NEGRETE McLEOD, GLORIA (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 1947), H3915 [19JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2642, Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, H6557 [12OC]

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]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H2719 [16MY]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H7357 [21NO]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H5655 [18SE]

——— exempt retired pay of certain disabled veterans from full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment and prevent adverse impact of such adjustment on Survivor Benefit Plan annuities (see H.R. 3789), H8132 [23DE]

——— 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), H3216 [5JN]

——— require continuation of tuition assistance programs for members for the remainder of the fiscal year (see H.R. 1265), H2027 [15AP]

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

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (see H.R. 2989), H8127 [19DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7608 [9DE]

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), H7628 [10DE]

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

Cargo transportation: establish national policies and programs to strengthen freight-related infrastructure (see H.R. 974), H1911 [10AP]

Chavez, Cesar E.: tribute (see H. Res. 132), H1994 [12AP]

Children and youth: 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]

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H7608 [9DE]

Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 853), H1911 [10AP]

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), H455 [12FE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H316 [1FE]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H6225 [3OC]

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

Congress: establish the style for amending laws (see H.R. 760), H4145 [27JN]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1844), H6999 [12NO]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (see H.R. 3080), H6454 [9OC]

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

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H6676 [22OC]

——— remove knowledge of age as an element of the offense for sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion (see H.R. 1690), H2246 [23AP]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: expand coverage under crop insurance plans to include losses to an insured commodity that must be destroyed due to a federally-imposed quarantine (see H.R. 1319), H1821 [21MR]

——— include California as a separate Federal milk marketing order upon the petition and approval of California dairy producers (see H.R. 1396), H1861 [9AP]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems (see H.R. 1414), H1856 [9AP]

——— repeal a duplicative inspection and grading program for catfish (see H.R. 1313), H1821 [21MR]

Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 1593), H2300 [24AP]

——— provide service records of veterans to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs in an efficient electronic format (see H.R. 1729), H2804 [20MY]

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

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 2839), H5176 [30JY]

Dept. of Education: award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs (see H.R. 2159), H2953 [23MY]

——— create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 3435), H6953 [30OC]

——— 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), H6493 [10OC]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1498), H2604 (see H.R. 1595), H2605 [14MY]

——— 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]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 320), H5435 [9SE]

——— promote environmental education (see H.R. 2702), H8118 [16DE]

——— provide flexibility to school food authorities in meeting certain nutritional requirements for the school lunch and breakfast programs (see H.R. 1303), H5548 [12SE]

——— 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]

Dept. of HHS: authorize Federal assistance to State adult protective services programs to implement a network of elder abuse prevention and response measures (see H.R. 3090), H5546 [12SE]

——— authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H4145 [27JN]

——— lift restrictions on research agencies from conducting research on firearms safety and gun violence (see H.R. 321), H455 [12FE]

——— 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 for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H5589 [17SE]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H5175 [30JY]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H5767 [19SE]

——— require States and their designees receiving grants for suicide early intervention and prevention strategies to consult with Indian tribes and organizations (see H.R. 1599), H3655 [14JN]

——— 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 Justice: provide Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program funds for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting System (see H.R. 354), H1860 [9AP]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H8118 [16DE]

Dept. of Labor: 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 State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (see H.R. 301), H5435 [9SE]

Dept. of the Interior: reaffirm authority to take land into trust for Indian tribes (see H.R. 666), H1860 [9AP]

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: accept certain documents as proof of service in determining eligibility of an individual to receive amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund (see H.R. 481), H1958 [11AP]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H1860 [9AP]

——— establish a priority for processing claims for compensation for veterans who have attained a certain age, are terminally ill, or have a life-threatening illness (see H.R. 2382), H3652 [14JN]

——— extend homeless veterans reintegration programs (see H.R. 2150), H2953 [23MY]

——— extend programs assisting homeless veterans with special needs (see H.R. 2485), H6103 [1OC]

——— improve disability compensation evaluation procedures for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (see H.R. 671), H1860 [9AP]

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

——— modify method of determining whether Filipino veterans are U.S. residents for purposes of eligibility for receipt of the full-dollar rate of compensation (see H.R. 3207), H6412 [8OC]

——— provide additional assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to veterans pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) (see H.R. 1816), H4040 [25JN]

——— provide eligibility for beneficiary travel for veterans seeking treatment or care for military sexual trauma in specialized outpatient or residential program facilities (see H.R. 2974), H6053 [30SE]

——— provide for advance appropriations for certain information technology accounts and include mental health professionals in training programs (see H.R. 3499), H7628 [10DE]

——— provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved (see H.R. 1809), H2804 [20MY]

——— provide veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive duty training (see H.R. 2527), H4178 [28JN]

——— repeal limitation of number of veterans authorized to be enrolled in the Independent Living Program (see H.R. 3330), H6768 [23OC]

——— submit quarterly reports on the timeliness of receipt of certain information from other departments or agencies (see H.R. 1759), H2351 [25AP]

——— submit to Congress an annual report on the automatic processing of claims for compensation (see H.R. 1805), H2571 [9MY]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 1508), H3760 [18JN]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see H.R. 3697), H8113 [12DE]

——— provide relief to State education budgets during a recovering economy and help fulfill the Federal mandate to provide higher education opportunities for Native Americans (see H.R. 1658), H2158 [18AP]

——— 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), H1861 [9AP]

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), H1861 [9AP]

EPA: regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H8118 [16DE]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 650), H500 [13FE]

FDA: exempt certain user fees from budget sequestration (see H.R. 2725), H6412 [8OC]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H7112 [14NO]

Financial institutions: provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H3288 [11JN]

——— restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 129), H5174 [30JY]

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), H2913 [22MY]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H1837 [25MR]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2738), H8118 [16DE]

——— provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H8118 [16DE]

Foreign trade: prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 1440), H6052 [30SE]

General William H. Gourley Federal Outpatient Clinic—A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility, Marina, CA: designate (see H.R. 272), H3592 [13JN]

Health: prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases (see H.R. 1473), H6643 [16OC]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 363), H5922 [27SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H6676 [22OC]

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), H2438 [6MY]

Human Rights Day: observance (see H. Res. 436), H7627 [10DE]

Immigration: permit certain alien elementary and secondary school students to attend U.S. public schools if such aliens reimburse the local educational agency for the cost of providing education (see H.R. 1139), H5262 [31JY]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6173 [2OC]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H7357 [21NO]

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]

Los Angeles, CA: celebrate upcoming 2015 Special Olympics World Games (see H. Res. 317), H5050 [24JY]

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]

——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H5513 [11SE]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H5884 [26SE]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 3616), H7354 [21NO]

——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (see H.R. 3334), H7447 [3DE]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H5089 [25JY]

——— strengthen and protect hospice programs (see H.R. 2302), H8127 [19DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H2914 [22MY]

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

Motor vehicles: protect consumers from discriminatory State taxes on motor vehicle rentals (see H.R. 2543), H6770 [23OC]

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

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 80), H627 [25FE]

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

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

National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 381), H6605 [15OC]

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

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 60), H413 [6FE]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 265), H3760 [18JN]

Native Americans: honor service in the Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 63), H6954 [30OC]

——— reauthorize program to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages (see H.R. 726), H546 [14FE]

Nelson ‘Mac’ MacWilliams Post Office Building, Ramona, CA: designate (see H.R. 1356), H1823 [21MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H1860 [9AP]

Peace Corps: issue semipostal stamp (see H.R. 918), H1911 [10AP]

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]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H7111 [14NO]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H629 [25FE]

——— 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), H6052 [30SE]

——— 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), H2839 [21MY]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H5348 [1AU]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 1240), H1567 [18MR]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H1959 [11AP]

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

——— require local school wellness policies to include a requirement that students receive a certain amount of school nutrition education per school year (see H.R. 1500), H1956 [11AP]

Social Security: prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2840 [21MY]

——— 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]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1466), H8118 [16DE]

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), H8126 [19DE]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H8126 [19DE]

——— 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), H7053 [13NO]

——— 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), H8112 [12DE]

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

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 769), H2803 [20MY]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 1125), H7357 [21NO]

——— provide tax credits to small businesses that hire people who were previously unemployed and to small businesses in high unemployment areas (see H.R. 3430), H6953 [30OC]

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), H7365 [22NO]

Unemployment: ensure that individuals in an authorized job training program or completing degree or certificate work remain eligible for regular unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1530), H1991 [12AP]

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), H3016 [3JN]

——— exclude certain pension payments from consideration as income relative to certain housing assistance (see H.R. 825), H1829 [21MR]

——— 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), H6770 [23OC]

——— increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 569, 570), H950 [4MR]

——— provide for reemployment of certain persons following absences from a position to obtain medical treatment for certain injuries and illnesses (see H.R. 1774), H7394 [2DE]

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (see H.R. 357), H1860 [9AP]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H7357 [21NO]

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]

——— promote early voting in Federal elections and prevent unreasonable waiting times for voters at polling places used in such elections (see H.R. 50), H1860 [9AP]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 1877), H6643 [16OC]

Water Desalination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 745), H593 [15FE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H8118 [16DE]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H2958 [23MY]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H455 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Education: restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 2349), H3590 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation: update motorcoach safety by reviewing inspection procedures, developing performance standards for safety features, and allowing law enforcement inspections of certain buses (see H.R. 2505), H4078 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make grants with minority-serving institutions to establish verified delivery systems to address social and academic problems facing veterans enrolled at such institutions (see H.R. 1251), H1629 [19MR]

——— make publicly available certain information about pending and completed claims for compensation (see H.R. 1623), H2157 [18AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (H.R. 2349), H3591 [13JN]

Dept. of Transportation: update motorcoach safety by reviewing inspection procedures, developing performance standards for safety features, and allowing law enforcement inspections of certain buses (H.R. 2505), H4079 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make grants with minority-serving institutions to establish verified delivery systems to address social and academic problems facing veterans enrolled at such institutions (H.R. 1251), H1631 [19MR]

——— make publicly available certain information about pending and completed claims for compensation (H.R. 1623), H2159 [18AP]

Remarks

Budget: eliminate sequestration, H7403 [3DE]

——— repeal and replace current fiscal year sequestration (H.R. 699), H672 [27FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), H7403 [3DE]

California: impact of Government shutdown, H6478 [10OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commodity distribution programs, and other food and nutrition programs (H.R. 3102), H5599 [18SE], H5709 [19SE]

Dept. of Education: restore and extend the grace period before repayment begins on certain loans under the Federal Direct Loan Program (H.R. 2349), H3658 [17JN]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H5122 [30JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims (H.R. 2189), H6792 [28OC]

——— extend veterans assistance programs, H7617 [10DE]

——— improve disability compensation evaluation procedures for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (H.R. 671), H3031 [4JN]

——— make grants with minority-serving institutions to establish verified delivery systems to address social and academic problems facing veterans enrolled at such institutions (H.R. 1251), H1641 [20MR]

——— make publicly available certain information about pending and completed claims for compensation, H6792 [28OC]

——— provide monthly assistance allowance to disabled veterans training or competing for the Paralympic Team and assistance to U.S. Paralympics, Inc. (H.R. 1402), H7617 [10DE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2610), H5122 [30JY]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H672 [27FE], H805 [28FE], H5485 [11SE]

National Engineers Week: observance, H554 [15FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H7638 [11DE]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 47), H805 [28FE]

Votes: position on missed, H5029• [24JY], E154• [14FE], E1119• [23JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6642 [16OC]

Tributes

Doherty, Helen L., E574• [26AP]

Herrera, Lupe C., E568• [26AP]

Thomas, Robert E., Jr., E1324• [17SE]