MILLER, GEORGE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Education: 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), H4738 [19JY]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), H6866 [29OC]

Articles and editorials

East Bay Profile—Veteran of Richmond’s Neighborhood Wars Changes Life, Robert Rogers, Contra Costa (CA) Times, E733• [23MY]

‘Going Above and Beyond’—Academic Decathlon Offers Another Kind of Competition, Lou Fancher, Contra Costa (CA) Times, E399• [9AP]

Hometown Hero—Walnut Creek Attorney’s 40 Years of Handing Out Minority College Scholarships, Matthias Gafni, Contra Costa (CA) Times, E1402• [30SE]

Saul Landau, Maker of Films With Leftist Edge, Dies at 77, Douglas Martin, New York (NY) Times, E1481• [10OC]

Saul Landau Dies at 77; Leftist Writer and Documentary Filmmaker, Daniel Miller, Los Angeles (CA) Times, E1482• [10OC]

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), H7357 [21NO]

African Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 39), H1828 [21MR]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H4827 [19JY]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H5767 [19SE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 847), H1322 [6MR]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H1356 [12MR]

Appropriations: provide for automatic continuing resolutions (H.R. 1164), consideration (see H. Res. 372), H6289 [4OC]

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), H950 [4MR]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H7357 [21NO]

——— 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), H344 [4FE]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2989), H5396 [2AU]

Asian Elephant Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 39), H1828 [21MR]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see H.R. 100), H30 [3JA]

——— make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 532), H410 [6FE]

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area: designate (see H.R. 1025), H1399 [13MR]

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), H2157 [18AP]

Budget: prohibit consideration of a concurrent resolution providing for adjournment unless the House has adopted a conference report on the budget resolution (see H. Res. 424), H7508 [4DE]

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

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

Children and youth: promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see H.R. 3532), H7252 [19NO]

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), H1398 [13MR]

——— 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]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H2605 [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), H6677 [22OC]

Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 2070), H4040 [25JN]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1844), H4598 [17JY]

Controlled Substances Act: exclude industrial hemp from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 525), H410 [6FE]

Corporations: 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), H1357 [12MR]

Corps of Engineers: review policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees (see H.R. 399), H280 [23JA]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 506), H3990 [20JN]

Credit: 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), H2297 [24AP]

——— exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 1767), H7052 [13NO]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H504 [13FE]

Cyprus: support end of division (see H. Res. 308), H5349 [1AU]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: 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), H815 [28FE]

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

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 2839), H5349 [1AU]

Dept. of Education: extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1595), H2571 [9MY]

——— increase accountability of nonprofit athletic associations by requiring member institutions to protect the health and education of student athletes (see H.R. 2903), H6676 [22OC]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, increasing cap on subsidized loans, and refinancing current fixed-rate loans (see H.R. 1946), H2568 [9MY]

——— make grants for pilot programs at institutions of higher education that support the use of open textbooks to achieve savings for students (see H.R. 3538), H7252 [19NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1907), H5403 [2AU]

——— establish Office of the National Nurse (see H.R. 485), H5513 [11SE]

——— provide protections for consumers against excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory increases in insurance premium rates (see H.R. 1019), H1320 [6MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H7109 [14NO]

Dept. of Labor: establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (see H.R. 954), H981 [5MR]

——— issue occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard (see H.R. 2480), H4037 [25JN]

——— list employers that relocate call centers overseas, make such companies ineligible for Federal grants and loans, and require call center employees to disclose their physical location (see H.R. 2909), H5803 [20SE]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 798), H596 [15FE]

Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 808), H8126 [19DE]

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]

Dept. of Transportation: modify final rule relative to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations (see H.R. 182), H550 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H5348 [1AU]

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), H5348 [1AU]

——— statehood (see H.R. 292), H5348 [1AU]

Economy: 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), H5176 [30JY]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 1286), H1718 [20MR]

——— 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), H550 [14FE]

EPA: award grants to water system owners or operators to increase resiliency or adaptability to any ongoing or forecasted changes to hydrologic conditions (see H.R. 765), H2570 [9MY]

——— establish programs to encourage water efficiency (see H.R. 123), H31 [3JA]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 28), H3289 [11JN]

ERISA: provide protection for company-provided retiree health benefits (see H.R. 2425), H3759 [18JN]

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 1775), H3289 [11JN]

FAA Modernization and Reform Act: amend certain provisions (see H.R. 2591), H5404 [2AU]

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), H2717 [16MY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter (see H.R. 515), H370 [5FE]

——— 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]

FDA: require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (see H.R. 584), H550 [14FE]

——— require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H2297 [24AP]

Federal employees: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see H.R. 533), H4145 [27JN]

——— ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 517), H370 [5FE]

Financial institutions: establish fair and transparent practices related to marketing and provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions (see H.R. 1261), H1630 [19MR]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H416 [6FE]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1565), H2438 [6MY]

——— 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), H224 [22JA]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H1829 [21MR]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H86 [14JA]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 437), H300 [29JA]

Fish and fishing: call for ban and prevent the import of shark fins from sharks caught through the practice of finning (see H. Res. 285), H4175 [28JN]

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]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: provide for designation of judges by the Speaker and minority leader of the House, the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (see H.R. 2586), H4485 [11JY]

Foreign trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H1717 [20MR]

General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic—A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility, Marina, CA: designate (see H.R. 272), H3253 [6JN]

Health: 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), H4215 [8JY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H501 [13FE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H2656 [15MY]

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), H5348 [1AU]

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

Immigration: provide for admission to the U.S. of certain Tibetans (see H.R. 2080), H3358 [12JN]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6412 [8OC]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H7447 [3DE]

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]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2851), H5349 [1AU]

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

Marine Turtle Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1329), H1822 [21MR]

Medicare: deliver a meaningful drug benefit and lower prescription drug prices (see H.R. 928), H815 [28FE]

——— provide comprehensive cancer patient treatment education and conduct research to improve cancer symptom management (see H.R. 1661), H3097 [4JN]

——— require drug manufacturers to provide rebates for drugs dispensed to low-income individuals under the prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 1588), H2066 [16AP]

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

Middle East: reaffirm support for a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 238), H2955 [23MY]

——— reaffirm support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (see H. Res. 365), H6175 [2OC]

Mining and mineral resources: protect health care and pension benefits of miners (see H.R. 980), H3929 [19JN]

——— transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H5342 [1AU]

Missing Children’s Assistance Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 3092), H5554 [16SE]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 262), H168 [15JA]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 69), H547 [14FE]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H7253 [19NO]

National Innovation in Education Day: designate (see H. Res. 331), H5399 [2AU]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 154), H2125 [17AP]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H2027 [15AP]

Northern Mariana Islands: convey certain submerged lands (see H.R. 573), H412 [6FE]

Olympic Games: disapprove International Olympic Committee proposal to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Olympic Games, urge its reinstatement, and commend U.S. Olympic Committee support of wrestling (see H. Res. 71), H1360 [12MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: end application of budget sequestration (see H.R. 2582), H5404 [2AU]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: ensure that individuals who attempted to, or who are enrolled in, qualified health plans offered through an exchange have continuity of coverage (see H.R. 3745), H8108 [12DE]

——— establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 261), H168 [15JA]

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]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1150), H2164 [19AP]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 148), H628 [25FE]

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

——— reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 270), 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), H1550 [15MR]

Public lands: designate lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness and wild and scenic rivers and establish Northern Rockies Wildlife Habitat and Corridors Information System and Program (see H.R. 1187), H3357 [12JN]

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

Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 39), H1828 [21MR]

Ryan, Leo J.: tribute (see H. Res. 423), H7252 [19NO]

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1004), H1319 [6MR]

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), H3253 [6JN]

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

Social Security: 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]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H8107 [12DE]

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), H4145 [27JN]

Taxation: allow a credit for qualified conservation contributions which include national scenic trails (see H.R. 474), H1430 [14MR]

——— disallow deduction for income attributable to domestic oil and gas production activities of major integrated oil companies (see H.R. 1426), H4039 [25JN]

——— disallow deductions for payment of compensatory and punitive damages to a government (see H.R. 3445), H7508 [4DE]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H5548 [12SE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H7628 [10DE]

——— 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]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2116), H5348 [1AU]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H6290 [4OC]

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

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 609), H504 [13FE]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1554), H2025 [15AP]

Transportation: provide States certain authority to adopt air pollution reduction requirements for motor carriers providing services at port facilities (see H.R. 2958), H5343 [1AU]

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), H7253 [19NO]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H7608 [9DE]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H4598 [17JY]

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

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

Wildlife: 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), H4146 [27JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H6546 [11OC]

——— 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]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H7312 [20NO]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 100), H6954 [30OC]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (see H.R. 2560), H4143 [27JN]

Dept. of Education: award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system (see H.R. 521), H410 [6FE]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (see H.R. 2574), H4173 [28JN]

——— fund directed development projects through Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education Program to support breakthroughs in teaching and learning (see H.R. 700), H545 [14FE]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H2533 [8MY]

Dept. of HHS: require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 1981), H2653 [15MY]

Dept. of Labor: anniversary (see H. Res. 105), H1320 [6MR]

——— issue interim occupational safety and health standard regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (see H.R. 691), 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. 2721), H4723 [18JY] (see H.R. 2770), H4856 [22JY]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H7050 [13NO]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 2852), H5173 [30JY]

——— provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (see H.R. 2889), H5260 [31JY]

Great Ape Conservation Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1328), H1822 [21MR]

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

Mining and mineral resources: improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see H.R. 1373), H1824 [21MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (see H.R. 1648), H2158 [18AP]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 2697), H4522 [16JY]

Schools: require criminal background checks for school employees (see H.R. 2083), H2910 [22MY]

Voting: promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (see H.R. 50), H29 [3JA]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (see H.R. 1649), H2158 [18AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 100), H6956 [30OC]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (H.R. 2560), H4145 [27JN]

Dept. of Education: award grants to educational agencies and schools to utilize technology to improve student achievement, college and career readiness, teacher skills, and the education system (H.R. 521), H414 [6FE]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (H.R. 2574), H4176 [28JN]

——— fund directed development projects through Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education Program to support breakthroughs in teaching and learning (H.R. 700), H548 [14FE]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (H.R. 1893), H2535 [8MY]

Dept. of HHS: require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (H.R. 1981), H2654 [15MY]

Dept. of Labor: issue interim occupational safety and health standard regarding worker exposure to combustible dust (H.R. 691), H548 [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 (H.R. 2721), H4725 [18JY]

——— 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 (H.R. 2770), H4857 [22JY]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (H.R. 3461), H7051 [13NO]

Employment: clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (H.R. 2852), H5174 [30JY]

——— provide funds to States, local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities (H.R. 2889), H5262 [31JY]

Great Ape Conservation Act: reauthorize (H.R. 1328), H1826 [21MR]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H1321 [6MR]

Mining and mineral resources: improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (H.R. 1373), H1828 [21MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: expand coverage, increase protections for whistleblowers, and increase penalties for violators (H.R. 1648), H2160 [18AP]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (H.R. 2697), H4523 [16JY]

Schools: require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), H2911 [22MY]

Voting: promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (H.R. 50), H34 [3JA]

Whistleblowing: provide whistleblower protections to certain workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (H.R. 1649), H2160 [18AP]

Motions

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1527 [15MR]

House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H20 [3JA]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H6645 [22OC]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6141 [2OC], H6264 [4OC], H6364 [8OC]

Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement: signing and enforcement by fashion industry corporate leaders to prevent future garment industry disasters, H2407 [6MY], H2608 [15MY]

Budget: repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (H.R. 699), H646 [26FE]

——— temporarily suspend the public debt ceiling and hold salaries of Members of Congress in escrow upon failure to agree to a budget resolution (H.R. 325), consideration (H. Res. 39), H232 [23JA]

Congressional Award Act: reauthorize (S. 1348), H6020 [30SE]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H6718• [23OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), H6264 [4OC]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5667 [19SE]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), consideration (H. Res. 351), H5679 [19SE]

Dept. of Education: allow charter schools to use Federal funds for professional development, teacher training, instructional materials, and minor facilities costs, H4717 [18JY]

——— allow local educational agencies to enter contracts with other organizations to implement programs for at-risk-youth, H4707 [18JY]

——— allow redistribution of education funds to allow such funds to follow low-income students to the school of their choice, H4736, H4737, H4738 [19JY]

——— allow State and local educational agencies to use multiple measures to identify school academic performance, H4705 [18JY]

——— encourage States to include the number of enrolled public secondary school students attaining career and technical education proficiencies in its annual State report card, H4706 [18JY]

——— ensure Family Engagement Centers target services to low-income students and families, H4718 [18JY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), H2927, H2932 [23MY], H4052 [26JN], H4227 [9JY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), consideration (H. Res. 232), H2918, H2919 [23MY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), motion to recommit, H2938 [23MY]

——— establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), Senate amendment, H5215, H5216, H5219, H5220 [31JY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (H.R. 1595), H4052, H4053 [26JN]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans through Tax Code modifications relative to pension plans (H.R. 2574), H4227 [9JY]

——— prohibit Federal mandate requiring States to institute teacher evaluation programs, H4710, H4712 [18JY]

——— prohibit grant funds from bypassing States and going directly to local school districts, H4712 [18JY]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (H.R. 1893), H2538 [9MY], H2843 [22MY]

——— protect students from initial teaser interest rates on student loans that lead to higher long-term costs, H2938 [23MY]

——— require State educational agencies to consult with private sector employers and entrepreneurs as part of education plan and require appointment of representatives from private sector to peer-review process, H4697 [18JY]

——— restore cap on percentage of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities participating in alternate assessments, H4699 [18JY]

——— restore greater authority and governance to local educational agencies, strengthen opportunities for parental input, and assess affect of regulations on local school districts, H4707 [18JY]

——— submit a report listing average salary of employees whose jobs are eliminated due to program consolidation and the average salary of employees according to job function, H4721 [18JY]

——— 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), H4620, H4621, H4626, H4627, H4680, H4697, H4699, H4705, H4706, H4707, H4710, H4712, H4717, H4718, H4721 [18JY], H4736, H4737, H4738, H4803, H4805 [19JY]

Dept. of HHS: making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6364 [8OC]

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (H.R. 1981), H2625 [15MY], H2843 [22MY]

——— Social Services Block Grant Program funding to provide transportation for students displaced by Hurricane Sandy, H114 [15JA]

Dept. of Labor: issue fiduciary duty rule to protect access to investment education and advice and assure reasonable financial compensation to financial service providers, H6866, H6867, H6868 [29OC]

Douglas, Jacqueline: California Outdoors Hall of Fame inductee, E58• [23JA]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H4626 [18JY]

——— impact of Government shutdown, H6646 [22OC]

Education: establish academic competition in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in each congressional district (H. Res. 77), H645 [26FE]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2505 [8MY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H1436, H1441 [15MR]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), motion to recommit, H1528 [15MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2609), consideration (H. Res. 288), H4227 [9JY]

Family and Medical Leave Act: anniversary, H459 [13FE]

Foreign countries: report on trip to Bangladesh, H3099 [5JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6140, H6141, H6150 [2OC], H6264 [4OC], H6292 [5OC], H6364 [8OC], H6646 [22OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2689, H2693 [16MY]

House Rules: amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H16 [3JA]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy (H.R. 152), H114 [15JA]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (H.R. 850), E1184• [1AU]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H1528 [15MR]

Moraga, CA: tribute to Campolindo High School Academic Decathlon Club, E398• [9AP]

National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Gallery of Art, and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 70), H6150 [2OC]

NIH: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), H6140, H6141 [2OC]

NLRB: prohibit actions requiring quorum until quorum has been confirmed, constitutionality of certain appointments decided, or adjournment of current congressional session (H.R. 1120), H1965 [12AP]

Northern Mariana Islands: adjust scheduled minimum wage increases, H5454• [10SE]

——— convey certain submerged lands (S. 256), H5454• [10SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H646 [26FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2667), H4568 [17JY]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H4568 [17JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2689, H2693 [16MY]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (H.R. 2697), E1068• [16JY]

Republican Party: national agenda, H459 [13FE]

Richmond, CA: tribute to Office of Neighborhood Safety Peacekeeper Fellowship program, H3293 [12JN]

Schools: require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), H2843 [22MY], H6648, H6650 [22OC]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), H6862, H6866, H6867, H6868 [29OC]

Votes: position on missed, H7145• [15NO], E212• [28FE], E286• [13MR], E396• [9AP], E598• [6MY], E682• [16MY], E908• [18JN], E961• [25JN], E1031• [9JY], E1233• [2AU], E1274• [10SE], E1775• [3DE]

Voting: promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections, H16 [3JA]

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: alleged responsibility for deadly factory fire in Bangladesh, H7451 [4DE]

Water Resources Reform and Development Act: impact on environmental laws, H6718• [23OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1566 [18MR], H2244 [23AP]

Tributes

Best, Linda, E947• [20JN]

Christopher, Doug, E30• [15JA]

Ertz-Berger, Catherine, E1797• [5DE]

Gallagher, Ronald, E604• [7MY]

Landau, Saul, E1481• [10OC]

Regalia, Edmund L., E1401• [30SE]

Sullivan, Barry K., H7302 [20NO]

Weir, Stephen, E367• [21MR]

Welch, Eric, E733• [23MY]