CASTOR, KATHY (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4777 [21MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3320, H3365 [30AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5187 [9JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5997 [9JY]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), H4029 [9MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4911 [28MY]

Articles and editorials

Insiders Benefiting in Charter Deals, Anne Ryman, Phoenix (AZ) Arizona Republic, H4029 [9MY]

It’s Time To Close the American Indian Public Charter Schools, Robert Gammon, Oakland (CA) East Bay Express, H4030 [9MY]

School CEO Ripped for Hiring Wife, Paying Himself $340K, denverchannel.com (Internet site), H4030 [9MY]

South Miami-Based Charter School Management Company Under Federal Scrutiny, Kathleen McGrory, Miami (FL) Herald, H4030 [9MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4693), H7979 [13NO]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H8072 [18NO]

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War (see H.R. 4045), H1770 [11FE]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 5524), H7675 [17SE]

——— issue a forever stamp to honor sacrifices of members who are still prisoner, missing, or unaccounted for (see H.R. 2794), H7455 [11SE]

Business and industry: exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain Social Security benefit transfers used for educational purposes (see H.R. 5539), H9305 [11DE]

Children and youth: provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 4888), H6400 [17JY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1551), H1772 [11FE]

Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post Office Building, Princeton, FL: designate (see H.R. 5030), H5876 [8JY]

Corps of Engineers: authorize Central Everglades Planning Project (see H.R. 5631), H7901 [19SE]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 4148), H6400 [17JY]

Credit: establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4643), H5399 [17JN]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H3365 [30AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 5012), H7939 [12NO]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5250 [10JN]

——— award grants to establish STEM Innovation Networks (see H.R. 4828), H6108 [10JY]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 5269), H7190 [31JY]

——— establish American Dream Grant program to encourage States to increase access to higher education to low-income students regardless of immigration status (see H.R. 3921), H1593 [4FE]

——— improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers (see H.R. 4086), H5187 [9JN]

Dept. of HHS: increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H5817 [26JN]

——— provide for the participation of physical therapists in the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 1252), H72 [8JA]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H7434 [10SE]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H1772 [11FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: use revenue generated by certain fines, penalties, and settlements to fund evidence-based youth mentoring projects, justice reinvestment efforts, and medical research and development (see H.R. 3580), H3144 [9AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see H.R. 4841), H5725 [24JN]

——— improve enrollment of veterans in certain educational courses (see H.R. 3456), H6860 [25JY]

Disabled: promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see H.R. 4040), H2362 [12MR]

Diseases: foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H8669 [4DE]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H5187 [9JN]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H7434 [10SE]

Employment: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see H.R. 4227), H3058 [8AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 4950), H5724 [24JN]

Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 4030), H1718 [10FE]

FCC: reform and modernize Universal Service Fund Lifeline Assistance Program (see H.R. 1685), H1719 [10FE]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4255), H2697 [26MR]

FEMA: enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1878), H2696 [26MR]

——— ensure fairness in premium rates for coverage for business properties and second homes under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4313), H2695 [26MR]

——— require periodic GAO reviews of the flood insurance rates and flood insurance rate maps under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4352), H2801 [1AP]

Galvez y Madrid, Bernardo de: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 105), H134 [9JA]

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn use of civilians as human shields, recognize breaches of international law, support Israel’s right of self-defense, and support Palestinians who reject terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 107), H7129 [30JY]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H8033 [17NO]

——— support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see H. Res. 688), H7940 [12NO]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 3855), H1481 [28JA]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H4685 [20MY]

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H10336 [2JA]

——— provide for demostration project to evaluate the fiscal impact of covering low vision devices as durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3749), H2435 [13MR]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 713), H6580 [18JY]

Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H4911 [28MY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4785 [21MY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 5650), H7980 [13NO]

National Center for the Right to Counsel: establish (see H.R. 3407), H3941 [7MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H8033 [17NO]

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 462), H1241 [16JA]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5706), H7979 [13NO]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H4017 [8MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3242 [28AP]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Malala Yousafzai for peace (see H. Res. 750), H7938 [12NO]

NRC: ensure State and local communities participate in development of nuclear plant decommissioning plans and require public approval or rejection of such proposed plans (see H.R. 4667), H5065 [30MY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2696 [26MR]

Political campaigns: reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H1657 [5FE]

Postal Service: enhance long-term profitability through enhanced innovation, operational flexibility, workforce realignment, and regulatory relief (see H.R. 2690), H2645 [25MR]

——— improve fuel efficiency by replacing motor vehicle fleet with modern, efficient vehicles (see H.R. 3963), H3058 [8AP]

——— take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7980 [13NO]

SBA: extend availability of low-interest mortgage refinancing under the local development business loan program (see H.R. 1240), H4064 [13MY]

Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office, Mulberry, FL: designate (see H.R. 5089), H6580 [18JY]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H7183 [31JY]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H5597 [20JN]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H2645 [25MR]

Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H4830 [22MY]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H1243 [16JA]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H184 [13JA]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 4916), H7297 [8SE]

——— modify investment tax credit for combined heat and power system property (see H.R. 2971), H2962 [4AP]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7996 [14NO]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H5640 [23JN]

——— provide an energy investment credit for energy storage property connected to the grid (see H.R. 1465), H2748 [28MR]

——— provide tax incentives for producing electricity from wasted heat (see H.R. 2972), H2962 [4AP]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3195 [10AP]

U.S. Access Board: develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3505), H1720 [10FE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H474 [15JA]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H2258 [6MR]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5769 [25JN]

Wildlife: 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), H7619 [16SE]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H2362 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Conservation of energy: encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings (see H.R. 3820), H72 [8JA]

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 4282), H2565 [21MR]

Maritime administration: require career and technical education for maritime careers (see H.R. 4468), H3196 [10AP]

Medicaid: extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see H.R. 5723), H8033 [17NO]

NIH: funding (see H.R. 5724), H8033 [17NO]

Constitutional authority statements

Conservation of energy: encourage benchmarking and disclosure of energy information for commercial buildings (H.R. 3820), H72 [8JA]

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (H.R. 4282), H2566 [21MR]

Maritime administration: require career and technical education for maritime careers (H.R. 4468), H3198 [10AP]

Medicaid: extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (H.R. 5723), H8033 [17NO]

NIH: funding (H.R. 5724), H8033 [17NO]

Lists

Florida Conservation Coalition members, E1380• [10SE]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc., Fellows Program inductees, E192• [11FE]

Remarks

Air Force: construction funding to address black mold in military facilities, H3320 [30AP]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3076 [9AP]

Conservation of energy: facilitate better alignment, cooperation, and best practices between commercial real estate landlords and tenants relative to energy efficiency in buildings (H.R. 2126), H2122• [4MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4781• [21MY]

——— conduct study on the prevalence of black mold in buildings located on military bases, H4781• [21MY]

Dept. of Education: develop and enforce conflict of interest guidelines for charter schools receiving Federal assistance, including financial interest disclosures from anyone affiliated with the school, H4029, H4031 [9MY]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development funding, H5997 [9JY]

Dept. of HUD: closure of certain Florida field offices, H5106 [9JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3320 [30AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5106 [9JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5997 [9JY]

FEMA: delay implementation of certain reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (S. 1926), H1554 [4FE], H1730 [11FE]

——— 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 (H.R. 3370), H1557 [4FE], H1735, H1736 [11FE], H2136 [4MR], E309• [5MR]

Immigration: prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7235• [1AU]

——— reform (H.R. 15), unanimous-consent request, H7196 [1AU]

LSC: funding, H4962 [29MY]

National Academy of Inventors, Inc.: tribute to Fellows Program inductees, E192• [11FE]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (S. 1926), H1554 [4FE]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), H4029, H4031 [9MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4962 [29MY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 470), H1557 [4FE]

Votes: position on missed, E1380• [10SE]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), E1380• [10SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H2912 [3AP]

Reports

Charter School Vulnerabilities to Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: Center for Popular Democracy and Integrity in Education (organization) (excerpt), H4031 [9MY]

Tributes

Bettancourt, Carlos, E1612• [18NO]

Collins, Carolyn, E224• [21FE]

Favorite, James, E347• [11MR]

Jones, John A., E1378• [10SE]

Mack, Monroe, E1382• [10SE]

Medrano, Lydia, E1610• [18NO]

Potter, Sydney and Thalia, E544• [8AP]

Stewart, Roger, E1386• [10SE]

Welch, David, E212• [14FE], E223• [21FE]

Wilds, Jetie, E1611• [18NO]

Wilson, John, E1726• [3DE]