HOLT, RUSH (a Representative from New Jersey)

Addresses

Inauguration of Christopher Eisgruber as Princeton University President: Christopher Eisgruber, E1499• [11OC]

——— Hunter Rawlings, Association of American Universities, E1490• [11OC]

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H90 [15JA]

Amendments

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2885 [22MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3542, H3543, H3562 [13JN]

Federal Helium Reserve: complete privatization in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium markets while protecting taxpayer interests (H.R. 527), H2363 [26AP]

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

Articles and editorials

Seeking a Viable U.N. Path Forward on Syria, Jeffrey Laurenti, Huffington Post (Internet site), E1342• [19SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 3471), H7051 [13NO]

Agriculture: express that specialty crops are vital and propose and enact funding programs that reflect importance and support priorities of specialty crops (see H. Res. 182), H2405 [3MY]

——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H2719 [16MY]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H5435 [9SE]

American Memorial Park: develop, maintain, and administer an annex in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands (see H.R. 622), H454 [12FE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 847), H818 [28FE]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2224), H5436 [9SE]

——— establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2847), H5436 [9SE]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H2404 [3MY]

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

Armed Forces: add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans benefits that recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 683), H4214 [8JY]

——— ensure funds provided for operations in Afghanistan are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (see H.R. 200), H52 [4JA]

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

——— modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H4145 [27JN]

——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 198), H1398 [13MR]

——— require that the Purple Heart occupy a position of precedence above the new Distinguished Warfare Medal (see H.R. 833), H1568 [18MR]

ATF: restore certain authorities to administer firearms laws (see H.R. 431), H293 [25JA]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 532), H410 [6FE]

Budget: eliminate sequestration (see H.R. 900), H1632 [19MR]

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

Business and industry: impose a tax on certain trading transactions to strengthen financial security, reduce market volatility, expand opportunity, and stop the shrinking of the middle class (see H.R. 1579), H4214 [8JY]

——— promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 919), H984 [5MR]

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 1250), H4178 [28JN]

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

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

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H4488 [15JY]

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

CIA: cease lethal drone operations (see H.R. 2183), H3216 [5JN]

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

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

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

Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1154), H1425 [14MR]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H6053 [30SE]

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

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H7395 [2DE]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H8112 [12DE]

Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 728), H546 [14FE]

Copyrights: require infringement of a copyright for a violation relative to circumvention of copyright protection systems (see H.R. 1892), H2720 [16MY]

Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary (see H. Res. 355), H6290 [4OC]

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

——— strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 506), H3990 [20JN]

Credit: allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters (see H.R. 2580), H4173 [28JN]

——— prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 645), H500 [13FE]

——— provide for affordable refinancing of mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 736), H1632 [19MR]

——— require portion of closing costs to be paid by the enterprises with respect to certain refinanced mortgage loans (see H.R. 3031), H5397 [2AU]

Crime: amend provisions relative to disclosures to governments by communications-related service providers of certain information consisting of or relating to communications (see H.R. 983), H4214 [8JY]

——— prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H301 [29JA]

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

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

——— improve energy programs (see H.R. 2290), H3250 [6JN]

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

——— oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H1569 [18MR]

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

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

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

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

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

Dept. of Education: authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see H.R. 2178), H6770 [23OC]

——— award grants to States to establish Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high-level student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in English and a second language (see H.R. 2549), H5589 [17SE]

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

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

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

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

——— invest in innovation for education (see H.R. 3433), H6953 [30OC]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, increasing cap on subsidized loans, and refinancing current fixed-rate loans (see H.R. 1946), H2605 [14MY]

——— make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 1857), H3357 [12JN]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 320), H599 [15FE]

——— make grants to support fire safety education programs on college campuses (see H.R. 1609), H7394 [2DE]

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

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H6999 [12NO]

——— provide funds for student loans through the FRS and ensure that such loans are available at interest rates equivalent to that at which the Government provides loans to banks (see H.R. 1979), H2603 [14MY]

——— reauthorize and strengthen the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program (see H.R. 2515), H4078 [26JN]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2195), H7111 [14NO]

Dept. of Energy: develop a new process for determining whether applications to export natural gas are in the public interest (see H.R. 1189), H1426 [14MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H550 [14FE]

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

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 485), H342 [4FE]

——— improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 809), H5175 [30JY]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H5476 [10SE]

——— lift restrictions on research agencies from conducting research on firearms safety and gun violence (see H.R. 321), H176 [18JA]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H504 [13FE]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H1993 [12AP]

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

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

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 1981), H2653 [15MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H7395 [2DE]

Dept. of HUD: establish position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs and submit a report on veterans’ homelessness (see H.R. 384), H280 [23JA]

Dept. of Justice: allow the denial of transfer of firearms or the issuance of firearms and explosives licenses to known or suspected terrorists (see H.R. 720), H546 [14FE]

——— enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 421), H1958 [11AP]

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

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see H.R. 988), H1958 [11AP]

——— modify the definition of armor-piercing ammunition to conform to performance rather than metallurgical content (see H.R. 2566), H4143 [27JN]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H6493 [10OC]

——— provide the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs authority to establish a prescription drug take-back program for Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 3714), H8107 [12DE]

——— require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified (see H.R. 2475), H3989 [20JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H701 [27FE] (see H.R. 1000), H1861 [9AP]

——— list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 2909), H5477 [10SE]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 798), H629 [25FE]

Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 808), H5262 [31JY]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 301), H170 [15JA]

Dept. of the Interior: allow acceptance of bids on new oil and gas leases of Federal lands only from bidders certifying that all natural gas produced from such leases will be offered for sale only in the U.S. (see H.R. 1191), H1426 [14MR]

——— allow acceptance of bids on new oil and gas leases of Federal lands only from bidders certifying that all petroleum products produced from such leases will be offered for sale only in the U.S. (see H.R. 1190), H1426 [14MR]

——— conduct a global rare earth element assessment (see H.R. 981), H1399 [13MR]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1175), H1426 [14MR]

——— establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (see H.R. 644), H500 [13FE]

——— establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (see H.R. 601), H3929 [19JN]

——— study suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, NY, as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 1501), H6545 [11OC]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 124), H2248 [23AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: provide for the purchase of paper U.S. savings bonds with tax refunds (see H.R. 3385), H6951 [30OC]

Dept. of Transportation: modify final rule relative to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations (see H.R. 182), H550 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H411 [6FE]

——— designate one U.S. city each year as an ‘‘American World War II City’’ (see H.R. 864), H1721 [20MR]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 897), H3592 [13JN]

——— expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses of Armed Forces members who died in the line of duty (see H.R. 3441), H8127 [19DE]

——— improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R. 958), H1399 [13MR]

——— improve authority to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations (see H.R. 2423), H4310 [9JY]

——— provide for advance appropriations for certain discretionary accounts (see H.R. 813), H1958 [11AP]

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

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

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H4145 [27JN]

Disasters: provide assistance for condominiums and housing cooperatives damaged by a major disaster (see H.R. 2887), H6344 [7OC]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H4214 [8JY]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1801), H4178 [28JN]

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

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

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H7357 [21NO]

——— improve equality of access to technology-enabled education innovations and understanding of how certain partnerships design and implement such innovations in ways that improve student outcomes (see H.R. 3325), H6768 [23OC]

Egypt: support fundamental rights of all citizens, equal access to justice and due process of law, and transparent and accountable governance (see H. Res. 329), H5399 [2AU]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 20), H222 [22JA]

Electric power: provide for an independent assessment of the future resilience and reliability of the electric power transmission and distribution system (see H.R. 2962), H6676 [22OC]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1286), H1718 [20MR]

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

——— extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of employer-provided health insurance, family and medical leave, and pension plans (see H.R. 675), H3096 [4JN]

——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 951), H1993 [12AP]

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

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H2436 [6MY]

——— regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H6829 [28OC]

——— require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations (see H.R. 2983), H7053 [13NO]

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

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see H.R. 515), H599 [15FE]

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H2438 [6MY]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure high standards for use of scientific information (see H.R. 1287), H1861 [9AP]

——— ensure high standards for use of scientific information, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1287), H2067 [16AP]

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

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1362), H3216 [5JN]

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

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

——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6103 [1OC]

Federal Helium Reserve: complete privatization in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium markets while protecting taxpayer interests (see H.R. 527), H410 [6FE]

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

——— modify phase-in increases in flood insurance premium rates for certain properties (see H.R. 1485), H3216 [5JN]

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

Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 1261), H1630 [19MR]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H5262 [31JY]

Firearms: develop and use technology for personalized handguns and require that all handguns manufactured or sold in, or imported into, the U.S. incorporate such technology (see H.R. 2005), H3016 [3JN]

——— ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H4485 [11JY]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 137), H173 [15JA]

——— establish a gun buyback grant program (see H.R. 227), H224 [22JA]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 141), H224 [22JA]

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

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H224 [22JA]

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

——— repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws (see H.R. 661), H550 [14FE]

——— require all handguns manufactured, sold, or imported into the U.S. incorporate technology that precludes the average 5-year-old child from operating the handgun when it is ready to fire (see H.R. 2567), H4143 [27JN]

——— require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 142), H224 [22JA]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 93), H173 [15JA]

Fish and fishing: call for ban and prevent the import of shark fins from sharks caught through the practice of finning (see H. Res. 285), H4727 [18JY]

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

——— provide, on an annual basis, an amount equal to at least 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product for nonmilitary foreign assistance programs (see H. Con. Res. 7), H53 [4JA]

——— provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H5090 [25JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H7357 [21NO]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2030), H4146 [27JN]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (see H.R. 3212), H6770 [23OC]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H5476 [10SE]

——— enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2101), H4178 [28JN]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H550 [14FE]

——— recognize importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating progress on global health and saving lives of women and children (see H. Res. 135), H6493 [10OC]

Highlands Conservation Act: extend authorization (see H.R. 712), H4039 [25JN]

Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 47), H504 [13FE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H2605 [14MY]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2354 [25AP]

Human rights: prohibit transfer of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries that are engaging in gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see H.R. 479), H342 [4FE] (see H.R. 599), H431 [8FE]

Hunger: recognize importance of U.S. leadership in addressing the challenge of global maternal and child malnutrition (see H. Res. 254), H6344 [7OC]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 519), H1359 [12MR] (see H.R. 717), H546 [14FE]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H8112 [12DE] (see H.R. 3163), H6225 [3OC]

Indonesia: allow Indonesian citizens fleeing religious persecution to file a motion to reopen their asylum claims (see H.R. 665), H501 [13FE]

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

Intelligence services: require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges (see H.R. 2761), H4825 [19JY]

Iran: appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for the purpose of ensuring U.S. diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons and avoid war (see H.R. 783), H595 [15FE]

——— call for release of Saeed Abedini and condemn persecution of religious minorities (see H. Res. 147), H1909 [10AP]

——— impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2803 [20MY]

Iraq: condemn attack on Iranian dissidents at Camp Hurriya, call for resettlement of camp residents, allow outside assessment of the camp, and return residents to Camp Ashraf to improve protection (see H. Res. 89), H3097 [4JN]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H5174 [30JY]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 1130), H1395 [13MR]

——— include in the visa waiver program (see H.R. 300), H170 [15JA]

——— independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 30), H1994 [12AP]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1430 [14MR]

Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building, Jersey City, NJ: designate (see H.R. 1376), H1824 [21MR]

Law enforcement: limit domestic use of drones in investigating regulatory and criminal offenses (see H.R. 637), H1568 [18MR]

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

Medal of Honor: award to Bennie G. Adkins, Donald P. Sloat, and certain other veterans who were previously recommended (see H.R. 3304), H6675 [22OC]

Medicaid: remove exclusion from medical assistance of items and services for patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 2757), H4825 [19JY]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H4177 [28JN]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H7153 [15NO]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 800), H596 [15FE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H4145 [27JN]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H1861 [9AP]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H1856 [9AP]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H1568 [18MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 2305), H6999 [12NO]

——— delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H4178 [28JN]

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

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H6175 [2OC]

Military Selective Service Act: deauthorize except during a Presidentially-declared national emergency (see H.R. 978), H1360 [12MR]

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

Mining and mineral resources: improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see H.R. 1373), H1824 [21MR]

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

——— provide that production of all locatable minerals, concentrates, or derived products from mining claims located under general mining laws are subject to certain royalties (see H.R. 2467), H3988 [20JN]

Montana: withdraw Federal land on North Fork watershed located in the vicinity of Flathead National Forest from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 2259), H6770 [23OC]

Mother’s Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 1905), H5834 [25SE]

National Anti-Bullying Month: designate (see H. Res. 398), H6954 [30OC]

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

National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2159 [18AP]

National Desert Storm Memorial Association: authorize to establish National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 503), H7688 [11DE]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 80), H627 [25FE]

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

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H4178 [28JN]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H2605 [14MY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 201), H2437 [6MY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 301), H7053 [13NO]

National Park Service: authorize studies of certain areas for possible inclusion in the National Park System (see H.R. 3131), H5654 [18SE]

——— mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1632 [19MR]

National Principals Month: designate (see H. Res. 353), H6053 [30SE]

National School Psychology Week: designate (see H. Res. 406), H6997 [12NO]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 167), H2124 [17AP]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 146), H344 [4FE]

——— reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H629 [25FE]

No Name-Calling Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 10), H301 [29JA]

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

Oak Creek, WI: recognize anniversary and condemn shootings at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and express condolences to victims’ families and friends and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see H. Res. 334), H5399 [2AU]

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

Oil Pollution Act: establish oil spill research committee, program, and interagency plan (see H.R. 373), H279 [23JA]

Olympic Games: disapprove International Olympic Committee proposal to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games, urge its reinstatement, and commend U.S. Olympic Committee support of wrestling (see H. Res. 71), H1861 [9AP]

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: adjust boundaries to include Hinchliffe Stadium (see H.R. 2430), H3927 [19JN]

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

Paul, Alice: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 874), H4309 [9JY]

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 918), H1360 [12MR]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 2697), H4522 [16JY]

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

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 148), H599 [15FE]

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

——— reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 270), H169 [15JA]

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

——— require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see H.R. 1734), H6412 [8OC]

Pollution: establish a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants (see H.R. 1943), H7188 [18NO]

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

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

——— 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), H1911 [10AP]

——— recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H1568 [18MR]

——— reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 2459), H4146 [27JN]

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

——— update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H3216 [5JN]

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

Public lands: designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (see H.R. 1187), H6289 [4OC]

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

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

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 3176), H5832 [25SE]

Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 2368), H6770 [23OC]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 1906), H5403 [2AU]

SBA: ensure fairness and transparency in contracting with small business concerns (see H.R. 1622), H3760 [18JN]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H1829 [21MR]

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

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (see H.R. 2083), H2959 [23MY]

Science: establish a position of Science Laureate of the U.S. (see H.R. 1891), H5554 [16SE]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 72), H6677 [22OC]

Slavery: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which officially abolished slavery (see H.R. 2633), H5175 [30JY]

Social Security: improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 649), H1958 [11AP]

——— improve quality, health outcomes, and value of maternity care under Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 896), H1860 [9AP]

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

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H1861 [9AP]

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

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

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1466), H3016 [3JN]

Sri Lanka: support internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation, address allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater media freedom and humanitarian organization access (see H. Res. 247), H3095 [4JN]

Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building, Waldwick, NJ: designate (see H.R. 1458), H1908 [10AP]

Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 1692), H2571 [9MY]

Syria: allow access by humanitarian organizations, engage in diplomatic efforts to resolve conflict, strengthen sanctions, investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity, and prevent use of chemical weapons (see H. Con. Res. 53), H5590 [17SE]

——— restrict funds relative to escalating U.S. military involvement in Syria (see H.R. 2494), H4215 [8JY]

Taxation: allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see H.R. 474), H1430 [14MR]

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

——— allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (see H.R. 1271), H2570 [9MY]

——— clarify that tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum (see H.R. 786), H1911 [10AP]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H500 [13FE]

——— establish Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 2483), H4037 [25JN]

——— expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 877), H701 [27FE]

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

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1331 [11MR]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H7357 [21NO]

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2499), H7357 [21NO]

——— extend the qualifying advanced energy project credit (see H.R. 1424), H2249 [23AP]

——— extend the renewable energy credit for wind, geothermal, hydro, and marine power and eliminate certain tax credits for oil and gas drilling and production (see H.R. 2539), H4142 [27JN]

——— make permanent and increase credit for increasing research activities and increase domestic production activities deduction for property for which research and development occurred in the U.S. (see H.R. 3537), H7252 [19NO]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H6768 [23OC]

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

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H7608 [9DE]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H1993 [12AP]

——— provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 2737), H6770 [23OC]

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H4979 [23JY]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 924), H1632 [19MR]

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

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H950 [4MR]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H2567 [9MY]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 2990), H7395 [2DE]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 609), H4080 [26JN]

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

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

Transportation: provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 2958), H5343 [1AU]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see H.R. 664), H7311 [20NO]

Turkey: support an equitable and stable relationship with Armenia based on full acknowledgment of facts and consequences of the Armenian Genocide and fair and just resolution of this crime against humanity (see H. Res. 227), H2914 [22MY]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H599 [15FE]

——— expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H221 [22JA]

——— 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), H2959 [23MY]

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

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (see H.R. 357), H1958 [11AP]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H5513 [11SE]

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

Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 376), H455 [12FE]

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

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

——— require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 280), H284 [23JA]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1921), H3016 [3JN]

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

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 1998), H4146 [27JN]

Wildlife refuges: issue a Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1384), H4214 [8JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H6546 [11OC]

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

——— recognize the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change (see H. Con. Res. 36), H6770 [23OC]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H4215 [8JY]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H629 [25FE]

——— ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see H.R. 1505), H1956 [11AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for presentation of Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Yunus (see H. Con. Res. 20), H949 [4MR] (see H. Con. Res. 22), H1320 [6MR]

Colleges and universities: require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 482), H342 [4FE]

Darwin Day: designate (see H. Res. 41), H222 [22JA]

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

——— establish a partnership program in foreign languages (see H.R. 2170), H2953 [23MY]

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

Dept. of HHS: encourage use of medical checklists through research (see H.R. 116), H31 [3JA]

Dept. of Labor: encourage online workforce training (see H.R. 114), H31 [3JA]

Dept. of the Interior: establish Ocean Energy Safety Institute to promote the use of best available and safest offshore drilling technologies (see H.R. 3780), H8117 [16DE]

EPA: establish programs to encourage water efficiency (see H.R. 123), H31 [3JA]

ERISA: require a lifetime income disclosure (see H.R. 2171), H2954 [23MY]

Families and domestic relations: grant rights and responsibilities available to married couples under Federal law to couples in legal unions similar to marriage including domestic partnership and civil unions (see H.R. 2834), H5088 [25JY]

Firearms: provide for mandatory State licensing and registration of handguns (see H.R. 117), H31 [3JA]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: repeal certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (see H.R. 2818), H5050 [24JY]

National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (see H.R. 1033), H1327 [7MR]

Oil Pollution Act: require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (see H.R. 1743), H2350 [25AP]

Taxation: allow an income tax credit for equity investments in high technology small businesses (see H.R. 122), H31 [3JA]

——— encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 118), H31 [3JA]

——— extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (see H.R. 121), H31 [3JA]

——— increase the credit for research expenses and allow the credit to be assigned (see H.R. 120), H31 [3JA]

——— make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 119), H31 [3JA]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: repeal (see H.R. 2818), H5050 [24JY]

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

Constitutional authority statements

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (H.R. 1630), H2160 [18AP]

Colleges and universities: require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (H.R. 482), H344 [4FE]

Dept. of Education: enable States to implement integrated statewide education longitudinal data systems (H.R. 112), H36 [3JA]

——— establish a partnership program in foreign languages (H.R. 2170), H2957 [23MY]

——— provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (H.R. 115), H37 [3JA]

Dept. of HHS: encourage use of medical checklists through research (H.R. 116), H37 [3JA]

Dept. of Labor: encourage online workforce training (H.R. 114), H37 [3JA]

Dept. of the Interior: establish Ocean Energy Safety Institute to promote the use of best available and safest offshore drilling technologies (H.R. 3780), H8118 [16DE]

EPA: establish programs to encourage water efficiency (H.R. 123), H37 [3JA]

ERISA: require a lifetime income disclosure (H.R. 2171), H2957 [23MY]

Families and domestic relations: grant rights and responsibilities available to married couples under Federal law to couples in legal unions similar to marriage including domestic partnership and civil unions (H.R. 2834), H5089 [25JY]

Firearms: provide for mandatory State licensing and registration of handguns (H.R. 117), H37 [3JA]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: repeal certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (H.R. 2818), H5051 [24JY]

National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (H.R. 1033), H1328 [7MR]

Oil Pollution Act: require responsible parties to pay full cost of offshore oil spills (H.R. 1743), H2353 [25AP]

Taxation: allow an income tax credit for equity investments in high technology small businesses (H.R. 122), H37 [3JA]

——— encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 118), H37 [3JA]

——— extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (H.R. 121), H37 [3JA]

——— increase the credit for research expenses and allow the credit to be assigned (H.R. 120), H37 [3JA]

——— make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (H.R. 119), H37 [3JA]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: repeal (H.R. 2818), H5051 [24JY]

Workforce Investment Act: integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards (H.R. 113), H37 [3JA]

Remarks

Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), H3742 [18JN]

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

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), E970• [26JN]

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

Appropriations: making continuing, H6623• [16OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), E1362• [23SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6110, H6151 [2OC], E1886• [16DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent request, H6137 [2OC]

——— making continuing (H.R. 933), H1313• [6MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 139), H6334 [7OC]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide, E537• [24AP]

Budget: require that, if the President’s budget does not achieve balance in the budget’s covered year, the President shall submit a supplemental unified budget by a certain date (H.R. 444), H382• [6FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, E1886• [16DE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), E799• [5JN]

Civil rights: prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), E1717• [20NO]

Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (H.R. 1154), H7281 [20NO]

Climate: global warming, H1724 [21MR], H2356 [26AP], H2940 [23MY], H5826 [25SE], H6880, H6881 [29OC], H7002 [13NO]

——— impact of global warming on frequency and intensity of natural disasters, H4111 [27JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H2870, H2873, H2885 [22MY], H2940 [23MY]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), consideration (H. Res. 385), H6703 [23OC]

——— prohibit enforcement of streamlined environmental review process until the current backlog of authorized projects is reduced, H6703 [23OC]

Darwin Day: designate (H. Res. 41), H437 [12FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), E1355• [20SE]

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

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, E970• [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H8045• [12DE]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3561, H3562, H3563 [13JN]

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

——— prohibit certain missile defense programs funding, H3562, H3563 [13JN]

——— provide suicide prevention and outreach services to Reservists, H3561 [13JN]

Dept. of Education: establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), consideration (H. Res. 232), H2921 [23MY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), Senate amendment, E1214• [2AU]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1595), H4013 [25JN]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4803 [19JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3130• [5JN]

Dept. of Labor: integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards, H1439 [15MR]

——— proposal to modify definition of fiduciary under ERISA, H6845 [29OC]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (H.R. 301), E1330• [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior: allow individuals to connect to the Federal Helium Reserve for purposes of storing helium, H2364 [26AP]

——— BLM field offices wind and solar energy permitting funding, H7223 [19NO]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (H.R. 1175), H7281 [20NO]

——— establish Ocean Energy Safety Institute to promote the use of best available and safest offshore drilling technologies (H.R. 3780), E1877• [16DE]

——— facilitate development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork System of the Central Utah Project (H.R. 254), H1842 [9AP]

——— issue regulations to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas drilling operations on public lands, H7289 [20NO]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing off the Atlantic Coast, H4111 [27JN]

——— reform and enhance Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing programs, provide equitable revenue sharing for coastal States, and reorganize the Minerals Management Service (H.R. 2231), H4110 [27JN]

——— streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development (H.R. 1965), H7212, H7214, H7217, H7223 [19NO]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), E799• [5JN]

Disasters: clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities (H.R. 592), E161• [15FE]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H2318 [25AP]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2462 [7MY]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (H. Res. 198), H2458• [7MY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1439 [15MR]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), consideration (H. Res. 113), H1410 [14MR]

EPA: regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (H.R. 2825), H7281 [20NO]

——— require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations (H.R. 2983), H7281 [20NO]

FDA: strengthen and secure the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain to protect consumers from counterfeit pharmaceuticals (H.R. 1919), E883• [17JN]

Federal agencies and departments: conference travel funding, E1702• [19NO]

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

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

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

Federal Helium Reserve: complete privatization in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium markets while protecting taxpayer interests (H.R. 527), H2324, H2326 [25AP], H2361, H2362, H2363, H2364 [26AP]

——— complete privatization in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium markets while protecting taxpayer interests (H.R. 527), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 354), H5820, H5821 [25SE]

——— complete privatization in a competitive market fashion that ensures stability in the helium markets while protecting taxpayer interests (H.R. 527), consideration (H. Res. 178), H2318 [25AP]

——— conduct study to assess how eventual closure of reserve will affect helium supply and prices, H2363 [26AP]

——— ensure any funds resulting from privatization are used for deficit reduction, H2361 [26AP]

——— require BLM honor existing contracts and ensure a continued supply of helium for domestic manufacturers, H2362 [26AP]

FEMA: temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 41), H47• [4JA]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (H.R. 1565), E1049• [11JY]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6110, H6137, H6151 [2OC], H6623• [16OC]

Greece: independence anniversary, E344• [20MR]

Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: ensure compliance by certain countries and establish procedures for prompt return of children abducted to other countries (H.R. 3212), H7649• [11DE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2701 [16MY]

House of Representatives: clarify proceedings and actions during Fall district work period (H. Res. 391), H6845 [29OC]

——— clarify proceedings and actions during Spring district work period (H. Res. 178), H2318 [25AP]

——— legislative priorities, H6845 [29OC]

——— legislative process, H2318 [25AP]

Hurricanes: anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, H6877, H6880, H6881 [29OC]

——— improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 219), H69 [14JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H47• [4JA]

——— making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H136, H138 [15JA], E38• [18JA]

Immigration: reform (H.R. 15), E1871• [12DE]

——— reform (S. 744), H4014 [25JN]

Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), Senate amendments, H6623• [16OC]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (H.R. 850), H5240• [31JY]

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of: condemn nuclear device test and support additional sanctions (H. Res. 65), H558• [15FE]

Lautenberg, Frank R.: tribute (H. Res. 242), H3002 [3JN]

Medal of Honor: award to Bennie G. Adkins, Donald P. Sloat, and certain other veterans who were previously recommended (H.R. 3304), concur in Senate amendments (H. Res. 441), H8045• [12DE]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H2458• [7MY]

Mining and mineral resources: clarify definition of ‘‘strategic and critical minerals’’ to only include minerals identified by the National Research Council as strategic and critical, H5613, H5618 [18SE]

——— ensure compliance with procedures relative to oil and gas development activities in certain potash reserves, H5618 [18SE]

——— promote domestic production of critical minerals and materials (H.R. 761), H5607, H5608, H5609, H5610, H5613, H5618 [18SE]

Nagorno-Karabakh: allocation of foreign aid, E537• [24AP]

National Park Service: acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program (H.R. 1033), H1843, H1844 [9AP]

National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 70), H6151 [2OC]

National Weather Service: ground readiness project funding, H138 [15JA]

Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H797• [28FE]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), E1880• [16DE]

NLRB: prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), H1967 [12AP]

NOAA: Regional Ocean Partnership program funding, H136 [15JA]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), E489• [18AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), H7138• [15NO]

——— implementation, H6110 [2OC], H7157 [18NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement, E1362• [23SE]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2701 [16MY]

Petroleum: ensure oil transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline is used in domestic commerce, H2885 [22MY]

Public debt: ceiling, H6623• [16OC]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (H.R. 1630), E496• [18AP]

Republican Party: impact of Tea Party minority on party majority, H6151 [2OC]

SEC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), H2742• [17MY]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), consideration (H. Res. 391), H6845 [29OC]

States: provide hydraulic fracturing regulations and chemical disclosure requirements to BLM for public disclosure, H7291 [20NO]

——— recognize authority to regulate oil and gas operations and promote American energy security, development, and job creation (H.R. 2728), H7281, H7283, H7284, H7285, H7289, H7291 [20NO]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H186 [22JA]

Taxation: eliminate wage cap on payroll tax, H5773 [20SE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1321• [17SE]

Transgender Day of Remembrance: observance, E1717• [20NO]

Violence Against Women Act: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H797• [28FE]

——— ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H797• [28FE]

——— reauthorize (S. 47), H797• [28FE]

Votes: position on missed, H3163• [5JN], H5072• [25JY], E717• [21MY], E936• [20JN], E1055• [11JY], E1101• [19JY], E1232• [2AU], E1407• [30SE]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (H.R. 1921), H7281 [20NO]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal recipient, H2072 [17AP]

Tributes

Lautenberg, Frank R., E846• [12JN]