WATERS, MAXINE (a Representative from California)

Addresses

New Rules for Global Finance Coalition: by, H6760–H6762 [23OC]

Amendments

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to swaps (H.R. 1256), H3324 [12JN]

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]

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), H6604 [15OC]

——— 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), H3253 [6JN]

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

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

Budget: eliminate sequestration (see H.R. 900), H1322 [6MR]

——— 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]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 248), H3095 [4JN]

Children and youth: 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), H4488 [15JY]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley honoring the 50th anniversary of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (see H.R. 360), H1398 [13MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 377), H279 [23JA]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 1755), H2351 [25AP]

Colleges and universities: improve education and prevention related to campus sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (see H.R. 812), H1430 [14MR]

Commission on America and Its Veterans: establish (see H.R. 1492), H2604 [14MY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H4827 [19JY]

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]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 19), H284 [23JA]

Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary (see H. Res. 355), H5833 [25SE]

Corporations: require disclosure of beneficial owners of newly incorporated entities to prevent exploitation for criminal gain and assist law enforcement with terrorism and money laundering prevention (see H.R. 3331), H6768 [23OC]

Correctional institutions: reduce spread of sexually transmitted infections and provide for reinstatement of Medicaid benefits and housing benefit eligibility to the formerly incarcerated (see H.R. 2599), H4174 [28JN]

Credit: address certain issues relative to the extension of consumer credit (see H.R. 990), H1318 [6MR]

——— establish independent oversight of mortgage servicing companies subjected to enforcement actions for unsafe and unsound practices related to residential mortgage loan servicing and foreclosure processing (see H.R. 1706), H2297 [24AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend period during which Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are temporarily increased (see H.R. 3108), H5803 [20SE] (see H.R. 3353), H6827 [28OC]

——— oppose any legislation or Committee on Agriculture (House) proposal to reduce Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H. Res. 90), H2028 [15AP]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Dept. (see H.R. 2384), H3652 [14JN]

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

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 2839), H5404 [2AU]

Dept. of Education: 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), H2351 [25AP]

——— extend the reduced interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans (see H.R. 1595), H2354 [25AP]

——— make grants to States to hire additional school-based mental health and student service providers (see H.R. 320), H504 [13FE]

——— provide funds for student loans through the FRS and ensure that such loans are available at interest rates equivalent to that at which the Government provides loans to banks (see H.R. 1979), H2720 [16MY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, support methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and improve prevention and treatment of addiction (see H.R. 752), H5051 [24JY]

——— 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), H4598 [17JY]

——— provide grants to health agencies and community and faith-based organizations for HIV/AIDS education, outreach, research and testing activities in minority communities (see H.R. 2893), H5260 [31JY]

——— reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases by expanding comprehensive, age-appropriate sex education in schools (see H.R. 725), H546 [14FE]

——— 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), H950 [4MR]

——— 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]

Dept. of Labor: establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 1000), H2719 [16MY]

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

Dept. of State: establish the Muhammad Ali Legacy Grant Program to promote global respect, understanding, and communication (see H.R. 305), H170 [15JA]

——— submit a report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake recovery and development efforts in Haiti (see H.R. 3509), H7152 [15NO]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1175), H1829 [21MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 2146), H2953 [23MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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]

——— 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), H5802 [20SE]

——— make publicly available certain information about pending and completed claims for compensation (see H.R. 1623), H5435 [9SE]

——— pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated claims (see H.R. 1739), H2913 [22MY]

——— provide equity for tuition and fees for individuals entitled to assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program who are pursuing education programs (see H.R. 595), H1568 [18MR]

——— 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), H2349 [25AP]

——— provide veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive duty training (see H.R. 2527), H5436 [9SE]

Developing countries: promote sexual and reproductive health of individuals and couples (see H.R. 3206), H5921 [27SE]

Discrimination: eliminate discrimination in State criminal and civil laws for those living with HIV/AIDS (see H.R. 1843), H4598 [17JY]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 1508), H5884 [26SE]

——— provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes (see H.R. 1915), H4599 [17JY]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 292), H2803 [20MY]

Dominican Republic: call for international response to potential crisis resulting from a Constitutional Court ruling that could render Dominican-born persons stateless (see H. Res. 443), H8109 [12DE]

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

Employment: create an emergency jobs program (see H.R. 1617), H2300 [24AP]

——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 951), H981 [5MR]

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H4858 [22JY]

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

FDA: ensure safe use of cosmetics (see H.R. 1385), H6454 [9OC]

——— require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 1699), H5175 [30JY]

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

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 3511), H7152 [15NO]

——— 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), H2955 [23MY]

——— temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 41), H56 [4JA]

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

——— permit certain current loans that would otherwise be treated as non-accrual loans as accrual loans for certain purposes (see H.R. 927), H815 [28FE]

——— provide certain credit unions with the authority to make additional member business loans (see H.R. 688), H544 [14FE]

Firearms: condemn gun violence, encourage enactment of comprehensive gun reforms, and repeal or reject Stand Your Ground laws (see H. Res. 318), H5088 [25JY]

——— 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]

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]

——— provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H5090 [25JY]

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

Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts following earthquake (see H.R. 1749), H2350 [25AP]

——— recognize anniversary of earthquake, honor victims and responders, and reaffirm support and assistance (see H. Res. 31), H224 [22JA]

Haitian-American Heritage Month: designate (see H. Res. 224), H2774 [17MY]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H4858 [22JY]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H6643 [16OC]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H4039 [25JN]

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]

Human rights: prohibit transfer of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries that are engaging in gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see H.R. 599), H4523 [16JY]

Immigration: reform (see H.R. 15), H6412 [8OC]

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]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 268), H3687 [17JN]

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), H5349 [1AU]

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

——— condemn shooting at Los Angeles International Airport and offer condolences to victims (see H. Res. 415), H7152 [15NO]

Mandela, Nelson R.: tribute (see H. Res. 434), H8113 [12DE]

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

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

——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see H.R. 962), H6829 [28OC]

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

Mother’s Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 1905), H5834 [25SE]

Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3097), H6829 [28OC]

Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 262), H5089 [25JY]

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

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

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

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 719), H546 [14FE]

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

National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1909 [10AP]

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

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 282), H4178 [28JN]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 261), H168 [15JA]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1150), H5051 [24JY]

Postal Service: 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), H5403 [2AU]

——— 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), H2354 [25AP]

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), H4598 [17JY]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 2000), H5513 [11SE]

SBA: provide for a small business early-stage investment program (see H.R. 30), H5512 [11SE]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H5554 [16SE]

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

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]

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]

——— 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), H4827 [19JY]

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), H2354 [25AP]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H7153 [15NO]

Taxation: allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund (see H.R. 2797), H5404 [2AU]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H4523 [16JY]

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

Transportation Security Administration: prohibit airplane passengers from bringing small knives aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 1093), H2604 [14MY]

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), H1360 [12MR]

Typhoons: express condolences and support to victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines (see H. Res. 408), H7188 [18NO]

Veterans: 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), H7050 [13NO]

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]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H5344 [1AU]

——— 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 protections against violence against immigrant women (see H.R. 629), H499 [13FE]

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

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the First Special Service Force (see H.R. 324), H1430 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for ceremony to honor the life and legacy of Nelson R. Mandela on his birthday (see H. Con. Res. 43), H4213 [8JY]

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

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 1767), H2390 [26AP]

Crime: strengthen Federal statutes designed to deter money laundering and terrorism financing (see H.R. 3317), H6768 [23OC]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families (see H.R. 2975), H5344 [1AU]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 3591), H7353 [21NO]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 2976), H5344 [1AU]

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

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on major offenses (see H.R. 3088), H5546 [12SE]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (see H.R. 1397), H1825 [21MR]

FAA: eliminate application of budget sequestration to funds associated with the operation of air traffic control towers (see H.R. 1766), H2390 [26AP]

FHA: ensure fiscal solvency of mortgage insurance programs (see H.R. 1145), H1396 [13MR]

Financial institutions: encourage institutions to work with their customers affected by the Government shutdown who may be facing short-term financial hardship and long-term damage to their creditworthiness (see H. Con. Res. 60), H6545 [11OC]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 309), H4826 [19JY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program: grant authority to oversee independent consultants used to carry out Federal banking agencies’ consent orders (see H.R. 1483), H1955 [11AP]

SEC: require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers (see H.R. 1627), H2157 [18AP]

Bills and resolutions relative to

House of Representatives: dismiss contest of California’s Forty-Third Congressional District election (see H. Res. 278), H4077 [26JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Correctional institutions: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (H.R. 895), H816 [28FE]

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (H.R. 1767), H2394 [26AP]

Crime: strengthen Federal statutes designed to deter money laundering and terrorism financing (H.R. 3317), H6769 [23OC]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families (H.R. 2975), H5347 [1AU]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (H.R. 3591), H7355 [21NO]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 2976), H5347 [1AU]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (H.R. 1124), H1397 [13MR]

Drugs: concentrate Federal resources aimed at the prosecution of drug offenses on major offenses (H.R. 3088), H5547 [12SE]

Economy: create jobs and invest in communities through rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed residential and commercial properties (H.R. 1397), H1828 [21MR]

FAA: eliminate application of budget sequestration to funds associated with the operation of air traffic control towers (H.R. 1766), H2394 [26AP]

FHA: ensure fiscal solvency of mortgage insurance programs (H.R. 1145), H1398 [13MR]

Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program: grant authority to oversee independent consultants used to carry out Federal banking agencies’ consent orders (H.R. 1483), H1957 [11AP]

SEC: require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers (H.R. 1627), H2160 [18AP]

Letters

Redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq: several Representatives (2007), H2333 [25AP]

SEC Regulatory Accountability Act: A. Heath Abshure, North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., H2739 [17MY]

——— Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H2737 [17MY]

——— Anne Simpson, California Public Employees’ Retirement System, H2739 [17MY]

——— Barbara Roper, Consumer Federation of America, H2739 [17MY]

——— Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2738 [17MY]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H2737 [17MY]

Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H3321 [12JN]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H3321 [12JN]

Lists

Americans for Financial Reform (organization) partners, H2738 [17MY]

Groups opposed to H.R. 2374, Retail Investor Protection Act, H6865 [29OC]

Motions

SEC: improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), H2748 [17MY]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration (H. Res. 295), H4379 [11JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 59), Senate amendment, H6365 [8OC]

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

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2014–2023 (H. Con. Res. 25), H1600 [19MR], H1670, H1677 [20MR]

Business and industry: provide exemption for disclosure of payments to foreign governments, H4099, H4101 [27JN]

California: impact of Government shutdown, H6479 [10OC]

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 (H.R. 360), H2262 [24AP]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1670 [20MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H4379 [11JY]

Dept. of Education: establish interest rates for new student loans made on or after a certain date (H.R. 1911), H2934• [23MY]

Dept. of HHS: making continuing appropriations for Head Start Program (H.J. Res. 84), H6365 [8OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2217), H3185, H3187, H3189 [5JN]

Dept. of HUD: Neighborhood Stabilization Program funding, H1670 [20MR]

Dept. of Labor: proposal to modify definition of fiduciary under ERISA, H6857 [29OC]

Dept. of the Interior: direct certain revenue from streamlining energy permitting and onshore leasing and oil shale development certainty to CFTC to limit excessive speculation in energy markets, H7231 [19NO]

——— provide for proper Federal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs of the Outer Continental Shelf (H.R. 1613), H4099, H4101, H4102, H4103 [27JN]

——— streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development (H.R. 1965), H7231 [19NO]

Dept. of Transportation: provide flexibility to transfer funds to prevent FAA furloughs (H.R. 1765), H2369 [26AP]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (H.R. 1508), H5825 [25SE]

Economy: impact of budget sequestration, H2308 [25AP]

——— importance of job creation, H1677 [20MR]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (H.R. 1406), H2507 [8MY]

FDIC: repeal orderly liquidation authority to prevent failure of large financial firms, H1600 [19MR]

FEMA: delay and phase-in increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program for certain properties, H3185, H3187, H3189 [5JN]

——— improve the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 2199), H3186 [5JN]

——— temporarily increase borrowing authority for carrying out the National Flood Insurance Program (H.R. 41), H46 [4JA]

Financial institutions: revise certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities (H.R. 992), H6918, H6919, H6920 [30OC]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: study the likely effects of the differences between the U.S. and other jurisdictions in implementing the derivatives credit valuation adjustment capital requirement (H.R. 1341), H4182 [8JY]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H6365 [8OC], H6554 [12OC]

Hurricanes: making supplemental appropriations for recovery from damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, H46 [4JA]

Investments: provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers (H.R. 1105), H7484 [4DE]

Iraq: anniversary of U.S.-led invasion, H2332 [25AP]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), E1801• [5DE]

Outer Continental Shelf: lift moratorium on oil and gas drilling, leasing, and exploration on certain portions, H4103 [27JN]

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: prohibit from requiring public companies to use specific auditors or the use of different auditors on a rotating basis (H.R. 1564), H4183 [8JY]

Public debt: ceiling, H6349 [8OC]

SEC: ensure that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, and other national securites associations comply with the same cost-benefit analyses as the SEC, H2745 [17MY]

——— exempt U.S. energy development companies from energy resource extraction reporting requirements under a transboundary hydrocarbon agreement, H4102 [27JN]

——— improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), H2732, H2737, H2740, H2744, H2745, H2746 [17MY]

——— improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), consideration (H. Res. 216), H2725 [17MY]

——— improve consideration of the costs and benefits of its regulations and orders (H.R. 1062), motion to recommit, H2748 [17MY]

——— include assessment of anticipated impact on public or private sector jobs as a result of implementation of any major rule, H2744 [17MY]

——— protect pension plans of firefighters, police officer, teachers, or any retiree against fraudulent or deceptive financial practices and protect U.S. firms from takeovers by foreign companies, H2748 [17MY]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 2374), H6857, H6864 [29OC]

——— require conducting of economic analyses as part of its rulemaking, H2746 [17MY]

——— set a deadline to require addition of a particular class of securities to those exempted under the Securities Act (H.R. 701), H2628 [15MY]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: ratification, E1801• [5DE]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to swaps (H.R. 1256), H3319, H3321, H3323, H3325, H3326 [12JN]

——— adopt rules setting forth the application to cross-border swaps transactions of certain provisions relating to swaps (H.R. 1256), consideration (H. Res. 256), H3314, H3315 [12JN]

Remarks in House relative to

House of Representatives: dismiss contest of California’s Forty-Third Congressional District election (H. Res. 278), H4057 [26JN]

Reports filed

Dismiss Contest of California’s Forty-Third Congressional District Election: Committee on House Administration (House) (H. Res. 278) (H. Rept. 113–133), H4077 [26JN]

Statements

Retail Investor Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H6865 [29OC]

SEC Regulatory Accountability Act: Executive Office of the President, H2737 [17MY]

Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act: Executive Office of the President, H3323 [12JN]

Texts of

H. Res. 278, dismiss contest of California’s Forty-Third Congressional District election, H4057 [26JN]

Tributes

Gray, William H., III, H4193 [8JY]

Mandela, Nelson R., H8090 [12DE]

Owens, Major R., E1567• [23OC]