LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT see also Congress; House of Representatives; Senate

Appointments

House of Representatives Private Calendar Official Objectors, H4168 [28JN]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: making (see S. 1283), S5667 [11JY] (see H.R. 2792), H4978 [23JY]

Buy American Act: clarify applicability to products purchased for use of legislative branch and prohibit exceptions for products bearing an official congressional insignia (see H.R. 194), H51 [4JA]

Congress: consent to assemble outside the District of Columbia (see H. Con. Res. 1), H33 [3JA]

——— end the unconstitutional delegation of legislative power and direct GAO to issue a report detailing the extent of such delegation in order to phase it out (see S. 1663), S7927 [7NO]

——— establish the style for amending laws (see H.R. 760), H594 [15FE]

——— preserve constitutional authority and ensure accountability and transparency in legislation (see S. 1665), S7927 [7NO] (see H.R. 1831), H2436 [6MY]

——— require each bill enacted be limited to only one subject (see S. 1664), S7927 [7NO] (see H.R. 2113), H2911 [22MY]

Federal employees: eliminate pay adjustments for persons holding senior positions in the Federal Government and prevent pay adjustments for Members of Congress in any year with a budget deficit (see S. 30), S42 [22JA]

——— enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (see H.R. 1858), H2483 [7MY]

——— prohibit use of Federal funds for official portraits of Members of Congress or heads of executive or legislative branch agencies or offices (see S. 1820), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 1594), H2123 [17AP]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (see H. Res. 442), H8109 [12DE]

House Rules: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (see H.R. 201), H52 [4JA]

Lobbyists: extend post-employment restrictions on lobbying by Members of Congress and officers and employees (see H.R. 440), H300 [29JA]

Members of Congress: prohibit disbursement of funds for salaries and expenses and require salaries to be held in escrow if Congress does not adopt a concurrent budget resolution by a certain date (see H.R. 397), H280 [23JA]

——— prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see S. 124), S214 [23JA] (see H.R. 310), H176 [18JA]

——— reduce a portion of salaries for failure to adopt a concurrent budget resolution which does not provide for a balanced budget (see H.R. 522), H410 [6FE]

——— require salaries be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (see S. 436), S1088 [4MR] (see H.R. 1478), H1909 [10AP]

——— require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (see H.R. 308), H176 [18JA]

——— suspend salary during a Government shutdown (see H.R. 3224), H6052 [30SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply provisions to certain congressional staff and members of the Executive branch (see S. 902), S3256 [8MY]

——— apply provisions to Delegates and Resident Commissioners and certain congressional staff (see H.R. 2010), H2716 [16MY]

Public Online Information Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 549), S1785 [13MR]

Excerpts

Federalist Papers (No. 62): James Madison, S6793 [24SE]

U.S. Constitution: Amendment I, E35 [15JA]

——— Amendment XIII, E35 [15JA]

——— Amendment XIV, Section 1, E35 [15JA]

——— Article I, Section 8, E35 [15JA]

Letters

Federal Government assessment: David R. Brown, Liberty Foundation of America, S7137 [2OC]

Lists

House of Representatives Private Calendar Objectors, E1007 [28JN]

Notices

Senate Financial Disclosure Reports, S3212 [7MY]

Remarks in House

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H5375 [2AU], H7611 [10DE], H7697 [12DE]

——— consent to assemble outside the District of Columbia (H. Con. Res. 1), H24 [3JA]

——— importance of constitutional authority, H2712–H2715 [16MY], H3644–H3649 [14JN]

——— legislative priorities, H3766 [19JN], H5309 [1AU]

——— preserve constitutional authority and ensure accountability and transparency in legislation (H.R. 1831), H2409 [6MY], H2594 [14MY]

Constitution—U.S.: importance of balance of power between three branches of Government, H7456 [4DE]

Federal employees: appropriate funds necessary to ensure Federal employees continue to receive pay for service during a Government shutdown, H6004, H6005 [28SE]

——— enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (H.R. 1858), E610 [7MY]

House of Representatives: process for referring bills to the private calendar, E1007 [28JN]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (H.R. 310), H233, H246 [23JA]

——— require salaries be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, H1361 [13MR]

——— require salaries be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (H.R. 1478), E413 [10AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H4148 [28JN]

——— evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, H6443–H6450 [9OC], H7338 [21NO]

War Powers Resolution: amend, H5441 [10SE]

Remarks in Senate

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, S9042–S9046 [19DE], S9115 [20DE]

——— legislative priorities, S9116 [20DE]

Constitution—U.S.: importance of balance of power between three branches of Government, S6771–S6773, S6780–S6784, S6793 [24SE]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (S. 124), S226 [23JA], S299 [28JA]

——— require salaries be sequestered during any sequester under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (S. 436), S1089 [4MR]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to constitutional role of Congress and separation of powers, S8866 [16DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: apply provisions to certain congressional staff and members of the Executive branch, S5935 [25JY]

Presidential appointments: authority of cabinet level officials to carry out policy, S4565 [18JN]

Reports filed

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2792) (H. Rept. 113–173), H4978 [23JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 1, consent for Congress to assemble outside the District of Columbia, H24 [3JA]