KILDEE, DANIEL T. (a Representative from Michigan)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (see H.R. 2548), H7395 [2DE]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H4857 [22JY]

Armed Forces: making continuing appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members (see H.J. Res. 91), H6454 [9OC]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see H.R. 3793), H8125 [19DE]

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

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

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

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 1250), H5589 [17SE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H1322 [6MR]

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

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

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H6545 [11OC]

Committee on Sexual Assault and Abuse in the Armed Forces (House, Special): establish (see H. Res. 213), H3016 [3JN]

Corps of Engineers: establish the Great Lakes Navigation System (see H.R. 2273), H5093 [26JY]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H1549 [15MR]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H2571 [9MY]

Dept. of Defense: modify authorities relative to procedures for courts-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice by removing prosecution of serious crimes from the chain of command (see H.R. 2016), H3016 [3JN]

——— provide service records of veterans to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs in an efficient electronic format (see H.R. 1729), H2959 [23MY]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (see H.R. 1864), H3016 [3JN]

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

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1433), H1959 [11AP] (see H.R. 1595), H2123 [17AP]

Dept. of Energy: provide for a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application in vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1027), H5175 [30JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H6676 [22OC]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3591), H8118 [16DE]

——— conduct study on public health and environmental impacts of production, transportation, storage, and use of petroleum coke (see H.R. 2298), H3251 [6JN]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H5175 [30JY]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H5589 [17SE]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H7508 [4DE]

——— require a criminal background check for a child care staff member of any child care provider in a State that receives funds from the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1925), H4524 [16JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H1821 [21MR]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize water rights settlement with the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians (see H.R. 2508), H4078 [26JN]

——— establish production incentive fee for lands leased for oil or natural gas on which production is not occurring (see H.R. 601), H3253 [6JN]

——— reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 666), H501 [13FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 508), H2958 [23MY] (see H.R. 2146), H5767 [19SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 679), H1911 [10AP]

——— pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated claims (see H.R. 1739), H2913 [22MY]

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

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H5512 [11SE]

Detroit Diesel Corp.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 42), H4175 [28JN]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H7688 [11DE]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (see H.R. 1801), H5655 [18SE]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7311 [20NO]

Elizabeth L. Kinnunen Post Office Building, Munising, MI: designate (see H.R. 2223), H3014 [3JN]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1286), H2396 [26AP]

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

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 1775), H5093 [26JY]

Financial institutions: 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]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H2396 [26AP]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2738), H5404 [2AU]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H5476 [10SE]

Gambling: prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts (see H.R. 1410), H1856 [9AP]

Grayling, MI: anniversary of Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center (see H. Res. 290), H4308 [9JY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H5476 [10SE]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H6604 [15OC]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H7608 [9DE]

Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 47), H4599 [17JY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H7608 [9DE]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2247 [23AP]

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

——— permanently protect interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3543), H7309 [20NO]

Immigration: reform (see H.R. 15), H6173 [2OC]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2775 [17MY]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H8113 [12DE]

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

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H2965 [24MY]

Medicare: distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1180), H4827 [19JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H7608 [9DE]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H6676 [22OC]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H5884 [26SE]

——— modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers (see H.R. 2500), H6412 [8OC]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H2965 [24MY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H8118 [16DE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H5589 [17SE]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 2302), H5655 [18SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H5175 [30JY]

Members of Congress: prohibit automatic salary adjustments for the remainder of the 113th Congress (see H.R. 636), H499 [13FE]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H6644 [16OC]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 1346), H5090 [25JY]

National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 38), H284 [23JA]

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

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H5655 [18SE]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1632 [19MR]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 167), H2438 [6MY]

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 282), H4143 [27JN]

Officer James Bonneau Memorial Post Office, Jackson, MI: designate (see H.R. 3534), H7252 [19NO]

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

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H6903 [29OC]

——— 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), H6902 [29OC]

——— recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (see H.R. 630), H2438 [6MY]

Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 289), H4213 [8JY]

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

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore: designate certain lands and inland water as wilderness (see H.R. 163), H983 [5MR]

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

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H5554 [16SE]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H7153 [15NO]

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

——— disallow deductions for payment of compensatory and punitive damages to a government (see H.R. 3445), H7153 [15NO]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H7507 [4DE]

——— expand access to Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 2006), H2654 [15MY]

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

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H4826 [19JY]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H5175 [30JY]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2116), H5589 [17SE]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H7689 [11DE]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H594 [15FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H5767 [19SE]

——— provide for continued eligibility for the health care tax credit for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. pension recipients eligible for the credit (see H.R. 2783), H5477 [10SE]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H5174 [30JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H8113 [12DE]

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

——— ensure education and training received by Armed Forces members and veterans better assists them in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses (see H.R. 1796), H3016 [3JN]

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

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

War of 1812: anniversary of the Battles of River Raisin (see H. Res. 37), H177 [18JA]

Wildlife: establish improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to prevent introduction and establishment in the U.S. of nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites (see H.R. 996), H1431 [14MR]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H5344 [1AU]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H7508 [4DE]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H3990 [20JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: require additional disclosures when lending to military members and their dependents (see H.R. 3691), H7627 [10DE]

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

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

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

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: require additional disclosures when lending to military members and their dependents (H.R. 3691), H7628 [10DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the Local Food for Healthy Families Program (H.R. 3072), H5435 [9SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allow use of assistance under the Troubled Assets Relief Program Hardest Hit Fund for demolition of foreclosed-upon properties and related expenses (H.R. 1550), H2026 [15AP]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H63 [14JA], H6461 [10OC]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3935 [20JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), H4464 [11JY]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), call on conferees to restore Dept. of Agriculture authority to manage sugar supplies throughout the year (H. Res. 378), H6523 [11OC]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4387 [11JY]

——— reform sugar price support program, H3935 [20JN], H6523 [11OC]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), H5843 [26SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), request conference with the Senate (H. Res. 368), H6047 [30SE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H5938 [28SE], H6137 [2OC], H6186 [3OC], H6240 [4OC], H6461 [10OC], H6551 [12OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent request, H6079 [1OC], H6511 [11OC]

Arizona: exclude Native American sacred and cultural sites from a Federal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) for a mining project, H5852 [26SE]

——— facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land (H.R. 687), H5852 [26SE]

Bay City, MI: anniversary of Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center, Inc., HIV/AIDS Care Program, E1353• [20SE]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute, H6682 [23OC]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1365 [13MR]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (H.R. 699), H638 [26FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), H7401 [3DE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H318 [4FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H7695 [12DE]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), E1602• [30OC]

——— prohibit enforcement of streamlined environmental review process until the current backlog of authorized projects is reduced, E1602• [30OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5659 [19SE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H4387, H4464 [11JY], H6837 [29OC]

Dept. of Education: ensure continued support for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian education programs, H4695 [18JY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1595), H3102 [5JN]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H4607, H4626, H4695 [18JY]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit giving veto power over EPA rules that regulate air or water quality, H5248 [31JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), H3083 [4JN]

——— prohibit funding to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3083 [4JN]

Detroit, MI: declaration of bankruptcy, H4986 [24JY]

District of Columbia: making continuing appropriations and allowing use of local funds (H.J. Res. 71), H6137 [2OC]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H464 [13FE], H516 [14FE], H637 [26FE], H957 [5MR]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2491 [8MY]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H354 [5FE], H7696 [12DE]

EPA: require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy (H.R. 1582), H5248 [31JY]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), H1920 [11AP]

Gambling: prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian lands in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts (H.R. 1410), H5561 [17SE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6137 [2OC], H6186 [3OC], H6240 [4OC], H6359 [8OC], H6461 [10OC], H6511 [11OC], H6551 [12OC]

Health Delivery, Inc.: anniversary, E1205• [2AU]

Hekmati, Amir: call for release from prison in Iran, H5807 [25SE]

House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate, H6047 [30SE]

——— encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (H. Res. 174), H2259 [24AP]

Journal: question of approval, H63 [14JA]

Luczak, Brad: Saginaw, MI, Firefighter of the Year Award recipient, E1456• [8OC]

Martin Luther King, Jr., Day: observance, H97 [15JA]

Native Americans: making continuing appropriations for BIA, Bureau of Indian Education, and Indian Health Service (H.J. Res. 80), H6551 [12OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prohibit funding to implement, H5843 [26SE], H5938 [28SE]

Rio Tinto (company): violation of sanctions against Iran, H5852 [26SE]

Saginaw, MI: anniversary of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, E1181• [1AU]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in McCutcheon v. FEC on contribution limits for individual political campaign donors, H6359 [8OC]

Taxation: expand access to Coverdell education savings accounts (H.R. 2006), H3103 [5JN]

Trout Unlimited (organization): anniversary of William B. Mershon Chapter, E449• [12AP]

Votes: position on missed, E444• [12AP]

Tributes

Bowen, Mike (Flagman), E1355• [20SE]

Dingell, Representative, H4138 [27JN]