932), H2568 [9MY]

——— temporarily extend certain programs (see H.R. 3695), H7687 [11DE]

——— temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 3695), consideration (see H. Res. 438), H7687 [11DE]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2084), H2910 [22MY]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2847), H5172 [30JY]

Appropriations: require greater accountability in discretionary and direct spending programs (see H.R. 1873), H2532 [8MY]

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]

——— ensure allowances of members covered by Pay Our Military Act include Dept. of Defense military tuition assistance programs (see H.R. 3275), H6411 [8OC]

——— ensure that members serving in a combat zone automatically receive education benefits to which they are entitled (see H.R. 1631), H2157 [18AP]

——— extend interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service (see S. 1399), S6072 [30JY] (see H.R. 2859), H5173 [30JY]

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

——— preserve tuition assistance programs for members by rescinding unobligated amounts for foreign assistance to Egypt (see H.R. 1039), H1330 [11MR]

——— prohibit assistance to Pakistan until tuition assistance programs for members are fully funded (see H.R. 1253), H1630 [19MR]

——— require continuation of tuition assistance programs for members for the remainder of the fiscal year (see S. 614), S1950 [19MR] (see H.R. 1265), H1630 [19MR]

Assets for Independence Act: reauthorize and approve applications to operate new demonstration programs, renew existing programs, and enhance program flexibility (see H.R. 2110), H2911 [22MY]

ATF: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see S. 1337), S5839 [23JY]

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

Black Lung Benefits Act: provide equity for certain eligible survivors (see H.R. 3162), H5801 [20SE]

Budget: cancel sequester for security-related functions through offsets by reducing Medicare payments, agricultural subsidies, and Federal retirement, and applying the chained consumer price index (see H.R. 3639), H7445 [3DE]

——— exempt certain payments to States from sequestration (see S. 1676), S7927 [7NO]

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

——— require the President to submit a budget to Congress listing current fiscal year spending levels for proposed programs and separate amounts for proposed spending increases (see S. 1314), S5755 [17JY] (see S. 1321), S5799 [18JY] (see H.R. 2686), H4483 [11JY]

Bureau of Justice Assistance: make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs (see H.R. 868), H701 [27FE]

Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in advanced manufacturing to improve competitiveness (see H.R. 1421), H1856 [9AP]

——— 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]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see S. 1012), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 1250), H1629 [19MR]

CERCLA: amend relative to State consultation on removal and remedial actions, State concurrence with listing on EPA National Priorities List, and State credit for contributions to removal or remedial action (see H.R. 2226), H3014 [3JN]

——— modify provisions relative to grants (see S. 491), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 2896), H5260 [31JY]

Chemicals: provide biorefinery assistance eligibility to renewable chemicals projects (see H.R. 2421), H3758 [18JN]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Climate: provide communities with tools to respond to extreme weather and implement a strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources on which tourism and recreation jobs and local economies depend (see S. 1202), S4792 [20JN]

Colleges and universities: amend the process by which students with certain special circumstances apply for Federal financial aid (see H.R. 3446), H6997 [12NO]

——— require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see S. 216), S469 [4FE] (see H.R. 482), H342 [4FE]

——— require private educational lenders to obtain certain certifications from institutions of higher education (see S. 113), S214 [23JA] (see H.R. 3612), H7354 [21NO]

——— restrict institutions of higher education from using Federal educational assistance funds for advertising, marketing, or recruiting purposes (see S. 528), S1710 [12MR] (see H.R. 340), H222 [22JA]

Commission on America and Its Veterans: establish (see H.R. 1492), H1955 [11AP]

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

Commission on Americans Living Abroad: establish (see H.R. 597), H431 [8FE]

Commission on Health Care Savings Through Innovative Wireless Technologies: establish (see H.R. 3577), H7353 [21NO]

Committee on the Elimination of Nonessential Federal Programs (House): establish (see H. Res. 119), H1548 [15MR]

Community development: provide funding through bonding or Neighborhood Stabilization Program grants to empower States to undertake significant residential and commercial structure demolition projects (see H.R. 656), H500 [13FE]

Conservation of energy: promote energy efficiency and energy savings in residential buildings (see S. 1200), S4792 [20JN]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see S. 135), S284 [24JA] (see H.R. 61), H29 [3JA] (see H.R. 217), H52 [4JA]

Contracts: increase contracting goals for service-disabled veteran-owned small business and qualified HUBZone small businesses (see S. 259), S520 [7FE]

——— require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (see H.R. 882), H813 [28FE]

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

——— reduce spread of sexually transmitted infections and provide for reinstatement of Medicaid benefits and housing benefit eligibility to the formerly incarcerated (see H.R. 2599), H4174 [28JN]

Credit: increase access to refinancing for homeowners (see S. 1373), S5968 [25JY]

——— prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and increase availability of affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 1712), H2297 [24AP]

——— prohibit Federal agencies from guaranteeing, making, or insuring a mortgage secured by a residence in a jurisdiction that has used eminent domain to take a residential mortgage (see H.R. 2733), H4724 [18JY]

——— provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see S. 249), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 736), H547 [14FE]

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

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

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

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

——— amend maximum enrollment and eligible land in the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 349), H222 [22JA]

——— 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]

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

——— consult with Indian tribes to make grants and enter into agreements with eligible entities to conduct research and education and training programs to protect and preserve Native American seeds (see H.R. 3782), H8117 [16DE]

——— 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]

——— eliminate limitation on the period for which borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (see H.R. 2007), H2654 [15MY]

——— ensure basic conservation measures are implemented by farmers who receive crop insurance premium assistance (see H.R. 2260), H3215 [5JN]

——— establish a dairy producer margin insurance program to protect producer income by paying producers when actual producer margins are less than a threshold level (see H.R. 1741), H2350 [25AP]

——— establish a market-driven inventory system for farmers and ranchers (see S. 746), S2749 [17AP]

——— establish a program to provide loans for local farms, ranches, and market gardens to improve public health and nutrition and reduce energy consumption (see S. 678), S2501 [9AP]

——— establish Office of Tribal Relations (see H.R. 1894), H2533 [8MY]

——— establish the Local Food for Healthy Families Program (see H.R. 3072), H5434 [9SE]

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

——— expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (see S. 837), S3029 [25AP] (see H.R. 1727), H2349 [25AP]

——— expand coverage under crop insurance plans to include losses to an insured commodity that must be destroyed due to a federally-imposed quarantine (see H.R. 1319), H1821 [21MR]

——— expand eligibility for Farm Service Agency loans (see H.R. 1297), H1719 [20MR]

——— extend certain supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs (see H.R. 1607), H2123 [17AP]

——— extend period during which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are temporarily increased (see S. 1635), S7728 [31OC] (see H.R. 3108), H5587 [17SE] (see H.R. 3353), H6827 [28OC]

——— improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 208), H52 [4JA]

——— improve and extend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 458), S1127 [5MR] (see H.R. 1510), H1956 [11AP]

——— improve Federal dairy programs (see S. 605), S1950 [19MR] (see S. 670), S2500 [9AP]

——— improve the crop insurance program (see S. 677), S2501 [9AP]

——— improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 762), S2797 [18AP] (see H.R. 1657), H2158 [18AP]

——— include California as a separate Federal milk marketing order upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers (see S. 663), S2328 [22MR] (see H.R. 1396), H1825 [21MR]

——— increase purchase of Kosher and Halal food and modify labeling of the commodities list under the Emergency Food Assistance Program to assist food banks in obtaining such foods (see S. 811), S3028 [25AP] (see H.R. 1794), H2392 [26AP]

——— limit maximum amount of crop insurance premiums paid by FCIC, repeal direct payments for certain commodities, and prohibit payments to Brazilian Cotton Institute (see H.R. 1644), H2158 [18AP]

——— make supplemental crop insurance coverage option available to cover deductible under the individual yield and loss policy and improve accuracy of actual production history determinations (see H.R. 1606), H2123 [17AP]

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

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

——— modernize conservation programs, protect long term investments, increase small and midsize farmer’s access to programs, and prioritize modern-day conservation needs (see S. 923), S3326 [9MY] (see H.R. 1890), H2533 [8MY]

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

——— permit providers of eligible food purchasing and delivery services to be approved as retail food stores that accept and redeem Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 2404), H3687 [17JN]

——— prevent cash payments to recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for return of empty bottles and cans used to contain food purchased with such benefits (see H.R. 228), H84 [14JA]

——— prohibit partnerships with foreign governments to promote enrollment in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and terminate Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative with Mexico (see H.R. 1882), H2533 [8MY]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see S. 679), S2501 [9AP] (see H.R. 1414), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide for information comparisons for housing assistance programs (see H.R. 2729), H4724 [18JY]

——— reauthorize and improve the Rural Energy for America Program (see H.R. 1273), H1630 [19MR]

——— reduce crop insurance premium subsidies (see S. 446), S1126 [5MR] (see H.R. 943), H949 [4MR]

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

——— 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]

——— repeal authority to make performance-based bonus payments to States for recruiting additional people to enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1182), H1426 [14MR]

——— repeal denial of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility of ex-offenders (see H.R. 197), H52 [4JA]

——— repeal Market Access Program (see H.R. 2380), H3652 [14JN]

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

——— require advance public notice of any modification to be made in the terms or conditions of any crop insurance policy or plan offered (see H.R. 1789), H2391 [26AP]

——— require annual disclosure of crop insurance premium subsidies in the public interest (see H.R. 2121), H2911 [22MY]

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

——— require retail food stores to report detailed information on food items purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and the Dept. to publish such information (see H.R. 1752), H2350 [25AP]

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

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

——— terminate certain direct payments to farmers (see S. 334), S772 [14FE]

Dept. of Commerce: issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program (see S. 1275), S5620 [10JY] (see H.R. 2646), H4369 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics (see S. 521), S1592 [11MR]

——— establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List (see S. 868), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 1855), H2483 [7MY]

——— implement online computerized assessment to detect behaviors indicating suicide risk and other mental health conditions for Armed Forces members (see S. 810), S3028 [25AP]

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

——— provide certain information to State veterans agencies to facilitate the transition of Armed Forces members from military service to civilian life (see S. 1684), S7951 [12NO] (see H.R. 3493), H7109 [14NO]

Dept. of Education: add disclosure requirements to the institution of higher education financial aid offer form and make such form mandatory (see S. 1156), S4481 [13JN]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 1066), S3844 [23MY]

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

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

——— allow States to opt out of certain programmatic requirements and combine certain Federal funds to improve academic achievement (see S. 1210), S4793 [20JN] (see H.R. 2456), H3988 [20JN]

——— amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (see S. 1222), S5149 [25JN]

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

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

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

——— authorize a competitive grant program to implement and evaluate digital learning in rural locales (see H.R. 3692), H7627 [10DE]

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

——— authorize borrowers of Federal Direct Loan Program loans to modify interest rate to be equal to interest rate at time of modification (see H.R. 3047), H5398 [2AU]

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

——— award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs (see H.R. 1343), H1822 [21MR] (see H.R. 2159), H2953 [23MY]

——— award grants in order to establish longitudinal personal college readiness and savings online platforms for low-income students (see S. 918), S3326 [9MY] (see H.R. 2155), H2953 [23MY]

——— 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

——— enter into voluntary, flexible agreements with certain guaranty agencies to provide delinquency prevention and default aversion services for Federal Direct Loan Program borrowers (see H.R. 618), H454 [12FE]

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

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

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

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (see H.R. 3136), H5765 [19SE]

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

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

——— 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 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 a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps program (see S. 358), S773 [14FE]

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

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

——— establish Federal-State partnerships to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (see S. 1874), S9052 [19DE]

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

——— establish Innovation Inspiration school grant program (see S. 1067), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 1243), H1567 [18MR]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (see H.R. 1911), H2567 [9MY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), consideration (see H. Res. 232), H2909 [22MY]

——— establish Office of Specialized Instructional Support Services and provide grants to State educational agencies to reduce barriers to learning (see H.R. 1940), H2568 [9MY]

——— establish student loan interest rates (see S. 1334), S5800 [18JY]

——— extend reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans, expatriated entities, and the oil and gas industry (see S. 953), S3430 [14MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see S. 707), S2589 [11AP] (see H.R. 1433), H1857 [9AP] (see H.R. 1498), H1956 [11AP] (see H.R. 1595), H2123 [17AP] (see H.R. 1876), H2532 [8MY] (see H.R. 2161), H2953 [23MY] (see H.R. 2895), H5260 [31JY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (see S. 1238), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 2574), H4173 [28JN]

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

——— improve literacy and English skills of limited English proficient individuals (see H.R. 2517), H4078 [26JN]

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

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

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

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

——— increase accountability of nonprofit athletic associations by requiring member institutions to protect the health and education of student athletes (see H.R. 2903), H5341 [1AU]

——— increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers (see H.R. 1969), H2602 [14MY]

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

——— increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior (see H.R. 403), H280 [23JA]

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

——— limit authority to issue regulations, rules, grant conditions and guidance materials in order to support decision-making functions of local educational agencies (see H.R. 1386), H1824 [21MR]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, income-based repayment caps, and cap on Federal loan consolidation rate (see S. 1241), S5498 [27JN]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, increasing cap on subsidized loans, and refinancing current fixed-rate loans (see S. 909), S3256 [8MY] (see H.R. 1946), H2568 [9MY]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (see H.R. 1477), H1909 [10AP]

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

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

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

——— make technical improvements to the Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college (see H.R. 3694), H7687 [11DE]

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

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

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

——— provide for institutional risk sharing in the Federal student loan programs (see S. 1873), S9052 [19DE]

——— provide for loan forgiveness for early childhood educators (see S. 440), S1088 [4MR]

——— provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2308), H3286 [11JN]

——— provide grants for core curriculum development (see H.R. 2897), H5260 [31JY]

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

——— provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (see H.R. 115), H31 [3JA]

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

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

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

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

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

——— provide new program review requirements relative to colleges and universities (see S. 406), S1011 [28FE]

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

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

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

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 1924), H2568 [9MY]

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

——— reset interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see S. 682), S2501 [9AP] (see S. 1003), S3657 [21MY]

——— restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 2349), H3590 [13JN]

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

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education (see S. 1659), S7876 [6NO] (see H.R. 3496), H7110 [14NO]

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

——— simplify the process for determining the need and eligibility of students for financial assistance (see H.R. 2040), H2717 [16MY]

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

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

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

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

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

——— suspend, for a certain period, the use of adverse credit history in determining eligibility for Federal Direct PLUS Loans (see H.R. 2966), H5344 [1AU]

——— 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]

——— use excess revenue generated from the Federal Direct Loan Program to carry out the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 2880), H5260 [31JY]

——— verify eligibility of certain borrowers on loans submitted to a guaranty agency for default aversion or already in default before such borrowers obtain a consolidation loan (see H.R. 1991), H2653 [15MY]

Dept. of Energy: establish a competitive grant program to provide grants to States and units of local government to carry out clean energy and carbon reduction measures (see S. 570), S1853 [14MR]

——— establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program (see S. 1501), S6446 [12SE]

——— establish a grant program for State and local governments to install solar energy systems (see H.R. 1107), H1394 [13MR]

——— establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements (see S. 717), S2589 [11AP]

——— establish pilot program to award grants and loan guarantees to hospitals to reduce energy costs and increase resilience to improve security (see H.R. 1968), H2602 [14MY]

——— promote mapping and development of U.S. geothermal resources by establishing a direct loan program for high risk geothermal exploration wells (see S. 362), S773 [14FE]

——— provide incentives to assist energy policy innovation in States in order to double electric and thermal energy productivity by a certain date (see S. 1209), S4793 [20JN] (see S. 1218), S5149 [25JN]

——— reauthorize weatherization and State energy programs (see S. 1213), S4793 [20JN]

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

——— assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see S. 466), S1127 [5MR] (see H.R. 963), H981 [5MR]

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

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

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

——— eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see H.R. 2833), H5088 [25JY]

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

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

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

——— establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see H.R. 1100), H1357 [12MR]

——— establish a grant program to recruit, train, deploy, and professionally support psychiatric physicians in Indian health programs (see H.R. 2037), H2717 [16MY]

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

——— establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 702), H545 [14FE]

——— expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (see H.R. 3221), H6052 [30SE]

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

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

——— extend hold harmless provisions of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program pending reauthorization of the overall program (see H.R. 2699), H4523 [16JY]

——— foster further innovation and entrepreneurship in the health information technology sector (see H.R. 2363), H3591 [13JN]

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

——— include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps (see S. 1815), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 1037), H1327 [7MR]

——— integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (see S. 1119), S4021 [7JN]

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

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

——— making supplemental appropriations for awarding grants to States to promote universal access to trauma care services provided by trauma centers and trauma-related physician specialties (see H.R. 2660), H4482 [11JY]

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

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

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

——— provide cardiomyopathy education, awareness, and risk assessment materials and resources and disseminate such materials by State educational agencies to identify more at-risk families (see S. 254), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 565), H412 [6FE]

——— provide for participation in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program of certain specialists needed to respond to environmental public health emergencies (see S. 426), S1012 [28FE]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see S. 1445), S6207 [1AU] (see H.R. 920), H815 [28FE]

——— provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and PCP abuse (see H.R. 2130), H2952 [23MY]

——— provide grants to health agencies and community and faith-based organizations for HIV/AIDS education, outreach, research and testing activities in minority communities (see S. 1408), S6126 [31JY] (see H.R. 2893), H5260 [31JY]

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

——— provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see S. 999), S3657 [21MY] (see H.R. 2064), H2838 [21MY]

——— 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]

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

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

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

——— reauthorize Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see S. 1759), S8457 [21NO]

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

——— reform and modernize the Office of Refugee Resettlement (see S. 883), S3159 [7MY] (see S. 1850), S8975 [18DE] (see H.R. 1784), H2391 [26AP]

——— remove Social Security account numbers from Medicare identification cards and communications provided to beneficiaries (see S. 612), S1950 [19MR]

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

——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see H.R. 1599), H2123 [17AP]

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

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

——— transfer Prevention and Public Health Fund funds to extend the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan and eliminate uninsured time requirement for the Plan (see H.R. 1549), H2024 [15AP]

——— transfer Prevention and Public Health Fund funds to extend the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan and eliminate uninsured time requirement for the Plan (H.R. 1549), consideration (see H. Res. 175), H2245 [23AP]

Dept. of HUD: allow investor participation in the National Housing Act loan rehabilitation program (see H.R. 1997), H2654 [15MY]

——— authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (see H.R. 2790), H4978 [23JY]

——— authorize the Moving to Work Charter program to enable public housing agencies to improve the effectiveness of Federal housing assistance (see S. 1177), S4585 [18JN]

——— 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 a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (see S. 1387), S6071 [30JY] (see H.R. 385), H280 [23JA] (see H.R. 3743), H8108 [12DE]

——— establish program enabling communities to address health, economic development, and conservation concerns through needed investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and programs (see H.R. 2424), H3758 [18JN]

——— 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]

——— increase portion of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services (see H.R. 1758), H2351 [25AP]

——— prohibit the sale or trade to another community of Community Development Block Grant Program award amounts (see H.R. 971), H982 [5MR]

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

——— reauthorize programs for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians (see S. 640), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 231), H84 [14JA]

——— reduce housing-related health hazards (see S. 290), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 1282), H1718 [20MR]

——— require section 8 rental assistance recipients to stay current with local taxes and authorize public housing agencies to divert such assistance to pay owners’ tax debts (see H.R. 1193), H1426 [14MR]

——— set-aside Community Development Block Grant Program funds for grants to local chapters of veterans service organizations for rehabilitation of their facilities (see H.R. 2142), H2952 [23MY]

——— terminate authority to provide assistance under the Tenant Resource Network Program (see H.R. 224), H84 [14JA]

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

——— classify human trafficking as a violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program (see S. 413), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 906), H814 [28FE]

——— enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 421), H292 [25JA]

——— enhance use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 2585), H4174 [28JN]

——— establish Office of Elder Justice to strengthen law enforcement responses to elder abuse (see H.R. 861), H701 [27FE]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see S. 933), S3371 [13MY] (see H.R. 988), H1318 [6MR]

——— improve administration of grants to States under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program and ensure that all criminal defendants receive adequate representation (see S. 597), S1892 [18MR]

——— improve Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system (see H.R. 906), H814 [28FE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program COPS in Schools program (see H.R. 751), H594 [15FE]

——— prohibit funding under Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) and Public Safety and Community Policing Grant programs to certain agencies that use license plate readers (see H.R. 2644), H4369 [10JY]

——— provide death benefits for campus police officers (see H.R. 2235), H3094 [4JN]

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

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

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

——— reauthorize the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (see H.R. 2264), H3215 [5JN]

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

Dept. of Labor: 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]

——— clarify that certain recipients of health care-related Federal payments shall not be treated as contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (see H.R. 3633), H7445 [3DE]

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

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

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

——— 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]

——— pay Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program benefits to survivors of eligible Dept. of Energy contractor employees (see H.R. 2904), H5341 [1AU]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— provide requirements for the Transition Assistance Program (see H.R. 631), H499 [13FE]

——— 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]

——— 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 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 the Interior: waive certain eligibility requirements relative to tribally controlled colleges and universities assistance (see H.R. 2069), H2838 [21MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow use of assistance under the Troubled Assets Relief Program Hardest Hit Fund for demolition of foreclosed-upon properties and related expenses (see H.R. 1550), H2025 [15AP]

——— authorize States to use assistance provided under the Hardest Hit Fund program to demolish blighted structures (see S. 1122), S4058 [10JN] (see H.R. 655), H500 [13FE]

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

——— provide loans and loan guarantees to enable eligible public entities to acquire real property that complies with certain approved habitat conservation plans (see S. 1175), S4585 [18JN] (see H.R. 2280), H3250 [6JN]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see H.R. 2428), H3927 [19JN]

——— establish an Emergency Transportation Safety Fund (see S. 911), S3326 [9MY]

——— obligate funds for emergency relief projects arising from damage caused by severe weather events (see S. 1560), S7063 [30SE] (see H.R. 3174), H5832 [25SE]

——— provide funds to States to cover costs to repair or reconstruct a bridge determined by the Federal Highway Administration to be structurally deficient (see H.R. 1419), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide grants to mitigate road congestion and improve transportation planning in metropolitan areas (see H.R. 2968), H5344 [1AU]

——— reauthorize Projects of National and Regional Significance program to fund high-cost surface transportation projects (see S. 823), S3028 [25AP]

——— withhold highway funds from States that do not have in effect laws requiring the use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see S. 979), S3569 [16MY] (see H.R. 1665), H2245 [23AP]

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

——— allow use of educational assistance funds to defray training costs associated with purchasing certain franchise enterprises (see S. 938), S3429 [14MY] (see H.R. 179), H51 [4JA]

——— assess feasibility and advisability of using State and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations to increase awareness of veterans’ benefits, services, and outreach activities (see S. 927), S3326 [9MY]

——— award grants to establish, or expand upon, master’s degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics (see S. 522), S1592 [11MR]

——— carry out a grant program and a pilot program designed to improve the delivery of health care to veterans residing in rural areas (see H.R. 1134), H1395 [13MR]

——— carry out a pilot program to establish claims adjudication centers of excellence (see H.R. 2088), H2910 [22MY]

——— carry out a pilot program to provide outreach and support services to veterans pursuing higher education under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3056), H5399 [2AU]

——— carry out a program of outreach for veterans (see S. 1558), S7007 [27SE]

——— clarify that caregivers for veterans with serious illnesses are eligible for assistance and support services (see H.R. 3672), H7566 [5DE]

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

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

——— codify and improve the election requirements for receipt of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 2481), H4037 [25JN]

——— conduct an education program and peer support program for the education and training of family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders (see S. 1583), S7574 [28OC]

——— consider the veteran’s best interest when making determinations about contracted health care (see H.R. 2412), H3758 [18JN]

——— deduct amounts for repayment from the last months of educational assistance entitlement in cases of overpayments under Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 930), S3371 [13MY]

——— deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see S. 690), S2501 [9AP] (see H.R. 1452), H1857 [9AP]

——— eliminate time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to certain educational assistance (see H.R. 2169), H2953 [23MY]

——— ensure South Texas Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, TX, includes a full-service inpatient health care facility (see S. 800), S2960 [24AP] (see H.R. 552), H411 [6FE]

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

——— establish a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims (see H.R. 2189), H2954 [23MY]

——— establish a priority for processing claims for compensation for veterans who have attained a certain age, are terminally ill, or have a life-threatening illness (see H.R. 2382), H3652 [14JN]

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

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 1936), H2568 [9MY]

——— expand and enhance eligibility for health care and services (see S. 1604), S7615 [29OC]

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

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

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see S. 287), S657 [12FE] (see H.R. 897), H814 [28FE]

——— expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses of Armed Forces members who died in the line of duty (see S. 1039), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 3441), H6953 [30OC]

——— extend authority to carry out the Health Professional Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3053), H5399 [2AU]

——— extend eligibility for Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to certain individuals with service-connected disabilities who transfer to the Reserves before military discharge (see H.R. 604), H431 [8FE]

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

——— extend homeless veterans reintegration programs (see H.R. 2150), H2953 [23MY]

——— extend programs assisting homeless veterans with special needs (see H.R. 2485), H4037 [25JN]

——— extend the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program to cover recipients of Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry scholarship (see S. 515), S1592 [11MR]

——— 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]

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

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

——— improve and make permanent the loan guarantee for the purchase of residential cooperative housing units (see H.R. 2522), H4078 [26JN]

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

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

——— improve enrollment of veterans in certain educational courses (see H.R. 3456), H6997 [12NO]

——— improve health care provided to World War II veterans at departmental facilities (see H.R. 2063), H2838 [21MY]

——— improve Health Professionals Education Assistance Program (see S. 845), S3029 [25AP]

——— improve outreach programs (see H.R. 153), H50 [4JA]

——— improve programs and services for homeless veterans (see S. 825), S3028 [25AP]

——— improve provision of guide dogs to veterans blinded by a service-connected injury (see H.R. 3647), H7507 [4DE]

——— 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]

——— include contracts and grants for residential care for veterans in the exception to the requirement that the Federal Government recover a portion of the value of certain projects (see S. 1540), S6753 [24SE]

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

——— increase burial and funeral expense benefits for certain veterans (see H.R. 1987), H2653 [15MY]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see S. 778), S2896 [23AP] (see H.R. 1598), H2123 [17AP]

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

——— make certain records available to educational institutions where veterans or persons receiving educational assistance are enrolled (see H.R. 2749), H4825 [19JY]

——— 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 interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims (see H.R. 2086), H2910 [22MY]

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

——— pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated claims (see H.R. 1739), H2350 [25AP]

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

——— protect the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill from inappropriate or misleading marketing by entities targeting veterans (see S. 1211), S4793 [20JN]

——— provide additional assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to veterans pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) (see S. 514), S1592 [11MR] (see H.R. 1816), H2393 [26AP]

——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (see S. 262), S520 [7FE] (see H.R. 595), H431 [8FE]

——— provide monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and assistance to U.S. Paralympics, Inc. (see S. 695), S2564 [10AP] (see H.R. 1402), H1836 [25MR]

——— provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved (see S. 1148), S4405 [12JN] (see H.R. 1809), H2392 [26AP]

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

——— provide veterans, when they electronically file claims for benefits, with notice that relevant services may be available to them from veterans service organizations (see S. 1295), S5687 [15JY]

——— repeal limitation of number of veterans authorized to be enrolled in the Independent Living Program (see H.R. 3330), H6768 [23OC]

——— repeal time limitations on eligibility for use of All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program benefits and improve veterans education outreach (see S. 863), S3091 [6MY]

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (see S. 944), S3429 [14MY]

——— require recipients of grants and other assistance for provision of housing and other services to homeless veterans to comply with building and fire codes (see H.R. 2065), H2838 [21MY]

——— require recipients of per diem payments for provision of services for homeless veterans to comply with codes relevant to operations and level of care provided (see S. 1580), S7574 [28OC]

——— resolve backlog of disability claims (see H.R. 2138), H2952 [23MY]

——— review the dialysis pilot program and submit a report to Congress before expanding such program (see S. 1547), S6886 [24SE]

——— submit to Congress a Future-Years Veterans Program and a quadrennial veterans review and establish a Chief Strategy Officer (see H.R. 2704), H4597 [17JY]

——— submit to Congress an annual report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation (see H.R. 1805), H2392 [26AP]

——— update basis for establishing Service-Disabled Veterans Insurance program premium rates (see S. 1585), S7574 [28OC]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: ensure that vet centers have access to Defense Personnel Record Image Retrieval System and VA/Dept. of Defense Identity Repository (see H.R. 1132), H1395 [13MR]

——— improve oversight of educational assistance (see S. 1717), S8049 [14NO]

——— make eligibility criteria, disbursement policies, and tax treatment for certain caregiver compensation programs consistent (see H.R. 3443), H6954 [30OC]

Depts. of Labor and Commerce: establish Make It in America Incentive Grant Program (see H.R. 375), H279 [23JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 1243), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 2610), H4212 [8JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2610), consideration (see H. Res. 312), H4856 [22JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD: establish a grant pilot program to provide housing for elderly homeless veterans (see H.R. 1714), H2298 [24AP]

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

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

Disasters: clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities (see H.R. 592), H430 [8FE]

——— ensure that homeowners with mortgages insured by the FHA, or owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and with homes located in disaster areas, are notified of certain relief relative to such disasters (see H.R. 1499), H1956 [11AP]

——— extend assistance to certain private nonprofit facilities following a disaster (see S. 1274), S5620 [10JY]

——— provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster (see S. 1480), S6208 [1AU] (see H.R. 2887), H5260 [31JY]

——— provide assistance for watersheds adversely affected by qualifying natural disasters (see S. 243), S519 [7FE]

——— provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see S. 1819), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 2647), H4369 [10JY]

——— require large public housing agencies to develop disaster response and relief plans (see H.R. 1669), H2245 [23AP]

Discrimination: prohibit housing and credit decision discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or source of income (see S. 1242), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 2479), H4037 [25JN]

Diseases: extend authorities relative to global HIV/AIDS and promote oversight of U.S. programs (see S. 1545), S6753 [24SE]

——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see S. 539), S1710 [12MR] (see H.R. 1074), H1355 [12MR]

——— improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance (see S. 608), S1950 [19MR]

——— strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding (see S. Res. 303), S8361 [20NO]

——— support goals and implementation of National Alzheimer’s Project Act and National Plan To Address Alzheimer’s Disease (see S. Res. 301), S8186 [19NO]

District of Columbia: establish District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 2469), H3989 [20JN]

Economy: prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security or veteran benefits or to increase low- and middle-class tax burden (see S. Con. Res. 15), S2961 [24AP]

——— provide a comprehensive deficit reduction plan through dollar for dollar debt ceiling increase and entitlement program reform (see S. 11), S871 [26FE]

——— 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]

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

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

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

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

——— express that adding art and design into Federal programs that target science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields encourages innovation and economic growth (see H. Res. 51), H342 [4FE]

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

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

——— provide support for elementary and secondary teacher professional development programs in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 3243), H6289 [4OC]

——— require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners relative to student loans (see H.R. 2961), H5343 [1AU]

——— require certain protections for student loan borrowers (see S. 1803), S8668 [11DE]

Election Assistance Commission: carry out pilot program to fund local educational agency initiatives to provide voter registration information to high school seniors (see H.R. 653), H500 [13FE]

Employment: 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]

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see S. 1508), S6518 [17SE] (see H.R. 765), H594 [15FE]

——— establish centers of excellence for innovative stormwater control infrastructure (see S. 1677), S7951 [12NO] (see H.R. 3449), H6997 [12NO]

——— prohibit awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or financial assistance under the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the U.S. (see S. 558), S1786 [13MR] (see H.R. 959), H981 [5MR]

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

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

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

——— prevent adverse treatment of any person on the basis of views held with respect to marriage (see S. 1808), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 3133), H5765 [19SE]

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

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see S. 874), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 176), H51 [4JA]

——— prohibit use of funds for the Lifeline free cell phone program (see H.R. 989), H1318 [6MR]

——— reform and modernize Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program (see H.R. 1685), H2246 [23AP]

Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (see S. 1792), S8601 [10DE]

——— consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs (see H.R. 504), H370 [5FE] (see H.R. 2514), H4078 [26JN]

——— consolidate suspension and debarment offices into one centralized board (see H.R. 3345), H6827 [28OC]

——— create an expedited procedure to enact GAO recommendations for consolidation and elimination to reduce duplication (see S. 1231), S5264 [26JN] (see H.R. 2506), H4078 [26JN]

——— eliminate corporate welfare programs (see H.R. 1567), H2025 [15AP]

——— ensure all programs and activities continue during a Government shutdown that have funding derived from user fee revenue where funds are available (see H.R. 3288), H6545 [11OC]

——— improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (see S. 1360), S5907 [24JY]

——— modify the Do Not Pay Initiative and improve detection, prevention, and recover of improper payments to deceased individuals (see H.R. 3555), H7309 [20NO]

——— prohibit the revocation or withholding of Federal funds to programs whose participants carry out voluntary religious activities (see S. 1279), S5667 [11JY] (see H.R. 2926), H5342 [1AU]

——— provide for Inspector General oversight for Federal entities not otherwise subject to such oversight (see H.R. 314), H176 [18JA]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see H.R. 1423), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide transparency and establish uniform standards on awarding and disclosure of discretionary competitive grants (see H.R. 3316), H6768 [23OC]

——— reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see H.R. 1999), H2654 [15MY]

——— rescind funds provided to certain agencies if improper payment rate for certain programs has increased from the previous year (see H.R. 3644), H7446 [3DE]

——— strengthen employee cost savings suggestion programs (see S. 643), S2146 [21MR]

Federal employees: prohibit the use of Federal funds for real property or a project or program named for an individual currently serving as a Member of Congress or President of the U.S. (see H.R. 1826), H2404 [3MY]

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

Federal-State relations: prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (see S. 101), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 3002), H5396 [2AU]

——— require State governments to submit fiscal accounting reports as a condition to the receipt of Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 2198), H2954 [23MY]

FEMA: allow monthly installment payments for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program, cap the annual cost of flood insurance, and phase-in premium increases (see H.R. 3312), H6767 [23OC]

——— allow rebuilding, without elevation, of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones that are damaged by fire (see S. 667), S2455 [8AP] (see H.R. 968), H981 [5MR]

——— authorize use of grants under the Urban Areas Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program to work in conjunction with a Dept. of Energy national laboratory (see H.R. 3438), H6953 [30OC]

——— award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfire (see S. 1396), S6072 [30JY] (see H.R. 3333), H6768 [23OC]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H6901 [29OC]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until end of review of all rate maps and Corps of Engineers certification that maps include completed flood control projects (see H.R. 3380), H6951 [30OC]

——— delay increases in premium rates for certain properties and allow monthly installments for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program and increase funding for affordability study (see H.R. 3693), H7687 [11DE]

——— enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see S. 905), S3256 [8MY] (see S. 924), S3326 [9MY] (see H.R. 1878), H2532 [8MY]

——— establish pilot program to provide for wildfire mitigation grants (see S. 1428), S6206 [1AU]

——— extend phase-in of actuarial rates for flood insurance for certain properties (see S. 1075), S3844 [23MY]

——— improve the National Flood Insurance Program (see S. 996), S3657 [21MY] (see H.R. 2199), H2955 [23MY]

——— reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program (see H.R. 3282), H6492 [10OC]

——— reform the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3013), H5397 [2AU]

——— require recipients of State Homeland Security Grant Program funding to promote preparedness and planning for manmade and natural disasters at educational institutions (see H.R. 3158), H5801 [20SE]

——— revise evaluation process for requests for major disaster assistance (see H.R. 1859), H2483 [7MY]

——— temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 41), H28 [3JA]

——— terminate National Flood Insurance Program and related mandatory purchase and compliance requirements (see H.R. 1194), H1427 [14MR]

FHA: ensure fiscal solvency of mortgage insurance programs (see H.R. 1145), H1396 [13MR]

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

——— establish a gun buyback grant program (see H.R. 227), H84 [14JA]

Forest Service: resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program (see H.R. 754), H594 [15FE]

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

GAO: assist Congress and the President in eliminating executive agencies and programs that no longer serve a public need (see H.R. 1954), H2574 [13MY]

——— conduct a full audit of hurricane protection funding and cost estimates associated with post-Katrina hurricane protection (see S. 105), S213 [23JA]

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

——— submit a legislative proposal to Congress to reorganize executive branch agencies (see H.R. 3645), H7446 [3DE]

Great Lakes: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to adjacent States (see H.R. 600), H431 [8FE]

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

——— improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (see S. 1522), S6597 [18SE] (see H.R. 3120), H5654 [18SE]

——— improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see H.R. 3306), H6675 [22OC] (see H.R. 3750), H8108 [12DE]

——— prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases (see H.R. 1473), H1909 [10AP]

——— prohibit denial of coverage under Federal health care programs based on comparative effectiveness research data and ensure research accounts for advancements in health care and different treatment options (see S. 133), S284 [24JA]

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

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

——— provide individual and group market reforms to protect health insurance consumers and make such reforms contingent on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act repeal (see H.R. 2165), H2953 [23MY]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see H.R. 1098), H1357 [12MR]

——— reform medical liability system, improve access to health care for rural and indigent patients, and enhance access to affordable prescription drugs (see S. 1860), S9051 [19DE]

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with low physician-resident-to-general-population ratio (see H.R. 1178), H1426 [14MR]

Homeless: improve provision of medical services to the homeless (see H.R. 29), H28 [3JA]

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

House Rules: require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs (see H. Res. 160), H2026 [15AP]

Housing: allow States participating in the State Small Business Credit Initiative to provide program funds to small businesses for development of affordable housing (see H.R. 3003), H5396 [2AU]

Hurricanes: improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 219), H84 [14JA]

——— increase number of tenant-based rental assistance vouchers made available for low-income families displaced by Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 1668), H2245 [23AP]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 152), H50 [4JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), consideration (see H. Res. 23), H84 [14JA]

——— provide enhanced disaster unemployment assistance to States affected by Hurricane Sandy (see S. 803), S2960 [24AP]

——— provide relief to homeowners affected by Hurricane Sandy who have mortgages insured by the FHA, or owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac (see H.R. 554), H411 [6FE]

Hydroelectric power: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (see S. 1419), S6206 [1AU]

Immigration: enhance Federal, State, and local assistance in enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2264), H3215 [5JN]

Income: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see S. 1099), S3986 [6JN] (see H.R. 1502), H1956 [11AP]

Independent Government Waste Reduction Board: establish (see H.R. 530), H410 [6FE]

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

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (see S. 1455), S6207 [1AU] (see H.R. 2775), H4856 [22JY]

——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon certification that program to verify household income and other qualifications is operational (H.R. 2775), consideration (see H. Res. 339), H5475 [10SE]

——— delay enrollment in health plans in State or Federal exchanges until rules are published establishing income verification procedures for premium subsidy eligibility (see H.R. 2789), H4978 [23JY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: provide a certain minimum level of income for the State Assistance Program (see H.R. 2727), H4724 [18JY]

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

Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services (see S. 755), S2749 [17AP] (see H.R. 1838), H2436 [6MY]

——— clarify policy relative to collecting reimbursement from third-party payers for medical assistance (see H.R. 3659), H7566 [5DE]

——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see S. 1318), S5799 [18JY] (see H.R. 1761), H2351 [25AP]

——— eliminate increased Federal medical assistance percentage under the State plan relative to newly eligible mandatory individuals to provide States with greater flexibility (see H.R. 1404), H1836 [25MR]

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

——— extend temporary Medicare payment rate floor for primary care services of primary care physicians to nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives (see H.R. 2986), H5396 [2AU]

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

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

——— increase price transparency of hospital information and provide for additional research on consumer information on charges and out-of-pocket costs (see H.R. 1326), H1821 [21MR]

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

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

——— redistribute Federal funds that would otherwise be made available to States that do not provide for Medicaid expansion to States electing to provide those benefits (see H.R. 467), H341 [4FE]

——— reform payment to States (see H.R. 1853), H2483 [7MY]

——— repeal enhanced Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 963), S3531 [15MY]

——— require approval of waivers relative to State provider taxes that exempt certain retirement communities (see S. 1655), S7876 [6NO] (see H.R. 3171), H5806 [23SE]

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

——— require independent audits and actuarial services under managed care programs (see H.R. 162), H51 [4JA]

——— restore coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the U.S. under the Compacts of Free Association with Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau (see H.R. 912), H815 [28FE]

Medicare: allow physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs (see S. 382), S871 [26FE]

——— amend payments to long-term care hospitals (see H.R. 3599), H7354 [21NO]

——— change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico under part B (see S. 324), S772 [14FE] (see H.R. 670), H501 [13FE]

——— ensure eligibility of certain professionals practicing in rural health clinics for electronic health records and quality improvement incentives (see H.R. 986), H1318 [6MR]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H2298 [24AP]

——— establish a program to provide incentive payments to participating beneficiaries who voluntarily establish and maintain better health (see S. 1228), S5264 [26JN] (see H.R. 2524), H4079 [26JN]

——— extend the hold harmless provision for small rural hospitals and sole community hospitals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2578), H4173 [28JN]

——— improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests (see H.R. 1320), H1821 [21MR]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see S. 1184), S4673 [19JN] (see H.R. 2415), H3758 [18JN]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see S. 1318), S5799 [18JY] (see H.R. 1761), H2351 [25AP]

——— provide additional penalties applicable to psychiatric hospitals and units that fail to comply with certain discharge planning process requirements (see H.R. 3128), H5654 [18SE]

——— provide comprehensive audiology services to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2330), H3355 [12JN]

——— provide coverage options for beneficiaries under the original fee-for-service program through a Medicare Link program (see H.R. 3567), H7310 [20NO]

——— provide for a primary care graduate medical education pilot project to improve access to the primary care workforce (see H.R. 487), H342 [4FE]

——— provide for an option for any citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. to buy into Medicare (see H.R. 500), H370 [5FE] (see H.R. 3737), H8108 [12DE]

——— provide for fairness in hospital payments (see S. 183), S400 [30JA]

——— provide for timely access to post-mastectomy items (see H.R. 1902), H2567 [9MY]

——— reduce administrative burdens and narrow filing periods for hospitals and providers while ensuring payment accuracy (see H.R. 2329), H3355 [12JN]

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see S. 740), S2684 [16AP] (see H.R. 1588), H2066 [16AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H1355 [12MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: amend certain requirements and penalties that would impede eligible professionals from adopting electronic health records to improve patient care (see H.R. 1331), H1822 [21MR]

——— amend qualifications of the director of food services of a skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 473), H341 [4FE] (see H.R. 2181), H2954 [23MY]

——— curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see S. 1123), S4058 [10JN] (see H.R. 2305), H3256 [10JN]

——— delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see S. 1555), S6960 [26SE] (see H.R. 1920), H2567 [9MY]

——— ensure that unintentional billing disputes involving health care facilities or professionals are not penalized as fraud (see H.R. 2931), H5342 [1AU]

——— establish an exception from the physician self-referral prohibition and a safe harbor from Federal antikickback sanctions for certain incentive payments made by hospitals (see H.R. 1487), H1955 [11AP]

——— exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 1309), H1821 [21MR]

——— implement a demonstration project to examine costs and benefits of providing payments for health care services provided by purpose-built, continuing care retirement communities to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2376), H3652 [14JN]

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

——— provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H1426 [14MR]

Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care (see S. 264), S520 [7FE]

——— increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see H.R. 1263), H1630 [19MR]

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

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

National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (see H.R. 2470), H3989 [20JN]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (see H.R. 2431), H3927 [19JN]

National Public Radio: prohibit Federal funding and the use of Federal funds to acquire radio content (see H.R. 2597), H4174 [28JN]

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

National wildlife refuges: reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of refuges (see H.R. 1300), H1719 [20MR]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see S. 1352), S5907 [24JY]

Native Americans: establish a demonstration program to provide rental assistance and supportive housing for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see H.R. 3418), H6953 [30OC]

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

NIST: reauthorize the competitive grant program within the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology program (see H.R. 1418), H1856 [9AP]

NOAA: making supplemental appropriations for fisheries disasters (see H.R. 1445), H1857 [9AP] (see H.R. 1753), H2350 [25AP]

Northern Border Regional Commission: extend authorization (see H.R. 922), H815 [28FE]

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

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see S. 1562), S7063 [30SE]

——— reauthorize and improve (see S. 1028), S3843 [23MY]

OMB: report on disaster assistance obligations of the Federal Government (see H.R. 3347), H6827 [28OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay certain amendments to Medicaid (see H.R. 2949), H5343 [1AU]

——— exclude individuals who receive health insurance coverage pursuant to collective bargaining from tax credits and reductions in cost-sharing (see H.R. 3093), H5546 [12SE]

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (see H.R. 2453), H3988 [20JN]

——— repeal provisions relative to premium tax credits and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 1908), H2567 [9MY]

——— repeal the Prevention and Public Health Fund (see H.R. 1099), H1357 [12MR]

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

Petroleum: eliminate unnecessary oil tax credits and subsidies for major oil companies to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 2956), H5343 [1AU]

Power resources: eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production (see S. 1762), S8457 [21NO] (see H.R. 3574), H7353 [21NO]

——— eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production and extend certain renewable energy tax incentives (see S. 329), S772 [14FE]

Public debt: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see S. 46), S43 [22JA] (see S. 81), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 149), H32 [3JA] (see H.R. 247), H85 [14JA]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see S. 92), S213 [23JA]

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

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

——— extend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 987), H1318 [6MR]

——— modify Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program State maintenance of effort requirement (see H.R. 3151), H5766 [19SE]

——— 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]

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

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

——— require States to implement drug testing program for applicants and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 873), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 909), H815 [28FE] (see H.R. 1069), H1355 [12MR]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 949), H981 [5MR]

——— provide financing assistance for qualified water infrastructure projects (see S. 335), S772 [14FE]

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

Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act: extend (see H.R. 518), H370 [5FE]

——— reauthorize (see S. 659), S2328 [22MR] (see H.R. 3176), H5832 [25SE]

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

Rural areas: ensure that Federal Government receives maximum return on investment in the rural essential community facilities loan and grant programs and effective services to rural communities (see H.R. 1632), H2157 [18AP]

SBA: allow use of physical damage disaster loans for the construction of tornado safe rooms (see S. 1440), S6207 [1AU] (see H.R. 2908), H5341 [1AU]

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

——— clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (see S. 415), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 1974), H2602 [14MY]

——— eliminate guarantee fees for certain loans where the total loan amount is not more than $150,000 (see H.R. 2462), H3988 [20JN]

——— enhance the Small Business Investment Company Program and provide for a small business early-stage investment program (see S. 1285), S5667 [11JY]

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

——— establish a grant program to empower encore entrepreneurs (see S. 1454), S6207 [1AU]

——— establish and carry out a direct lending program for small business concerns (see H.R. 2451), H3988 [20JN]

——— 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]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see S. 289), S657 [12FE] (see H.R. 1240), H1567 [18MR]

——— improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 2452), H3988 [20JN]

——— increase limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control (see S. 550), S1785 [13MR] (see H.R. 1106), H1394 [13MR]

——— increase maximum loan amount for loans under the Microloan program (see H.R. 3191), H5883 [26SE]

——— increase oversight of small business assistance programs (see S. 936), S3429 [14MY]

——— make permanent the Small Loan Advantage program (see H.R. 2461), H3988 [20JN]

——— provide for a small business early-stage investment program (see H.R. 30), H28 [3JA]

——— 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]

——— provide loan guarantees for the acquisition of health information technology by eligible professionals in solo and small group practices (see H.R. 28), H28 [3JA]

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

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

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

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

Science: assist scientists in commercializing their ideas by awarding grants to innovative technology transfer programs at universities, research institutes, and national laboratories (see H.R. 2981), H5396 [2AU]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1526), H1990 [12AP]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1526), consideration (see H. Res. 351), H5653 [18SE]

Senate Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs (see S. Res. 110), S2960 [24AP]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 1585), H2066 [16AP] (see H.R. 2154), H2953 [23MY]

——— provide for a Seniors’ Financial Bill of Rights (see S. 1734), S8186 [19NO]

Small business: enhance services to disadvantaged small businesses (see H.R. 2550), H4142 [27JN]

——— ensure certain Federal contracts are set aside for small businesses and enhance services to disadvantaged small businesses (see H.R. 2551), H4142 [27JN]

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

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

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

——— eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits (see H.R. 2047), H2774 [17MY]

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

——— establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and format of data used in the administration of certain human services programs (see H.R. 948), H981 [5MR]

——— expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (see H.R. 2925), H5342 [1AU]

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

——— guarantee right to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1275), H1717 [20MR]

——— improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see S. 308), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 649), H500 [13FE]

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

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

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

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

——— prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (see H.R. 2418), H3758 [18JN]

——— prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (see H.R. 781), H595 [15FE]

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

——— provide for a phased-in payment of Social Security Disability Insurance benefits during the waiting period for individuals with a terminal illness (see S. 1311), S5755 [17JY]

——— provide that the waiting period for disability insurance benefits shall not apply to recovering servicemembers (see H.R. 1488), H1955 [11AP]

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

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

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

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

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see S. 723), S2649 [15AP] (see H.R. 1015), H1319 [6MR]

——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (see S. 567), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 3118), H5588 [17SE]

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

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

——— update eligibility (see H.R. 1601), H2123 [17AP]

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

——— establish dairy farm savings accounts (see S. 493), S1269 [7MR]

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

——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3391), H6951 [30OC]

——— 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]

——— extend research credit, increase and make permanent alternative simplified research credit and provide for a biotechnology consortium research credit (see H.R. 3757), H8108 [12DE]

——— facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see S. 1368), S5968 [25JY] (see H.R. 341), H222 [22JA]

——— increase amount of low-income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee (see H.R. 3025), H5397 [2AU]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 1527), H1991 [12AP]

——— make permanent the minimum low-income housing tax credit rate for unsubsidized buildings and provide a minimum credit rate for existing buildings (see S. 1442), S6207 [1AU]

——— make the research credit permanent and increase the alternative simplified research credit (see H.R. 905), H814 [28FE]

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

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

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see S. 553), S1785 [13MR] (see H.R. 1125), H1395 [13MR]

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

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see S. 307), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 609), H454 [12FE]

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

Territories: provide for adequate Compact of Free Association impact aid to affected States and territories (see H.R. 1222), H1548 [15MR]

Transportation: limit executive compensation at public transit agencies that receive Federal funds (see S. 1496), S6377 [11SE]

——— provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (see S. 1250), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 2534), H4141 [27JN]

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]

——— 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]

——— require drug testing as a condition for application and receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1277), H1717 [20MR]

——— require substance abuse risk assessment and targeted drug testing as a condition for receipt of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3454), H6997 [12NO]

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

Veterans: appropriate funds necessary for benefits and services in the event of a Government shutdown (see S. 1564), S7063 [30SE] (see H.R. 3225), H6102 [1OC]

——— authorize per diem payments under comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans to furnish care to dependents of homeless veterans (see S. 1058), S3844 [23MY]

——— 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]

——— exclude certain pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance (see S. 1707), S8049 [14NO] (see H.R. 825), H658 [26FE] (see H.R. 1742), H2350 [25AP]

——— 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]

——— making continuing appropriations for benefits (see H.J. Res. 72), H6102 [1OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), consideration (see H. Res. 370), H6173 [2OC]

——— provide discounted fares on public transportation (see H.R. 2362), H3591 [13JN]

——— provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see H.R. 386), H280 [23JA]

——— provide surviving spouses with certain protections relating to mortgages and mortgage foreclosures (see H.R. 821), H658 [26FE]

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (see S. 257), S520 [7FE] (see H.R. 357), H278 [23JA]

——— 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]

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

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding water resources research and technology institutes (see S. 970), S3569 [16MY]

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 access to contraception, preventive services, accurate health care information, cancer screenings, and affordable insurance for pregnancy-related needs and reduce health disparities (see S. Res. 60), S944 [27FE]

——— promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 1229), H1548 [15MR]

Books 

‘‘The Law’’: Frédéric Bastiat (excerpt), S6796 [24SE]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (S. 954), S3949 [4JN], S3976 [6JN]

Dept. of Education: extend reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans, expatriated entities, and the oil and gas industry (S. 953), motion to proceed, S3949 [4JN], S3977 [6JN]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (S. 1238), motion to proceed, S5522 [8JY], S5595 [10JY]

——— reset interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (S. 1003), motion to proceed, S3949 [4JN], S3977 [6JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1243), S6051 [30JY], S6155 [1AU]

——— making appropriations (S. 1243), motion to proceed, S5795 [18JY], S5817 [23JY]

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

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), S7532 [16OC]

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

Cost Estimates

No Subsidies Without Verification Act (H.R. 2775): CBO, H5525 [12SE]

Essays

State of the Union: Jeannine Bissonette, S702 [13FE]

Factsheets

Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act: Hirono Amendment on Eliminating Waiting Period for Legal Immigrants To Become Eligible for Certain Federal Aid Programs and Tax Credits, S4452 [13JN]

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

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

Letters

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act: several agriculture organizations, S3975 [6JN]

Budget deficit: Representative Reed, H7632 [11DE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding: Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, H3778 [19JN]

——— Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts, H3780 [19JN]

——— several organizations, H3783 [19JN]

Dept. of Education Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program amendment: Cornelia Brown, Maine School Management Association, S5150 [25JN]

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 HUD Community Development Block Grant Program funding: several Representatives, H4868 [23JY]

Dept. of Justice elimination of duplicative Violence Against Women Act grant programs: National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S612 [12FE]

——— William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, Inc., S612 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice grant funds to States and local governments that do not test for sexually transmitted diseases for persons indicted on sexual assault charges: National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, S613 [12FE]

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

Eliminate waiting period for legal immigrants to become eligible for certain Federal aid programs or tax credits: several organizations, S5327 [27JN]

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Andrew Moylan, R Street Institute, H4469 [11JY]

——— Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, H4385, H4467 [11JY], H6515 [11OC]

——— Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E934 [20JN]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E935 [20JN]

——— Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), E934 [20JN]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), E935 [20JN]

——— Representative Lucas, Committee on Agriculture (House), E934, E935 [20JN]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E934 [20JN]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), E935 [20JN]

——— Roger Johnson, National Farmers Union, H4468 [11JY], H6515 [11OC]

——— Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), H4469 [11JY]

——— several agriculture, conservation, rural development, finance, forestry, energy, and crop insurance groups, H6516 [11OC]

——— several organizations, H4391–H4393, H4468 [11JY]

Federal Direct Stafford Loan reduced interest rate extension: Christina Bonarrigo, E987 [28JN], E1016 [8JY]

Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act: Abba Cohen, Agudath Israel of America (organization), H470 [13FE]

——— Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law School, H469 [13FE]

——— Carl H. Esbeck, University of Missouri School of Law, E144 [14FE]

——— Christine C. Quinn, Peter F. Vallone, Jr., and Fernando Cabrera, New York, NY, City Council, H470 [13FE]

——— David M. O’Connell, Trenton, NJ, Diocese, H477 [13FE]

——— Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia School of Law, H469 [13FE]

——— Eric C. Rassbach and Daniel Blomberg, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty (organization), H478 [13FE]

——— Galen Carey, National Association of Evangelicals, H477 [13FE]

——— Laura W. Murphy and Dena Sher, ACLU, H471 [13FE]

——— Maggie Garrett, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (organization), H471 [13FE]

——— Marc D. Stern and Richard T. Foltin, American Jewish Committee, H469 [13FE]

——— Nan Futrell, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (organization), H472 [13FE]

——— Ruth Cole and Jacob Toporek, New Jersey State Association of Jewish Federations, H476 [13FE]

——— Samuel Tendler, Congregation Sons of Israel, Lakewood, NJ, H477 [13FE]

——— Suhag A. Shukla, Hindu American Foundation, H472 [13FE]

——— Tom McClusky, Family Research Council, H470 [13FE]

——— William C. Daroff, Jewish Federations of North America, H477 [13FE]

——— William E. Lori and Denis J. Madden, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H476 [13FE]

——— William Murphy, Rockville Centre, NY, Diocese, H468 [13FE]

——— Yehuda Neuberger and Nathan J. Diament, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, H476 [13FE]

——— Yisroel Schenkolewski, Bais Kaila Torah Preparatory High School for Girls, Lakewood, NJ, H477 [13FE]

Government shutdown impact on disaster assistance to Colorado: Representative Gardner, H6059 [1OC]

Government shutdown impact on federally assisted low-income housing programs: Lori Sywensky, Northampton County, PA, Housing Authority, H6463 [10OC]

Government shutdown impact on Nevada: Brian Sandoval, Governor of Nevada, H6442 [9OC]

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]

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

No Subsidies Without Verification Act: several Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5522 [12SE]

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 verification procedures and safeguards relative to eligibility determinations: Jim R. Esquea, Dept. of HHS, H5526 [12SE]

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]

Prevent National Flood Insurance Program premium rate increases until completion of study on affordability of premiums: James W. Tobin III, National Association of Home Builders, S3402 [14MY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Protect benefits of disabled veterans by not enacting a chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for benefits: Barry A. Jesinoski, DAV, S2086 [21MR]

——— James E. Koutz, American Legion, S2085 [21MR]

——— several veterans organizations, S2085 [21MR]

Remove cap on Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief Program funds to assist Colorado disaster recovery: Donald E. Hunt, Colorado Dept. of Transportation, S6995 [27SE], H6018 [30SE]

——— John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, S6995 [27SE], H6018 [30SE]

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]

Small Business Disaster Reform Act: Bob Mitchell, Bay Area Houston, TX, Economic Partnership, S1023 [28FE]

——— Brenda Bertus, St. Tammany Economic Development Foundation, S1023 [28FE], S4579 [18JN]

——— Bryan S. Derreberry, Charleston, SC, Metro Chamber of Commerce, S4580 [18JN]

——— C.E. (Tee) Rowe, Association of Small Business Development Centers, S1022 [28FE], S4578 [18JN]

——— Darrell W. Randle, Mobile, AL, Area Chamber of Commerce, S4580 [18JN]

——— George Swift, Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance, S1023 [28FE]

——— John W. Madden, National Emergency Management Association, S4578 [18JN]

——— Michael Hecht, Greater New Orleans, Inc., and Kathryn S. Wylde, Partnership for New York City (organization), S4579 [18JN]

——— Paul L. Krutko, International Economic Development Council, S1022 [28FE], S4578 [18JN]

——— Peggy E. Gustafson, SBA, S4577 [18JN]

——— Scott Martinez, North Louisiana Economic Partnership (organization), S1023 [28FE]

——— Todd O. McCracken, National Small Business Association, S4579 [18JN]

Smarter Solutions for Students Act: Lisa M. Maatz, American Association of University Women, H2924 [23MY]

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

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

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

Strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding: George Vradenburg, US Against Alzheimer’s (organization), S8367 [20NO]

——— Robert Egge, Alzheimer’s Association, S8367 [20NO]

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

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

——— Carol Clesceri, H4624 [18JY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lists

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

Community health centers awarded Dept. of HHS funds in Houston, TX, H4541 [17JY]

Cosponsors of H.R. 3108, Extend Not Cut SNAP Benefits Act, H6611 [16OC]

Cosponsors of McGovern amendment to H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H3850 [19JN]

Groups supporting crop insurance program, S3730 [22MY]

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

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

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

Memorandums

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

Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act: Nathan J. Diament, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, H474–H476 [13FE]

——— UJA-Federation of New York, H469 [13FE]

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program Work Requirements•20Waivers: Earl S. Johnson, Dept. of HHS, S759 [14FE]

Motions

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3965 [20JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), H4462, H4463, H4467, H4470 [11JY], H6514 [11OC], H6978 [12NO]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4383, H4389 [11JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (S. 954), S3519 [15MY]

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

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

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

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (S. 1238), S5584 [10JY], S5675 [15JY], S5717 [17JY]

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

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

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]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (S. 1243), S5759 [18JY], S5809 [23JY], S5945, S5946 [25JY], S6094 [31JY]

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

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

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), H6620 [16OC]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5790 [20SE]

Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), H6207, H6208 [3OC]

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]

Press releases

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Club for Growth (organization), H4388, H4468 [11JY]

——— Heritage Action for America (organization), H4468 [11JY]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H2752–H2754 [17MY]

Agriculture: permanently suspend application of certain price support authority, H6515–H6520 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs, H399 [6FE], H2444 [7MY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H2577 [14MY], H2622, H2623, H2625, H2626, H2638 [15MY], H2663 [16MY], H2844 [22MY], H2916 [23MY], H3010 [3JN], H3228 [6JN], H3310 [12JN], H3359, H3365, H3369, H3371 [13JN], H3636 [14JN], H3694, H3695, H3721–H3730, H3745–H3750 [18JN], H3761–H3763, H3767, H3768, H3769, H3787–H3926 [19JN], H3932, H3933–H3968, H3969–H3976, H3984 [20JN], H4050 [26JN], H4086, H4089 [27JN], H5680, H5706 [19SE], E759 [23MY], E853 [12JN], E897 [17JN], E918 [19JN], E927, E928, E929, E930, E933, E936, E939, E941, E943, E944, E947, E948, E950, E951, E954 [20JN], E966 [25JN], E970, E971 [26JN], E1002 [28JN], E1020 [8JY], E1041 [10JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3708–H3720 [18JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), consideration (H. Res. 271), H3770–H3786 [19JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), motion to recommit, H3966 [20JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), H4374, H4375, H4394–H4475, H4476 [11JY], H4490 [16JY], H4577 [17JY], H4609 [18JY], H4815, H4816 [19JY], H5076 [25JY], H5384, H5386 [2AU], H5844 [26SE], H6263 [4OC], H6350 [8OC], H6465, H6482–H6489, H6491 [10OC], H6514 [11OC], H6595 [15OC], H6608 [16OC], H6695, H6759 [23OC], H6907 [30OC], H7057 [14NO], H7145, H7147 [15NO], H7399 [3DE], H7453, H7459 [4DE], H7632 [11DE], H8134 [26DE], E1061 [16JY], E1483 [10OC], E1501 [11OC], E1794 [5DE]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), agree to conference with the Senate (H. Res. 380), H6505–H6514 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), H6527–H6532 [11OC], E1527 [16OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), consideration (H. Res. 380), H6505–H6514 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to restore Dept. of Agriculture authority to manage sugar supplies throughout the year (H. Res. 378), H6520–H6527 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to restore Dept. of Agriculture authority to manage sugar supplies throughout the year (H. Res. 378), consideration (H. Res. 380), H6505–H6514 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4376–H4394 [11JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 361), H5938–H5946 [28SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), motion to instruct conferees, H6515–H6520 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), motion to recommit, H4471 [11JY]

——— reform direct payment program, H4490 [16JY]

——— reform sugar price support program, H3696 [18JN], H3762 [19JN], H3934–H3938 [20JN], H6520–H6527 [11OC], E1041 [10JY]

——— reform sugar price support program (H.R. 693), H3108 [5JN]

——— repeal milk price support program, H3859, H3860 [19JN]

——— repeal sugar price support program, H3770 [19JN]

——— restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers, H3954, H3955 [20JN]

——— temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 3695), H8046, H8047 [12DE]

——— temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 3695), consideration (H. Res. 438), H7702–H7716 [12DE]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (H.R. 2084), H4512, H4513 [16JY]

Amtrak: capital and debt service grants funding, H5134 [30JY]

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (H.R. 2847), H5099 [30JY]

Appalachian Regional Commission: funding, H4348 [10JY]

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

——— prohibit assistance to Pakistan until tuition assistance programs for members are fully funded, H1552 [18MR]

——— require continuation of tuition assistance programs for members for the remainder of the fiscal year, H1792 [21MR]

——— require continuation of tuition assistance programs for members for the remainder of the fiscal year (H.R. 1265), H1644 [20MR]

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

Blizzards: disaster assistance to South Dakota, H6350 [8OC], H6428 [9OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H6838 [29OC]

——— prevent cuts to programs that benefit senior citizens, H1585, H1586, H1607 [19MR]

——— reform entitlement programs, H152 [15JA], H538 [14FE], H1434, H1542 [15MR], H1818 [21MR], H2449, H2480 [7MY], H2564 [9MY], H5624 [18SE], H6294 [5OC], H6463 [10OC]

——— repeal sequestration and replace automatic spending cuts with a balanced approach to revenue and spending, H357, H358, H361 [5FE], H392, H393 [6FE]

Bureau of Justice Assistance: make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs (H.R. 868), H1922 [11AP]

Business and industry: accelerate research, development, and innovation in advanced manufacturing to improve competitiveness (H.R. 1421), E1647 [13NO]

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

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

Colleges and universities: address increasing levels of student loan debt and default rates, H2285–H2287 [24AP]

——— affordability, H2795–H2801 [20MY], H3026 [4JN], H4866 [23JY], H4991 [24JY], H5054 [25JY]

Commission on America and Its Veterans: establish (H.R. 1492), E782 [4JN]

Commission on Americans Living Abroad: establish (H.R. 597), E117 [8FE]

Computers: prohibit funding for university cybersecurity scholarship or grant programs for graduate students from enemy nations, possible enemy nations, or any nation engaged in cyber attacks against the U.S., H2047 [16AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H7697 [12DE]

——— goals of the 113th Congress, E14 [4JA]

——— legislative priorities, H3766 [19JN]

——— prohibit Members and their spouses from receiving agriculture crop subsidies and insurance payments, H5680 [19SE], E943 [20JN]

Congressional Black Caucus: legislative priorities, H7384–H7390 [2DE]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 217), H64 [14JA], H185, H219 [22JA]

——— prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (H.R. 61), H76 [14JA], H219 [22JA]

Contracts: require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (H.R. 882), H2001–H2004 [15AP]

Corps of Engineers: efforts to complete levee on lower Mississippi River, H433 [12FE]

——— flood control and coastal emergencies funding, H113 [15JA]

——— prohibit waiver of standard local cost-share for construction projects unrelated to damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H140 [15JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow certain small community irrigation associations to be eligible for Environmental Quality Incentives Program funding, H3867 [19JN]

——— allow States to implement a work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, H3959, H3960, H3969 [20JN]

——— allow States to implement drug testing program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, H3885, H3886 [19JN], H6511 [11OC]

——— cap Farm Risk Management Election Program spending at certain level for first 5 years in which payments are dispersed, H3857–H3859 [19JN], H6508 [11OC]

——— 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]

——— Dairy Market Stabilization Program funding, H3780 [19JN]

——— disclose names of Members of Congress, Cabinet members, or related entities receiving crop insurance premium subsidies, H6508 [11OC]

——— discontinue National Sheep Industry Improvement Center, H3912, H3913 [19JN]

——— eliminate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3984 [20JN]

——— 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]

——— ensure that at least one large urban area is included in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program anti-fraud pilot programs, H3884, H3885 [19JN]

——— establish a dairy producer margin insurance program to protect producer income by paying producers when actual producer margins are less than a threshold level, H3949–H3953 [20JN]

——— establish a dairy producer margin insurance program to protect producer income by paying producers when actual producer margins are less than a threshold level (H.R. 1741), H3860 [19JN], E554 [25AP]

——— expunge unused Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, H3890 [19JN]

——— extend eligibility for certain emergency loans to commercial fisherman, H3893, H3894 [19JN]

——— extend period during which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are temporarily increased (H.R. 3108), H6611 [16OC]

——— extend period during which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are temporarily increased (H.R. 3353), H7176 [18NO], E1729 [21NO]

——— Government shutdown impact on nutrition programs, H6506 [11OC], H6602 [15OC], H6608 [16OC]

——— Hunger-Free Communities Grant program funding, E941 [20JN]

——— impact of Government shutdown on school lunch program, H6211 [3OC]

——— improve Environmental Quality Incentives Program, H3694 [18JN], H3865, H3866 [19JN]

——— improve Federal dairy programs, H3724 [18JN]

——— improve Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3728, H3729 [18JN], H6488 [10OC]

——— include personal hygiene items in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3888 [19JN]

——— increase asset eligibility determinations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, E941 [20JN]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, H3694 [18JN]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 74), H6266 [4OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), H6239, H6243, H6262–H6272 [4OC], H6425, H6428 [9OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), motion to recommit, H6270, H6271 [4OC]

——— modernize conservation programs, protect long term investments, increase small and midsize farmer’s access to programs, and prioritize modern-day conservation needs (H.R. 1890), H3104 [5JN], E624 [8MY]

——— National Resource Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection program funding, H115, H116 [15JA]

——— prioritize Natural Resources Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection Program funding for projects that prevent and mitigate impacts of catastrophic wildfires, H3867, H3868 [19JN]

——— prohibit corn growers who sell their crop for ethanol production from receiving farm payments, H3862 [19JN]

——— prohibit individuals convicted of certain violent crimes from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3772–H3774, H3776, H3777 [19JN], H6512 [11OC]

——— reduce crop insurance premium subsidies, H4089 [27JN]

——— reduce Thrifty Food Plan calculations in any year the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is not authorized, H3886, H3887 [19JN], H3947 [20JN]

——— reduction in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program fraud, H4527 [17JY]

——— reform crop insurance program, H3908–H3911 [19JN], H6487 [10OC], H6595 [15OC]

——— 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]

——— reinstate Rural Energy for America Program feasibility studies, H3771 [19JN]

——— repeal Market Access Program, H3875, H3876 [19JN]

——— report on effects of reduced Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding on charitable food providers, E939 [20JN]

——— require a portion of land in Conservation Reserve Program be set aside for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program and the Continuous Conservation Reserve Program, H3694 [18JN], H3863 [19JN]

——— 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]

——— require advance public notice of any modification to terms or conditions of existing crop insurance policies or plans, H3919 [19JN]

——— require reauthorization of discretionary programs, H3925, H3926 [19JN], H6508 [11OC]

——— require report on cost differences between providing school meals and supplements in each of the territories, the District of Columbia, and the States (H.R. 428), E58 [23JA]

——— results of food security report and impact on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H5439 [10SE], H6456 [10OC]

——— Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program funding, H3891 [19JN]

——— submit a report listing invasive species, certain details regarding species, cost estimates, current efforts to combat invasive species, and legal recourse available to those affected by species, E954 [20JN]

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

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H346 [5FE], H1388 [13MR], H1575 [19MR], H2477–H2481 [7MY], H2577 [14MY], H2622, H2623, H2625, H2626 [15MY], H2663, H2665, H2666, H2667, H2668, H2669 [16MY], H2844 [22MY], H3007–H3013 [3JN], H3100 [5JN], H3310, H3342–H3347 [12JN], H3359, H3365, H3369, H3371 [13JN], H3695, H3725, H3727, H3728, H3745–H3750 [18JN], H3761, H3768, H3769, H3771–H3785, H3850–H3855 [19JN], H3932, H3951, H3952, H3971–H3975 [20JN], H4086 [27JN], H4315 [10JY], H4374, H4375, H4377–H4390, H4393, H4459, H4460, H4462–H4474, H4475, H4477 [11JY], H4490 [16JY], H4577 [17JY], H4609 [18JY], H4815, H4816 [19JY], H5077 [25JY], H5181 [31JY], H5374, H5384, H5386 [2AU], H5530 [12SE], H5575, H5577 [17SE], H5844 [26SE], H6246, H6247 [4OC], H6489, H6491 [10OC], H6505, H6507–H6512, H6529 [11OC], H6610 [16OC], H6837, H6838 [29OC], H6907 [30OC], H7057 [14NO], H7170–H7176 [18NO], H7256, H7259, H7267 [20NO], H7399 [3DE], H7453, H7459 [4DE], H7632 [11DE], E683 [16MY], E759 [23MY], E853 [12JN], E897 [17JN], E918 [19JN], E933, E941, E943, E944, E947, E948, E950, E951 [20JN], E970, E971 [26JN], E1020 [8JY], E1061 [16JY], E1703 [19NO]

——— terminate certain direct payments to farmers and use savings to reduce the deficit, H668 [27FE]

——— terminate Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative with Mexico, H3890, H3891 [19JN]

——— WIC funding, H4051 [26JN], H5181 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: determine effectiveness of suicide prevention programs, H3570 [13JN]

——— post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H4913 [23JY]

——— traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H3061 [4JN], E885 [17JN]

——— traumatic brain injury funding, E1130 [24JY]

Dept. of Education: allow charter schools to use Federal funds for professional development, teacher training, instructional materials, and minor facilities costs, H4716, H4717 [18JY], E1098 [19JY]

——— allow local educational agencies to enter contracts with other organizations to implement programs for at-risk-youth, H4706, H4707 [18JY]

——— allow State and local educational agencies to use multiple measures to identify school academic performance, H4705, H4706 [18JY]

——— amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (H.R. 2658), H4374 [11JY]

——— award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs, H4805 [19JY]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten in public schools and public charter schools (H.R. 866), E207 [27FE]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten programs and programs to support infants and toddlers (H.R. 1368), E355 [21MR]

——— clarify that Federal funds may be used for teacher professional development in computer science education, H4715, H4716 [18JY]

——— clarify that States that do not accept Federal funds are not required to comply with Federal education mandates, H4720 [18JY]

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

——— educational opportunity outreach programs funding, H3009, H3010 [3JN]

——— English language learner programs funding, H4694 [18JY]

——— ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4690–H4693, H4695 [18JY], H4813 [19JY]

——— ensure Family Engagement Centers target services to low-income students and families, H4718 [18JY]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools, H4612 [18JY]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (H.R. 2706), H4533 [17JY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), H2751 [17MY], H2788, H2795–H2801 [20MY], H2903–H2909 [22MY], H2916, H2917, H2926–H2942 [23MY], H2968 [3JN], H3107, H3109 [5JN], H3271 [11JN], H3299 [12JN], H3369, H3371 [13JN], H3638 [14JN], H3697 [18JN], H3768, H3770 [19JN], H3969 [20JN], H3998, H4002, H4024 [25JN], H4042, H4045, H4046, H4047, H4048, H4052–H4054 [26JN], H4095, H4132, H4133, H4134 [27JN], H4161 [28JN], H4226–H4228 [9JY], H4316 [10JY], H4515 [16JY], H4864 [23JY], H4984 [24JY], H5054 [25JY], H5100 [30JY], E771 [3JN], E983 [27JN]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), consideration (H. Res. 232), H2917–H2926 [23MY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), motion to recommit, H2937, H2938 [23MY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), Senate amendment, H5187, H5214–H5221 [31JY], E1185 [1AU], E1212, E1214, E1220 [2AU]

——— exempt local educational agencies serving high percentage of students from families with income below the poverty line from changes to funding formula, H4710, H4711 [18JY]

——— extend Pay as You Earn Repayment Plan to past student loan borrowers, H2936 [23MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, H2921, H2922 [23MY], H3294 [12JN], H3370 [13JN], H3593 [14JN], H3735 [18JN], H4147 [28JN], H4318, H4321, H4322 [10JY], H4515 [16JY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1433), H2904 [22MY], H3107 [5JN]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1498), H2903, H2904 [22MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1595), H2258 [24AP], H2500, H2501 [8MY], H2589 [14MY], H2930, H2934, H2936, H2937, H2942 [23MY], H3026 [4JN], H3102 [5JN], H3262 [11JN], H3360 [13JN], H3697, H3718 [18JN], H3998, H4012–H4015 [25JN], H4051–H4054 [26JN], H4092 [27JN], H4162 [28JN], H4608 [18JY], E947 [20JN]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1876), H2526 [8MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 2161), H2907 [22MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (H.R. 2574), H4226–H4228 [9JY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (S. 1238), H4221 [9JY]

——— Impact Aid Program funding, H6610 [16OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on Impact Aid Program, H6360 [8OC]

——— improve outcomes for students in persistently low-performing schools by authorizing school turnaround grants and reward schools that make significant progress in closing achievement gaps, H2712 [16MY]

——— increase percentage of low-income student assistance funding reserved for outlying areas and the Dept. of the Interior, E1107 [22JY]

——— make certain consolidated school districts eligible for payments, prohibit mid-year adjustments for student counts, and make the current construction program a competitive grant program, H4719 [18JY]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, increasing cap on subsidized loans, and refinancing current fixed-rate loans (H.R. 1946), H2929, H2934 [23MY]

——— make grants to educational organizations for Holocaust educational programs (H.R. 1477), E414 [10AP]

——— making continuing appropriations for Impact Aid Program (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— prohibit Federal funds to State and local educational agencies who facilitate the transfer of an employee they know or have probable cause to believe has engaged in sexual misconduct, H4733, H4734 [19JY]

——— prohibit grant funds from bypassing States and going directly to local school districts, H4711, H4712 [18JY]

——— protect students from higher education costs and increased student loan interest rates, H1613 [19MR], H2902–H2906 [22MY], H3228 [6JN], H3695 [18JN]

——— protect students from initial teaser interest rates on student loans that lead to higher long-term costs, H2937, H2938 [23MY]

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

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education, H4612 [18JY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (H.R. 2536), H7633, H7637 [11DE]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (H.R. 1924), H2525 [8MY]

——— report on advisability of State education authorities closing school districts over local opposition, and the monitoring, supervising, and controlling of underperforming school districts, H4734–H4736 [19JY]

——— require States receiving insufficient grants to prioritize funding for schools serving neglected, delinquent, migrant students, English learners, at-risk students, and Native Americans, H4696, H4697 [18JY], E1099 [19JY]

——— restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (H.R. 2349), H3658 [17JN]

——— restore cap on percentage of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participating in alternate assessments, H4698, H4699, H4703 [18JY]

——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (H.R. 1330), H2286 [24AP], H2798, H2799 [20MY], H2934 [23MY], E356 [21MR]

——— restore greater authority and governance to local educational agencies, strengthen opportunities for parental input, and assess affect of regulations on local school districts, H4707, H4708 [18JY]

——— 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]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods, H2288 [24AP]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4321 [10JY], H4475 [11JY], H4532 [17JY], H4607, H4610, H4619–H4722 [18JY], H4730, H4731–H4814 [19JY], H5076 [25JY], E1097, E1098, E1099 [19JY], E1107, E1110, E1111 [22JY], E1116 [23JY], E1136 [25JY], E1147 [26JY], E1193 [1AU]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 303), H4610–H4619 [18JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), corrections in engrossment, H4814 [19JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), motion to recommit, H4812, H4813 [19JY]

Dept. of Energy: defense environmental cleanup funding through reductions in Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H4256, H4257 [9JY]

——— establish a grant program for State and local governments to install solar energy systems (H.R. 1107), H1362 [13MR]

——— State Energy Program and Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H4274 [9JY]

——— Weatherization Assistance Program funding through reductions in National Nuclear Security Administration funding, H4275, H4276 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS: award competitive grants to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents (H.R. 718), H821 [4MR]

——— eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses, H534 [14FE]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (H.R. 2632), H4222 [9JY]

——— extend authorization of appropriations for the sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program, E1418 [2OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on Head Start Program, H6360 [8OC], H6490 [10OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6362–H6370, H6398 [8OC], H6425 [9OC], E1473 [10OC], E1502 [11OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), motion to recommit, H6368, H6369 [8OC]

——— prohibit certain grants to States that do not provide for minimal terms of imprisonment for certain child abusers (H.R. 1311), H2312 [25AP], H4992 [24JY]

——— prohibit use of Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund funding for Hurricane Sandy damage costs that are reimbursed by self-insurance, H113, H114 [15JA]

——— promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority, H2808 [21MY]

——— provide grants to health agencies and community and faith-based organizations for HIV/AIDS education, outreach, research and testing activities in minority communities (H.R. 2893), E1535 [22OC]

——— reauthorize and restructure the adoption incentives grant program and extend Family Connection Grant Program (H.R. 3205), H6651–H6659 [22OC], E1571 [24OC]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), H1643 [20MR], E341 [20MR]

——— require States to help alien children in the child welfare system apply for all available forms of immigration relief (H.R. 2036), H2666 [16MY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (H.R. 628), H487 [13FE]

——— Social Services Block Grant Program funding to provide transportation for students displaced by Hurricane Sandy, H114, H115 [15JA]

——— transfer Prevention and Public Health Fund funds to extend the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan and eliminate uninsured time requirement for the Plan (H.R. 1549), H2145 [18AP], H2168, H2231, H2241 [23AP], H2276, H2277 [24AP]

——— transfer Prevention and Public Health Fund funds to extend the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan and eliminate uninsured time requirement for the Plan (H.R. 1549), consideration (H. Res. 175), H2267–H2275 [24AP], E544 [25AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: Operation Stonegarden funding, H3207, H3208 [5JN]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H4868 [23JY], H4989 [24JY], H5114, H5117, H5118, H5120–H5124, H5153, H5154 [30JY], H5184, H5186 [31JY], H5268 [1AU], E1184 [1AU]

——— creation and promotion of translated materials and programs to assist persons with limited English proficiency funding through reductions in fair housing programs funding, H5164, H5165 [30JY]

——— establish program enabling communities to address health, economic development, and conservation concerns through needed investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and programs (H.R. 2424), H4532 [17JY]

——— homeless assistance grants funding, H5160 [30JY], H5274 [1AU]

——— Housing Counseling Assistance Program funding, H5154 [30JY]

——— Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program funding, H5158, H5159 [30JY]

——— project-based rental assistance program technical correction, H5161 [30JY]

——— public housing programs funding, H5266 [1AU]

——— reduce housing-related health hazards (H.R. 1282), E343 [20MR]

——— rental housing assistance program funding, H5162, H5163 [30JY]

——— section 8 housing voucher program funding, H5157 [30JY]

Dept. of Justice: enhance use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (H.R. 2585), H7387 [2DE], H8102 [12DE]

——— establish guidelines to prevent and address occurrences of bullying, provide grants to States for related programs, and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program, E25 [14JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program COPS in Schools program (H.R. 751), H570 [15FE]

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

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

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

——— 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]

Dept. of the Interior: restore non-Federal funding match requirement for Historic Preservation Grants, H143, H144 [15JA]

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

——— Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program report on executive compensation, H395 [6FE]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (H.R. 2428), H5281, H5283 [1AU]

——— obligate funds for emergency relief projects arising from damage caused by severe weather events (H.R. 3174), H6016–H6019 [30SE]

——— provide funds to States to cover costs to repair or reconstruct a bridge determined by the Federal Highway Administration to be structurally deficient (H.R. 1419), E391 [9AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship, H6798 [28OC]

——— clarify that children of certain veterans are eligible for the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (H.R. 1400), E359 [21MR]

——— codify and improve the election requirements for receipt of educational assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (H.R. 2481), H6794–H6800 [28OC], H7557 [5DE]

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

——— eliminate time limitation for use of eligibility and entitlement to certain educational assistance (H.R. 2169), H3367 [13JN], H6838 [29OC]

——— establish a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims (H.R. 2189), H6782–H6794 [28OC], E1591, E1596, E1597 [29OC]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 1936), H2849 [22MY], H6914 [30OC], E640 [9MY]

——— expand authority of veterans to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (H.R. 3514), E1681 [15NO]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (H.R. 897), E227 [28FE]

——— extend programs assisting homeless veterans with special needs (H.R. 2485), H5890 [27SE]

——— 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 and make permanent the loan guarantee for the purchase of residential cooperative housing units (H.R. 2522), E973 [26JN]

——— 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]

——— increase age limit for children using transferred Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program benefits (H.R. 3515), E1681 [15NO]

——— make certain clarifications and improvements in academic and vocational counseling programs (H.R. 3399), H6915 [30OC]

——— make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims, H6790, H6791 [28OC]

——— make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims (H.R. 2086), H2851 [22MY]

——— National Cemetery Administration funding, H145, H146 [15JA]

——— pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated claims, H3056 [4JN]

——— pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated claims (H.R. 1739), H2923, H2924 [23MY]

——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (H.R. 595), H2285 [24AP]

——— provide monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and assistance to U.S. Paralympics, Inc., H5890 [27SE]

——— provide monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and assistance to U.S. Paralympics, Inc. (H.R. 1402), H7614–H7619 [10DE]

——— provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, H6790, H6792 [28OC]

——— provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved (H.R. 1809), H2379 [26AP]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (H.R. 1725), H5870 [26SE]

——— reduce salary of senior officials if disability compensation claims are not reduced by a certain amount, H3074, H3075 [4JN]

——— repeal limitation of number of veterans authorized to be enrolled in the Independent Living Program (H.R. 3330), H7081 [14NO]

——— report to Congress a plan to eliminate backlog of benefit claims, H3023 [4JN]

——— resolve backlog of disability claims, H4180 [8JY]

——— submit to Congress an annual report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation, H6791, H6792 [28OC]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve and enhance programs and activities on suicide prevention, H5865–H5871 [26SE]

Depts. of Labor and Commerce: establish Make It in America Incentive Grant Program (H.R. 375), H1870 [10AP], H4048 [26JN], H6214 [3OC], H6847 [29OC], H7557 [5DE]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: prohibit use of Hurricane Sandy relief funding for land acquisition, H144, H145 [15JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, H4001 [25JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H4989 [24JY], H5073 [25JY], H5101–H5145, H5149–H5170 [30JY], H5184, H5186 [31JY], H5266, H5268, H5271, H5283, H5298 [1AU], H5530 [12SE], E1178 [31JY], E1182, E1183, E1184 [1AU]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2610), consideration (H. Res. 312), H4866–H4877 [23JY]

Disasters: anniversary of severe storms and tornadoes in North Carolina, E475 [16AP]

——— clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities (H.R. 592), H465–H480 [13FE], E143, E153 [14FE], E161 [15FE], E174 [25FE]

——— provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (H.R. 2647), H5598 [18SE]

Diseases: extend authorities relative to global HIV/AIDS and promote oversight of U.S. programs (S. 1545), H7232–H7238 [19NO], H7375, H7377 [2DE]

——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes, H2752 [17MY]

District of Columbia: establish District of Columbia National Guard Educational Assistance Program (H.R. 2469), E942 [20JN]

Economy: establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, H6449 [9OC]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H1863 [10AP], H4259 [9JY]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6490 [10OC]

——— 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]

——— replace sequester with responsible spending reforms, H438 [12FE], H8077 [12DE]

Education: develop 21st century readiness initiatives that assist students in acquiring skills to think critically and solve problems, communicate, collaborate with others, and create and innovate (H.R. 347), E45 [22JA]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H5842 [26SE], H5936, H5937, H5938 [28SE]

——— Pell Grants funding, H1387 [13MR], H2285, H2287 [24AP]

——— simplify and strengthen Federal school aid programs, H2310 [25AP]

Employment: 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]

——— create a pilot program to award grants to local governments and community-based organizations to create jobs, H3106 [5JN]

——— ensure local input in State designations of local workforce investment areas, H1470, H1471 [15MR]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H158–H160 [15JA], H354 [5FE], H1346, H1347, H1349 [12MR], H1627 [19MR], H1870 [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], H7696 [12DE]

——— prohibit use of funds to reform and strengthen the workforce investment system for lobbying and political activities, H1437 [15MR]

——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations, H1408 [14MR]

——— 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]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (H.R. 765), H569 [15FE], H1401 [14MR]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, H5126–H5128 [30JY], E1178 [31JY]

——— reduce Essential Air Service Program per passenger subsidy, H5126 [30JY]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (H.R. 1999), H3078, H3079 [4JN], H3109 [5JN], H3531 [13JN], H4937 [23JY]

——— reduce waste and streamline government programs, H5181 [31JY]

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: reauthorize nutrition programs for the same duration as farm programs, H6515–H6520 [11OC]

Federal Highway Administration: remove cap on Emergency Relief Program funds to assist Colorado disaster recovery, H6016–H6019 [30SE]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (H.R. 2182), H3007 [3JN]

FEMA: allow monthly installment payments for flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program, cap the annual cost of flood insurance, and phase-in premium increases (H.R. 3312), H7405 [3DE], E1554 [23OC]

——— Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program and Staffing for Adequate Fire and Response (SAFER) grants funding, H3137 [5JN]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), H6910 [30OC]

——— disaster relief funding, H3175 [5JN]

——— improve the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 2199), H3186 [5JN]

——— National Urban Search and Rescue Response System funding, H3137, H3138 [5JN]

——— reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program (H.R. 3282), E1474 [10OC]

——— require disclosure of all disaster relief program grants funds distributed for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H141 [15JA]

——— State and local rail and transit security grant programs funding, H3158 [5JN]

——— temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 41), H39–H48 [4JA], H119 [15JA], E27 [15JA]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), H1914, H1920, H1946 [11AP], H1963, H1986 [12AP], H2071, H2074, H2076, H2077, H2107, H2119 [17AP], H2128, H2129 [18AP]

Floods: disaster assistance to Colorado, H5779, H5780, H5782 [20SE], H6058 [1OC]

——— transition from federally subsidized to private sector provision of flood insurance coverage, H40 [4JA]

GAO: establish pilot program to collect and publish Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit redemption data, H3889 [19JN]

——— report on duplication within the Federal Government, H1919, H1922 [11AP]

——— report on implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (H.R. 2630), H4219 [9JY]

——— require audit of Federal funding for mental illness diagnosis, research, and treatment, H1868 [10AP]

Government: impact of dependence on safety net programs, H4476 [11JY]

Health: provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 2300), H5371 [2AU], H7082 [14NO], H7437 [3DE]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: ensure food programs address nutritional needs of students in athletic programs and physical education classes, E1102 [19JY], E1108 [22JY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, H4859 [23JY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6845 [29OC]

Housing: public housing mold abatement funding in areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy, H140, H141 [15JA]

Hunger: impact of Government shutdown on relief programs, H6110 [2OC]

——— tribute to chefs for anti-hunger campaign, H4985 [24JY]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, H6833, H6839, H6840, H6876–H6882 [29OC], E1590, E1598 [29OC], E1607 [30OC]

——— ensure States receiving a major disaster declaration due to Hurricane Sandy damage are eligible to receive EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grants, H103 [15JA]

——— improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, H100 [15JA]

——— improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 219), H65–H72 [14JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H40–H48 [4JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H99, H109–H152, H155–H158, H161 [15JA], E37, E38 [18JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), consideration (H. Res. 23), H99–H108 [15JA]

——— supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy funding through Government across-the-board funding reduction, H103, H125, H126 [15JA], E37 [18JA]

Immigration: prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving Federal, State, or local government means-tested benefits, H3998 [25JN]

Income: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (H.R. 1502), H2034 [16AP], E432 [11AP]

Independent Government Waste Reduction Board: establish (H.R. 530), H376 [6FE], H685 [27FE]

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), H5055 [25JY], H5441, H5442 [10SE], H5517–H5529, H5531, H5533 [12SE], H6098 [1OC], E1317 [16SE]

——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), Senate amendments, H6613, H6616–H6626 [16OC]

——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon certification that program to verify household income and other qualifications is operational (H.R. 2775), consideration (H. Res. 339), H5486–H5493 [11SE]

——— delay enrollment in health plans in State or Federal exchanges until rules are published establishing income verification procedures for premium subsidy eligibility, H5033 [24JY]

Iowa: anniversary of tornado, E743 [23MY]

LSC: funding, H139 [15JA]

Luzerne County, PA, Head Start, Inc.: anniversary, E734 [23MY]

Medicaid: anniversary, H5184, H5187 [31JY]

——— expand, E1689 [18NO]

——— extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (H.R. 2123), H5077 [25JY]

——— increase Federal medical assistance percentage for the District of Columbia (H.R. 1264), E330 [19MR]

——— redistribute Federal funds that would otherwise be made available to States that do not provide for Medicaid expansion to States electing to provide those benefits (H.R. 467), H349 [5FE]

——— reform, H1347, H1348 [12MR], H1615 [19MR], H1706 [20MR]

Medicare: anniversary, H5184, H5187 [31JY], H5352 [2AU]

——— change rules relative to enrollment of residents of Puerto Rico under part B (H.R. 670), H461 [13FE]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (H.R. 1717), H2378 [26AP], H5439 [10SE]

——— improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests (H.R. 1320), E352 [21MR]

——— reform, H974 [5MR], H1348, H1349 [12MR], H1415 [14MR], H1611, H1615, H1617, H1621, H1622 [19MR], H1667, H1670 [20MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish an exception from the physician self-referral prohibition and a safe harbor from Federal antikickback sanctions for certain incentive payments made by hospitals (H.R. 1487), E429 [11AP]

——— impact of increased funding obligations on the economy, H513 [14FE]

——— provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (H.R. 1173), H2070 [17AP], H4218 [9JY], H4829 [22JY], H6833 [29OC], E300 [14MR]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 3717), H7697 [12DE]

Montana: revitalize Forest Service forestlands and timber harvests, H1802 [21MR]

Morality and ethics: value of personal responsibility versus Federal aid programs, H1983 [12AP], H3985 [20JN]

National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (H.R. 2470), E927 [20JN]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (H.R. 2431), H3765 [19JN]

National School Breakfast Week: observance, H956 [5MR]

National Weather Service: ground readiness project funding, H137–H139 [15JA]

National wildlife refuges: reauthorize volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of refuges (H.R. 1300), H5148, H5149 [30JY]

Nevada: impact of Government shutdown, H6442 [9OC]

NIST: reauthorize the competitive grant program within the Regional Centers for the Transfer of Manufacturing Technology program (H.R. 1418), E896 [17JN]

NOAA: clarify that fisheries disaster funds are intended for States that suffered a fisheries disaster as a direct result of impacts from Hurricane Sandy, H137 [15JA]

——— Regional Ocean Partnership program funding, H136, H137 [15JA]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H976–H978 [5MR]

——— State of the Union Message, H537–H539 [14FE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool (H.R. 1358), H2289 [24AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program, H5371 [2AU]

——— repeal provisions relative to annual period for disenrollment from Medicare Advantage plans to elect to receive original Medicare fee-for-service benefits (H.R. 2453), H7491 [4DE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: guarantee qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans (H.R. 566), E105 [6FE]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H1584, H1614, H1615 [19MR], H3006–H3013 [3JN], H3341–H3347 [12JN]

Power resources: eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production, H3011 [3JN]

Public welfare programs: allow waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements for certain individuals, H1382, H1383 [13MR], E330 [19MR]

——— eliminate cap on certain payments under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, H1369 [13MR]

——— eliminate cap on certain payments under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa (H.R. 365), H183 [22JA]

——— establish work requirements for recipients, H6448 [9OC]

——— extend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, H1366–H1371, H1374, H1378 [13MR]

——— 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]

——— require States to implement drug testing program for applicants and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 909), E221 [28FE]

——— restore the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs, H1377 [13MR]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (H.R. 949), H2235 [23AP], H2258 [24AP], H4540–H4542 [17JY]

Republican Party: impact of Tea Party minority on party majority, H6059 [1OC]

——— national agenda, H3767 [19JN], H4223 [9JY], H4865 [23JY], H5273 [1AU], H7457 [4DE]

Rhode Island: tribute to HealthSource RI (health exchange), E1412 [1OC]

San Diego County, CA: anniversary of Cedar Fire, H6878 [29OC]

SBA: clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (H.R. 1974), E896 [17JN]

——— eliminate guarantee fees for certain loans where the total loan amount is not more than $150,000 (H.R. 2462), E928 [20JN]

——— establish the Ports as Small Business Incubators Program to provide eligible small businesses with access to commercial real property (H.R. 2460), E953 [20JN]

——— make permanent the Small Loan Advantage program (H.R. 2461), E946 [20JN]

Science: assist scientists in commercializing their ideas by awarding grants to innovative technology transfer programs at universities, research institutes, and national laboratories (H.R. 2981), E1244 [2AU]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3465), H7095–H7097 [14NO], E1725 [21NO]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H5460–H5467 [10SE], H5530 [12SE], H5721–H5755 [19SE], H5788–H5792 [20SE], H5820 [25SE], E1353, E1356, E1357, E1358 [20SE], E1389 [27SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1526), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5669–H5684 [19SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1526), motion to recommit, H5790, H5791 [20SE]

Securing America’s Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H1796 [21MR]

Social Security: establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and format of data used in the administration of certain human services programs (H.R. 948), E243 [5MR]

——— expand permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities (H.R. 2925), E1200 [1AU]

——— prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (H. Con. Res. 34), H4841 [22JY]

——— provide that the waiting period for disability insurance benefits shall not apply to recovering servicemembers (H.R. 1488), H1932 [11AP]

——— reform, H2715 [16MY]

——— use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits, H1939–H1945 [11AP], H1963 [12AP]

Space policy: tribute to the public-private Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project, H2722 [17MY]

States: address needs of children who have aged out of foster care programs, H5419 [9SE]

Taxation: extend production tax credit for wind power, H1894 [10AP], H7114 [15NO]

——— make the research credit permanent and increase the alternative simplified research credit (H.R. 905), H2234, H2235 [23AP], H6213 [3OC]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (H.R. 609), E130 [12FE]

Texas: impact of decision not to expand Medicaid coverage of uninsured citizens, H1559 [18MR], H2420 [6MY], E1661 [14NO]

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]

Transportation Security Administration: funding, H3146, H3150–H3154 [5JN]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Stewart McKinney National Wildlife Refuge funding to rebuild seawalls and buildings on uninhabited islands, H101, H141–H143 [15JA]

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]

University of California, Davis: tribute to new fabric created by bio-medical engineers, H4731 [19JY]

Veterans: exclude certain pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance (H.R. 1742), H6780–H6782 [28OC], E1591 [29OC]

——— HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program funding, H5154, H5155, H5161–H5164 [30JY]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6560, H6561 [12OC], H6600 [15OC]

——— include training in advanced manufacturing for veterans in State and local plans for reforming and strengthening the workforce investment system, H1472 [15MR]

——— making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), H6082–H6089, H6092 [1OC], H6106, H6108, H6120 [2OC], H6181, H6192, H6200–H6210, H6211 [3OC], H6239, H6241, H6279, H6280 [4OC], E1417, E1419 [2OC], E1456 [8OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6122–H6132 [2OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), motion to recommit, H6207, H6208 [3OC]

——— reduce unemployment, H2832 [21MY]

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: funding, H5136, H5137, H5143, H5144 [30JY]

Weather: express condolences and support for people effected by severe storms in the Midwest, H7314 [21NO]

West, TX: disaster assistance for rebuilding and recovery of community destroyed by explosion at fertilizer plant, H4491 [16JY]

Women: impact of Government shutdown on health services, H6121 [2OC]

——— promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (H.R. 1229), H6936 [30OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: impact of Government shutdown on farmers, S7375 [10OC], S7395–S7397 [11OC]

——— make supplemental agricultural disaster assistance (S. 141), S288 [24JA]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), S4987 [24JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), S5790, S5794 [18JY], S6162, S6163 [1AU], S6500, S6501 [17SE], S6568 [18SE], S6613 [19SE], S6871 [24SE], S7037 [30SE], S7341 [9OC], S7375 [10OC], S7395–S7397, S7402 [11OC], S7648–S7650 [30OC], S7693 [31OC], S8541, S8545 [9DE], S8616, S8631 [11DE], S8723, S8751 [12DE], S8787, S8796, S8805 [13DE], S8887 [17DE], S9090 [20DE]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), House amendment, S7084 [1OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), insert S. 954 language in lieu, S5794 [18JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), unanimous-consent agreement, S5794 [18JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (S. 954), S3589, S3591–S3595, S3597, S3610 [20MY], S3634–S3648, S3652 [21MY], S3709, S3712–S3717, S3722–S3736, S3745–S3752 [22MY], S3796, S3797, S3805, S3806, S3809, S3816–S3826 [23MY], S3890, S3895–S3897, S3900, S3901 [3JN], S3915, S3923–S3925, S3931–S3940, S3946, S3947 [4JN], S3970, S3971, S3975, S3976, S3979–S3981 [6JN], S4029, S4043–S4053 [10JN], S4206 [11JN], S4401 [12JN], S4473 [13JN], S4757 [20JN], S4987 [24JN], S5601 [10JY], S5705 [16JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (S. 954), motion to proceed, S3519 [15MY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (S. 954), order to print, S4432 [12JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (S. 954), unanimous-consent agreement, S3523 [15MY], S3949 [4JN]

——— reform direct payment program, S6162 [1AU]

——— reform sugar price support program, S3639, S3640 [21MY], S3709, S3722, S3732, S3734–S3736, S3746 [22MY]

——— restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers, S8631 [11DE]

——— restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers (S. 281), S658, S659 [12FE]

——— temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 3695), S9090 [20DE]

Armed Forces: extend interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service (S. 1399), S6077 [30JY], S6104 [31JY]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7195 [4OC]

——— require continuation of tuition assistance programs for members for the remainder of the fiscal year, S1928 [19MR], S1974, S1985 [20MR]

ATF: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (S. 1337), S5962 [25JY]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project, S2658 [16AP]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (S. 475), S1230 [6MR]

Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act: set sunset date, S5811 [23JY], S5867–S5869, S5892 [24JY]

Blizzards: disaster assistance to South Dakota, S7341 [9OC], S7402 [11OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, S7088 [1OC]

——— reform entitlement programs, S26 [22JA], S191–S195 [23JA], S238–S240 [24JA], S302, S304–S307 [28JA], S396 [30JA], S577 [11FE], S725–S727 [14FE], S800 [25FE], S1838 [14MR], S1929 [19MR], S2011 [20MR], S2077 [21MR], S2488 [9AP], S2921 [24AP], S3922 [4JN], S5958–S5960 [25JY], S6618 [19SE], S7141 [2OC], S7345, S7347–S7350 [9OC], S7367, S7370, S7374, S7379 [10OC], S7415, S7416 [11OC], S7587 [29OC]

——— replace sequester with responsible spending reforms, S2066–S2071 [21MR]

——— require that Federal children’s programs be separately displayed and analyzed, S2246 [22MR]

CBO: use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits for Social Security, disabilities, and veterans, S2241, S2286, S2287 [22MR], S7415 [11OC]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: increase ability to safeguard nonpublic information that can impact financial markets, S2441 [8AP]

CERCLA: modify provisions relative to grants (S. 491), S5602 [10JY]

Children and youth: expand and improve the provision and insurance coverage of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, S1247–S1249 [7MR], S2291 [22MR]

——— improve outcomes for youth at risk for sex trafficking (S. 1518), S6598 [18SE]

Climate: provide communities with tools to respond to extreme weather and implement a strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources on which tourism and recreation jobs and local economies depend (S. 1202), S5490 [27JN]

Colleges and universities: affordability, S5875 [24JY]

——— require private educational lenders to obtain certain certifications from institutions of higher education (S. 113), S220 [23JA], S668 [13FE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions, S666–S668 [13FE], S968 [28FE], S2484 [9AP], S5822 [23JY], S6040 [30JY]

Congress: goals of the 113th Congress, S25–S27 [22JA]

Contracts: increase contracting goals for service-disabled veteran-owned small business and qualified HUBZone small businesses (S. 259), S525 [7FE]

Corps of Engineers: conduct study with other Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies to address coastal recovery and reconstruction from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, S317 [28JA]

——— eliminate subsidies for beach nourishment at water resources development projects, S3442–S3445 [15MY]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 1738), S8308 [20NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow all fresh fruits and vegetables, including white potatoes, as supplemental foods under WIC program, S3980 [6JN]

——— allow States to deputize certain nonprofit organizations and area agencies on aging to conduct Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program interviews for senior citizens, S3731 [22MY]

——— eliminate Adverse Marketing Payments Program, S3825 [23MY], S3979 [6JN], S8616 [11DE]

——— establish a pilot project to eliminate purchases of unhealthful foods and beverages under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S3939 [4JN]

——— establish programs to support fisheries, S4048 [10JN], S4207 [11JN]

——— evaluate and consolidate duplicative nutrition programs, S3934 [4JN]

——— expand agricultural opportunities for military veterans (S. 784), S2901 [23AP]

——— expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (S. 837), S3038 [25AP]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7247 [7OC]

——— improve and extend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S3642, S3646 [21MY]

——— improve and extend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (S. 458), S1129–S1131 [5MR]

——— improve organic agriculture, S3610 [20MY]

——— improve the crop insurance program, S3595 [20MY], S3729 [22MY], S3890 [3JN]

——— improve the crop insurance program (S. 677), S2505 [9AP]

——— improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S3824 [23MY], S3980 [6JN], S4207 [11JN]

——— include California as a separate Federal milk marketing order upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers (S. 663), S2337 [22MR]

——— limit conservation program payments based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S3933, S3934 [4JN]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S3722 [22MY], S3817–S3820 [23MY]

——— Local and Regional Food Aid Procurement Project funding, S3901 [3JN], S4401 [12JN]

——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), S7222, S7224, S7243 [5OC], S7272 [7OC], S7312 [9OC]

——— modify eligibility requirements for participation in the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program, S3751 [22MY]

——— prohibit individuals convicted of certain violent crimes from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S3646 [21MY]

——— prohibit individuals convicted of tax evasion from receiving any benefits from Government assistance programs, S3933, S3934 [4JN]

——— prohibit payment of crop insurance premiums for tobacco, S3594, S3595 [20MY], S3805, S3806, S3809, S3816 [23MY]

——— provide homebound seniors and disabled persons access to grocery delivery through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, S3722 [22MY]

——— reduce fraud and maintain program integrity in the crop insurance program, S3817 [23MY]

——— reduce waste and reform direct payment programs, S7897 [7NO]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), S6611, S6631 [19SE], S6699, S6871 [24SE]

——— repeal automatic implementation of permanent laws establishing production limitations, market quotas, and price supports tied to parity prices, S4047 [10JN]

——— repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program, S3714–S3716 [22MY], S3826 [23MY]

——— require a certain percentage of Specialty Crop Block Grant Program funds be used for affordable food for children and at-risk families, food safety, crop protection, and specialty crop production, S3935 [4JN]

——— require research and development relative to crop insurance for alfalfa and report on results of such study, S3890, S3900 [3JN]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S3593, S3610 [20MY], S3750 [22MY], S4049 [10JN], S6568 [18SE], S7693 [31OC], S8448 [21NO], S8541, S8545 [9DE], S8616 [11DE], S8887 [17DE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding through reductions in crop insurance reimbursements to providers, S3637, S3647 [21MY]

——— terminate certain direct payments to farmers, S968 [28FE]

Dept. of Defense: award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics (S. 521), S1596 [11MR]

——— implement online computerized assessment to detect behaviors indicating suicide risk and other mental health conditions for Armed Forces members (S. 810), S3032 [25AP]

——— improve the Transition Assistance Program (S. 889), S3167 [7MY]

Dept. of Education: add disclosure requirements to the institution of higher education financial aid offer form and make such form mandatory (S. 1156), S5220 [26JN]

——— amend the Small, Rural School Achievement Program and the Rural and Low-Income School Program (S. 1222), S5150 [25JN]

——— award grants in order to establish longitudinal personal college readiness and savings online platforms for low-income students, S3224–S3226 [8MY]

——— award grants in order to establish longitudinal personal college readiness and savings online platforms for low-income students (S. 918), S5597, S5601 [10JY]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools (S. 1083), S3859 [23MY]

——— establish a new counseling program (S. 282), S7995 [13NO]

——— establish 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]

——— establish Federal-State partnerships to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (S. 1874), S9062 [19DE]

——— establish interest rate caps on student loans through surtax on individuals making over a certain amount, S5870–S5872, S5880–S5882, S5884, S5885, S5887, S5890, S5892 [24JY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), S3702 [22MY], S3917–S3919 [4JN], S4536 [18JN], S5126 [25JN], S5758 [17JY], S5759 [18JY], S5811, S5821, S5828 [23JY], S5852, S5855, S5859, S5863–S5894 [24JY], S5962 [25JY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), unanimous-consent agreement, S5850 [23JY]

——— establish student loan interest rates (S. 1334), S5806 [18JY]

——— extend reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans, expatriated entities, and the oil and gas industry (S. 953), S3436 [14MY], S3437 [15MY], S3915–S3919 [4JN], S4019 [7JN], S4196, S4197 [11JN], S4458–S4460 [13JN], S5220 [26JN], S5884 [24JY]

——— extend reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans, expatriated entities, and the oil and gas industry (S. 953), motion to proceed, S3970, S3971–S3975, S3977 [6JN]

——— extend reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans, expatriated entities, and the oil and gas industry (S. 953), unanimous-consent agreement, S3949 [4JN]

——— extend reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans, expatriated entities, and the oil and gas industry (S. 953), unanimous-consent request, S4196 [11JN], S4458 [13JN]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans, S5219, S5226 [26JN], S5480 [27JN], S5611 [10JY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1595), S5126 [25JN]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (S. 707), S2591 [11AP], S3550 [16MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (S. 1238), S5317, S5476, S5510 [27JN]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (S. 1238), motion to proceed, S5513, S5518, S5522, S5523 [8JY], S5531–S5539, S5543–S5549, S5552, S5555–S5564 [9JY], S5584–S5598, S5600 [10JY], S5625 [11JY], S5675 [15JY], S5691 [16JY], S5717 [17JY], S5760 [18JY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (S. 1238), unanimous-consent request, S5475 [27JN], S5589 [10JY]

——— Impact Aid Program funding, S2123 [21MR]

——— improve programs operated by local educational agencies with high numbers of children from low-income families (S. 1110), S4401 [12JN]

——— improve teacher and principal quality (S. 1063), S3857 [23MY]

——— invest in innovation for education (S. 283), S7995 [13NO]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, income-based repayment caps, and cap on Federal loan consolidation rate (S. 1241), S5477, S5510 [27JN], S5537–S5539, S5546–S5548, S5555, S5559–S5564 [9JY], S5585–S5594, S5597 [10JY], S5777–S5779, S5791–S5794 [18JY], S5825–S5830 [23JY]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, income-based repayment caps, and cap on Federal loan consolidation rate (S. 1241), unanimous-consent request, S5475 [27JN]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, increasing cap on subsidized loans, and refinancing current fixed-rate loans (S. 909), S3260 [8MY], S5317 [27JN]

——— protect students from higher education costs and increased student loan interest rates, S1721 [13MR], S5483 [27JN]

——— provide for institutional risk sharing in the Federal student loan programs (S. 1873), S9062 [19DE]

——— reset interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (S. 1003), S3698 [21MY], S3701 [22MY], S3970 [6JN], S4019 [7JN], S4436, S4458–S4460 [13JN]

——— reset interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (S. 1003), motion to proceed, S3971–S3977 [6JN]

——— reset interest rates for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (S. 1003), unanimous-consent agreement, S3949 [4JN]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education, S9013 [19DE]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education (S. 1659), S7912 [7NO]

——— 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: establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements, S6363, S6364 [11SE], S6585 [18SE]

——— State Energy Program and Weatherization Assistance Program extension and reauthorization, S6432, S6436 [12SE]

——— Weatherization Assistance Program funding, S1945 [19MR], S2287 [22MR]

Dept. of HHS: allow use of Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds to improve child safety and reduce incidence of preventable infant deaths in child care settings (S. 1494), S6379 [11SE]

——— impact of Government shutdown on Head Start Program, S7249 [7OC]

——— integrate mental health services for older adults into primary care settings and provide grants for geriatric mental health treatment outreach teams (S. 1119), S4023 [7JN]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), S7278 [8OC], S7354 [9OC], S7357 [10OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), unanimous-consent request, S7332, S7333 [9OC]

——— proposal to reduce Prevention and Public Health Fund funds and use funds for Patient Protection and Affoardable Care Act implementation, including educating public on new health insurance marketplace, S3105–S3107 [7MY]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S3908 [3JN]

——— remove Social Security account numbers from Medicare identification cards and communications provided to beneficiaries (S. 612), S1954 [19MR]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (S. 195), S2676 [16AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow risk-based allocation of Operation Stonegarden funding, S4570 [18JN]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S5832 [23JY], S5862 [24JY]

——— 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]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (S. 1387), S6073 [30JY]

——— Hawaiian housing programs funding, S5929 [25JY]

——— increase portion of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services (S. 855), S3086 [6MY]

——— prohibit funding to provide housing assistance benefits to individuals convicted of certain felonies, S5822, S5823 [23JY], S5948 [25JY]

——— reduce housing-related health hazards (S. 290), S709 [13FE]

Dept. of Justice: classify human trafficking as a violent crime for purposes of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program (S. 413), S1019 [28FE]

——— Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funding, S2290 [22MR]

——— eliminate duplicative Violence Against Women Act grant programs and use savings to eliminate backlog of unexamined DNA samples from rape, sexual assault, homicide, kidnapping and other criminal cases, S573–S575 [11FE], S612 [12FE]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 933), S3373 [13MY], S9044 [19DE]

——— improve administration of grants to States under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program and ensure that all criminal defendants receive adequate representation (S. 597), S1903 [18MR], S2744 [17AP]

——— improve Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program, S8839 [16DE]

——— reduce grant funds available to States and local governments that do not require testing for sexually transmitted diseases for persons indicted on sexual assault charges, S576 [11FE], S613, S614 [12FE]

——— strengthen Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program, S2669 [16AP]

——— strengthen the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (S. 146), S9044 [19DE]

——— withhold percentage of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funds from States and local governments that release private gun ownership data, S2710 [17AP], S2780 [18AP]

Dept. of Labor: improve management of the Job Corps program (S. 1825), S8809 [13DE]

——— 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]

——— 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 the Interior: Payments in Lieu of Taxes program funding, S9090 [20DE]

——— reauthorize Payments in Lieu of Taxes program at levels roughly equivalent to property tax revenues lost due to the presence of Federal land, S2317 [22MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide loans and loan guarantees to enable eligible public entities to acquire real property that complies with certain approved habitat conservation plans (S. 1175), S4587 [18JN]

Dept. of Transportation: obligate funds for emergency relief projects arising from damage caused by severe weather events (S. 1560), S7014 [30SE]

——— prioritize projects to repair or reconstruct bridges determined by the Federal Highway Administration to be structurally deficient, S5857 [24JY]

——— require an impact assessment on domestic employment of a waiver of the Buy American Act requirement for Federal-aid highway projects, S5937 [25JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: award grants to establish, or expand upon, master’s degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics (S. 522), S1597 [11MR]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, S2838 [22AP]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (S. 287), S7886, S7887 [6NO]

——— 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]

——— funding, S7295 [8OC]

——— improve and increase the availability of on-job training and apprenticeship programs (H.R. 1412), S6686 [23SE]

——— improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (S. 131), S286 [24JA]

——— improve benefits and assistance to surviving spouses of veterans (S. 735), S2686 [16AP]

——— improve benefits for homeless veterans who are women or who have dependents, S2265 [22MR]

——— improve programs and services for homeless veterans (S. 825), S3036 [25AP]

——— improve the delivery of health care to veterans residing in rural areas, S2123 [21MR]

——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (S. 262), S526 [7FE]

——— provide monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and assistance to U.S. Paralympics, Inc. (H.R. 1402), S8964 [18DE]

——— provide monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and assistance to U.S. Paralympics, Inc. (S. 695), S2566 [10AP]

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (S. 944), S3432 [14MY]

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (S. 944), unanimous-consent request, S8950, S8951 [18DE]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve oversight of educational assistance (S. 1717), S8054 [14NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, S5938, S5941, S5942, S5944–S5949 [25JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 2610), S5814–S5816 [23JY]

——— making appropriations (S. 1243), S5822–S5824, S5827, S5828, S5832 [23JY], S5856–S5863, S5894 [24JY], S5929, S5930, S5934, S5937, S5938, S5941–S5949, S5977 [25JY], S5990, S5996–S5998 [29JY], S6039, S6051, S6060 [30JY], S6085–S6095 [31JY], S6150, S6154–S6156, S6163 [1AU]

——— making appropriations (S. 1243), motion to proceed, S5795 [18JY], S5809, S5812, S5814–S5817 [23JY]

——— making appropriations (S. 1243), motion to recommit, S5945–S5947 [25JY]

——— making appropriations (S. 1243), unanimous-consent agreement, S5795 [18JY], S6048 [30JY], S6089 [31JY]

——— making appropriations (S. 1243), unanimous-consent request, S6051 [30JY]

Disasters: allow for a more effective recovery from disasters, S36 [22JA]

——— provide better coordination among flood mitigation programs to assist homeowners and small businesses, S2300 [22MR]

Diseases: extend authorities relative to global HIV/AIDS and promote oversight of U.S. programs (S. 1545), S8136, S8138 [18NO], S9094, S9095 [20DE]

——— improve coverage of colorectal cancer screening tests under Medicare and private health insurance (S. 608), S1953 [19MR]

——— strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding (S. Res. 303), S8341, S8349, S8366–S8368 [20NO]

——— support goals and implementation of National Alzheimer’s Project Act and National Plan To Address Alzheimer’s Disease (S. Res. 301), S8198 [19NO], S8349 [20NO]

Economy: historical significance of the American dream and analysis of issues that undermine its survival, S7370, S7371 [10OC], S8648–S8651 [11DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S7517 [16OC], S8350 [20NO]

——— prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security or veteran benefits or to increase low- and middle-class tax burden (S. Con. Res. 15), S2967–S2970 [24AP]

——— provide a comprehensive deficit reduction plan through dollar for dollar debt ceiling increase and entitlement program reform (S. 11), S8892 [17DE]

Education: improve early education, S2247 [22MR]

——— improve early education (S. 519), S1595 [11MR]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (S. 1697), S7983 [13NO]

Employment: establish a youth summer employment program, S4466 [13JN]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, S7910 [7NO]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (S. 1508), S6522 [17SE]

——— prohibit awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or financial assistance under the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the U.S. (S. 558), S1826 [13MR], S1827 [14MR]

Families and domestic relations: increase effectiveness of State child support enforcement programs (S. 1763), S8462 [21NO]

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program, S3645 [21MY]

Federal agencies and departments: close out expired, empty grant accounts (S. 1792), S8603 [10DE]

——— consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs, S392–S396 [30JA], S918–S921 [27FE], S1117–S1120 [5MR], S2009 [20MR], S2255–S2259, S2263, S2264 [22MR], S7826 [5NO], S8819 [15DE]

——— curb waste, fraud, and abuse, S7303 [8OC], S7350 [9OC], S7381 [10OC], S8936 [18DE]

——— intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending, S8819 [15DE]

Federal Highway Administration: remove cap on Emergency Relief Program funds to assist Colorado disaster recovery, S6993–S6996 [27SE], S7014 [30SE]

Federal-State relations: prohibit Federal assistance to State and local governments which declare bankruptcy, S2077 [21MR]

——— prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (S. 101), S6061 [30JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments (S. 101), unanimous-consent request, S6150–S6153 [1AU]

FEMA: allow rebuilding, without elevation, of certain structures located in special flood hazard zones that are damaged by fire (S. 667), S2456 [8AP]

——— emergency Federal disaster assistance for commercial fisheries, S318, S323–S325 [28JA]

——— extend authorization of National Flood Insurance Program to achieve reforms to improve financial integrity of program and increase role of private markets in management of flood insurance risk, S6942 [26SE], S7045, S7046 [30SE], S7391 [11OC]

——— National Flood Insurance Program reform, S3920 [4JN]

——— prevent National Flood Insurance Program premium rate increases until completion of study on affordability of premiums, S3247 [8MY], S3295–S3298, S3301, S3307, S3351, S3352 [9MY], S3400–S3402 [14MY], S3497 [15MY], S3932, S3936 [4JN]

——— reform the National Flood Insurance Program, S7391, S7392 [11OC]

——— temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 41), S19, S20, S23 [4JA]

Financial institutions: end Federal subsidies to large banks, S2289 [22MR]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, incentivize State compliance, prohibit a national gun registry, and protect Second Amendment rights of veterans, S2717 [17AP]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S2232 [21MR], S2236 [22MR], S2440 [8AP], S2629–S2631, S2633–S2644 [15AP], S2657, S2660–S2674, S2676–S2679 [16AP], S2697–S2744 [17AP], S2775–S2782, S2784 [18AP], S3503 [15MY], S4207 [11JN], S4461 [13JN]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), motion to proceed, S2476, S2484, S2490, S2492–S2494 [9AP], S2512, S2516–S2520, S2522–S2533, S2535–S2542, S2547, S2551 [10AP], S2571–S2584 [11AP]

——— ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), unanimous-consent agreement, S2679 [16AP]

Floods: disaster assistance to Colorado, S6487–S6489 [17SE]

——— permit use of State standards when providing Federal reimbursements for bridge and culvert replacements after natural disasters, S3396, S3411, S3418 [14MY]

GAO: report finding National Flood Control Program and Federal Crop Insurance Corp., ill-prepared to deal with events resulting from climate change, S926 [27FE]

——— report on duplication within the Federal Government, S2548–S2550 [10AP]

——— report on duplication within the Federal Government relative to drug abuse prevention and treatment programs, S3012 [25AP]

Government: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally, S418–S420, S427 [31JA]

Health: provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (S. 1851), S8978 [18DE]

Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act: anniversary, S8839 [16DE]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, S7590–S7593, S7598–S7601, S7604 [29OC]

——— impact of Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey, S7592 [29OC]

——— improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, S312 [28JA]

——— improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 219), S9115 [20DE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, S19, S20 [4JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), S36–S38, S187 [22JA], S207 [23JA], S234–S236 [24JA], S299, S311–S325 [28JA], S463 [4FE]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), unanimous-consent agreement, S296 [24JA], S304 [28JA]

——— supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy funding through Government across-the-board funding reduction, S312–S316, S320, S322 [28JA]

Hydroelectric power: promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy technologies research, development, and demonstration (S. 1419), S6211–S6213 [1AU]

Immigration: eliminate waiting period for legal immigrants to become eligible for certain Federal aid programs or tax credits, S4451 [13JN], S4500, S4501 [17JN], S5327 [27JN]

——— prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving Federal, State, or local government means-tested benefits, S4007 [7JN], S4388 [12JN]

——— prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving federally subsidized health insurance coverage, S2298, S2299 [22MR]

Insurance: condition health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon certification that program to verify household income and other qualifications for subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), unanimous-consent agreement, S7531 [16OC]

——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational, S7375 [10OC]

——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), S6544 [17SE], S6547 [18SE], S7503–S7532 [16OC]

Medicaid: extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (S. 1672), S7929 [7NO]

——— funding relative to individuals with neurological or cognitive impediment, S1681 [12MR]

——— reform, S5769 [18JY], S6056 [30JY]

Medicare: historical assessment, S7025 [30SE], S7067 [1OC]

——— impact of public debt ceiling default, S7487 [15OC]

——— reform, S1697–S1699 [12MR], S6056–S6060 [30JY]

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (S. 740), S2687 [16AP]

——— solvency, S4542 [18JN], S8627 [11DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: reform, S2582 [11AP]

Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care (S. 264), S7710–S7712 [31OC]

Native Americans: impact of Government shutdown, S7527 [16OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on North Dakota reservations, S7401 [11OC]

North Carolina: impact of Government shutdown, S7279 [8OC]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (S. 1562), S7815 [5NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of Prevention and Public Health Fund, S6880 [24SE]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, S4630 [19JN]

Power resources: extend certain renewable energy tax incentives, S8992 [19DE]

Public debt: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (S. 81), S226 [23JA], S299 [28JA]

Public welfare programs: allow States waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements, S5330–S5332 [27JN]

——— extend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 987), S1839 [14MR]

Public works: provide financing assistance for qualified water infrastructure projects, S3294 [9MY], S7600 [29OC]

Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act: reauthorize (S. 659), S2337 [22MR]

Republican Party: impact of Tea Party minority on party majority, S7098 [1OC]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: ensure that recipients of assistance provide services to sexual and gender minority youth in a manner that is culturally competent (H.R. 2955), S8448 [21NO]

SBA: allow use of physical damage disaster loans for the construction of tornado safe rooms (S. 1440), S6220 [1AU]

——— clarify collateral requirement for certain disaster-related loans (S. 415), S1019–S1024 [28FE], S1085 [4MR], S4576 [18JN]

——— 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]

——— extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (S. 289), S660 [12FE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (S. 1690), S8001 [13NO]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: funding, S6061 [30JY]

Senate Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs, S2995, S2996 [25AP]

——— use of filibuster to impede strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System relative to firearm sale, gun trafficking, and school security, S2577, S2581, S2582 [11AP]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security, S2955 [24AP]

Social Security: historical assessment, S7024 [30SE]

——— history, S6489 [17SE]

——— preserve States’ rights to extend Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage to legal immigrant children and pregnant women, S5333–S5335 [27JN], S6186 [1AU]

——— save and strengthen, S8085 [18NO]

——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (S. 567), S7865 [6NO]

——— use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits, S2954 [24AP], S8085 [18NO]

Stabenow, Senator: tribute to personal staff who worked on S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, S4043 [10JN]

Supreme Court: decision on States’ right to opt-out of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion requirements, S6771 [24SE]

Taxation: 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]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, S20 [4JA], S8949 [18DE], S9022 [19DE]

——— extend the research credit, S8988 [19DE]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (S. 553), S1789 [13MR]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies, S5735 [17JY]

——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (S. 836), S3038 [25AP]

Tornadoes: anniversary of tornadoes in Harrisburg, IL and Ridgeway, IL, S1001 [28FE]

Transportation: limit executive compensation at public transit agencies that receive Federal funds (S. 1496), S6380 [11SE]

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]

Universal Service Administration Co.: wireless phone subsidization funding, S2315 [22MR]

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]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7173 [4OC], S7369 [10OC]

——— improve coordination of Federal veteran job training services (S. 140), S1882 [18MR]

——— making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), S7117, S7133, S7141 [2OC], S7145, S7148, S7150, S7155 [3OC], S7186, S7199, S7214 [4OC], S7222, S7224, S7243 [5OC], S7263 [7OC], S7287 [8OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), unanimous-consent agreement, S7140 [2OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), unanimous-consent request, S7145, S7146, S7154, S7155 [3OC], S7181, S7182 [4OC], S7293, S7294 [8OC]

——— reduce unemployment by ensuring training and transition assistance and providing incentives to employers for hiring veterans, S277 [24JA], S924 [27FE]

Violence Against Women Act: clarify that child victims of sex trafficking are eligible to receive assistance under grants provided to enhance safety of youth and children, S611 [12FE]

——— impact of Government shutdown on programs, S7421 [12OC]

Water Resources Research Act: reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply research regarding water resources research and technology institutes (S. 970), S3572 [16MY]

Weather: express condolences and support for people effected by severe storms in the Midwest, S8081, S8083 [18NO], S8342 [20NO]

Wildfires: disaster assistance to Colorado, S5125 [25JN]

Women: budget priorities relative to impact on women, children, and families, S2080–S2082 [21MR]

——— protect housing rights of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, S497 [7FE]

Reports

Consideration of H.J. Res. 70-73, National Parks and Museums, District of Columbia, NIH, and Veterans Continuing Appropriations, H.R. 3230, Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act, and House Rules Suspension (H. Res. 370): Committee on Rules (House), H6122 [2OC]

Protecting Our Nation From Bad Federal Budget Choices: Coalition on Human Needs, E194 [26FE]

Smart, Affordable and Fair—Why Texas Should Extend Medicaid Coverage to Low-Income Adults: Billy Hamilton Consulting (company) (excerpt), H2420–H2422 [6MY]

Reports filed

Agree to Conference With the Senate on H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 380) (H. Rept. 113–244), H6544 [11OC]

Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 954), S3429 [14MY]

——— Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 954) (S. Rept. 113–88), S6295 [9SE]

Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 289) (S. Rept. 113–89), S6327 [10SE]

Consideration of H. Res. 378, Call on Conferees to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, To Restore Authority To Manage Sugar Supplies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 380) (H. Rept. 113–244), H6544 [11OC]

Consideration of H. Res. 379, Call on Conferees to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, To Limit Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies Based on Income: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 380) (H. Rept. 113–244), H6544 [11OC]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 72, Veterans Benefits Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 370) (H. Rept. 113–241), H6173 [2OC]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, Various Federal Agencies and Programs Continuing Appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 371) (H. Rept. 113–242), H6223 [3OC]

Consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 303) (H. Rept. 113–158), H4597 [17JY]

Consideration of H.R. 152, Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery From Damage Caused by Hurricane Sandy: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 23) (H. Rept. 113–1), H84 [14JA]

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. 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. 1549, Helping Sick Americans Now Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 175) (H. Rept. 113–46), H2245 [23AP]

Consideration of H.R. 1911, Smarter Solutions for Students Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 232) (H. Rept. 113–89), H2909 [22MY]

Consideration of H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 266) (H. Rept. 113–114), H3686 [17JN]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 271) (H. Rept. 113–117), H3758 [18JN]

Consideration of H.R. 2397, Dept. of Defense Appropriations and H.R. 2610, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 312) (H. Rept. 113–170), H4856 [22JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 295) (H. Rept. 113–149), H4369 [10JY]

Consideration of H.R. 2775, No Subsidies Without Verification Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 339) (H. Rept. 113–206), H5475 [10SE]

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. 3695, Agricultural Programs Temporary Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 438) (H. Rept. 113–290), H7687 [11DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 361) (H. Rept. 113–231), H5882 [26SE]

Contracting and Tax Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 882) (H. Rept. 113–35), H1990 [12AP]

Dept. of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 933), S6204 [1AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Commission or Task Force Establishment To Evaluate the Backlog of Disability Claims: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2189) (H. Rept. 113–236), H5921 [27SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Expansion of Definition of Homeless Veteran for Purposes of Benefits: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 287) (S. Rept. 113–110), S6683 [23SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2610) (H. Rept. 113–136), H4212 [8JY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1243) (S. Rept. 113–45), S5497 [27JN]

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1947) (H. Rept. 113–92), H3014 [3JN], H3355 [12JN]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1947) (H. Rept. 113–92), H3256 [10JN]

Federal and State Partnership for Environmental Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2226) (H. Rept. 113–178), H5172 [30JY]

GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 357) (H. Rept. 113–94), H3014 [3JN]

Helping Sick Americans Now Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1549) (H. Rept. 113–45), H2164 [19AP]

Improving Job Opportunities for Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 1412) (H. Rept. 113–64), H2773 [17MY]

Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1417), S9051 [19DE]

PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1545) (S. Rept. 113–112), S7140 [2OC]

Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Programs Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 890) (H. Rept. 113–13), H1330 [11MR]

Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 659) (S. Rept. 113–73), S5687 [15JY]

Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1526) (H. Rept. 113–210), H5587 [17SE]

School Safety Enhancements Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 146), S1709 [12MR]

Small Business Disaster Reform Act: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Senate) (S. 415) (S. Rept. 113–84), S6126 [31JY]

Smarter Solutions for Students Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1911) (H. Rept. 113–82), H2802 [20MY]

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]

Student Success Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 113–150), H4482 [11JY]

Supporting Academic Freedom Through Regulatory Relief Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 2637) (H. Rept. 113–205), H5475 [10SE]

Supporting At-Risk Children Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1870), S9051 [19DE]

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]

Veterans Economic Opportunity Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 2481) (H. Rept. 113–207), H5512 [11SE]

Veterans’ Educational Transition Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 944) (S. Rept. 113–123), S8565 [9DE]

Volunteer Programs and Community Partnerships for the Benefit of National Wildlife Refuges Reauthorization: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 1300) (H. Rept. 113–112), H3686 [17JN]

Women Veterans and Other Health Care Improvements Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 131) (S. Rept. 113–106), S6517 [17SE]

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

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3708 [18JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), consideration (H. Res. 271), H3771 [19JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), H4462, H4467 [11JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4383 [11JY]

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

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

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H5136, H5157 [30JY]

Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), H6208 [3OC]

Statements

Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Executive Office of the President, H4384 [11JY]

FEMA National Flood Insurance Program, S7046 [30SE]

——— Michael Hecht, Greater New Orleans, Inc., S7046 [30SE]

No Empirical Basis for Reducing the Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment: several economists and social insurance experts, S2969 [24AP]

No Subsidies Without Verification Act: Executive Office of the President, H5525 [12SE]

Veterinary Medicine Loan Repayment Program Enhancement Act: Several Organizations, S1790 [13MR]

Summaries

Helping Sick Americans Now Act (H.R. 1549): Democratic Amendments Not Made in Order by Committee on Rules (House), H2272 [24AP]

Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act (H.R. 2585), H7388 [2DE]

Tables

CBO baseline for Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3852 [19JN]

Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program budget authority other than benefits and nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico and American Samoa, H3853 [19JN]

Dept. of Transportation State-by-State funding under H.R. 2428, Strengthen and Fortify Existing (SAFE) Bridges Act, H5283 [1AU]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 2610), H5102–H5110 [30JY]

Impact of Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding on Wisconsin residents, H3772 [19JN]

National Flood Insurance Program policies by State, S3401 [14MY]

Projected interest rates under H.R. 1911, Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act, H5219 [31JY]

Supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H110–H112 [15JA]

Top 10 States of WIC eligible women and children, H6268 [4OC]

Testimonies

Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Funding: Dale Simonson, Minnesota Dept. of Human Services, E1041 [10JY]

——— Patricia Lull, St. Paul Area Council of Churches, E1042 [10JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 23, consideration of H.R. 152, supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H99 [15JA]

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. 175, consideration of H.R. 1549, Helping Sick Americans Now Act, H2267 [24AP]

H. Res. 232, consideration of H.R. 1911, Smarter Solutions for Students Act, H2917 [23MY]

H. Res. 266, consideration of H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act and H.R. 1797, Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, H3708 [18JN]

H. Res. 271, consideration of H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H3770 [19JN]

H. Res. 295, consideration of H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H4376 [11JY]

H. Res. 303, consideration of H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H4610 [18JY]

H. Res. 312, consideration of H.R. 2397, Dept. of Defense appropriations and H.R. 2610, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, H4866 [23JY]

H. Res. 339, consideration of H.R. 2775, No Subsidies Without Verification Act, H5486 [11SE]

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. 361, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act and same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H5938 [28SE]

H. Res. 370, consideration of H.J. Res. 70-73, national parks and museums, District of Columbia, NIH, and veterans continuing appropriations, H.R. 3230, Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act, and suspension of House Rules to consider legislation, H6123 [2OC]

H. Res. 371, consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, various Federal agencies and programs continuing appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, H6244 [4OC]

H. Res. 378, call on conferees to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, to restore Dept. of Agriculture authority to manage sugar supplies throughout the year, H6520 [11OC]

H. Res. 379, call on conferees to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, H6527 [11OC]

H. Res. 380, agree to conference with the Senate on H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H6505 [11OC]

H. Res. 380, consideration of H. Res. 378, call on conferees to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, to restore Dept. of Agriculture authority to manage sugar supplies throughout the year, H6505 [11OC]

H. Res. 380, consideration of H. Res. 379, call on conferees to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, H6505 [11OC]

H. Res. 438, consideration of Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act and H.R. 3695, agricultural programs temporary extension, H7702 [12DE]

H.J. Res. 72, veterans benefits continuing appropriations, H6082 [1OC], H6201 [3OC]

H.J. Res. 75, Dept. of Agriculture continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC, H6262 [4OC]

H.J. Res. 84, Head Start Program continuing appropriations, H6362 [8OC]

H.R. 5, Student Success Act, H4629–H4679 [18JY]

H.R. 41, temporarily increase borrowing authority of FEMA for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program, H39 [4JA]

H.R. 152, supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H121–H124 [15JA]

H.R. 219, Sandy Recovery Improvement Act, H65–H68 [14JA]

H.R. 592, Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act, H465 [13FE]

H.R. 803, Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act, H1444–H1469 [15MR]

H.R. 882, Contracting and Tax Accountability Act, H2001 [15AP]

H.R. 890, Preserving the Welfare Work Requirement and TANF Extension Act, H1373 [13MR]

H.R. 1300, volunteer programs and community partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife refuges reauthorization, H5148 [30JY]

H.R. 1402, VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act, H7615 [10DE]

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. 1742, Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act, H6780 [28OC]

H.R. 1911, Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act, S5894 [24JY]

H.R. 1911, Smarter Solutions for Students Act, H2927 [23MY]

H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H3787–H3850 [19JN]

H.R. 2189, establish a commission or task force to evaluate the Dept. of Veterans Affairs backlog of disability claims, H6782–H6790 [28OC]

H.R. 2481, Veterans Economic Opportunity Act, H6794–H6797 [28OC]

H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H4395–H4458 [11JY]

H.R. 2775, No Subsidies Without Verification Act, H5517 [12SE]

H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, H5694–H5705 [19SE]

H.R. 3174, Dept. of Transportation funds for emergency relief projects arising from damage caused by severe weather events, H6016 [30SE]

H.R. 3205, Promoting Adoption and Legal Guardianship for Children in Foster Care Act, H6651 [22OC]

H.R. 3695, agriculture programs temporary extension, H8046 [12DE]

S. 10, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, S48–S156 [22JA]

S. 101, prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments, S6153 [1AU]

S. 113, Know Before You Owe Private Student Loan Act, S221 [23JA]

S. 262, Veterans Education Equity Act, S526 [7FE]

S. 287, Helping Homeless Veterans Act, S7886, S7888 [6NO]

S. 289, Commercial Real Estate and Economic Development (CREED) Act, S661 [12FE]

S. 413, Human Trafficking Reporting Act, S1019 [28FE]

S. 415, Small Business Disaster Reform Act, S1022 [28FE]

S. 475, Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act reauthorization and Best Buddies International, Inc., assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs, S1230–S1232 [6MR]

S. 521, Wounded Warrior Research Enhancement Act, S1596 [11MR]

S. 522, Wounded Warrior Workforce Enhancement Act, S1597 [11MR]

S. 597, Gideon’s Promise Act, S1904 [18MR]

S. 612, Social Security Number Protection Act, S1954 [19MR]

S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act, S2158–S2162 [21MR]

S. 663, California Milk Marketing Order Act, S2338 [22MR]

S. 690, Filipino Veterans Fairness Act, S2507 [9AP]

S. 695, Veterans Paralympic Act, S2566 [10AP]

S. 735, Survivor Benefits Improvement Act, S2686 [16AP]

S. 800, Treto Garza Far South Texas Veterans Inpatient Care Act, S2963 [24AP]

S. 825, Homeless Veterans Prevention Act, S3037 [25AP]

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. 933, Dept. of Justice Bulletproof Vest Partnership authorization extension, S3374 [13MY]

S. 944, Veterans’ Educational Transition Act, S3432 [14MY]

S. 954, Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act, S4232–S4349 [11JN]

S. 970, Water Resources Research Act grants reauthorization and applied water supply research regarding water resources research and technology institutes, S3572 [16MY]

S. 1083, All Students Achieving Through Reform (ALL-STAR) Act, S3859–S3863 [23MY]

S. 1175, Infrastructure Facilitation and Habitat Conservation Act, S4588 [18JN]

S. 1210, Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success (A PLUS) Act, S4795 [20JN]

S. 1228, Medicare Better Health Rewards Program Act, S5266–S5268 [26JN]

S. 1337, Crime Gun Tracing Act, S5842 [23JY]

S. 1399, extend interest rate limitation on debt entered into during military service to debt incurred during military service to consolidate or refinance student loans incurred before military service, S6077 [30JY]

S. 1419, Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act, S6213 [1AU]

S. 1440, Tornado Family Safety Act, S6221 [1AU]

S. 1494, Child Care Infant Mortality Prevention Act, S6379 [11SE]

S. 1545, PEPFAR Stewardship and Oversight Act, S8138–S8140 [18NO], H7232 [19NO]

S. 1560, Deficit Neutral Disaster Relief Act, S7014 [30SE]

S. 1659, Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers (POST) Act, S7878 [6NO]

S. 1690, Second Chance Act reauthorization, S8002–S8006 [13NO]

S. 1738, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, S8193–S8197 [19NO]

S. 1803, Student Loan Borrower Bill of Rights, S8669–S8673 [11DE]

S. Con. Res. 15, prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security or veteran benefits or to increase low- and middle-class tax burden, S2967 [24AP]

S. Res. 60, ensure access by women to contraception, preventive services, accurate health care information, cancer screenings, and affordable insurance for pregnancy-related needs and reduce health disparities, S947 [27FE]

S. Res. 110, Preventing Duplicative and Overlapping Government Programs Resolution, S2965 [24AP]

S. Res. 301, support goals and implementation of National Alzheimer’s Project Act and National Plan To Address Alzheimer’s Disease, S8198 [19NO]

S. Res. 303, strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding, S8365 [20NO]