KIND, RON (a Representative from Wisconsin)

Amendments

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3907 [19JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3568 [13JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H2839 [21MY]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H4485 [11JY]

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

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

Armed Forces: 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 H.R. 3789), H8132 [23DE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3790), H8132 [23DE]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 1008), H1328 [7MR]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H6770 [23OC]

Budget: establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1869), H3253 [6JN]

——— increase long-term fiscal accountability of direct spending legislation (see H.R. 2518), H4599 [17JY]

——— prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on the budget resolution (see H. Res. 424), H7689 [11DE]

——— reduce deficit (see H.R. 3146), H6957 [30OC]

Business and industry: promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement (see H.R. 919), H2396 [26AP]

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

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for event to celebrate the Mississippi River (see H. Con. Res. 5), H294 [25JA]

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), H599 [15FE]

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

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

Clean Air Act: remove requirement for dealer certification of new light-duty motor vehicles (see H.R. 724), H1993 [12AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2959 [23MY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H8118 [16DE]

Committee on Sexual Assault and Abuse in the Armed Forces (House, Special): establish (see H. Res. 213), H2775 [17MY]

Corporal Justin D. Ross Post Office Building, Green Bay, WI: designate (see H.R. 1228), H1548 [15MR]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 21), H6958 [30OC]

Corps of Engineers: provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways (see H.R. 1149), H2396 [26AP]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 2523), H5404 [2AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: authorize producers on a farm to produce fruits and vegetables for processing on the base acres of the farm (see H.R. 1610), H2397 [26AP]

——— expand and improve opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 1727), H3253 [6JN]

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

——— modify crop insurance ineligibility requirements for producers that produce an annual crop on native sod (see H.R. 686), H5262 [31JY]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 1414), H3253 [6JN]

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

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

——— 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]

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

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

——— promote student physical health and well-being, nutrition, and fitness (see H.R. 3122), H7053 [13NO]

——— provide funds for student loans through the FRS and ensure that such loans are available at interest rates equivalent to that at which the Government provides loans to banks (see H.R. 1979), H5348 [1AU]

——— simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (see H.R. 1716), H2656 [15MY]

Dept. of HHS: provide for a national public outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness of women’s preventive health (see H.R. 2457), H4040 [25JN]

Dept. of HUD: establish program enabling communities to address health, economic development, and conservation concerns through needed investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and programs (see H.R. 2424), H5513 [11SE]

Dept. of the Interior: grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (see H.R. 1206), H1427 [14MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 508), H2299 [24AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H1958 [11AP]

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 679), H2354 [25AP]

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

——— inter in national cemeteries individuals who supported the U.S. in Laos during the Vietnamese Conflict era (see H.R. 3369), H6901 [29OC]

——— 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), H2840 [21MY]

——— 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), H1837 [25MR]

Discrimination: condemn discrimination, hate crimes, racism, bigotry, bullying and brutal violence perpetrated against Sikh-Americans, and all acts of vandalism against Sikh Gurdwaras in the U.S. (see H. Res. 328), H5399 [2AU]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7508 [4DE]

Education: provide relief to State education budgets during a recovering economy and help fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans (see H.R. 1658), H6012 [28SE]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 28), H3655 [14JN]

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

European Union: support Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the U.S. (see H. Res. 76), H950 [4MR]

FAA: modify appropriations (see H.R. 1432), H2067 [16AP]

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

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

——— provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see H.R. 1832), H6999 [12NO]

Foreign trade: exempt cargo containers containing trace residue from certain customs laws in order to streamline legitimate trade (see H.R. 2806), H5049 [24JY]

GPO: establish and maintain a public website allowing access to electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports (see H.R. 1380), H1824 [21MR]

Health: make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H2840 [21MY]

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]

——— limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 278), H169 [15JA]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 519), H2161 [18AP]

——— provide punishments for immigration consultants that provide fraudulent services to immigrants (see H.R. 2936), H5589 [17SE]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6173 [2OC]

Independent Government Waste Reduction Board: establish (see H.R. 530), H6957 [30OC]

India: praise religious diversity and commitment to tolerance and equality, and reaffirm need to protect the rights and freedoms of religious minorities (see H. Res. 417), H7447 [3DE]

Insurance: increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see H.R. 288), H599 [15FE]

Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (see H.R. 742), H1568 [18MR]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2575 [13MY]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H370 [5FE]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2570 [9MY]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H703 [27FE]

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

Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services (see H.R. 1838), H5403 [2AU]

——— cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H3929 [19JN]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H7446 [3DE]

——— create alternative sanctions for technical noncompliance with the Stark rule limiting certain physician referrals (see H.R. 3776), H8117 [16DE]

——— create incentives for innovative diagnostics by improving process for determining payment rates for new tests (see H.R. 2085), H2910 [22MY]

——— delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H7687 [11DE]

——— ensure continued access of beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services (see H.R. 846), H4039 [25JN]

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

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

——— extend Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program and increase payments under the Medicare low-volume hospital program (see H.R. 1787), H3990 [20JN]

——— 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), H3758 [18JN]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H3929 [19JN]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H1360 [12MR]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1325), H1837 [25MR] (see H.R. 1428), H1856 [9AP]

——— provide flexibility in the counting of hospital beds to determine designation of critical access hospitals (see H.R. 3444), H6954 [30OC]

——— repeal certain changes to contracts with Medicare Quality Improvement Organizations (see H.R. 805), H626 [25FE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H2354 [25AP]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 2305), H6545 [11OC]

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

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

Members of Congress: prohibit automatic salary adjustments for the remainder of the 113th Congress (see H.R. 636), H599 [15FE]

——— 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 H.R. 310), H176 [18JA]

——— 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 rate of compensation by percentage equal to reduction in pay of Federal employees subject to sequestration-related furloughs (see H.R. 2677), H4827 [19JY]

——— reduce rate of pay during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3236), H6344 [7OC]

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H7053 [13NO]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H8112 [12DE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 262), H316 [1FE]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 341), H5512 [11SE]

National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (see H. Res. 401), H6954 [30OC]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1959 [11AP]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H499 [13FE]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 265), H3687 [17JN]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 1803), H5802 [20SE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H6493 [10OC]

NIH: expand research activities for functional gastrointestinal and motility disorders (see H.R. 842), H2299 [24AP]

——— reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H983 [5MR]

No Name-Calling Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 10), H293 [25JA]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: eliminate limitation on deductibles for employer-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 2995), H7508 [4DE]

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), H6829 [28OC]

——— provide an election for funding parity for charity-sponsored pensions (see H.R. 2134), H2952 [23MY]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2315), H7053 [13NO]

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

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

Public debt: temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling (see H.R. 3284), H6546 [11OC]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, and train new land managers (see H.R. 1351), H5262 [31JY]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H2654 [15MY]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 3040), H6344 [7OC]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment (see H.R. 2218), H3014 [3JN]

Roads and highways: ensure currently-operating trucks can continue to use the future Interstate 41 in Wisconsin (see H.R. 2353), H3655 [14JN]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see H. Res. 356), H5833 [25SE]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 1240), H1959 [11AP]

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

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

——— 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), H5477 [10SE]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1008), H1328 [7MR]

SSA: issue uniform standards for truncation of Social Security numbers and prohibit public display on the Internet of account numbers by State and local governments and private entities (see H.R. 2229), H4827 [19JY]

——— prevent identity theft associated with publication of the Death Master File (see H.R. 2720), H5548 [12SE]

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

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H2249 [23AP]

Taxation: allow certain individuals a credit against income tax for contributions to certain college savings plans (see H.R. 529), H410 [6FE]

——— allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see H.R. 38), H2353 [25AP]

——— allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see H.R. 3648), H8118 [16DE]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (see H.R. 3043), H5398 [2AU]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 851), H700 [27FE]

——— 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]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H8112 [12DE]

——— 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 income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see H.R. 2509), H7188 [18NO]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H5259 [31JY]

——— 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]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3747), H8108 [12DE]

——— 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), H4979 [23JY]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H7188 [18NO]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H5396 [2AU]

——— extend the qualifying therapeutic discovery project credit (see H.R. 3473), H7508 [4DE]

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

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2116), H2911 [22MY]

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

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H6053 [30SE]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (see H.R. 2945), H7153 [15NO]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds (see H.R. 789), H595 [15FE]

——— provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 2737), H7188 [18NO]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 924), H1958 [11AP]

——— provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (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 H.R. 901), H2656 [15MY]

——— provide for S corporation reform (see H.R. 892), H814 [28FE]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 1009), H2656 [15MY]

——— provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 886), H814 [28FE]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 3728), H8107 [12DE]

——— recognize Indian tribal governments for purposes of determining under the adoption credit whether a child has special needs (see H.R. 2332), H3356 [12JN]

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

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

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 523), H410 [6FE]

——— repeal phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care credit (see H.R. 1978), H2603 [14MY]

——— treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 3673), H7566 [5DE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries (see H.R. 358), H628 [25FE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H7309 [20NO]

Veterans: ensure education and training received by Armed Forces members and veterans better assists them in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses (see H.R. 1796), H3357 [12JN]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H7052 [13NO]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H283 [23JA]

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

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H5176 [30JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H3015 [3JN]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1828 [21MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Aaron, Henry L.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2635), H4308 [9JY] (see H.R. 3186), H5882 [26SE]

Cushing, Alonzo H.: award the Medal of Honor for acts of valor during the Civil War (see H.R. 2106), H2911 [22MY]

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

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

Dept. of Defense: terminate or retire certain aircraft and ship programs (see H.R. 1361), H1823 [21MR]

Dept. of Education: authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see H.R. 2178), H2954 [23MY]

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

Dept. of HHS: publish physical activity guidelines (see H.R. 2179), H2954 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (see H.R. 916), H815 [28FE]

Federal agencies and departments: increase transparency by requiring a report describing any proposed conference (see H.R. 2696), H4522 [16JY]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1291), H1718 [20MR]

Taxation: make qualified biogas property eligible for the energy credit and permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property (see H.R. 860), H701 [27FE]

——— reduce the tax rate on domestic manufacturing income (see H.R. 2940), H5343 [1AU]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 956), H981 [5MR]

——— treat Indian tribal governments in the same manner as State governments for certain Federal tax purposes (see H.R. 3030), H5397 [2AU]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands (see H.R. 1137), H1396 [13MR]

Constitutional authority statements

Aaron, Henry L.: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 2635), H4309 [9JY]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3186), H5883 [26SE]

Cushing, Alonzo H.: award the Medal of Honor for acts of valor during the Civil War (H.R. 2106), H2912 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: limit maximum amount of crop insurance premiums paid by FCIC, repeal direct payments for certain commodities, and prohibit payments to Brazilian Cotton Institute (H.R. 1644), H2160 [18AP]

——— reform crop insurance program (H.R. 1995), H2655 [15MY]

Dept. of Defense: terminate or retire certain aircraft and ship programs (H.R. 1361), H1827 [21MR]

Dept. of Education: authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (H.R. 2178), H2957 [23MY]

——— use excess revenue generated from the Federal Direct Loan Program to carry out the Federal Pell Grant Program (H.R. 2880), H5261 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: publish physical activity guidelines (H.R. 2179), H2957 [23MY]

Dept. of the Interior: develop a cadastre of Federal real property to assist with land management, conservation, and development and identify land that no longer needs to be federally owned (H.R. 916), H817 [28FE]

Federal agencies and departments: increase transparency by requiring a report describing any proposed conference (H.R. 2696), H4523 [16JY]

Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1291), H1720 [20MR]

Taxation: make qualified biogas property eligible for the energy credit and permit new clean renewable energy bonds to finance qualified biogas property (H.R. 860), H702 [27FE]

——— reduce the tax rate on domestic manufacturing income (H.R. 2940), H5346 [1AU]

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (H.R. 956), H982 [5MR]

——— treat Indian tribal governments in the same manner as State governments for certain Federal tax purposes (H.R. 3030), H5401 [2AU]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, through voluntary actions on public and private lands (H.R. 1137), H1397 [13MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3855, H3856, H3908, H3910 [19JN]

——— set target price for all crops at certain percent of 5-year rolling Olympic average and change acreage available for target price support, H3855, H3856 [19JN]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6001• [28SE]

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), H241 [23JA]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), motion to instruct conferees, H7068• [14NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform crop insurance program, H3908, H3910 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: grant permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps (H.R. 1206), H2996• [3JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), H5368 [2AU]

Eau Claire, WI: tribute to Memorial High School boys’ hockey team, E386• [9AP]

——— tribute to Northwest Regional Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony, E653• [14MY]

Exercise is Medicine Month: observance, E744• [23MY]

FEMA: identify and ensure the safety of dams in need of repair and rehabilitation, H7068• [14NO]

Great River Road: anniversary, E615• [8MY]

National Court Reporting and Captioning Week: observance, E143• [14FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation, H6001• [28SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4549 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4549 [17JY]

——— impact, H5368 [2AU]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2544 [9MY]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices, H6001• [28SE]

Thompson, Jeff: Presidential Champion of Change award recipient, E1071• [17JY]

Trane Inc.: anniversary, E564• [26AP]

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: tribute to men’s hockey team, E383• [9AP]

Votes: position on missed, E1402•, E1403•, E1406• [30SE], E1595• [29OC]

Wisconsin: anniversary of Ho-Chunk Nation, E925• [20JN]

Tributes

Bissonette, William T., Jr., E1466• [9OC]

Douglass, Michael P., E385• [9AP]