DEATH AND DYING
Addresses
Legacy of the Jesuits on U.S. Foreign Policy Toward El Salvador and Central America and on the Society of Jesus: Representative McGovern, E1779 [10DE]
Amendments
Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 669), S6218, S6219 [20NO]
Federal agencies and departments: improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (S. 1360), S5840 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions
African Americans: recognize and address disparity in breast cancer treatment and mortality rates for African-American women (see H. Res. 554), H3197 [10AP]
Armed Forces: expand and improve care to members and veterans with mental health disorders, review characterization of discharges, and establish a loan repayment program for certain VA psychiatrists (see S. 2182), S1819 [27MR] (see H.R. 5048), H6034 [9JY]
——— provide appropriate recognition for survivors of members who died on active or Reserve duty and expand and extend certain benefits to such survivors (see H.R. 4688), H4684 [20MY]
——— provide permanent appropriations for death gratuities and related survivor benefits for survivors of deceased members in the event of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 4274), H2488 [18MR]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (see H. Con. Res. 92), H2301 [11MR]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (see H.R. 4639), H4058 [9MY]
Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 2746), S5217 [31JY]
Commission on Native Children: establish (see H.R. 4908), H5557 [19JN]
Copyrights: clarify definition of ‘‘widow’’ and ’’widower’’ to ensure protection for same-sex couples relative to passage of copyright rights to next of kin upon the death of a copyright holder (see S. 2919), S5918 [12NO] (see H.R. 5617), H7885 [18SE]
Credit: establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4511), H3291 [29AP] (see H.R. 4643), H4058 [9MY]
——— prohibit private educational lenders from requiring accelerated repayment of private education loans upon the death or disability of the cosigner of the loan (see H.R. 4513), H3291 [29AP]
Dept. of Defense: conduct periodic mental health assessments and improve mental health services for Armed Forces members and submit reports relative to mental health (see S. 2300), S2796 [7MY]
——— establish programs to track, retain, and analyze information relative to suicides involving Armed Forces Reserve components members and dependents of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4504), H3240 [28AP]
——— improve consistency of data collection, reporting, and assessment in connection with suicide prevention efforts (see S. 2357), S3184 [20MY]
——— require death benefits to be paid to a deceased employee’s designated beneficiary or next of kin in the case of death resulting from a war-risk hazard or act of terrorism (see H.R. 5721), H8033 [17NO]
Dept. of HHS: provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths, define severe maternal morbidity, and eliminate maternal health disparities (see H.R. 4216), H2360 [12MR]
Dept. of Justice: encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (see S. 2807), S5588 [15SE]
——— issue rules pertaining to collection and compilation of data on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (see H.R. 5866), H9302 [11DE]
——— provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (see S. 2441), S3474 [5JN]
Dept. of Transportation: require States with an increase in fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users of nonmotorized transportation to address increase in State strategic highway safety plans (see H.R. 4507), H3291 [29AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify period of eligibility during which certain spouses are entitled to assistance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (see H.R. 5817), H8931 [9DE]
——— clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran (see H.R. 4102), H2001 [26FE]
——— clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran and ensure that substituted claims are processed timely (see H.R. 4335), H2744 [27MR]
——— conduct study relative to burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (see S. 2822), S5628 [16SE]
——— conduct study relative to claiming and interring of unclaimed remains of veterans (see H.R. 4446), H3195 [10AP]
——— ensure informing of interment of deceased veterans (see S. 2951), S6204 [20NO] (see H.R. 5369), H7183 [31JY]
——— ensure that all veterans are eligible to participate in hospice care programs (see H.R. 4725), H4828 [22MY]
——— give priority for new national cemeteries to States without a national cemetery or areas with large veteran populations (see H.R. 4712), H4784 [21MY]
——— identify persons other than next of kin that are eligible to request headstones or markers for veterans’ graves (see S. 2700), S5135 [30JY]
——— improve Specially Adapted Housing Grant program for individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 4674), H4475 [19MY]
Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see S. 2755), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4169), H2255 [6MR]
Education: require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners relative to student loans (see S. 2460), S3544 [10JN]
End-of-life care: improve (see S. 3009), S6788 [12DE]
Families and domestic relations: implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see S. 2853), S5782 [18SE]
FDA: reform program allowing for expanded access to certain experimental treatments or breakthrough drugs for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 5805), H8867 [8DE]
Federal employees: allow Foreign Service and other executive agency employees to designate beneficiaries of their death benefits (see H.R. 5206), H6859 [25JY]
——— provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (see S. 2323), S2953 [13MY]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 2266), S2470 [29AP]
FTC: revise regulations relative to definitions for funeral industry practices (see H.R. 4213), H2360 [12MR]
Gold Star Wives Day: designate (see S. Res. 394), S1691 [24MR]
Law enforcement officers: provide for a hearing before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for State criminal charges against an officer whose use of deadly force causes a death (see H.R. 5830), H9044 [10DE]
Medicare: provide for required hospice program surveys (see H.R. 5393), H7240 [1AU]
National Institute of Mental Health: provide funding to support suicide prevention and brain research, including the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative (see S. 2035), S1001 [24FE] (see H.R. 4075), H1937 [25FE]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (see S. Res. 449), S3075 [15MY]
National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: support goals and ideals and commend the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs for raising awareness of life-saving resources available to veterans and servicemembers (see H. Res. 725), H7528 [15SE]
Public safety officers: expand benefits to families of officers who suffer fatal climate-related injuries in the line of duty (see S. 2332), S3028 [14MY]
Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs.: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog and delays in providing emergency health care (see H. Con. Res. 98), H4434 [15MY]
Social Security: eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits in cases of terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 4893), H5494 [18JN]
——— enhance benefits for children, divorced spouses, and widows and widowers (see S. 2455), S3544 [10JN]
Taxation: allow an annual elective surcharge in lieu of estate tax (see H.R. 5872), H9303 [11DE]
——— extend time period for contributing military death gratuities to Roth IRAs and Coverdell education savings accounts (see H.R. 4559), H3407 [1MY]
——— reform estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 4061), H1776 [14FE]
——— reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 2899), S5783 [18SE]
Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 4026), H1718 [10FE]
Lists
Houston, TX, law enforcement officers memorialized on the National Peace Officers’ Memorial Wall of Honor, H2780 [1AP]
School shootings since Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, CT, shooting, H5257 [11JN]
Remarks in House
African Americans: recognize and address disparity in breast cancer treatment and mortality rates for African-American women (H. Res. 554), H3252 [29AP], E577 [10AP]
Armed Forces: active duty suicide rates, H1528 [3FE]
——— tribute to members killed and wounded in military action in Iraq, H5507 [19JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Con. Res. 92), H2779–H2781 [1AP]
Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 669), H7341–H7343 [9SE], H8344 [3DE]
Columbia, SC: tribute to Manigault-Hurley Funeral Home, E492 [2AP]
Dept. of Defense: mental health and suicide prevention program funding, H4753 [21MY]
——— require victims of attack at Fort Hood, TX, and their families be accorded the same treatment, benefits, and honors accorded to September, 11, 2001, terrorist attack victims and families, H1508 [29JA]
——— study links between financial stress and suicide, H5465 [18JN], E1231 [24JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses of Armed Forces members who died in the line of duty, H5427 [18JN], H6380–H6383 [17JY]
——— provide transparency and accountability in deaths of veterans from Legionnaires disease at Pittsburgh, PA, VA medical facility, H3339 [30AP]
Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: mental health outreach and suicide prevention programs funding, H3305 [30AP], H7663–H7666 [17SE]
El Salvador: anniversary of shooting of Jesuit priests and others at University of Central America José Simeón Cañas, E1779 [10DE]
Flachtemeir Monument Co.: anniversary, E250 [26FE]
Foreign aid: success of U.S. programs helping to lower the number of deaths of children under the age of five, E1084 [26JN]
IRS: taxpayer services funding to provide assistance to parents whose deceased children are victims of identity theft through reductions in Financial Crimes Enforcement Network funding, H6184 [14JY]
Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (H.R. 1173), H2171, H2172 [5MR], H2307 [12MR], H2648 [26MR], H7621 [17SE]
National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: observance, H7663 [17SE]
Philadelphia, PA: tribute to Philadelphia Office of Forensic Science, E1369 [9SE]
Schools: frequency of school shootings, H5240 [10JN], H5255, H5257, H5258 [11JN]
Taxation: allow an annual elective surcharge in lieu of estate tax (H.R. 5872), E1807 [12DE]
——— reform estate and gift taxes, E203 [11FE]
Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (H.R. 4026), H6608 [22JY]
Tunica, MS: tribute to Woolf Funeral Home, E7 [7JA]
Vicksburg, MS: tribute to Beulah Cemetery, E5 [7JA]
Remarks in Senate
Armed Forces: expand and improve care to members and veterans with mental health disorders, review characterization of discharges, and establish a loan repayment program for certain VA psychiatrists (S. 2182), S5534 [11SE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Con. Res. 92), S2202 [7AP]
Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 669), S6219 [20NO]
Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.), Inc.: anniversary, S2905 [12MY], S3025 [14MY]
Copyrights: clarify definition of ‘‘widow’’ and ’’widower’’ to ensure protection for same-sex couples relative to passage of copyright rights to next of kin upon the death of a copyright holder (S. 2919), S5920 [12NO]
Dept. of Defense: implement online computerized assessment to detect behaviors indicating suicide risk and other mental health conditions for Armed Forces members (S. 810), S5666 [17SE]
——— improve consistency of data collection, reporting, and assessment in connection with suicide prevention efforts (S. 2357), S3187 [20MY]
Dept. of HHS: allow use of Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds to improve child safety and reduce incidence of preventable infant deaths in child care settings, S1560 [12MR]
Dept. of Justice: encourage States to report certain information regarding the deaths of persons in the custody of law enforcement agencies (H.R. 1447), S6341 [4DE], S6579, S6580 [10DE], S6612 [11DE]
——— provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (S. 2441), S3477 [5JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: conduct study relative to burial of unclaimed remains of veterans in national cemeteries (S. 2822), S6580 [10DE]
Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (S. 2755), S5233 [31JY]
Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter, S1570 [12MR]
Federal agencies and departments: improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (S. 1360), S5877 [18SE]
Federal employees: provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in civil service (S. 2323), S5514 [10SE]
Gold Star Wives Day: designate (S. Res. 394), S2166, S2167 [3AP]
Hospice Visions, Inc.: tribute to service to veterans living in south-central Idaho Magic Valley region, S5308 [31JY]
National Healthcare Decisions Day: observance, S2375 [10AP]
National Peace Officers Memorial Day: observance (S. Res. 449), S3145, S3146 [15MY]
National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: observance, S5666 [17SE]
Social Security: enhance benefits for children, divorced spouses, and widows and widowers (S. 2455), S3546–S3548 [10JN]
Reports filed
Capitol Grounds Use for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 113–388), H2694 [26MR]
Commission on Native Children Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1622), S5373 [8SE]
——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1622) (S. Rept. 113–264), S5918 [12NO]
Death in Custody Reporting Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1447), S6204 [20NO]
Gold Star Fathers Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2323) (S. Rept. 113–249), S5373 [8SE]
Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 669) (H. Rept. 113–557), H6813 [24JY]
Texts of
H. Con. Res. 92, use of Capitol Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition, H2779 [1AP]
H.R. 669, Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act, H7341 [9SE], H8345 [3DE]
S. 2323, Gold Star Fathers Act, S5514 [10SE]
S. 2822, Dignified Interment of Our Veterans Act, S6580 [10DE]
S. 2919, Copyright and Marriage Equality Act, S5921 [12NO]
S. Res. 394, Gold Star Wives Day, S1694 [24MR]
S. Res. 449, National Peace Officers Memorial Day, S3079 [15MY]