SCHWARTZ, ALLYSON Y. (a Representative from Pennsylvania)

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), H7153 [15NO]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H2536 [8MY]

——— reform sugar price support program (see H.R. 693), H3288 [11JN]

American Fighter Aces: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 685), H5548 [12SE]

Animal Welfare Act: provide further protection for puppies (see H.R. 847), H818 [28FE]

Animals: disapprove use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals and support State laws requiring the use of drugs for euthanasia by animal shelters (see H. Res. 208), H4146 [27JN]

——— ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2224), H4309 [9JY]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H1550 [15MR]

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

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H7394 [2DE]

——— lift statutory ban preventing use of private funds for abortions at U.S. military facilities (see H.R. 1389), H2164 [19AP]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see H.R. 3793), H8125 [19DE]

ATF: restore certain authorities to administer firearms laws (see H.R. 431), H293 [25JA]

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: provide that military technicians (dual status) shall be included in military personnel accounts for purposes of any issued orders (see H.R. 1014), H1911 [10AP]

Best Buddies International, Inc.: provide assistance to support expansion and development of mentoring programs (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]

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]

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen: anniversary (see H. Res. 209), H2534 [8MY]

Budget: exempt NIH from current fiscal year sequestration and reduce the sequestration by the amount of the exemption (see H.R. 729), H1721 [20MR]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 684), H544 [14FE]

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

CERCLA: modify provisions relative to grants (see H.R. 2896), H7111 [14NO]

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 3323), H6999 [12NO]

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), H5768 [19SE]

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]

Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1154), H3592 [13JN]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 812), H627 [25FE]

——— require institutions that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see H.R. 482), H342 [4FE]

——— require private educational lenders to obtain certain certifications from institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3612), H7354 [21NO]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H5767 [19SE]

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), H4215 [8JY]

Congressional Budget Act: amend relative to the scoring of preventive health savings (see H.R. 2663), H6829 [28OC]

Conservation of energy: promote energy savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry (see H.R. 1616), H4145 [27JN]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1844), H6103 [1OC]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 19), H53 [4JA]

Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 454), H341 [4FE]

Crime: prohibit attendance of an animal fighting venture (see H.R. 366), H416 [6FE]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: 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), H2249 [23AP]

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

——— improve Uniform Code of Military Justice relative to sex-related offenses committed by members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 1867), H3289 [11JN]

——— provide service records of veterans to the Dept. of Veterans Affairs in an efficient electronic format (see H.R. 1729), H2571 [9MY]

——— require Inspector General investigation of allegations of retaliatory personnel actions in response to protected communications regarding sexual assault (see H.R. 1864), H2914 [22MY]

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 2839), H5088 [25JY]

Dept. of Education: authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see H.R. 2178), H6493 [10OC]

——— award grants to States to establish universal prekindergarten programs and programs to support infants and toddlers (see H.R. 1368), H1823 [21MR]

——— clarify the calculation of cohort default rates for proprietary or for-profit institutions relative to forebearance or deferment of student loans (see H.R. 1928), H2568 [9MY]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H341 [4FE]

——— 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), H2536 [8MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1433), H1857 [9AP] (see H.R. 1595), H2123 [17AP]

——— increase Pell Grants for the children of fallen police officers, firefighters, and other public safety officers (see H.R. 1969), H2602 [14MY]

——— strengthen connections to early childhood education programs (see H.R. 791), H629 [25FE]

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]

——— 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), H628 [25FE]

——— establish safeguards and standards of quality for research and transplantation of organs infected with HIV (see H.R. 698), H4523 [16JY]

——— 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), H5589 [17SE]

——— 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), H6289 [4OC]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H3216 [5JN]

——— provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see H.R. 2064), H3289 [11JN]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 725), H3216 [5JN]

——— reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 541), H6103 [1OC]

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), H1718 [20MR]

Dept. of Labor: 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), H6999 [12NO]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 445), H504 [13FE]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1175), H1426 [14MR]

——— establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the Delaware River Basin region (see H.R. 644), H500 [13FE]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit certain cell phone voice communications during passenger flights (see H.R. 3676), H7689 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans’ benefits to recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 2529), H7365 [22NO]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H411 [6FE]

——— extend authority to enter into contracts with private physicians to conduct medical disability examinations (see H.R. 1521), H2775 [17MY]

——— make interim payments of disability compensation benefits for certain claims for such compensation prior to the adjudication of such claims (see H.R. 2086), H5175 [30JY]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H950 [4MR]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H1721 [20MR]

——— 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), H2656 [15MY]

Education: improve early education (see H.R. 1041), H1550 [15MR]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H7357 [21NO]

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]

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), H2958 [23MY]

——— regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H5087 [25JY]

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

European Union: support closer ties with Eastern Partnership countries, respect sovereign rights of states relative to international partnerships, and commend democratic reforms (see H. Res. 402), H7253 [19NO]

FAA: issue regulations on secondary cockpit barriers (see H.R. 1775), H2391 [26AP]

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), H4726 [18JY]

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

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1362), H3288 [11JN]

——— limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see H.R. 2450), H3988 [20JN]

——— provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 3135), H5765 [19SE]

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]

——— establish a gun buyback grant program (see H.R. 227), H224 [22JA]

——— establish background check procedures for gun shows (see H.R. 141), H224 [22JA]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H950 [4MR]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H224 [22JA]

——— require background checks for purchases and gun shop employees, prohibit purchase by individuals on terrorist watch list, report lost or stolen guns, and establish standards for concealed carry permits (see H.R. 21), H283 [23JA]

——— require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 142), H224 [22JA]

——— 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]

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]

——— prevent importation of merchandise into the U.S. in a manner that evades antidumping and countervailing duty orders (see H.R. 1440), H1857 [9AP]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 2030), H5436 [9SE]

Health: enhance and further research of prevention and treatment of eating disorders and improve access to treatment (see H.R. 2101), H2910 [22MY]

——— extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H5806 [23SE]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H1396 [13MR]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3091), H5546 [12SE] (see H.R. 3116), H5588 [17SE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H2300 [24AP]

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]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 519), H504 [13FE]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6173 [2OC]

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]

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), H4524 [16JY]

——— impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H950 [4MR]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 904), H2164 [19AP]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 495), H2161 [18AP]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 1130), H1395 [13MR]

——— include in the visa waiver program (see H.R. 300), H170 [15JA]

——— independence anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 30), H1994 [12AP]

——— strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H1322 [6MR]

Korea, Republic of: reaffirm commitment to military and economic security and congratulate on election of Park Geun-hye as President and welcome visit to Washington, DC (see H. Res. 200), H2571 [9MY]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 318), H176 [18JA]

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

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

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), H1911 [10AP]

——— delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H8132 [23DE]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1201), H1427 [14MR]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H4078 [26JN]

——— exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals (see H.R. 800), H1860 [9AP]

——— include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H5655 [18SE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H2535 [8MY]

——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (see H.R. 3334), H6768 [23OC]

——— provide eligible individuals with single chronic diseases access to medication therapy management under the part D prescription drug program (see H.R. 1024), H1633 [19MR]

——— provide entitlement to immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant recipients (see H.R. 1428), H2438 [6MY]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 1821), H3097 [4JN]

——— provide for payment for services of qualified radiologist assistants (see H.R. 1148), H3760 [18JN]

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H2656 [15MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H1568 [18MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: curb waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 2305), H5090 [25JY]

——— implement a demonstration project to examine costs and benefits of providing payments for health care services provided by purpose-built, continuing care retirement communities to beneficiaries (see H.R. 2376), H6676 [22OC]

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

Members of Congress: prohibit automatic salary adjustments for the remainder of the 113th Congress (see H.R. 636), H499 [13FE]

Mental health: increase access to community behavioral health services and improve Medicaid reimbursement for such services (see H.R. 1263), H4726 [18JY]

——— protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 69), H7507 [4DE]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (see H.R. 1010), H4309 [9JY]

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), H1861 [9AP]

——— protect health care and pension benefits of miners (see H.R. 980), H4214 [8JY]

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

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 Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 59), H413 [6FE]

National Entrepreneurs Day: designate (see H. Res. 401), H7188 [18NO]

National Guard: establish Cyber and Computer Network Incident Response Teams in each State to respond to cyber emergencies (see H.R. 1640), H2158 [18AP]

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

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

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H2720 [16MY]

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), H2125 [17AP]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 167), H2438 [6MY]

Navy: encourage commissioning of U.S.S. Somerset (LPD–25) in Philadelphia, PA (see H. Res. 125), H1568 [18MR]

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 282), H4599 [17JY]

NIH: reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (see H.R. 594), H629 [25FE]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool (see H.R. 1358), H1823 [21MR]

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

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3685), H8127 [19DE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 351), H278 [23JA]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (see H. Res. 103), H1320 [6MR]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H6676 [22OC]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2315), H4371 [10JY]

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), H3929 [19JN]

——— 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), H1958 [11AP]

——— 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), H1860 [9AP]

——— reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 2459), H3988 [20JN]

Privacy: 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), H2914 [22MY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]

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

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]

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), H2125 [17AP]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H3289 [11JN]

Rustin, Bayard: tribute (see H. Res. 319), H5173 [30JY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H1829 [21MR]

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

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 72), H8132 [23DE]

Securities: determine a customer’s net equity based on the customer’s last statement, prohibit certain recoveries, and change how trustees are appointed (see H.R. 3482), H7508 [4DE]

Social Security: 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), H5655 [18SE]

——— 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), H7446 [3DE]

——— 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]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see H.R. 1466), H2027 [15AP]

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), H7508 [4DE]

SSA: prevent identity theft associated with publication of the Death Master File (see H.R. 2720), H5176 [30JY]

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), H2485 [7MY]

Taxation: allow a credit for equity investments in high technology and biotechnology small business concerns developing innovative technologies that stimulate private sector job growth (see H.R. 1415), H1856 [9AP]

——— allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1317), H1821 [21MR]

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

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2350 [25AP]

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1550 [15MR]

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

——— extend exclusion from gross income for employer-provided health coverage to certain employee designated beneficiaries (see H.R. 2499), H7111 [14NO]

——— extend publicly traded partnership ownership structure to energy power generation projects and transportation fuels (see H.R. 1696), H2485 [7MY]

——— extend the qualifying therapeutic discovery project credit (see H.R. 3473), H7051 [13NO]

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

——— make permanent the increased deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 1621), H2157 [18AP]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H7357 [21NO]

——— 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), H5589 [17SE]

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

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

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (see H.R. 1851), H2536 [8MY]

——— provide a credit for production of renewable chemicals (see H.R. 3084), H5546 [12SE]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 924), H3654 [14JN]

——— provide for S corporation reform (see H.R. 892), H2125 [17AP]

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

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

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

——— treat certain amounts paid for physical activity, fitness, and exercise as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 956), H1399 [13MR]

Telephones: restrict any State or local jurisdiction from imposing a new discriminatory tax on cell phone services, providers, or property (see H.R. 2309), H4215 [8JY]

Transportation: ensure that new vehicles enable fuel competition so as to reduce the strategic importance of oil to the U.S. (see H.R. 2493), H4037 [25JN]

——— provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects across all modes of transportation (see H.R. 2534), H4141 [27JN]

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]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River basins and tributaries (see H.R. 358), H1860 [9AP]

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

Veterans: 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), H661 [26FE]

——— 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), H2913 [22MY]

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]

——— 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]

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), H3357 [12JN]

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), H4524 [16JY]

——— prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H6644 [16OC]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H6958 [30OC]

——— 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]

——— provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (see H.R. 1941), H7111 [14NO]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 118), H1427 [14MR]

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

——— ensure that U.S. courts provide a forum for claims brought against any railroad arising from the deportation of individuals to Nazi concentration camps (see H.R. 1505), H1956 [11AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (see H.R. 2343), H3356 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve enrollment of veterans in certain educational courses (see H.R. 3456), H6997 [12NO]

Medicare: reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (see H.R. 574), H412 [6FE]

NIH: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 1301), H1719 [20MR]

——— making supplemental appropriations by closing a corporate jet depreciation tax loophole (see H.R. 3336), H6768 [23OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for patent box profit from the use of U.S. patents (see H.R. 2605), H4174 [28JN]

——— consolidate and modify the Hope Scholarship Credit, Lifetime Learning Credit, and American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 3437), H6953 [30OC]

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

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans (see H.R. 2056), H2802 [20MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Healthy Food Financing Initiative (H.R. 2343), H3357 [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve enrollment of veterans in certain educational courses (H.R. 3456), H6998 [12NO]

Medicare: reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (H.R. 574), H415 [6FE]

NIH: making supplemental appropriations by closing a corporate jet depreciation tax loophole (H.R. 3336), H6770 [23OC]

——— making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1301), H1720 [20MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for patent box profit from the use of U.S. patents (H.R. 2605), H4177 [28JN]

——— consolidate and modify the Hope Scholarship Credit, Lifetime Learning Credit, and American Opportunity Tax Credit (H.R. 3437), H6956 [30OC]

——— repeal phasedown of the credit percentage for the dependent care credit (H.R. 1978), H2604 [14MY]

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit to certain veterans, improve coordination of job training services, and improve Federal contracting with small businesses owned by disabled veterans (H.R. 2056), H2803 [20MY]

Motions

Budget: require that, if the President’s budget does not achieve balance in the budget’s covered year, the President shall submit a supplemental unified budget by a certain date (H.R. 444), H392 [6FE]

Remarks

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6366• [8OC]

Budget: repeal sequestration and replace automatic spending cuts with a balanced approach to revenue and spending, H392 [6FE]

——— require that, if the President’s budget does not achieve balance in the budget’s covered year, the President shall submit a supplemental unified budget by a certain date (H.R. 444), motion to recommit, H392 [6FE]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1603 [19MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1960), E895• [17JN]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults, E895• [17JN]

Dept. of HHS: making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6366• [8OC]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H669 [27FE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6144• [2OC], H6366• [8OC]

NIH: impact of budget sequestration on research, H1802 [21MR]

——— making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 73), H6144• [2OC]

——— making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1301), H1802 [21MR]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt ceiling is reached (H.R. 807), H2546 [9MY]

Votes: position on missed, H4186• [8JY], E45•, E48• [22JA], E1274•, E1278• [10SE], E1334•, E1336•, E1338• [18SE], E1378•, E1383• [26SE], E1402•, E1403•, E1404•, E1405•, E1406• [30SE], E1592•, E1593• [29OC], E1657•, E1659•, E1663•, E1666• [14NO], E1705•, E1707• [19NO], E1775•, E1780• [3DE], E1846•, E1849•, E1851•, E1852•, E1855•, E1859•, E1862• [12DE]

Tributes

Gray, William H., III, H4190 [8JY]