EDWARDS, DONNA F. (a Representative from Maryland)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: welcome leaders to U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit and trade ministers to Forum of the African Growth Opportunity Act (see H. Res. 699), H7184 [31JY]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H1772 [11FE]

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

Angelou, Maya: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring life (see H. Res. 684), H6814 [24JY]

Armed Forces: extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H4435 [15MY]

——— make determination on enlistment of aliens possessing employment authorization document issued under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (see H. Res. 685), H6814 [24JY]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see H.R. 3852), H5024 [29MY]

Black History Month: observance (see H. Res. 481), H1771 [11FE]

Burma: call for an end to the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect of internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups (see H. Res. 418), H2362 [12MR]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 88), H1937 [25FE]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 3481), H2302 [11MR]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 4888), H6860 [25JY]

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H8366 [3DE]

Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park: designate (see H.R. 4003), H1658 [5FE]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2258 [6MR]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H1512 [29JA]

Copyrights: require infringement of a copyright for a violation relative to circumvention of copyright protection systems (see H.R. 1892), H2260 [10MR]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 506), H2361 [12MR]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H6397 [17JY]

Dept. of Defense: limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 5478), H7677 [17SE]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 4107), H2435 [13MR]

Dept. of Education: award grants for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education programs (see H.R. 2159), H7189 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a program to assist in importation and care for abused, injured, or abandoned nonhuman primates (see H.R. 3556), H2002 [26FE]

——— expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (see H.R. 3548), H2302 [11MR]

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

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H7128 [30JY]

——— provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths, define severe maternal morbidity, and eliminate maternal health disparities (see H.R. 4216), H5399 [17JN]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (see H.R. 1281), H163 [10JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish conditions under which preclearance facilities may be established and preclearance operations may be conducted and provide customs services outside the U.S. (see H.R. 3488), H5065 [30MY]

Dept. of HUD: discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling program (see H.R. 4462), H3196 [10AP]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H1938 [25FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H2962 [4AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H2435 [13MR]

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

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7242 [1AU]

Drugs: reduce opioid misuse and abuse (see H.R. 5587), H7884 [18SE]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H7894 [18SE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6215 [14JY]

Employment: allow workers to make requests about schedules without fear of retaliation and ensure employers consider such requests in order to provide more stable and predictable schedules for employees (see H.R. 5159), H6654 [22JY]

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

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see H.R. 3670), H2066 [27FE]

Federal aid programs: provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties (see H.R. 5571), H7883 [18SE]

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 1141), H2302 [11MR]

Firearms: express that gun violence is a public health issue and call for legislation that protects the Second Amendment, includes background checks, improves mental health, and makes gun trafficking a Federal crime (see H. Res. 468), H1777 [14FE]

——— prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals (see H.R. 2648), H2915 [3AP]

Foreign aid: ensure the provision of foreign assistance does not contribute to human trafficking and combat human trafficking by requiring greater transparency in recruitment of foreign workers (see H.R. 3344), H135 [9JA]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H1769 [11FE]

Gibson, Althea: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4972), H7676 [17SE]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H7241 [1AU]

Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H. Res. 564), H3408 [1MY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 1518), H20 [7JA]

Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (see H.R. 5228), H7434 [10SE]

——— establish legal orientation programs at immigration detention facilities to inform detainees of their legal rights (see H.R. 3914), H1481 [28JA]

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

James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4644), H4831 [22MY]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: authorize and allow certain private contributions to fund a Wall of Remembrance (see H.R. 318), H5186 [9JN]

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

Medicare: ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 2504), H2486 [14MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2199 [5MR]

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

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

NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 84), H1770 [11FE]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H1771 [11FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4016 [8MY]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: update a report on the role of telecommunications, including the Internet, on the commission of hate crimes (see H.R. 3878), H2803 [1AP]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H2695 [26MR]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3058 [8AP]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H3941 [7MY]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1150), H7188 [31JY]

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.: anniversary (see H. Res. 671), H6352 [16JY]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (see H.R. 3771), H2098 [28FE]

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

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H184 [13JA]

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H1938 [25FE]

Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7456 [11SE]

SBA: improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns (see H.R. 2452), H3144 [9AP]

——— provide for contracting preferences and other benefits for emerging business enterprises (see H.R. 4876), H7619 [16SE]

Science: provide for investment in innovation through research and development and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 4159), H2255 [6MR]

SEC: require disclosure of the total number of a company’s domestic and foreign employees (see H.R. 790), H7892 [18SE]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 72), H3409 [1MY]

Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 5024), H7189 [31JY]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H8365 [3DE]

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H2002 [26FE]

SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see H.R. 4664), H5187 [9JN]

——— provide payment for fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining replacement Social Security card for certain victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 5362), H7183 [31JY]

Taxation: extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H7996 [14NO]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4985), H5817 [26JN]

——— prevent homeowners from being forced to pay taxes on forgiven mortgage loan debt (see H.R. 2788), H7996 [14NO]

——— provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses (see H.R. 5365), H7183 [31JY]

——— replace the mortgage interest deduction with a nonrefundable credit for indebtedness secured by a residence (see H.R. 1213), H135 [9JA]

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 4026), H5495 [18JN]

U.S. Access Board: develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3505), H7189 [31JY]

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom: reauthorize (see H.R. 4653), H5187 [9JN]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3144 [9AP]

——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 3972), H1593 [4FE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H224 [14JA]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5741), H8132 [19NO]

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

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H7939 [12NO]

William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4838), H5598 [20JN]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H8868 [8DE]

——— recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (see H. Res. 619), H5318 [11JN]

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

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 4169), H2255 [6MR]

Federal employees: repeal certain revised annuity employee categories within the Federal Employee Retirement System (see H.R. 5338), H7182 [31JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (H.R. 4169), H2257 [6MR]

Federal employees: repeal certain revised annuity employee categories within the Federal Employee Retirement System (H.R. 5338), H7186 [31JY]

Letters

Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act: several organizations, H7106 [30JY]

Lists

Organizations opposed to H.R. 935, Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act, H7106 [30JY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H5504 [19JN]

Remarks

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9071 [11DE]

Budget: impact of Republican proposal on women, H3136, H3137 [9AP]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3136, H3137 [9AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H3066 [9AP]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (H.R. 863), H3475, H3476 [7MY]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), consideration (H. Res. 694), H7063, H7065 [30JY]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, H4491 [20MY]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories to reduce reliance on imported fuels and increase use of indigenous energy resources (H.R. 83), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 776), H9071 [11DE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (H.J. Res. 119), H7405, H7406 [10SE]

Financial institutions: revise certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, H9071 [11DE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7200 [1AU]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7200 [1AU]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 776), H9071 [11DE]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7200 [1AU]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7200 [1AU]

Iuka, MS: approve transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties (H.R. 3044), H7465 [15SE]

Minimum wage: increase, H2859 [3AP]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), unanimous-consent request, H7063 [30JY]

NASA: authorize programs (H.R. 4412), H5124, H5125 [9JN]

National Environmental Policy Act: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (H.R. 1459), H2674 [26MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), consideration (H. Res. 717), H7405, H7406 [10SE]

Pesticides: clarify congressional intent regarding regulation of use of pesticides in or near navigable waters (H.R. 935), H7102, H7105, H7106 [30JY]

Political campaigns: increase of influence of money and corporations, H9071 [11DE]

Radioactive substances: increase understanding of health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation (H.R. 5544), H8011 [17NO]

Tubman, Harriet: establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, NY, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, MD (H.R. 664), H2674 [26MR]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), H243 [15JA]

Votes: position on missed, H1501• [29JA], E392• [14MR], E864• [29MY], E1136• [10JY]

Women: improve economic condition of women, H2659 [26MR]

——— recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (H. Res. 619), H5258 [11JN]

Women’s History Month: observance, H2659 [26MR]

Tributes

Dingell, Representative, H8916• [9DE]

Hall, Representative, H8912• [9DE]