SCOTT, ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1664 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H5884 [26SE]

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H6493 [10OC]

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

Armed Forces: prohibit detention of certain individuals without due process and repeal authority to detain certain terrorists pursuant to authorization for use of military force (see H.R. 2390), H3653 [14JN]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see H.R. 3793), H8138 [3JA]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 189), H2393 [26AP]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 101), H30 [3JA]

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

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 49), H342 [4FE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 2866), H7053 [13NO]

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]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see H.R. 684), H2299 [24AP]

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

Census: provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last place of residence before incarceration (see H.R. 1537), H1991 [12AP]

CFTC: take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 785), H595 [15FE]

Chesapeake Bay: require OMB to prepare a crosscut budget for restoration activities in the watershed and require EPA to develop and implement an adaptive management plan (see H.R. 739), H2913 [22MY]

Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network: reauthorize (see H.R. 3139), H5765 [19SE]

Chisholm, Shirley: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 852), H700 [27FE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H550 [14FE]

——— 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]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H5342 [1AU]

Colleges and universities: increase amount of loan forgiveness available to highly-qualified teachers employed in low-income schools who teach in the same school district for five consecutive years (see H.R. 2881), H5260 [31JY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 231), H4524 [16JY]

Computers: protect cyber privacy (see H.R. 1121), H1395 [13MR]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: call for an end to the ongoing conflict and support international efforts toward long-term peace, stability, and observance of human rights (see H. Res. 131), H1825 [21MR]

Contracts: establish fair procedures for arbitration clauses (see H.R. 1844), H2483 [7MY]

Correctional institutions: improve effectiveness and efficiency of Federal prison system with offender risk and needs assessment, individual risk reduction incentives and rewards, and risk and recidivism reduction (see H.R. 2656), H4482 [11JY]

——— provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 895), H814 [28FE]

Courts: exempt election officials from Federal jury service (see H.R. 775), H595 [15FE]

——— support the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing the right to counsel and ensure indigent defendants in felony cases are adequately represented (see H. Res. 196), H2486 [7MY]

CPSC: remove exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of ‘‘consumer product’’ in order to permit the issuance of safety standards (see H.R. 2464), H4371 [10JY]

Credit: address certain issues relative to the extension of consumer credit (see H.R. 990), H1430 [14MR]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about receipt of military decorations or medals (see H.R. 258), H1398 [13MR]

——— provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (see H.R. 1073), H1355 [12MR]

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]

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 10), H456 [12FE]

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]

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

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H4214 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish a process to determine whether individuals claiming certain service in the Philippines during World War II are eligible for certain benefits despite not being on the Missouri List (see H.R. 1855), H2483 [7MY]

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

Dept. of Education: 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), H4524 [16JY]

——— 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), H2913 [22MY]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1595), H3592 [13JN]

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

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H1331 [11MR]

——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see H.R. 1854), H2720 [16MY]

——— 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), H2605 [14MY]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 320), H372 [5FE]

——— recruit, prepare, and support principals through capacity-building measures that will improve student academic achievement in high-need schools (see H.R. 1736), H2438 [6MY]

——— repeal suspension of eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses (see H.R. 3510), H7152 [15NO]

——— require certain institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels for students (see H.R. 2020), H2804 [20MY]

——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (see H.R. 1330), H1822 [21MR]

——— stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education initiatives (see H.R. 1089), H1829 [21MR]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2195), H2954 [23MY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for mental health first aid training programs (see H.R. 274), H983 [5MR]

——— lift restrictions on research agencies from conducting research on firearms safety and gun violence (see H.R. 321), H628 [25FE]

——— 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), H4309 [9JY]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 725), H983 [5MR]

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

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 628), H499 [13FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H1861 [9AP]

Dept. of Justice: amend Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs to add gender-responsive services to the list of authorized grant purposes (see H.R. 1833), H2436 [6MY]

——— expand cause of action relative to the pattern of practice of conduct by a governmental authority that deprives a person of constitutional rights to adults as well as juveniles (see H.R. 1967), H2602 [14MY]

——— improve public safety through increased law enforcement presence and enhanced public safety equipment and programs (see H.R. 3069), H5434 [9SE]

——— make grants to States that have in place laws that terminate the parental rights of men who father children through rape (see H.R. 2772), H5404 [2AU]

——— provide definitions of terms and services for community-based gang intervention to ensure funding for such intervention is utilized in a cost-effective manner and agencies are held accountable (see H.R. 2669), H4482 [11JY]

——— require disclosure of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decisions (see H.R. 3103), H5768 [19SE]

Dept. of Labor: provide grants for an Urban Jobs Program (see H.R. 1340), H1822 [21MR]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs (see H.R. 798), H983 [5MR]

Dept. of the Interior: require a study of the feasibility of establishing the U.S. Civil Rights Trail (see H.R. 2416), H3758 [18JN]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 1124), H1395 [13MR]

——— modify minimum levels of financial responsibility for the transportation of property (see H.R. 2730), H4724 [18JY]

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

——— deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see H.R. 679), H5348 [1AU]

——— deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 1452), H1857 [9AP]

——— improve assistance provided to women veterans, facilitate research on long-term reproductive health of veterans, and modify child care assistance for certain veterans (see H.R. 958), H1861 [9AP]

——— provide unlimited eligibility for health care for mental illnesses for veterans of combat service during certain periods of hostilities and war (see H.R. 1725), H2840 [21MY]

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

——— 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), H86 [14JA]

Discrimination: prohibit housing and credit decision discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or source of income (see H.R. 2479), H4178 [28JN]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H7357 [21NO]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 292), H599 [15FE]

Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1209), H7628 [10DE]

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on major offenses (see H.R. 3088), H5884 [26SE]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H6951 [30OC]

Economy: provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and work-based training for unemployed adults and youth (see H.R. 2770), H4856 [22JY]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see H.R. 2821), H5050 [24JY]

Election Assistance Commission: develop and publish recommendations for best practices that States may use to establish and operate independent congressional redistricting commissions (see H.R. 2928), H7312 [20NO]

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), H2438 [6MY]

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H2436 [6MY]

——— eliminate certain requirements under the renewable fuel program and prohibit approval of gasoline that contains greater than a certain percentage of ethanol (see H.R. 1462), H2485 [7MY]

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), H7357 [21NO]

FBI: provide for procedures ensuring accuracy in employment-related background checks (see H.R. 2999), H5396 [2AU]

Federal employees: provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see H.R. 3223), H6225 [3OC]

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), H6901 [29OC]

——— improve the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 2199), H5548 [12SE]

Financial literacy: provide grants to promote (see H.R. 2920), H6999 [12NO]

——— provide incentives to encourage financial institutions and small businesses to provide continuing financial education to customers, borrowers, and employees (see H.R. 1538), H2959 [23MY]

Firearms: condemn gun violence, encourage enactment of comprehensive gun reforms, and repeal or reject Stand Your Ground laws (see H. Res. 318), H5176 [30JY]

——— 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), H2396 [26AP]

——— 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), H173 [15JA]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 452), H660 [26FE]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 138), H173 [15JA]

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

——— require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 142), H173 [15JA]

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 trade: clarify that countervailing duties may be imposed to address subsidies relative to a fundamentally undervalued foreign currency (see H.R. 1276), H2656 [15MY]

Guam War Claims Review Commission: implement recommendations (see H.R. 44), H173 [15JA]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance (see H.R. 335), H301 [29JA]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H550 [14FE]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H7507 [4DE]

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), H2300 [24AP]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 519), H2485 [7MY]

——— reform (see H.R. 15), H6289 [4OC]

Iran: impose additional human rights and economic and financial sanctions to compel Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons (see H.R. 850), H2839 [21MY]

Law enforcement: mandate basic educational, regulatory, and management actions necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices (see H.R. 3560), H7358 [21NO]

——— prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2851), H5173 [30JY]

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), H7446 [3DE]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H5655 [18SE]

——— provide coverage of hearing aids and related hearing services (see H.R. 3150), H5766 [19SE]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1102), H1431 [14MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H6594 [14OC]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 212), H2574 [13MY]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 401), H280 [23JA]

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

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 12), H454 [12FE]

National Center for the Right to Counsel: establish (see H.R. 3407), H6952 [30OC]

National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 341), H5512 [11SE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 392), H6828 [28OC]

National Emancipation Day: observance (see H. Res. 38), H177 [18JA]

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

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 357), H5833 [25SE]

National Middle Level Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 100), H1431 [14MR]

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H1630 [19MR]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 627), H629 [25FE]

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

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance (see H. Res. 167), H2720 [16MY]

National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 17), H629 [25FE]

Native Americans: extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy, Chickahominy-Eastern Division, Mattaponi, Upper Mattaponi, Rappahannock, Monacan, and Nansemond Tribes (see H.R. 2190), H2954 [23MY]

News media: maintain free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by persons connected with the news media (see H.R. 1962), H2840 [21MY]

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

Parks, Rosa: tribute (see H. Res. 54), H371 [5FE]

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), H8118 [16DE]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 2697), H7312 [20NO]

Petersburg National Battlefield: modify boundary (see H.R. 2634), H4308 [9JY]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (see H.R. 3771), H8109 [12DE]

——— permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 3602), H7354 [21NO]

Political campaigns: apply prohibition against conversion of contributions to personal use to contributions to political committees (see H.R. 3466), H7050 [13NO]

——— reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 269), H344 [4FE]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by encouraging grassroots participation in the funding of campaigns (see H.R. 268), H169 [15JA]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (see H.R. 3361), H6900 [29OC]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 2465), H4371 [10JY]

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

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), H3654 [14JN]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H2249 [23AP]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3465), H7050 [13NO]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1030), H2249 [23AP]

Slavery: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which officially abolished slavery (see H.R. 2633), H5052 [24JY]

Small business: provide assistance to small businesses providing low-income individuals with green jobs (see H.R. 2863), H5173 [30JY]

Social Security: prevent use of chained consumer price index (CPI) to calculate the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Con. Res. 34), H2159 [18AP]

——— 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), H5922 [27SE]

Special days and holidays: provide that Washington’s Birthday be observed on February 22, rather than the third Monday in February of each year (see H.R. 681), H629 [25FE]

Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1008), H1319 [6MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright decision on provision of counsel to indigent defendants in felony cases (see H. Res. 108), H1721 [20MR]

Syria: establish a Syrian war crimes tribunal (see H. Con. Res. 51), H5590 [17SE]

Taxation: allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1620), H5403 [2AU]

——— apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see H.R. 1029), H2249 [23AP]

——— 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), H4078 [26JN]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H7608 [9DE]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3327), H7312 [20NO]

——— impose a tax on certain trading transactions (see H.R. 880), H813 [28FE]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2116), H5090 [25JY]

——— 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), H1837 [25MR]

——— provide for an investment credit relative to the production of electricity from offshore wind (see H.R. 924), H1430 [14MR]

——— regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 2992), H5396 [2AU]

——— replace the mortgage interest deduction with a nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence (see H.R. 1213), H1547 [15MR]

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), H2719 [16MY]

Typhoons: express condolences and support to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (see H. Res. 408), H7153 [15NO]

U.S. Parole Commission: provide for continued performance of functions (see H.R. 3190), H5883 [26SE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H1860 [9AP]

——— clarify that individuals who attended a military preparatory school but never joined the Armed Forces may not claim veteran status for purposes of contracting preferences and benefits (see H.R. 3469), H7357 [21NO]

——— ensure education and training received by Armed Forces members and veterans better assists them in obtaining civilian certifications and licenses (see H.R. 1796), H2392 [26AP]

——— 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. 303), H224 [22JA]

——— 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]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H8138 [3JA]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 11), H344 [4FE]

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

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: exempt nonprofit low-income housing providers from certain mortgage, servicing, and appraisal requirements (see H.R. 3529), H7357 [21NO]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 43), H3991 [20JN]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of Filipino veterans (see H.R. 111), H372 [5FE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol (see H.R. 755), H818 [28FE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1958 [11AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Correctional institutions: clarify policy relative to good time credit toward service of sentences of imprisonment (see H.R. 2371), H3591 [13JN]

Courts: allow judges greater discretion in sentencing decisions in Federal cases involving mandatory minimum sentences (see H.R. 1695), H2297 [24AP]

——— clarify circumstances under which the enhanced penalty provisions for subsequent convictions apply (see H.R. 2405), H3687 [17JN]

Dept. of Justice: encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1447), H1857 [9AP]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H1821 [21MR]

——— reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (see H.R. 2370), H3591 [13JN]

Drugs: address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (see H.R. 2372), H3591 [13JN]

——— apply reduced sentences for certain cocaine based offenses retroactively for certain offenders (see H.R. 2369), H3591 [13JN]

FBI: provide safeguards relative to criminal background checks prepared for employment purposes (see H.R. 2865), H5173 [30JY]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (see H.R. 359), H278 [23JA]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member (see H.R. 2526), H4079 [26JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Correctional institutions: clarify policy relative to good time credit toward service of sentences of imprisonment (H.R. 2371), H3592 [13JN]

Courts: allow judges greater discretion in sentencing decisions in Federal cases involving mandatory minimum sentences (H.R. 1695), H2298 [24AP]

——— clarify circumstances under which the enhanced penalty provisions for subsequent convictions apply (H.R. 2405), H3688 [17JN]

Dept. of Justice: encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (H.R. 1447), H1859 [9AP]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (H.R. 1318), H1826 [21MR]

——— reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (H.R. 2370), H3592 [13JN]

Drugs: address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine (H.R. 2372), H3592 [13JN]

——— apply reduced sentences for certain cocaine based offenses retroactively for certain offenders (H.R. 2369), H3592 [13JN]

FBI: provide safeguards relative to criminal background checks prepared for employment purposes (H.R. 2865), H5174 [30JY]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (H.R. 359), H281 [23JA]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: add a Federal defender representative as a nonvoting member (H.R. 2526), H4080 [26JN]

Letters

Federal Disaster Assistance Nonprofit Fairness Act: Laura W. Murphy and Dena Sher, ACLU, H471 [13FE]

——— Maggie Garrett, Americans United for Separation of Church and State (organization), H471 [13FE]

——— Nan Futrell, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (organization), H472 [13FE]

——— Suhag A. Shukla, Hindu American Foundation, H472 [13FE]

Lists

Organizations supporting H.R. 1318, Youth Prison Reduction Through Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education (Youth PROMISE) Act, E354• [21MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4387 [11JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6261, H6271 [4OC], H6337 [7OC]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), unanimous-consent request, H6554 [12OC]

Bankruptcy: require disclosure and filing by certain trusts of quarterly reports that contain detailed information on receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos (H.R. 982), consideration (H. Res. 403), H7013 [13NO]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2013–2023 (S. Con. Res. 8), H6819 [28OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1565 [18MR], H1667, H1669, H1670 [20MR]

Colleges and universities: address increasing levels of student loan debt and default rates, H2287 [24AP]

——— affordability, H2799 [20MY]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1565 [18MR], H1667, H1670 [20MR], H6819 [28OC], H7384 [2DE]

——— legislative priorities, H7384 [2DE]

Crime: establish criminal offense for fraudulent claims about receipt of military decorations or medals (H.R. 258), H2780 [20MY]

——— include certain territories and possessions of the U.S. in the definition of State for purposes of trafficking in contraband cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (H.R. 338), H965 [5MR]

——— provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism (H.R. 1073), H2785 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: making continuing appropriations for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC (H.J. Res. 75), motion to recommit, H6271 [4OC]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H4387 [11JY]

Dept. of Education: establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), H2799 [20MY], H2929 [23MY]

——— restore fairness in education financing through student loan forgiveness, Federal student loan interest rate caps, and refinancing opportunities for private borrowers (H.R. 1330), H2287 [24AP]

Dept. of Justice: encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (H.R. 1447), H8048, H8049 [12DE]

——— implement national standards to eliminate sexual assault in prisons, jails, and detention centers, H5054 [25JY]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (H.R. 1318), E353• [21MR]

——— report on State law penalties for certain child abusers and expand the predicate for increased penalties for domestic assaults against children (H.R. 3627), E1821• [10DE]

Dept. of Labor: proposal to modify definition of fiduciary under ERISA, H6863 [29OC]

Disasters: clarify that houses of worship are eligible for certain disaster relief and emergency assistance on terms equal to other eligible private nonprofit facilities (H.R. 592), H470 [13FE]

Economy: importance of job creation, H1670 [20MR]

Education: Pell Grants funding, H2287 [24AP]

——— recognize importance of investment in public education programs and promote and improve education opportunities for underserved populations, H2286 [24AP]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability to reduce frivolous lawsuits (H.R. 2655), consideration (H. Res. 403), H7013 [13NO]

FEMA: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 85), motion to recommit, H6261 [4OC]

Firearms: prevent gun trafficking (H.R. 452), H1393 [13MR]

——— reauthorize ban on undetectable firearms (H.R. 3626), H7418, H7419 [3DE]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6261 [4OC], H6337 [7OC], H6554 [12OC], H6590 [14OC]

Hampton, VA: anniversary of First Baptist Church of Hampton, E1544• [22OC], E1611• [30OC]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 45), H2690 [16MY]

House of Representatives: request for Republican leadership to pre-clear unanimous-consent request for vote to end Government shutdown, H6554 [12OC]

Law enforcement officers: encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout U.S. to disseminate information when an officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of duty (H.R. 180), H2581 [14MY]

Medicare: reform, H1670 [20MR]

National Center for Campus Public Safety: establish and operate (H.R. 359), E54• [23JA]

Old Dominion Dental Society: anniversary, E423• [11AP]

Parliamentary inquiry, H6512 [11OC], H6554 [12OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation, H6337 [7OC]

——— repeal (H.R. 45), H2690 [16MY]

Portsmouth, VA: anniversary of I.C. Norcom High School, E1484• [10OC]

Prison Rape Elimination Act: anniversary, H5054 [25JY]

Public debt: ceiling, H6590 [14OC]

SEC: protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), H6863 [29OC]

Segaloff, Walter: Virginia Press Association Virginian of the Year award recipient, E484• [17AP]

Supreme Court: hearing of arguments in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, H555 [15FE], H653 [26FE]

Taxation: capital gains and dividends, H1669 [20MR]

Tributes

Gray, William H., III, H4199 [8JY]

Owens, Major R., H6819 [28OC]

Sheffield, James E., E533• [24AP]