GOVERNMENT-U.S.

GOVERNMENT—U.S.

Addresses

Comparison of Yale Model Congress to the U.S. Congress: Jonathan Serota, E1880 [16DE], E1897 [19DE]

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

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

Amendments

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), S6760, S6881, S6882, S6894, S6895, S6897, S6898 [24SE], S6963, S6965, S6966, S6967, S6968 [26SE], S8816, S8821 [15DE], S8850, S8851, S8852, S8853, S8854, S8858, S8859, S8861 [16DE], H5768 [19SE], H5985, H5987, H5988 [28SE], H6031, H6033 [30SE], H8054, H8055 [12DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration (H. Res. 352), H5692 [19SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 438), H7712 [12DE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), S1598 [11MR], S1714, S1715 [12MR], S1724, S1769, S1774, S1795, S1796, S1797, S1798, S1817, S1818, S1819, S1820, S1821, S1822 [13MR], S1829, S1837, S1840, S1843, S1863, S1864, S1865, S1866, S1867, S1868, S1869, S1870, S1871 [14MR], S1909, S1910 [18MR], S1976, S1985, S1986 [20MR], H1725 [21MR], E351 [21MR]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), consideration (H. Res. 99), H995 [6MR]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), consideration (H. Res. 370), H6131 [2OC]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6380 [8OC]

Budget: limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), S1053 [28FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), S1036 [28FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), S2038, S2039, S2040 [20MR], S2130, S2131, S2169, S2170, S2171, S2172, S2173, S2174, S2175, S2176, S2177, S2184, S2185, S2186, S2187, S2188, S2189, S2190, S2191, S2192, S2193, S2194, S2195, S2196, S2197, S2198, S2199, S2200, S2201, S2202, S2203, S2204, S2205, S2206, S2207, S2208, S2209, S2210, S2219, S2220, S2221, S2222, S2223, S2224, S2225, S2226, S2227, S2228, S2229, S2230, S2231 [21MR], S2267, S2268, S2269, S2270, S2271, S2272, S2273, S2278, S2279, S2280, S2281, S2282, S2283, S2284, S2285, S2288, S2292, S2296, S2297, S2301, S2302, S2304, S2305, S2307, S2308, S2309, S2310, S2311, S2312, S2313, S2343, S2344, S2345, S2346, S2347, S2348, S2349, S2350, S2351, S2352, S2353, S2354, S2355, S2356, S2357, S2358, S2359, S2360, S2361, S2362, S2363, S2364, S2365, S2366, S2367, S2368, S2369 [22MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), S7543 [16OC], H1654, H1664, H1671, H1682, H1695 [20MR]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), S367 [29JA], S414, S415, S418, S424, S446, S447 [31JA]

Federal agencies and departments: improve security clearance process by improving OPM oversight, terminating investigators who falsify reports, and establishing security clearance position guidelines (S. 1276), S7387 [10OC]

Federal employees: eliminate statutory pay adjustment (H.R. 273), H550 [14FE]

——— eliminate statutory pay adjustment (H.R. 273), consideration (H. Res. 66), H527 [14FE]

——— limit bonuses, provide for investigative leave for the Senior Executive Service, and establish procedures for recording interactions with Executive branch employees (H.R. 2879), consideration (H. Res. 322), H5284 [1AU]

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

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

Public debt: disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), consideration (H. Res. 391), H6848 [29OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2546 [9MY]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), consideration (H. Res. 202), H2501 [8MY]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), S7386 [10OC]

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

Analyses

Bipartisan Budget Act (H.J. Res. 59), H8066–H8073 [12DE]

——— Provisions Within the Committee on Rules (House) Jurisdiction, H7703 [12DE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.J. Res. 59, continuing appropriations, H6049 [30SE]

——— S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, S7560 [16OC], H6641 [16OC]

House of Representatives tellers to count electoral votes, H49 [4JA]

Articles and editorials

As Congress Fights Over the Budget, Agencies Go on Their ‘‘Use It or Lose It’’ Shopping Sprees, S7381 [10OC]

Barbara Mikulski’s Fight—Protecting Appropriations, S8042 [14NO]

Budget Cuts, Minus the Inconvenience, S2910 [24AP]

Business, Labor and Nonprofits Demand That Shutdown End ‘‘Immediately’’, S7425 [12OC]

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

Cancer Clinics Are Turning Away Thousands of Medicare Patients—Blame the Sequester, H2318 [25AP]

Courts and the Shutdown, S7218 [5OC]

Economists See Deficit Emphasis as Impeding Recovery, H2549 [9MY]

Equal Access to Justice for a Few, S2558 [10AP]

Essential Workers—Those Dedicated To Serving the Public Deserve More Than a Brief Message of Thanks, S7174 [4OC]

Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning, S7253–S7255 [7OC]

Fund Government, Then Negotiate (excerpt), S7296 [8OC], S7391 [11OC], S7460 [14OC]

GOP’s Self-Defeating ‘Defunding’ Strategy, S6985 [27SE]

Government Shutdown Empties Offices Enforcing Sanctions on Iran, S7174 [4OC]

Government Shutdown Jeopardizes WIC Program, H6269 [4OC]

Government Shutdown Spreads to Beaches of Normandy (excerpt), H6222 [3OC]

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

Happy Deficit Day, Uncle Sam, H5930 [28SE]

Homeland Security Advisor Supports Convicted Terrorist Fundraiser, H6450 [9OC]

House GOP’s Legislative Strike, S7054 [30SE]

How the House Budget Would Boost the Economy, H1705 [20MR]

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

Larger Spending Cuts Would Help the Economy, S1242 [7MR]

Latest NSA Spying Revelations Distract From the Real Issues, S7872 [6NO]

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

Let’s Unify Around Commonsense Solutions To Reopen the Government and Avoid Default, H6625 [16OC]

Obama Rewrites Debt-Limit History, S7206 [4OC]

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

Power of 218—If House Republicans Can’t Hold Together, They Have No Leverage at All, S6984 [27SE]

Rand Paul’s Drone Rant, S1243 [7MR]

Reid Says He’s Pleased With House GOP’s ‘Clean Debt Ceiling Bill’, H229 [23JA]

Sequestration Budget Cuts Would Be Across-the-Board in Houston, County, H5784 [20SE]

Sequestration Forces Food Pantry Closure, H2317 [25AP]

Sequestration Threatens American Justice, S1079 [4MR]

7 Not-So-Essential Things Still Operating During the Slimdown, H6533 [11OC]

Shutdown’s Forgotten Victims—Government Contractors, S7457 [14OC]

S&P—The Shutdown Took $24 Billion Out of the US Economy, S7524 [16OC]

Story of Our Time, E636 [9MY]

Tired of Pulling the Load? Time for a Producers’ Strike, S7219 [5OC]

2013 Government Shutdown Could Hit Millions of Vets, VA Chief Says, H6475 [10OC]

Unproductive Shutdown, S7119 [2OC]

Who Shut Down the Federal Government?, S7317 [9OC]

Why a Government Shutdown Could Be Pricey Proposition, H5940 [28SE]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see S. 137), S284 [24JA]

——— prohibit Federal funding of abortions (see S. 142), S284 [24JA]

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

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

Appropriations: appropriate such funds necessary to ensure certain important functions of the Government continue during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3166), H5802 [20SE]

——— establish a biennial appropriations process with the exception of defense spending and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 625), S2026 [20MR]

——— make across-the-board rescissions in discretionary spending (see H.R. 1013), H1319 [6MR]

——— making continuing (see S.J. Res. 23), S7140 [2OC] (see H.R. 933), H948 [4MR] (see H.R. 3213), H6011 [28SE] (see H.R. 3247, 3248, 3249, 3250, 3251, 3252, 3253, 3254, 3255, 3256, 3257, 3258), H6321 [5OC] (see H.J. Res. 59), H5476 [10SE] (see H.J. Res. 62), H5547 [12SE] (see H.J. Res. 65), H5833 [25SE] (see H.J. Res. 66), H5921 [27SE] (see H.J. Res. 67, 69), H6052 [30SE] (see H.J. Res. 100), H6954 [30OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration (see H. Res. 352), H5654 [18SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 366), H6011 [28SE] (see H. Res. 367), H6051 [30SE] (see H. Res. 438), H7687 [11DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 72), H8109 [12DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), request conference with the Senate (see H. Res. 368), H6051 [30SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 62), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 54), H5553 [16SE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), consideration (see H. Res. 99), H980 [5MR]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (see S. 29), S42 [22JA] (see H.R. 1164), H1425 [14MR]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (H.R. 1164), consideration (see H. Res. 372), H6289 [4OC]

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

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to continue support of Army and Air National Guard under cooperative agreements (see H.R. 3291), H6568 [12OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian and contractor personnel, Coast Guard, and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3232), H6174 [2OC] (see H.R. 3246), H6289 [4OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian personnel and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3241), H6223 [3OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown or if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 3217), H6011 [28SE]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 3175), H5832 [25SE]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3230), H6174 [2OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), consideration (see H. Res. 370), H6173 [2OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that U.S. Merchant Marine Academy midshipmen who are appointed as Navy Reserve midshipmen continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see S. 1568), S7271 [7OC] (see H.R. 3285), H6544 [11OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to pay death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3274), H6411 [8OC]

——— 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]

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

——— making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members (see H.J. Res. 91), H6411 [8OC]

——— provide for the continuance of pay and allowances for members, including Reserve components during any period of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 3026), H5397 [2AU]

——— provide permanent appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members in the event of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 3352), H6827 [28OC]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (see H.R. 3273), H6411 [8OC]

——— establish (H.R. 3273), consideration (see H. Res. 373), H6411 [8OC]

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

——— 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]

——— cancel the sequester for the revised security category and provide for a revised spending plan for the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 804), H626 [25FE]

——— clarify that the standard setting body designated pursuant to the Securities Act, Securities Investor Protection Corp., and Public Accounting Oversight Board funding is not subject to the sequester (see S. 1780), S8565 [9DE]

——— constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget and that each agency and department’s funding is justified (see H.J. Res. 36), H1427 [14MR]

——— delay sequestration (see H.R. 607), H431 [8FE]

——— eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations and require budget estimates to be compared with the prior year’s level (see S. 185), S400 [30JA]

——— eliminate Dept. of Defense sequestration for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 and sequester such eliminated sums over a period of fiscal years 2015 through 2021 (see H.R. 857), H701 [27FE]

——— eliminate sequestration (see H.R. 900), H814 [28FE]

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

——— ensure effective control over the congressional budget process (see S. 280), S657 [12FE]

——— establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (see S. 554), S1785 [13MR] (see H.R. 879), H813 [28FE]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1762), H2351 [25AP] (see H.R. 1869), H2532 [8MY] (see H.R. 3059), H5399 [2AU]

——— establish joint resolutions on the budget (see H.R. 1868), H2532 [8MY]

——— 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]

——— exempt NIH from current fiscal year sequestration and reduce the sequestration by the amount of the exemption (see H.R. 729), H546 [14FE]

——— exempt the Crime Victims Fund from sequestration (see H.R. 2238), H3094 [4JN]

——— exempt the Dept. of Defense from reduction under any order issued to carry out a sequestration (see H.R. 773), H595 [15FE]

——— improve accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget process (see H.R. 1654), H2158 [18AP]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting (see H.R. 1872), H2532 [8MY]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (see S. 388), S871 [26FE]

——— modify discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees and freeze pay for Members of Congress when there is a Federal deficit (see S. 263), S520 [7FE] (see H.R. 593), H430 [8FE]

——— prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on the budget resolution (see H. Res. 424), H7310 [20NO]

——— provide for continuing operations in a fiscally responsible manner (see S. 83), S213 [23JA]

——— provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process (see H.R. 1270), H1630 [19MR]

——— provide the President with the authority to exempt a portion of civilian Dept. of Defense personnel accounts covering personnel who have served in the Armed Forces from sequestration (see H.R. 2614), H4212 [8JY]

——— provide the President with the authority to exempt civilian Dept. of Defense personnel accounts from sequestration (see H.R. 2613), H4212 [8JY]

——— reduce deficit (see H.R. 3146), H5766 [19SE]

——— reduce Federal spending (see H.R. 37), H28 [3JA]

——— reduce the deficit and protect important programs by ending tax loopholes (see S. 268), S589 [11FE]

——— reform the budget baseline to remove automatic increases in discretionary accounts and to require a comparison to the previous year’s spending levels (see H.R. 1871), H2532 [8MY]

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

——— repeal sequestration, reduce discretionary spending limits, and suspend statutory debt ceiling limit (see H.R. 849), H700 [27FE]

——— repeal sequestration while achieving balance in deficit reduction between revenue and cuts and between non-defense and defense cuts and invest in job creation (see H.R. 505), H370 [5FE]

——— replace current fiscal year sequestration (see S. 18), S943 [27FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (see S. 16), S943 [27FE] (see S. 799), S2960 [24AP]

——— replace the sequester by eliminating tax loopholes (see S. 277, 278), S590 [11FE]

——— require closure of expired grants accounts (see H.R. 2781), H4856 [22JY]

——— require Federal agencies and departments to submit plans that reflect a 5 percent reduction from the amount proposed for such establishments in the President’s budget submission (see H.R. 1457), H1908 [10AP]

——— 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]

——— restore Indian Health Service funding reduced under any order issued to carry out a sequestration (see H.R. 1371), H1824 [21MR]

——— restore sequestered budgetary resources (see H.R. 2060), H2803 [20MY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (see S. Con. Res. 8), S1892 [18MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (see S. Con. Res. 14), S2845 [22AP] (see H. Con. Res. 25), H1547 [15MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), consideration (see H. Res. 122), H1567 [18MR]

——— suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending (see S. 788), S2896 [23AP]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (see H.R. 325), H180 [21JA]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), consideration (see H. Res. 39), H221 [22JA]

Business and industry: prohibit the Federal Government from preventing a private business from operating during a Government shutdown on Federal property leased by the business (see H.R. 3664), H7566 [5DE]

Buy American Act: require a certain percentage of domestic content in green technologies purchased by Federal agencies, States using Federal funds, and property eligible for certain renewable energy tax credits (see H.R. 1524), H1990 [12AP]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 3741), H8108 [12DE]

CBO: create a division to perform regulatory analysis (see S. 1472), S6208 [1AU]

Citizenship: exempt certain elderly persons from English language and government and history knowledge requirements for naturalization, and permit others to take the examinations in other languages (see H.R. 1543), H1991 [12AP]

Civilian Property Realignment Commission: establish (see S. 1715), S8049 [14NO] (see H.R. 695), H545 [14FE]

Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members (see S.J. Res. 24), S7386 [10OC]

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

Commission on Government Transformation: establish (see H.R. 2675), H4483 [11JY]

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint): extend (see S. Con. Res. 2), S13 [3JA]

Committee To Reduce Government Waste (Senate): establish (see S. 253), S519 [7FE] (see S. Res. 30), S657 [12FE]

Computers: improve cybersecurity by collaborating with industry, enhancing information sharing, strengthening criminal statutes for cyber crimes, and updating Federal security standards (see H.R. 1468), H1909 [10AP]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require application of laws equally to all U.S. citizens (see S.J. Res. 25), S7414 [11OC] (see H.J. Res. 97), H6675 [22OC] (see H.J. Res. 98), H6769 [23OC]

——— counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President (see S. Con. Res. 1), S13 [3JA]

——— end the unconstitutional delegation of legislative power and direct GAO to issue a report detailing the extent of such delegation in order to phase it out (see S. 1663), S7927 [7NO]

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

——— restrict adjournments unless the House involved has passed a budget resolution and provided funding for the Government for the entire fiscal year (see H. Con. Res. 9), H222 [22JA]

Conservation of natural resources: establish more efficient and effective policies and processes for departments and agencies engaged in or providing support to international conservation (see S. 1005), S3760 [22MY] (see H.R. 2935), H5342 [1AU]

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

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

——— assure quality and best value in Federal construction projects by prohibiting the practice known as bid shopping (see H.R. 1942), H2568 [9MY]

——— ensure efficiency and fairness in awarding of Federal contracts in connection with natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 98), S213 [23JA]

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

——— limit taxpayer-funded salaries of Government contractors (see S. 1192), S4673 [19JN] (see H.R. 2444), H3928 [19JN]

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

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

——— provide for full and open competition for Federal contracts related to natural disaster reconstruction efforts (see S. 99), S213 [23JA]

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

Courts: appoint additional Federal district judges for the eastern district of California (see H.R. 3058), H5399 [2AU]

——— provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch (see S. 575), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 1203), H1427 [14MR]

——— provide for conversion of temporary judgeships for the districts of Hawaii and Kansas to permanent judgeships (see S. 1868), S9051 [19DE]

——— provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see H.R. 3332), H6768 [23OC]

Credit: 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]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: grant authority to transfer funding under a continuing resolution (see H.R. 810), H627 [25FE]

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

——— reduce budget sequestration cuts for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 but implement such cuts over the duration of sequestration (see S. 1841), S8913 [17DE]

——— require cost or price to the Federal Government be given at least equal importance as technical or other criteria in evaluating competitive proposals for defense contracts (see H.R. 1109), H1394 [13MR]

Dept. of Energy: establish a biennial commission to develop a comprehensive energy policy plan (see H.R. 3565), H7310 [20NO]

——— provide guidance on utility energy service contracts used by Federal agencies (see S. 1652), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 3587), H7353 [21NO]

——— replace the current requirement for biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review (see S. 552), S1785 [13MR]

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

——— use unobligated amounts from Health Insurance Reform Implementation Fund to pay for military death gratuities and funeral and related travel and housing expenses during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3289), H6545 [11OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: require States and Federal agencies, departments, and courts to provide certain statistics to the FBI and require the FBI to publish such statistics (see H.R. 1888), H2533 [8MY]

——— revoke requirement on use of privately owned communications resources in Executive order on assignment of national security and emergency preparedness communications function (see H.R. 294), H170 [15JA]

Dept. of Justice: appropriate funds necessary for law enforcement, crime prevention, and victim services programs during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3231), H6174 [2OC]

——— prohibit Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funds from being used to restrict sending or receiving information on citizenship or immigration status (see S. 299), S707 [13FE]

Dept. of Labor: making continuing appropriations for the Mine Safety and Health Administration (see H.J. Res. 93), H6492 [10OC]

Dept. of State: extend Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Programs (see S. 990), S3614 [20MY]

——— prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H3250 [6JN]

Dept. of the Interior: enter into agreements with States to allow continued operation of certain facilities and programs which would cease operating during a Federal Government shutdown (see H.R. 3311), H6767 [23OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: ensure Social Security benefits are paid, prioritize payments when the U.S. is unable to issue new obligations due to the debt ceiling, and address lapse in funding for the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1970), H2602 [14MY]

——— provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (see S. 1420), S6206 [1AU] (see H.R. 317), H176 [18JA]

——— reimburse States that use State funds to operate national parks during the Government shutdown (see S. 1572), S7500 [15OC] (see H.R. 3286), H6544 [11OC]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide veterans service organizations with the same access to departmental facilities during the Government shutdown as prior to the shutdown (see H.R. 3287), H6545 [11OC]

——— require prompt responses from covered Federal agencies to requests for information necessary to adjudicate claims for benefits (see S. 674), S2501 [9AP]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: authorize agreements with States and subdivisions providing for continued operation of public lands during a Government shutdown (see S. 1750), S8361 [20NO] (see H.R. 3661), H7566 [5DE]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (see S. 904), S3256 [8MY] (see H.R. 2322), H3287 [11JN]

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

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

Education: provide for Federal agencies and employees to support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) activities in classrooms (see H.R. 2587), H4174 [28JN]

Equal Access to Justice Act: require Federal agencies to report payments made due to court cases to which the U.S. is a party and the Administrative Conference of the U.S. to compile and publish such data (see H.R. 2919), H5342 [1AU]

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

——— require the head of each agency to submit a report on the implementation of GAO reports on reducing duplication, achieving savings, and enhancing revenue within the Federal Government (see H.R. 2250), H3095 [4JN]

Executive Office of the President: establish the National Office for Cyberspace (see H.R. 3032), H5397 [2AU]

——— prohibit funding for certain Presidential travel until public tours of the White House resume (see H. Res. 111), H1357 [12MR]

FAA: eliminate application of budget sequestration to funds associated with the operation of air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1766), H2390 [26AP]

——— exempt from reduction under any order issued to carry out a sequestration (see S. 817), S3028 [25AP]

Families and domestic relations: 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]

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

FBI: making automatic continuing appropriations for continuation of emergency and critical training programs in the event of a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3239), H6223 [3OC]

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

——— transfer criminal enforcement and investigative authority and functions of the EPA to the FBI (see H.R. 3281), H6453 [9OC]

FCC: provide incentives for reallocation of Federal Government spectrum for commercial use (see H.R. 3674), H7607 [9DE]

FDA: prohibit use of Federal money for any media advertisement, campaign, or publicity against the use of a food or beverage lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (see H.R. 1572), H2026 [15AP]

Federal Advisory Committee Act: increase transparency of Federal advisory committees (see H.R. 1104), H1394 [13MR]

Federal agencies and departments: allow interagency transfers of funds to provide more flexibility for the agency to comply with a sequestration order (see S. 465), S1127 [5MR] (see S. 1017), S3761 [22MY] (see H.R. 816), H627 [25FE]

——— clarify guidelines for including certain property on the National Register or as a National Historic Landmark relative to objections by agency heads based on national security (see H.R. 3687), H7627 [10DE]

——— close out expired, empty grant accounts (see S. 1792), S8601 [10DE]

——— codify and modify regulatory requirements (see S. 191), S438 [31JA]

——— conduct annual audit of contracts for compliance with Buy American Act (see H.R. 1480), H1909 [10AP]

——— 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 a centralized website for reports issued by inspectors general (see H.R. 2221), H3014 [3JN]

——— 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]

——— develop public access policies relative to research conducted by that agency or from funds administered by that agency (see S. 350), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 708), H545 [14FE]

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

——— eliminate duplication and waste in information technology acquisition and management (see S. 1843), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 1232), H1567 [18MR]

——— eliminate unnecessary Federal bank accounts (see H.R. 1856), H2483 [7MY]

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

——— 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]

——— ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (see H.R. 3635), H7445 [3DE]

——— ensure high standards for use of scientific information (see H.R. 1287), H1718 [20MR]

——— establish Federal customer service standards and improve service provided by Federal agencies (see S. 760), S2797 [18AP] (see H.R. 1660), H2164 [19AP]

——— exempt essential employees from furloughs required to achieve funding reductions due to sequester and allow funding flexibility to maintain essential services (see S. 724), S2649 [15AP]

——— impose certain limitations on consent decrees and settlement agreements requiring regulatory action in accordance with the terms thereof (see S. 714), S2589 [11AP]

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

——— improve energy efficiency in Federal facilities by encouraging entrance into energy savings performance contracts and utility energy service contracts (see H.R. 2689), H4522 [16JY]

——— improve security clearance process by improving OPM oversight, terminating investigators who falsify reports, and establishing security clearance position guidelines (see S. 1276), S5620 [10JY]

——— increase requirement for American-made content in products purchased under Federal contracts and strengthen certain waiver provisions for Federal contracts (see H.R. 3346), H6827 [28OC]

——— increase transparency by requiring a report describing any proposed conference (see H.R. 2696), H4522 [16JY]

——— modify appointment of Inspectors General (see S. 1366), S5968 [25JY]

——— 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 contracting with an entity that has committed fraud or certain other crimes (see H.R. 2411), H3758 [18JN]

——— prohibit illegal monetary payments to foreign officials and require a report to Congress on CIA payments to foreign entities (see H.R. 2107), H2911 [22MY]

——— prohibit policy that discourages or prohibits the selection of a resort or vacation destination as the location for a conference or event (see S. 1097), S3986 [6JN] (see H.R. 1880), H2533 [8MY]

——— 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]

——— prohibit use of estimate on social cost of carbon in any regulatory impact analysis until a Federal law is enacted authorizing such use (see H.R. 3042), H5398 [2AU]

——— promote strategic sourcing principles (see S. 1304), S5708 [16JY] (see H.R. 2694), H4522 [16JY]

——— provide for congressional review of agency guidance documents (see S. 320), S708 [13FE]

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

——— provide for the consideration of costs and benefits during rulemaking and for the review of existing rules (see H.R. 3341), H6774 [24OC]

——— 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, accountability, and limitations of Government-sponsored conferences (see S. 1347), S5840 [23JY]

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

——— quantify costs associated with proposed economically significant regulations (see S. 786), S2896 [23AP]

——— reduce discretionary budget authority of any agency if financial statement for previous fiscal year does not receive a qualified or unqualified audit opinion by an independent auditor (see H.R. 559), H412 [6FE]

——— reduce expenditures associated with data center real estate and electricity consumption, implement savings reductions proposed by Federal employees, and reduce energy costs (see H.R. 472), H341 [4FE]

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

——— reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (see S. 1029), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2122), H2952 [23MY]

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

——— reform the Federal classification system, declassify information that merits declassification, and enhance the National Declassification Center (see S. 1464), S6207 [1AU]

——— repeal prohibition on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels (see S. 1100), S3986 [6JN] (see H.R. 2478), H4037 [25JN]

——— report on responses to Inspector General recommendations on cost-saving measures or reimbursement for poor contractor performance, cost overruns, or other reasons (see S. 664), S2328 [22MR]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (see S. 994), S3657 [21MY] (see H.R. 2061), H2838 [21MY]

——— require certain agencies to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data center consolidation and optimization plans (see S. 1611), S7673 [30OC]

——— require each agency to repeal two existing regulations before issuing a new regulation (see H.R. 2997), H5396 [2AU]

——— require independent regulatory agencies to comply with regulatory analysis requirements applicable to executive agencies (see S. 1173), S4585 [18JN]

——— require notice and public comment before use of estimate on social cost of carbon and require reports on results and methods used to calculate cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis (see H.R. 2886), H5260 [31JY]

——— require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (see H.R. 309), H176 [18JA]

——— require procurement from the private sector the goods and services necessary for operations and management of certain Government agencies (see S. 523), S1709 [12MR] (see H.R. 1072), H1355 [12MR]

——— require quarterly reports on agency conferences and meetings (see H.R. 313), H176 [18JA]

——— require reports on results of and methods used to calculate any cost-benefit or regulatory impact analysis (see H.R. 2593), H4174 [28JN]

——— require zero-based budgeting (see H.R. 239), H84 [14JA]

——— 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]

——— review efforts to reduce travel expenses through the use of video conferencing (see H.R. 2643), H4369 [10JY]

——— set forth reasons for determining that a proposed regulatory action is significant (see S. 787), S2896 [23AP]

——— strengthen accountability of individuals involved in misconduct affecting integrity of background investigations and update guidelines for security clearances (see S. 1744), S8361 [20NO]

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

Federal employees: clarify certain due process rights of employees serving in sensitive positions (see S. 1809), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 3278), H6411 [8OC]

——— clarify that Congress and the executive branch are expressly and equally bound by any Federal law enforced upon the general public (see H.R. 3104), H5553 [16SE] (see H.R. 3164), H5801 [20SE] (see H.R. 3562), H7310 [20NO]

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

——— deny Federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of certain offenses (see H.R. 3220), H6052 [30SE]

——— eliminate pay adjustments for persons holding senior positions in the Federal Government and prevent pay adjustments for Members of Congress in any year with a budget deficit (see S. 30), S42 [22JA]

——— eliminate statutory pay adjustment (see H.R. 273), H169 [15JA]

——— eliminate statutory pay adjustment (H.R. 273), consideration (see H. Res. 66), H498 [13FE]

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

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

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

——— establish certain procedures for allowing the recording of in-person or telephonic interactions by Executive branch employees with individuals (see S. 1377), S5969 [25JY] (see H.R. 2711), H4597 [17JY]

——— limit bonuses, provide for investigative leave for the Senior Executive Service, and establish procedures for recording interactions with Executive branch employees (see H.R. 2879), H5260 [31JY]

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

——— limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see H.R. 2450), H3988 [20JN]

——— limit total amount of awards or other discretionary monetary payments (see H.R. 1541), H1991 [12AP]

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

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

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

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

——— modernize the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 3319), H6768 [23OC]

——— prohibit performance awards in the Senior Executive Service during sequestration periods (see S. 986), S3569 [16MY] (see H.R. 2222), H3014 [3JN]

——— 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]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for official portraits of Members of Congress or heads of executive or legislative branch agencies or offices (see S. 1820), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 1594), H2123 [17AP]

——— protect income, benefits, and retirement (see H. Res. 388), H6675 [22OC]

——— provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see S. 1746), S8361 [20NO] (see H.R. 3563), H7310 [20NO]

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

——— provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1529), S6646 [19SE] (see H.R. 3135), H5765 [19SE]

——— provide for investigative leave requirements relative to Senior Executive Service employees (see S. 1378), S5969 [25JY] (see H.R. 2579), H4173 [28JN]

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

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

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

——— provide that all employees shall be excepted from furlough during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3290), H6545 [11OC]

——— provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see H.R. 1832), H2436 [6MY]

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

——— terminate any Federal employee who refuses to answer questions or gives false testimony in a congressional hearing (see H.R. 2458), H3988 [20JN]

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

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

Federal Executive Boards: improve efficiency to enhance coordination, economy, and effectiveness of Federal agency activities, including emergency preparedness and continuity of operations in areas outside of Washington, DC (see H.R. 470), H341 [4FE]

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]

Financial institutions: condemn any proposals for the arbitrary seizure of funds from federally insured deposit accounts in the U.S. by the Government without due process (see H. Res. 166), H2124 [17AP]

——— encourage institutions to work with their customers affected by the Government shutdown who may be facing short-term financial hardship and long-term damage to their creditworthiness (see H. Con. Res. 60), H6545 [11OC]

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government (see S. 1214), S5017 [24JN] (see H.R. 2355), H3590 [13JN]

Foreign aid: require the President to establish guidelines for, and increase transparency of, foreign assistance programs (see S. 1271), S5620 [10JY] (see H.R. 2638), H4369 [10JY]

Freedom of Information Act: strengthen (see H.R. 1211), H1547 [15MR]

FRS: establish a separate Inspector General for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see H.R. 2779), H4856 [22JY]

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]

——— improve (see H.R. 1162), H1425 [14MR]

——— make permanent the requirement for annual reports on reviews of the accuracy of Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical budget submissions (see H.R. 806), H626 [25FE]

——— require a study and report on the costs of Federal regulations (see S. 536), S1710 [12MR]

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

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

Government regulations: ensure clarity of regulations to improve effectiveness of Federal regulatory programs while decreasing burdens on the regulated public (see H.R. 1557), H2025 [15AP]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (see H.R. 899), H814 [28FE]

——— require enhanced economic analysis and justification for proposed Federal banking, housing, securities, and commodity regulations (see S. 450), S1126 [5MR]

——— require that Federal regulations use plain writing that is clear, concise, well-organized, and follows other best practices appropriate to the subject or field and intended audience (see S. 807), S2960 [24AP]

——— withhold pay of the head of any agency or department that fails to ensure the timely issuance of regulations (see H.R. 2050), H2774 [17MY]

Government Transformation Commission: establish (see S. 1297), S5708 [16JY]

Government-sponsored enterprises: exercise clean-up call options under securities issued by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and prohibit new mortgage-backed securities to contain provisions for such options (see H.R. 3754), H8108 [12DE]

——— provide for repayment of amounts borrowed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from the U.S. (see H.R. 2435), H3927 [19JN]

——— require use of amounts repaid to the Dept. of the Treasury by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 3340), H6774 [24OC]

GSA: improve energy and water efficiency of Federal buildings (see S. 52), S43 [22JA]

——— improve functioning and management of the Public Buildings Service (see H.R. 2612), H4212 [8JY]

——— require public notice of excess Federal real property (see H.R. 2623), H4213 [8JY]

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

Holder, Attorney General: express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico (see H. Res. 35), H177 [18JA]

——— impeach (see H. Res. 411), H7110 [14NO]

House of Representatives: prohibit operation of an exercise facility for Members during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3276), H6411 [8OC]

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]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (see H. Res. 361), H5882 [26SE]

Housing: ensure housing finance reform by prohibiting an increase in the guarantee fee to offset other spending and the sale of preferred shares of Government-sponsored enterprises (see S. 563), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 2348), H3590 [13JN]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see S. 296), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 519), H371 [5FE] (see H.R. 717), H546 [14FE]

Income: prohibit Members of Congress, President, and Vice-President from receiving pay during a Government shutdown or when the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 3234), H6174 [2OC]

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

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

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

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

Information technology: improve Federal information security (see H.R. 1163), H1425 [14MR]

Intelligence services: conduct study on use of contractors for intelligence activities (see H.R. 2434), H3927 [19JN]

Iron and steel industry: require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the U.S. in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work (see H.R. 1817), H2393 [26AP]

IRS: ensure that employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights (see H.R. 2768), H4856 [22JY]

——— establish new procedures relative to groups applying for tax-exempt status (see H.R. 2532), H4141 [27JN]

——— implement a taxpayer bill of rights, including the right to be informed and assisted, the right of appeal, and right of confidentiality (see H. Res. 280), H4143 [27JN]

——— impose a moratorium on conferences (see H.R. 2533), H4141 [27JN] (see H.R. 2769), H4856 [22JY]

——— improve transparency and efficiency relative to audits and communications with taxpayers (see H.R. 2530), H4141 [27JN]

——— prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (see H.R. 2531), H4141 [27JN]

Law enforcement: amend laws relative to certain tort claims arising out of the criminal misconduct of confidential informants (see H.R. 266), H169 [15JA]

——— require Federal agencies to report to Congress serious crimes committed by confidential informants (see H.R. 265), H169 [15JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: extend post-employment restrictions on lobbying by Members of Congress and officers and employees (see H.R. 440), H300 [29JA]

Members of Congress: make matching contributions to Thrift Savings Fund contingent on Congress completing action on budget resolution reducing the deficit (see H.R. 143), H32 [3JA]

——— prohibit certain real property from being named after a sitting Member (see H.R. 1689), H2246 [23AP]

——— prohibit from receiving pay whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations because public debt ceiling has been reached (see S. 1142), S4405 [12JN] (see H.R. 2335), H3356 [12JN]

——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3160), H5801 [20SE] (see H.R. 3236), H6174 [2OC]

——— suspend salary and deem Members as ‘‘non-essential’’ employees during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3215), H6011 [28SE]

——— suspend salary during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3224), H6052 [30SE]

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority: ensure compliance with certain Federal regulations and statutes (see H.R. 439), H300 [29JA]

Motor vehicles: reduce number of non-essential new vehicles purchased and leased by the Government (see S. 417), S1011 [28FE]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient (see H.R. 243), H85 [14JA]

National Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: establish (see H.R. 534), H411 [6FE]

National Guard: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3237), H6174 [2OC]

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

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

National security: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that the Armed Forces and Federal civilian personnel critical to national security continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3214), H6011 [28SE]

——— ensure that the Armed Forces and Federal law enforcement officers continue to receive pay and allowances during a Government shutdown or if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 3216), H6011 [28SE]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 202), S6072 [30JY]

Native Americans: anniversary of restoration of Federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (see S. Res. 304), S8361 [20NO]

——— establish effective consultation and coordination procedures between Federal agencies and Indian tribes regarding government activities that impact tribal lands and interests (see H.R. 1600), H2123 [17AP]

——— extend Federal recognition to Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians (see S. 161), S329 [28JA] (see H.R. 2991), H5396 [2AU]

——— extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (see S. 1074), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2190), H2954 [23MY]

——— extend Federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida (see H.R. 323), H177 [18JA]

Oaths: require congressional approval prior to changes in oaths for military enlistment, civil service or uniformed services appointments, and appointment as a cadet or midshipman at military service academy (see H.R. 3416), H6952 [30OC]

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]

OMB: establish the Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program (see H.R. 328), H221 [22JA]

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

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

——— report to Congress how amounts could be transferred within Federal agencies and departments to avoid furloughs or reductions in force (see H.R. 950), H981 [5MR]

——— require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish proposed Federal regulations on a monthly basis (see H.R. 2804), H5049 [24JY]

——— rescind certain unobligated discretionary appropriations (see S. 379), S871 [26FE] (see H.R. 828), H658 [26FE]

OPM: enhance background check system for the granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances or access to classified information of Federal employees or contractors (see S. 1618), S7674 [30OC]

——— establish a pilot program to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation by partnering world-class entrepreneurs with Federal agencies (see H.R. 3559), H7310 [20NO]

——— provide that the Inspector General may use amounts in the revolving fund to fund audits, investigations, and oversight activities (see H.R. 2860), H5173 [30JY]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation, operation, and coordination of a Federal Data Services Hub used to determine or verify eligibility for health plans (see H.R. 2837), H5088 [25JY]

——— prevent implementation and enforcement (see H.R. 2125), H2952 [23MY]

——— provide that the only health plans available to Federal employees responsible for administering such Act are those created under such Act or offered through exchanges (see H.R. 3170), H5806 [23SE]

Pensions: prohibit Federal bailout of State and local government employee pension or other post-employment benefit plans and encourage reform of such plans (see H. Res. 117), H1427 [14MR]

Political campaigns: permit candidates for Federal office to designate an individual authorized to disburse funds from the candidate’s campaign committees in the event of the death of the candidate (see H.R. 186), H51 [4JA]

Postal Service: cap rural post office closures and consolidations and establish closure and consolidation guidelines (see H.R. 2615), H4212 [8JY]

——— enhance long-term profitability through enhanced innovation, operational flexibility, workforce realignment, and regulatory relief (see H.R. 2690), H4522 [16JY]

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

——— provide for the computation of normal-cost percentage for postal employees as a separate and distinct class and the disposition of certain excess retirement contributions (see H.R. 961), H981 [5MR]

——— recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see S. 316), S708 [13FE] (see H.R. 630), H499 [13FE]

——— restore financial solvency and ensure the efficient and affordable nationwide delivery of mail (see H.R. 2748), H4825 [19JY]

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

Printing: ensure citizens continue to be provided with paper-based information, products and services, and public notices while providing the ability to opt-in to electronic access to such documents (see H. Res. 97), H982 [5MR]

Privacy: allow entities required to comply with orders or directives requiring the provision of electronic data to the Federal Government to publicly disclose the volume and type of such data (see H.R. 2736), H4724 [18JY]

——— consolidate congressional oversight provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see S. 1631), S7728 [31OC]

——— prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (see H.R. 2399), H3687 [17JN]

——— prohibit any U.S. agency, including the National Security Agency, from searching telephone records of U.S. citizens without a warrant based on probable cause (see S. 1121), S4021 [7JN]

——— provide for public disclosure of information regarding surveillance activities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see H.R. 3756), H8108 [12DE]

——— strengthen privacy protections, accountability, and oversight relative to domestic surveillance (see S. 1215), S5017 [24JN]

——— strengthen transparency and oversight of domestic surveillance, protect privacy, and improve due process procedures relative to intelligence community and law enforcement information sharing (see S. 1701), S8049 [14NO]

Public buildings: expedite the sale of underutilized Federal real property (see S. 1382), S6023 [29JY] (see S. 1398), S6072 [30JY]

Public debt: apply debt ceiling only to debt held by the public and adjust debt ceiling for increases in the gross domestic product (see H.R. 3148), H5766 [19SE]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (see S.J. Res. 26), S7574 [28OC] (see H.J. Res. 99), H6828 [28OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), consideration (see H. Res. 391), H6827 [28OC]

——— eliminate statutory ceiling and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (see H.R. 290), H170 [15JA]

——— establish a point of order to prohibit extension of the debt ceiling unless a concurrent budget resolution has been agreed to and is in effect (see H.R. 326), H221 [22JA]

——— establish a timely and expeditious process for voting on the statutory debt ceiling (see S. 57), S43 [22JA]

——— establish debt stabilization process requiring negotiated budget compromise when debt grows faster than the economy (see H.R. 3149), H5766 [19SE]

——— increase debt ceiling by a certain amount upon adoption by Congress of a balanced budget constitutional amendment and by an additional amount upon ratification by the States (see H.R. 371), H279 [23JA] (see H.R. 443), H315 [1FE]

——— increase debt ceiling only upon submission to the States for ratification a proposed constitutional amendment to balance the Federal budget or limit Federal spending (see H.R. 355), H278 [23JA]

——— prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt ceiling is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian employees serving in combat zones (see H.R. 342), H222 [22JA]

——— 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]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 807), H627 [25FE] (see H.R. 3296), H6643 [16OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), consideration (see H. Res. 202), H2483 [7MY]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached and require the sale of Federal assets (see H.R. 3052), H5399 [2AU]

——— prioritize payment of pay and allowances to Armed Forces members and Federal law enforcement officers if the statutory debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap (see H.R. 55), H29 [3JA]

——— provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see S. 1598), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 3372), H6901 [29OC]

——— provide authority to increase the debt ceiling when an Act of Congress provides budget authority or reduces revenues (see H.R. 103), H31 [3JA]

——— provide for an expedited process for increasing the statutory public debt ceiling (see H.R. 319), H176 [18JA]

——— provide for an orderly process by which the debt ceiling is increased by permitting the Dept. of the Treasury to increase the debt ceiling unless blocked by a supermajority of Congress (see H.R. 233), H84 [14JA]

——— provide that the President shall submit to Congress a report detailing the priority of Federal spending if the debt ceiling is reached (see H.R. 1231), H1548 [15MR]

——— reform the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 3293), H6604 [15OC]

——— require Dept. of the Treasury reports to Congress on status of the debt, deficit reduction proposals, and impact of debt ceiling increase prior to potential debt ceiling increases (see H.R. 3579), H7353 [21NO]

——— require that any debt ceiling increase be balanced by equal spending cuts (see S. 43), S43 [22JA]

——— retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (see S. Res. 8), S214 [23JA] (see H. Res. 360), H5883 [26SE]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (see S. 1569), S7308 [8OC] (see H.R. 3213), H6011 [28SE] (see H.R. 3259, 3260, 3261, 3262, 3263, 3264, 3265, 3266), H6321 (see H.R. 3267, 3268, 3269, 3270), H6322 [5OC] (see H.R. 3284), H6492 [10OC]

Public documents: require preservation of certain electronic records by Federal agencies and require a certification and reports relative to Presidential records (see H.R. 1234), H1567 [18MR]

Public Online Information Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 549), S1785 [13MR]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 99), S2684 [16AP]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see S. 1390), S6071 [30JY]

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: ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns (see H.R. 1622), H2157 [18AP]

——— increase Government-wide small business contracting level and the contracting goal for businesses owned by veterans, women, and economically disadvantaged individuals (see S. 196), S438 [31JA]

——— require a study and report on the costs to small business concerns of Federal regulations (see S. 535), S1710 [12MR]

SEC: exempt inter-affiliate swaps from certain regulatory requirements put in place under the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (see H.R. 677), H501 [13FE]

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

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]

——— suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see S. 97), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 1321), H1821 [21MR]

Smithsonian Institution: apply Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (see H.R. 2622), H4213 [8JY]

Social Security: ensure that trust fund receipts and disbursements are not included in a unified Federal budget and protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies not be diverted to private accounts (see H.R. 1031), H1327 [7MR]

——— limit the misuse of Social Security numbers and establish criminal penalties for such misuse (see H.R. 2104), H2910 [22MY]

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

SSA: issue uniform standards for truncation of Social Security numbers and prohibit public display on the Internet of account numbers by State and local governments and private entities (see H.R. 2229), H3014 [3JN]

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

——— constitutional amendment prohibiting Federal Government from compelling someone to engage in commercial activity (see H.J. Res. 27), H502 [13FE]

——— constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 16), H53 [4JA] (see H.J. Res. 104), H7152 [15NO]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see S. 122), S214 [23JA] (see H.R. 25), H28 [3JA]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 352), H278 [23JA]

Television: establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of public, educational, and governmental channels and preserve support for such channels (see S. 1789), S8601 [10DE]

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

Trademarks: provide for registration of marks consisting of a flag, coat of arms, or other insignia of the U.S., or any State or local government (see S. 1816), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 3713), H8107 [12DE]

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

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]

——— clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see S. 1736), S8186 [19NO] (see H.R. 3469), H7050 [13NO]

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

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

——— 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]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: technical corrections (see S. 451), S1126 [5MR]

Year of the Federal Lab: designate (see H. Res. 44), H281 [23JA]

Books

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

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), S6882 [24SE], S6991 [27SE], S8816 [15DE], S8872 [17DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), motion to proceed, S6680 [23SE], S6843 [24SE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), S1782 [13MR], S1882 [18MR], S1987 [20MR]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), motion to proceed, S1703 [12MR]

Budget: limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), motion to proceed, S849 [26FE], S991 [28FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), motion to proceed, S927 [27FE], S991 [28FE]

Public debt: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), motion to proceed, S7385 [10OC], S7425 [12OC]

Cost Estimates

Full Faith and Credit Act (H.R. 807): CBO, H2545 [9MY]

E-mails

Government shutdown impact on Border Patrol: Stu Harris, National Border Patrol Council, H6273 [4OC]

Government shutdown relative to budget process, H6281, H6284 [4OC], H6580 [14OC]

Guidance from OPM to Federal agencies for shutdown contingency planning, S2883 [23AP]

Essays

Congressional Youth Advisory Council Project: Ariel Zagala, E714 [21MY]

——— Brandon Pullig, E713 [21MY]

——— Carley Grable, E712 [21MY]

——— Christopher Sabbagh, E710 [21MY]

——— Deborah Osakue, E753 [23MY]

——— Faith Orakwue, E758, E762 [23MY]

——— Jennifer Ellefson, E755 [23MY]

——— Kayleigh Faas, E749 [23MY]

——— Lauren Ahart, E765 [24MY]

——— Megan Emiliani, E765 [24MY]

——— Mishi Jain, E763 [24MY]

——— Pallavi Dev, E763 [24MY]

——— Paulina Agyei, E764 [24MY]

——— Phillip Lopez, E786 [4JN]

——— Rachel Daniel, E788 [4JN]

——— Shannon Wu, E790 [4JN]

——— Walker Shores, E792 [4JN]

Explanations

Continuing Appropriations (H.R. 933), S1287–S1588 [11MR], S1743–S1752 [13MR]

Letters

Actions Federal Government could take to address climate change: Cassandra Carmichael, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (excerpt), S1925 [19MR]

——— Friends Committee on National Legislation (excerpt), S1925 [19MR]

——— Mitchell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network (excerpt), S1925 [19MR]

——— Sally Bingham, Regeneration Project Interfaith Power & Light (organization), S1926 [19MR]

——— Stephen E. Blaire, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, S1924 [19MR]

——— Sybil Sanchez, Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life and Steve Gutow, Jewish Council for Public Affairs (excerpt), S1924 [19MR]

Armed Forces death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members: Repesentative Jackson Lee, H6433 [9OC]

Budget authority estimates: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, H5505 [11SE]

Budget deficit: Representative Reed, H7632 [11DE]

Citizen Empowerment Act: Frank Terreri, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, H5304 [1AU]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), E1184 [1AU]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), E1185 [1AU]

——— Rev Tariche, FBI Agents Association, H5304 [1AU]

Continuing appropriations: Senator Reid, S7124 [2OC]

——— several Representatives, H6375 [8OC]

Continuing appropriations and debt ceiling: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H5690 [19SE]

Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act: several public interest organizations, S2115 [21MR]

Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act: Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H6394 [8OC]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security establishment as primary point of receipt in Federal Government for civilian sharing of cyber threat information: several Representatives, H2138 [18AP]

Eliminate statutory pay adjustment for federal employees: Representative Wolf, H522 [14FE]

EPA employee furloughs: Heriberto León, E884 [17JN]

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

Federal Government assessment: David R. Brown, Liberty Foundation of America, S7137 [2OC]

Federal information security improvement: Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H2042 [16AP]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H2042 [16AP]

——— Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H2041 [16AP]

Federal reimbursement of States and U.S. Territories for Federal expenses occured during the Government shutdown: Mary Fallin, Governor of Oklahoma and John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, National Governors Association, S7392 [11OC]

GAO Improvement Act: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1999 [15AP]

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]

Government shutdown relative to budget process: American Hotel & Lodging Association, S7482 [15OC]

——— Amy Kilbury, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., S7482 [15OC]

——— Christopher Slicer, S7087 [1OC]

——— Laurie Tonkay, S7087 [1OC]

——— Ray White, S7087 [1OC]

——— Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Richard L. Trumka, AFL–CIO, and Stacey D. Stewart, United Way, S7425 [12OC]

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

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

——— Representative Williams, H665 [27FE]

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

Impact of budget sequestration on science funding agencies: University of Hawaii at Ma̅noa professor, S8963 [18DE]

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

Impact of budget sequestration on White House public tours: Harvin Moore, H1402 [14MR]

Impact of Government shutdown on Dept. of Veterans Affairs: several veterans’ organizations, H6475 [10OC]

Intelligence services authority to collect business records under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Peter J. Kadzik, Dept. of Justice, H5025 [24JY]

Investigation into alleged fraud, waste, and abuse at public housing authorities: Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S353 [29JA]

Oversight and accountability review of surveillance programs authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: I. Charles McCullough III, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, S7873 [6NO]

——— several Senators, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S7872 [6NO]

Pay Our Military Act: Representative McKeon, Committee on Armed Services (House), E1416 [2OC]

——— Representative Turner, H6303 [5OC]

Setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), H3039, H3042, H3043 [4JN]

——— Representative Sessions, Committee on Rules (House), H3040 [4JN]

——— several Representatives, H7270 [20NO], H7326 [21NO]

Statutory public debt ceiling increase: Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers, S7301 [8OC]

——— Ronald Reagan (1983), H6592 [14OC]

Lists

Consequences of sequester cuts, S840 [26FE]

Minnesota Air and Army National Guard areas impacted by a Government shutdown, H6195 [3OC]

National organizations supporting the Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act, S2115 [21MR]

Organizations supporting Durbin amendment on NIH funding to S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, S2250 [22MR]

State and local organizations supporting the Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act, S2116 [21MR]

Memorandums

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

Government Operations in the Event of a Lapse in Appropriations: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB (1995), S2883 [23AP]

——— Walter Dellinger, Dept. of Justice (1995), S2883 [23AP]

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

Messages

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

Statutory Debt Ceiling: President Obama, H6646 [22OC]

Motions

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), S6673 [23SE], S6689, S6881 [24SE], S6991 [27SE], S7011, S7041 [30SE], S7065 [1OC], S8816 [15DE], S8897 [17DE], H5785 [20SE], H5987 [28SE], H6033 [30SE], H6138 [2OC], H6557, H6558 [12OC], H8055 [12DE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), S1683 [12MR], H1314 [6MR], H1790 [21MR]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), H6395, H6396 [8OC]

Budget: limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), S849 [26FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), S927 [27FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), S2056 [21MR], S2271, S2287, S2316 [22MR]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), S426, S427, S428 [31JA], H248 [23JA]

Public debt: disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), H6872 [29OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (S.J. Res. 26), S7585 [29OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2551 [9MY]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), S7357 [10OC], S7389 [11OC], S7419, S7426 [12OC], S7433 [13OC], S7455 [14OC], S7475 [15OC], S7503 [16OC]

Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), H6207, H6208 [3OC]

Notices

Dept. of Agriculture Internet site unavailability due to lapse in Federal funding, H6269 [4OC]

Press releases

Budget Sequestration Impact on Northwestern University Reproductive Health Hazards Superfund Research Center, E943 [20JN]

Navajo President Shelly Urges Lawmakers To Pass a Clean Spending Bill: Navajo Nation, H6552 [12OC]

Proposals

Continuing appropriations, H6306 [5OC], H6381 [8OC]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H2752–H2754 [17MY]

Accountability: increase, H4320 [10JY]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (H.R. 2084), H4512, H4513 [16JY]

Appropriations: legislative process, H1310 [6MR]

——— making continuing, H5073, H5074 [25JY], H6381–H6383 [8OC], H6620–H6625 [16OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5530, H5541 [12SE], H5595, H5650–H5652 [18SE], H5665, H5666, H5667, H5668, H5757 [19SE], H5771, H5772, H5773–H5788, H5792 [20SE], H5809, H5825, H5826 [25SE], H5836, H5837, H5839, H5842, H5843, H5844, H5845, H5846, H5863, H5864, H5865 [26SE], H5895, H5896, H5898, H5899, H5912–H5914, H5919 [27SE], H6759 [23OC], E1311 [12SE], E1361, E1362 [23SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration (H. Res. 352), H5684–H5694 [19SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 366), H5975–H5985 [28SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 367), H6021–H6030 [30SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 438), H7702–H7716 [12DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 72), H8086 [12DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), motion to recommit, H5786 [20SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), request conference with the Senate (H. Res. 368), H6041–H6049 [30SE], H6055, H6056, H6058 [1OC], H6138 [2OC], H6255 [4OC], H6558, H6565 [12OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H5925, H5926, H5927, H5928, H5929, H5930, H5931, H5932, H5934, H5935, H5936, H5937, H5938, H5985–H6002, H6004, H6005, H6007 [28SE], H6013, H6014, H6015, H6031–H6040, H6049, H6050 [30SE], H6056, H6057, H6058, H6061, H6062, H6063, H6064, H6065, H6066, H6067, H6068, H6069, H6070, H6074, H6080, H6081, H6086, H6091–H6097 [1OC], H6107, H6109, H6110, H6111, H6112, H6113, H6114, H6115, H6116, H6117, H6118, H6119, H6120, H6121, H6124–H6131, H6134–H6139, H6141–H6154, H6157, H6162–H6167, H6172 [2OC], H6179, H6180, H6181, H6183, H6184, H6185, H6186, H6187, H6188, H6189, H6190, H6191, H6192, H6193, H6198, H6199, H6206, H6207, H6208, H6210, H6211, H6212, H6217 [3OC], H6228, H6229, H6230, H6231, H6232, H6234, H6236, H6237, H6239, H6240, H6241, H6242, H6243, H6245–H6272, H6273, H6274, H6275, H6279, H6281, H6284, H6285 [4OC], H6292, H6293, H6294, H6295, H6302, H6304, H6307, H6310–H6321 [5OC], H6324, H6325, H6326, H6327–H6334, H6335, H6336–H6343 [7OC], H6345, H6346, H6347, H6348, H6354, H6355, H6359, H6360, H6361, H6362–H6381, H6385–H6396, H6398, H6399–H6410 [8OC], H6415, H6416, H6417, H6419, H6420, H6421, H6422, H6426, H6427, H6428, H6429, H6434, H6436–H6440, H6442, H6446 [9OC], H6456, H6457, H6458, H6459, H6460, H6461, H6462, H6463, H6465, H6467–H6473, H6476–H6481, H6492 [10OC], H6496, H6497, H6500–H6503, H6506, H6509, H6510, H6513, H6543 [11OC], H6547, H6549, H6550, H6551, H6552, H6557, H6558, H6559, H6560, H6561–H6566 [12OC], H6573, H6574, H6576–H6579 [14OC], H6597 [15OC], H7632, H7636, H7637 [11DE], H7699, H8043, H8053–H8084, H8100 [12DE], H8134 [26DE], E1407 [30SE], E1412, E1414 [1OC], E1416, E1417, E1419, E1420 [2OC], E1424, E1430 [3OC], E1456 [8OC], E1464 [9OC], E1473, E1476 [10OC], E1507 [14OC], E1884, E1885, E1886 [16DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent request, H6079 [1OC], H6136, H6137 [2OC], H6202, H6203 [3OC], H6260 [4OC], H6332 [7OC], H6438 [9OC], H6511, H6512 [11OC], H6552–H6556 [12OC]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), H979 [5MR], H985, H986, H997–H1316, H1317 [6MR], H1543 [15MR], E263 [11MR], E287 [13MR]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), consideration (H. Res. 99), H987–H997 [6MR]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), motion to recommit, H1314 [6MR]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), Senate amendment, H1725–H1794 [21MR], E351 [21MR], E374 [25MR]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), Senate amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, H1716 [20MR]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (H.R. 1164), consideration (H. Res. 372), H6548, H6559, H6561, H6564 [12OC], E1443 [4OC]

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

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian and contractor personnel, Coast Guard, and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3232), H6189, H6190 [3OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that civilian personnel and Reserve components continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3241), H6242 [4OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown, H5844 [26SE]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3210), H6002–H6010 [28SE], H6014 [30SE], H6062, H6064, H6083 [1OC], H6121 [2OC], H6193, H6197 [3OC], H6227, H6239, H6242, H6244, H6250, H6275, H6278 [4OC], H6291, H6302, H6306, H6307, H6320 [5OC], H6326 [7OC], H6354, H6387, H6407 [8OC], H6423, H6426, H6431, H6432, H6445 [9OC], H6533 [11OC], E1488 [11OC]

——— appropriate funds necessary to pay death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3274), H6361 [8OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on the payment of death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members, H6533 [11OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members (H.J. Res. 91), H6354, H6357 [8OC], H6421, H6423, H6424, H6426, H6427, H6428, H6430, H6431–H6435, H6443 [9OC], H6500 [11OC], E1468 [9OC], E1488 [11OC]

ATF: blocking of publication of book relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H6348 [8OC]

Bank accounts: close empty Government bank accounts and apply funds in inactive accounts to deficit reduction, H2447 [7MY]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), H6386, H6389–H6397, H6402 [8OC], H6419 [9OC]

——— establish (H.R. 3273), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6370–H6381 [8OC]

——— establish (H.R. 3273), motion to recommit, H6395 [8OC]

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

Budget: balance, H1405, H1415, H1418 [14MR], H1572, H1578, H1579, H1580, H1618 [19MR], H1803 [21MR], H5931 [28SE], H6335 [7OC]

——— comparison between congressional and Obama administration proposals, H2069 [17AP]

——— deficit, H97, H152–H155 [15JA], H317 [4FE], H352 [5FE], H434, H438 [12FE], H527 [14FE], H689, H691 [27FE], H706 [28FE], H1418 [14MR], H1580 [19MR], H1978 [12AP], H2293–H2295 [24AP], H2660 [16MY], H2851 [22MY], H3025 [4JN], H4589, H4590, H4591–H4594 [17JY], H4845 [22JY], H4860, H4864 [23JY], H5271 [1AU], H5650–H5652 [18SE], H5930 [28SE], H6144 [2OC], H6234, H6273 [4OC], H6307 [5OC], H6323 [7OC], H6406 [8OC], H6415 [9OC], H6496 [11OC], H6597, H6601 [15OC], H6607, H6612 [16OC], H6681, H6683, H6684 [23OC], H6838 [29OC], H6909 [30OC], E9 [3JA], E22 [14JA], E33 [15JA], E47 [22JA], E57 [23JA], E86 [4FE], E99 [5FE], E112 [6FE], E140 [13FE], E192 [26FE], E302 [14MR], E321 [18MR], E335 [19MR], E369 [21MR], E396 [9AP], E428 [11AP], E458 [15AP], E474 [16AP], E514 [23AP], E529 [24AP], E555 [25AP], E656 [14MY], E666 [15MY], E682 [16MY], E698 [17MY], E702 [20MY], E715 [21MY], E734, E761 [23MY], E775 [3JN], E789 [4JN], E805 [5JN], E828 [6JN], E838 [11JN], E850 [12JN], E864 [14JN], E891, E898 [17JN], E911 [18JN], E917 [19JN], E950 [20JN], E960 [25JN], E974 [26JN], E991, E1011 [28JN], E1019 [8JY], E1031 [9JY], E1039 [10JY], E1055 [11JY], E1064 [16JY], E1079 [17JY], E1093 [18JY], E1109 [22JY], E1119 [23JY], E1125 [24JY], E1141 [25JY], E1161 [30JY], E1171 [31JY], E1193 [1AU], E1223 [2AU], E1262 [9SE], E1276 [10SE], E1312 [12SE], E1326 [17SE], E1338 [18SE], E1349 [19SE], E1363 [23SE], E1371 [25SE], E1385 [26SE], E1397 [28SE], E1405 [30SE], E1413 [1OC], E1418 [2OC], E1429 [3OC], E1442 [4OC], E1447 [7OC], E1453 [8OC], E1468 [9OC], E1482 [10OC], E1501 [11OC], E1515 [15OC], E1524 [16OC], E1543 [22OC], E1557 [23OC], E1581 [28OC], E1595 [29OC], E1613 [30OC], E1634 [12NO], E1649 [13NO], E1668 [14NO], E1676 [15NO], E1694 [18NO], E1706 [19NO], E1718 [20NO], E1755 [22NO], E1761 [2DE], E1783 [3DE], E1790 [4DE], E1807 [5DE], E1817 [9DE], E1826 [10DE], E1839 [11DE], E1863 [12DE]

——— eliminate sequestration, H5275, H5311 [1AU], H5376 [2AU], H7403 [3DE]

——— eliminate sequestration (H.R. 900), H958 [5MR], H991 [6MR], H1863, H1869 [10AP], H2312 [25AP], H2370, H2371, H2378, H2379 [26AP], H2449 [7MY], H2491 [8MY], H2796 [20MY], H2813 [21MY], H2841, H2846 [22MY], H3682 [17JN], H4984 [24JY], H5281, H5326, H5329 [1AU], H5784 [20SE], E250 [6MR], E571 [26AP], E884 [17JN], E943 [20JN], E989 [28JN], E1361 [23SE]

——— eliminate sequestration (H.R. 900), unanimous-consent request, H2453 [7MY]

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

——— ensure any budget resolution does not cut benefits to veterans, the Armed Forces, Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid, H248, H249 [23JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (H.R. 1869), H7260 [20NO]

——— exempt NIH from current fiscal year sequestration and reduce the sequestration by the amount of the exemption (H.R. 729), E157 [14FE]

——— exempt the Crime Victims Fund from sequestration (H.R. 2238), H3694 [18JN]

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

——— impact of sequestration, H688 [27FE]

——— improve accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget process, H3101 [5JN]

——— improve accuracy and transparency of the Federal budget process (H.R. 1654), H3020 [4JN]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), H994 [6MR]

——— Obama administration proposal, H1978 [12AP]

——— prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on the budget resolution (H. Res. 424), H7271 [20NO], H7467 [4DE], H7611 [10DE]

——— provide for greater transparency and honesty in Federal budget process, H566 [15FE]

——— reduce Federal spending, H318 [4FE], H6681 [23OC]

——— reform entitlement programs, H152 [15JA], H538 [14FE], H1434, H1542 [15MR], H1818 [21MR], H2449, H2480 [7MY], H2564 [9MY], H5624 [18SE], H6294 [5OC], H6463 [10OC]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration, H686, H690 [27FE], H1367, H1370 [13MR], H1587 [19MR], H2232 [23AP], H2442, H2448 [7MY], H2494 [8MY], H2555 [9MY], H3027 [4JN], H3228 [6JN], H5690 [19SE], H5780, H5781, H5782, H5783, H5785 [20SE], H5981 [28SE], H6759 [23OC]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (H.R. 699), H602, H608 [25FE], H632, H638, H639, H645, H646, H650, H651 [26FE], H670, H671, H672, H673, H674, H676, H685, H686, H687 [27FE], H805, H806 [28FE], H944 [4MR], H955, H956, H958, H959–H964 [5MR], H987, H989, H993, H994 [6MR], H1925 [11AP], H2309 [25AP], H3291 [12JN], H4085 [27JN], H4981 [24JY], H5927, H5936, H5999 [28SE], E173 [25FE], E199 [27FE], E226 [28FE]

——— repeal sequestration and replace automatic spending cuts with a balanced approach to revenue and spending, H357, H358, H361 [5FE], H392, H393 [6FE]

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

——— replace the sequester established by the Budget Control Act by eliminating certain taxpayer subsidies, H8078 [12DE]

——— require the President to include proposals to consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs in his supplemental unified budget, H388 [6FE]

——— restore sequestered budgetary resources (H.R. 2060), H4222 [9JY]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, H7632, H7636, H7637 [11DE], H7699, H7702–H7716, H8043, H8053–H8084, H8100 [12DE], H8134 [26DE], E1884, E1885, E1886 [16DE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), H6626–H6642 [16OC], H6695 [23OC], H6819–H6823 [28OC], H6905 [30OC], H7145 [15NO], H7192, H7197, H7199, H7208 [19NO], H7269 [20NO], H7401, H7403 [3DE], H7455, H7461 [4DE], H7559 [5DE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1531, H1532, H1534, H1535 [15MR], H1559, H1560–H1566 [18MR], H1572, H1575, H1576, H1577, H1578, H1579, H1580, H1597–H1628 [19MR], H1635, H1637, H1640, H1641, H1642, H1643, H1644, H1645–H1710, H1711–H1716 [20MR], H1724, H1725, H1794–H1801, H1803, H1818 [21MR], H1900–H1902 [10AP], H1918, H1920, H1922 [11AP], H1977, H1978 [12AP], H2069 [17AP], H2145, H2146 [18AP], H2286 [24AP], H2321 [25AP], H2607 [15MY], H2724 [17MY], H2811 [21MY], H2923 [23MY], H3027, H3033–H3042, H3054 [4JN], H3226 [6JN], H3344 [12JN], H3970, H3971 [20JN], H4385 [11JY], H4816, H4817 [19JY], H4873 [23JY], H5073, H5074 [25JY], H5384–H5386 [2AU], H5925, H5926 [28SE], H6014, H6023, H6025, H6026, H6027 [30SE], H6062, H6096, H6097 [1OC], H6107, H6164, H6166, H6170 [2OC], H6179 [3OC], H6256, H6283 [4OC], H6393, H6401, H6402, H6403, H6407 [8OC], H6415, H6436 [9OC], H6470, H6482 [10OC], H6571, H6590 [14OC], H6595, H6599 [15OC], E325 [18MR], E348, E370 [21MR], E376 [25MR], E381 [9AP], E799 [5JN]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), consideration (H. Res. 122), H1581–H1590 [19MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), unanimous-consent request, H6202, H6203 [3OC], H6260 [4OC]

——— shutdown relative to process, H5783 [20SE], H5895, H5913, H5919 [27SE], H5938, H5939, H5944, H5979, H5982, H5983, H6003 [28SE], H6014, H6041–H6048 [30SE], H6055, H6056, H6057, H6058, H6059, H6060, H6061, H6062, H6063, H6064, H6065, H6066, H6067, H6068, H6069, H6070, H6071–H6077, H6080, H6081, H6083–H6089, H6091–H6097 [1OC], H6105, H6106, H6107, H6108, H6109, H6110, H6111, H6112, H6113, H6114, H6115, H6116, H6117, H6118, H6119, H6120, H6121, H6123–H6131, H6134–H6138, H6140–H6154, H6161–H6167, H6170–H6172 [2OC], H6177–H6197, H6201–H6207, H6210, H6211, H6212, H6217 [3OC], H6228, H6229, H6230, H6231, H6232, H6233, H6234, H6235, H6236, H6237, H6239, H6240, H6241, H6242, H6243, H6244–H6251, H6254–H6261, H6263–H6272, H6273, H6274–H6288 [4OC], H6291, H6292, H6293, H6294, H6295, H6297–H6304, H6306, H6307, H6308–H6321 [5OC], H6323, H6324, H6325, H6326, H6327–H6334, H6335, H6336–H6343 [7OC], H6345, H6346, H6347, H6348, H6354, H6355, H6356, H6357, H6358, H6359, H6360, H6361, H6362–H6383, H6385–H6395, H6398, H6399–H6410 [8OC], H6415, H6416, H6417, H6419, H6420, H6421, H6422, H6423, H6424, H6425, H6426, H6427, H6428, H6429, H6430, H6432, H6433, H6436–H6440, H6442, H6451, H6452 [9OC], H6456, H6457, H6458, H6459, H6460, H6461, H6462, H6463, H6464, H6465, H6466–H6473, H6474, H6475, H6489–H6492 [10OC], H6495, H6496, H6497–H6504, H6506, H6511–H6513, H6532, H6533–H6544 [11OC], H6547, H6548, H6549–H6556, H6558, H6559, H6560–H6566 [12OC], H6571, H6572, H6573, H6574–H6594 [14OC], H6595, H6596, H6597, H6598, H6599, H6600, H6601, H6602, H6603 [15OC], H6607, H6608, H6609, H6610, H6612, H6613, H6614, H6615, H6620–H6625 [16OC], H6646, H6664, H6672 [22OC], H6680, H6682, H6695, H6762 [23OC], H7440 [3DE], E1407 [30SE], E1412, E1414 [1OC], E1416, E1417, E1419, E1420 [2OC], E1430 [3OC], E1456 [8OC], E1464, E1467 [9OC], E1498, E1502 [11OC], E1505, E1507 [14OC], E1511 [15OC], E1557 [23OC]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), H186, H187, H202 [22JA], H226, H227, H237–H250, H252, H256 [23JA], H327 [4FE], H2498 [8MY], H6282, H6283 [4OC]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), consideration (H. Res. 39), H227–H236 [23JA]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), motion to recommit, H248, H249 [23JA]

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

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

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

Climate: GAO inclusion of global warming on high-risk list and Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change assessment of government entities confronting threat, H601 [25FE]

Commission on Americans Living Abroad: establish (H.R. 597), E117 [8FE]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): hold bipartisan public hearings with testimony from persons having knowledge relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels, H3238 [6JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H5375 [2AU], H7611 [10DE], H7695, H7697 [12DE]

——— counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, H49, H50 [4JA]

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

——— refrain from conditioning the resolution of fiscal and budgetary disputes on the taking of action on non-germane legislative matters (H. Res. 375), H6462, H6489 [10OC], H6588 [14OC], H6610 [16OC]

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

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

Constitution Day: observance, H5556, H5576 [17SE], H5625 [18SE], E1319 [17SE]

Constitution—U.S.: importance of balance of power between three branches of Government, H7456 [4DE]

——— uphold Fourth Amendment protections against indiscriminate government searches and seizures, H3692 [18JN], H4989 [24JY]

——— uphold the Second Amendment right to bear arms, H348 [5FE], H938–H941 [4MR], H1404 [14MR], H1559 [18MR], H2035 [16AP], H2336–H2343 [25AP], H2380 [26AP], H4589 [17JY], E151 [14FE]

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

——— assure quality and best value in Federal construction projects by prohibiting the practice known as bid shopping (H.R. 1942), E640 [9MY]

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

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

——— require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (H.R. 882), H2001–H2004 [15AP]

Corps of Engineers: authority to perform ecosystem restoration and flood protection work on lands owned by other Federal agencies, H6686 [23OC]

——— designate team to serve as Office of Water Storage to coordinate construction of water storage facilities, H6754, H6755 [23OC]

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

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6465 [10OC], H6588 [14OC]

——— prohibit organizations receiving Federal funds from using such funds to bring action against the U.S., H4345 [10JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: Government shutdown impact on nutrition programs, H6506 [11OC], H6608 [16OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on school lunch program, H6211 [3OC]

Dept. of Defense: allow public-private competition for certain programs, projects, or activities, H3376, H3378, H3533–H3535 [13JN], E891 [17JN]

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

——— military readiness funding, H3335, H3338 [12JN]

——— prohibit funding for maintenance on certain unused facilities, H3079, H3080 [4JN], H4937 [23JY]

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

——— recall of civilian furloughed employees, H6227, H6239, H6278, H6279 [4OC], H6291 [5OC], H6423, H6445 [9OC], H6533 [11OC]

——— report on utilization of real property, H3531 [13JN]

Dept. of Education: impact of Government shutdown on Impact Aid Program, H6360 [8OC]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish agency as primary point of receipt in Federal Government for civilian sharing of cyber threat information, H2090–H2092, H2094 [17AP], H2137–H2139 [18AP]

——— prohibit funding to be used in contravention of First, Second, or Fourth Amendments to the Constitution, H3192 [5JN], E873–E875 [14JN], E900 [17JN]

——— prohibit funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce memos from John T. Morton relative to immigration enforcement priorities and guidance on prosecutorial discretion, H3209–H3212 [5JN], H3226, H3228, H3234, H3248 [6JN], H3643–H3647 [14JN], H5045 [24JY], H6843 [29OC], E830 [10JN], E837 [11JN], E848 [12JN]

Dept. of HUD: public housing programs funding, H5266 [1AU]

Dept. of Justice: civil suit against Standard and Poor’s (company) relative to credit ratings issued for residential mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations that allegedly contributed to economic crisis, H438 [12FE]

Dept. of State: extend and improve Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Programs, H2030 [16AP], H3622 [14JN]

——— extend Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Programs, H5485 [11SE], H5517 [12SE], H5826 [25SE], H5835 [26SE], H6906 [30OC], H7055 [14NO]

Dept. of Transportation: provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs, H2330, H2331 [25AP]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: impact of Government shutdown, H6475 [10OC]

Domestic policy: role of Federal Government, H3234 [6JN], H7450 [4DE]

Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, E11 [3JA], E21 [14JA]

——— avert impact of budget sequestration on economy through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, H512 [14FE], H686, H687, H692 [27FE]

——— establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, H6449 [9OC]

——— Federal Government control versus free enterprise, H2429 [6MY], H2712–H2715 [16MY], H3647 [14JN]

——— Government bailout of automobile industry, H6449 [9OC]

——— historical significance of the American dream and analysis of issues that undermine its survival, H7430 [3DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, H350, H354, H357 [5FE], H396–H398 [6FE], H434, H436, H437 [12FE], H457, H458, H461, H462, H463, H464, H465 [13FE], H506, H508, H514, H515, H516, H521, H522, H530, H531, H540 [14FE], H554, H564, H570 [15FE], H601, H602, H607, H608, H609 [25FE], H633, H634, H637, H638, H639, H640, H641, H642, H643, H650, H651 [26FE], H663–H672, H673, H674, H675, H676, H680, H681, H684, H685, H686, H687, H688–H697 [27FE], H705, H706, H801–H811 [28FE], H821, H822, H941–H948 [4MR], H955, H956, H957, H958, H964, H968, H978 [5MR], H985, H986, H988–H995, H1303–H1315 [6MR], H1364, H1366–H1371 [13MR], H1401, H1403, H1423 [14MR], H1542 [15MR], H1591–H1596 [19MR], H1641, H1642 [20MR], H1863, H1870, H1871, H1872, H1873 [10AP], H1917, H1925 [11AP], H1977 [12AP], H2076 [17AP], H2167, H2168 [23AP], H2252, H2258, H2269 [24AP], H2303, H2308, H2312, H2313, H2314, H2315, H2316–H2321 [25AP], H2356, H2366, H2367, H2371, H2378, H2379, H2380 [26AP], H2471–H2473 [7MY], H2494 [8MY], H2555 [9MY], H2607 [15MY], H2810, H2811, H2812 [21MY], H2846, H2848, H2849, H2851 [22MY], H3055 [4JN], H3931 [20JN], H4084, H4085 [27JN], H4259 [9JY], H4624, H4626 [18JY], H4987 [24JY], H5442 [10SE], H5483, H5484, H5485 [11SE], H5689, H5690, H5756 [19SE], H5913 [27SE], H5943 [28SE], H6403 [8OC], H6540 [11OC], H7461 [4DE], H8043, H8083 [12DE], E193 [26FE], E199, E201 [27FE], E226, E229, E231 [28FE], E244 [5MR], E263 [11MR], E321 [18MR], E585 [3MY], E636 [9MY], E1361 [23SE]

——— impact of Government regulations, H635 [26FE], H1803 [21MR], H3262 [11JN], H3670, H3672–H3678, H3684 [17JN], H5185 [31JY], H6908 [30OC], H7065 [14NO]

——— impact of Government regulations on manufacturing, H399 [6FE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H819 [4MR], H1343–H1345 [12MR], H1625–H1628 [19MR], H3105 [5JN], H3263 [11JN], H3298 [12JN], H3658 [17JN], H5556 [17SE], H6235 [4OC]

——— replace sequester with responsible spending reforms, H438 [12FE], H8077 [12DE]

Education: Pell Grants funding, H1387 [13MR], H2285, H2287 [24AP]

——— promote civic education, H5374 [2AU]

——— tribute to the Uni-Capitol Washington Internship Programme, E86 [4FE]

Energy and water development: exempt related agencies from certain requirements on the procurement and acquisition of alternative fuels, H4361 [10JY]

English language: declare as national language of U.S., H1983 [12AP], H4207 [8JY]

Everglades National Park: impact of Government shutdown on fishing guides, E1502 [11OC]

Executive Office of the President: prohibit funding for certain Presidential travel until public tours of the White House resume, H979 [5MR], H1417 [14MR], H1543 [15MR]

——— resume public tours of the White House, H1401, H1404 [14MR], H1543 [15MR], H6228 [4OC]

FAA: impact of Government shutdown, H6231, H6232 [4OC]

——— anniversary, E220 [28FE]

FBI: impact of Government shutdown on FBI National Academy, H6231 [4OC]

Federal agencies and departments: allow use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H3026 [4JN]

——— conference travel funding, E1702 [19NO]

——— develop public access policies relative to research conducted by that agency or from funds administered by that agency (H.R. 708), H6693 [23OC]

——— eliminate duplication and waste in information technology acquisition and management, H3616, H3617 [14JN]

——— eliminate unnecessary Federal bank accounts (H.R. 1856), H2461 [7MY]

——— ensure high standards for use of scientific information (H.R. 1287), E344 [20MR], E412 [10AP]

——— establish Federal customer service standards and improve service provided by Federal agencies (H.R. 1660), H5207–H5209 [31JY]

——— include remediation plans in annual reports on small business contracting goals, H3530 [13JN]

——— prevent abuse of power and Government overreach, H5184, H5186, H5187 [31JY]

——— prohibit policy that discourages or prohibits the selection of a resort or vacation destination as the location for a conference or event (H.R. 1880), H5195 [31JY]

——— 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]

——— reform process by which agencies analyze and formulate new regulations and guidance documents (H.R. 2122), H3677 [17JN]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (H.R. 2061), H7157–H7162 [18NO], E1702 [19NO]

——— require periodic review and automatic termination of Federal regulations (H.R. 309), H3684 [17JN], E1864 [12DE]

——— require quarterly reports on agency conferences and meetings (H.R. 313), H5193–H5196 [31JY]

——— suspend compensation packages for senior executives for remainder of fiscal year 2013 and cap such packages in the future, H1921 [11AP]

Federal aid programs: impact of dependence on safety net programs, H4476 [11JY]

Federal employees: appropriate funds necessary to ensure Federal employees continue to receive pay for service during a Government shutdown, H6004, H6005 [28SE]

——— clarify certain due process rights of employees serving in sensitive positions (H.R. 3278), E1457 [8OC]

——— eliminate statutory pay adjustment (H.R. 273), H395 [6FE], H516 [14FE], H558–H568 [15FE], E173 [25FE]

——— eliminate statutory pay adjustment (H.R. 273), consideration (H. Res. 66), H516–H529 [14FE]

——— establish certain procedures for allowing the recording of in-person or telephonic interactions by Executive branch employees with individuals (H.R. 2711), H5188–H5193 [31JY], H5298 [1AU]

——— impact of budget sequestration, E1884 [16DE]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6456 [10OC]

——— limit total amount of awards or other discretionary monetary payments (H.R. 1541), H5191, H5202–H5207 [31JY], H5298 [1AU]

——— make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment (H.R. 249), H2004–H2010 [15AP], E478 [17AP]

——— making continuing appropriations for on-time compensation of all Federal employees and certain military personnel during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3271), H6376 [8OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (H.J. Res. 89), H6384–H6389 [8OC]

——— provide a short-term disability insurance program for disabilities that are not work-related (H.R. 2698), E1063 [16JY]

——— provide for investigative leave requirements relative to Senior Executive Service employees (H.R. 2579), H5185, H5191, H5196–H5202 [31JY], H5269, H5298 [1AU]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees, H6620 [16OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (H.R. 3223), H6292, H6296–H6304, H6306, H6307 [5OC], H6332, H6333 [7OC], H6385–H6389 [8OC], H6429 [9OC], H6560, H6565 [12OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (H.R. 3223), consideration (H. Res. 371), H6244–H6254 [4OC]

——— revision of benefit portion of the Federal Employee Retirement System, E1906 [19DE]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (H.R. 2182), H3007 [3JN]

Flag—U.S.: require purchase of domestically made U.S. flags for use by the Federal Government, H3190 [5JN]

GAO: improve (H.R. 1162), H1998, H1999 [15AP]

——— report on duplication within the Federal Government, H1919, H1922 [11AP]

——— transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to the processing of claims for the payment of federally contracted workers who were not paid appropriate wages (H.R. 2747), H5449, H5450 [10SE]

Government: institute hiring freeze to stop impact of budget sequestration, H688 [27FE]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), H819 [4MR]

GSA: require public notice of excess Federal real property (H.R. 2623), E1019 [8JY]

Health: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, H6162 [2OC]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (H.R. 940), H955 [5MR], H1435 [15MR], H3106 [5JN], H3347–H3354 [12JN], E1727 [21NO]

Holder, Attorney General: call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H2943 [23MY], H3296 [12JN]

——— express no confidence and call for resignation due to lack of monitoring and actions relative to operations transferring firearms to drug cartels in Mexico, H2944 [23MY], H4504 [16JY], H4983 [24JY], H5054 [25JY], H5184 [31JY]

House of Representatives: prohibit operation of an exercise facility for Members during a Government shutdown, H6417 [9OC]

——— tribute to staff who worked on H. Con. Res. 25, setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023, H1794 [21MR]

House Rules: clarify relative to ability of Members to protest Government shutdown, H6555 [12OC]

——— privileged motion of Members to offer resolution to end Government shutdown, H6557, H6558 [12OC]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 361), H5938–H5946 [28SE]

Hunger: impact of Government shutdown on relief programs, H6110 [2OC]

Hurricanes: implement emergency preparedness plans, E847 [12JN]

——— 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: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence, H4083 [27JN]

——— allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (H.R. 717), H5418 [9SE]

Income: prohibit Members of Congress, President, Vice-President, and executive department heads from receiving pay and prioritize payments to seniors, military, and veterans during Government shutdowns (H.R. 3152), H6241 [4OC]

Independent Government Waste Reduction Board: establish (H.R. 530), H376 [6FE], H685 [27FE]

Information technology: improve Federal information security (H.R. 1163), H2037–H2042, H2048 [16AP]

Intelligence services: conduct study on use of contractors for intelligence activities (H.R. 2434), H3371 [13JN], H3975 [20JN], H5376 [2AU]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6204 [3OC]

IRS: ensure that employees are familiar with and act in accord with certain taxpayer rights (H.R. 2768), H5211, H5212 [31JY]

——— impose a moratorium on conferences (H.R. 2769), H5185, H5209–H5211 [31JY]

Klayman, Larry E.: characterization of remarks about President Obama during demonstration over Government shutdown, H6589, H6590 [14OC]

Land use: reaffirm local stakeholder role in land management policies, H4587 [17JY]

Members of Congress: prohibit from receiving pay whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations because public debt ceiling has been reached (H.R. 2335), E850 [12JN]

——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3160), H5844 [26SE], H6210 [3OC], E1403 [30SE]

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority: ensure compliance with certain Federal regulations and statutes (H.R. 439), E74 [29JA]

Mining and mineral resources: impact of Government shutdown on safety inspections, H6457 [10OC]

Missouri: Missouri Dept. of Revenue release of concealed carry weapon permit information to Federal Government, H2310 [25AP]

Morality and ethics: value of personal responsibility versus Federal aid programs, H1983 [12AP], H3985 [20JN]

Muslim Brotherhood (organization): infiltration of U.S. government, H401 [6FE]

——— infiltration of U.S. Government, H5798–H5800 [20SE], H5878–H5880 [26SE], H6450 [9OC]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (H.R. 2431), H3765 [19JN]

National Park Service: call for removal of barricades around open, outdoor memorials during Government shutdown, H6108, H6117 [2OC], H6184, H6189 [3OC], H6228, H6275, H6286–H6288 [4OC], H6311, H6320 [5OC], H6359 [8OC], H6416, H6442, H6450–H6452 [9OC], H6534 [11OC], H6547 [12OC], H6585 [14OC], H6602 [15OC]

National parks and recreation areas: impact of Government shutdown, H6238, H6274 [4OC], H6359 [8OC], H6445 [9OC], H6670 [22OC], H6682, H6763 [23OC]

National security: impact of Government shutdown, H6588 [14OC]

National Security Agency: prohibit funding to acquire information for purpose of targeting U.S. citizens or to acquire, monitor, or store electronic communications by citizens, H5022, H5023 [24JY]

Native Americans: extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (H.R. 2190), E754 [23MY]

Nevada: impact of Government shutdown, H6442 [9OC]

NIH: impact of budget sequestration on research, H1579 [19MR], H1802 [21MR]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6075, H6083 [1OC], H6118 [2OC]

NOAA: impact of budget sequestration, H3697 [18JN]

Northwestern University: impact of budget sequestration on Reproductive Health Hazards Superfund Research Center, E943 [20JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, H7459, H7491 [4DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, H4862 [23JY], H6443–H6450 [9OC], H7338 [21NO]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: clarify that cloud service providers need only provide information about cybersecurity incidents if they pose a threat to Federal Government information, H2094 [17AP]

——— narrow authorized use by Federal Government of cyber threat information shared by private sector, H2092 [17AP]

——— require companies that share cyber threat information either with the Government or other companies make reasonable efforts to remove personally identifiable information, H2082, H2094 [17AP]

OMB: impact of budget sequestration on the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board, E287 [13MR]

——— require the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to publish proposed Federal regulations on a monthly basis (H.R. 2804), H5098 [30JY]

Political ethics: require disclosure of political intelligence activities and enhance prosecution of public corruption, H2726 [17MY]

Privacy: cease Federal Government use of license plate scanners to amass database of citizens’ movements, H4842 [22JY]

——— effects of domestic surveillance, H5080–H5083 [25JY]

——— prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (H.R. 2399), H7337 [21NO], E899 [17JN]

——— prohibit funding to any U.S. agency, including the National Security Agency, to collect records that pertain to persons not subject to an investigation, H4991, H5022–H5027 [24JY], E1130 [24JY], E1135, E1145 [25JY], E1244 [2AU]

Public debt: apply debt limit only to debt held by the public and adjust debt limit for increases in the gross domestic product (H.R. 3148), H6285 [4OC]

——— ceiling, H152–H155 [15JA], H183 [22JA], H459 [13FE], H1978 [12AP], H2146 [18AP], H2660 [16MY], H3226 [6JN], H4591–H4594 [17JY], H5075, H5076 [25JY], H5530 [12SE], H5808 [25SE], H5895 [27SE], H5930, H5931, H5932, H5934 [28SE], H6057 [1OC], H6106 [2OC], H6188, H6189 [3OC], H6232, H6233, H6246, H6276, H6285 [4OC], H6294 [5OC], H6323, H6326, H6335 [7OC], H6346, H6349, H6357, H6359, H6360, H6371, H6392, H6393, H6398–H6401, H6404–H6406 [8OC], H6417, H6418, H6419, H6420, H6421, H6424, H6427, H6429, H6430 [9OC], H6458, H6460, H6461, H6463, H6465, H6466, H6476, H6485, H6490 [10OC], H6496, H6498 [11OC], H6548, H6559, H6561, H6562, H6565 [12OC], H6571, H6572, H6574, H6581–H6584, H6587–H6594 [14OC], H6595, H6597, H6598, H6599, H6600, H6601, H6602, H6603 [15OC], H6607, H6608, H6609, H6610, H6612, H6613, H6614, H6615, H6620–H6625 [16OC], H6684 [23OC], H7632 [11DE], E1511 [15OC]

——— clarify relationship between debt issued and statutory debt ceiling in the prioritized obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2550 [9MY]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), H6872–H6876 [29OC], H6905, H6913 [30OC], E1609 [30OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), consideration (H. Res. 391), H6841–H6850 [29OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (H.J. Res. 99), motion to proceed, H6872 [29OC]

——— economic impact of default, H6592 [14OC], H6597 [15OC], H6613 [16OC]

——— eliminate statutory ceiling and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (H.R. 290), H350 [5FE]

——— establish debt stabilization process requiring negotiated budget compromise when debt grows faster than the economy (H.R. 3149), H6285 [4OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H5684, H5686, H5691, H5757 [19SE], H5775, H5782 [20SE], H5836, H5843, H5846 [26SE], H5936, H5937, H5983 [28SE]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2313 [25AP], H2355 [26AP], H2443 [7MY], H2492 [8MY], H2539–H2553, H2556 [9MY], H2660 [16MY], H5846 [26SE], H6572 [14OC]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), consideration (H. Res. 202), H2495–H2502 [8MY]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), motion to recommit, H2551, H2552 [9MY]

——— prioritize payment of pay and allowances to Armed Forces members and Federal law enforcement officers if the statutory debt ceiling is reached or there is a funding gap (H.R. 55), H6346 [8OC]

——— prohibit payment of debt held by certain foreign countries instead of protecting U.S. senior citizens, veterans, and those harmed by natural disasters in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2551, H2552 [9MY]

——— reform the public debt ceiling (H.R. 3293), E1513 [15OC]

Public lands: impact of shutdown on fishing, hunting, and other recreational activities, H6308–H6312 [5OC]

Public Service Recognition Week: observance, E619 [8MY]

Religion: historical impact of Judeo-Christian values, H975 [5MR], H5083–H5085 [25JY]

——— importance of prayer, H400 [6FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H4189 [8JY], H5032 [24JY]

Rock Island, IL: impact of Government shutdown on Rock Island Arsenal employees, H6563 [12OC]

SBA: ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns (H.R. 1622), H2148 [18AP]

Science: impact of Government shutdown, H6348 [8OC], H6538–H6544 [11OC]

Scott, Representative Robert: request for Republican leadership to pre-clear unanimous-consent request for vote to end Government shutdown, H6554 [12OC]

Small business: economic impact of Government regulations, E813 [6JN]

Smithsonian Institution: apply Freedom of Information Act, Privacy Act, and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (H.R. 2622), E1016, E1021 [8JY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1915 [11AP], H2057 [16AP]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H184, H185, H186, H187, H206–H219 [22JA], H226, H258 [23JA], E56, E59 [23JA], E68 [25JA]

Taxation: repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H2056–H2061 [16AP], H3106 [5JN]

——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 352), E50 [23JA]

Terrorism: label drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, H1553 [18MR]

Texas: tribute to 22d Congressional District Congressional Youth Advisory Council participants, E763 [24MY]

Transportation: impact of Government shutdown, E1420 [2OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on safety, H6601 [15OC]

Veterans: impact of Government shutdown, H6560, H6561 [12OC], H6600 [15OC]

——— 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]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: impact, H3022 [4JN]

Women: impact of budget sequestration on programs assisting women including maternal and child health programs, H806–H811 [28FE]

——— impact of Government shutdown on health services, H6121 [2OC]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions and provide for conscience protections, S4630 [19JN]

Agriculture: impact of Government regulations, S2246 [22MR]

——— impact of Government shutdown on farmers, S7375 [10OC], S7395–S7397 [11OC]

Alaska: impact of Government shutdown, S7180 [4OC]

Appropriations: establish a biennial appropriations process with the exception of defense spending and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (S. 625), S8819 [15DE]

——— legislative process, S6033 [30JY]

——— making continuing, S6349 [11SE], S7146, S7147, S7154, S7155 [3OC], S7181–S7186 [4OC], S7290, S7294 [8OC], S7316, S7319, S7328, S7329, S7331, S7332, S7334 [9OC], S7503–S7532 [16OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), S6571, S6572, S6577 [18SE], S6612, S6614–S6616, S6629, S6631, S6636 [19SE], S6905–S6956 [26SE], S6971–S6992, S6996–S7000, S7002 [27SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 72), S9115 [20DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), House amendment, S8740, S8757–S8759 [12DE], S8816, S8818 [15DE], S8824, S8826, S8832, S8833 [16DE], S8870–S8886, S8889–S8899, S8905 [17DE], S8920–S8926, S8931–S8936, S8939, S8943–S8949, S8951–S8957, S8963, S8969 [18DE], S9010, S9016, S9036, S9038 [19DE], S9086–S9089 [20DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), House amendments, S7011–S7055 [30SE], S7065–S7078, S7081–S7100 [1OC], S7105, S7108, S7110–S7138, S7141 [2OC], S7149–S7154, S7156–S7160, S7162 [3OC], S7172–S7176, S7179–S7181, S7188–S7205, S7207–S7210 [4OC], S7215–S7242 [5OC], S7245–S7270 [7OC], S7275–S7289, S7291, S7292, S7296–S7302 [8OC], S7311–S7321, S7324–S7327, S7330, S7335–S7347, S7351, S7352 [9OC], S7361, S7363, S7375, S7376, S7378, S7379 [10OC], S7396, S7409 [11OC], S7422, S7424 [12OC], S7435, S7442, S7450, S7452 [13OC], S7455 [14OC], S7476 [15OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), motion to proceed, S6673–S6680 [23SE], S6689–S6752, S6763–S6881 [24SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent agreement, S6632 [19SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent request, S6677 [23SE], S6838 [24SE], S6924, S6927, S6928, S6937–S6940 [26SE], S7126, S7127 [2OC], S7327, S7328 [9OC], S8896 [17DE]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), S1274 [7MR], S1275, S1287 [11MR], S1671, S1676–S1681 [12MR], S1719–S1775, S1777–S1782 [13MR], S1829–S1832, S1837–S1849, S1872 [14MR], S1873–S1885, S1887 [18MR], S1913, S1915–S1920, S1922, S1923, S1927–S1932, S1937–S1946 [19MR], S1967–S1990 [20MR], S3946, S3947 [4JN]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), motion to proceed, S1683–S1705 [12MR], S1717–S1719 [13MR]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), unanimous-consent agreement, S1945 [19MR], S2008 [20MR]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), unanimous-consent request, S1880 [18MR], S1972, S1973 [20MR]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions, S417, S420–S422, S426 [31JA]

——— provide for automatic continuing resolutions (S. 29), S7204 [4OC], S7601 [29OC], S8819 [15DE]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3210), S7018, S7019, S7021, S7038 [30SE], S7065, S7072 [1OC], S7154 [3OC], S7186, S7190 [4OC], S7299 [8OC], S7325, S7327 [9OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7195 [4OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown on the payment of death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members, S7283, S7293, S7294 [8OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members (H.J. Res. 91), S7312, S7325, S7326, S7352, S7354 [9OC], S7357, S7368–S7370 [10OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members (H.J. Res. 91), unanimous-consent agreement, S7368 [10OC]

——— making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members (H.J. Res. 91), unanimous-consent request, S7328 [9OC]

——— provide assistance to families of active servicemembers and veterans, S2282 [22MR]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.J. Res. 89), S7354 [9OC], S7357 [10OC]

——— establish (H.R. 3273), S7320 [9OC]

BLM: impact of Government shutdown on energy permitting and operations, S7262 [7OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, S195–S197 [23JA], S233 [24JA], S336 [29JA], S7609 [29OC]

——— balance, S840, S841 [26FE], S1878 [18MR], S1992–S1997, S2003, S2005, S2008, S2009 [20MR], S2055–S2058, S2061–S2066, S2077, S2086, S2089–S2091, S2129, S2137, S2140 [21MR], S7335 [9OC], S7442 [13OC]

——— clarify budget scoring rule relating to certain changes in mandatory program spending, S2302 [22MR]

——— constitutionality of legislation to suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution relative to 27th Amendment, S428 [31JA]

——— deficit, S32–S34 [22JA], S190, S195–S197 [23JA], S236–S238, S243–S247 [24JA], S300–S302 [28JA], S339–S341, S347 [29JA], S370–S372, S396 [30JA], S450–S454 [4FE], S486 [7FE], S678–S680 [13FE], S915–S918 [27FE], S969 [28FE], S1878 [18MR], S1929 [19MR], S2010–S2019 [20MR], S2137–S2140 [21MR], S2921, S2933 [24AP], S2997 [25AP], S3311 [9MY], S3643 [21MY], S3733 [22MY], S5958–S5960 [25JY], S6349 [11SE], S6617 [19SE], S7194 [4OC], S7257, S7258 [7OC], S7302–S7304 [8OC], S7318, S7321, S7346 [9OC], S7358, S7372–S7375, S7380 [10OC], S7393, S7400, S7404, S7406 [11OC], S7603 [29OC], S7713 [31OC], S8348 [20NO], S8879 [17DE], S8969 [18DE]

——— eliminate sequestration, S7977 [13NO], S8041 [14NO]

——— establish biennial budget and appropriations process, S2123 [21MR], S2282 [22MR]

——— establish biennial budget and appropriations processes and enhance oversight and performance of the Federal Government (S. 554), S7248 [7OC]

——— impact of sequestration, S7826 [5NO]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes, S8945 [18DE]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), S819, S836–S844, S847 [26FE]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), motion to proceed, S849 [26FE], S882, S884–S887, S905, S910 [27FE], S959–S961, S967, S970–S993, S1006 [28FE]

——— limit sequestration by replacing certain spending cuts and eliminating tax loopholes (S. 388), unanimous-consent request, S970, S986 [28FE]

——— 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]

——— prohibit consideration of budget resolution that includes revenue increases while the civilian unemployment rate is above a certain level, S2252 [22MR]

——— provide for continuing operations in a fiscally responsible manner (S. 83), S226 [23JA], S299 [28JA]

——— reconciliation process, S1276–S1278 [11MR], S3226 [8MY]

——— reduce deficit by eliminating corporate tax loopholes, S8035 [14NO]

——— reduce Federal spending, S347 [29JA], S370–S372, S396 [30JA], S429 [31JA], S450–S454 [4FE], S7440, S7445 [13OC]

——— reduce the deficit and protect important programs by ending tax loopholes (S. 268), S590–S594 [11FE], S2114–S2118 [21MR], S3826, S3829 [23MY]

——— reform entitlement programs, S26 [22JA], S191–S195 [23JA], S238–S240, S243 [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]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration, S6987, S6992 [27SE], S7030 [30SE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), motion to proceed, S905, S927 [27FE], S959–S962, S971–S993, S1006 [28FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), unanimous-consent agreement, S927 [27FE]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 16), unanimous-consent request, S2888 [23AP]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 799), S2931, S2979 [24AP], S2982 [25AP]

——— replace sequester and give the President the flexibility to make spending cuts (S. 799), unanimous-consent request, S2932 [24AP]

——— replace sequester with responsible spending reforms, S2066–S2071 [21MR]

——— replace the sequester by eliminating tax loopholes (S. 278), S3828, S3829 [23MY]

——— require supermajority vote to waive unfunded State and local government mandates points of order, S2302 [22MR]

——— revenue neutral tax loophole reform, S2125–S2127 [21MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, S8740, S8757–S8759 [12DE], S8816, S8818 [15DE], S8824, S8826, S8832, S8833 [16DE], S8870–S8886, S8889–S8899, S8905 [17DE], S8920–S8926, S8931–S8936, S8939, S8943–S8949, S8951–S8957, S8963, S8969 [18DE], S9010, S9016, S9036, S9038 [19DE], S9086–S9089 [20DE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), S1878 [18MR], S1913–S1915, S1917, S1921, S1929, S1931, S1932–S1942 [19MR], S1967, S1971, S1975, S1990–S2019 [20MR], S2053–S2141 [21MR], S2235–S2320 [22MR], S2857 [23AP], S2954 [24AP], S3069 [6MY], S3099, S3138, S3147–S3151 [7MY], S3215, S3226, S3228–S3232 [8MY], S3298–S3300 [9MY], S3355 [13MY], S3392, S3398–S3400, S3422, S3423 [14MY], S3441, S3496, S3497, S3520–S3523 [15MY], S3557 [16MY], S3589 [20MY], S3702, S3717–S3721, S3726 [22MY], S3800–S3805 [23MY], S3925 [4JN], S4371–S4374 [12JN], S4497 [17JN], S4535 [18JN], S5223–S5225 [26JN], S5637–S5639, S5641 [11JY], S5810 [23JY], S5933 [25JY], S5989, S5999 [29JY], S7289 [8OC], S7601 [29OC], S7712 [31OC], S7814, S7818–S7821 [5NO], S7852–S7855 [6NO], S7897, S7921–S7923 [7NO], S7977 [13NO], S8035, S8041 [14NO], S8348, S8350 [20NO], S8597 [10DE], S8608 [11DE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), motion to recommit, S2056–S2058, S2061–S2063, S2086, S2089–S2091, S2129 [21MR]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), S1935 [19MR], S6163 [1AU], S6614–S6616 [19SE], S6977 [27SE], S7015, S7016, S7026, S7027, S7035, S7037, S7048 [30SE], S7066, S7070 [1OC], S7143, S7156 [3OC], S7176, S7200, S7202 [4OC], S7233, S7236 [5OC], S7263 [7OC], S7276, S7281, S7286, S7287 [8OC], S7319–S7323, S7326, S7338, S7339, S7345, S7349 [9OC], S7360, S7372, S7376 [10OC], S7391, S7399 [11OC], S7434, S7435, S7438, S7452, S7453 [13OC], S7456, S7462 [14OC], S7503, S7508, S7516, S7532 [16OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), unanimous-consent agreement, S7531 [16OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), unanimous-consent request, S2858 [23AP], S3070, S3082 [6MY], S3108, S3109 [7MY], S3228, S3229 [8MY], S3298 [9MY], S3356 [13MY], S3422 [14MY], S3496 [15MY], S3552 [16MY], S3648–S3654 [21MY], S3717 [22MY], S3798–S3800, S3802 [23MY], S3926 [4JN], S4370, S4371 [12JN], S4642–S4644 [19JN], S5222, S5223 [26JN], S5638 [11JY], S5737, S5738 [17JY], S6163 [1AU], S7126, S7127 [2OC], S7288 [8OC], S7320, S7321 [9OC]

——— shutdown relative to process, S6629 [19SE], S6905–S6907, S6912, S6917, S6918, S6940, S6941, S6945–S6947 [26SE], S6975, S6978, S6981, S6985, S6986, S6990, S6992, S6994, S6996–S7000, S7009 [27SE], S7012, S7015–S7018, S7023–S7027, S7031, S7034, S7037–S7039, S7041–S7045, S7047–S7055 [30SE], S7065–S7079, S7081–S7100 [1OC], S7105–S7138, S7141 [2OC], S7143–S7146, S7148–S7160, S7162–S7165 [3OC], S7172–S7205, S7207–S7210 [4OC], S7215–S7242 [5OC], S7245–S7270 [7OC], S7275–S7302, S7305 [8OC], S7311–S7347, S7351, S7352 [9OC], S7358–S7384 [10OC], S7389–S7411 [11OC], S7419–S7430 [12OC], S7433–S7454 [13OC], S7455–S7471, S7473 [14OC], S7475–S7487, S7491–S7499 [15OC], S7503–S7532 [16OC], S7595 [29OC]

——— suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending (S. 788), S2886, S2904 [23AP], S2909, S2911, S2912, S2917 [24AP]

——— suspend the fiscal year 2013 sequester and establish limits on war-related spending (S. 788), unanimous-consent request, S2887 [23AP], S2933 [24AP]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), S233, S242, S297 [24JA], S299, S301 [28JA], S354 [29JA], S392 [30JA], S412–S429 [31JA], S453 [4FE]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), motion to commit, S428 [31JA]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), unanimous-consent agreement, S407 [30JA]

CBO: release of ‘‘Budget and Economic Outlook—Fiscal Years 2013–2023’’ report, S678–S680 [13FE]

——— release of ‘‘Updated Budget Projections—Fiscal Years 2013 to 2023’’ report, S3496, S3499 [15MY], S3643 [21MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: impact of Government shutdown, S7121 [2OC]

Climate: ideas from faith-based organizations on actions Federal Government could take to address climate change, S1923 [19MR]

Colorado: impact of Government shutdown, S7365 [10OC]

Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint): extend (S. Con. Res. 2), S7 [3JA]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): tribute to committee staff and personal staff who worked on S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, S2495 [9AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, S9042–S9046 [19DE], S9115 [20DE]

——— counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President (S. Con. Res. 1), S6 [3JA]

——— legislative priorities, S9116 [20DE]

Connecticut: impact of Government shutdown, S7463 [14OC]

Constitution Day: observance, S6479, S6496, S6509, S6510 [17SE]

Constitution—U.S.: importance of balance of power between three branches of Government, S6771–S6773, S6780–S6784, S6793 [24SE]

Contracts: allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract (S. 1246), S5599 [10JY]

——— increase contracting goals for service-disabled veteran-owned small business and qualified HUBZone small businesses (S. 259), S525 [7FE]

——— limit taxpayer-funded salaries of Government contractors involved in border security, S4470, S4471 [13JN], S4659, S4660 [19JN]

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]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S888 [27FE], S1975 [20MR]

Courts: impact of Government shutdown, S7218 [5OC], S7379 [10OC]

——— provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch (S. 575), S1861 [14MR]

Democracy: history of principles, S7306 [8OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Food Safety Inspection Service funding to exempt essential employees from furloughs, S1986 [20MR]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7247 [7OC]

——— reduce waste and reform direct payment programs, S7897 [7NO]

Dept. of Defense: curb waste, fraud, and abuse, S9021 [19DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S407 [30JA], S686–S689 [13FE], S751 [14FE], S821 [26FE], S887, S902–S904 [27FE], S973, S1006 [28FE], S1877 [18MR], S2261 [22MR], S3555 [16MY], S5932 [25JY], S7852, S7870 [6NO], S8077, S8080 [18NO], S8329 [20NO], S8948 [18DE]

——— military readiness funding, S8428 [21NO]

——— provide for financial accountability and management through reform of procurement and acquisition procedures and requiring auditable financial statements, S455–S458 [4FE]

——— recall of civilian furloughed employees, S7325, S7327, S7341 [9OC]

——— reform procurement process to eliminate wasteful defense spending, S8323–S8326 [20NO]

Dept. of Energy: evaluate programs to eliminate wasteful Government spending, S2137 [21MR], S8348 [20NO]

——— impact of budget sequestration on the National Nuclear Security Administration, S888 [27FE]

——— replace the current requirement for biennial energy policy plan with a Quadrennial Energy Review, S6560, S6561 [18SE]

——— require ongoing review of private sector green building certification systems and exclude portions of such certification systems found to be discriminatory against domestic products, S6421 [12SE], S6681 [23SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit funding to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce memos from John T. Morton relative to immigration enforcement priorities and guidance on prosecutorial discretion, S5952 [25JY]

Dept. of HUD: investigation into alleged fraud, waste, and abuse at public housing authorities, S352, S353 [29JA]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funds from being used to restrict sending or receiving information on citizenship or immigration status (S. 299), S672 [13FE]

——— 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 State: extend Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Programs, S8340 [20NO]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for transparency of payments made from the Judgment Fund (S. 1420), S6214 [1AU]

Dept. of Transportation: provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (S. 794), S2942, S2962 [24AP]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (S. 853), S2984, S3059 [25AP]

——— provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (S. 853), unanimous-consent agreement, S3060 [25AP], S3065 [30AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: funding, S7295 [8OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7314 [9OC]

——— convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (S. 904), S7605 [29OC]

Domestic policy: role of Federal Government, S2935–S2937 [24AP]

Economy: analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions, S6626 [19SE], S7000–S7002 [27SE]

——— analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions and the deficit, S2082 [21MR]

——— historical significance of the American dream and analysis of issues that undermine its survival, S6800–S6807 [24SE], S7370, S7371 [10OC], S8648–S8651 [11DE]

——— impact of budget sequestration, S481, S485 [7FE], S572 [11FE], S598 [12FE], S663, S686–S689 [13FE], S722, S737, S751 [14FE], S798, S800, S803 [25FE], S819–S821, S836–S844, S847 [26FE], S882–S892, S902–S906, S908–S911, S918–S921 [27FE], S960–S970, S992, S1071–S1073 [28FE], S1082 [4MR], S1096, S1099, S1116, S1117 [5MR], S1149 [6MR], S1241, S1242 [7MR], S1678 [12MR], S1933 [19MR], S1975 [20MR], S2511 [10AP], S2819 [22AP], S2858, S2859, S2861, S2878, S2882, S2886, S2888–S2891 [23AP], S2910, S2912, S2917, S2931, S2942, S2943 [24AP], S2992–S2994 [25AP], S3102–S3104, S3149 [7MY], S3226 [8MY], S3500 [15MY], S3826–S3829 [23MY], S5637, S5639, S5640 [11JY], S5810 [23JY], S5938–S5941 [25JY], S5989 [29JY], S6349 [11SE], S6428 [12SE], S6631 [19SE], S6918 [26SE], S7194 [4OC], S7427, S7428 [12OC], S7433, S7439, S7440 [13OC], S7466 [14OC], S7517 [16OC], S7818 [5NO], S7990 [13NO], S8350 [20NO], S8557 [9DE], S8945–S8948 [18DE]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S6871 [24SE], S7120 [2OC], S7261 [7OC], S7714 [31OC]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S190 [23JA], S897, S898 [27FE], S5514 [8JY], S5810 [23JY], S7441 [13OC], S7495 [15OC], S7603 [29OC], S7712–S7714 [31OC], S7814 [5NO], S8553 [9DE]

——— provide a comprehensive deficit reduction plan through dollar for dollar debt ceiling increase and entitlement program reform (S. 11), S8892 [17DE]

——— reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S994–S996 [28FE]

Employment: prevent government from penalizing religious employers that are exempt from prohibitions on employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, S7846–S7849, S7862, S7863 [6NO], S7904, S7906 [7NO]

Equal Access to Justice Act: require disclosure of all payments made from the Judgment Fund, S2558 [10AP]

Estes Park, CO: impact of Government shutdown, S7305 [8OC]

Executive Office of the President: call to establish interagency task force to address cleanup of debris from Japanese earthquake, S1285 [11MR]

——— anniversary, S463–S465 [4FE], S517 [7FE]

Federal agencies and departments: allow interagency transfers of funds to provide more flexibility for the agency to comply with a sequestration order, S1093 [4MR], S1102 [5MR], S1781 [13MR], S7235 [5OC], S7290 [8OC], S7316, S7342 [9OC]

——— allow interagency transfers of funds to provide more flexibility for the agency to comply with a sequestration order (S. 465), S1850 [14MR], S3710, S3711 [22MY]

——— 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, S2317 [22MR], S6848 [24SE], S7138 [2OC], S7304 [8OC], S7350 [9OC], S7381, S7383 [10OC], S7410 [11OC], S7826 [5NO], S8819 [15DE]

——— curb waste, fraud, and abuse, S7381, S7382 [10OC], S8936 [18DE]

——— exempt essential employees from furloughs required to achieve funding reductions due to sequester and allow funding flexibility to maintain essential services, S1874 [18MR]

——— exempt essential employees from furloughs required to achieve funding reductions due to sequester and allow funding flexibility to maintain essential services (S. 724), S2882–S2884 [23AP], S2984 [25AP]

——— impact of Government shutdown on ability of inspectors general to detect fraud and abuse, S7470 [14OC]

——— improve security clearance process by improving OPM oversight, terminating investigators who falsify reports, and establishing security clearance position guidelines (S. 1276), S7387 [10OC]

——— intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal spending, S8819 [15DE]

——— prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees, S2296 [22MR]

——— provide for congressional review of agency guidance documents (S. 320), S713 [13FE]

——— reform regulatory process to ensure freedom of small businesses to compete and create jobs (S. 1730), S8192 [19NO]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (S. 994), S7873 [6NO]

Federal employees: impact of budget sequestration, S1777 [13MR]

——— make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal employment, S2994 [25AP]

——— make persons having seriously delinquent tax debts ineligible for Federal funding, S5861 [24JY]

——— making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (H.J. Res. 89), S7354 [9OC], S7357 [10OC]

——— prohibit performance awards in the Senior Executive Service during sequestration periods, S3939 [4JN]

——— provide certain benefits to domestic partners (S. 1529), S7861 [6NO]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees, S7513 [16OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (H.R. 3223), S7215, S7231, S7243 [5OC], S7263, S7264, S7268, S7272 [7OC], S7278, S7287 [8OC], S7448 [13OC]

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (S. 1567), S7101 [1OC], S7121 [2OC], S7443 [13OC]

——— temporarily freeze hiring of nonessential Federal employees, S1829–S1831 [14MR]

——— tribute, S199 [23JA], S3151 [7MY], S7097 [1OC], S7188 [4OC], S7215, S7216, S7226 [5OC]

Federal-State relations: 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]

Financial institutions: end Federal subsidies to large banks, S2289 [22MR]

——— require financial regulators to conduct rigorous cost-benefit analysis on all proposed rules, S2303 [22MR]

Fisher House Foundation, Inc.: tribute to provision of military death benefits to families of fallen servicemen during the Government shutdown, S7359, S7361, S7362 [10OC]

Food industry: impact of budget sequestration on poultry processing and safety inspections, S1683 [12MR]

——— preserve safety and meat inspections at meatpacking plants, S1970 [20MR]

Freedom of Information Act: anniversary, S5485 [27JN]

GAO: eliminate duplication, fraud, and waste in Government, S8710 [12DE]

——— 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 regulations: importance of regulations and the agencies that enforce such rules, S7163 [3OC]

——— reform, S2260 [22MR]

——— require enhanced economic analysis and justification for proposed Federal banking, housing, securities, and commodity regulations (S. 450), S5955 [25JY]

Hawaii: express the policy of the U.S. toward Native Hawaiians and provide a process for the reorganization and recognition of the Native Hawaiian government, S4071–S4073 [11JN]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7346 [9OC]

Health: impact of budget sequestration on health care, S1673 [12MR]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services, S6926 [26SE], S6980 [27SE]

Hurricanes: supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy funding through Government across-the-board funding reduction, S312–S316, S320, S322 [28JA]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence, S5216 [26JN]

——— allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (S. 296), S709 [13FE]

Income: prohibit members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 55), S3605 [20MY], S6998 [27SE]

Maryland: impact of Government shutdown, S7361 [10OC]

Medicare: impact of public debt ceiling default, S7487 [15OC]

——— solvency, S4542 [18JN], S8627 [11DE]

Motor vehicles: reduce number of non-essential new vehicles purchased and leased by the Government (S. 417), S1124 [5MR]

National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy: release, S2491 [9AP]

National Guard: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3237), S7222, S7224 [5OC], S7278 [8OC]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7173 [4OC]

National Park Service: call for removal of barricades around open, outdoor memorials during Government shutdown, S7096 [1OC], S7196 [4OC], S7333 [9OC]

National parks and recreation areas: impact of Government shutdown, S7197 [4OC], S7475 [15OC]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 222), S6395 [11SE]

National security: impact of Government shutdown, S7149 [3OC], S7174, S7180, S7187, S7192, S7193 [4OC], S7327 [9OC]

National Weather Service: impact of Government shutdown, S7188 [4OC]

National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (S. Res. 202), S6082 [30JY]

Native Americans: anniversary of restoration of Federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (S. Res. 304), S8410 [20NO]

——— extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (S. 1074), S3858 [23MY]

——— impact of Government shutdown on North Dakota reservations, S7401 [11OC]

New Mexico: impact of Government shutdown, S7478 [15OC]

NIH: impact of budget sequestration on research, S1673, S1701 [12MR], S4728 [20JN]

——— impact of Government shutdown, S7095, S7099 [1OC], S7129 [2OC], S7148, S7150 [3OC], S7198 [4OC]

North Carolina: impact of Government shutdown, S7279 [8OC]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, S8700, S8703 [12DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, S8866 [16DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to enforcement of immigration laws, S8862–S8867 [16DE]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S6485 [17SE]

OPM: enhance background check system for the granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances or access to classified information of Federal employees or contractors (S. 1618), S7677 [30OC]

Oregon: impact of Government shutdown, S7461 [14OC]

Postal Service: recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (S. 316), S3317–S3319 [9MY], S3830 [23MY]

Privacy: prohibit any U.S. agency, including the National Security Agency, from searching telephone records of U.S. citizens without a warrant based on probable cause, S4203 [11JN], S6052–S6056 [30JY]

——— prohibit any U.S. agency, including the National Security Agency, from searching telephone records of U.S. citizens without a warrant based on probable cause (S. 1121), S4024 [7JN], S4027 [10JN]

——— strengthen privacy protections, accountability, and oversight relative to domestic surveillance (S. 1215), S5019 [24JN]

Public debt: ceiling, S26, S32–S34 [22JA], S233, S236, S246 [24JA], S300 [28JA], S336 [29JA], S3147 [7MY], S3648–S3654 [21MY], S3717–S3721 [22MY], S3798–S3805 [23MY], S4370–S4374 [12JN], S4643, S4644 [19JN], S5223–S5225 [26JN], S5638–S5640 [11JY], S6163 [1AU], S6577, S6579, S6582, S6583 [18SE], S6675 [23SE], S6871 [24SE], S6912, S6913, S6929, S6955 [26SE], S6996, S7003 [27SE], S7015 [30SE], S7111, S7135, S7141 [2OC], S7152, S7164, S7165 [3OC], S7176, S7191, S7205–S7207 [4OC], S7225, S7226, S7240 [5OC], S7257, S7258, S7263, S7268 [7OC], S7278, S7280, S7286, S7288, S7289, S7293, S7298–S7304 [8OC], S7317, S7320–S7325, S7336–S7348 [9OC], S7475–S7487, S7491–S7499 [15OC], S7503–S7532 [16OC], S7585, S7601 [29OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (S.J. Res. 26), motion to proceed, S7583, S7585–S7588, S7595 [29OC]

——— disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling (S.J. Res. 26), unanimous-consent agreement, S7580 [28OC]

——— economic impact of default, S7429 [12OC], S7468 [14OC]

——— economic impact on global financial system of failure to raise debt ceiling, S7290 [8OC]

——— increase revenues, S2922 [24AP]

——— 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]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, S6677 [23SE], S6929 [26SE], S6978, S6992 [27SE]

——— prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), S3356 [13MY]

——— require that any debt ceiling increase be balanced by equal spending cuts, S415–S417, S419–S423, S425, S426, S428 [31JA]

——— retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President (S. Res. 8), S224 [23JA]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), S7284, S7309 [8OC], S7311 [9OC]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (S. 1569), motion to proceed, S7357–S7362, S7366, S7367, S7370–S7375, S7377–S7381, S7383–S7385 [10OC], S7389–S7393, S7397–S7401, S7404, S7406, S7409, S7410, S7415, S7416 [11OC], S7419–S7430 [12OC], S7433–S7454 [13OC], S7455–S7471, S7473 [14OC], S7503 [16OC]

——— use of extraordinary measures to extend public debt ceiling, S7480, S7481, S7499 [15OC]

Public Service Recognition Week: designate (S. Res. 99), S2696 [16AP]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (S. 1390), S6074 [30JY]

Religion: historical impact of Judeo-Christian values, S6979 [27SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, S6630 [19SE], S6696 [24SE]

Science: impact of Government shutdown on research, S7256 [7OC], S7343 [9OC], S7485 [15OC]

Senate: provide a point of order against legislation that would further restrict the Second Amendment right to bear arms, S2316 [22MR]

Senate Rules: prevent creation of duplicative and overlapping Federal programs, S2995, S2996 [25AP]

Small business: ensure small businesses are not subject to conflicting guidance from Federal agencies, S8334 [20NO]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S2513–S2516 [10AP], S8906 [17DE]

SSA: impact of Government shutdown, S7122 [2OC], S7162 [3OC]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification, S2948 [24AP]

——— provide tax relief for low- and middle-income families, S2253, S2254 [22MR]

——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (S. 122), S223 [23JA]

Travel and tourism: impact of Government shutdown, S7481, S7482 [15OC]

Veterans: impact of Government shutdown, S7173 [4OC], S7369 [10OC]

——— 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]

Violence Against Women Act: impact of Government shutdown on programs, S7421 [12OC]

Virginia: impact of Government shutdown, S7156 [3OC]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: impact, S8820 [15DE]

White Mountain National Forest: impact of Government shutdown, S7178 [4OC]

Women: budget priorities relative to impact on women, children, and families, S2080–S2082 [21MR]

Woodward, Bob: characterization of President Obama remarks relative to sequestration substitute, S983 [28FE]

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]

Long-Term Budget Outlook—Consequences of Large and Growing Federal Debt: CBO (Excerpt), S7258 [7OC]

Protecting Our Nation From Bad Federal Budget Choices: Coalition on Human Needs, E194 [26FE]

Reports filed

Baseline Reform Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 1871) (H. Rept. 113–129), H4036 [25JN]

Citizen Empowerment Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2711) (H. Rept. 113–184), H5172 [30JY]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 25, Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2014–2023: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 122) (H. Rept. 113–21), H1567 [18MR]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 59, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 352) (H. Rept. 113–216), H5654 [18SE], H5765 [19SE]

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.J. Res. 89, Excepted Federal Employees Who Work During a Government Shutdown Salaries and Related Expenses Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 373) (H. Rept. 113–243), H6411 [8OC]

Consideration of H.J. Res. 99, Disapproval of President’s Exercise of Authority To Suspend the Debt Ceiling: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 391) (H. Rept. 113–253), H6827 [28OC]

Consideration of H.R. 273, Eliminate Statutory Pay Adjustment for Federal Employees: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 66) (H. Rept. 113–9), H498 [13FE]

Consideration of H.R. 325, Temporarily Suspend the Public Debt Ceiling and Hold Salaries of Members of Congress in Escrow Upon Failure To Agree to a Budget Resolution: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 39) (H. Rept. 113–2), H221 [22JA]

Consideration of H.R. 807, Full Faith and Credit Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 202) (H. Rept. 113–52), H2483 [7MY]

Consideration of H.R. 933, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 99) (H. Rept. 113–12), H980 [5MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2879, Stop Government Abuse Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 322) (H. Rept. 113–187), H5259 [31JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3230, Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 370) (H. Rept. 113–241), H6173 [2OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3273, Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 373) (H. Rept. 113–243), H6411 [8OC]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 438) (H. Rept. 113–290), H7687 [11DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. 59, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 367) (H. Rept. 113–239), H6051 [30SE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.J. Res. 59, Continuing Appropriations and H.R. 3210, Pay Our Military Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 366) (H. Rept. 113–238), H6011 [28SE]

Contracting and Tax Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 882) (H. Rept. 113–35), H1990 [12AP]

Digital Accountability and Transparency Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2061) (H. Rept. 113–270), H7187 [18NO]

Electronic Message Preservation Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1234) (H. Rept. 113–128), H4036 [25JN]

Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 249) (H. Rept. 113–38), H1990 [12AP]

Federal Information Security Improvement: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1163) (H. Rept. 113–40), H2065 [16AP]

Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1398) (S. Rept. 113–122), S8186 [19NO]

FISA Improvements Act: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1631), S7724 [31OC]

——— Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1631) (S. Rept. 113–119), S7951 [12NO]

FOIA Oversight and Implementation (FOIA) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1211) (H. Rept. 113–155), H4522 [16JY]

Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1271) (S. Rept. 113–131), S9104 [20DE]

Full Faith and Credit Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 807) (H. Rept. 113–48), H2400 [30AP]

GAO Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1162) (S. Rept. 113–128), S8913 [17DE]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1162) (H. Rept. 113–36), H1990 [12AP]

Government Employee Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2579) (H. Rept. 113–186), H5259 [31JY]

Government Spending Accountability (GSA) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 313) (H. Rept. 113–183), H5172 [30JY]

OPM IG Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2860) (H. Rept. 113–268), H7151 [15NO]

OPM Submittal of an Annual Report on the Use of Official Time by Federal Employees: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 568) (H. Rept. 113–154), H4522 [16JY]

Regulatory Accountability Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2122) (H. Rept. 113–237), H6011 [28SE]

Request Conference With the Senate on H.J. Res. 59, Continuing Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 368) (H. Rept. 113–240), H6051 [30SE]

Same-Day Consideration of Resolutions Allowing Consideration of Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 361) (H. Rept. 113–231), H5882 [26SE]

Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1276) (S. Rept. 113–111), S6885 [24SE]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2013–2023: Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. Con. Res. 8), S1892 [18MR]

Setting Forth the Federal Budget for 2014–2023: Committee on the Budget (House) (H. Con. Res. 25) (H. Rept. 113–417), H1547 [15MR]

Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 2747), S7673 [30OC]

Resolutions by organizations

GSA Capital Investment and Leasing Program: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H837–H938 [4MR], H2761–H2769 [17MY], H7571–H7606 [9DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making continuing, H6383 [8OC]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), H6199 [3OC]

Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), H6395 [8OC]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), S2271 [22MR]

Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), H6208 [3OC]

Statements

Amash Amendment to H.R. 2397, Dept. of Defense Apppropriations, Prohibiting Funding to Any U.S. Agency To Collect Records That Pertain to Persons Not Subject to an Investigation: Representative Van Hollen, E1170 [31JY]

Government Shutdown: Representative Dingell and Bob Dole, E1437 [4OC]

Living Beyond the Bandaide of Abortion: Joyce Zounis, H210, H215 [22JA]

No Budget, No Pay Act: David B. Rivkin, Jr., and Lee A. Casey, H244 [23JA]

——— Executive Office of the President, H241 [23JA]

——— Gregory D. Watson, H244 [23JA]

Opposition to Attaching Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Amendments to Continuing Appropriations Legislation: Several Republican Members of Congress, S7098 [1OC], S7135 [2OC]

Public Debt Ceiling: President Obama (2006 and 2008), H6622 [16OC]

Stop Government Abuse Act: National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, H5304 [1AU]

Tables

Economic impact of budget sequestration by State, H7326 [21NO]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 25, setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023, H1645–H1654 [20MR]

H. Con. Res. 72, corrections in enrollment of H.J. Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act, H8086 [12DE]

H. Res. 39, consideration of H.R. 325, No Budget, No Pay Act, H227 [23JA]

H. Res. 66, consideration of H.R. 273, eliminate statutory pay adjustment for federal employees, H516 [14FE]

H. Res. 99, consideration of H.R. 933, continuing appropriations, H987 [6MR]

H. Res. 122, consideration of H. Con. Res. 25, setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023, and H. Res. 115, committees of the House expenditures, and clarify House proceedings and actions during Spring district work period, H1581 [19MR]

H. Res. 202, consideration of H.R. 807, Full Faith and Credit Act, H2495 [8MY]

H. Res. 322, consideration of H.R. 367, Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act, H.R. 2009, Keep the IRS Off Your Health Care Act, and H.R. 2879, Stop Government Abuse Act, H5276 [1AU]

H. Res. 352, consideration of H.J. Res. 59, continuing appropriations, and consideration of motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, H5684 [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. 366, consideration of Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, continuing appropriations and H.R. 3210, Pay Our Military Act, H5975 [28SE]

H. Res. 367, consideration of Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, continuing appropriations and same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H6021 [30SE]

H. Res. 368, request conference with the Senate on H.J. Res. 59, continuing appropriations, H6041 [30SE]

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. 373, consideration of H.J. Res. 89, excepted Federal employees pay continuing appropriations, H.J. Res. 90, FAA continuing appropriations, and H.R. 3273, Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act, H6371 [8OC]

H. Res. 391, consideration of H.R. 992, Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act, H.R.2374, Retail Investor Protection Act, and H.J. Res. 99, disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling, H6841 [29OC]

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. 59, continuing appropriations, H5773 [20SE]

H.J. Res. 72, veterans benefits continuing appropriations, H6082 [1OC], H6201 [3OC]

H.J. Res. 89, excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown salaries and related expenses continuing appropriations, H6385 [8OC]

H.J. Res. 91, death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased Armed Forces members continuing appropriations, H6431 [9OC]

H.J. Res. 99, disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling, H6872 [29OC]

H.R. 249, Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act, H2004 [15AP]

H.R. 273, eliminate statutory pay adjustment for Federal employees, H558 [15FE]

H.R. 313, Government Spending Accountability (GSA) Act, H5193 [31JY]

H.R. 325, No Budget, No Pay Act, H237 [23JA]

H.R. 807, Full Faith and Credit Act, H2539 [9MY]

H.R. 882, Contracting and Tax Accountability Act, H2001 [15AP]

H.R. 933, continuing appropriations, S2370–S2434 [22MR], H998–H1303 [6MR]

H.R. 1162, Government Accountability Office Improvement Act, H1998 [15AP]

H.R. 1163, Federal information security improvement, H2037–H2039 [16AP]

H.R. 1541, Common Sense in Compensation Act, H5202 [31JY]

H.R. 1660, Government Customer Service Improvement Act, H5207 [31JY]

H.R. 1765, Reducing Flight Delays Act, H2364 [26AP]

H.R. 2061, Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, H7157–H7160 [18NO]

H.R. 2579, Government Employee Accountability Act, H5196 [31JY]

H.R. 2711, Citizen Empowerment Act, H5188 [31JY]

H.R. 2747, Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act, H5449 [10SE]

H.R. 2768, Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act, H5211 [31JY]

H.R. 2769, Stop Playing on Citizens’ Cash Act, H5209 [31JY]

H.R. 2879, Stop Government Abuse Act, H5296–H5298 [1AU]

H.R. 3210, Pay Our Military Act, H6002 [28SE]

H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, H6296 [5OC]

H.R. 3230, Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act, H6193 [3OC]

H.R. 3273, Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth Working Group Act, H6389 [8OC]

S. 101, prohibit taxpayer bailouts of fiscally irresponsible State and local governments, S6153 [1AU]

S. 296, Uniting American Families Act, S710–S712 [13FE]

S. 575, Judicial Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act, S1862 [14MR]

S. 788, suspend the fiscal year 2013 budget sequester and establish limits on war-related spending, S2901 [23AP]

S. 846, Family and Medical Leave Inclusion Act, S3040 [25AP]

S. 853, Reducing Flight Delays Act, S3059 [25AP]

S. 1215, FISA Accountability and Privacy Protection Act, S5020–S5027 [24JN]

S. 1276, Security Clearance Oversight and Reform Enhancement Act, S7387 [10OC]

S. 1569, Default Prevention Act, S7308 [8OC]

S. 1652, Utility Energy Service Contracts Improvement Act, S7830 [5NO]

S. 1736, Support Earned Recognition for Veterans (SERVe) Act, S8193 [19NO]

S. Con. Res. 1, counting of electoral votes for President and Vice President, S6, S16 [3JA], H25 [3JA]

S. Con. Res. 2, Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (Joint) extension, S7, S16 [3JA], H25 [3JA]

S. Con. Res. 8, setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, S2458–S2474 [8AP], H6626–H6641 [16OC]

S. Con. Res. 14, setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023, S2846–S2852 [22AP]

S. Res. 8, retain authority of Congress to borrow money on the credit of the U.S. and not cede this power to the President, S223 [23JA]

S. Res. 30, establish Committee To Reduce Government Waste (Senate), S661 [12FE]

S. Res. 99, Public Service Recognition Week, S2688 [16AP]

S. Res. 110, Preventing Duplicative and Overlapping Government Programs Resolution, S2965 [24AP]

S. Res. 202, National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, S6078 [30JY]

S. Res. 222, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S6380 [11SE]

S. Res. 304, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon restoration of Federal recognition anniversary, S8368 [20NO]

S.J. Res. 26, disapprove President’s exercise of authority to suspend the debt ceiling, S7580 [28OC]

U.S. Constitution: Amendment IV, H4989, H5026 [24JY]