INCOME see also Economy; Pensions; Securities; Social Security
Addresses
State of the Union: President Obama, S651–S655 [12FE], H444–H448 [12FE]
Amendments
Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), consideration (H. Res. 380), H6512 [11OC]
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]
Budget: 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]
Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 743), S2903 [23AP], S2926, S2928, S2971, S2972, S2973, S2974, S2975, S2977, S2978 [24AP], S3051, S3052, S3053, S3055, S3056, S3057, S3058 [25AP]
Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2516 [8MY]
——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (H. Res. 198), H2458 [7MY]
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]
Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), S7539, S7543 [16OC], H6616 [16OC]
Analyses
No Subsidies Without Verification Act: Dept. of HHS Office of Inspector General, H5525 [12SE]
Appointments
Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission, S3698 [21MY], S4349 [11JN]
Social Security Advisory Board, S297 [24JA]
Articles and editorials
As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard, H942 [4MR]
Congress Must Help Eliminate Hunger, H5718 [19SE]
Congress Must Level Playing Field on Internet Sales Taxes, S3080 [6MY]
Congress Should Extend the Sales-Tax Deduction, S8989 [19DE]
Economy Leaves Wages Behind, H2456 [7MY]
Erick Erickson Is Wrong. . . and Here’s Why, S2100 [21MR]
Failure To Continue Jobless Benefits Would Undo Budget Deal’s Economic Boost, H7710 [12DE]
Fairness on Sales Taxes, S3080 [6MY]
Food Stamps Do Work, H3101 [5JN]
In the Depths of a Coal Mine (excerpt), S3544 [16MY]
Keep the State Tax Deductions, S1277 [11MR]
Obama White House Paid Women Staffers Less Than Men in 2012, H2457 [7MY]
On the Edge of Poverty, at the Center of a Debate on Food Stamps, H5682 [19SE]
Shamed in Edina for Using Food Stamps, H5718 [19SE]
Tax Internet Sales, Stimulate Growth, S2821 [22AP]
There’s a Reason This Is Called the Marketplace Fairness Act, S3080 [6MY]
Top 10 Reasons Why People of Color Should Care About Sequestration, H943 [4MR]
2013 Government Shutdown Could Hit Millions of Vets, VA Chief Says, H6475 [10OC]
Wanted—Jobs for the New ‘Lost’ Generation (excerpt), S6730, S6731 [24SE]
What’s Fair for Business, S3081 [6MY]
Bills and resolutions
Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (see H. Res. 379), H6545 [11OC]
——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), consideration (see H. Res. 380), H6544 [11OC]
AID: establish a health and education grant program related to autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 3054), H5399 [2AU]
Alcoholic beverages: exempt aging process of distilled spirits from the production period for purposes of capitalization of interest costs (see S. 1457), S6207 [1AU]
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 S. 373), S773 [14FE] (see H.R. 683), H544 [14FE] (see H.R. 3569), H7310 [20NO]
——— allow suspension of pay and allowances of a member who is held in confinement pending trial by court-martial or by civil authority for any sex-related offense or capital offense (see H.R. 2777), H4856 [22JY]
——— 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 and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (see S. 171), S357 [29JA] (see S. 1541, 1543), S6753 [24SE] (see H.R. 3187), H5882 [26SE] (see H.R. 3210), H6011 [28SE]
——— 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), consideration (see H. Res. 366), 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]
——— authorize payment of expenses for a stopover of the remains of certain decedents en route to the final destination (see H.R. 3337), H6769 [23OC]
——— award Purple Heart to members killed or wounded in terrorist attacks perpetrated within the U.S. and clarify eligibility of such members for combat-related special compensation (see H.R. 3049), H5398 [2AU]
——— eliminate requirement that certain former Reserve members be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits (see H.R. 738), H547 [14FE]
——— ensure allowances of members covered by Pay Our Military Act include Dept. of Defense military tuition assistance programs (see H.R. 3275), H6411 [8OC]
——— ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 2907), H5341 [1AU]
——— equalize treatment under the Survivor Benefit Plan accorded Reserve component members who die from injury or illness incurred during inactive duty training with members who die on active duty (see H.R. 1770), H2390 [26AP]
——— exempt retired pay of certain disabled veterans from full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment and prevent adverse impact of such adjustment on Survivor Benefit Plan annuities (see S. 1872, 1880), S9052 [19DE] (see H.R. 3789), H8125 [19DE] (see H.R. 3808), H8131 [23DE]
——— limit recoupments of separation pay, special separation benefits, and voluntary separation incentive from members subsequently receiving retired or retainer pay (see H.R. 3314), H6767 [23OC]
——— making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members (see H.J. Res. 91), H6411 [8OC]
——— provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 1360), H1823 [21MR]
——— 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]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1856; S. Res. 323), S8976 [18DE] (see H.R. 3787), H8124 (see H.R. 3790, 3792, 3794, 3797, 3798, 3801), H8125 [19DE] (see H.R. 3804, 3807), H8131 [23DE]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see S. 1844), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 3793), H8125 [19DE]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see S. 1869), S9051 [19DE] (see H.R. 3788), H8124 [19DE]
Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (see S. 1427), S6206 [1AU]
——— improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 100), H30 [3JA]
——— make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see S. 114), S214 [23JA] (see H.R. 532), H410 [6FE]
BLS: require determination of the prevailing wage utilized under the Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 448), H315 [1FE]
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]
——— 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]
——— reduce the deficit and protect important programs by ending tax loopholes (see S. 268), S589 [11FE]
——— replace the sequester by eliminating tax loopholes (see S. 277, 278), S590 [11FE]
——— 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]
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: reform the Border Patrol agent pay schedule (see S. 1691), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 3463), H7050 [13NO]
Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 336), S772 [14FE] (see S. 743), S2684 [16AP] (see H.R. 684), H544 [14FE]
——— ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see S. 1687), S7951 [12NO]
——— repeal disclosure requirements that allow for comparison of executive compensation to that of other employees (see H.R. 1135), H1395 [13MR]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 84), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 377), H279 [23JA]
——— prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 168), S357 [29JA] (see H.R. 438), H300 [29JA]
Coast Guard: making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members (see S.J. Res. 24), S7386 [10OC]
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorize release of Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations records on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. Tax Code (see S. Res. 62), S944 [27FE]
Committees of the Senate: authorize reporting of funding resolutions (see S. Res. 58), S944 [27FE] (see S. Res. 228), S6519 [17SE]
Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see S. 1422), S6206 [1AU] (see H.R. 2663), H4482 [11JY]
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]
——— limit taxpayer-funded salaries of Government contractors (see S. 1192), S4673 [19JN] (see H.R. 2444), H3928 [19JN]
——— provide for compensation of Federal contractor employees that were placed on unpaid leave as a result of the Government shutdown (see H.R. 3500), H7110 [14NO]
——— repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 711), H545 [14FE]
Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 506), H370 [5FE]
Credit: address certain issues relative to the extension of consumer credit (see S. 172), S357 [29JA] (see H.R. 990), H1318 [6MR]
——— empower States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions (see S. 1229), S5264 [26JN]
——— establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see S. 673), S2500 [9AP]
——— prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see S. 1837), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 645), H500 [13FE]
Crime: increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (see S. 1185), S4673 [19JN]
Davis-Bacon Act: raise threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements (see H.R. 1637), H2157 [18AP]
——— repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 2013), H2716 [16MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: allow States to implement a work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants (see H.R. 3055), H5399 [2AU]
——— allow veterans to file for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits under the status of disabled while their Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability claims are pending (see H.R. 2038), H2717 [16MY]
——— carry out employment and training pilot projects to reduce dependency and increase work efforts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1929), H2568 [9MY]
——— establish a dairy producer margin insurance program to protect producer income by paying producers when actual producer margins are less than a threshold level (see H.R. 1741), H2350 [25AP]
——— improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 208), H52 [4JA]
——— improve and extend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 458), S1127 [5MR] (see H.R. 1510), H1956 [11AP]
——— improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see S. 762), S2797 [18AP] (see H.R. 1657), H2158 [18AP]
——— oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H815 [28FE]
——— permit providers of eligible food purchasing and delivery services to be approved as retail food stores that accept and redeem Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 2404), H3687 [17JN]
——— prevent cash payments to recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for return of empty bottles and cans used to contain food purchased with such benefits (see H.R. 228), H84 [14JA]
——— prohibit partnerships with foreign governments to promote enrollment in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and terminate Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative with Mexico (see H.R. 1882), H2533 [8MY]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (see H.R. 3102), H5553 [16SE]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), consideration (see H. Res. 351), H5653 [18SE]
——— repeal authority to make performance-based bonus payments to States for recruiting additional people to enroll in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 1182), H1426 [14MR]
——— repeal denial of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility of ex-offenders (see H.R. 197), H52 [4JA]
——— require retail food stores to report detailed information on food items purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits and the Dept. to publish such information (see H.R. 1752), H2350 [25AP]
——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Dept. (see H.R. 2384), H3652 [14JN]
Dept. of Defense: declare the attack at Fort Hood, TX, a terrorist attack and ensure victims of such attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those killed or wounded in overseas combat zones (see S. 1500), S6446 [12SE] (see H.R. 3111), H5587 [17SE]
——— develop innovative financial products that encourage savings and wealth-creation among active servicemembers and reduce use of predatory lenders (see S. 1741), S8360 [20NO]
——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families (see H.R. 705), H545 [14FE]
Dept. of Education: establish a Pay It Forward model for funding postsecondary education that requires students to pay a percentage of their income back into the fund upon graduation (see S. 1884), S9105 [20DE]
——— simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (see H.R. 1716), H2298 [24AP]
——— update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (see S. 915), S3326 [9MY] (see H.R. 1937), H2568 [9MY]
Dept. of HHS: increase access to Medicare data (see S. 1758), S8457 [21NO]
——— issue regulations to make available a searchable Medicare claims and payment database (see S. 1180), S4585 [18JN] (see H.R. 2843), H5088 [25JY]
——— 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 Justice: provide death benefits for campus police officers (see H.R. 2235), H3094 [4JN]
——— provide effective criminal prosecutions and increase penalties for tax return identity thefts (see S. 149), S284 [24JA] (see H.R. 744), H593 [15FE]
Dept. of Labor: establish pilot programs to provide employers who employ certain veterans and Armed Forces members wage subsidies and provide career transition services to young veterans (see S. 922), S3326 [9MY]
——— modify employee protective arrangements for public transportation projects (see H.R. 2537), H4142 [27JN]
——— phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H659 [26FE]
——— prohibit enforcement of requirement that certain consumer reporting agencies obtain and maintain an individual’s informed consent agreement when verifying income and employment (see H.R. 2722), H4723 [18JY]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling (see S. 598), S1892 [18MR]
——— provide for Indian trust asset management reform (see S. 165), S329 [28JA] (see H.R. 409), H281 [23JA]
Dept. of the Treasury: allow reliance on State examinations for certain financial institutions in order to assist immigrant communities in making remittances to their countries of origin (see S. 1840), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 1694), H2297 [24AP]
——— develop and present a legislative proposal to establish a consumption tax to replace income tax (see H.R. 2393), H3687 [17JN]
——— 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]
——— make permanent the performance-based compensation system for scientific and technical employees of the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (see H.R. 2067), H2838 [21MY]
——— prevent expansion of U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (see H.R. 2299), H3251 [6JN]
——— prevent fraudulent use of taxpayer identification numbers of residents of U.S. territories and possessions to be used to obtain a credit or refund on tax returns (see H.R. 353), H278 [23JA]
——— study feasibility of providing certain taxpayers with an optional pre-prepared tax return (see S. 722), S2649 [15AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans’ benefits to recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 2529), H4141 [27JN]
——— carry out a program of outreach for veterans (see S. 1558), S7007 [27SE]
——— consider resources of pension applicants recently disposed of by the applicants for less than fair market value when determining eligibility for such pensions (see S. 748), S2749 [17AP] (see H.R. 2341), H3356 [12JN]
——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see S. 629), S2026 [20MR] (see H.R. 679), H501 [13FE]
——— deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see S. 690), S2501 [9AP] (see H.R. 1452), H1857 [9AP]
——— establish a task force to assess retention and training of claims processors (see H.R. 2528), H4079 [26JN]
——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 1936), H2568 [9MY]
——— exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans’ pensions (see H.R. 1438), H1857 [9AP]
——— extend programs assisting homeless veterans with special needs (see H.R. 2485), H4037 [25JN]
——— extend work-study program for individuals pursuing rehabilitation, education, or training and expand program to veterans’ outreach services provided by congressional offices (see S. 894), S3255 [8MY] (see H.R. 2151), H2953 [23MY]
——— improve benefits and assistance to surviving spouses of veterans (see S. 735), S2683 [16AP]
——— improve outreach programs (see H.R. 153), H50 [4JA]
——— improve processing of claims for compensation (see S. 928), S3326 [9MY]
——— improve supervision of fiduciaries of veterans (see H.R. 894), H814 [28FE]
——— include an appeals form in any notice of decision issued for the denial of a benefit sought (see H.R. 1405), H1836 [25MR]
——— prohibit medical exam requests of veterans who have submitted sufficient evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals and improve efficiency of disability claims processing (see S. 935), S3371 [13MY] (see H.R. 1980), H2603 [14MY]
——— prohibit receipt of bonuses by employees who violate Federal civil laws or regulations (see H.R. 3087), H5546 [12SE]
——— provide for payment of temporary compensation to a surviving spouse of a veteran upon the death of the veteran (see S. 1573), S7536 [16OC]
——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 734), S2683 [16AP] (see H.R. 32), H28 [3JA]
——— 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: require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (see H.R. 2798), H4978 [23JY]
District of Columbia: clarify rules regarding determination of compensation of the Chief Financial Officer (see H.R. 3343), H6827 [28OC]
——— provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 362), H278 [23JA]
Economy: prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security or veteran benefits or to increase low- and middle-class tax burden (see S. Con. Res. 15), S2961 [24AP]
——— provide a comprehensive deficit reduction plan through dollar for dollar debt ceiling increase and entitlement program reform (see S. 11), S871 [26FE]
——— provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and work-based training for unemployed adults and youth (see S. 1383), S6023 [29JY] (see H.R. 2721), H4723 [18JY] (see H.R. 2770), H4856 [22JY]
——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 2821), H5050 [24JY]
——— restore growth, spur job creation, and build momentum toward economic recovery for border communities and the U.S. (see H.R. 548), H411 [6FE]
Education: allow a State to opt out of K–12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 2394), H3687 [17JN]
Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see S. 1623), S7674 [30OC] (see H.R. 1406), H1856 [9AP]
——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (see H. Res. 198), H2436 [6MY]
——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 951), H981 [5MR]
——— provide private sector employees with an opportunity for compensatory time off and a flexible credit hour program to help balance the demands of work and family (see S. 1626), S7674 [30OC]
——— require employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees (see H.R. 2096), H2910 [22MY]
——— streamline Federal job training system, steer training dollars toward skills needed by industry, establish Pay for Performance pilot program, and provide State access to National Directory of New Hires (see S. 804), S2960 [24AP]
Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1858 [9AP]
ERISA: require a lifetime income disclosure (see S. 1145), S4405 [12JN] (see H.R. 2171), H2954 [23MY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 650), H500 [13FE]
——— provide specific limited exemption for insurance claim adjustment work after a major disaster from overtime pay requirements (see H.R. 1001), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 3179), H5832 [25SE]
Federal agencies and departments: enhance authority to pay cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures (see H.R. 1931), H2568 [9MY]
Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see S. 1099), S3986 [6JN] (see H.R. 1502), H1956 [11AP]
Federal employees: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see S. 1120), S4021 [7JN] (see H.R. 533), H411 [6FE]
——— clarify that furloughed Federal employees who receive back pay may not also receive unemployment compensation for the same time period (see H.R. 3447), H6997 [12NO]
——— 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]
——— end the defined benefit portion of the Federal Employee Retirement System for any individual hired after a certain date (see S. 1678), S7951 [12NO]
——— ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 517), H370 [5FE]
——— ensure the percentage increase in rates of pay for prevailing wage employees is equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality (see H.R. 3573), H7352 [21NO]
——— impose penalties for unauthorized disclosure of personal tax information (see H.R. 3762), H8109 [12DE]
——— index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees entitled to a deferred annuity who died after leaving the Government before establishing a claim (see H.R. 26), H28 [3JA]
——— 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 bonuses, provide for investigative leave for the Senior Executive Service, and establish procedures for recording interactions with Executive branch employees (H.R. 2879), consideration (see H. Res. 322), H5259 [31JY]
——— 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]
——— 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]
——— prohibit performance awards in the Senior Executive Service during sequestration periods (see S. 986), S3569 [16MY] (see H.R. 2222), H3014 [3JN]
——— 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 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]
Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance: provide lump-sum payments to recipients unless the insured or beneficiary elects otherwise (see H.R. 468), H341 [4FE]
Federal firefighters: provide for more accurate computation of retirement benefits (see H.R. 471), H341 [4FE]
——— provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 1141), H1396 [13MR]
Federal-State relations: provide for the compensation of furloughed State or local government employees (see H.R. 3235), H6174 [2OC]
Financial institutions: allow use of prize-linked savings accounts to encourage personal savings (see S. 1597), S7615 [29OC] (see H.R. 3374), H6901 [29OC]
——— clarify that certain laws regulating deposit holds apply to American Samoa (see H.R. 1679), H2246 [23AP]
——— 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]
Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 105), S2897 [23AP]
——— support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 172), H2247 [23AP]
Firefighters: provide Federal death and disability benefits for contractors who serve as firefighters of the Forest Service, Dept. of the Interior agencies, or any State or local entity (see S. 1628), S7728 [31OC]
Foreign trade: include the cost of paying adequate wages and maintaining sustainable production methods in the calculation of normal value of a product (see S. 1801), S8668 [11DE]
FRS: set rate of pay for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees in accordance with the General Schedule (see H.R. 2385), H3653 [14JN]
GAO: report on implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (see H.R. 2630), H4308 [9JY]
——— transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to the processing of claims for the payment of federally contracted workers who were not paid appropriate wages (see H.R. 2747), H4825 [19JY]
Government: prohibit Members of Congress, President, 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]
Government regulations: 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]
House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (see H. Res. 8), H33 [3JA]
Immigration: promote economic survival of seasonal small businesses by ensuring that the wages paid to H-2B nonimmigrants are fair and reasonable (see H.R. 2765), H4825 [19JY]
——— reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the U.S. (see S. 600), S1892 [18MR]
Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (see S. 1455), S6207 [1AU] (see H.R. 2775), H4856 [22JY]
——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon certification that program to verify household income and other qualifications is operational (H.R. 2775), consideration (see H. Res. 339), H5475 [10SE]
——— delay enrollment in health plans in State or Federal exchanges until rules are published establishing income verification procedures for premium subsidy eligibility (see H.R. 2789), H4978 [23JY]
Investments: prevent consideration of legislation that would tax or confiscate personal savings accounts or assets to provide financial relief for private businesses (see H. Res. 129), H1631 [19MR]
IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see S. 669), S2500 [9AP] (see H.R. 495), H370 [5FE]
——— permit truncated Social Security numbers on wage reporting provided to employees (see H.R. 1560), H2025 [15AP]
Little Rock, AR: treat Armed Forces members killed or wounded in attack at recruiting station in same manner as members killed or wounded in a combat zone (see S. 1433), S6206 [1AU]
Lobbyists: provide that a former Member of Congress or congressional employee who receives compensation as a lobbyist shall not be eligible for retirement benefits or certain other Federal benefits (see H.R. 442), H300 [29JA]
Mayflower, AR: exclude from gross income compensation provided for victims of the pipeline oil spill (see S. 1350), S5907 [24JY] (see H.R. 2724), H4724 [18JY]
Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services (see S. 755), S2749 [17AP] (see H.R. 1838), H2436 [6MY]
Medicare: adjust part B and D premiums for high-income beneficiaries (see S. 1198), S4792 [20JN]
——— adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (see S. 1791), S8601 [10DE]
——— create incentives for innovative diagnostics by improving process for determining payment rates for new tests (see H.R. 2085), H2910 [22MY]
——— disregard amounts transferred from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA in computing income for purposes of determining income-related premiums (see H.R. 3078), H5475 [10SE]
——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 1444), S6207 [1AU]
——— reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (see H.R. 574), H412 [6FE]
Members of Congress: allow to decline certain retirement benefits and contributions by the Federal Government (see H.R. 296), H170 [15JA]
——— constitutional amendment to prohibit an increase in compensation from taking effect until a House election has intervened (see H.J. Res. 33), H1320 [6MR]
——— deny retirement credit for service as a Member in the case of a former Member convicted of a felony (see H.R. 2092), H2910 [22MY]
——— eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 65), S212 [23JA] (see H.R. 54), H29 (see H.R. 134), H31 [3JA] (see H.R. 196), H52 [4JA]
——— extend the basis for denial of retirement credit to include conviction of any felony (see H.R. 1547), H1992 [12AP]
——— increase the number of years of service required to be vested in an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 2357), H3590 [13JN]
——— make matching contributions to Thrift Savings Fund contingent on Congress completing action on budget resolution reducing the deficit (see H.R. 143), H32 [3JA]
——— prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 108), H31 [3JA] (see H.R. 167), H51 [4JA]
——— prohibit automatic salary adjustments for the remainder of the 113th Congress (see H.R. 636), H499 [13FE]
——— prohibit disbursement of funds for salaries and expenses and require salaries to be held in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent budget resolution by a certain date (see H.R. 397), H280 [23JA]
——— 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]
——— prohibit Members who retire before age 62 from receiving a cost-of-living increase prior to reaching retirement age (see H.R. 3787), H8124 [19DE]
——— prohibit payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members (see H.R. 3594), H7353 [21NO]
——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see S. 124), S214 [23JA] (see H.R. 310), H176 [18JA]
——— provide for rates of pay to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending (see H.R. 284), H169 [15JA]
——— provide that a former Member receiving compensation as a highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to concurrently receive Federal retirement benefits (see H.R. 2594), H4174 [28JN]
——— provide that Members shall be paid last whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations in a timely manner because public debt ceiling has been reached (see H.R. 1884), H2533 [8MY]
——— reduce a portion of salaries for failure to adopt a concurrent budget resolution which does not provide for a balanced budget (see H.R. 522), H410 [6FE]
——— reduce rate of compensation by percentage equal to reduction in pay of Federal employees subject to sequestration-related furloughs (see H.R. 2677), H4483 [11JY]
——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3160), H5801 [20SE] (see H.R. 3236), H6174 [2OC]
——— reduce rates of basic pay (see H.R. 37), H28 [3JA] (see H.R. 1181), H1426 [14MR]
——— reduce rates of basic pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 150), H32 [3JA] (see H.R. 398), H280 [23JA]
——— reduce rates of basic pay and eliminate automatic salary adjustments unless the Federal Government does not run a deficit in the previous fiscal year (see H.R. 396), H280 [23JA]
——— reduce rates of basic pay and prohibit further adjustments to such rates (see H.R. 1467), H1909 [10AP]
——— require disclosure of delinquent tax liability and require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of, a Member with Federal tax liability (see H.R. 884), H814 [28FE]
——— require salaries be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (see S. 436), S1088 [4MR] (see H.R. 1478), H1909 [10AP]
——— require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (see H.R. 308), H176 [18JA]
——— 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]
——— terminate further retirement benefits, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 423), H292 [25JA]
——— terminate further retirement benefits for Members, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 52), H29 (see H.R. 151), H32 [3JA] (see H.R. 178), H51 [4JA]
Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 1737), S8186 [19NO]
——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see S. 460), S1127 [5MR] (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 1346), H1822 [21MR] (see H.R. 3746), H8108 [12DE]
——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 229), H84 [14JA]
Mining and mineral resources: protect health care and pension benefits of miners (see S. 468), S1229 [6MR] (see H.R. 980), H1318 [6MR]
——— protect health care benefits of miners (see H.R. 2627), H4213 [8JY]
——— transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H5342 [1AU]
National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (see H.R. 2470), H3989 [20JN]
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 Guard: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3237), H6174 [2OC]
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]
——— require all young persons to perform military or civilian service, allow induction to uniformed services during wartime, and require registration of women under the Selective Service System (see H.R. 748), H593 [15FE]
Native Americans: amend legislation concerning taxable income to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (see H.R. 3608), H7354 [21NO]
NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see S. 1542), S6753 [24SE] (see H.R. 3154), H5766 [19SE]
——— prevent certain appointees from receiving salaries and a quorum of the Board from taking agency actions until final resolution of pending lawsuits relative to recess appointments (see S. 188), S400 [30JA] (see H.R. 557), H411 [6FE]
Obama, President: use funds allocated for trip to Africa to compensate Federal employees furloughed due to sequestration (see H. Res. 275), H4038 [25JN]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see S. 1562), S7063 [30SE]
——— reauthorize and improve (see S. 1028), S3843 [23MY]
OMB: withhold salary of the Director, Deputy Director, and Deputy Director for Management upon failure to submit the President’s budget to Congress (see S. 620), S2026 [20MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prevent implementation of tax and fee provisions until certification that certain employer and employee reporting requirements may be made accurately and without fraud (see H.R. 2927), H5342 [1AU]
——— prohibit payment of bonuses and pay increases for executives of a State exchange funded through Federal grants (see H.R. 3679), H7607 [9DE]
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]
Pensions: protect Federal and military retirees by expanding Truth in Lending Act disclosure provisions when a Federal or military pension is used as consideration by predatory lenders (see H.R. 3310), H6767 [23OC]
——— reform funding rules for cooperative associations and small charitable employers to ensure their ability to provide pension plans to employees (see S. 1302), S5708 [16JY]
Postal Service: 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]
Presidents of the U.S.: hold compensation in escrow upon failure to submit budget in a timely manner (see H.R. 1082), H1356 [12MR]
——— modify monetary allowance payable to a former President (see H.R. 248), H168 [15JA]
Public debt: 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 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]
Public safety officers: extend public safety officers’ death benefits to fire police officers (see S. 876), S3158 [7MY] (see H.R. 1828), H2436 [6MY]
Sebelius, Sec. of HHS: provide for a reduction in pay until the healthcare.gov website is certified as fully functional (see H.R. 3785), H8117 [16DE]
SEC: require all transactions of persons subject to accounting principles or standards to be shown on such persons’ balance sheet (see H.R. 3011), H5397 [2AU]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 1585), H2066 [16AP] (see H.R. 2154), H2953 [23MY]
——— establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1030), H1327 [7MR]
Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see S. 90), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 155), H50 [4JA]
——— eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits (see H.R. 2047), H2774 [17MY]
——— eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and requirement for reconsideration between benefit entitlement decision and hearing (see H.R. 160), H50 [4JA]
——— 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]
——— establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Funds (see H.R. 1713), H2297 [24AP]
——— establish a procedure to safeguard trust funds (see S. 110), S214 [23JA]
——— establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 370), H279 [23JA] (see H.R. 1517), H1956 [11AP]
——— exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 2745), H4725 [18JY]
——— guarantee right to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1275), H1717 [20MR]
——— improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see S. 308), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 649), H500 [13FE]
——— increase full retirement age and early retirement age (see H.R. 1160), H1425 [14MR]
——— prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2159 [18AP]
——— prohibit an individual who is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for a felony from receiving various cash benefits (see H.R. 2418), H3758 [18JN]
——— protect Social Security and Medicare trust funds from the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 3161), H5801 [20SE]
——— provide for congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements (see S. 767), S2798 [18AP]
——— remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (see H.R. 174), H51 [4JA] (see H.R. 387), H280 [23JA]
——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 896), S3256 [8MY] (see H.R. 1795), H2392 [26AP]
——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (see S. 567), S1853 [14MR] (see H.R. 3118), H5588 [17SE]
——— treat permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 3050), H5398 [2AU]
Social Security and Medicare Part A Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1517), H1956 [11AP]
Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 370), H279 [23JA]
SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see S. 1810), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 3712), H8107 [12DE]
SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 364), H278 [23JA]
——— authorize extension to Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa (see H.R. 91), H30 [3JA]
——— update eligibility (see H.R. 1601), H2123 [17AP]
Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 3424), H6953 [30OC]
——— allow a credit against tax for qualified elementary and secondary education tuition (see S. 297), S707 [13FE] (see H.R. 1381), H1824 [21MR]
——— allow a deduction for contributions to tax-exempt Housing Equity Savings Accounts (see H.R. 2929), H5342 [1AU]
——— allow a deduction for higher education expenses in a program of study in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) (see H.R. 1353), H1823 [21MR]
——— allow a deduction for patent box profit from the use of U.S. patents (see H.R. 2605), H4174 [28JN]
——— allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see H.R. 2476), H3995 [24JN]
——— allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 1694), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 1317), H1821 [21MR]
——— allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 2862), H5173 [30JY]
——— allow an income tax credit for equity investments in high technology small businesses (see H.R. 122), H31 [3JA]
——— allow an unlimited exclusion from transfer taxes for certain farmland and land of conservation value (see H.R. 47), H29 [3JA]
——— allow certain individuals a credit against income tax for contributions to certain college savings plans (see H.R. 529), H410 [6FE]
——— allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see H.R. 3725), H8107 [12DE]
——— allow credits for the purchase of franchises by veterans (see S. 1015), S3761 [22MY]
——— allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (see H.R. 1271), H1630 [19MR]
——— allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 1324), H1821 [21MR]
——— allow for a 3-year recovery period for all racehorses (see H.R. 2212), H2964 [24MY]
——— allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2141), H2952 [23MY]
——— allow increased work opportunity credit for employers of recently discharged veterans (see H.R. 3653), H7507 [4DE]
——— allow individuals to designate overpayments of income tax for disaster relief (see H.R. 514), H370 [5FE]
——— allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1476), H1909 [10AP]
——— allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see S. 448), S1126 [5MR] (see H.R. 38), H28 [3JA]
——— allow small employers a credit against income tax for hiring individuals receiving unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3781), H8117 [16DE]
——— allow taxpayers to assign another taxpayer the amount of unused charitable deduction for qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 2714), H4597 [17JY]
——— allow taxpayers to designate income tax overpayments as contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 216), H52 [4JA]
——— allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund (see S. 62), S43 [22JA] (see H.R. 2797), H4978 [23JY]
——— allow the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans or Ready Reserve or National Guard members, make such credit permanent, and expand and make permanent the employer wage credit for active duty servicemen (see H.R. 3649), H7507 [4DE]
——— allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see S. 1591), S7574 [28OC] (see H.R. 3648), H7507 [4DE]
——— allow transfer of required minimum distributions from a retirement plan to a health savings account (see H.R. 1552), H2025 [15AP]
——— apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see S. 500), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 1029), H1327 [7MR]
——— assist in recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans’ assets (see H.R. 374), H279 [23JA]
——— authorize agricultural producers to establish and contribute to tax-exempt farm risk management accounts (see H.R. 1614), H2156 [18AP]
——— clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (see S. 91), S213 [23JA] (see H.R. 2778), H4856 [22JY]
——— clarify tax treatment of church pension plans (see S. 952), S3430 [14MY]
——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 1292), H1718 [20MR]
——— clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see S. 479), S1229 [6MR] (see H.R. 3581), H7353 [21NO]
——— clarify treatment of certain retirement plan contributions picked up by governmental employers (see H.R. 205), H52 [4JA]
——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see S. 1507), S6518 [17SE] (see H.R. 3043), H5398 [2AU]
——— consolidate and modify the Hope Scholarship Credit, Lifetime Learning Credit, and American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 3437), H6953 [30OC]
——— consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (see H.R. 3393), H6951 [30OC]
——— consolidate the current education tax incentives into one credit against income tax for higher education expenses (see S. 1090), S3954 [4JN] (see H.R. 2253), H3095 [4JN]
——— constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 16), H53 [4JA] (see H.J. Res. 104), H7152 [15NO]
——— disallow deductions for payment of compensatory and punitive damages to a government (see H.R. 3445), H6954 [30OC]
——— eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (see S. 1833), S8913 [17DE]
——— eliminate wasteful tax loopholes (see S. 8), S42 [22JA]
——— encourage alternative energy investments and job creation (see H.R. 1364), H1823 [21MR]
——— encourage law enforcement presence in our schools by allowing full-time, off-duty law enforcement officials an exclusion from income for wages for performing services as a substitute teacher (see H.R. 1546), H1991 [12AP]
——— encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 118), H31 [3JA]
——— end deferral of foreign source income of U.S. companies, close certain foreign tax credit loopholes, prevent U.S. tax avoidance, and eliminate tax loopholes for big oil companies (see S. 250), S519 [7FE]
——— establish dairy farm savings accounts (see S. 493), S1269 [7MR]
——— 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]
——— exclude from gross income amounts paid by employer on an employee’s student loans (see H.R. 395), H280 [23JA]
——— exclude from gross income gain from, and allow sale or grant of conservation easements for special estate tax valuation provisions for farm and other trade or business real property (see H.R. 2713), H4597 [17JY]
——— exclude from gross income payments under the Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program and certain amounts received under the Indian Health Professions Scholarship Program (see H.R. 3391), H6951 [30OC]
——— exclude from gross income the administratively uncontrollable overtime of Border Patrol agents (see H.R. 2755), H4825 [19JY]
——— exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see S. 1224), S5264 [26JN] (see H.R. 2509), H4078 [26JN]
——— exclude from income and employment taxes real property tax abatements for seniors and disabled individuals in exchange for services (see H.R. 1840), H2436 [6MY]
——— exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see H.R. 2312), H3287 [11JN]
——— expand availability of cash method of accounting for small businesses (see H.R. 947), H981 [5MR]
——— expand availability of saver’s credit, make credit refundable, and provide Federal matching contributions into the retirement savings of the taxpayer (see H.R. 837), H659 [26FE]
——— expand Coverdell education savings accounts to allow home schooling expenses, adjust contributions for inflation, and make expansion of such accounts permanent (see S. 86), S213 [23JA]
——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see S. 1476), S6208 [1AU]
——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 2035), H2717 [16MY]
——— expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes (see S. 1772), S8457 [21NO]
——— expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 877), H701 [27FE]
——— expand the types of livestock for which bonus depreciation is available (see S. 494), S1269 [7MR]
——— extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 3490), H7109 [14NO]
——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 501), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 3747), H8108 [12DE]
——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 1859), S9051 [19DE]
——— extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and allow such deduction for home school expenses (see H.R. 1850), H2483 [7MY]
——— extend deduction for qualified tuition and related expenses (see H.R. 3094), H5546 [12SE]
——— extend employer wage credit for activated military reservists (see H.R. 3759), H8108 [12DE]
——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H5396 [2AU]
——— extend payroll tax reduction (see H.R. 516), H370 [5FE]
——— extend the election to treat the cost of qualified film and television productions as an expense which is not chargeable to a capital account (see H.R. 3242), H6223 [3OC]
——— extend the new markets tax credit and provide designated allocations for areas impacted by decline in manufacturing (see H.R. 3735), H8108 [12DE]
——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (see S. 1882), S9105 [20DE] (see H.R. 3751), H8108 [12DE]
——— extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (see H.R. 121), H31 [3JA]
——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for certain targeted groups (see H.R. 3328), H6768 [23OC]
——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see S. 1624), S7674 [30OC] (see H.R. 3327), H6768 [23OC] (see H.R. 3395), H6951 [30OC]
——— facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see S. 1368), S5968 [25JY] (see H.R. 341), H222 [22JA]
——— improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts (see S. 1031), S3843 [23MY] (see H.R. 2194), H2954 [23MY]
——— increase aggregate reduction in fair market value of farm and certain real property (see H.R. 1448), H1857 [9AP]
——— increase amount of low-income housing credit that may be allocated in States damaged by Hurricane Irene or Tropical Storm Lee (see H.R. 3025), H5397 [2AU]
——— increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1704), H2297 [24AP]
——— increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (see S. 966), S3532 [15MY] (see H.R. 1634), H2157 [18AP]
——— increase quarterly wages paid threshold for classification as an agricultural labor employer for purposes of unemployment taxes (see H.R. 2899), H5261 [31JY]
——— increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (see H.R. 1723), H2349 [25AP]
——— increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee (see H.R. 1618), H2156 [18AP]
——— jointly address corporate and pass-through entity tax reform in a fiscally responsible manner and reduce rate differences between such entities while maintaining adequate forms of organization for businesses (see H. Res. 359), H5833 [25SE]
——— limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see S. 1645), S7829 [5NO] (see H.R. 1129), H1395 [13MR]
——— limit deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation (see H.R. 199), H52 [4JA]
——— make certain dividends and distributions paid to individuals from certain small businesses exempt from tax to the extent of the increased wages of the small business (see H.R. 815), H627 [25FE]
——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H8108 [12DE]
——— make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1116), S4021 [7JN] (see H.R. 3739), H8108 [12DE]
——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H6768 [23OC]
——— make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see S. 41), S43 [22JA] (see S. 127), S284 [24JA] (see H.R. 2854), H5173 [30JY]
——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1621), H2157 [18AP]
——— make permanent the reduced recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see S. 1855), S8976 [18DE]
——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H3250 [6JN]
——— modify rules relative to loans made from a qualified employer retirement plan (see S. 606), S1950 [19MR]
——— modify the small employer health insurance credit (see S. 1325), S5800 [18JY]
——— permanently apply the new markets tax credit to redevelopment of communities impacted by realignment or closure of military installations (see H.R. 3439), H6953 [30OC]
——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H594 [15FE]
——— permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 749), S2749 [17AP]
——— permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see S. 1834), S8913 [17DE]
——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 1133), S4212 [11JN]
——— permit students who were homeless youths or homeless veterans to occupy low-income housing units (see H.R. 3145), H5766 [19SE]
——— prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 1556), H2025 [15AP]
——— prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 4), H33 [3JA]
——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (see S. 1187), S4673 [19JN] (see H.R. 2788), H4978 [23JY]
——— prevent U.S. tax avoidance on foreign income by corporations (see H.R. 694), H545 [14FE]
——— promote savings through a credit for low- and middle-income taxpayers who deposit tax refunds into designated savings options (see H.R. 2917), H5342 [1AU]
——— protect employees in the building and construction industry who are participants in multiemployer plans (see S. 838), S3029 [25AP]
——— provide a business credit for the use of clean-fuel and fuel efficient vehicles by businesses within designated nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 407), H281 [23JA]
——— provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund (see H.R. 1293), H1718 [20MR]
——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 1851), H2483 [7MY]
——— provide a credit for hurricane and tornado mitigation expenditures (see H.R. 2233), H3094 [4JN] (see H.R. 2774), H4856 [22JY]
——— provide a credit to small employers for certain newly hired employees (see H.R. 3127), H5654 [18SE]
——— provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures (see S. 136), S284 [24JA]
——— provide a payroll tax exemption for hiring long-term unemployed individuals (see H.R. 3752), H8108 [12DE]
——— provide a permanent exclusion of all gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 3129), H5654 [18SE]
——— provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see S. 1260), S5499 [27JN]
——— provide adjustments in individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1568), H2025 [15AP]
——— provide an above-the-line deduction for health insurance premiums (see H.R. 3791), H8125 [19DE]
——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see S. 862), S3091 [6MY] (see H.R. 1814), H2393 [26AP]
——— provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 2737), H4724 [18JY]
——— provide an income tax credit for increased payroll (see S. 115), S214 [23JA]
——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 654), S2328 [22MR] (see H.R. 1449), H1857 [9AP]
——— provide credit to individuals for legal expenses paid relative to establishing guardianship of a disabled individual (see H.R. 1597), H2123 [17AP]
——— provide deduction for itemizers and nonitemizers for home schooling expenses (see S. 87), S213 [23JA]
——— provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 929), H815 [28FE]
——— provide for a refundable adoption tax credit (see S. 1056), S3844 [23MY] (see H.R. 2144), H2953 [23MY]
——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see S. 1280), S5667 [11JY] (see H.R. 2671), H4482 [11JY]
——— provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods (see S. 420), S1011 [28FE] (see H.R. 901), H814 [28FE]
——— provide for offsetting certain past-due local tax debts against income tax overpayments (see H.R. 2716), H4597 [17JY]
——— provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (see S. 720), S2649 [15AP] (see H.R. 1336), H1822 [21MR] (see H.R. 1571), H2025 [15AP]
——— provide individual and corporate income tax relief and extend total bonus depreciation (see H.R. 2373), H3652 [14JN]
——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see S. 506), S1269 [7MR] (see H.R. 1009), H1319 [6MR]
——— provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 886), H814 [28FE]
——— provide tax credits to small businesses that hire people who were previously unemployed and to small businesses in high unemployment areas (see H.R. 3430), H6953 [30OC]
——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (see S. 1085), S3905 [3JN]
——— provide tax relief for damages relative to Hurricane Sandy (see H.R. 2137), H2952 [23MY]
——— provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see H.R. 1040), H1330 [11MR]
——— provide that income attributable to certain passenger cruises beginning or ending in the U.S. be treated as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the U.S. (see S. 1449), S6207 [1AU]
——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 3726), H8107 [12DE]
——— raise limitation on the election to accelerate the alternative minimum tax credit in lieu of bonus depreciation (see S. 1287), S5667 [11JY]
——— reduce Federal tax on fuels by the amount of any increase in State fuel tax rates (see H.R. 1065), H1355 [12MR]
——— reduce maximum rate on income of corporations (see S. 151), S284 [24JA]
——— reduce number of tax brackets, provide child and personal tax credits, allow new charitable and mortgage interest deductions, repeal certain taxes, and eliminate State and local deductions (see S. 1616), S7673 [30OC]
——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see S. 321), S708 [13FE] (see H.R. 766), H594 [15FE]
——— reduce the holding period used to determine whether horses qualify as certain assets (see H.R. 998), H1318 [6MR]
——— reduce the tax rate on domestic manufacturing income (see H.R. 2940), H5343 [1AU]
——— reform public and private pension plans and preserve access to professional investment advice (see S. 1270), S5567 [9JY]
——— regulate payroll tax deposit agents (see S. 900), S3256 [8MY]
——— remove deduction for charitable contributions from overall limitation on itemized deductions (see H.R. 1479), H1909 [10AP]
——— rename the section of the Internal Revenue Code known as the spousal individual retirement account as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA (see S. 1221), S5149 [25JN] (see H.R. 2289), H3250 [6JN]
——— repeal certain limitations on expensing certain property and allow taxpayers to elect shorter recovery periods for purposes of determining the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 408), H281 [23JA]
——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 1183), S4673 [19JN] (see H.R. 2429), H3927 [19JN]
——— repeal estate and gift taxes (see S. 1402), S6126 [31JY] (see H.R. 147), H32 [3JA] (see H.R. 177), H51 [4JA] (see H.R. 483), H342 [4FE]
——— repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 782), H595 [15FE]
——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see S. 122), S214 [23JA] (see H.R. 25), H28 [3JA]
——— repeal increase in income threshold used to determine medical care deduction (see H.R. 3114), H5588 [17SE]
——— repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (see S. 173), S357 [29JA]
——— replace the mortgage interest deduction with a nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence (see H.R. 1213), H1547 [15MR]
——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 556), H411 [6FE]
——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see S. 1533), S6647 [19SE] (see H.R. 1554), H2025 [15AP]
——— simplify and enhance qualified retirement plans (see H.R. 2117), H2911 [22MY]
——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (see S. 836), S3029 [25AP]
——— support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings (see S. Con. Res. 12), S2564 [10AP]
——— temporarily exclude capital gain from gross income (see H.R. 2885), H5260 [31JY]
——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 352), H278 [23JA]
——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 3673), H7566 [5DE]
——— treat charitable contributions made by an individual after the close of the taxable year, but before the tax return due date, as made in such taxable year (see H.R. 3134), H5765 [19SE]
——— treat payments by charitable organizations to certain firefighters as exempt payments (see S. 1115), S4021 [7JN] (see S. 1689), S8000 [13NO] (see H.R. 2275), H3250 [6JN] (see H.R. 3458), H6997 [12NO]
——— waive minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans (see H.R. 2732), H4724 [18JY]
Territories: improve administration of programs in the insular areas (see S. 1237), S5498 [27JN] (see H.R. 2200), H2955 [23MY]
Transportation: limit executive compensation at public transit agencies that receive Federal funds (see S. 1496), S6377 [11SE]
Truth in Lending Act: provide that residential mortgage loans held on portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages relative to the presumption of ability to repay requirements (see H.R. 2673), H4483 [11JY]
Unemployment: express that Congress should reconvene to enact legislation extending unemployment benefits (see H. Res. 446), H8117 [16DE]
——— extend unemployment benefits (see S. 1747), S8361 [20NO] (see S. 1797), S8601 [10DE] (see S. 1845), S8913 [17DE] (see H.R. 3546), H7309 [20NO] (see H.R. 3773), H8117 [16DE]
——— prevent payment of benefits to incarcerated individuals (see H.R. 2826), H5087 [25JY]
——— prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use (see H.R. 1172), H1426 [14MR]
——— terminate benefits to jobless millionaires (see H.R. 2448), H3988 [20JN]
Veterans: develop guidelines for use of unofficial sources of information to determine eligibility for benefits and decorations when service records are incomplete due to damage while in Dept. of Defense possession (see H.R. 3397), H6952 [30OC]
——— exclude certain pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance (see S. 1707), S8049 [14NO] (see H.R. 825), H658 [26FE] (see H.R. 1742), H2350 [25AP]
——— 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 S. 234), S519 [7FE] (see H.R. 303), H170 [15JA] (see H.R. 333), H221 [22JA]
——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 893), S3255 [8MY] (see H.R. 569, 570), H412 [6FE]
Voting: provide employees with paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 2350), H3590 [13JN]
Women: ensure access to best available overall and reproductive health care and affordable insurance, reduce health disparities, end gender-based violence, and promote economic security (see H. Res. 94), H816 [28FE]
Cloture motions
Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 743), S2927 [24AP], S3013 [25AP]
——— empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 743), motion to proceed, S2785 [18AP], S2833 [22AP]
Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), S7532 [16OC]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S9083 [20DE]
Comments
Conservatives support proposal to empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes, S2098 [21MR]
Cost Estimates
No Subsidies Without Verification Act (H.R. 2775): CBO, H5525 [12SE]
E-mails
Marketplace Fairness Act: Al Cardenas, American Conservative Union, S3076 [6MY]
Essays
State of the Union: Emily Ellsworth, S649 [12FE]
——— Jeannine Bissonette, S702 [13FE]
Explanations
Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act (H.R. 100), E5–E8 [3JA]
Letters
Armed Forces death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members: Repesentative Jackson Lee, H6433 [9OC]
Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act: several public interest organizations, S2115 [21MR]
Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding: Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, H3778 [19JN]
——— Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts, H3780 [19JN]
——— several organizations, H3783 [19JN]
Eliminate statutory pay adjustment for federal employees: Representative Wolf, H522 [14FE]
Empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes: David French, National Retail Federation, S2100 [21MR]
——— several organizations, S2099 [21MR]
Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, H6515 [11OC]
——— Roger Johnson, National Farmers Union, H6515 [11OC]
——— several agriculture, conservation, rural development, finance, forestry, energy, and crop insurance groups, H6516 [11OC]
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act: Representative Luján, H6301 [5OC]
Financial deregulation legislation: Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, H7483 [4DE]
——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7482 [4DE]
Impact of Government shutdown on Dept. of Veterans Affairs: several veterans’ organizations, H6475 [10OC]
Marketplace Fairness Act: Christine Gregoire and Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, National Governors Association, S2951 [24AP]
——— Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S3070 [6MY]
——— Lance Trebesch, S2828 [22AP]
——— Senators Enzi and Alexander, S3071 [6MY]
——— several Senators, S2950 [24AP]
——— Tom Corbett, Governor of Pennsylvania, and Steven L. Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, National Governors Association, S2951 [24AP]
Middle class revitalization: Bill Ross, S6288 [9SE]
Mortgage Forgiveness Tax Relief Act: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), S8991 [19DE]
——— Gary Thomas, National Association of Realtors, S8990 [19DE]
No Subsidies Without Verification Act: several Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H5522 [12SE]
Nomination of Thomas E. Perez to be Sec. of Labor: John R. Dunne, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP, S3235 [8MY]
——— Kathleen T. Snyder, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, S3235 [8MY]
——— M.H. Jim Estepp, Greater Prince George’s County Business Roundtable (organization), S3235 [8MY]
——— Pless Jones, Maryland Minority Contractors Association, Inc., S3235 [8MY]
Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act: A. Barry Rand, AARP, H5681 [19SE]
——— Stephen E. Blaire, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H5680 [19SE]
——— Tom Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H5681 [19SE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation, S6797 [24SE], H6602 [15OC]
——— Lee Stanley, H6609 [16OC]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act verification procedures and safeguards relative to eligibility determinations: Jim R. Esquea, Dept. of HHS, H5526 [12SE]
Pay Our Military Act: Representative McKeon, Committee on Armed Services (House), E1416 [2OC]
——— Representative Turner, H6303 [5OC]
Protect benefits of disabled veterans by not enacting a chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for benefits: Barry A. Jesinoski, DAV, S2086 [21MR]
——— James E. Koutz, American Legion, S2085 [21MR]
——— several veterans organizations, S2085 [21MR]
Protecting Consumers From Unreasonable Credit Rates Act: several legal and consumer organizations, S2503 [9AP]
Secure Annuities for Employees (SAFE) Retirement Act: Brian H. Graff, American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries, S5572 [9JY]
——— Catherine J. Weatherford, Insured Retirement Institute, S5663 [11JY]
——— Gregory J. Burrows, Principal Life Insurance Co., S5750 [17JY]
——— Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform (organization), S5572 [9JY]
——— James J. Donelon, National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S5751 [17JY]
——— Joseph F. McKeever, Davis & Harman LLP, S5662 [11JY]
——— Kim O’Brien, National Association for Fixed Annuities, S5663 [11JY]
——— Kirk D. Johnson, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, S5750 [17JY]
——— Lynn D. Dudley, American Benefits Council, S5571 [9JY]
——— Malott W. Nyhart, Great American Life Insurance Co., S5662 [11JY]
——— Pamela D. Everhart, Fidelity Investments (business), S5750 [17JY]
——— Paul S. Stevens, Investment Company Institute, S5663 [11JY]
——— Paula Calimafde, Small Business Council of America, S5750 [17JY]
——— Peter G. Gallanis, National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations, S5751 [17JY]
——— Peter Kunkel, Transamerica Corp., S5751 [17JY]
——— Peter R. Pastre, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., S5663 [11JY]
——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S5751 [17JY]
——— Robert O. Smith, National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, S5664 [11JY]
——— Scott F. Betts, National Benefit Services, LLC, S5750 [17JY]
——— W. Jeffrey Zobell, Alliance Benefit Group-Rocky Mountain (company), S5571 [9JY]
——— Walter C. Welsh, American Council of Life Insurers, S5571 [9JY]
Tax incentives for small businesses: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S3908 [3JN]
Working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment: Military Coalition, S8758 [12DE]
——— Norb Ryan, Military Officers Association of America, S8758 [12DE]
Lists
Cosponsors of McGovern amendment to H.R. 1947, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H3850 [19JN]
Expiring Dept. of Defense authorities, S8549 [9DE], S8959 [18DE]
Governors and former governors who support S. 743, Marketplace Fairness Act, S2952 [24AP]
Minnesota Air and Army National Guard areas impacted by a Government shutdown, H6195 [3OC]
Minnesota supporters of proposal to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes, S2105 [21MR]
National organizations supporting the Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act, S2115 [21MR]
Organizations opposing H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, H5681 [19SE]
Organizations supporting S. 743, Marketplace Fairness Act, S2873 [23AP]
Recent expert reports, disparity studies and congressional hearings addressing public procurement and minority-owned and women-owned enterprises, S4981 [21JN], E940 [20JN]
State and local organizations supporting the Cut Unjustified Tax (CUT) Loopholes Act, S2116 [21MR]
Statements supporting S. 743, Marketplace Fairness Act, S2833 [22AP]
Memorandums
Empower States To Require Online Retailers To Collect and Remit State Sales and Use Taxes: Steven Maguire, Jeanne Grimmett, and Erika K. Lunder, Congressional Research Service, S2103 [21MR]
Recent Examples of IRS Postponement of Statutory Effective Dates: Erika K. Lunder and Carol A. Pettit, Congressional Research Service, H4538 [17JY]
Messages
Economic Report: President Obama, S1891 [18MR], H1530 [15MR]
Principles for Modernizing Military Compensation and Retirement Systems: President Obama, S6441 [12SE], H5540 [12SE]
Motions
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), H6198, H6199 [3OC]
Budget: 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]
Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 743), S2785 [18AP]
Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5719 [19SE]
Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2520 [8MY]
Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), H6620 [16OC]
Notices
Senate Financial Disclosure Reports, S3212 [7MY]
Remarks in House
African Americans: history of involvement in the labor movement, H5425–H5432 [9SE], E1265 [9SE]
Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), H6527–H6532 [11OC], E1527 [16OC]
——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (H. Res. 379), consideration (H. Res. 380), H6505–H6514 [11OC]
Amtrak: Office of Inspector General salaries and expenses funding, H5168 [30JY]
Argo Marketing Group (business): Inc. (publication) Hire Power Award for Job Creation recipient, E1706 [19NO]
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 during a Government shutdown or if the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 3217), H6064 [1OC]
——— 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 ensure that members and supporting civilian and contractor personnel continue to receive pay for active service during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3210), consideration (H. Res. 366), H5975–H5985 [28SE]
——— 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), H6181, H6192, H6193–H6200, H6211 [3OC], H6239, H6241, H6279 [4OC], E1456 [8OC]
——— 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), H6122–H6132 [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), motion to recommit, H6198, H6199 [3OC]
——— 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]
——— funding, H5786 [20SE]
——— 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]
Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (H.R. 100), E5 [3JA]
Budget: prevent cuts to programs that benefit senior citizens, H1585, H1586, H1607 [19MR]
——— 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]
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: reform the Border Patrol agent pay schedule (H.R. 3463), H7063 [14NO]
Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (H.R. 684), H2446 [7MY], H2538 [9MY], H2646–H2649 [15MY], H2832 [21MY]
California: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2114 [17AP]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, E393 [9AP]
——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H226, H251 [23JA], H318 [4FE], H1840, H1841, H1847, H1848, H1849 [9AP], H1925–H1928, H1942 [11AP], H1986–H1988 [12AP], H2454, H2457, H2458 [7MY], H2518, H2519 [8MY], H3105, H3106, H3107, H3108, H3109, H3110 [5JN], E216 [28FE], E401 [9AP], E407 [10AP], E643 [13MY], E804, E806 [5JN]
——— prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 438), H1987 [12AP], E73 [29JA]
Colleges and universities: affordability, H2795–H2801 [20MY], H3026 [4JN], H4866 [23JY], H4991 [24JY], H5054 [25JY]
Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H7611 [10DE], H7695 [12DE]
——— legislative priorities, H5309 [1AU], H5437 [10SE], H5648 [18SE], H7195 [19NO], H7269–H7272 [20NO]
Congressional Black Caucus: legislative priorities, H7384–H7390 [2DE]
Contracts: 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]
Corps of Engineers: Savannah Harbor Expansion Project funding, H6702 [23OC]
Democratic Party: national agenda, H4993, H4994 [24JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: allow States to implement a work requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, H3959, H3960, H3969 [20JN]
——— allow States to implement drug testing program for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applicants, H3885, H3886 [19JN], H6511 [11OC]
——— carry out employment and training pilot projects to reduce dependency and increase work efforts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (H.R. 1929), H2538 [9MY]
——— eliminate the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3984 [20JN]
——— ensure no delay in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits for veterans, children, senior citizens, the disabled, and pregnant women in case of a Government shutdown or default, H5719, H5720 [19SE]
——— ensure that at least one large urban area is included in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program anti-fraud pilot programs, H3884, H3885 [19JN]
——— establish a dairy producer margin insurance program to protect producer income by paying producers when actual producer margins are less than a threshold level, H3949–H3953 [20JN]
——— establish a dairy producer margin insurance program to protect producer income by paying producers when actual producer margins are less than a threshold level (H.R. 1741), H3860 [19JN], E554 [25AP]
——— expunge unused Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, H3890 [19JN]
——— improve Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3728, H3729 [18JN], H6488 [10OC]
——— include personal hygiene items in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3888 [19JN]
——— increase asset eligibility determinations for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, E941 [20JN]
——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, H3694 [18JN]
——— prohibit individuals convicted of certain violent crimes from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3772–H3774, H3776, H3777 [19JN], H6512 [11OC]
——— reduce Thrifty Food Plan calculations in any year the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is not authorized, H3886, H3887 [19JN], H3947 [20JN]
——— reduction in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program fraud, H4527 [17JY]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs, H5939, H5942, H5943 [28SE], H6507–H6512 [11OC], E1501 [11OC]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5591, H5592, H5593, H5594, H5595, H5596, H5598, H5599, H5600, H5624, H5625 [18SE], H5659, H5660, H5661, H5662, H5663, H5664, H5665, H5666, H5667, H5668, H5694–H5721, H5755, H5756 [19SE], H5836 [26SE], E1353, E1355 [20SE], E1366 [25SE]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5669–H5684 [19SE]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), motion to recommit, H5719, H5720 [19SE]
——— report on effects of reduced Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding on charitable food providers, E939 [20JN]
——— require additional work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients and eliminate funding for nutrition education, job training, and job search programs, H3956, H3957 [20JN]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training Program funding, H1370 [13MR], H1409, H1410 [14MR]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H346 [5FE], H1388 [13MR], H1575 [19MR], H2477–H2481 [7MY], H2577 [14MY], H2622, H2623, H2625, H2626 [15MY], H2663, H2665, H2666, H2667, H2668, H2669 [16MY], H2844 [22MY], H3007–H3013 [3JN], H3100 [5JN], H3310, H3342–H3347 [12JN], H3359, H3365, H3369, H3371 [13JN], H3695, H3725, H3727, H3728, H3745–H3750 [18JN], H3761, H3768, H3769, H3771–H3785, H3850–H3855 [19JN], H3932, H3951, H3952, H3971–H3975 [20JN], H4086 [27JN], H4315 [10JY], H4374, H4375, H4377–H4390, H4393, H4459, H4460, H4462–H4474, H4475, H4477 [11JY], H4490 [16JY], H4577 [17JY], H4609 [18JY], H4815, H4816 [19JY], H5077 [25JY], H5181 [31JY], H5374, H5384, H5386 [2AU], H5530 [12SE], H5575, H5577 [17SE], H5844 [26SE], H6246, H6247 [4OC], H6489, H6491 [10OC], H6505, H6507–H6512, H6529 [11OC], H6610 [16OC], H6837, H6838 [29OC], H6907 [30OC], H7057 [14NO], H7170–H7176 [18NO], H7256, H7259, H7267 [20NO], H7399 [3DE], H7453, H7459 [4DE], H7632 [11DE], E683 [16MY], E759 [23MY], E853 [12JN], E897 [17JN], E918 [19JN], E933, E941, E943, E944, E947, E948, E950, E951 [20JN], E970, E971 [26JN], E1020 [8JY], E1061 [16JY], E1703 [19NO]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program reform relative to veterans ability to qualify under certain asset and income requirements, H5706 [19SE]
——— terminate Partnership for Nutrition Assistance Initiative with Mexico, H3890, H3891 [19JN]
Dept. of Defense: declare the attack at Fort Hood, TX, a terrorist attack and ensure victims of such attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those killed or wounded in overseas combat zones (H.R. 3111), H5629 [18SE]
——— prohibit employees paid through the Working Capital Fund Account from being furloughed, H4948, H4949 [23JY]
——— prohibit funding to furlough civilian employees, H4965, H4966 [23JY], H5077 [25JY]
——— prohibit funding to furlough military technicians (dual status), H4969, H4970 [23JY], E1136 [25JY]
——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families, H438 [12FE], E125 [12FE]
——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families (H.R. 705), H1581 [19MR]
——— supplement wages and eliminate furloughs through reductions in Afghan Security Forces funding, H4926, H4927 [23JY], H5027 [24JY]
Dept. of Education: exempt local educational agencies serving high percentage of students from families with income below the poverty line from changes to funding formula, H4710, H4711 [18JY]
——— simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (H.R. 1716), H2928 [23MY], H5217 [31JY]
——— submit a report listing average salary of employees whose jobs are eliminated due to program consolidation and the average salary of employees according to job function, H4720, H4721 [18JY]
Dept. of Energy: cleanup and reindustrialization of Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, H4329 [10JY]
——— environmental justice for minority and low-income populations funding, H4286, H4287 [9JY]
——— provide for the compensation of furloughed employees at Government-owned, contractor operated national laboratories, H6537, H6541 [11OC]
Dept. of HUD: project-based rental assistance program technical correction, H5161 [30JY]
——— section 8 housing voucher program funding, H5157 [30JY]
Dept. of Labor: allow regulations to prevent fraud related to pensions and other retirement savings accounts, promote investment education and advice, and require financial service providers to disclose any fees, H6870 [29OC]
——— issue fiduciary duty rule to protect access to investment education and advice and assure reasonable financial compensation to financial service providers, H6866–H6869 [29OC]
——— job training programs funding through reduction in Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program marketing and outreach funding, H1473, H1474 [15MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program report on executive compensation, H395 [6FE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans’ benefits to recognize new State definitions of spouse (H.R. 2529), H4096 [27JN]
——— consider resources of pension applicants recently disposed of by the applicants for less than fair market value when determining eligibility for such pensions, H6791 [28OC]
——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws, H6803 [28OC]
——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 1936), H2849 [22MY], H6914 [30OC], E640 [9MY]
——— exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans’ pensions (H.R. 1438), E392 [9AP]
——— extend programs assisting homeless veterans with special needs (H.R. 2485), H5890 [27SE]
——— improve processing of claims, H6914 [30OC]
——— improve supervision of fiduciaries of veterans, H6803 [28OC]
——— include an appeals form in any notice of decision issued for the denial of a benefit sought (H.R. 1405), H6800–H6804 [28OC]
——— prohibit funding for payment of employee performance awards, H3076, H3077 [4JN]
——— reduce salary of senior officials if disability compensation claims are not reduced by a certain amount, H3074, H3075 [4JN]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: prohibit funding to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3080–H3083 [4JN]
District of Columbia: clarify rules regarding determination of compensation of the Chief Financial Officer (H.R. 3343), H7162, H7163 [18NO]
——— provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (H.R. 362), E56 [23JA]
Economy: avert ‘‘fiscal cliff’’ economic crisis through bipartisan agreement on taxes and spending, E11 [3JA], E21 [14JA]
——— historical significance of the American dream and analysis of issues that undermine its survival, H7430 [3DE]
——— impact of budget sequestration, H941–H948 [4MR]
——— impact of illegal aliens, H1952 [11AP], H4204, H4205 [8JY], H4580 [17JY]
——— impact of immigration reform, H4320 [10JY], H4579–H4585 [17JY], H5186 [31JY]
——— impact of tax cuts, H1348 [12MR]
——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H538 [14FE], H2527–H2529 [8MY], H5576–H5577, H5581 [17SE]
——— importance of job creation, H97 [15JA], H464 [13FE], H640 [26FE], H1406 [14MR], H1434 [15MR], H1668, H1669, H1670, H1671, H1677, H1679 [20MR], H1724, H1814 [21MR], H1871, H1873, H1874 [10AP], H1921, H1924 [11AP], H2377 [26AP], H2470–H2475 [7MY], H2494 [8MY], H2626 [15MY], H2723 [17MY], H2812 [21MY], H2916 [23MY], H3027 [4JN], H3106 [5JN], H3220 [6JN], H3274, H3277 [11JN], H3297, H3299 [12JN], H3368, H3369, H3370, H3371 [13JN], H3671, H3684 [17JN], H4001 [25JN], H4048 [26JN], H4148 [28JN], H4179, H4189, H4200 [8JY], H4223 [9JY], H4830, H4831, H4842–H4848 [22JY], H4987 [24JY], H5099 [30JY], H5273 [1AU], H5352 [2AU], H5418 [9SE], H5441 [10SE], H5481 [11SE], H5532 [12SE], H5658 [19SE], H5808 [25SE], H6189 [3OC], H6418 [9OC], H6466 [10OC], E428 [11AP]
——— national objectives priority assignments, H3658 [17JN], H4591 [17JY]
——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H157 [15JA], H1576 [19MR], H3106 [5JN], H5430 [9SE]
——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 2821), H4990 [24JY], H5184 [31JY], H5275 [1AU], H5516 [12SE], H5599 [18SE], H5678 [19SE]
——— replace sequester with responsible spending reforms, H438 [12FE], H8077 [12DE]
——— revitalize the middle class, H202 [22JA], H1872 [10AP], H2470, H2471 [7MY], H3274–H3276, H3278, H3279 [11JN], H6695 [23OC], H7170 [18NO]
Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2235–H2239 [23AP], H2310 [25AP], H2408 [6MY], H2447, H2448, H2449, H2450, H2462, H2463 [7MY], H2490, H2491, H2492, H2493, H2494, H2502–H2522, H2526 [8MY], H3027 [4JN], H3227 [6JN], H4843 [22JY], H5076 [25JY], H7557 [5DE], E636 [9MY], E643 [13MY]
——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), consideration (H. Res. 198), H2450–H2459 [7MY]
——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), motion to recommit, H2520, H2521 [8MY]
——— guarantee employee choice for use of compensatory time for certain purposes and exclude employers that violate equal pay protections for women from option to offer compensatory time for overtime, H2520, H2521 [8MY]
——— job creation relative to Congress approving the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H4490 [16JY]
——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations, H1408 [14MR]
——— require employers provide a minimum of 1 week of paid annual leave to employees (H.R. 2096), E1598 [29OC]
EPA: impact of Government regulations on coal industry, H5582–H5586 [17SE], H5936 [28SE]
Equal Pay Act: anniversary, H3105, H3106, H3107, H3108, H3109 [5JN], H3228 [6JN], E800, E804, E806 [5JN], E830 [10JN], E840 [11JN]
Equal Pay Day: observance, H1840, H1841, H1847, H1848, H1849 [9AP], H1925, H1942 [11AP], H1986–H1988 [12AP], E393, E401 [9AP], E407 [10AP], E424 [11AP]
Fair Pay Act: anniversary, E108 [6FE], E216 [28FE]
Federal agencies and departments: suspend compensation packages for senior executives for remainder of fiscal year 2013 and cap such packages in the future, H1921 [11AP]
Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act: reauthorize nutrition programs for the same duration as farm programs, H6515–H6520 [11OC]
Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (H.R. 1502), H2034 [16AP], E432 [11AP]
Federal employees: appropriate funds necessary to ensure Federal employees continue to receive pay for service during a Government shutdown, H6004, H6005 [28SE]
——— 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]
——— ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 517), E99 [5FE]
——— impact of Government shutdown, H6456 [10OC]
——— limit bonuses, provide for investigative leave for the Senior Executive Service, and establish procedures for recording interactions with Executive branch employees (H.R. 2879), H5272, H5273, H5296–H5306 [1AU], E1216 [2AU]
——— 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), H5276–H5285 [1AU]
——— limit total amount of awards or other discretionary monetary payments (H.R. 1541), H5191, H5202–H5207 [31JY], H5298 [1AU]
——— making continuing appropriations for on-time compensation of all Federal employees and certain military personnel during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3271), H6376 [8OC]
——— making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (H.J. Res. 89), H6384–H6389 [8OC]
——— making continuing appropriations for salaries and related expenses of excepted Federal employees who work during a Government shutdown (H.J. Res. 89), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6370–H6381 [8OC]
——— provide 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 Maritime Commission: salaries and expenses funding, H5168 [30JY]
Financial institutions: clarify that certain laws regulating deposit holds apply to American Samoa (H.R. 1679), E522 [23AP]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 172), E570 [26AP]
Food: address paradox between hunger and increased risk of obesity, H820 [4MR]
——— address U.S. hunger crisis, H507 [14FE], H637 [26FE], H1362 [13MR], H1866 [10AP], H1995 [15AP], H2302 [25AP], H2477–H2479 [7MY], H2577 [14MY], H3100 [5JN], H3342–H3347 [12JN], H3745–H3750 [18JN], H4085 [27JN], H4315 [10JY], H5181 [31JY], H6456 [10OC], H7057 [14NO], H7170–H7176 [18NO], H7399 [3DE], H7632 [11DE], E1703 [19NO]
GAO: establish pilot program to collect and publish Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefit redemption data, H3889 [19JN]
——— report on implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (H.R. 2630), H4219 [9JY]
——— submit report to Congress on usage of compensatory time as substitute for cash wages for overtime hours worked and detail complaints filed and enforcement actions taken for alleged violations, H2517 [8MY]
——— transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to the processing of claims for the payment of federally contracted workers who were not paid appropriate wages (H.R. 2747), H5449, H5450 [10SE]
Global Business Network Association: tribute, E1593 [29OC]
Government: prohibit Members of Congress, President, Vice-President, and executive department heads from receiving pay and prioritize payments to seniors, military, and veterans during Government shutdowns (H.R. 3152), H6241 [4OC]
Health: decision to eliminate income verification eligibility requirement relative to health care exchange insurance subsidies, H4180 [8JY], H4221 [9JY]
House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (H. Res. 8), H24 [3JA]
Immigration: impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, H3670 [17JN]
——— impact on job creation and hiring, H3371 [13JN]
——— impact that granting amnesty to illegal aliens has on employment, H4594–H4596 [17JY]
Indiana: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2112 [17AP]
Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), H5055 [25JY], H5441, H5442 [10SE], H5517–H5529, H5531, H5533 [12SE], H6098 [1OC], E1317 [16SE]
——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), Senate amendments, H6613, H6616–H6626 [16OC]
——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon certification that program to verify household income and other qualifications is operational (H.R. 2775), consideration (H. Res. 339), H5486–H5493 [11SE]
——— delay enrollment in health plans in State or Federal exchanges until rules are published establishing income verification procedures for premium subsidy eligibility, H5033 [24JY]
Kentucky: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2108, H2112 [17AP]
Labor unions: importance of organized labor in the U.S., H1811–H1815, H1817 [21MR]
Longaberger Co.: tribute to moving of pottery production line back into the U.S., H2810 [21MY]
Medicare: tribute to part D prescription drug benefit program, H3369 [13JN]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to prohibit an increase in compensation from taking effect until a House election has intervened (H.J. Res. 33), H1551 [18MR]
——— eliminate automatic salary adjustments (H.R. 54), E16 [4JA]
——— forfeit taxpayer-funded portion of pension if an individual is convicted of any felony, H1580 [19MR]
——— increase the number of years of service required to be vested in an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System (H.R. 2357), H7629 [11DE]
——— prohibit automatic salary adjustments for the remainder of the 113th Congress, H523 [14FE]
——— prohibit automatic salary adjustments for the remainder of the 113th Congress (H.R. 636), H517 [14FE], H560, H565 [15FE], H992, H994 [6MR]
——— prohibit from receiving pay whenever the U.S. cannot satisfy obligations because public debt ceiling has been reached (H.R. 2335), E850 [12JN]
——— prohibit payment of compensation from prioritized obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached, H2546, H2547 [9MY]
——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (H.R. 310), H233, H246 [23JA]
——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3160), H5844 [26SE], H6210 [3OC], E1403 [30SE]
——— require salaries be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, H1361 [13MR]
——— require salaries be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (H.R. 1478), E413 [10AP]
——— terminate further retirement benefits, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan, H225 [23JA]
Minimum wage: increase, H5497–H5502 [11SE], H5599 [18SE]
——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H1528 [15MR]
——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H968 [5MR], H2458 [7MY], H2518, H2519 [8MY], H7498–H7503 [4DE], H7636 [11DE], E1801 [5DE]
——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1346), E357 [21MR]
——— level, H6668 [22OC]
Minnesota: tribute to passage of the ‘‘Ban the Box’’ Act, E655 [14MY]
Missouri: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2108, H2111 [17AP]
Montana: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2113 [17AP]
Motion pictures: tribute to documentary, ‘‘Place at the Table’’, on U.S. hunger crisis, H637 [26FE], H1362 [13MR]
National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (H.R. 2470), E927 [20JN]
National objectives: economic recovery, H318 [4FE], H554 [15FE], H2235–H2242 [23AP], H6667 [22OC], H6981 [12NO]
National Retirement Planning Week: observance, E422 [11AP], E448 [12AP]
Northern Mariana Islands: adjust scheduled minimum wage increases, H5453, H5454 [10SE]
Northern Virginia Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc.: tribute, E1593 [29OC]
Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H976–H978 [5MR]
——— evaluation of budget proposal, H1945, H1947 [11AP]
——— evaluation of economic policies, H515 [14FE], H675 [27FE], H1537–H1542 [15MR], H2036 [16AP], H2475 [7MY], H3229 [6JN], H4864 [23JY], H4989 [24JY], H5598 [18SE], H5666 [19SE]
——— State of the Union Message, H537–H539 [14FE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: economic impact on middle class families, H6050 [30SE], H6070 [1OC]
——— impact, H1342 [12MR]
——— impact on job creation and hiring, H5846 [26SE], H6015, H6025, H6044 [30SE], H6186 [3OC], H6235, H6245 [4OC], H6455 [10OC], H6987, H6988 [12NO]
——— protect tax credits for middle class and small businesses, H5371, H5372 [2AU]
Pennsylvania: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2112, H2113 [17AP]
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (H.R. 2697), E1068 [16JY]
Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H1584, H1614, H1615 [19MR], H3006–H3013 [3JN], H3341–H3347 [12JN]
Power resources: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H5581–H5586 [17SE]
——— promote use of natural gas, H5374 [2AU], H6695 [23OC]
Presidential appointments: prohibit payment of salaries to Presidential recess appointees until they are formally confirmed by the Senate, H4323 [10JY], H4966 [23JY]
Public debt: economic impact of default, H6592 [14OC], H6597 [15OC], H6613 [16OC]
——— 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]
Republican Party: impact of Tea Party minority on party majority, H6059 [1OC]
——— national agenda, H4189 [8JY], H4223 [9JY], H4992, H4993, H5032 [24JY]
Rock Island, IL: impact of Government shutdown on Rock Island Arsenal employees, H6563 [12OC]
SEC: protect pension plans of firefighters, police officer, teachers, or any retiree against fraudulent or deceptive financial practices and protect U.S. firms from takeovers by foreign companies, H2748–H2750 [17MY]
Securing America’s Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H1796 [21MR]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits, H1948 [11AP]
——— establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (H.R. 1030), H1996 [15AP]
Small business: improve opportunities for minority entrepreneurs, H3678–H3683 [17JN]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1915 [11AP], H2057 [16AP]
——— establish a procedure to safeguard trust funds, H360, H361 [5FE], H1873 [10AP]
——— prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (H. Con. Res. 34), H4841 [22JY]
——— use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits, H1939–H1945 [11AP], H1963 [12AP]
SSI: authorize extension to American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands (H.R. 364), H183 [22JA]
Taxation: address high audit rate of tax returns claiming adoption tax credit, H3297 [12JN]
——— allow employers a credit against income tax as an incentive to partner with educational institutions to provide skills training for students (H.R. 1271), H1883 [10AP]
——— allow individuals to designate overpayments of income tax for disaster relief (H.R. 514), E85 [4FE], E96 [5FE]
——— allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (H.R. 38), H2075 [17AP]
——— capital gains and dividends, H1668, H1669 [20MR]
——— clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 1292), H2293 [24AP], H2760 [17MY], H3648 [14JN]
——— consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), E1614 [30OC]
——— eliminate wage cap on payroll tax, H5773 [20SE]
——— exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (H.R. 2312), H3638 [14JN]
——— expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (H.R. 2035), H2706 [16MY]
——— extend Bush administration tax cuts, provide alternative minimum tax relief, and extend increased expensing limitations, E17 [4JA], E21 [14JA]
——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (H.R. 3751), E1867 [12DE]
——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for certain targeted groups (H.R. 3328), H6912 [30OC], H7061 [14NO]
——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans, H7456 [4DE]
——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (H.R. 3327), H6912 [30OC]
——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (H.R. 1621), H2148 [18AP]
——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit, H7404 [3DE]
——— permit students who were homeless youths or homeless veterans to occupy low-income housing units (H.R. 3145), E1349 [19SE]
——— provide a credit for hurricane and tornado mitigation expenditures (H.R. 2233), E790 [4JN]
——— provide a credit for hurricane and tornado mitigation expenditures (H.R. 2774), E1110 [22JY]
——— provide a payroll tax exemption for hiring long-term unemployed individuals (H.R. 3752), E1870 [12DE]
——— provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (H.R. 929), H2234 [23AP]
——— provide for offsetting certain past-due local tax debts against income tax overpayments (H.R. 2716), E1073 [17JY]
——— provide individual and corporate income tax relief and extend total bonus depreciation (H.R. 2373), H3594 [14JN]
——— provide tax relief for damages relative to Hurricane Sandy, E1607 [30OC]
——— rates, H233 [23JA], H318, H327 [4FE], H395–H398 [6FE], H641 [26FE], H1537–H1542 [15MR], H1577 [19MR], H1668, H1669 [20MR], H1870 [10AP], H2524 [8MY], H6294 [5OC], H6843 [29OC], E140 [13FE], E482 [17AP], E813 [6JN]
——— reform the Federal tax code, H1961 [12AP], H1997, H1998 [15AP], H2076, H2077, H2078 [17AP], H2129, H2147, H2149–H2152 [18AP], H2168, H2237–H2240 [23AP], H2276 [24AP], H3020 [4JN], H4846, H4848 [22JY], H4859 [23JY], H5650–H5652 [18SE]
——— rename the section of the Internal Revenue Code known as the spousal individual retirement account as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA (H.R. 2289), H4006–H4008 [25JN]
——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H2056–H2061 [16AP], H3106 [5JN]
——— repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, H5371 [2AU]
——— require individuals to include their Social Security numbers on the income tax return as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit (H.R. 556), H1364 [13MR]
——— restoration of tax-free employer-sponsored public transit benefits for commuters, H96 [15JA]
——— simplify and enhance qualified retirement plans (H.R. 2117), E732 [23MY]
——— terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 352), E50 [23JA]
——— treat payments by charitable organizations to certain firefighters as exempt payments (H.R. 3458), H8086, H8087 [12DE], E1867 [12DE]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H7145 [15NO], H7368 [2DE], H7699, H7700, H7701, H7704–H7712, H8073–H8075, H8077, H8079–H8083, H8088, H8089, H8100, H8102 [12DE], H8134 [26DE], E1719 [20NO]
——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), H7406 [3DE], H7557 [5DE], H7623–H7626 [10DE], H7635, H7636 [11DE]
——— prevent payment of benefits to incarcerated individuals (H.R. 2826), E1141 [25JY]
——— prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to individuals discharged for drug or alcohol use (H.R. 1172), E305 [14MR]
Veterans: benefits funding, H5786 [20SE]
——— exclude certain pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance (H.R. 1742), H6780–H6782 [28OC], E1591 [29OC]
——— impact of Government shutdown, H6560, H6561 [12OC], H6600 [15OC]
——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 570), H2815–H2817 [21MY]
——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 893), H6971, H6972 [12NO]
War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H1865 [10AP]
West Virginia: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2110, H2113 [17AP]
White House: call to host a conference on food and nutrition in effort to address U.S. hunger crisis, H507 [14FE], H1362 [13MR], H1995 [15AP], H2302 [25AP], H4316 [10JY], H5181 [31JY]
Women: impact of Government shutdown on health services, H6121 [2OC]
Wyoming: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, H2114 [17AP]
Remarks in Senate
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]
——— 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), unanimous-consent agreement, S7018 [30SE]
——— 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), S7117, S7133 [2OC], S7148 [3OC], S7190, S7199, S7214 [4OC], S7243 [5OC]
——— 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), unanimous-consent agreement, S7140 [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), unanimous-consent request, S7147 [3OC], S7182, S7183 [4OC], S7332 [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]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (S. 1844), S8946, S8948, S8949, S8964 [18DE], S9010 [19DE]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S9036 [19DE]
——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. Res. 323), S8981 [18DE]
——— working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S8757–S8759 [12DE], S8870, S8871, S8884, S8885, S8893–S8898 [17DE], S8921–S8923, S8931–S8935, S8939, S8943–S8948, S8951–S8953 [18DE], S9007, S9009, S9038 [19DE], S9086–S9089 [20DE]
Bankruptcy: clarify rule allowing discharge as a nonpriority claim of governmental claims arising from disposition of farm assets (S. 1427), S6217 [1AU], S6335 [10SE]
——— make privately issued student loans dischargeable (S. 114), S220 [23JA]
Budget: 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]
——— reduce the deficit and protect important programs by ending tax loopholes (S. 268), S590–S594 [11FE], S2114–S2118 [21MR], S3826, S3829 [23MY]
——— replace sequester with responsible spending reforms, S2066–S2071 [21MR]
——— replace the sequester by eliminating tax loopholes (S. 278), S3828, S3829 [23MY]
——— 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]
Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes, S2093–S2106, S2108 [21MR], S2248, S2273–S2278 [22MR]
——— empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 743), S2696 [16AP], S2697 [17AP], S2926–S2931, S2937–S2953 [24AP], S2983, S2985–S2991, S2994–S3009, S3013, S3016–S3018 [25AP], S3070–S3084 [6MY], S3153–S3155 [7MY]
——— empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 743), motion to proceed, S2785 [18AP], S2820–S2825, S2827–S2834, S2836–S2838 [22AP], S2859–S2863, S2866, S2871–S2873, S2875–S2882, S2885, S2891–S2894 [23AP], S2909, S2918, S2919 [24AP]
——— enforcement authority of States to collect State sales and use taxes from remote sellers in foreign countries, S3007 [25AP]
——— exempt businesses with less than certain amount of online sales from requirement to collect and remit State sales and use taxes, S2878, S2881 [23AP], S8939 [18DE]
——— give businesses more time to comply with online sales tax regulations, S2986–S2991 [25AP]
——— implement a sunset for requiring online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes, conduct study on costs of compliance, and limit State audits of online retailers, S2999 [25AP]
——— include tribal governments in provisions to empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes, S3154 [7MY]
CBO: use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits for Social Security, disabilities, and veterans, S2241, S2286, S2287 [22MR], S7415 [11OC]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, S2238 [22MR]
——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 84), S335 [29JA], S373–S377 [30JA], S4017 [7JN]
——— prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 168), S358 [29JA]
Colleges and universities: affordability, S5875 [24JY]
Committee on Economics (Joint): release of report on a strategy to strengthen manufacturing, boost STEM education, increase exports, expand access to capital, and reduce regulatory burdens, S9065 [19DE]
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): authorize release of Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations records on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. Tax Code (S. Res. 62), S957 [27FE]
Committees of the Senate: authorize reporting of funding resolutions (S. Res. 58), S888 [27FE]
——— authorize reporting of funding resolutions (S. Res. 228), S7170 [3OC]
Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (S. 1422), S6215 [1AU]
Contracts: limit taxpayer-funded salaries of Government contractors involved in border security, S4470, S4471 [13JN], S4659, S4660 [19JN]
Credit: empower States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions (S. 1229), S5268, S5269 [26JN]
——— establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (S. 673), S2502–S2504 [9AP]
——— prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (S. 1837), S8916 [17DE]
Dept. of Agriculture: allow States to deputize certain nonprofit organizations and area agencies on aging to conduct Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program interviews for senior citizens, S3731 [22MY]
——— establish a pilot project to eliminate purchases of unhealthful foods and beverages under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S3939 [4JN]
——— improve and extend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S3642, S3646 [21MY]
——— improve and extend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (S. 458), S1129–S1131 [5MR]
——— improve the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S3824 [23MY], S3980 [6JN], S4207 [11JN]
——— limit conservation program payments based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S3933, S3934 [4JN]
——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S3722 [22MY], S3817–S3820 [23MY]
——— prohibit individuals convicted of certain violent crimes from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S3646 [21MY]
——— prohibit individuals convicted of tax evasion from receiving any benefits from Government assistance programs, S3933, S3934 [4JN]
——— provide homebound seniors and disabled persons access to grocery delivery through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, S3722 [22MY]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), S6611, S6631 [19SE], S6699, S6871 [24SE]
——— repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a food stamp block grant program, S3714–S3716 [22MY], S3826 [23MY]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S3593, S3610 [20MY], S3750 [22MY], S4049 [10JN], S6568 [18SE], S7693 [31OC], S8448 [21NO], S8541, S8545 [9DE], S8616 [11DE], S8887 [17DE]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding through reductions in crop insurance reimbursements to providers, S3637, S3647 [21MY]
Dept. of Defense: declare the attack at Fort Hood, TX, a terrorist attack and ensure victims of such attack and their families receive the same honors and benefits as those killed or wounded in overseas combat zones, S8339 [20NO], S8702 [12DE], S9008, S9009 [19DE]
Dept. of Education: establish a Pay It Forward model for funding postsecondary education that requires students to pay a percentage of their income back into the fund upon graduation (S. 1884), S9084 [20DE]
——— establish interest rate caps on student loans through surtax on individuals making over a certain amount, S5870–S5872, S5880–S5882, S5884, S5885, S5887, S5890, S5892 [24JY]
——— update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (S. 915), S3330 [9MY], S5597 [10JY]
Dept. of HHS: issue regulations to make available a searchable Medicare claims and payment database (S. 1180), S4589 [18JN]
Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit privatization of Bureau of Customs and Border Protection services, S1832, S1840 [14MR]
Dept. of Justice: improve Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program, S8839 [16DE]
Dept. of Labor: establish pilot programs to provide employers who employ certain veterans and Armed Forces members wage subsidies and provide career transition services to young veterans (S. 922), S3332 [9MY]
Dept. of the Interior: prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling (S. 598), S1907 [18MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend work-study program for individuals pursuing rehabilitation, education, or training and expand program to veterans’ outreach services provided by congressional offices (S. 894), S3259 [8MY]
——— improve benefits and assistance to surviving spouses of veterans (S. 735), S2686 [16AP]
——— improve processing of claims for compensation (S. 928), S3337 [9MY]
——— protect benefits of disabled veterans by not enacting a chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for benefits, S2083 [21MR]
District of Columbia: clarify rules regarding determination of compensation of the Chief Financial Officer (H.R. 3343), S9111 [20DE]
Economy: address retirement savings crisis, S8084–S8086 [18NO]
——— analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions, S6626 [19SE], S7000–S7002 [27SE]
——— analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic conditions and the deficit, S2082 [21MR]
——— comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S1241 [7MR]
——— historical significance of the American dream and analysis of issues that undermine its survival, S6800–S6807 [24SE], S7370, S7371 [10OC], S8648–S8651 [11DE]
——— impact of budget sequestration, S6428 [12SE], S6631 [19SE]
——— impact of Government shutdown, S6871 [24SE], S7120 [2OC], S7261 [7OC]
——— impact of tax cuts, S2000 [20MR]
——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S842 [26FE], S2933–S2935 [24AP], S3499 [15MY], S3562 [16MY], S6564–S6567 [18SE], S6629, S6631 [19SE], S7510 [16OC], S7712 [31OC], S8626 [11DE]
——— importance of job creation, S3233 [8MY], S3286 [9MY], S3499 [15MY], S3733 [22MY], S4077 [11JN], S5600–S5602 [10JY], S5819 [23JY], S5952–S5955 [25JY], S6737, S6862 [24SE], S6912 [26SE], S7138 [2OC], S7855 [6NO], S8625 [11DE]
——— national objectives priority assignments, S897, S898 [27FE], S5514 [8JY], S5810 [23JY], S8553 [9DE]
——— prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security or veteran benefits or to increase low- and middle-class tax burden (S. Con. Res. 15), S2967–S2970 [24AP]
——— provide a comprehensive deficit reduction plan through dollar for dollar debt ceiling increase and entitlement program reform (S. 11), S8892 [17DE]
——— revitalize the middle class, S3499 [15MY], S3562 [16MY], S6564–S6567 [18SE], S6629 [19SE], S7394 [11OC], S7510, S7518 [16OC]
Employment: ensure equal pay policies and practices, S2252 [22MR]
——— provide private sector employees with an opportunity for compensatory time off and a flexible credit hour program to help balance the demands of work and family (S. 1626), S7690 [31OC]
Equal Pay Act: anniversary, S4017 [7JN]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees, S2296 [22MR]
Federal employees: increase contribution of revised annuity employees into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund under the Federal Employees Retirement System, S8898 [17DE]
——— 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]
Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 105), S2904 [23AP]
Fisher House Foundation, Inc.: tribute to provision of military death benefits to families of fallen servicemen during the Government shutdown, S7359, S7361, S7362 [10OC]
GAO: report finding National Flood Control Program and Federal Crop Insurance Corp., ill-prepared to deal with events resulting from climate change, S926 [27FE]
——— transfer certain functions to the Dept. of Labor relative to the processing of claims for the payment of federally contracted workers who were not paid appropriate wages (H.R. 2747), S7834 [5NO]
Government: 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 Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 55), S3605 [20MY], S6998 [27SE]
Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act: anniversary, S8839 [16DE]
Immigration: impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, S4076–S4078 [11JN], S4556 [18JN], S5118 [25JN], S5222, S5236 [26JN], S6175–S6177 [1AU], S6627, S6637–S6639 [19SE]
——— impact of guest worker program expansion on youth employment, S4557 [18JN]
——— reform and reduce fraud and abuse in certain visa programs for aliens working temporarily in the U.S., S3358 [13MY], S3929, S3931 [4JN], S4652 [19JN]
Insurance: condition health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon certification that program to verify household income and other qualifications for subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), unanimous-consent agreement, S7531 [16OC]
——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational, S7375 [10OC]
——— condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), S6544 [17SE], S6547 [18SE], S7503–S7532 [16OC]
Labor unions: prohibit access to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act advanced premium tax credits for low-income members in effort to avoid increased health care costs, S734 [14FE]
Lew, Jacob J.: suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury relative to actions and compensation as a top executive of Citigroup Inc., S894 [27FE]
Mayflower, AR: exclude from gross income compensation provided for victims of the pipeline oil spill (S. 1350), S5908 [24JY]
Medicare: adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals, S2268, S2269 [22MR]
——— impact of public debt ceiling default, S7487 [15OC]
——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (S. 1444), S6221 [1AU]
——— reform, S7526 [16OC]
——— solvency, S4542 [18JN], S8627 [11DE]
Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments, S2088 [21MR], S5934 [25JY]
——— eliminate automatic salary adjustments (S. 65), S201 [23JA]
——— permit Members to donate a percentage of their salaries to charity or to the Dept. of the Treasury during sequestration, S2305 [22MR]
——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (S. 124), S226 [23JA], S299 [28JA]
——— require salaries be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (S. 436), S1089 [4MR]
Minimum wage: increase, S6149 [1AU], S6696 [24SE], S8626 [11DE], S9010 [19DE]
——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S8290 [19NO], S8293 [20NO]
——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, S8925 [18DE]
——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (S. 460), S1131 [5MR], S2792 [18AP], S5899 [24JY], S8540–S8547 [9DE], S8886–S8889 [17DE]
Mining and mineral resources: protect health care and pension benefits of miners (S. 468), S1230 [6MR]
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]
National Labor Relations Act: impact, S3543–S3545 [16MY]
National objectives: economic recovery, S377 [30JA], S412 [31JA], S597 [12FE], S889–S892 [27FE], S2443 [8AP], S5925–S5927 [25JY], S6083–S6085 [31JY], S7977 [13NO], S8041 [14NO]
NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract, S4207 [11JN]
——— prevent certain appointees from receiving salaries and a quorum of the Board from taking agency actions until final resolution of pending lawsuits relative to recess appointments (S. 188), S405 [30JA]
Obama, President: evaluation of budget proposal, S2582 [11AP]
——— evaluation of economic policies, S5852–S5854, S5874 [24JY], S5931, S5952–S5955 [25JY], S6483 [17SE], S6548–S6550, S6580 [18SE], S8737 [12DE]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (S. 1562), S7815 [5NO]
OMB: withhold salary of the Director, Deputy Director, and Deputy Director for Management upon failure to submit the President’s budget to Congress, S2091 [21MR], S2288 [22MR]
——— withhold salary of the Director, Deputy Director, and Deputy Director for Management upon failure to submit the President’s budget to Congress (S. 620), S2029 [20MR]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on job creation and hiring, S3287 [9MY], S4436 [13JN], S5713–S5715 [16JY], S6707–S6709, S6712–S6716, S6721–S6724, S6729–S6731, S6797, S6830, S6854, S6867, S6878 [24SE], S6974 [27SE], S7043 [30SE], S7069 [1OC], S7851 [6NO], S7974 [13NO]
Political parties: eliminate nonprofit postal discount for State and national political committees, S2303 [22MR]
Power resources: importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy, S5787–S5790 [18JY]
Public debt: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (S. 81), S226 [23JA], S299 [28JA]
Republican Party: impact of Tea Party minority on party majority, S7098 [1OC]
——— national agenda, S6630 [19SE], S6696 [24SE]
Senate: legislative priorities, S7563–S7565 [28OC], S7802 [5NO], S8540 [9DE]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security, S2955 [24AP]
Small business: improve opportunities for minority entrepreneurs, S4981 [21JN]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S2513–S2516 [10AP], S8906 [17DE]
——— historical assessment, S7024 [30SE]
——— save and strengthen, S8085 [18NO]
——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (S. 567), S7865 [6NO]
——— use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits, S2954 [24AP], S8085 [18NO]
Taxation: allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (S. 1591), S7579 [28OC]
——— clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (S. 91), S672 [13FE]
——— clarify tax treatment of church pension plans (S. 952), S3433 [14MY]
——— clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (S. 479), S1234 [6MR]
——— consolidate the current education tax incentives into one credit against income tax for higher education expenses (S. 1090), S5597 [10JY]
——— eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (S. 1833), S8915 [17DE]
——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (S. 1476), S6235 [1AU]
——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), S8988–S8993, S9069 [19DE], S9115 [20DE]
——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1859), unanimous-consent request, S8987 [19DE]
——— extend deduction on tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes, S8992 [19DE]
——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness, S8990 [19DE]
——— extend the deduction of State and local general sales taxes, S8989 [19DE]
——— extend the new markets tax credit, S8992 [19DE]
——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits, S8989, S8991 [19DE]
——— extend the parity between exclusion from income for employer-provided mass transit and parking benefits (S. 1882), unanimous-consent request, S9083 [20DE]
——— increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (S. 966), S3533 [15MY]
——— permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (S. 1834), S8915 [17DE]
——— permanently repeal estate tax, S2582 [11AP]
——— preserve deduction for charitable donations, S2086–S2088 [21MR], S3244 [8MY]
——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (S. 1187), S8990, S8991 [19DE]
——— prohibit an increase in tax rates until unemployment is reduced to a certain level, S2245 [22MR]
——— prohibit certain sports organizations from claiming tax-exempt status, S2997 [25AP]
——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (S. 506), S1271 [7MR]
——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (S. 1085), S3908 [3JN]
——— provide tax relief for low- and middle-income families, S2253, S2254 [22MR]
——— provide that income attributable to certain passenger cruises beginning or ending in the U.S. be treated as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the U.S. (S. 1449), S6222 [1AU]
——— rates, S237 [24JA], S347 [29JA], S370–S372 [30JA], S429 [31JA], S450–S454 [4FE], S577 [11FE], S1276–S1278 [11MR], S1722 [13MR], S1827 [14MR], S1917, S1940–S1942 [19MR], S2014–S2019 [20MR], S2073–S2076, S2092, S2118–S2120 [21MR], S2487 [9AP], S2586 [11AP], S3147 [7MY], S7349 [9OC]
——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes and fuel subsidies, S397 [30JA]
——— reform international tax system, S2586 [11AP]
——— reform laws and filing procedures, S5481–S5483 [27JN]
——— reform public and private pension plans and preserve access to professional investment advice (S. 1270), S5569, S5572 [9JY], S5750, S5751 [17JY]
——— reform the Federal tax code, S2002 [20MR], S2128, S2134 [21MR], S2488 [9AP], S2631–S2633 [15AP], S3518 [15MY], S4763 [20JN], S5640 [11JY], S5813 [23JY], S5943, S5958–S5960 [25JY], S6083–S6085 [31JY], S6169 [1AU], S7367, S7374 [10OC], S8992 [19DE]
——— rename the section of the Internal Revenue Code known as the spousal individual retirement account as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA (H.R. 2289), S5672 [11JY]
——— repeal estate and gift taxes (S. 1402), S6129 [31JY]
——— repeal estate tax, S2087, S2088 [21MR], S2286 [22MR]
——— repeal estate tax provided action would not result in an increase in the deficit, S2285, S2286 [22MR]
——— repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (S. 122), S223 [23JA]
——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, S2083 [21MR], S2248 [22MR]
——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (S. 1533), S6649–S6661 [19SE]
——— strengthen the earned income tax credit and make permanent certain tax provisions under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (S. 836), S3038 [25AP]
——— treat payments by charitable organizations to certain firefighters as exempt payments (H.R. 3458), S8661 [11DE], S8756 [12DE], S8814 [13DE]
——— treat payments by charitable organizations to certain firefighters as exempt payments (H.R. 3458), unanimous-consent agreement, S8717 [12DE]
Transportation: limit executive compensation at public transit agencies that receive Federal funds (S. 1496), S6380 [11SE]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S8833 [16DE], S8945, S8947 [18DE], S9010 [19DE]
——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1747), S8365 [20NO]
——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1797), S8595–S8597, S8606 [10DE], S8608 [11DE], S8804 [13DE], S8886, S8892 [17DE], S8938, S8946 [18DE]
——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1797), unanimous-consent request, S8595 [10DE], S8938 [18DE]
——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S8917 [17DE], S8920 [18DE], S9000–S9004, S9020 [19DE]
——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), unanimous-consent request, S9003, S9004 [19DE]
Veterans: benefits funding, S7033, S7034 [30SE]
——— 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 (S. 234), S521 [7FE]
——— impact of Government shutdown, S7173 [4OC], S7369 [10OC]
——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 893), S3258 [8MY], S3528 [15MY], S7581 [28OC]
War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, S6314–S6316 [10SE]
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]
Reports filed
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau Personnel Flexibilities Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2067) (H. Rept. 113–156), H4522 [16JY]
American Heroes COLA Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 570) (H. Rept. 113–62), H2773 [17MY]
Clarify Rules Regarding Determination of Compensation of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3343) (H. Rept. 113–267), H7151 [15NO]
Consideration of H. Res. 379, Call on Conferees to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, To Limit Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies Based on Income: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 380) (H. Rept. 113–244), H6544 [11OC]
Consideration of H.J. Res. 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.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. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 198) (H. Rept. 113–51), H2436 [6MY]
Consideration of H.R. 2775, No Subsidies Without Verification Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 339) (H. Rept. 113–206), H5475 [10SE]
Consideration of H.R. 2879, Stop Government Abuse Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 322) (H. Rept. 113–187), H5259 [31JY]
Consideration of H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 351) (H. Rept. 113–215), H5653 [18SE]
Consideration of H.R. 3230, Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 370) (H. Rept. 113–241), H6173 [2OC]
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]
Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1302), S7673 [30OC]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Inclusion of Appeals Form in Any Notice of Decision Issued for the Denial of a Benefit Sought: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 1405) (H. Rept. 113–130), H4036 [25JN]
Government Employee Accountability Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2579) (H. Rept. 113–186), H5259 [31JY]
Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (H.R. 2747), S7673 [30OC]
Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (Senate) (S. 893) (S. Rept. 113–87), S6295 [9SE]
Working Families Flexibility Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 1406) (H. Rept. 113–49), H2400 [30AP]
Rulings of the Chair
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]
Statements
Legislative Proposals To Relieve the Red Tape Burden on Investors and Job Creators: Anne Simpson, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, H7481 [4DE]
Minnesota Proposal To Require Online Retailers To Collect and Remit Sales and Use Taxes: Alliance for Main Street Fairness, S2105 [21MR]
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]
No Empirical Basis for Reducing the Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment: several economists and social insurance experts, S2969 [24AP]
No Subsidies Without Verification Act: Executive Office of the President, H5525 [12SE]
Stop Government Abuse Act: National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, H5304 [1AU]
Summaries
Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (S. 1533), S6660 [19SE]
Tables
CBO baseline for Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H3852 [19JN]
Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program budget authority other than benefits and nutrition assistance for Puerto Rico and American Samoa, H3853 [19JN]
Impact of Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding on Wisconsin residents, H3772 [19JN]
Marketplace Fairness Act timeline, S2949 [24AP]
Testimonies
Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Funding: Dale Simonson, Minnesota Dept. of Human Services, E1041 [10JY]
——— Patricia Lull, St. Paul Area Council of Churches, E1042 [10JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 8, compensation of certain minority House employees, H24 [3JA]
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. 198, consideration of H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act, H2450 [7MY]
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. 339, consideration of H.R. 2775, No Subsidies Without Verification Act, H5486 [11SE]
H. Res. 351, consideration of H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H.R. 1526, Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act, and H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, H5669 [19SE]
H. Res. 366, consideration of Senate amendment to H.J. Res. 59, continuing appropriations and H.R. 3210, Pay Our Military Act, H5975 [28SE]
H. Res. 370, consideration of H.J. Res. 70-73, national parks and museums, District of Columbia, NIH, and veterans continuing appropriations, H.R. 3230, Pay Our Guard and Reserve Act, and suspension of House Rules to consider legislation, H6123 [2OC]
H. Res. 371, consideration of H.J. Res. 75–80 and 82–85, various Federal agencies and programs continuing appropriations and H.R. 3223, Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act, H6244 [4OC]
H. Res. 379, call on conferees to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, H6527 [11OC]
H. Res. 380, consideration of H. Res. 379, call on conferees to H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, to limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, H6505 [11OC]
H.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.R. 273, eliminate statutory pay adjustment for Federal employees, H558 [15FE]
H.R. 325, No Budget, No Pay Act, H237 [23JA]
H.R. 570, American Heroes COLA Act, H2815 [21MY]
H.R. 1405, include an appeals form in any notice of decision issued for the denial of a Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit sought, H6800–H6803 [28OC]
H.R. 1406, Working Families Flexibility Act, H2502 [8MY]
H.R. 1541, Common Sense in Compensation Act, H5202 [31JY]
H.R. 1742, Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act, H6780 [28OC]
H.R. 2289, rename the section of the Internal Revenue Code known as the spousal individual retirement account as the Kay Bailey Hutchison Spousal IRA, H4006 [25JN]
H.R. 2579, Government Employee Accountability Act, H5196 [31JY]
H.R. 2747, Streamlining Claims Processing for Federal Contractor Employees Act, H5449 [10SE]
H.R. 2775, No Subsidies Without Verification Act, H5517 [12SE]
H.R. 2879, Stop Government Abuse Act, H5296–H5298 [1AU]
H.R. 3102, Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act, H5694–H5705 [19SE]
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. 3343, clarify rules regarding determination of compensation of the District of Columbia Chief Financial Officer, H7162 [18NO]
H.R. 3458, Fallen Firefighters Assistance Tax Clarification Act, H8086 [12DE]
S. 8, End Wasteful Tax Loopholes Act, S47 [22JA]
S. 114, Fairness for Struggling Students Act, S222 [23JA]
S. 234, Retired Pay Restoration Act, S521 [7FE]
S. 460, Fair Minimum Wage Act, S1132 [5MR]
S. 598, Deepwater Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act, S1908 [18MR]
S. 620, No Budget, No OMB Pay Act, S2029 [20MR]
S. 673, Protecting Consumers From Unreasonable Credit Rates Act, S2504 [9AP]
S. 690, Filipino Veterans Fairness Act, S2507 [9AP]
S. 735, Survivor Benefits Improvement Act, S2686 [16AP]
S. 743, Marketplace Fairness Act, S3083 [6MY]
S. 893, Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S3259 [8MY], S7581 [28OC], H6971 [12NO]
S. 894, Dept. of Veterans Affairs work-study program extension for individuals pursuing rehabilitation, education, or training and expand program to veterans’ outreach services provided by congressional offices, S3259 [8MY]
S. 922, Veterans Equipped for Success Act, S3333–S3337 [9MY]
S. 928, Claims Processing Improvement Act, S3338–S3341 [9MY]
S. 952, Church Plan Clarification Act, S3433 [14MY]
S. 1350, Mayflower Oil Spill Tax Relief Act, S5909 [24JY]
S. 1402, Death Tax Repeal Act, S6129 [31JY]
S. 1427, Family Farmer Bankruptcy Clarification Act, S6218 [1AU]
S. 1444, Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act, S6222 [1AU]
S. 1449, provide that income attributable to certain passenger cruises beginning or ending in the U.S. be treated as effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the U.S., S6222 [1AU]
S. 1457, Aged Distilled Spirits Competitiveness Act, S6229 [1AU]
S. 1500, Honoring the Fort Hood Heroes Act, S6448 [12SE]
S. 1626, Family Friendly and Workplace Flexibility Act, S7681 [30OC]
S. 1694, Hearing Aid Assistance Tax Credit Act, S8006 [13NO]
S. 1834, permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation, S8916 [17DE]
S. 1859, Tax Extenders Act, S9054–S9058 [19DE]
S. Con. Res. 12, support and strengthen tax incentives for retirement savings, S2568 [10AP]
S. Con. Res. 15, prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security or veteran benefits or to increase low- and middle-class tax burden, S2967 [24AP]
S. Res. 58, reporting of committees of the Senate funding resolutions, S946 [27FE]
S. Res. 62, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations release of records on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. Tax Code, S947 [27FE]
S. Res. 105, Financial Literacy Month, S2901 [23AP]
S. Res. 228, committees of the Senate reporting of funding resolutions, S6527 [17SE]
S. Res. 323, restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S8981 [18DE]