ECONOMY see also Credit; Domestic policy; Homeless; Income; Poverty

Addresses

National Energy Policy: Senator Alexander, S1647 [13MR]

Ride of Life: Bill Hicks, H1999 [26FE]

State of the Union: President Obama, S521–S526 [28JA], H1473–H1478 [28JA]

Amendments

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), S855 [10FE], S897, S898, S899, S901 [11FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1050, S1051, S1052, S1092, S1093, S1131 [25FE], S1168, S1178, S1179, S1180, S1181, S1182, S1184, S1185 [26FE], S1240, S1241, S1242, S1243, S1244, S1245, S1247, S1250, S1251, S1252 [27FE]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 1874), H2935, H2936, H2937, H2938, H2939 [4AP]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 1874), consideration (H. Res. 539), H2925 [4AP]

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 727), H7690 [18SE]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S3972, S3975, S3979, S3991, S4006, S4086, S4087, S4088 [25JN], H5887 [9JY]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth, serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (H.R. 3329), S6607, S6635 [11DE], H10303 [11DE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), H2037, H2039, H2040, H2041 [27FE]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), consideration (H. Res. 475), H1738 [11FE]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), H2077, H2079 [28FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), consideration (H. Res. 492), H2048 [27FE]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), S2475, S2487 [29AP]

Power resources: remove Government obstacles to domestic energy production, ensure transport of energy, lower energy costs, and enable businesses to access energy to create and sustain jobs (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 727), H7690 [18SE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6454 [9DE], S6791, S6792 [12DE], S6924 [16DE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4781, S4782, S4784, S4786, S4789, S4790, S4794, S4795, S4800, S4803, S4804, S4816, S4818, S4819, S4824, S4826, S4832, S4834, S4836, S4838, S4840, S4841 [23JY], S4913, S4914, S4915, S4916, S4917, S4918, S4919, S4921, S4922, S4923, S4924, S4927, S4930, S4933, S4943, S4945, S4946, S4949, S4958, S4959, S4960, S4961, S4962, S4963, S4964, S4965, S4966, S4967, S4971 [24JY], S4988, S5001 [28JY], S5067, S5068 [29JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S71, S72, S76, S77 [7JA], S142, S147, S148, S149, S150, S151, S179, S180, S181, S183 [8JA], S204, S227, S229, S231 [9JA], S293, S294, S296, S297 [13JA], S329, S330, S332 [14JA], S545 [28JA], S703 [3FE], S737, S738, S768, S769 [4FE], S826, S827, S829, S830, S832 [6FE]

Analyses

Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act (H.R. 5421), H8179–H8181 [1DE]

Appointments

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, S6357 [4DE], S6930 [16DE]

Articles and editorials

Carbon Tax Provides Market-Based Solution to Climate Change, S4493 [15JY]

CBO—Health-Care Law Will Reduce Jobs by Two Million, S728 [4FE]

CBO—O-Care Slowing Growth, Contributing to Job Losses, S729 [4FE]

China To Overtake US as Top Economic Power This Year, E636 [30AP]

Climate Change Goes Underwater, S4324 [9JY]

Don’t Cut Programs That Help Communities Adjust to Pentagon Spending Reductions—Commentary, H5454 [18JN]

False Reasons for Filibustering Jobless Aid (excerpt), S384 [16JA]

Fed’s $4 Trillion in Assets Draw Lawmakers’ Scrutiny, S58 [7JA]

How Obama Neglects the Poor (excerpt), S49 [7JA]

Jamie Dimon—Companies Should Feel Free To Bail on the U.S., S4691 [22JY]

Long-Term Jobless, Like Madera Man, Face Loss of Unemployment Payments (excerpt), S41 [7JA], S316 [14JA]

Majority of New Jobs Pay Low Wages, Study Finds, H3039 [8AP]

No. 1 Job for House—Extend Emergency Unemployment Aid, H178 [13JA]

No Jobs, No Benefits, and Lousy Pay, H252 [15JA]

ObamaCare’s Hidden Hit on Businesses, S2084 [2AP]

1.3 Million Will Be Cut From Jobless Benefit Rolls (excerpt), S315 [14JA]

PA. Health Marketplace ‘‘Working’’ for Enrollees, S3927 [24JN]

Positively Un-American Tax Dodges, S4689–S4691 [22JY]

That’s Rich—Poverty Level Under Obama Breaks 50–Year Record, H69 [8JA]

Ukraine Faces Hurdles in Restoring Its Farming Legacy, H5519 [19JN]

Unemployment Benefits Lapse Severs Lifeline for Longtime Jobless (excerpt), S41 [7JA], S315 [14JA]

Wage Hike Cost Is No Myth, S2537 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1930), S372 [15JA] (see S. 1950), S439 [16JA] (see S. 1963), S486 [27JA] (see S. 1977), S655 [30JA] (see S. 1982), S702 [3FE] (see H.R. 4134), H2097 [28FE]

Awards, medals, prizes: establish Presidential awards to recognize organizations that have made extraordinary efforts to create jobs and strengthen the economy (see H.R. 4825), H5248 [10JN]

Bankruptcy: facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy (see H.R. 5421), H7387 [9SE]

Budget: clarify that the standard setting body designated pursuant to the Securities Act, Securities Investor Protection Corp., and Public Accounting Oversight Board funding is not subject to the sequester (see H.R. 4270), H2484 [14MR]

——— replace process for establishing the debt ceiling with a formula based on the ratio of debt to gross domestic product and reduce pay of Members of Congress for failing to meet fiscal sustainability targets (see H.R. 4021), H1718 [10FE]

Business and industry: affirm private equity plays an important role in growing and strengthening U.S. businesses and that it has fostered significant investment in the U.S. economy (see H. Res. 702), H7184 [31JY]

——— eliminate incentives for corporations to hold accumulated earnings offshore, invest in domestic infrastructure, and provide international tax reform (see H.R. 5857), H9302 [11DE]

——— enhance competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing and exports through tax relief, regulatory relief, liability relief, and access to abundant and affordable energy supplies (see H.R. 5360), H7183 [31JY]

——— provide tax credits to unemployed individuals who obtain manufacturing job training and employers who provide such training and establish a Presidential Manufacturing Job Training Award (see H.R. 5325), H7181 [31JY]

Buy American Act: amend relative to certain waivers and provide greater transparency regarding exceptions to domestic sourcing requirements (see S. 2391), S3294 [22MY] (see H.R. 4724), H4828 [22MY]

CBO: prepare long-term scoring estimates for reported bills and joint resolutions that could have significant economic and fiscal effects outside normal scoring periods (see H.R. 4444), H3143 [9AP]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 1874), consideration (see H. Res. 539), H2913 [3AP]

——— report changes in direct spending and revenue associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 2446), S3475 [5JN]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish (see S. 1895), S27 [6JA]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs (see S. 2832), S5629 [16SE] (see H.R. 5489), H7617 [16SE]

China: impose sanctions on Chinese state-owned enterprises and certain associated persons for benefitting from cyber and economic espionage against the U.S. (see H.R. 5103), H6215 [14JY]

Clean Energy Consortia: establish (see H.R. 5548), H7882 [18SE]

Coal: establish a worker adjustment assistance program to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal-dependent industries (see H.R. 5529), H7882 [18SE]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: provide for a net benefit review of any transaction between U.S. and foreign companies (see H.R. 5581), H7884 [18SE]

Committee on Taxation (Joint): provide a macroeconomic analysis or dynamic scoring of the impact of major revenue legislation (see S. 2371), S3237 [21MY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (see S. 2280), S2614 [1MY] (see S. 2554), S4154 [26JN] (see H.R. 5682), H7937 [12NO]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), consideration (see H. Res. 748), H7937 [12NO]

Conservation of energy: express that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support reduced Government energy consumption while supporting jobs and economic development (see S. Res. 562), S5783 [18SE] (see H. Res. 737), H7887 [18SE]

Copperas Cove, TX: authorize land exchange with Fort Hood, TX, to support efforts to improve arterial transportation routes and promote economic development (see H.R. 4297), H2644 [25MR]

Corps of Engineers: authorize Central Everglades Planning Project (see H.R. 5631), H7885 [18SE]

Credit: require Federal mortgage agencies to consider energy costs in the underwriting process, reduce home energy consumption, and facilitate creation of energy efficiency retrofit and construction jobs (see H.R. 4615), H4015 [8MY]

Dept. of Commerce: improve the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and regional innovation programs (see H.R. 3918), H1241 [16JA]

——— prepare and submit to Congress a report and recommendations to promote sustained economic development of Indian tribes and lands (see H.R. 4699), H4783 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: assess impact on the public interest prior to approval of additional permits to export natural gas (see S. 2088), S1365 [6MR]

——— establish a grant program allowing National Laboratories provision of vouchers to small businesses to improve commercialization of technologies developed at National Laboratories and their economic impact (see S. 2973), S6350 [4DE]

——— provide certainty relative to timing of decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas (see S. 2638), S4705 [22JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services EB–5 regional center program permanent (see H.R. 4659), H4064 [13MY]

Dept. of HUD: establish the Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing program to promote urban renewal (see H.R. 4173), H2256 [6MR]

Dept. of Labor: create a program to grant relocation subsidies to the long-term unemployed for the purpose of attaining or accepting employment (see H.R. 4033), H1769 [11FE]

——— make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (see H.R. 3888), H472 [15JA]

——— promulgate regulations implementing Good Jobs Model Employer Standards requiring Federal agencies to contract with companies that provide good jobs (see H.R. 5250), H7039 [29JY]

——— provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (see H.R. 3864), H223 [14JA]

Dept. of State: provide authority to approve or deny permits for border-crossing infrastructure projects (see S. 2314), S2875 [8MY]

Dept. of the Interior: allow offshore South Atlantic energy production, provide revenue sharing from such leases, establish veterans workforce training, and create partnerships with institutes of higher education (see S. 2202), S2095 [2AP]

——— authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (see S. 2408), S3294 [22MY]

——— authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see S. 2409), S3294 [22MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: improve transparency, accountability, governance, and operations of the Office of Financial Research (see H.R. 5037), H6034 [9JY]

Domestic policy: express that a Contract with America should restore American competitiveness (see H. Res. 745), H7887 [18SE]

Employment: create jobs by revising Federal labor laws, decreasing regulatory burdens, providing comprehensive energy reform, and streamlining access to investment capital (see H.R. 4304), H2695 [26MR]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide payroll tax holiday and relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system (see S. 2038), S1048 [25FE]

——— extend the emergency unemployment compensation program and stimulate the economy and create opportunities for new job creation (see H.R. 4550), H3407 [1MY]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (see H.R. 4), H7528 [15SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 727), H7616 [16SE]

——— incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see S. 2906), S5783 [18SE] (see H.R. 5583), H7884 [18SE]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 2821), consideration (see H. Res. 686), H6814 [24JY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see S. 1911), S223 [9JA]

Endangered Species Act: publish and make available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published (see H.R. 4319), H2743 [27MR]

EPA: call for withdrawal of proposed rules to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing and modified and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see S. Res. 512), S4762 [23JY]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 5505), H7674 [17SE]

——— nullify certain rules relative to carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing, new, or reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 4813), H5185 [9JN]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (see S. 2414), S3367 [3JN] (see H.R. 4808), H5072 [5JN] (see H.R. 4850), H5362 [12JN]

——— provide for certain special congressional review procedures for EPA rulemakings (see H.R. 5034), H6034 [9JY]

Eximbank: redesignate as the Made-in-America Bank (see H.R. 5424), H7387 [9SE]

FCC: promote certain unlicensed spectrum use and maximize the use of such spectrum for shared purposes in order to bolster innovation and economic development (see S. 2505), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 5125), H6351 [16JY]

Federal agencies and departments: establish uniform requirements for thorough economic analysis of regulations by Federal agencies based on sound principles (see S. 2099), S1416 [10MR] (see H.R. 3863), H223 [14JA]

Federal aid programs: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see S. 2691), S5134 [30JY] (see H.R. 4885), H5493 [18JN]

——— establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (see S. 2897), S5783 [18SE] (see H.R. 5564), H7883 [18SE]

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), H2484 [14MR]

FHA: ensure stability in maximum mortgage amount limitations for areas experiencing decreases in median home prices (see H.R. 4208), H2360 [12MR]

Financial institutions: establish the prudential regulator of community and independent depository institutions as the conduit and arbiter of all Federal financial oversight, examination, and reporting (see S. 2242), S2378 [10AP]

——— exempt community banks from certain regulatory requirements, include a community bank representative in the FRS Board of Governors, and create a process to designate a county as a rural area (see H.R. 5786), H8365 [3DE]

——— provide regulatory easement for lending institutions that enable a vibrant economy (see S. 2698), S5134 [30JY]

——— provide that residential mortgages held in portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages for purposes of presumption of ability to repay requirements (see S. 2641), S4705 [22JY]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 721), H7454 [11SE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: place a moratorium on authority to make financial stability determinations (see H.R. 4881), H5398 [17JN]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (see S. 2212), S2161 [3AP]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), consideration (see H. Res. 475), H1718 [10FE]

Florida: authorize Corps of Engineers Central Everglades Planning Project (see S. 2861), S5782 [18SE]

FRS: establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee and for certain activities of the Board of Governors (see H.R. 5018), H5830 [7JY]

——— improve accountability and transparency of the Board of Governors (see H.R. 3928), H1430 [27JA]

——— increase threshold at which regulated depository institutions are subject to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau direct examination and reporting requirements (see S. 2732), S5216 [31JY]

——— reaffirm importance of community banking and community banking regulatory experience on the Board of Governors and ensure at least one member with such experience (see S. 2252), S2379 [10AP]

——— replace the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with a 5-person commission (see S. 2213), S2161 [3AP]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), consideration (see H. Res. 492), H2000 [26FE]

Immigration: reform EB–5 immigrant investor visa program (see H.R. 4178), H2256 [6MR]

Information technology: call on health care, energy, telecommunications, and other industry sectors to continue efforts to protect critical infrastructure and prevent information and cybersecurity breaches (see H. Res. 769), H8273 [2DE]

Klamath Basin: approve and implement the Klamath Basin agreements, improve natural resource management, support economic development, and sustain agricultural production (see S. 2379), S3237 [21MY] (see S. 2727), S5216 [31JY]

Medicaid: apply requirement that drug manufacturers that increase prices faster than inflation pay an additional rebate to State Medicaid programs to generic drug manufacturers (see S. 2948), S6204 [20NO] (see H.R. 5748), H8169 [20NO]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (see S. 2223), S2239 [8AP]

——— provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 4839), H5318 [11JN]

National objectives: extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, repeal medical device tax, restore 40-hour work week, and provide reemployment assessments (see H.R. 3885), H472 [15JA]

——— invest in innovation through research and development and improve competitiveness of the U.S. (see S. 2757), S5217 [31JY]

——— promote economic growth and job creation and strengthen strategic partnerships with U.S. allies (see H.R. 4139), H2147 [4MR]

Native Americans: restore opportunity for tribal economic development by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe on terms that are equal and fair (see S. 2923), S5993 [13NO]

Nevada: authorize certain land conveyances involving public lands in northern Nevada to promote economic development and conservation (see H.R. 5205), H6859 [25JY]

NIST: reauthorize (see H.R. 5035), H6034 [9JY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: develop a watch list of foreign countries that engage in economic or industrial espionage in cyberspace with respect to U.S. trade secrets or proprietary information (see S. 2384), S3293 [22MY]

OMB: consider Brunswick County, NC, to be part of the same statistical area as Wilmington, NC (see S. 2369), S3237 [21MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: study impact on small businesses (see S. 2383), S3293 [22MY] (see H.R. 4728), H4828 [22MY]

Power resources: free the private sector to harness domestic energy resources to create jobs and generate economic growth by removing statutory and administrative barriers (see S. 2170), S1818 [27MR] (see H.R. 4286), H2610 [24MR]

——— remove Government obstacles to domestic energy production, ensure transport of energy, lower energy costs, and enable businesses to access energy to create and sustain jobs (see H.R. 2), H7528 [15SE]

——— use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 4956), H5724 [24JN]

Public welfare programs: help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency and provide information on total spending and an overall spending limit on such programs (see S. 2015), S890 [11FE] (see H.R. 4731), H4828 [22MY]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see H.R. 4646), H4058 [9MY]

SBA: ensure equal access for HUBZone designations to all tax-paying small business owners (see H.R. 5084), H6135 [11JY]

——— establish pilot program to provide small business Federal contractors access to tools, training, and hands-on help necessary to diversify their businesses and create jobs (see S. 2582), S4404 [10JY]

——— make grants for economic growth, business retention, and business recruitment to economically underserved communities (see H.R. 3956), H1480 [28JA]

——— make permanent and reauthorize the Intermediary Lending Pilot Program (see S. 2637), S4705 [22JY]

Science: provide for investment in innovation through research and development and improve U.S. competitiveness (see H.R. 4186), H2260 [10MR]

——— support innovation (see H.R. 5812), H8930 [9DE]

Senior citizens: provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 4202), H2301 [11MR]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see S. Res. 548), S5629 [16SE] (see H. Res. 728), H7617 [16SE]

Social Security: establish the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to determine cost-of-living increases (see S. 2382), S3293 [22MY]

States: assess impact of Federal taxation and spending (see H.R. 5588), H7884 [18SE]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 3986), H1591 [4FE]

——— encourage mixed-income housing development (see H.R. 4130), H2097 [28FE]

——— establish Promise Zones to revitalize high-poverty communities through Federal-local partnerships (see S. 2597), S4454 [14JY] (see H.R. 4941), H5640 [23JN]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (see H.R. 5771), H8225 [1DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), consideration (see H. Res. 766), H8272 [2DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 124), H9044 [10DE]

——— extend the new markets tax credit and provide designated allocations for areas impacted by decline in manufacturing (see S. 1896), S68 [7JA]

——— index the dependent care credit for inflation (see H.R. 5258), H7124 [30JY]

——— jumpstart the sluggish economy, finance critical infrastructure investments, fight income inequality, and create jobs (see H.R. 3939), H1479 [28JA]

——— lower Federal tax on earnings of U.S. companies with foreign operations (see H.R. 5883), H9303 [11DE]

——— make technical corrections to recently enacted tax legislation and remove provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are no longer applicable (see S. 2261), S2424 [28AP] (see H.R. 5528), H7882 [18SE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H2853 [2AP]

——— provide for a progressive consumption tax, individual and corporate tax reform, and refunds of excess consumption tax revenue (see S. 3005), S6626 [11DE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (see S. 2562), S4154 [26JN] (see S. 2569), S4271 [8JY]

——— provide incentives for clean energy and repeal fossil fuel subsidies for big oil companies (see H.R. 4753), H4909 [28MY]

——— reduce carbon pollution, invest in infrastructure, and cut taxes for working Americans (see H.R. 5307), H7181 [31JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see S. 1931), S372 [15JA] (see S. 2077), S1281 [4MR] (see S. 2148), S1653 [13MR] (see S. 2149), S1691 [24MR] (see S. 2532), S4003 [25JN] (see H.R. 3813), H20 [7JA] (see H.R. 3824), H134 [9JA] (see H.R. 3936), H1479 [28JA] (see H.R. 4415), H2990 [7AP] (see H.R. 4970), H5768 [25JN]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), consideration (see H. Res. 490), H1937 [25FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (see S. 2097), S1366 [6MR]

——— provide that if unemployment benefits are extended, prospective benefits shall be subject to gradual reduction (see H.R. 4431), H3142 [9AP]

Urban areas: enhance capabilities of metropolitan planning organizations (see H.R. 5467), H7528 [15SE]

Wildfires: implement reforms to Federal land management agency fire programs in order to address complexities of wildfires in a more cost-effective and efficient manner (see H.R. 5677), H7900 [19SE]

Chronologies

Federal minimum wage affecting American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega, E1710–E1712 [3DE]

Cloture motions

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S812 [6FE], S846 [10FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S940 [12FE], S1027 [25FE]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2409 [28AP], S2545 [30AP]

Taxation: provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4988 [28JY], S5082 [30JY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), motion to proceed, S4650 [21JY], S4728 [23JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204 [9JA], S311, S312 [14JA], S737, S738 [4FE], S794 [6FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S39 [7JA]

Cost Estimates

Tax Technical Corrections Act (S. 2261): CBO, S2559 [30AP]

Decisions

Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership—Alberta Clipper Pipeline Application for Presidential Permit: James B. Steinberg, Dept. of State (excerpt), S2449 [29AP]

Excerpts

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, S6721 [12DE]

Factsheets

Texas and 18th Congressional District Employment and Unemployment Information, H178 [13JA]

Letters

Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency (ALERRT) Act: David Levin and Frank Knapp, American Sustainable Business Council, H1994 [26FE]

Dear woman behind me in line at the grocery store, H3186 [10AP]

Dept. of the Treasury economic impact study of U.S. bank reporting requirements for interest paid to nonresident aliens: Bill Hampel, Credit Union National Association and Brian Branch, World Council of Credit Unions, Inc., H6183 [14JY]

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act: George N. Copadis and Richard J. Lavers, S127 [8JA]

——— Margaret W. Hassan, Governor of New Hampshire, S127 [8JA]

Enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth, serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H3425 [6MY]

Federal Reserve Transparency Act: Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7589 [16SE]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H7589 [16SE]

Global warming impact on the environment: Kara Tanaka, S1440 [10MR]

Jobs for America Act: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H7817 [18SE]

Keystone XL Pipeline permit: Deborah Burger, Karen Higgins, and Jean Ross, National Nurses United, S6040 [18NO]

——— Georges Benjamin, American Public Health Association and Robert M. Pestronk, National Association of County and City Health Officials, S6041 [18NO]

Minimum Wage Fairness Act: Aric Newhouse, National Association of Manufacturers, S2539 [30AP]

——— Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S2538 [30AP]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, S2540 [30AP]

——— Jonathan Eisen, International Foodservice Distributors Association, S2538 [30AP]

——— Peter J. Larkin, National Grocers Association, S2539 [30AP]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2538 [30AP]

——— Robert J. Green, National Council of Chain Restaurants, S2538 [30AP]

——— Scott DeFife, National Restaurant Association, S2539 [30AP]

——— several business organizations, S2537 [30AP]

——— Stephen J. Caldeira, International Franchise Association, S2538 [30AP]

——— Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S2539 [30AP]

Pro-Growth Budgeting Act: Representative Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), H2935 [4AP]

——— Representative Sessions, Committee on Rules (House), H2935 [4AP]

Reaffirm importance of community banking and community banking regulatory experience on the FRS Board of Governors and ensure at least one member with such experience: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), S4584 [17JY]

Unemployment benefits extension: Carol Blankenhorn, H123 [9JA]

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Katherine McFate and Robert Weissman, Coalition for Sensible Safeguards, H2078, H2081 [28FE]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H2071 [28FE]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H2071 [28FE]

——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), H2071 [28FE]

——— Representative Sessions, Committee on Rules (House), H2070 [28FE]

Lists

Organizations supporting approval of permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S5894 [12NO]

Organizations supporting H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3966 [25JN]

Republican cosponsors of S. 2280, congressional approval of permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S5894 [12NO]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2015: President Obama, S1278–S1280 [4MR], H2122–H2125 [4MR]

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2015—Appendix, Analytical Perspectives, and Historical Tables: President Obama, S1415 [10MR], H2264 [11MR]

Motions

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1950), S557 [29JA], S611 [30JA], S665 [3FE], S707 [4FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), S738 [4FE], S775 [6FE], S837 [10FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S936, S940 [12FE], S978 [24FE], S1011 [25FE], S1168 [26FE], S1197, S1209 [27FE]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 1874), H2943 [4AP]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), H7971 [13NO]

Employment: improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7854 [18SE]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), H2052 [27FE]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), H2083 [28FE]

Minimum wage: increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S1860 [31MR], S1883 [1AP], S2043 [2AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), S2333 [10AP], S2409 [28AP], S2427 [29AP], S2527 [30AP]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6823 [15DE], S6869 [16DE], H8341 [3DE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4571 [17JY], S4637, S4650 [21JY], S4667 [22JY], S4853 [24JY], S4988 [28JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S204, S208 [9JA], S311 [14JA], S737 [4FE]

Press releases

Economic Benefits of Acting on Critical Legislative Issues: Representative Hoyer, H1264 [27JA]

Faleomavaega Thanks Senator DeMint for Allowing Minimum Wage Delay To Move Forward by Unanimous Consent: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1722 [3DE]

House Passes Minimum Wage Delay for American Samoa on Anniversary of Tsunami; H.R. 3940 Now Awaiting President’s Signature: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1722 [3DE]

New Economic Analysis—400 Million Drained From State Economies in Unemployment Benefits This Week Alone: Committee on Ways and Means (House) Democratic Members, H252 [15JA]

On Second Anniversary of U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Exports Down 11 Percent, Imports From Korea Up and Deficit With Korea Balloons 47 Percent: Public Citizen (organization), H2416 [13MR]

President Obama Signs Minimum Wage Delay Into Law: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1723 [3DE]

Senate Passes Minimum Wage Delay by Unanimous Consent: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1722 [3DE]

U.S. Treasury Sending $20.4 Million to ASG To Pay Out Economic Stimulus Payments to Qualifying Residents: Delegate Faleomavaega (2008), E1700 [2DE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture Extension Act: anniversary, E710 [8MY]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, H208 [14JA], H1739–H1741 [11FE], H4546 [20MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (H.R. 3793), H138 [10JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment for disabled veterans, H251 [15JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 3804), H85 [9JA]

Automobile industry: Government bailout, H69–H71 [8JA]

Bankruptcy: facilitate the resolution of an insolvent financial institution in bankruptcy (H.R. 5421), H8174–H8181 [1DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2144–H2146 [4MR], H2159 [5MR], H2687 [26MR], H2731, H2732 [27MR], H2812 [2AP], H6756 [24JY]

——— deficit, H1712 [10FE], H1943 [26FE], H2364 [13MR], H2952 [4AP], H3026, H3030, H3035–H3039 [8AP], H3080, H3084, H3086 [9AP], H3161 [10AP], H3468 [7MY], H5059 [30MY], H5761–H5765 [25JN], H6300, H6339–H6341 [16JY], H8289 [3DE], E6 [7JA], E25 [8JA], E40 [9JA], E55 [13JA], E69 [14JA], E80 [15JA], E97 [16JA], E117 [27JA], E131 [28JA], E155 [3FE], E170 [5FE], E184 [10FE], E199 [11FE], E242 [25FE], E253 [26FE], E266 [27FE], E282 [28FE], E298 [4MR], E308 [5MR], E328 [6MR], E365 [12MR], E376 [13MR], E396 [14MR], E421 [24MR], E435 [25MR], E447 [26MR], E460 [27MR], E480 [1AP], E494 [2AP], E504 [3AP], E519 [4AP], E538 [7AP], E552 [8AP], E559 [9AP], E590 [28AP], E620 [29AP], E637 [30AP], E663 [1MY], E685 [6MY], E700 [7MY], E715 [8MY], E766 [19MY], E802 [21MY], E822 [22MY], E842 [28MY], E870 [29MY], E893 [30MY], E962 [11JN], E969 [12JN], E1000 [17JN], E1030 [20JN], E1050 [23JN], E1058 [24JN], E1067 [25JN], E1082 [26JN], E1115 [8JY], E1124 [9JY], E1138 [10JY], E1145 [11JY], E1149 [14JY], E1158 [15JY], E1170 [16JY], E1186 [17JY], E1201 [22JY], E1213 [23JY], E1224 [24JY], E1234 [25JY], E1248 [28JY], E1260 [29JY], E1270 [30JY], E1287 [31JY], E1321 [1AU], E1352 [8SE], E1364 [9SE], E1376 [10SE], E1394 [11SE], E1399 [15SE], E1413 [16SE], E1431 [17SE], E1456 [19SE], E1529 [12NO], E1560 [13NO], E1581 [14NO], E1603 [17NO], E1616 [18NO], E1633 [19NO], E1671 [1DE], E1698 [2DE], E1713 [3DE], E1741 [4DE], E1753 [8DE], E1758 [9DE], E1791 [10DE], E1817 [12DE]

——— impact of Republican proposal on small business, H3078 [9AP]

——— reduce the deficit by ending tax loopholes, H3028 [8AP]

——— reform entitlement programs, H5762–H5764 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY]

——— treatment of revenues generated from Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H3161 [10AP]

Business and industry: close tax loopholes for offshore corporations, H6830 [25JY]

Buy American Act: modernize, H4690 [21MY]

California: tribute to 3d Congressional District Women of the Year award recipients, H7622 [17SE], E1493–E1495 [19SE]

Career and Technical Education Month: observance, H1926 [25FE]

CBO: include in macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation estimates of potential impact on SBA HUBZone areas, H2932 [4AP]

——— include legislation from Committee on Appropriations of each House in requirement to provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation and change threshold to trigger such analysis, H2928–H2932, H2936 [4AP]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, including legislation relative to education, infrastructure, economic growth, and job creation, H2943, H2944 [4AP]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation and estimate the number of jobs created, sustained, or lost, H2937, H2938 [4AP]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 1874), H2731 [27MR], H2807 [2AP], H2927–H2945 [4AP]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 1874), consideration (H. Res. 539), H2919–H2927 [4AP]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation (H.R. 1874), motion to recommit, H2943, H2944 [4AP]

——— provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation on State and local governments and taxpayers, H2937 [4AP]

——— release of report on economic impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H1600 [5FE], H1728, H1729 [11FE]

——— require macroeconomic analysis include estimates on potential impact of legislation to HUBZone areas, H2939, H2940 [4AP]

——— review accuracy of macroeconomic impact analysis on legislation enacted, H2938, H2939 [4AP]

CFTC: improve consideration of costs and benefits of regulations and orders (H.R. 1003), H5509 [19JN]

Cleveland/Bradley County, TN, Chamber of Commerce: tribute, H1600 [5FE]

Climate: global warming, H6 [7JA], H2811 [2AP], H3148 [10AP]

——— impact of global warming on ocean acidification, H2368 [13MR], H5806 [26JN]

Communism: failures of the Marxist system, H1929–H1932 [25FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H80 [9JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H2647 [26MR], H2840, H2842 [2AP], H3358 [30AP], H5593 [20JN], H5665–H5672 [24JN], H5806 [26JN], H6642, H6645 [22JY], H7847, H7850, H7851, H7865 [18SE]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H30 [8JA], H1684 [6FE], H2420 [13MR], H6808 [24JY], H7111–H7113 [30JY], H7965 [13NO]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 334), H7947 [13NO]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), H7965–H7972 [13NO], H7986 [14NO], H8078 [19NO], E1575, E1579 [14NO], E1599 [17NO]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), consideration (H. Res. 748), H7952–H7959 [13NO]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), motion to recommit, H7971, H7972 [13NO]

——— legislative priorities, H32, H33 [8JA], H1554 [4FE], H5885 [9JY], H6113, H6114 [11JY], H6804–H6809 [24JY], H7947 [13NO], H8077 [19NO]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, E593 [28AP]

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: anniversary of Veterans Braintrust Forum, E310–E313 [5MR]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H3117–H3121 [9AP]

Democratic Party: Middle Class Jumpstart Action Plan to revitalize the middle class by creating good jobs, empowering Americans to manage work and family, and making higher education affordable, H6669 [23JY], H7400 [10SE]

——— national agenda, H6755 [24JY], H7047 [30JY], H7426–H7428 [10SE]

Denali Commission: terminate, H6029 [9JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Economic Research Service funding, H5292 [11JN]

Dept. of Commerce: Economic Development Administration funding, H4885–H4887 [28MY]

——— establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (H.R. 2996), H7515–H7524 [15SE]

——— expand Economic Development Administration definition of grants to include Regional Innovation Program grants, H4885, H4886 [28MY]

——— prohibit funding for Economic Development Administration Innovative Technologies in Manufacturing Program, H4994, H4995 [29MY]

——— reauthorize Regional Innovation Program, H7520–H7522 [15SE]

Dept. of Defense: Office of Economic Adjustment funding, H5454 [18JN]

——— prohibit funding for designing, implementing, administering, or carrying out certain climate change-related policies, H5528, H5529 [19JN]

Dept. of Energy: condition approval of permits to export natural gas on the consultation with the U.S. Maritime Administration on the availability of U.S.-flagged ships, H6077, H6078 [10JY]

——— condition approval of permits to export natural gas on use of domestic shipping components, H6076, H6077 [10JY]

——— condition approval of permits to export natural gas on use of domestic shipping components and prohibit approval of permits that increase prices for consumers or to nations that pose national security threat, H5750 [25JN]

——— develop a new process for determining whether applications to export natural gas are in the public interest, H5744, H5745 [25JN]

——— develop a new process for determining whether applications to export natural gas are in the public interest (H.R. 1189), H4716 [21MY]

——— release of strategic plan, H3044 [8AP]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H5159, H5160, H5172 [9JN], H5256 [11JN]

——— Community Development Block Grant Program funding through reductions in HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, H5158 [9JN]

——— establish program enabling communities to address health, economic development, and conservation concerns through needed investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and programs (H.R. 2424), H6668 [23JY]

——— establish the Brownfield Redevelopment and Economic Development Innovative Financing program to promote urban renewal (H.R. 4173), E330 [6MR]

Dept. of Justice: Economic High-Tech and Cyber Crime Prevention program funding through reductions in NASA funding, H4948, H4949 [29MY]

Dept. of Labor: make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (H.R. 3888), H453 [15JA], H1230 [16JA], H1264 [27JA], H1435, H1455 [28JA], H2008 [27FE], H2174 [5MR], H2224, H2232 [6MR]

——— promulgate regulations implementing Good Jobs Model Employer Standards requiring Federal agencies to contract with companies that provide good jobs (H.R. 5250), E1264 [29JY]

——— provide a stipend to recipients of unemployment benefits to train for positions in industries that have shortage of skilled workers, H177 [13JA]

——— provide for demonstration projects designed to expedite reemployment of unemployed workers (H.R. 3864), H190 [14JA]

——— strengthen the U.S. workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, H5963 [9JY]

——— prohibit issuance of new oil or natural gas leases to persons that fail to renegotiate existing leases incorporating limitations on royalty relief based on market price, H5791, H5792 [26JN]

——— report to Congress on economic impact of efforts to protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting, H1576, H1577 [4FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program funding, H6185, H6186 [14JY]

——— Inspector General for Tax Administration funding to study economic impact of U.S. bank reporting requirements for interest paid to nonresident aliens through reductions in IRS enforcement funding, H6182, H6183 [14JY]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding unless certain GAO recommendations are implemented, H5222, H5223 [10JN]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, H5150–H5155, H5180 [9JN], E961 [11JN], E1014 [18JN]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grants walking, biking, and transit projects funding, H5156 [9JN]

Depts. of the Interior and Commerce: act through NOAA to initiate immediate action to create jobs (H.R. 70), H5795 [26JN]

Domestic policy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H113, H118–H121, H127 [9JA], H461, H462 [15JA], H1263–H1269 [27JA], H1435 [28JA], H1549 [4FE], H3229–H3234 [28AP], E129 [28JA], E670 [2MY]

Drought: provide that short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California shall not impact fishing industry jobs, regional economy, and protect existing water rights and tribal sovereignity in Western States, H8886, H8887 [9DE]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth, H5964 [9JY]

Employment: importance of career technical education and vocational training, H1728 [11FE]

——— importance of job creation, H30 [8JA], H84, H127 [9JA], H191, H209 [14JA], H239, H240 [15JA], H2310 [12MR], H2364 [13MR], H2844 [2AP], H3078 [9AP], H3367, H3395 [1MY], H6113 [11JY], H6140 [14JY], H6383 [17JY], H6641–H6649 [22JY], H7056 [30JY], H7175 [31JY], H7426 [10SE], H7458 [15SE], H8938 [10DE]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, H5861 [8JY], H7398 [10SE]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H17, H18 [7JA], H214 [14JA], H1926–H1928 [25FE], H2144–H2146 [4MR], H5806 [26JN], H5965 [9JY], H6635–H6641 [22JY], H6670 [23JY]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs relative to affordable reliable energy, H7866 [18SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7773–H7819, H7854–H7858 [18SE], E1603 [17NO]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 727), H7684–H7691 [18SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H7856, H7857 [18SE]

——— increase business engagement and improve training opportunities for occupations in-demand in order to get Americans back to work, H5966 [9JY]

——— job creation through infrastructure investment, H2740 [27MR]

——— promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations, H5966 [9JY]

——— provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country’s infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 2821), H1662 [6FE], H3063 [9AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), H5 [7JA], H30 [8JA], H151, H152 [10JA], H166 [13JA], H1254 [27JA], H1683 [6FE], H2086, H2087 [28FE], H2472 [14MR], H2567 [24MR], H2840 [2AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), Senate amendments, H5862 [8JY], H5881, H5882, H5883, H5884, H5885, H5886, H5887–H5971 [9JY], H6041 [10JY], H6361 [17JY], H6673, H6678 [23JY], H7054, H7109, H7114, H7115 [30JY], E1137 [10JY], E1146 [11JY]

Endangered Species Act: economic impact of proposal to designate Northern Long-Eared Bat as an endangered species, H7279 [8SE]

EPA: economic impact of enforcement of certain air pollution and water pollution regulations, H1649–H1656 [5FE]

——— impact of Government regulations on coal industry, H2287 [11MR], H6042 [10JY], H7865 [18SE]

——— proposed rule to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, H5028 [30MY], H5345–H5350 [12JN], H5402 [18JN], H5646 [24JN]

——— require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy, H7865 [18SE]

——— require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy (H.R. 1582), H30 [8JA], H7111 [30JY]

——— require consultation with certain energy and technology agencies prior to submitting reports to Congress on the economic impact of proposed regulations, H2190 [5MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prevent delay of any regulation that saves tax dollars, helps small businesses and veterans, prevents discrimination, or protects consumers, H2025, H2026 [27FE]

——— require regulations with negative impact on jobs and wages be subject to heightened review and additional transparency requirements as well as statement from agency head acknowledging such impact, H1975, H1991, H1992 [26FE]

Federal employees: provide for livable wages for Federal workers, H6273, H6274 [15JY]

FHA: increase transparency in Federal budgeting to modify risk assessment in mortgage insurance programs, H2968, H2969, H2972 [7AP]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (H.R. 1750), H2032 [27FE]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth, serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (H.R. 3329), H3424–H3426 [6MY]

——— prohibit funding to designate any nonbank financial companies as ‘‘Too Big To Fail’’ or as a ‘‘systemically important financial instution’’, H6317, H6318 [16JY]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: require Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to analyze impact of proposed rules on financial industry and consumer and small business access to credit, H2039, H2040 [27FE]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), H1681 [6FE], H1728 [11FE], H1947 [26FE], H2028–H2043, H2050–H2055 [27FE]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), consideration (H. Res. 475), H1731–H1739 [11FE]

——— strengthen review authority of regulations issued by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 3193), motion to recommit, H2052, H2053 [27FE]

Fish and fishing: Atlantic Ocean horseshoe crab populations survey funding, H4896 [28MY]

Florida: Everglades restoration project funding, H3256 [29AP]

Food: address global hunger crisis, H3395 [1MY]

——— address U.S. hunger crisis, H1426 [27JA], H1595 [5FE], H1690 [10FE], H1942 [26FE], H3186 [10AP], H3395 [1MY], H3452 [7MY], H4481 [20MY], H5501 [19JN], H5643 [24JN], H8154 [20NO]

Foreign trade: impact on job creation, H2415 [13MR]

——— impact on the economy of shipping U.S. jobs overseas, H8115–H8121 [19NO]

——— importance, H3223–H3229 [28AP]

FRS: acknowledge and honor work of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in providing protection and relief to consumers from unfair, deceptive, and abusive practices in financial markets, H2042, H2043 [27FE]

——— improve accountability, H5253 [11JN]

——— reform monetary policy to promote goals of maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates, H5358–H5361 [12JN]

——— repeal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exclusive rulemaking authority and restore judicial review, H2029, H2040, H2041 [27FE]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (H.R. 24), H7539, H7588–H7591 [16SE], E1430 [17SE]

——— strengthen and maintain funding levels of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H2052, H2053 [27FE]

Government regulations: clarify that requirements of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act do not apply if a cost-benefit analysis demonstrates that the benefits of a regulation exceeds its costs, H2079–H2083 [28FE]

——— continue to exempt independent agencies from certain regulations under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, H2077 [28FE]

——— ensure all impacted entities are provided an opportunity for consultation relative to imposing Federal mandates, H2077–H2079 [28FE]

——— exempt regulatory actions affecting veterans, seniors, consumers, and communities affected by natural disasters from certain regulations under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, H2083, H2084 [28FE]

——— impact, H1441 [28JA], H1602 [5FE], H1886 [25FE], H2102 [4MR], H2310 [12MR], H2428–H2431 [13MR], H3250 [29AP], H7398 [10SE], H8069 [18NO]

——— include existing Dept. of the Treasury rule on U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens in any regulatory freeze, H6182 [14JY]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates, H7687 [18SE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), H1883 [25FE], H2069–H2086 [28FE], H2102 [4MR], H2568 [24MR], H7904 [12NO], E361 [12MR]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), consideration (H. Res. 492), H2043–H2049 [27FE]

——— provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 899), motion to recommit, H2083, H2084 [28FE]

Harbors: resolution of west coast ports ongoing contract negotiations, H8286 [3DE]

Highway Trust Fund: importance of long term infrastructure repair funding, E1207 [23JY]

Homeless: increase in number of homeless middle class families, H2007 [27FE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H2174 [5MR], H2312, H2315, H2316 [12MR], H3000 [8AP], H3458–H3464 [7MY], H3951 [8MY], H4843 [28MY], H5739 [25JN], H5885 [9JY], H6116 [11JY], H6941–H6947 [28JY], H6980, H6983 [29JY], H7094, H7098 [30JY], H7249 [8SE], H7308 [9SE], H7538 [16SE], H8046, H8048 [18NO], H8228, H8229, H8230 [2DE], E1849–E1852 [16DE]

——— legislative process, H6757 [24JY]

Illinois: tribute to Green Oaks, Libertyville, Mundelein, and Vernon Hills Chamber of Commerce Member Recognition award recipients, E115 [27JA], E157 [4FE]

Immigration: impact of illegal aliens, H8264 [2DE], H8863–H8866 [8DE]

International relations: U.S. ranking internationally relative to economically free nations, H241 [15JA]

——— U.S. ranking internationally relative to size of the economy, H3297 [30AP]

IRS: reform reporting requirements for U.S. citizens living abroad, H6265 [15JY]

Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council (KCEOC) Community Action Partnership, Inc.: anniversary, E1706 [3DE]

Lakewood Brick and Tile Co.: Jefferson County, CO, Economic Development Corp., Pioneer Award recipient, E498 [2AP]

Lewiston, ME: tribute to Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce award recipients, E91 [16JA]

Maine Women’s Lobby (organization): tribute to Maine Women’s Lobby Gala honorees, E1384 [10SE]

McKinney, TX: inclusion in Money (publication) America’s Best Small Cities list, H8286 [3DE]

Medicare: reform, H2794 [1AP], H2900–H2903 [3AP], H3000, H3033 [8AP], H3065, H3077, H3085, H3126, H3134 [9AP]

Minimum wage: increase, H13 [7JA], H81 [9JA], H155 [10JA], H191 [14JA], H240 [15JA], H1975 [26FE], H2068 [28FE], H2161 [5MR], H2618 [25MR], H2657, H2681 [26MR], H2813 [2AP], H2859, H2867 [3AP], H2917 [4AP], H6041 [10JY], H6320–H6322 [16JY], H7629 [17SE], E285 [28FE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H6801, H6803 [24JY], H7661 [17SE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H1268 [27JA], H1548 [4FE], H1729 [11FE], H1927 [25FE], H1944, H1946, H1952, H1954 [26FE], H2012, H2057–H2060 [27FE], H2079, H2086, H2087, H2088 [28FE], H2202 [6MR], H2373 [13MR], H2598 [24MR], H2658, H2687 [26MR], H2816, H2817 [2AP], H2924 [4AP], H3263 [29AP], H3306 [30AP], H5076 [9JN], H7061 [30JY], H7422–H7424 [10SE], H7689 [18SE], H8024 [17NO], E265 [27FE], E1380 [10SE]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), unanimous-consent request, H7062–H7064 [30JY]

——— level, H1264–H1269 [27JA], H1538, H1540 [3FE]

Mining and mineral resources: prioritize hiring of veterans and individuals receiving unemployment compensation and utilize equipment and materials manufactured in the U.S. for mining operations, H2633 [25MR]

Minorities: improve economic condition of minorities, H3230–H3234 [28AP], H3248 [29AP], H8022 [17NO]

Moraine, OH: tribute, H4689 [21MY]

NAFTA: assess impact, require further negotiation of certain provisions, and withdraw unless certain conditions are met (H.R. 191), H82 [9JA]

National Agriculture Day: observance, H2593 [24MR], H2636 [25MR]

National forests: restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land, H7686, H7810 [18SE]

——— restore employment and educational opportunities in, and economic stability of, counties with Federal forest land, while reducing management costs and providing revenue sources from such land (H.R. 1526), H7536 [16SE], H7689 [18SE], H9068 [11DE]

National objectives: economic recovery, H14–H18 [7JA], H1434 [28JA], H1707 [10FE], H3052 [8AP], H5733, H5761–H5765 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY], H9040 [10DE]

——— modify tax benefits for insourcing and outsourcing expenses of corporations, and rules relative to inverted corporations, and provide for consideration of middle class jumpstart agenda, H7856, H7857 [18SE]

——— priority assignments, H1550 [4FE], H3297 [30AP], H8067–H8070 [18NO]

——— promote economic growth and job creation and strengthen strategic partnerships with U.S. allies (H.R. 4139), E1224 [24JY]

National Science and Technology Council: direct the Committee on Technology to develop a national manufacturing competitiveness strategic plan, H7520, H7521, H7523 [15SE]

——— direct the Committee on Technology to develop a national manufacturing competitiveness strategic plan (H.R. 2447), H6379 [17JY]

National Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, H3452 [7MY], H3950, H3951, H3952 [8MY]

Natural gas: ensure the U.S. export of natural gas to World Trade Organization countries does not adversely impact manufacturing jobs in the U.S., H5681 [24JN]

——— importance of Marcellus shale reserves drilling, H6221 [15JY], H6338 [16JY], H8200 [1DE]

Nevada: authorize certain land conveyances involving public lands in northern Nevada to promote economic development and conservation (H.R. 5205), H7486–H7492 [15SE]

New York, NY: tribute to People’s Climate March, E1479 [19SE]

NIST: reauthorize (H.R. 5035), H6595, H6597–H6601 [22JY]

NOAA: fisheries management program funding, H4891 [28MY]

——— funding, H4879 [28MY]

North Carolina: impact of reduction of State unemployment benefits, H48 [8JA], H176 [13JA]

NSF: prohibit funding to examine climate effects on tea quality and socioeconomic responses in China and other locations, H4995, H4996 [29MY]

Nuclear energy: promote advancement, H2158 [5MR], E376 [13MR]

Obama, President: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H86 [9JA], H1262 [27JA], H1529 [3FE], H1601 [5FE], H1684 [6FE], H2309, H2310 [12MR], H2373, H2417–H2421 [13MR], H3276 [29AP], H4461 [19MY], H5594 [20JN]

——— evaluation of administration, H1440, H1442 [28JA], H7424–H7426 [10SE], H7905 [12NO]

——— evaluation of administration relative to allegations of crony capitalism and progressive policies, H2847 [2AP]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, H2477 [14MR], H3441 [6MY]

——— evaluation of economic policies, H69–H71 [8JA], H166 [13JA], H1529 [3FE], H1599 [5FE], H2153 [5MR], H3065, H3085, H3086 [9AP], H6750 [24JY], H7397 [10SE]

——— evaluation of energy policies, H2157 [5MR], H6643, H6644 [22JY], H6985 [29JY]

——— evaluation of policies relative to coal industry, H1503 [29JA]

——— implement economic sanctions against Venezuelan officials for human rights violations relative to violence and intimidation of country’s political opposition, H2108, H2109 [4MR]

——— State of the Union Message, H1485, H1508 [29JA], H1600 [5FE]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H8151–H8158 [20NO]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: funding, H4879 [28MY]

OPIC: reauthorize programs, H3927 [7MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of modification of definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate until U.S. has reached full employment economy, H2831 [2AP]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6 [7JA], H138 [10JA], H189, H209 [14JA], H1704–H1707 [10FE], H3052 [8AP], H5076, H5077 [9JN], H6227 [15JY], H6342 [16JY], H6356, H6392 [17JY], H6987, H6989 [29JY], H7057 [30JY], H7442 [11SE], H7919 [12NO], H8287 [3DE], H9048 [11DE], E1393 [11SE]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H1529 [3FE], H1556 [4FE], H1597 [5FE], H2933 [4AP], H4483 [20MY]

——— impact on tax burden, H229 [15JA]

——— study impact on small businesses (H.R. 4728), E818 [22MY]

Pensacola, FL: anniversary of Greater Pensacola Chamber of Commerce, E1487 [19SE]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H2738 [27MR], H4687 [21MY], H8073 [19NO]

Political science: principles of conservatism, H3051 [8AP]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H13 [7JA], H31, H47, H49, H51 [8JA], H3109 [9AP]

Power resources: domestic oil and natural gas production, H6753 [24JY]

——— impact of environmental regulations on energy prices, H6985 [29JY]

——— national energy policy, H1529 [3FE], H2144 [4MR], H5500 [19JN], H6641–H6649 [22JY], H7870–H7872 [18SE], H8073 [19NO], E1306 [1AU]

——— remove Government obstacles to domestic energy production, lower energy costs, and enable businesses to access energy to create and sustain jobs, H8069 [18NO]

——— update regulations pertaining to domestic oil production, E740 [9MY]

Public debt: reduce Federal spending to provide stable economic environment for private sector productivity and job creation, H2305 [12MR]

Public lands: require a feasibility assessment including benefits, such as jobs and tourism dollars, when designating a new national monument, H2679 [26MR]

Reagan, Ronald: anniversary of radio address on increasing excise tax on gasoline, H8285 [3DE]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish, H1990 [26FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H2952–H2957 [4AP], H3083, H3133–H3136 [9AP], H3253 [29AP], H3368 [1MY], H6798–H6804 [24JY], H7300 [9SE], H7395 [10SE], H8877 [9DE]

San Antonio Manufacturers Association: anniversary, E634 [30AP]

Schenectady, NY: anniversary of Schenectady Greenmarket, H2143 [4MR]

Science: provide for investment in innovation through research and development and improve U.S. competitiveness (H.R. 4186), H4887 [28MY]

SCORE Association: anniversary, E1621 [18NO]

Senate: legislative priorities, H3247 [29AP]

Shriver Report (Internet site): results of ‘‘Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From the Brink’’ special report, H242 [15JA]

Small Business Saturday: observance, H8077 [19NO]

St. Petersburg, FL: tribute to Pinellas County Job Corps Center, E1312 [1AU]

Taxation: encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (H.R. 851), H6671 [23JY], H6770, H6771 [24JY], H7061 [30JY], H7689 [18SE]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (H.R. 851), unanimous-consent request, H7063, H7064 [30JY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), H8323–H8343 [3DE], H8872 [9DE], E1734, E1737, E1745 [4DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), consideration (H. Res. 766), H8305–H8310 [3DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 124), H8998 [10DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), motion to recommit, H8341, H8342 [3DE]

——— extend renewable energy production tax credit, H1943 [26FE]

——— impact of cuts, H2928, H2929, H2931 [4AP], H3026 [8AP]

——— increase excise tax on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene fuels (H.R. 3636), H2151 [5MR], H5722 [24JN], H8281, H8285 [3DE]

——— jumpstart the sluggish economy, finance critical infrastructure investments, fight income inequality, and create jobs (H.R. 3939), H1661 [6FE]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit, H6826–H6832 [25JY]

——— permanently extend lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (H.R. 769), H1928 [25FE]

——— provide incentives for clean energy and repeal fossil fuel subsidies for big oil companies (H.R. 4753), E853 [28MY]

——— provide relief for small businesses, H3124 [9AP]

——— reduce the corporate income tax rate, H8067 [18NO]

——— reduce the Federal budget deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers, H3027 [8AP]

Thomson, IL: opening of Thomson Correctional Center, H2438 [14MR]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H17 [7JA], H2795 [1AP], H2805 [2AP], H3945 [8MY], H5189, H5241–H5243 [10JN], H5322, H5334 [12JN], H5401 [18JN], H5501 [19JN], H5719–H5722 [24JN], H6284–H6290 [15JY]

Troy, MI: tribute to Boulan Park Middle School investment team, E1005 [17JN]

Tucson, AZ: tribute to El Rio Community Health Center, E1453 [19SE]

TVA: anniversary, H1596 [5FE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H6, H7, H13–H18 [7JA], H26, H30, H31, H32, H33, H34, H45, H46, H47–H52 [8JA], H76, H78, H79, H80, H84, H86, H87, H91–H94, H118–H124 [9JA], H137, H139, H144, H150–H153 [10JA], H176–H182 [13JA], H189, H190, H191, H192, H213 [14JA], H234, H237, H240, H241, H242, H243, H452, H453, H454, H460, H461, H464–H467 [15JA], H1218, H1222, H1224, H1230 [16JA], H1264–H1268 [27JA], H1443 [28JA], H1502 [29JA], H1540 [3FE], H1554, H1557 [4FE], H1604 [5FE], H1683, H1684 [6FE], H1944, H1969 [26FE], H2012 [27FE], H2079, H2086 [28FE], H2245 [6MR], H2307, H2309, H2338 [12MR], H2371, H2373 [13MR], H2620 [25MR], H2686 [26MR], H2946, H2948–H2951 [4AP], H2964 [7AP], H3039 [8AP], H3246 [29AP], H3394 [1MY], H3455, H3456, H3465 [7MY], H3949, H3952, H3953 [8MY], H4484, H4485 [20MY], H4926 [29MY], H5406 [18JN], H5503 [19JN], H5652 [24JN], H5734 [25JN], H6040 [10JY], H6123 [11JY], H7099 [30JY], E21, E23, E24 [8JA], E79 [15JA], E549 [8AP], E1024 [19JN]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), H2161, H2164 [5MR], H2204, H2205, H2224, H2232 [6MR], H2306 [12MR], H2411–H2417 [13MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3546), consideration (H. Res. 490), H2472 [14MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3773), H1435 [28JA], H2174 [5MR], H2371 [13MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), H121 [9JA], H188 [14JA], H243, H245, H246, H248–H253, H446 [15JA], H1230 [16JA], H2068 [28FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), unanimous-consent request, H246–H248, H250, H251 [15JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3936), H1449–H1458 [28JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 4415), H3004 [8AP], H3062 [9AP], H3300 [30AP], H3453, H3461, H3463, H3464 [7MY], H4689, H4690 [21MY], H4926 [29MY], H5886 [9JY]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), H112, H113 [9JA], E523 [4AP]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2148), H2471 [14MR]

——— rate among veterans, H2245 [6MR]

——— rates, H174 [13JA], H1690 [10FE], H5834 [8JY], H8151 [20NO]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H5191 [10JN]

Washington (State): address economic environmental issues affecting tribal communities, H3277 [29AP]

White Castle Management Co.: Time (publication) ‘‘Most Influential Burger of All Time’’ designee, E425 [24MR]

Wildfires: express importance of allocating appropriate resources to wildland fire management and a healthy forest policy and recognize bravery of firefighters, H4483 [20MY]

Women: improve economic condition of women, H1535–H1540 [3FE], H2371 [13MR], H2656, H2659, H2660 [26MR], H3301 [30AP]

Wyoming: closure of coal-fired powerplants due to increasing government regulations, H2143 [4MR]

Remarks in Senate

Annie E. Casey Foundation: release of Kids Count Data Book, S4755 [23JY], S5119 [30JY]

Arctic regions: implementation of national strategy for development, S2170–S2173 [7AP]

Armed Forces: restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S43 [7JA], S195 [9JA], S274 [13JA], S305 [14JA], S779 [6FE], S929, S932, S933, S937 [12FE], S988 [24FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations, S127 [8JA], S211 [9JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (S. 1844), S129 [8JA]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by requiring inclusion of Social Security numbers as a condition of claiming the refundable portion of the child tax credit, S53–S57, S61–S63 [7JA], S88 [8JA], S208 [9JA], S302, S307–S309 [14JA], S841 [10FE], S861–S863, S872, S878, S879, S883 [11FE], S925, S929 [12FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1856), S882 [11FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1950), S445–S447, S458 [16JA], S467 [27JA], S2064–S2066 [2AP], S2759, S2760 [7MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1950), motion to proceed, S557 [29JA], S611 [30JA], S665 [3FE], S707 [4FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1950), unanimous-consent request, S1506, S1507 [11MR], S1759 [26MR], S2065 [2AP], S2759 [7MY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), S492 [27JA], S493 [28JA], S936 [12FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1963), motion to proceed, S738 [4FE], S812 [6FE], S837, S840–S843, S845–S847 [10FE], S860–S863, S866, S867, S870, S872, S876–S879, S882–S885 [11FE], S915, S924, S925, S929 [12FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1977), S658 [30JA], S665 [3FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), S705 [3FE], S708 [4FE], S867–S870, S882 [11FE], S1168 [26FE], S1187–S1191, S1193–S1201, S1204–S1207, S1209, S1210, S1218 [27FE], S1331 [6MR], S2310–S2312 [9AP], S3319 [2JN]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S936, S940 [12FE], S1011, S1020–S1032, S1035–S1039 [25FE], S1134, S1140–S1148, S1150–S1163, S1165–S1168 [26FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), unanimous-consent agreement, S1169 [26FE]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1982), unanimous-consent request, S3262, S3264 [22MY]

Bear Paw Development Corp.: anniversary, S850 [10FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, S1298–S1300 [5MR]

——— clarify rules for use of reserve fund, S67 [7JA]

——— deficit, S5, S16 [6JA], S107 [8JA], S613 [30JA], S749 [4FE], S782 [6FE], S925, S933 [12FE], S1196–S1199 [27FE], S1854 [31MR], S2141–S2143 [3AP], S2352–S2354 [10AP], S5175 [31JY]

Business and industry: impact of Government regulations on hiring and job loss, S1493 [11MR]

——— jump-start economic recovery through formation and growth of new businesses, S313 [14JA], S1907 [1AP], S2063 [2AP]

CBO: release of economic impact report on S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, S3212–S3214 [21MY]

——— release of report on economic impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S781–S783, S809–S811 [6FE]

Children and youth: provide for youth jobs (S. 2832), S5634 [16SE]

China: evaluation of ability to meet energy demands, S6061 [18NO]

Climate: efforts by foreign countries to confront global warming, S1478 [10MR]

——— impact of climate change on insurance industry, S1472 [10MR]

——— impact of climate change on New Hampshire, S3503 [9JN], S3797 [18JN]

——— impact of climate change on tourism industry in Hawaii, S1466 [10MR]

——— impact of climate change on Utah, S4491–S4493 [15JY]

——— impact of global warming on agriculture, S1473 [10MR]

——— impact of global warming on ocean acidification, S60 [7JA], S1380, S1407, S1410, S1437–S1439, S1463, S1480 [10MR], S4322 [9JY]

——— impact of global warming on the economy, S1422, S1481–S1483 [10MR], S6257–S6259 [2DE]

——— impact of global warming on winter sports and tourism, S1268–S1270 [4MR], S1424–S1426, S1439, S1464 [10MR], S3496 [9JN], S4492 [15JY]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S1497, S1498 [11MR], S1903 [1AP], S2079, S2080 [2AP], S2139 [3AP], S2428 [29AP], S2537 [30AP], S2588 [1MY], S2693–S2696 [6MY], S2746, S2749, S2770–S2773 [7MY], S2850 [8MY], S2890 [12MY], S2931 [13MY], S3789 [18JN], S4096, S4141 [26JN], S4299 [9JY], S4743 [23JY], S5653 [17SE], S5729–S5733, S5735 [18SE], S6074 [18NO]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), S350 [15JA]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 582), S1511 [11MR], S2431, S2442–S2453, S2459 [29AP]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2280), S2615–S2619, S2622 [1MY], S2677 [5MY], S2900 [12MY], S2925, S2926 [13MY], S3918–S3924 [24JN], S3950–S3952 [25JN], S4753–S4755 [23JY], S5887–S5896, S5899 [12NO], S5969–S5978 [13NO], S6029–S6032, S6034–S6073 [18NO], S6109 [19NO]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2280), unanimous-consent agreement, S5902 [12NO], S6025 [17NO]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2280), unanimous-consent request, S2901 [12MY], S3921 [24JN], S4753 [23JY]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (S. 2554), S5962, S5965–S5967 [13NO]

——— legislative priorities, S11 [6JA], S6124–S6126 [19NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S1782–S1785 [27MR], S3698 [17JN], S5596 [16SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (S. 1468), S1357–S1359 [6MR], S2051–S2054 [2AP], S6503 [10DE]

Dept. of Energy: provide certainty relative to timing of decisions to approve or deny applications to export natural gas (S. 2638), S4741 [23JY]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, S394 [16JA]

Dept. of Labor: reduce Office of the Secretary funding if independent evaluations of certain job training programs are not submitted in a timely fashion, S3979, S3980 [25JN]

——— strengthen the workforce development system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs and promote economic growth, S3965–S3971 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (S. 2408), S3298 [22MY]

——— authorize exploration, leasing, development, production, and economically feasible and prudent transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (S. 2409), S3298 [22MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit a bailout of a State, city, or municipality and designate economic freedom zones (S. 1852), S48 [7JA], S190 [9JA]

Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, S394 [16JA]

Domestic policy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S504, S507 [28JA], S627–S630 [30JA], S708 [4FE], S1805–S1807 [27MR], S1897 [1AP], S2066 [2AP], S2303–S2305 [9AP]

——— revitalize the middle class, S4368 [10JY], S6508–S6510 [10DE]

Employment: exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, S2927 [13MY]

——— exempt employers hiring long-term unemployed from employer health insurance mandate, provide employer payroll tax holiday, provide employment relocation loans, and reform and strengthen workforce investment system, S191 [9JA], S307 [14JA]

——— importance of job creation, S88 [8JA], S276 [13JA], S344, S350 [15JA], S504 [28JA], S1743 [26MR], S1784 [27MR], S2044, S2047–S2049 [2AP], S2136 [3AP], S2175 [7AP], S2204, S2207, S2219 [8AP]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, S808 [6FE], S1357–S1359 [6MR], S3643 [12JN], S4981 [28JY], S6502 [10DE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), S5957 [12NO], S5996 [13NO]

——— incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (S. 2906), S5795 [18SE]

——— 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 (S. 1383), S51 [7JA]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system, S737 [4FE], S1785 [27MR], S2139, S2145 [3AP]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), S192 [9JA], S344, S351 [15JA], S2412 [28AP], S3215–S3217 [21MY], S3903 [24JN], S3949, S3964–S3991 [25JN], S4124–S4126 [26JN], S4409 [10JY], S4668, S4669, S4685 [22JY], S4723 [23JY], S4981 [28JY], S5304 [31JY]

——— reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), unanimous-consent agreement, S3884 [19JN], S3947 [24JN], S3950 [25JN]

——— reform Federal job retraining programs, S48 [7JA], S583 [29JA]

——— reform Federal job training programs, S3968 [25JN]

——— require States to implement corrective actions after one year for workforce investment board training programs and one-stop providers that fail to meet established performance accountability standards, S3975 [25JN]

——— streamline Federal job training system, steer training dollars toward skills needed by industry, establish Pay for Performance pilot program, and provide State access to National Directory of New Hires (S. 804), S2182 [7AP]

EPA: call for withdrawal of proposed rules to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines, S6614 [11DE]

——— economic impact of certain water pollution regulations, S4318–S4321 [9JY]

——— impact of Government regulations on coal industry, S710 [4FE], S1375 [10MR]

——— permit States to develop certain Federal domestic oil and natural gas resources, S126 [8JA]

——— prohibit issuance of new regulations before complying with Clean Air Act requirements on job impact statements for such regulations, S125 [8JA]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances, S3460 [5JN], S3826 [19JN]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (S. 2414), S3388 [4JN], S3455 [5JN], S3693 [17JN], S4096 [26JN], S4289 [9JY], S4574 [17JY]

——— proposed rule to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, S3325–S3331, S3333–S3336 [2JN], S3345–S3347, S3349, S3354–S3356 [3JN], S3409, S3410, S3414 [4JN], S3454 [5JN], S3495, S3497–S3501 [9JN], S3518 [10JN], S3693 [17JN], S3798 [18JN], S3900 [23JN], S4141 [26JN], S4674 [22JY]

——— require a report on economic impact of certain energy-related rules and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy, S2847 [8MY], S4861 [24JY]

——— study economic impact of regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from existing powerplants and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy, S2696 [6MY]

Federal aid programs: establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (S. 2897), S6321–S6323 [4DE], S6503 [10DE]

Financial institutions: address concept of ‘‘too big to fail’’ through stricter limits on leverage and liabilities and through improved capital assessment and financial reporting, S6749 [12DE]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (S. 1349), S4708 [22JY]

——— enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth, serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings (H.R. 3329), S6607 [11DE]

——— provide that residential mortgages held in portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages for purposes of presumption of ability to repay requirements (S. 2641), S4708 [22JY]

Florida: Everglades restoration project funding, S3270 [22MY]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, S5849 [18SE]

FRS: reaffirm importance of community banking and community banking regulatory experience on the Board of Governors and ensure at least one member with such experience, S4581, S4584, S4588 [17JY]

——— reform monetary policy to promote economic growth and minimize risk, S12 [6JA], S59, S66 [7JA]

——— require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 209), S15–S17 [6JA]

Government regulations: impact, S2077 [2AP], S2537 [30AP], S3222 [21MY]

Gulf of Mexico: restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill, S5976 [13NO]

Harkin, Senator: impact of Senate achievements on Allamakee County, IA, S4616 [17JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Benton County, IA, S3539 [10JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Black Hawk County, IA, S3808 [18JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Boone County, IA, S3807 [18JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Bremer County, IA, S4264 [8JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Buena Vista County, IA, S2645 [5MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Butler County, IA, S3859 [19JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Cerro Gordo County, IA, S3468 [5JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Cherokee County, IA, S2906 [12MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Chickasaw County, IA, S4328 [9JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Clay County, IA, S2715 [6MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Clinton County, IA, S3681 [16JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Dallas County, IA, S4329 [9JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Davis County, IA, S4398 [10JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Decatur County, IA, S3337 [2JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Delaware County, IA, S4399 [10JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Des Moines County, IA, S3715–S3717 [17JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Dickinson County, IA, S2864 [8MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Dubuque County, IA, S3363 [3JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Emmet County, IA, S2863 [8MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Fayette County, IA, S4549 [16JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Floyd County, IA, S3929 [24JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Franklin County, IA, S4265 [8JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Grundy County, IA, S4329 [9JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Hamilton County, IA, S2790 [7MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Hardin County, IA, S2789 [7MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Harrison County, IA, S3023 [14MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Henry County, IA, S3999 [25JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Howard County, IA, S4699 [22JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Iowa County, IA, S4000 [25JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Jackson County, IA, S4550 [16JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Jasper County, IA, S3288 [22MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Jefferson County, IA, S3659 [12JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Jones County, IA, S4147 [26JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Keokuk County, IA, S3364 [3JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Lee County, IA, S3540 [10JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Madison County, IA, S3601 [11JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Mahaska County, IA, S3336 [2JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Marion County, IA, S3895 [23JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Marshall County, IA, S3289 [22MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Monona County, IA, S2790 [7MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Monroe County, IA, S4266 [8JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Muscatine County, IA, S3469 [5JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Osceola County, IA, S2906 [12MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Plymouth County, IA, S2606 [1MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Pottawattamie County, IA, S3023 [14MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Poweshiek County, IA, S3232 [21MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Sac County, IA, S2715 [6MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Scott County, IA, S3717 [17JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Sioux County, IA, S2645 [5MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Story County, IA, S3601 [11JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Van Buren County, IA, S3928 [24JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Wapello County, IA, S3232–S3234 [21MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Warren County, IA, S3858 [19JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Washington County, IA, S3660 [12JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Wayne County, IA, S4147 [26JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Winnebago County, IA, S4615 [17JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Winneshiek County, IA, S3896 [23JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Worth County, IA, S3682 [16JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Wright County, IA, S4700 [22JY]

Harrisburg, PA: anniversary of Harrisburg Regional Chamber, S3179 [20MY]

History: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S427 [16JA]

Immigration: impact of legalized immigration on U.S. wages, S2997 [14MY]

India: importance of U.S.-India Strategic Partnership, S4134, S4135 [26JN]

Iran: impose and expand sanctions for violations of interim Joint Plan of Action on nuclear weapons or failure to reach final agreement, S1151–S1160 [26FE]

Iron and steel industry: impact of foreign countries dumping steel produced from oil country tubular goods on domestic steel industry and call for investigation of such practices, S3643 [12JN], S3927 [24JN]

Kentucky: EPA decision to delay raising water level of Lake Cumberland due to potential harmful effect on duskytail darter minnow, S709 [4FE]

Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council (KCEOC) Community Action Partnership, Inc.: anniversary, S6188 [20NO]

Lake Mead National Recreation Area: anniversary, S5618 [16SE]

Las Vegas, NV: anniversary of Boulder Station Hotel and Casino, S5309 [31JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: impact of implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S5173–S5175 [31JY]

Minimum wage: increase, S4 [6JA], S106 [8JA], S1768 [26MR], S1898 [1AP], S2191 [7AP], S2215 [8AP], S5400, S5401 [9SE], S5496 [10SE]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), S559 [29JA], S837 [10FE], S2082 [2AP], S2146–S2149, S2154 [3AP], S2316, S2318 [9AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 1737), motion to proceed, S1860 [31MR], S1883, S1886–S1889 [1AP], S2043 [2AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), S2287 [8AP], S2293 [9AP]

——— increase, and extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property (S. 2223), motion to proceed, S2333 [10AP], S2409, S2411–S2414, S2419 [28AP], S2427, S2428, S2430, S2435–S2441, S2453–S2462, S2524–S2526 [29AP], S2527–S2529, S2532–S2549 [30AP], S2597, S2599, S2605 [1MY]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (S. 460), S1219 [27FE], S2069–S2071 [2AP]

——— level, S507 [28JA], S583, S586 [29JA], S627–S629 [30JA], S709 [4FE], S782 [6FE]

——— raise, S3001, S3002 [14MY]

Modi, Narendra: U.S. visit by Indian Prime Minister, S5853 [18SE]

Motor vehicles: tribute to incentives for investment in advanced vehicle technology, development, and manufacturing, S5582 [15SE]

National objectives: economic recovery, S96 [8JA], S749 [4FE], S2632 [5MY], S6244, S6255–S6257 [2DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits, approve Keystone XL Pipeline, and restore 40-hour work week, S1907 [1AP]

——— priority assignments, S4448 [14JY], S5462 [9SE], S5484 [10SE], S5601 [16SE], S6508–S6510 [10DE], S6760–S6764 [12DE]

——— promote economic growth and job creation and strengthen energy security of U.S. allies, S1901 [1AP], S2079, S2080 [2AP]

——— restore 40-hour work week, S2294 [9AP], S2334 [10AP]

Natural gas: impact of U.S. export of natural gas to the Ukraine on manufacturing jobs in the U.S., S1355 [6MR], S1682 [24MR]

New York, NY: tribute to 47th Street Business Improvement District, S2951 [13MY]

Obama, President: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S505 [28JA], S584 [29JA], S667 [3FE], S747 [4FE]

——— evaluation of administration, S493, S509–S512 [28JA], S4212 [7JY], S5087 [30JY], S6279–S6281 [3DE]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, S2549–S2552 [30AP], S2628 [5MY], S4389–S4392 [10JY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power in implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S3171–S3174 [20MY], S3443 [5JN]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S45–S47 [7JA], S213–S215 [9JA], S273 [13JA], S337, S350 [15JA], S407 [16JA], S472 [27JA], S504 [28JA], S557–S561 [29JA], S728 [4FE], S870, S876 [11FE], S936 [12FE], S1135 [26FE], S1840 [31MR], S1899 [1AP], S2695 [6MY], S2926 [13MY], S3349 [3JN], S3517–S3519 [10JN], S3698 [17JN], S3906 [24JN], S4476 [15JY]

——— evaluation of energy policies, S1506 [11MR], S2683, S2684 [6MY], S3354–S3356 [3JN], S3454 [5JN]

——— evaluation of policies relative to coal industry, S384 [16JA], S505 [28JA], S1533 [12MR], S2633 [5MY], S2744 [7MY], S4096 [26JN], S4289 [9JY], S5076 [30JY], S5652 [17SE]

——— implement economic sanctions against Venezuelan officials for human rights violations relative to violence and intimidation of country’s political opposition, S1795 [27MR]

——— State of the Union Message, S582–S584 [29JA], S708, S746 [4FE], S808 [6FE]

OMB: oversee reforms to improve efficiency, management, and interagency coordination of the Federal permitting process for major capital projects, S4881 [24JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S306 [14JA], S348–S354 [15JA], S562–S564 [29JA], S801 [6FE], S920, S931 [12FE], S3159 [20MY], S3197, S3202–S3204 [21MY], S3281–S3284 [22MY], S3347 [3JN], S3390, S3392–S3394, S3408, S3411 [4JN], S3434–S3446 [5JN], S4234, S4244–S4248, S4251–S4256 [8JY], S4442 [10JY], S4443 [14JY], S4462, S4468–S4470, S4477 [15JY], S4524, S4529, S4530 [16JY], S4647 [21JY], S4731 [23JY], S5173–S5178 [31JY]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S45 [7JA], S746 [4FE], S781, S789, S802, S809–S811 [6FE], S930 [12FE], S1743 [26MR], S2084 [2AP], S2529–S2532 [30AP], S2695 [6MY], S2852 [8MY], S3996 [25JN], S5605 [16SE]

——— prohibit funding to implement and apply savings to restoring working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S423 [16JA]

Postal Service: enhance long-term profitability through enhanced innovation, operational flexibility, workforce realignment, and regulatory relief, S5766–S5769 [18SE]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, S99 [8JA]

Power resources: domestic energy production and opportunities to expand energy exports, S356–S358 [15JA], S2697–S2699 [6MY]

——— facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation, S1902 [1AP], S2765 [7MY]

——— facilitate domestic energy production to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation (S. 1401), S1498, S1511 [11MR], S4742 [23JY]

——— free the private sector to harness domestic energy resources to create jobs and generate economic growth by removing statutory and administrative barriers, S2461 [29AP]

——— importance of coal mining industry to energy and economy and need to invest in clean coal technologies to reduce carbon emissions, S3992–S3994 [25JN]

——— increase domestic energy production and lift prohibition on energy exports, S1493–S1495 [11MR]

——— national energy policy, S1496, S1498, S1499, S1511–S1514 [11MR], S1533 [12MR], S2633 [5MY], S2750 [7MY], S3992–S3994 [25JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, S1850 [31MR], S1883 [1AP], S2169 [7AP], S2208 [8AP], S2314 [9AP], S2597–S2599 [1MY], S3483 [9JN], S3698 [17JN], S3774 [18JN], S5886 [12NO], S6003 [17NO], S6122 [19NO]

Rockefeller, Senator: legislative accomplishments, S6331–S6334 [4DE]

SBA: make permanent and reauthorize the Intermediary Lending Pilot Program (S. 2637), S4707 [22JY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5400–S5402 [9SE], S5498–S5502 [10SE], S5525 [11SE], S5674 [17SE], S6435 [9DE]

——— tribute to Senators who worked on H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3974 [25JN]

——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, S3975 [25JN]

——— tribute to staff who worked on legislation to reauthorize and improve Workforce Investment Act, S3217 [21MY]

Small Business Saturday: designate (S. Res. 548), S5650 [16SE]

Social Security: strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (S. 567), S1043 [25FE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections, S6254 [2DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), S6281 [3DE], S6336–S6339 [4DE], S6396 [8DE], S6400, S6439 [9DE], S6506 [10DE], S6887, S6898–S6903, S6911 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 124), S6903 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), motion to proceed, S6823, S6832, S6833, S6836 [15DE], S6869 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), unanimous-consent agreement, S6898 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), unanimous-consent request, S6739 [12DE]

——— extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property, S2139 [3AP]

——— extend renewable energy production tax credit, S3993 [25JN]

——— extend the new markets tax credit and provide designated allocations for areas impacted by decline in manufacturing, S3016 [14MY]

——— impose a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers, S3165 [20MY], S3358 [3JN]

——— impose carbon tax, S1431 [10MR]

——— increase and make child and dependent care credit refundable, S1563 [12MR]

——— make technical corrections to recently enacted tax legislation and remove provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that are no longer applicable (S. 2261), S2559 [30AP]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets and treatment of certain property as section 179 property, S3007 [14MY]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2562), S4190 [26JN], S4197 [7JY], S5481 [10SE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), S4285 [8JY], S4287 [9JY], S4876, S4878, S4881 [24JY], S4993 [28JY], S5075–S5077, S5082, S5090 [30JY], S5401 [9SE]

——— provide incentives for businesses to bring jobs and business activity back to the U.S. (S. 2569), motion to proceed, S4571 [17JY], S4637, S4640, S4650 [21JY], S4667, S4668, S4674, S4678, S4681, S4689–S4694 [22JY], S4723–S4725, S4727–S4730, S4733–S4737, S4740, S4743, S4755 [23JY], S4852, S4853, S4860, S4872 [24JY]

——— reduce the corporate income tax rate, S4691–S4694 [22JY], S4873 [24JY]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, S3800 [18JN]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, S695, S697–S699 [3FE], S709 [4FE], S937 [12FE], S1785, S1786, S1800 [27MR], S1840–S1842, S1850 [31MR], S1883, S1886, S1889–S1903, S1906–S1912 [1AP], S2045–S2049, S2055, S2056, S2059–S2064, S2069, S2076–S2081 [2AP], S2136–S2143, S2145, S2148–S2150, S2154 [3AP], S2173–S2178, S2181–S2183 [7AP], S3160 [20MY], S3971 [25JN], S6899 [16DE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S203–S209, S211, S213–S216, S219 [9JA], S268, S270, S273–S277, S281, S283–S288 [13JA], S299–S303, S307–S316 [14JA], S336–S338, S341, S347, S350 [15JA], S383, S392–S394, S407, S421, S427 [16JA], S479 [27JA], S545 [28JA], S612 [30JA], S665, S690–S693 [3FE], S736–S739, S744 [4FE], S775–S780, S783, S788–S791, S793, S794, S808 [6FE], S924, S943 [12FE]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), motion to proceed, S3–S9, S11, S15, S18 [6JA], S35–S57, S61–S65 [7JA], S87–S99, S102–S105, S107–S109, S116–S127, S185–S188 [8JA], S189–S196, S202 [9JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), unanimous-consent agreement, S15 [6JA], S281 [13JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), unanimous-consent request, S36 [7JA], S206, S207, S208 [9JA], S310, S311 [14JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 1931), S380 [15JA], S383 [16JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2077), S1283 [4MR], S1326 [5MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2148), S1670 [13MR], S1678, S1679 [24MR], S2352 [10AP], S5171 [31JY]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2149), S1696 [24MR], S1697, S1712, S1713 [25MR], S1742, S1769 [26MR]

——— extend unemployment benefits (S. 2532), S3978 [25JN]

——— prohibit receipt of unemployment benefits if individuals fail to accept any offer of suitable employment, S1891 [1AP]

——— rates, S2695 [6MY], S2926 [13MY], S5766 [18SE]

——— terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, S195 [9JA], S338, S350 [15JA]

Venezuela: assessment of economic and financial situation, S6676 [11DE]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, S3795 [18JN]

Weather: impact of global warming on the economy, S1454 [10MR]

Women: improve economic condition of women, S3001 [14MY]

Reports

Bonus Depreciation—Economic and Budgetary Issues: Jane G. Gravelle, Congressional Research Service (excerpt), H6045 [10JY]

50 Years After LBJ’s War on Poverty—A Study of American Attitudes About Work, Economic Opportunity, and the Social Safety Net: John Halpin, Center for American Progress (organization) and Karl Agne, GBA Strategies (company), H46 [8JA]

War on Poverty 50 Years Later—A Progress Report: Council of Economic Advisers, H52–H54 [8JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 2, American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 727) (H. Rept. 113–601), H7616 [16SE]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 727) (H. Rept. 113–601), H7616 [16SE]

Consideration of H.R. 899, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 492) (H. Rept. 113–362), H2000 [26FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1874, Pro-Growth Budgeting Act, H.R. 1871, Baseline Reform Act, and H.R. 1872, Budget and Accounting Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 539) (H. Rept. 113–400), H2913 [3AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3193, Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 475) (H. Rept. 113–350), H1718 [10FE]

Consideration of H.R. 5682, Congressional Approval of Permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 748) (H. Rept. 113–617), H7937 [12NO]

Consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 766) (H. Rept. 113–643), H8272 [2DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3193) (H. Rept. 113–346), H1685 [6FE]

Federal Reserve Transparency Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 24) (H. Rept. 113–602), H7616 [16SE]

Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 5421) (H. Rept. 113–630), H8225 [1DE]

Global Investment in American Jobs Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (H.R. 2052) (S. Rept. 113–252), S5507 [10SE]

Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (H. Rept. 113–644), H8272 [2DE]

Keystone XL Pipeline Approval Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2554) (S. Rept. 113–200), S4153 [26JN]

Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2379) (S. Rept. 113–299), S6540 [10DE]

Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5205) (H. Rept. 113–593), H7527 [15SE]

Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 2446) (H. Rept. 113–345), H1685 [6FE]

Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1468) (S. Rept. 113–247), S5373 [8SE]

——— Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2996) (H. Rept. 113–599), H7527 [15SE]

Tax Technical Corrections Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2261) (S. Rept. 113–155), S2424 [28AP]

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 899) (H. Rept. 113–352), H1776 [14FE]

Rulings of the Chair

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), S338 [15JA]

Statements

Effects of Long-Term Unemployment: Several Unemployed Citizens, H5503 [19JN]

Federal Reserve Transparency Act: Ron Paul (2011), H7590 [16SE]

Jobs for America Act: Executive Office of the President, H7816 [18SE]

——— Public Citizen (organization), H7809 [18SE]

Minimum Wage Fairness Act: Laurie A. Palmer, S2413 [28AP]

Minimum Wage Increase: Business for a Fair Minimum Wage (organization), S2460 [29AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation Impact on Health Care, Coverage, Costs, and Accessibility: Justin Carter, C&C Fabrication Co., Inc., H2154 [5MR]

Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act: Executive Office of the President, H2047 [27FE]

Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act: Several Members of Congress (excerpt), H5969–H5971 [9JY]

——— Several Senators and Representatives, S3982–S3990 [25JN]

Summaries

Dept. of State Environmental Impact Study for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S5895 [12NO]

Review Process for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S5894 [12NO]

Senate Republican Omnibus Alternative to Unemployment Benefits Extension, S2175 [7AP]

Tables

Direct spending legislation—Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) allocation for resolution changes, H2359 [12MR]

Federal Reserve Banks balance sheet, S57 [7JA]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 81, corrections in enrollment of S. 25, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, H1759 [11FE]

H. Con. Res. 124, correction in enrollment of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act, H8998 [10DE]

H. Res. 475, consideration of H.R. 3193, Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act, H1731 [11FE]

H. Res. 492, consideration of H.R. 899, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H2043 [27FE]

H. Res. 539, consideration of H.R. 1874, Pro-Growth Budgeting Act, H.R. 1871, Baseline Reform Act, and H.R. 1872, Budget and Accounting Transparency Act, H2919 [4AP]

H. Res. 727, consideration of H.R. 2, American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act, H7684 [18SE]

H. Res. 727, consideration of H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act, H7684 [18SE]

H. Res. 748, consideration of H.R. 5682, congressional approval of permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H7952 [13NO]

H. Res. 766, consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, H8305 [3DE]

H.R. 2, American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act, H7819–H7841 [18SE]

H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act, H7773–H7807 [18SE]

H.R. 24, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, H7588 [16SE]

H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, H5887–H5962 [9JY]

H.R. 899, Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act, H2075 [28FE]

H.R. 1874, Pro-Growth Budgeting Act, H2935 [4AP]

H.R. 2996, Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act, H7515–H7518 [15SE]

H.R. 3193, Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act, H2037–H2039 [27FE]

H.R. 3329, enhance ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth, serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings, H3424 [6MY], H10303 [11DE]

H.R. 5035, NIST reauthorization, H6597–H6599 [22JY]

H.R. 5205, Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act, H7486–H7491 [15SE]

H.R. 5421, Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act, H8174–H8177 [1DE]

H.R. 5682, congressional approval of permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H7965 [13NO]

H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act, H8323–H8335 [3DE]

S. 25, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, S934 [12FE], H1739 [11FE]

S. 1895, Centennial Monetary Commission Act, S28–S30 [6JA]

S. 2280, congressional approval of permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, S2616 [1MY]

S. 2414, Coal Country Protection Act, S3369 [3JN]

S. Res. 512, call for withdrawal of proposed EPA rules to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing and modified and reconstructed fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, S4770 [23JY]

S. Res. 548, Small Business Saturday, S5635 [16SE]

S. Res. 562, express that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support reduced Government energy consumption while supporting jobs and economic development, S5796 [18SE]