LEE, BARBARA (a Representative from California)
Addresses
Reading of U.S. Constitution, H91 [15JA]
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), H3557 [13JN]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4950 [23JY]
Articles and editorials
As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard, Annie Lowrey, New York (NY) Times, H942 [4MR]
California, on Brink of Recovery, Braces for Setback on Federal Aid, Norimitsu Onishi, New York (NY) Times, H1311 [6MR]
Failure To Continue Jobless Benefits Would Undo Budget Deal’s Economic Boost, Chad Stone, offthechartsblog.org (Internet site), H7710 [12DE]
Top 10 Reasons Why People of Color Should Care About Sequestration, Sophia Kerby, Center for American Progress (Internet site), H943 [4MR]
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]
African Union: anniversary (see H. Res. 234), H3016 [3JN]
Agriculture: authorize voluntary grazing permit retirement on certain Federal lands where livestock grazing is impractical (see H.R. 2201), H2955 [23MY]
——— provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H2719 [16MY]
——— reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H3688 [17JN]
Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 847), H818 [28FE]
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2224), H7395 [2DE]
——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H1861 [9AP]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 139), H1359 [12MR]
Armed Forces: add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans benefits that recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 683), H544 [14FE]
——— facilitate naturalization and removal of conditional immigration status of military personnel and their families (see H.R. 932), H815 [28FE]
——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1333), H1822 [21MR]
——— lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 1389), H1824 [21MR]
——— require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 3172), H6902 [29OC]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2989), H5396 [2AU]
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 189), H2393 [26AP]
ATF: repeal certain appropriations riders that limit ability to administer Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 1728), H6225 [3OC]
Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 100), H86 [14JA]
——— make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 532), H410 [6FE]
Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]
Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 49), H342 [4FE]
BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1630), H2656 [15MY]
Budget: eliminate sequestration (see H.R. 900), H3357 [12JN]
——— repeal sequestration while achieving balance in deficit reduction between revenue and cuts and between non-defense and defense cuts and invest in job creation (see H.R. 505), H370 [5FE]
Business and industry: impose a tax on certain trading transactions to strengthen financial security, reduce market volatility, expand opportunity, and stop the shrinking of the middle class (see H.R. 1579), H2065 [16AP]
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]
Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 3741), H8108 [12DE]
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), H2027 [15AP]
CFTC: provide equal treatment for utility special entities using utility operations-related swaps (see H.R. 1038), H1861 [9AP]
——— take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 785), H595 [15FE]
Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see H. Res. 132), H1825 [21MR]
Children and youth: issue a semipostal stamp to support programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care (see H.R. 2149), H3289 [11JN]
——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H628 [25FE]
——— require State child welfare agencies to promptly report information on missing or abducted children to law enforcement authorities (see H.R. 680), H501 [13FE]
Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 852), H700 [27FE]
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), H372 [5FE]
——— 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]
Civil Rights Act: repeal exemption for Wards Cove Packing Co. (see H.R. 2215), H3016 [3JN]
Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1154), H1425 [14MR]
Coast Guard: ensure victims of sexual assault are granted an expedited consideration and determination of a request for transfer away from the geographic location of their alleged assailant (see H.R. 2059), H4040 [25JN]
Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 812), H1430 [14MR]
——— increase amount of loan forgiveness available to highly-qualified teachers employed in low-income schools who teach in the same school district for five consecutive years (see H.R. 2881), H5260 [31JY]
——— require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 482), H342 [4FE]
——— support community college and industry partnerships (see H.R. 2560), H4371 [10JY]
Commission on America and Its Veterans: establish (see H.R. 1492), H1955 [11AP]
Commission on the Advancement of Social Enterprise: establish (see H.R. 2043), H2959 [23MY]
Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2536 [8MY]
Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H1430 [14MR]
Committee on Sexual Assault and Abuse in the Armed Forces (House, Special): establish (see H. Res. 213), H2603 [14MY]
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: call for an end to the ongoing conflict and support international efforts toward long-term peace, stability, and observance of human rights (see H. Res. 131), H1825 [21MR]
Congress: refrain from conditioning the resolution of fiscal and budgetary disputes on the taking of action on non-germane legislative matters (see H. Res. 375), H6492 [10OC]
Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H4482 [11JY]
Conservation of energy: establish a grant program to assist retail power providers with establishment and operation of energy conservation programs using targeted residential tree-planting (see H.R. 1807), H2392 [26AP]
Contraceptives: establish certain duties for pharmacies to ensure provision of FDA-approved contraception (see H.R. 728), H546 [14FE]
Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1844), H2483 [7MY]
Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 525), H410 [6FE]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 19), H284 [23JA]
Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary (see H. Res. 355), H5833 [25SE]
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), H222 [22JA]
——— constitutional amendment to clarify authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (see H.J. Res. 25), H413 [6FE]
——— constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons, prohibit corporate spending on elections, and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate corporations and elections (see H.J. Res. 34), H1399 [13MR]
Corps of Engineers: review policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees (see H.R. 399), H280 [23JA]
Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 895), H814 [28FE]
Courts: prohibit exclusion of individuals from service on a Federal jury on account of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 312), H176 [18JA]
——— provide safe, fair, and responsible procedures and standards for resolving claims of state secrets privilege in civil cases (see H.R. 3332), H6768 [23OC]
——— strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 506), H1720 [20MR]
——— support the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing the right to counsel and ensure indigent defendants in felony cases are adequately represented (see H. Res. 196), H2404 [3MY]
CPSC: remove exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of ‘‘consumer product’’ in order to permit the issuance of safety standards (see H.R. 2464), H4371 [10JY]
Credit: address certain issues relative to the extension of consumer credit (see H.R. 990), H1318 [6MR]
——— allow homeowners of moderate-value homes who are subject to mortgage foreclosure proceedings to remain in their homes as renters (see H.R. 2580), H4173 [28JN]
——— establish independent oversight of mortgage servicing companies subjected to enforcement actions for unsafe and unsound practices related to residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing (see H.R. 1706), H2571 [9MY]
——— prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 645), H500 [13FE]
——— provide for removal of default information from a borrower’s credit report with respect to certain rehabilitated education loans (see H.R. 2561), H5404 [2AU]
Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H504 [13FE]
——— require court order to subpoena telephone records from service providers in any criminal investigation (see H.R. 2014), H2959 [23MY]
Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see H.R. 873), H2803 [20MY]
——— lift trade embargo (see H.R. 872), H2803 [20MY]
——— lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 871), H2803 [20MY]
Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 2523), H4078 [26JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend period during which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are temporarily increased (see H.R. 3108), H5587 [17SE] (see H.R. 3353), H6827 [28OC]
——— 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), H2027 [15AP]
——— modernize conservation programs, protect long term investments, increase small and midsize farmer’s access to programs, and prioritize modern-day conservation needs (see H.R. 1890), H2533 [8MY]
——— oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H1569 [18MR]
——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 1414), H1856 [9AP]
——— 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: establish a research program under the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program to discover a cure for HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 3630), H7394 [2DE]
——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 1593), H2123 [17AP]
——— provide service records of veterans to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs in an efficient electronic format (see H.R. 1729), H2486 [7MY]
——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 1506), H1956 [11AP]
——— report the long-term costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (see H.R. 1238), H5435 [9SE]
——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 2839), H5088 [25JY]
Dept. of Education: allow local educational agencies to use certain grants for professional development activities that train school personnel about restorative justice and conflict resolution (see H.R. 3401), H6952 [30OC]
——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1958 [11AP]
——— establish a grant program to ensure that students in high-need schools have equal access to a quality education delivered by an effective, diverse workforce (see H.R. 1334), H1994 [12AP]
——— establish an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 1763), H4370 [10JY]
——— establish grant program to hire and retain school social workers in high-need local educational agencies (see H.R. 563), H412 [6FE]
——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1433), H1857 [9AP] (see H.R. 1498), H2604 [14MY] (see H.R. 1595), H2123 [17AP]
——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 1854), H2483 [7MY]
——— integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (see H.R. 2426), H5554 [16SE]
——— make grants to establish State Networks on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (see H.R. 2592), H4174 [28JN]
——— make grants to promote the education of pregnant and parenting students (see H.R. 1845), H3990 [20JN]
——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 2702), H4523 [16JY]
——— provide funds for student loans through the FRS and ensure that such loans are available at interest rates equivalent to that at which the Government provides loans to banks (see H.R. 1979), H2603 [14MY]
——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H4599 [17JY]
——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (see H.R. 1330), H1822 [21MR]
——— stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives (see H.R. 1089), H1356 [12MR]
——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 791), H1568 [18MR]
——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates, and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see H.R. 2237), H4146 [27JN]
——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2195), H2954 [23MY]
Dept. of Energy: improve high-end computing research and development program (see H.R. 2495), H4215 [8JY]
Dept. of HHS: assist low-income individuals in obtaining recommended dental care (see H.R. 963), H1632 [19MR]
——— authorize Federal assistance to State adult protective services programs to implement a network of elder abuse prevention and response measures (see H.R. 3090), H5834 [25SE]
——— authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families (see H.R. 2975), H5344 [1AU]
——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3591), H7353 [21NO]
——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (see H.R. 1732), H5513 [11SE]
——— develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 2023), H4146 [27JN]
——— establish a grant program to improve mental and behavioral health services on college campuses and develop a campaign to educate campus communities about mental health (see H.R. 1100), H1357 [12MR]
——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1907), H2567 [9MY]
——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 485), H2437 [6MY]
——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (see H.R. 698), H1829 [21MR]
——— extend authorization of appropriations for operational grants under the School-Based Health Centers Program (see H.R. 2632), H4308 [9JY]
——— improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see H.R. 2058), H2803 [20MY]
——— 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), H3990 [20JN]
——— lift restrictions on research agencies from conducting research on firearms safety and gun violence (see H.R. 321), H176 [18JA]
——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 460), H5476 [10SE]
——— promote optimal maternity outcomes by making evidence-based maternity care a national priority (see H.R. 2286), H3250 [6JN]
——— provide for a national public outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness of women’s preventive health (see H.R. 2457), H3988 [20JN]
——— provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and PCP abuse (see H.R. 2130), H2952 [23MY]
——— provide grants to health agencies and community and faith-based organizations for HIV/AIDS education, outreach, research and testing activities in minority communities (see H.R. 2893), H5260 [31JY]
——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 1984), H5884 [26SE]
——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H2438 [6MY]
——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 1981), H2653 [15MY]
——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 628), H499 [13FE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H2249 [23AP]
Dept. of HUD: authorize funds to prevent housing discrimination through the use of nationwide testing and increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (see H.R. 285), H344 [4FE]
——— 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]
——— provide assistance to eligible nonprofit organizations for specialized housing and supportive services to elderly persons who are the primary caregivers of related children (see H.R. 3501), H7395 [2DE]
——— reduce housing-related health hazards (see H.R. 1282), H1718 [20MR]
Dept. of Justice: amend Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs to add gender-responsive services to the list of authorized grant purposes (see H.R. 1833), H2436 [6MY]
——— make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape (see H.R. 2772), H5436 [9SE]
——— 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]
——— reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 2976), H5344 [1AU]
——— require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions, orders, or opinions that include certain significant legal interpretations unless such disclosures are classified (see H.R. 2440), H3928 [19JN] (see H.R. 2475), H5090 [25JY]
Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 870), H701 [27FE] (see H.R. 1000), H1993 [12AP]
——— 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), H1322 [6MR]
——— provide grants for an Urban Jobs Program (see H.R. 1340), H1822 [21MR]
——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 798), H629 [25FE]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the national parks (see H.R. 520), H371 [5FE]
——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1175), H1426 [14MR]
——— require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail (see H.R. 2416), H3758 [18JN]
Dept. of the Treasury: provide for the purchase of paper U.S. savings bonds with tax refunds (see H.R. 3385), H6951 [30OC]
Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 1124), H1395 [13MR]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a pilot program to establish claims adjudication centers of excellence (see H.R. 2088), H2910 [22MY]
——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H1430 [14MR]
——— deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 1452), H1857 [9AP]
——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H504 [13FE]
——— extend authority to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations (see H.R. 1521), H2775 [17MY]
——— improve authority to hire psychiatrists (see H.R. 2540), H4215 [8JY]
——— make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims (see H.R. 2086), H2910 [22MY]
——— make publicly available certain information about pending and completed claims for compensation (see H.R. 1623), H2656 [15MY]
——— 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 H.R. 1980), H2840 [21MY]
——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (see H.R. 595), H431 [8FE]
——— provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved (see H.R. 1809), H2656 [15MY]
——— 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]
——— submit an annual report on performance of regional offices (see H.R. 1824), H2656 [15MY]
——— submit quarterly reports on the timeliness of receipt of certain information from other departments or agencies (see H.R. 1759), H2571 [9MY]
——— submit to Congress an annual report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation (see H.R. 1805), H2804 [20MY]
Developing countries: promote sexual and reproductive health of individuals and couples (see H.R. 3206), H5921 [27SE]
——— provide assistance to achieve food and nutrition security, increase sustainable and equitable agricultural development, reduce hunger, improve nutrition, and stimulate rural economies (see H.R. 2822), H6676 [22OC]
Diseases: commend progress made by anti-tuberculosis programs (see H. Res. 133), H1825 [21MR]
——— extend authorities related to global HIV/AIDS and promote oversight of U.S. programs (see H.R. 3177), H5832 [25SE]
——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 1508), H3990 [20JN]
——— 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), H3289 [11JN]
District of Columbia: provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 362), H2570 [9MY]
——— statehood (see H.R. 292), H628 [25FE]
Dominican Republic: call for international response to potential crisis resulting from a Constitutional Court ruling that could render Dominican-born persons stateless (see H. Res. 443), H8109 [12DE]
Drugs: decriminalize marijuana at the Federal level and leave States the power to regulate marijuana similar to the power to regulate alcohol (see H.R. 499), H370 [5FE]
——— prohibit Federal prosecution of residents who are acting in accordance with their State’s marijuana laws (see H.R. 1523), H2067 [16AP]
——— provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (see H.R. 710), H545 [14FE]
——— provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law governing marijuana (see H.R. 964), H3015 [3JN]
——— reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 689), H545 [14FE]
Economy: 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 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]
Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H7628 [10DE]
——— strengthen communities through English literacy and civic education for new citizens (see H.R. 1258), H1630 [19MR]
Elections: constitutional amendment on the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures in political campaigns and to enact public financing systems for such campaigns (see H.J. Res. 31), H547 [14FE]
Employment: adjust discretionary spending limits for appropriations for emergency job creation (see H.R. 545), H411 [6FE]
——— allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1286), H1718 [20MR]
——— create an emergency jobs program (see H.R. 1617), H2156 [18AP]
——— extend protections to part-time workers in the areas of employer-provided health insurance, family and medical leave, and pension plans (see H.R. 675), H1911 [10AP]
EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H3216 [5JN]
——— regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H5087 [25JY]
——— require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations (see H.R. 2983), H6957 [30OC]
——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H5090 [25JY]
Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1858 [9AP]
Explosives: condemn bombings at the Boston Marathon, express condolences to victims and their families, and call for international reduction and support for victims of improvised explosive devices (see H. Res. 190), H2438 [6MY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 650), H500 [13FE]
——— strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2342), H7357 [21NO]
Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2028), H3253 [6JN]
——— provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see H.R. 2359), H3590 [13JN]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave to care for a same-sex spouse, domestic partner, parent-in-law, adult child, sibling, grandchild, or grandparent with a serious health condition (see H.R. 1751), H2350 [25AP]
FBI: provide for procedures ensuring accuracy in employment-related background checks (see H.R. 2999), H5884 [26SE]
FCC: prescribe rules regulating inmate telephone service rates (see H.R. 1403), H2656 [15MY]
FDA: ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 1385), H3097 [4JN]
——— require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H2297 [24AP]
Federal employees: protect income, benefits, and retirement (see H. Res. 388), H6675 [22OC]
——— provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3135), H5765 [19SE]
Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (see H.R. 2652), H4485 [11JY]
——— 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), H6644 [16OC]
——— ensure that customers can immediately close accounts at insured depository institutions on demand and without cost, and that consumers receive any balance in accounts immediately (see H.R. 3137), H5765 [19SE]
——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H5435 [9SE]
——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H1549 [15MR]
Financial literacy: provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees (see H.R. 1538), H2840 [21MY]
Firearms: ban guns for persons who have been convicted of stalking or who are subject to a court order restraining the person from stalking (see H.R. 1914), H7053 [13NO]
——— condemn gun violence, encourage enactment of comprehensive gun reforms, and repeal or reject Stand Your Ground laws (see H. Res. 318), H5088 [25JY]
——— enhance criminal penalties for straw purchasers of firearms (see H.R. 404), H280 [23JA]
——— 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), H2400 [30AP]
——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 137), H372 [5FE]
——— establish a gun buyback grant program (see H.R. 227), H224 [22JA]
——— impose excise tax on concealable firearms and require the Dept. of Justice to establish a firearms buyback grant program (see H.R. 793), H596 [15FE]
——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H660 [26FE]
——— prevent illegal sale (see H.R. 427), H293 [25JA]
——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H5512 [11SE]
——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 437), H5513 [11SE]
——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 93), H86 [14JA]
Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and implement Antigua Convention on conservation of migratory fish in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 69), H3216 [5JN]
Food: strengthen Federal consumer product safety programs and activities relative to commercially-marketed seafood (see H.R. 1012), H3990 [20JN]
Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2738), H4724 [18JY]
——— provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H5090 [25JY]
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: repeal certain counterterrorism and intelligence gathering tools (see H.R. 2818), H6493 [10OC]
Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H6454 [9OC]
——— require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 1910), H3097 [4JN]
FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2030), H3253 [6JN]
General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic—A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility, Marina, CA: designate (see H.R. 272), H3253 [6JN]
Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H173 [15JA]
Haiti: address gender-based violence against women and children (see H. Res. 61), H6344 [7OC]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H221 [22JA]
Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see H.R. 1136), H1395 [13MR]
Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H5513 [11SE]
——— expand and support strong home care workforce and make long-term services and supports affordable and accessible for seniors and individuals with disabilities (see H. Res. 197), H2436 [6MY]
——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H501 [13FE]
——— recognize importance of frontline health workers toward accelerating progress on global health and saving lives of women and children (see H. Res. 135), H1912 [10AP]
Health care professionals: extend authorization for certain health care workforce loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1827), H4524 [16JY]
Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H546 [14FE]
Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H2605 [14MY]
House of Representatives: encourage Speaker to immediately request a conference and appoint conferees to complete fiscal year 2014 budget resolution with the Senate (see H. Res. 174), H2247 [23AP]
——— provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat (see H.R. 363), H2570 [9MY]
House Rules: reinstate ‘‘Gephardt rule’’ setting debt ceiling automatically at level projected by concurrent budget resolution (see H. Res. 11), H178 [18JA]
——— require that any extension of debt ceiling only be considered in a stand-alone bill (see H. Res. 12), H178 [18JA]
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), H7357 [21NO]
Human rights: prohibit transfer of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries that are engaging in gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see H.R. 479), H342 [4FE] (see H.R. 599), H431 [8FE]
——— provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (see H. Res. 387), H6675 [22OC]
Human Rights Day: observance (see H. Res. 436), H7627 [10DE]
Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 519), H1359 [12MR] (see H.R. 717), H546 [14FE]
——— provide punishments for immigration consultants that provide fraudulent services to immigrants (see H.R. 2936), H5477 [10SE]
——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6289 (see H.R. 3163), H6290 [4OC]
Insurance: require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1531), H1991 [12AP]
Intelligence services: conduct study on use of contractors for intelligence activities (see H.R. 2434), H3927 [19JN]
Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 1130), H2125 [17AP]
James ‘Jim’ Kohnen Post Office, Dublin, CA: designate (see H.R. 1671), H2246 [23AP]
James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep U.S. Courthouse, San Diego, CA: designate (see H.R. 1378), H1824 [21MR]
Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 268), H3687 [17JN]
Kenya: condemn terrorist attack at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, express condolences to families and friends of victims, commend first responders and rescuers, and reaffirm support for Government and people (see H. Res. 394), H6958 [30OC]
Korean Peninsula: recognize historic importance of Korean War and U.S. alliance with South Korea, honor service of U.S. forces, end nuclear proliferation by North Korea, and encourage peace and reunification (see H. Con. Res. 41), H4371 [10JY]
Law enforcement: condemn Stand Your Ground laws, urge rejection and repeal of and find alternatives for such legislation, penalize racial profiling, and study ways to elevate the social status of Black males (see H. Res. 55), H371 [5FE]
——— encourage States to prohibit Stand Your Ground laws and require Neighborhood Watch programs to register with local law enforcement agencies and the Dept. of Justice (see H.R. 2812), H5090 [25JY]
——— mandate basic educational, regulatory, and management actions necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices (see H.R. 3560), H7358 [21NO]
——— prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2851), H5173 [30JY]
LGBT Pride Month: observance (see H. Res. 416), H7152 [15NO]
Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H7689 [11DE]
Medicaid: remove exclusion from medical assistance of items and services for patients in mental institutions (see H.R. 2757), H4825 [19JY]
——— restore coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the U.S. under the Compacts of Free Association with Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau (see H.R. 912), H1550 [15MR]
Medicare: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 928), H815 [28FE]
——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1201), H2959 [23MY]
——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H4078 [26JN]
——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H4039 [25JN]
——— provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1661), H2656 [15MY]
——— provide coverage of hearing aids and related hearing services (see H.R. 3150), H5766 [19SE]
——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H2959 [23MY]
——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H6604 [15OC]
——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 1821), H3995 [24JN]
——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H3015 [3JN]
——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 1588), H5922 [27SE]
——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H3990 [20JN]
Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H6594 [14OC]
Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 212), H2574 [13MY]
Merit Systems Protection Board: extend right of appeal to certain Postal Service employees (see H.R. 1431), H2656 [15MY]
Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H7153 [15NO]
Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H1319 [6MR] (see H.R. 1346), H3016 [3JN]
——— 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: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 526), H410 [6FE]
Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3097), H5546 [12SE]
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 262), H455 [12FE]
Municipal bonds: tribute to history, anniversary of tax exemption, and important contribution to economic growth and wellbeing in States and municipalities (see H. Res. 112), H1861 [9AP]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 12), H454 [12FE]
National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 407), H7365 [22NO]
National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 407), H7365 [22NO]
National Anti-Bullying Month: designate (see H. Res. 398), H6954 [30OC]
National Asian American and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 219), H2774 [17MY]
National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 50), H342 [4FE]
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 341), H5512 [11SE]
National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 309), H4826 [19JY]
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 69), H547 [14FE]
National Commission on Employment and Economic Security: establish (see H.R. 3642), H7445 [3DE] (see H.R. 3651), H7507 [4DE]
National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy: establish (see H.R. 1635), H2571 [9MY]
National Day of Silence: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 33), H2159 [18AP]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 392), H6828 [28OC]
National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 203), H2484 [7MY]
National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 357), H5833 [25SE]
National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H4142 [27JN]
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 381), H6545 [11OC]
National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 201), H2437 [6MY]
National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H1359 [12MR]
National Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month: observance (see H. Res. 237), H2955 [23MY]
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 348), H6290 [4OC]
National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 60), H413 [6FE]
National School Psychology Week: designate (see H. Res. 406), H6997 [12NO]
National Science Week: support goals and ideals of week and biennial USA Science & Engineering Festival (see H. Res. 276), H4215 [8JY]
National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 123), H2656 [15MY]
National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 17), H629 [25FE]
Nelson ‘Mac’ MacWilliams Post Office Building, Ramona, CA: designate (see H.R. 1356), H1823 [21MR]
Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 282), H4143 [27JN]
NIH: reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H4485 [11JY]
NOAA: improve ability to address severe marine debris events (see H.R. 1425), H1856 [9AP]
——— provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities to address marine debris impacts of 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami (see H.R. 1491), H1955 [11AP]
Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 573), H412 [6FE]
Oak Creek, WI: recognize anniversary and condemn shootings at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and express condolences to victims’ families and friends and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see H. Res. 334), H5399 [2AU]
Oil Pollution Act: establish oil spill research committee, program, and interagency plan (see H.R. 373), H279 [23JA]
Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: adjust boundaries to include Hinchliffe Stadium (see H.R. 2430), H7508 [4DE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 261), H168 [15JA]
Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation: authorize establishment of a commemorative work in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 915), H7394 [2DE]
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]
Pesticides: prohibit use, production, sale, importation, or exportation of any pesticide containing atrazine (see H.R. 2044), H4309 [9JY]
Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1150), H1911 [10AP]
Political campaigns: reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 269), H169 [15JA]
——— reform the financing of congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns (see H.R. 268), H169 [15JA]
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), H417 [6FE]
——— 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), H2299 [24AP]
——— 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), H1359 [12MR]
——— reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 2459), H3988 [20JN]
Power resources: eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production (see H.R. 3574), H7353 [21NO]
Privacy: prevent mass collection of records of innocent Americans and provide greater accountability and transparency of Government surveillance activities and programs (see H.R. 2399), H3687 [17JN]
——— reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H6900 [29OC]
——— update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H4598 [17JY]
Product safety: ban flame retardant chemicals from use in resilient filling materials in children’s products (see H.R. 2934), H5342 [1AU]
Public debt: eliminate statutory ceiling and place limitations on the purposes for which public debt may be issued (see H.R. 290), H284 [23JA]
——— provide for an orderly process by which the debt ceiling is increased by permitting the Dept. of the Treasury to increase the debt ceiling unless blocked by a supermajority of Congress (see H.R. 233), H6604 [15OC]
Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 2465), H4371 [10JY]
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), H1823 [21MR]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 814), H1360 [12MR]
Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see H.R. 949), H5513 [11SE]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend relative to grants for economic adjustment (see H.R. 3518), H8127 [19DE]
Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H3929 [19JN]
Ramadan: recognize Islamic holy month and commend Muslims for their faith (see H. Res. 289), H4213 [8JY]
Rare Disease Day: designate (see H. Res. 91), H816 [28FE]
Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see H.R. 2368), H6770 [23OC]
Ride, Sally K.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2422), H4215 [8JY]
Rustin, Bayard: tribute (see H. Res. 319), H5173 [30JY]
Ryan, Leo J.: tribute (see H. Res. 423), H7252 [19NO]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the Panama Canal (see H.R. 2760), H4825 [19JY]
San Francisco Bay: establish a grant program to support restoration (see H.R. 843), H659 [26FE]
SBA: establish loan guarantee program to assist small business concerns that manufacture clean energy technologies (see H.R. 1138), H1396 [13MR]
Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H1427 [14MR]
——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H2158 [18AP]
SEC: prohibit mandatory pre-dispute arbitration agreements (see H.R. 2998), H6999 [12NO]
Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3465), H7153 [15NO]
Social Security: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 3123), H5654 [18SE]
——— improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 649), H1958 [11AP]
——— prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2159 [18AP]
——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 1698), H4726 [18JY]
——— repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H5476 [10SE]
——— 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), H3990 [20JN]
——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (see H.R. 3118), H5588 [17SE]
——— treat permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 3050), H5398 [2AU]
Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]
Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing (see H.R. 2012), H8112 [12DE]
SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H8107 [12DE]
SSI: update eligibility (see H.R. 1601), H2123 [17AP]
Sudan: develop strategy to end human rights violations, create incentives for governments and persons to end support, and reinvigorate peace efforts (see H.R. 1692), H2297 [24AP]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright decision on provision of counsel to indigent defendants in felony cases (see H. Res. 108), H1959 [11AP]
——— promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H5803 [20SE]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for surrendering to authorities certain assault weapons (see H.R. 226), H284 [23JA]
——— allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see H.R. 2240), H3094 [4JN]
——— 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), H4726 [18JY]
——— allow manufacturing businesses to establish tax-free manufacturing reinvestment accounts to assist them in providing for new equipment and facilities and workforce training (see H.R. 1737), H2350 [25AP]
——— apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see H.R. 1029), H2249 [23AP]
——— deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see H.R. 2831), H5088 [25JY]
——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H5435 [9SE]
——— 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 income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see H.R. 2509), H6770 [23OC]
——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2350 [25AP]
——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H5589 [17SE]
——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2499), H7111 [14NO]
——— extend the renewable energy credit for wind, geothermal, hydro, and marine power and eliminate certain tax credits for oil and gas drilling and production (see H.R. 2539), H4142 [27JN]
——— facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see H.R. 341), H284 [23JA]
——— impose a retail tax on disposable carryout bags (see H.R. 1686), H3097 [4JN]
——— increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (see H.R. 1723), H2349 [25AP]
——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 1527), H3253 [6JN]
——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2116), H4371 [10JY]
——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H6768 [23OC]
——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1621), H2157 [18AP]
——— 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), H5051 [24JY]
——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H594 [15FE]
——— prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 1556), H2025 [15AP]
——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2913 [22MY]
——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 924), H1430 [14MR]
——— provide for employment tax treatment of professional service businesses (see H.R. 348), H455 [12FE]
——— provide for the taxation of marijuana (see H.R. 501), H2437 [6MY]
——— reduce international tax avoidance and restore a level playing field for U.S. businesses (see H.R. 1555), H2025 [15AP]
——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 766), H594 [15FE]
——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 2990), H5396 [2AU]
——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 609), H454 [12FE]
——— repeal phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care credit (see H.R. 1978), H2959 [23MY]
——— replace the mortgage interest deduction with a nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence (see H.R. 1213), H1993 [12AP]
——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1554), H2025 [15AP]
Trademarks: cancel existing and prohibit future trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans (see H.R. 1278), H1861 [9AP]
Transportation Security Administration: prohibit certain individuals from possessing a firearm in an airport (see H.R. 3484), H7188 [18NO]
Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (see H.R. 664), H501 [13FE]
Turkey: support an equitable and stable relationship with Armenia based on full acknowledgment of facts and consequences of the Armenian Genocide and fair and just resolution of this crime against humanity (see H. Res. 227), H2914 [22MY]
Typhoons: express condolences and support to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (see H. Res. 408), H7153 [15NO]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H7309 [20NO]
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: repeal (see H.R. 2818), H6493 [10OC]
Universal Declaration of Human Rights: anniversary (see H. Res. 436), H7627 [10DE]
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), H3216 [5JN]
——— improve ability of health care professionals to treat veterans via telemedicine (see H.R. 2001), H2654 [15MY]
——— provide for reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position to obtain medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 1774), H2391 [26AP]
Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H221 [22JA]
Voting: allow all eligible voters to vote by mail in Federal elections (see H.R. 376), H279 [23JA]
——— constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 44), H2603 [14MY]
——— modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H277 [23JA]
——— permit an individual required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual’s identification (see H.R. 1748), H2350 [25AP]
——— promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (see H.R. 50), H416 [6FE]
——— require States to permit individuals to register to vote in an election for Federal office on the date of the election (see H.R. 280), H284 [23JA]
Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1921), H5435 [9SE]
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), H1318 [6MR]
——— prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 1998), H3253 [6JN]
Women: codify U.S. Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security to promote inclusion of women in conflict resolution efforts and peacebuilding institutions (see H.R. 2874), H5259 [31JY]
——— combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H7508 [4DE]
——— constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H5344 [1AU]
——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 1975), H2602 [14MY]
——— promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see H.R. 1229), H2027 [15AP]
——— provide protections against violence against immigrant women (see H.R. 629), H499 [13FE]
——— provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (see H.R. 1941), H2568 [9MY]
——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H3016 [3JN]
——— strengthen U.S. advocacy for women’s rights in foreign countries (see H.R. 2947), H5343 [1AU]
World Tuberculosis Day: support goals (see H. Res. 133), H1825 [21MR]
World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 111), H173 [15JA]
——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H2656 [15MY]
——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1430 [14MR]
Yosemite National Park: modify boundaries (see H.R. 1677), H2246 [23AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: ensure funds provided for operations in Afghanistan are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (see H.R. 200), H52 [4JA]
——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 198), H52 [4JA]
Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 248), H3095 [4JN]
CIA: cease lethal drone operations (see H.R. 2183), H2954 [23MY]
Correctional institutions: reduce spread of sexually transmitted infections and provide for reinstatement of Medicaid benefits and housing benefit eligibility to the formerly incarcerated (see H.R. 2599), H4174 [28JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: repeal denial of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility of ex-offenders (see H.R. 197), H52 [4JA]
Dept. of Education: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 320), H176 [18JA]
Dept. of HHS: expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (see H.R. 3221), H6052 [30SE]
——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 725), H546 [14FE]
Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 808), H627 [25FE]
Dept. of State: submit a report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake recovery and development efforts in Haiti (see H.R. 3509), H7152 [15NO]
Discrimination: eliminate discrimination in State criminal and civil laws for those living with HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1843), H2483 [7MY]
Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 3117), H5588 [17SE]
Drugs: exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (see H.R. 784), H595 [15FE]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit illegal monetary payments to foreign officials and require a report to Congress on CIA payments to foreign entities (see H.R. 2107), H2911 [22MY]
——— reduce discretionary budget authority of any agency if financial statement for previous fiscal year does not receive a qualified or unqualified audit opinion by an independent auditor (see H.R. 559), H412 [6FE]
Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 2182), H2954 [23MY]
Firearms: repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws (see H.R. 661), H500 [13FE]
Foreign aid: provide, on an annual basis, an amount equal to at least 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product for nonmilitary foreign assistance programs (see H. Con. Res. 7), H53 [4JA]
Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts following earthquake (see H.R. 1749), H2350 [25AP]
——— recognize anniversary of earthquake, honor victims and responders, and reaffirm support and assistance (see H. Res. 31), H170 [15JA]
House Rules: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (see H.R. 201), H52 [4JA]
International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 221), H2774 [17MY]
Iran: appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for the purpose of ensuring U.S. diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons and avoid war (see H.R. 783), H595 [15FE]
Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 238), H2955 [23MY]
Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 95), H949 [4MR]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 59), H413 [6FE]
National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 38), H177 [18JA]
National STD Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 192), H2393 [26AP]
National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1909 [10AP]
NIH: establish a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium (see H.R. 660), H500 [13FE]
Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 918), H815 [28FE]
Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]
Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education program from the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (see H.R. 3774), H8117 [16DE]
Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1466), H1909 [10AP]
Syria: allow access by humanitarian organizations, engage in diplomatic efforts to resolve conflict, strengthen sanctions, investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity, and prevent use of chemical weapons (see H. Con. Res. 53), H5547 [12SE]
Taxation: limit deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation (see H.R. 199), H52 [4JA]
Vietnamese Conflict: provide assistance to individuals affected by exposure to Agent Orange (see H.R. 2519), H4078 [26JN]
Women: recognize the disparate impact of climate change on women and the efforts of women globally to address climate change (see H. Con. Res. 36), H2393 [26AP]
World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]
Constitutional authority statements
Armed Forces: ensure funds provided for operations in Afghanistan are only used for safe and orderly withdrawal of U.S. military forces and Dept. of Defense contractors (H.R. 200), H55 [4JA]
——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 198), H54 [4JA]
CIA: cease lethal drone operations (H.R. 2183), H2957 [23MY]
Correctional institutions: reduce spread of sexually transmitted infections and provide for reinstatement of Medicaid benefits and housing benefit eligibility to the formerly incarcerated (H.R. 2599), H4177 [28JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: repeal denial of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility of ex-offenders (H.R. 197), H54 [4JA]
Dept. of Education: make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (H.R. 320), H178 [18JA]
Dept. of HHS: expand and enhance adult day programs for people with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases or conditions to improve respite services for caregivers (H.R. 3221), H6052 [30SE]
——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (H.R. 725), H549 [14FE]
Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (H.R. 808), H628 [25FE]
Dept. of State: submit a report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake recovery and development efforts in Haiti (H.R. 3509), H7152 [15NO]
Discrimination: eliminate discrimination in State criminal and civil laws for those living with HIV/AIDS (H.R. 1843), H2484 [7MY]
Diseases: bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. and around the world (H.R. 3117), H5589 [17SE]
Drugs: exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (H.R. 784), H598 [15FE]
Federal agencies and departments: prohibit illegal monetary payments to foreign officials and require a report to Congress on CIA payments to foreign entities (H.R. 2107), H2912 [22MY]
——— reduce discretionary budget authority of any agency if financial statement for previous fiscal year does not receive a qualified or unqualified audit opinion by an independent auditor (H.R. 559), H415 [6FE]
Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (H.R. 2182), H2957 [23MY]
Firearms: repeal certain impediments to the administration of the firearms laws (H.R. 661), H503 [13FE]
Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts following earthquake (H.R. 1749), H2353 [25AP]
House Rules: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (H.R. 201), H55 [4JA]
Iran: appoint a high-level U.S. representative or special envoy for the purpose of ensuring U.S. diplomatic efforts to prevent acquisition of nuclear weapons and avoid war (H.R. 783), H598 [15FE]
NIH: establish a National Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium (H.R. 660), H503 [13FE]
Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (H.R. 918), H817 [28FE]
Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education program from the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (H.R. 3774), H8118 [16DE]
Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (H.R. 1466), H1910 [10AP]
Taxation: limit deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation (H.R. 199), H54 [4JA]
Vietnamese Conflict: provide assistance to individuals affected by exposure to Agent Orange (H.R. 2519), H4080 [26JN]
Women: strengthen U.S. advocacy for women’s rights in foreign countries (H.R. 2947), H5346 [1AU]
Letters
Global AIDS programs funding: several Representatives, E907• [18JN]
Lists
Key Iraq votes from the 109th Congress, H2336 [25AP]
Memorandums
Military Force Use Against Those Responsible for Hijacking and Crashing of Commercial Aircraft Into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, Authorization: Matthew Weed, Congressional Research Service, H5032 [24JY]
Remarks
Abortion: protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 1797), consideration (H. Res. 266), H3712 [18JN]
Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H2623 [15MY], H2663 [16MY], H3854 [19JN], H3951, H3956 [20JN]
——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), agree to conference with the Senate (H. Res. 380), H6510 [11OC]
——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4377, H4387 [11JY]
Appropriations: making continuing, H6621 [16OC]
——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 438), H7710 [12DE]
——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H5992 [28SE], H6037 [30SE], H6111, H6145•, H6152• [2OC], H6266 [4OC], H6341 [7OC], H6364, H6379 [8OC]
——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent request, H6555 [12OC]
——— making continuing (H.R. 933), H1311 [6MR]
Armed Forces: accelerate plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, H3378 [13JN]
——— develop and implement a plan for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, H1574 [19MR], H7560 [5DE]
——— prohibit funding to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5032 [24JY]
——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 198), H2336 [25AP], H5032 [24JY]
Bicameral Working Group on Deficit Reduction and Economic Growth: establish (H.R. 3273), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6379 [8OC]
Budget: allocation of funds, H1942 [11AP]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023, H7710 [12DE]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), H6820 [28OC], H7199 [19NO]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1563 [18MR], H1614, H1615 [19MR], H1669, H1709• [20MR], H3038 [4JN], H3344 [12JN]
——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), consideration (H. Res. 122), H1584 [19MR]
California: anniversary of California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, E1259• [9SE]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H1849 [9AP]
Climate: global warming, H1933 [11AP], H4161 [28JN], H5374 [2AU], H6930 [30OC]
Clorox Co.: anniversary, E570• [26AP]
Congress: importance of bipartisanship, H97 [15JA]
Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1563 [18MR], H1669 [20MR], H6820 [28OC]
Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6741 [23OC]
——— prohibit enforcement of streamlined environmental review process until the current backlog of authorized projects is reduced, H6741 [23OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: establish a dairy producer margin insurance program to protect producer income by paying producers when actual producer margins are less than a threshold level, H3951 [20JN]
——— making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), H6266 [4OC]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs, H6510 [11OC]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5593 [18SE]
——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5673, H5678 [19SE]
——— require additional work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients and eliminate funding for nutrition education, job training, and job search programs, H3956 [20JN]
——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H2623 [15MY], H2663 [16MY], H3007, H3008 [3JN], H3346, H3347 [12JN], H3854 [19JN], H3951 [20JN], H4377, H4387 [11JY], H6510 [11OC]
Dept. of Defense: across-the-board funding reduction excluding the Defense Health Program and Military Personnel Accounts, H4951 [23JY]
——— across-the-board funding reduction excluding the Defense Health Program and the Military Personnel Accounts, H4950 [23JY]
——— allow use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to U.S. facilities or to construct facilities for such enemy combatants in the U.S., E821• [6JN]
——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), consideration (H. Res. 260), H3378 [13JN]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 2397), H4950, H4951 [23JY], H5032 [24JY]
Dept. of Education: establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), Senate amendment, E1212• [2AU]
——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers, H78 [14JA]
——— 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 (H.R. 1979), E1212• [2AU]
——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 303), H4615 [18JY]
Dept. of HHS: establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (S. 330), H7377 [2DE]
——— making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6364 [8OC]
Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), E821• [6JN]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 2217), consideration (H. Res. 243), H3038 [4JN]
Dept. of State: submit a report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake recovery and development efforts in Haiti (H.R. 3509), H8051 [12DE]
Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations, H5374 [2AU]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H2335 [25AP]
Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2216), consideration (H. Res. 243), H3038 [4JN]
Diseases: extend authorities relative to global HIV/AIDS and promote oversight of U.S. programs (S. 1545), H7235 [19NO], H7377 [2DE]
Domestic policy: address culture of violence, H77 [14JA]
Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H570 [15FE], H942 [4MR], H1311 [6MR]
——— importance of job creation, H97 [15JA]
Equal Pay Day: observance, H1849 [9AP]
FAA: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 90), consideration (H. Res. 373), H6379 [8OC]
Federal employees: 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), H6379 [8OC]
Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (H.R. 2182), H3007 [3JN]
Firearms: ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale, H486 [13FE]
——— gun control, H77 [14JA], H486 [13FE]
Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H3343, H3344, H3346, H3347 [12JN]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6111, H6145•, H6152• [2OC], H6190, H6206• [3OC], H6266 [4OC], H6341 [7OC], H6364, H6379 [8OC], H6542 [11OC], H6555 [12OC], H6591 [14OC], H6621 [16OC]
Health: continue efforts to prevent and eradicate polio, H2557 [9MY]
Immigration: reform, E116• [8FE]
——— reform (S. 744), E1728• [21NO]
Insurance: condition provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies upon a certification that a program to verify household income and other qualifications for such subsidies is operational (H.R. 2775), Senate amendments, H6621 [16OC]
Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H2331, H2333 [25AP]
Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (H.R. 850), E1181• [1AU]
Iraq: anniversary of U.S.-led invasion, H1574 [19MR], H2331, H2333, H2335 [25AP]
Kranzberg, Hannah: New Israel Fund (organization) Guardian of Democracy award recipient, E1577• [28OC]
Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory: anniversary of Advanced Light Source research facility, E1427• [3OC]
Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, E548• [25AP]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: observance, H376 [6FE]
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 392), H6938 [30OC]
National Minority Health Month: observance, E548• [25AP]
National Nurses Week: observance, H2557 [9MY], E635• [9MY]
National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 70), H6152• [2OC]
National security: call for adoption of smart security platform for the 21st century, H2335, H2336 [25AP]
Native Americans: decrease incidence of violent crime against Indian women, strengthen capacity of tribes to respond to such crimes, and hold perpetrators accountable, H741 [28FE]
NIH: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), H6145• [2OC]
Office of the Director of National Intelligence: allow elements of the intelligence community to share cyber threat intelligence with private-sector cybersecurity entities (H.R. 624), E525• [24AP]
Patents: eliminate abusive patent litigation, increase transparency, modernize fee shifting, and provide for small business education and outreach (H.R. 3309), E1889• [16DE]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3350), E1728• [21NO]
——— delay implementation, H5992 [28SE]
——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7510 [5DE]
——— implementation, H6111 [2OC], H6190 [3OC], H6341 [7OC], H6591 [14OC]
Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H1584, H1614, H1615 [19MR], H3007, H3008 [3JN], H3341, H3342, H3343, H3346, H3347 [12JN]
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): anniversary, H3698 [18JN], E907• [18JN]
Public debt: ceiling, H6591 [14OC], H6621 [16OC]
Public welfare programs: prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (H.R. 890), H1377 [13MR]
——— restore the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs, H1377 [13MR]
Science: impact of Government shutdown, H6542 [11OC]
Second Chance Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3465), E1725• [21NO]
Social Security: use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits, H1942 [11AP]
Sudan: anniversary of declaration of genocide, H2056 [16AP]
Supreme Court: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, H4132 [27JN]
——— hearing of arguments in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, H529 [14FE], E197• [27FE]
Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H7710 [12DE]
Veterans: making continuing appropriations for benefits (H.J. Res. 72), H6206• [3OC]
Violence Against Women Act: ensure access to assistance programs regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, H741 [28FE]
——— ensure protection for immigrant victims of domestic violence and crime, H741 [28FE]
——— reauthorize, H77 [14JA]
——— reauthorize (S. 47), H741 [28FE], H6938 [30OC]
Votes: correction, E821• [6JN]
——— position on missed, E193• [26FE], E292• [13MR], E616• [8MY], E904• [18JN], E969• [26JN], E1115• [23JY], E1332• [18SE], E1711• [20NO], E1847• [12DE]
World AIDS Day: observance, H7377 [2DE]
Tributes
Birgeneau, Robert J., E603• [7MY]
Blake, J. Herman, E609• [7MY]
Brown, Elzora Mae, E455• [15AP]
Collins, Cardiss, H640 [26FE]
Crayton, Linda, E1876• [16DE]
Debro, Joseph, E1713• [20NO]
DeLauro, Representative, H3342 [12JN]
Glover, David, E852• [12JN]
Gray, William H., III, H4195 [8JY]
Harris, Elihu M., E1323• [17SE]
LaRoix, Terry Y., Jr., E530• [24AP]
LeNoir, Michael A., E1704• [19NO]
Mandela, Nelson R., H8090 [12DE]
McKellar, Elaine Pomeroy, E1431• [3OC]
Owens, Major R., H6820 [28OC]
Petris, Nicholas, E415• [10AP]
Riggs, Michael T., E859• [14JN]
Shirek, Maudelle, H2071 [17AP], E607• [7MY]
Thomas, Marye L., E606• [7MY]
Vernon, Landon B., E849• [12JN]
Weiss, Hazel, E118• [8FE]
Widener, Warren H., E1430• [3OC]
Woolsey, Lynn, H2331 [25AP]