EMPLOYMENT see also Sexual Harassment; Unemployment

Addresses

Stand Down Veterans Event: Tucker Jameson, E1042 [20JN]

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

Amendments

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S2242, S2244, S2247, S2284, S2285 [8AP], S5513 [10SE], S5530, S5566, S5567, S5568 [11SE]

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

Immigration: prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7148 [31JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), consideration (H. Res. 710), H7212 [1AU]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4560 [16JY]

International Women’s Day: support goals (S. Res. 376), S1666, S1669 [13MR]

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]

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), H7407 [10SE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2165 [5MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860, S1874, S1877, S1879 [31MR], S1939, S1940, S1967, S1968, S1969, S1977, S1978, S1979, S1980, S1981, S1985, S2014, S2015, S2017, S2019, S2020, S2022, S2023, S2024, S2027, S2029, S2030, S2032, S2033, S2034, S2035, S2036, S2037 [1AP], S2097 [2AP], S2176 [7AP], S6438, S6453, S6454, S6456, S6457 [9DE], S6545, S6565, S6566, S6567, S6569, S6570, S6571, S6572, S6573, S6574, S6575, S6576, S6577, S6578 [10DE], S6637, S6643, S6645 [11DE], H8385, H8388 [4DE], H8826 [8DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 770), H8383 [4DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), consideration (H. Res. 530), H2818 [2AP]

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: consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), consideration (H. Res. 680), H6773 [24JY]

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

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S3087, S3088 [15MY]

——— 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]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (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]

Articles and editorials

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

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

Census Report Shows Rise in Full-Time Work, Undercutting Claims by Health Reform Opponents, H7816 [18SE]

Democrats on Hobby Lobby—‘‘Misspeaks’’ ‘‘Opinion’’ and Overheated Rhetoric, S4525 [16JY]

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

Dress for Success Lexington Has Found a Home, Plans To Open in Late September, S4496 [15JY]

E-B-F Reduces Hours for Para-Educators (excerpt), S2852 [8MY]

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

Hobby Lobby Decision and Its Distortions, S4526 [16JY]

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

It Takes a Mentor, S5857 [18SE]

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—Program Will Help Economy by Creating Jobs, Boosting Growth, H1265 [27JA]

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]

Overloaded Vets Bill Would Be a Costly Letdown (excerpt), S1147 [26FE]

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

President Obama’s Persistent ‘77 Cent’ Claim on the Wage Gap Gets a New Pinocchio Rating, S2306 [9AP]

Supersized Veterans’ Bill Promises Much—Mostly Broken Promises, S1162 [26FE]

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

Time To End the Gridlock That Takes Its Toll on Maryland’s Highways, S5025 [29JY]

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

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

Whatever Happened to ‘‘Every Man a King?’’, S5300 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: allow the Military Tuition Assistance Program to cover professional credentialing expenses (see S. 2341), S3074 [15MY]

——— codify the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account program to assist spouses of members in pursuing educational opportunities and career training (see H.R. 4818), H5185 [9JN]

——— establish a Work for Warriors Program for National Guard and Reserves members to provide for direct employment (see H.R. 4363), H2801 [1AP]

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

Bankruptcy: improve protection for employees and retirees in municipal bankruptcies (see H.R. 5133), H6397 [17JY]

——— improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 2589), S4404 [10JY]

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

——— encourage compensation transparency (see H.R. 5256), H7124 [30JY]

——— ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see H.R. 4611), H4015 [8MY]

——— establish a fund consisting of donations from private industry to provide financial support for unemployed individuals to obtain information technology certifications (see H.R. 4932), H5597 [20JN]

——— 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]

——— limit ability of companies in bankruptcy to reduce or terminate wages or benefits, require continuation of health benefits, and provide information on duration of health benefits (see S. 2418), S3367 [3JN]

——— 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]

——— require certain companies to disclose measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and child labor within the company’s supply chains (see H.R. 4842), H5318 [11JN]

Career and Technical Education Act: amend and improve by using workforce data to ensure career and technical education curricula are aligned with employer needs (see H.R. 4425), H3057 [8AP]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 362), S1174 [26FE]

Cargo transportation: establish a Maritime Goods Movement User Fee and provide grants for international maritime cargo improvements (see H.R. 4105), H2064 [27FE]

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

——— waive certain protections from requirements to take a polygraph test relative to certain prospective employees whose job would include caring for or interacting with unsupervised children (see H.R. 4954), H5724 [24JN]

Civil liberties: 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 S. 2642), S4705 [22JY] (see H.R. 5159), H6654 [22JY]

Civil rights: improve nonretaliation provisions of equal pay requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 2172), S1818 [27MR]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 2199), S1923 [1AP]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), consideration (see H. Res. 639), H5640 [23JN] (see H. Res. 678), H6655 [22JY]

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]

Colleges and universities: provide a legal framework necessary for the growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (see S. 2230), S2327 [9AP] (see H.R. 4436), H3142 [9AP]

——— require institutions to disseminate information on completion, employment, and retention rates of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance program recipients (see H.R. 4248), H2433 [13MR]

——— require programs offered by institutions to meet licensure and accreditation requirements for an occupation in order to receive Federal tuition grants and loans (see S. 2898), S5783 [18SE] (see H.R. 5572), H7883 [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]

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]

Contraceptives: ensure employers cannot prohibit access, call for an FDA study on whether prescriptions are necessary for contraceptives, and allow use of certain health accounts to purchase over-the-counter drugs (see S. 2605), S4502 [15JY]

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]

Crime: enhance criminal and civil remedies in the protection of children and other victims of commercial sexual exploitation and related crimes (see S. 2536), S4153 [26JN]

——— provide justice for victims of trafficking, stop exploitation through trafficking, and provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see S. 2564), S4224 [7JY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see S. 2599), S4454 [14JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements (see S. 2617), S4557 [16JY]

Dept. of Defense: improve national defense laboratories by increasing retention and hiring flexibility to enable performance of breakthrough research and fulfill the needs of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4410), H2961 [4AP]

Dept. of Education: allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan forgiveness (see S. 2712), S5135 [30JY]

——— allow the awarding of job training Federal Pell Grants (see S. 2033), S948 [12FE] (see H.R. 4207), H2301 [11MR]

——— complete a data analysis on the impact of the proposed gainful employment rule prior to finalizing such rule (see S. 2863), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 4897), H5494 [18JN]

——— create career and technical education teacher training grant partnership (see S. 2867), S5782 [18SE]

——— eliminate origination fees for Federal Direct Loan Program (see H.R. 5577), H7884 [18SE]

——— establish a grant program for career education in computer science (see S. 2167), S1818 [27MR] (see H.R. 4929), H5597 [20JN]

——— establish a Pay It Forward model for funding postsecondary education that requires students to pay a percentage of their income back into the fund upon graduation (see H.R. 3959), H1510 [29JA]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools (see S. 2788), S5507 [10SE]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools and high schools (see H.R. 4782), H5063 [30MY]

——— establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (see H.R. 4827), H5248 [10JN]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 2194), S1923 [1AP] (see H.R. 4373), H2853 [2AP]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see S. 2374), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 4902), H5556 [19JN]

——— modify grace period prior to repayment period for certain Federal direct student loans and exclude certain employer-provided student loan assistance from Federal income tax (see H.R. 5399), H7241 [1AU]

——— provide career education pathways in manufacturing (see H.R. 4815), H5185 [9JN]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage female students to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4515), H3291 [29AP]

——— provide student loan eligibility for mid-career, part-time students (see H.R. 4832), H5248 [10JN]

——— raise quality of career and technical education programs and allow local eligible recipients to use Perkins grant funding to establish high-quality career academic programs (see S. 2584), S4404 [10JY]

——— simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (see S. 2612), S4557 [16JY]

——— strengthen student achievement and graduation rates and prepare young people for college, careers, and citizenship through innovative partnerships (see S. 2849), S5698 [17SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish and carry out a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy-related jobs to increase the number of minorities and women in the workforce (see H.R. 4526), H3363 [30AP]

——— establish and carry out comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy-related jobs (see S. 2907), S5783 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: provide research, training, and navigator services to youth and young adults on the verge of aging out of the secondary education system (see H.R. 5436), H7433 [10SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow aliens having status as an E–2 nonimmigrant by reason of a change of nonimmigrant classification made in the U.S. after a trip abroad without obtaining a new visa (see H.R. 5237), H7039 [29JY]

——— apply certain annuity benefits to Federal Protective Service law enforcement officers (see H.R. 5863), H9302 [11DE]

——— improve cybersecurity personnel recruitment and retention (see S. 2354), S3184 [20MY]

——— prohibit from granting a work authorization to an alien found to have been unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 4389), H2913 [3AP]

——— provide additional oversight and guidance relative to cybersecurity personnel (see S. 2372), S3237 [21MY]

Dept. of HUD: authorize use of multifamily housing subject to a mortgage insured under the National Housing Act as workforce residential housing (see S. 2893), S5783 [18SE]

——— establish maximum limitation on payment standard for housing choice vouchers under the Moving to Work demonstration program (see H.R. 5374), H7184 [31JY]

——— expand the Moving to Work demonstration program (see H.R. 4868), H5363 [12JN]

Dept. of Justice: allow use of public safety and community policing grants to be used to hire veterans and other individuals as employees of law enforcement agencies for positions not requiring sworn authority (see H.R. 5015), H5823 [30JN]

Dept. of Labor: address the skills gap by providing recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities and employer participation in education and workforce training (see H.R. 4541), H3407 [1MY]

——— authorize a national grant program for on-the-job training (see H.R. 3971), H1511 [29JA]

——— award special recognition to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices (see H.R. 5563), H7883 [18SE]

——— 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]

——— create a searchable database containing a credentials registry, a skills database, and a jobs bank (see H.R. 4758), H5022 [29MY]

——— develop performance measures for individuals who receive entrepreneurial training as a part of any workforce investment activity and create requirements for providers of such training (see H.R. 4063), H1776 [14FE]

——— ensure training service programs make better use of participants’ prior learning to assist participants in obtaining degrees and other postsecondary credentials (see S. 2403), S3294 [22MY]

——— enter into a contract for the conduct of a longitudinal study of certain job counseling, training, and placement services for veterans (see H.R. 4150), H2198 [5MR]

——— establish a competitive grant program for community colleges to train veterans for local jobs (see H.R. 5842), H9044 [10DE]

——— establish a pilot program to provide older individuals with training in computer literacy, advanced computer operations, and resume writing (see H.R. 3955), H1480 [28JA]

——— establish a scholarship program for dislocated workers or unemployed individuals transitioning into manufacturing employment (see H.R. 4824), H5248 [10JN]

——— establish an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative (see S. 2412), S3341 [2JN]

——— establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 4629), H4058 [9MY]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see S. 2964), S6205 [20NO] (see H.R. 4163), H2255 [6MR]

——— include American Samoa in certain employment services (see H.R. 4311), H2695 [26MR]

——— include programs that teach technology literacy in any job training program for ex-offenders offered under the Workforce Investment Act (see H.R. 4548), H3407 [1MY]

——— increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities (see S. 2402), S3294 [22MY]

——— 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]

——— modify demonstration projects designed to provide unemployed workers with information, skills, and relationships needed for reemployment (see S. 2870), S5782 [18SE]

——— prepare individuals with multiple barriers to employment to enter the workforce by providing such individuals with support services, job training, and education (see S. 2269), S2470 [29AP]

——— prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see H.R. 5327), H7181 [31JY]

——— promote greater development of registered apprenticeship programs (see S. 2859), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 5533), H7882 [18SE]

——— 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]

——— provide grants to States for summer employment programs for youth (see H.R. 4087), H1937 [25FE]

——— restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (see S. 2486), S3811 [18JN]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 5520), H7675 [17SE]

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

——— suspend from visa waiver program any country identifying passport holders fighting with Islamist extremist organizations (see H.R. 5594), H7884 [18SE]

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]

Dept. of the Treasury: develop and submit class life recommendations for depreciable assets (see H.R. 4819), H5185 [9JN]

——— establish U.S. Employee Ownership Bank (see S. 2411), S3341 [2JN]

——— reauthorize the State Small Business Credit Initiative (see S. 2285), S2614 [1MY] (see H.R. 4556), H3407 [1MY]

Dept. of Transportation: create National Hiring Standard for Motor Carriers to enhance interstate commerce (see H.R. 4727), H4828 [22MY]

——— enhance transportation programs to connect people to jobs, schools, and other essential services through a multimodal transportation network (see H.R. 5591), H7884 [18SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize veterans who are entitled to Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program benefits to use such entitlement for a career transition internship program (see H.R. 4922), H5597 [20JN]

——— call for appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate mismanagement and misconduct of officials (see H. Res. 633), H5597 [20JN]

——— carry out pilot program to reduce shortage of psychiatrists in Veterans Health Administration by offering competitive employment incentives to certain psychiatrists (see H.R. 4234), H2432 [13MR]

——— carry out pilot programs to reduce shortage of psychiatrists by repaying loans of certain psychiatrists to provide housing allowances to health care providers in rural clinics (see S. 2425), S3424 [4JN]

——— develop and publish an action plan for improving vocational rehabilitation services and assistance (see H.R. 5032), H6034 [9JY]

——— establish the Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans program (see S. 2950), S6204 [20NO] (see H.R. 5686), H7937 [12NO]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (see H.R. 4149), H2198 [5MR]

——— improve management, accountability, and oversight of the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 5618), H7885 [18SE]

——— improve the performance appraisal system for senior executives (see H.R. 4399), H2961 [4AP]

——— prohibit payment of bonuses to senior employees until the backlog of disability claims is resolved and establish a commission to evaluate such backlog (see H.R. 4766), H5022 [29MY]

——— prohibit payment of performance awards to Veterans Health Administration employees (see S. 2362), S3184 [20MY]

——— provide additional points on competitive service entrance exam of preference eligible veterans applying for departmental positions (see H.R. 5023), H5875 [8JY]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see S. 2013), S890 [11FE] (see H.R. 4031), H1769 [11FE]

——— provide leave to a new employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at a certain percentage for purposes of undergoing treatment for such disability (see H.R. 5323), H7181 [31JY]

——— require accountability in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 4774), H5022 [29MY]

Depts. of Labor and HHS: draft disclosures describing the rights and liabilities of customers of domestic care services and require such services to provide such disclosures in their contracts (see H.R. 3828), H134 [9JA]

Discrimination: clarify appropriate liability standards for Federal antidiscrimination claims relative to workplace harassment (see S. 2133), S1652 [13MR] (see H.R. 4227), H2432 [13MR]

District of Columbia: establish a program of voluntary separation incentive payments for nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service (see H.R. 5006), H5818 [26JN]

Economy: 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]

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

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

Education: carry out pilot programs to improve skills and job training (see H.R. 5567), H7883 [18SE]

——— establish a national strategy for identifying job training needs to increase opportunities for technical school training and promote hiring (see H.R. 4591), H3939 [7MY]

——— strengthen career and technical education programs to ensure resources flow to high-skill, high-wage, high-demand, and high-growth occupational training (see S. 2524), S3939 [24JN]

EEOC: approve commencing or intervening in certain litigation (see H.R. 5422), H7387 [9SE]

——— exclude the application of employment discrimination laws to employment practices that comply with Federal regulations and State laws in certain areas (see H.R. 5423), H7387 [9SE]

——— maintain up-to-date information on its website regarding charges and actions brought (see H.R. 4959), H5767 [25JN]

End Child Slavery Week: designate (see H. Res. 763), H8170 [20NO]

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]

——— 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 issuing any final rule under the Clean Air Act until completion of mandated employment effect analyses for current air regulations (see S. 2161), S1775 [26MR]

——— 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 guidance and clarification relative to issuance and renewal of coal mining permits for dredged or fill material (see H.R. 5077), H6135 [11JY]

FAA: revise hiring practices for air traffic controller positions and establish Air Traffic Control Education and Training Advisory Committee (see H.R. 5675), H7900 [19SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (see H.R. 3999), H1658 [5FE]

——— clarify eligibility requirements for railroad hours of service employees (see H.R. 5122), H6351 [16JY]

FDIC: clarify membership requirements for Board of Directors (see S. 2852), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 5749), H8169 [20NO]

Federal agencies and departments: fill Inspector General vacancies (see H.R. 5630), H7885 [18SE]

——— prohibit accessing pornographic web sites from Federal computers (see H.R. 5628), H7885 [18SE]

——— reform Federal hiring process by allowing agencies to share information about potential job candidates (see S. 2541), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 5174), H6744 [23JY]

Federal aid programs: 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 employees: establish a pilot program to hire individuals with alternative educational experience (see S. 2079), S1315 [5MR]

——— increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see S. 2397), S3294 [22MY] (see H.R. 4306), H2695 [26MR]

——— provide leave to a new employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at a certain percentage for purposes of undergoing treatment for such disability (see S. 3001), S6626 [11DE] (see H.R. 5229), H7039 [29JY]

——— provide that certain disabled veterans receive competitive service employment preference (see H.R. 4247), H2433 [13MR]

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

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see S. 2435), S3474 [5JN]

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

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (see H.R. 4742), H4834 [23MY]

Foreign trade: provide for payment to affected producers and their employees of duties that are collected pursuant to countervailing and antidumping duty orders (see H.R. 4322), H2743 [27MR]

Government regulations: provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and for consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative (see S. 2931), S6022 [17NO] (see H.R. 4655), H4059 [9MY]

Health: provide employees with 1 hour of paid sick for every 30 hours worked (see H.R. 5849), H9302 [11DE]

——— provide protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 5523), H7675 [17SE]

——— repeal mandate that new employees of certain employers be automatically enrolled in the employer’s health benefits plan (see S. 2546), S4153 [26JN]

Health care professionals: build a stronger health care workforce (see H.R. 5458), H7454 [11SE]

House of Representatives: bring an action seeking relief in response to the failure of the Sec. of HHS to faithfully execute the law relative to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H. Res. 654), H5830 [7JY]

——— bring an action seeking relief in response to the failure of the Sec. of the Treasury to faithfully execute the law relative to health insurance-related IRS reporting requirements (see H. Res. 655), H5830 [7JY]

Immigration: establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (see H.R. 5378), H7184 [31JY]

——— increase transparency and reporting requirements for temporary nonimmigrant work visas to prevent human trafficking (see H.R. 5197), H6814 [24JY]

——— prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (see S. 2631), S4620 [17JY] (see H.R. 5160), H6655 [22JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 5272), H7125 [30JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), consideration (see H. Res. 696), H7124 [30JY] (see H. Res. 710), H7240 [1AU]

——— prohibit funding for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 5768), H8169 [20NO]

——— provide for requirements for employers of H–2B nonimmigrants (see H.R. 4238), H2432 [13MR]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates (see H.R. 4467), H3196 [10AP]

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

——— repeal sunset of the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program (see H.R. 4460), H3196 [10AP]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4336 [9JY] (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]

——— require employers to notify employees and prospective employees if the employer is exempted or excepted from covering certain health services (see S. 2629), S4620 [17JY]

International Women’s Day: support goals (see S. Res. 376), S1366 [6MR]

IRS: delay application of revenue ruling on the characterization of payments as tips or service charges (see H.R. 5341), H7182 [31JY]

——— extend authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W-2 wage and tax statements (see H.R. 4910), H5557 [19JN]

——— permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (see H.R. 4503), H3240 [28AP]

Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act: improve crowdfunding provisions (see H.R. 4564), H3445 [6MY]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see S. 2663), S4903 [24JY]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 2535), S4153 [26JN]

Las Vegas, NV: convey certain lands for development of a nonprofit work center and affordable housing for people with intellectual disabilities (see H.R. 4891), H5494 [18JN]

Law enforcement officers: include hours worked in excess of law enforcement availability pay limits for Federal criminal investigators in computation of annuity (see H.R. 5619), H7885 [18SE]

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: provide a definition of recreational vessel (see H.R. 3896), H1240 [16JA]

Lumber industry: exempt certain children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws (see S. 2335), S3029 [14MY] (see H.R. 4590), H3939 [7MY]

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

Medicare: apply secondary payer rules to certain workers’ compensation settlement agreements and qualified set-aside provisions (see S. 2731), S5216 [31JY]

——— repeal requirement for employer disclosure of information on health care coverage of employees who are beneficiaries (see H.R. 5102), H6215 [14JY]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend period of certain authority relative to judicial review of decisions on whistleblowers (see H.R. 4197), H2301 [11MR]

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]

Minorities: encourage corporate, academic, and social entities to develop rules requiring consideration of minority candidates when searching for a business vendor or filling leadership positions (see S. Res. 511), S4705 [22JY]

Motor vehicles: allow automotive industry employees who provide information on motor vehicle defects or noncompliance to receive a percentage of monetary penalties resulting from enforcement actions (see S. 2949), S6204 [20NO]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 532), S5218 [31JY]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of dual-status technicians (see S. 2312), S2875 [8MY]

National Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 386), S1653 [13MR]

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 542), S5564 [11SE]

Native Americans: facilitate ability of Indian tribes to integrate the employment, training, and related services from diverse Federal sources (see H.R. 5671), H7887 [18SE]

New Zealand: include in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. as E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by New Zealand (see S. 2048), S1174 [26FE]

NIST: provide for a competitive grant program for apprenticeship and internship programs through the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program (see H.R. 5663), H7886 [18SE]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (see H.R. 4320), H2743 [27MR]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see S. 2885), S5782 [18SE]

——— reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (see S. 2814), S5628 [16SE]

——— repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (see H.R. 5880), H9303 [11DE]

——— require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information (see H.R. 4321), H2743 [27MR]

NSF: support entrepreneurial programs for women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) professions (see H.R. 5527), H7882 [18SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (see S. 2434), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4865), H5363 [12JN]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see S. 2808), S5588 [15SE] (see H.R. 5453), H7454 [11SE]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), consideration (see H. Res. 717), H7387 [9SE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 4118), H2097 [28FE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (see H. Res. 497), H2147 [4MR]

——— eliminate benefits under the Federal employees health benefit program for Members of Congress and require Members to purchase insurance through their States’ exchange (see H.R. 5177), H6745 [23JY]

——— exempt certain educational institutions from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2462), S3604 [11JN] (see H.R. 4775), H5063 [30MY]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate (see S. 2205), S2161 [3AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3979), H1514 [31JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 770), H8365 [3DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 121), H8669 [4DE] (see H. Con. Res. 123), H9044 [10DE]

——— exempt small businesses which are experiencing hardship from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5651), H7886 [18SE]

——— modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2168), S1818 [27MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), consideration (see H. Res. 530), H2801 [1AP]

——— prohibit Government contributions under the Federal employees health benefit program towards exchange health insurance coverage of Members of Congress (see H.R. 3853), H162 [10JA]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see S. 2106), S1519 [11MR] (see H.R. 4064), H1776 [14FE]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5725), H8033 [17NO]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see S. 2881), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 5213), H6976 [28JY]

——— study impact on small businesses (see S. 2383), S3293 [22MY] (see H.R. 4728), H4828 [22MY]

——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5098), H6215 [14JY]

Pensions: establish a special rule for determining normal retirement age for certain existing defined benefit plans (see H.R. 5792), H8668 [4DE]

——— permit multiemployer plans in critical status to modify plan rules relative to withdrawal liability (see H.R. 5802), H8669 [4DE]

——— reform the private retirement system by establishing USA Retirement Funds (see S. 1979), S655 [30JA] (see H.R. 5828), H9044 [10DE]

Political action committees: amend laws relative to employment of family members, candidate loan payments, conversion of contributions for personal use, and lobbying disclosure practices (see H.R. 5011), H5818 [26JN]

Poverty: strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (see H.R. 5352), H7183 [31JY]

Power resources: establish a pilot program to train individuals for employment in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries (see H.R. 4648), H4059 [9MY]

——— 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]

——— 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 (see H. Res. 727), H7616 [16SE]

——— 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]

Product safety: require businesses to warn employees, consumers, and the appropriate Federal officials of any product or service that poses serious danger to the public (see H.R. 4451), H3195 [10AP]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

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]

Qatar: protect migrant workers from unfair labor practices, combat human trafficking, and ensure working conditions during construction of World Cup infrastructure comply with human rights standards (see H. Res. 682), H6814 [24JY]

Railroads: allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings (see H.R. 5638), H7886 [18SE]

Reed Larson Dept. of Labor Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5757), H8169 [20NO]

Renewable energy: provide support to develop career and technical education programs of study and facilities (see S. 1952), S439 [16JA]

SBA: 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]

——— improve small business development centers (see H.R. 4121), H2097 [28FE]

——— increase access to capital for veteran entrepreneurs to help create jobs (see S. 2143), S1652 [13MR] (see H.R. 5045), H6034 [9JY]

Senior citizens: eliminate the payroll tax on individuals who have attained retirement age and repeal limits on outside income earned while receiving Social Security benefits (see S. 2336), S3029 [14MY] (see H.R. 5243), H7039 [29JY]

——— provide for outreach and coordination of services to veterans (see S. 1986), S702 [3FE]

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

Small business: establish a loan program to assist and provide incentives for manufacturers to reinvest in making products in the U.S. (see H.R. 5514), H7674 [17SE]

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

Social Security: adjust age limitations for payment of child’s insurance benefits to certain disabled individuals and for calculation of recent work for determining eligibility for disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 5715), H7995 [14NO]

——— prohibit assignment of account numbers and payment of disability benefits to, and deny credit toward benefits for earnings from unauthorized work by, certain illegal aliens (see H.R. 5774), H8225 [1DE]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 5306), H7181 [31JY]

——— protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program and provide other support for working disabled individuals (see S. 3003), S6626 [11DE]

——— repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 5697), H7978 [13NO]

States: test methods of program integration and coordination of services to move individuals and families towards self-sufficiency, reduce welfare dependence, and increase work and earnings (see H.R. 4206), H2301 [11MR]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 380), S1519 [11MR]

Taxation: allow a credit for manufacturing job training expenses (see H.R. 5234), H7039 [29JY]

——— allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (see S. 2234), S2327 [9AP] (see H.R. 5579), H7884 [18SE] (see H.R. 5720), H7995 [14NO]

——— allow small businesses to use pre-tax dollars for assistance to employees purchasing health care policies in the individual market and except certain health reimbursement arrangements from group plan requirements (see H.R. 5860), H9302 [11DE]

——— allow small employers a credit against income tax for the cost of on-the-job training expenses (see H.R. 4473), H3196 [10AP]

——— consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), consideration (see H. Res. 680), H6744 [23JY]

——— eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes (see H.R. 5852), H9302 [11DE]

——— encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements of employer-established individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 5875), H9303 [11DE]

——— enhance the dependent care credit to make child care more affordable (see S. 2565), S4271 [8JY]

——— establish a deduction for married couples who are both employed and have young children, increase the earned income tax credit for childless workers, and close certain tax loopholes (see S. 2162), S1775 [26MR]

——— establish a Federal tax credit approximation matching program for State new jobs training tax credits (see H.R. 4831), H5248 [10JN]

——— establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (see S. 2792), S5564 [11SE]

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

——— exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock (see H.R. 4089), H1937 [25FE]

——— exclude payments received under Work Colleges Program from gross income, including payments made from institutional funds (see S. 2525), S4003 [25JN] (see H.R. 5787), H8365 [3DE]

——— exempt student workers from determination of higher education institutions’ employer health care shared responsibility (see H.R. 5262), H7125 (see H.R. 5298), H7126 [30JY]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see S. 2069), S1233 [27FE] (see H.R. 4128), H2097 [28FE] (see H.R. 4244), H2433 [13MR]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H5318 [11JN]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see H.R. 3970), H1511 [29JA] (see H.R. 5662), H7886 [18SE]

——— expand eligibility time period for credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4133), H2097 [28FE]

——— expand the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4132), H2097 [28FE]

——— expand the employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of the Uniformed Services (see S. 2958), S6205 [20NO]

——— expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 5615), H7885 [18SE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2260), S2424 [28AP] (see H.R. 4469), H3196 [10AP]

——— 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 exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance to employer payment of interest on certain refinanced student loans (see S. 2429), S3424 [4JN] (see H.R. 5578), H7884 [18SE]

——— extend the employer wage credit for employees who are active duty members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3946), H1479 [28JA]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 3947), H1479 [28JA]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit and provide such credit for hiring long-term unemployed individuals (see H.R. 4082), H1937 [25FE]

——— increase exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance (see S. 2997), S6540 [10DE]

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

——— limit extent to which States may tax compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters (see S. 2347), S3074 [15MY] (see H.R. 4085), H1937 [25FE]

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

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 5264), H7125 [30JY]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit and allow the transfer of such credit in the case of contracted veterans (see H.R. 5284), H7125 [30JY]

——— 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 tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds (see S. 2203), S2161 [3AP]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds and provide recovery zone economic development bonds for certain cities (see H.R. 5330), H7182 [31JY]

——— provide a credit for job training expenses of employers (see H.R. 4204), H2301 [11MR]

——— provide a credit to employers who provide paid family and medical leave (see S. 2618), S4557 [16JY] (see S. 2627), S4620 [17JY] (see H.R. 5173), H6744 [23JY]

——— provide a deduction relating to the compensation of the lesser earning spouse (see H.R. 5257), H7124 [30JY]

——— provide a special change in status rule for employees who become eligible for TRICARE (see S. 1918), S325 [14JA]

——— provide a tax credit for expenses for household and elder care services necessary for gainful employment (see H.R. 5287), H7126 [30JY]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (see S. 2540), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 5372), H7184 [31JY]

——— provide an exception to the exclusive use requirement for home offices if the other use involves care of a qualifying child of the taxpayer (see S. 2488), S3811 [18JN]

——— 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 businesses to keep jobs in the U.S. (see S. 2681), S5050 [29JY]

——— provide work opportunity credit for hiring veterans in field of renewable energy (see H.R. 5494), H7617 [16SE]

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

——— require student Social Security numbers and employer identification numbers for education tax credits (see S. 2702), S5135 [30JY]

Transportation: authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs (see H.R. 4834), H5318 [11JN]

$2.13 Day: designate (see S. Res. 356), S948 [12FE]

Unemployment: establish commission to examine BLS processes to provide unemployment rates and make recommendations for any changes in methodology or improvements (see H.R. 4171), H2255 [6MR]

——— 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]

——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see S. 1972), S599 [29JA] (see H.R. 3972), H1511 [29JA]

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

University of Minnesota Duluth: observance of National Student Employment Week (see S. Res. 419), S2239 [8AP]

Veterans: improve protection and enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see S. 2393), S3294 [22MY] (see H.R. 5375), H7184 [31JY]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1950), S439 [16JA] (see S. 1982), S702 [3FE]

——— protect employment and training services (see S. 2834), S5697 [17SE] (see H.R. 5500), H7674 [17SE]

——— provide a payroll tax holiday for newly hired veterans (see S. 2138), S1652 [13MR]

——— provide tax credit to encourage private employers to hire veterans and clarify reasonable efforts employers may make under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (see H.R. 4110), H2064 [27FE]

Veterans’ Job Corps: establish to provide gainful employment to unemployed veterans and widows of veterans through performance of useful public works (see H.R. 4422), H3057 [8AP]

Women: support equal pay, fair treatment in workplace, access to paid family and medical leave, retirement security, and fair access to business capital and Federal contracts (see H. Res. 507), H2256 [6MR]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 386), S1653 [13MR] (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

Chronologies

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

Cloture motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S5488 [10SE], S5530 [11SE], S5579 [15SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2179 [7AP], S2299 [9AP]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4451 [14JY], S4535 [16JY]

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]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP], S6437 [9DE], S6589 [11DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1770 [26MR], S1799 [27MR]

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]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S1168 [26FE]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S940 [12FE], S1027 [25FE]

Comments

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act poll on Senator Cruz’s Facebook page, H2873–H2882 [3AP]

Cost Estimates

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act (S. 2260): CBO, S2559 [30AP]

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

Factsheets

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

Letters

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]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Brad Jones, Cornerstone Staffing, Inc., H7419 [10SE]

——— Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7414 [10SE]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7414 [10SE]

Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act: Representative McCaul, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H6896 [28JY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6896 [28JY]

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: several organizations, S3196 [21MY]

Higher education provisions in tax reform discussion draft: Molly Corbett Broad, American Council on Education, H6783–H6785 [24JY]

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]

Norwegian Air International application for Dept. of Transportation foreign air operator’s certificate: James L. Oberstar, E662 [1MY]

Save American Workers Act: Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, H2883 [3AP]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, H2884 [3AP]

——— Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX) Coalition, H2883 [3AP]

——— Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, H2833 [2AP]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H2828 [2AP]

——— Mike Aitken, Society for Human Resource Management, H2865 [3AP]

——— Peter J. Cotter and Misty Chally, National Franchise Association, Inc., H2833 [2AP]

——— Peter J. Larkin, National Grocers Association, H2832 [2AP]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H2883 [3AP]

——— Scott DeFife, National Restaurant Association, H2829 [2AP]

——— Small Business Coalition for Affordable Health Care, H2884 [3AP]

——— Stephen J. Caldeira, International Franchise Association, H2829 [2AP]

Save American Workers Act and Forty Hours Is Full Time Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2827 [2AP]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H2827 [2AP]

Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: Chuck Canterbury, National Fraternal Order of Police, H4511 [20MY]

——— John D. Ryan, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, H4511 [20MY]

——— Monika Johnson Hostler, National Alliance To End Sexual Violence, H4511 [20MY]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H4510 [20MY]

——— Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H4510 [20MY]

Student and Family Tax Simplification Act: Molly Corbett Broad, American Council on Education, H6783 [24JY]

——— Walter G. Bumphus, American Association of Community Colleges and J. Noah Brown, Association of Community College Trustees, H6782 [24JY]

Sustainable growth rate repeal and improved Medicare payments through delay of individual health insurance mandate: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H2465 [14MR]

——— Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans (organization) and Scott P. Serota, BlueCross BlueShield Association, H2465 [14MR]

——— Richard E. Thorp, California Medical Association, H2466 [14MR]

——— Richard J. Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans, H2466 [14MR]

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

Lists

Groups opposed to H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H8375 [4DE]

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]

Tribes and tribal organizations opposed to H.R. 687, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, H8374 [4DE]

Tribes and tribal organizations with resolutions/letters opposed to Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act in the 112th Congress, H8375 [4DE]

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

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

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S2179 [7AP], S2203 [8AP], S2293 [9AP], S5487 [10SE], S5524, S5530 [11SE]

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

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4443 [14JY], S4461 [15JY], S4513 [16JY]

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]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), H7436 [11SE]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2175 [5MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1720 [25MR], S1741 [26MR], S1781 [27MR], S1860 [31MR], S2080 [2AP], S2148 [3AP], S6437, S6438 [9DE], S6726, S6738 [12DE], H8387 [4DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2889 [3AP]

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), H7853 [18SE]

Taxation: consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), H6789 [24JY]

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

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S2763 [7MY]

——— 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]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1950), S557 [29JA], S611 [30JA], S665 [3FE], S707 [4FE]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S936, S940 [12FE], S978 [24FE], S1011 [25FE], S1168 [26FE], S1197, S1209 [27FE]

Press releases

Commander—Keep Senate Bill Focused on Vets: American Legion, S1159 [26FE]

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

Faleomavaega Calls for Cooperation Not Confrontation: Delegate Faleomavaega (2009), E1719 [3DE]

Faleomavaega Informs Governor That Minimum Wage Is Not the Reason for Samoa Packing Relocating to Georgia: Delegate Faleomavaega (2009), E1719 [3DE]

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]

US Student Association’s Statement on the Student and Family Tax Simplification Act Bill: U.S. Student Association, H6782 [24JY]

Proposals

Protecting Student Safety Act, S5943 [12NO]

Remarks in House

AbilityOne Program: tribute, H2964 [7AP], H4014 [8MY], E498 [2AP], E536 [7AP], E892 [30MY], E912 [5JN], E1804 [12DE]

Aiken, SC: tribute to Aiken County Shrine Club veterans job fair, H2102 [4MR]

Albany, GA: anniversary of Mars, Inc., chocolate manufacturing facility, E1435 [17SE]

Allentown, PA: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 375, E1520 [12NO]

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, H8374, H8375 [4DE]

Armed Forces: ensure fair wages for defense contractors and prohibit discrimination against women, outsourcing of jobs, high interest student loans, and baggage fees, H4810 [22MY]

Association for Talent Development: tribute, E1777 [10DE]

——— tribute to Niagara Frontier Chapter, E1587 [14NO]

AVANCE, Inc.: anniversary, E1362 [9SE]

Babcock & Wilcox Co.: tribute to Pantex Plant nuclear weapons facility employees, E1112 [8JY]

Boys 2 Men (organization): tribute, H2202 [6MR]

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.: anniversary of Wilson, NC, facility, E601 [28AP]

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

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

Building Futures (organization): tribute, H2654 [26MR]

Burns & McDonnell (company): inclusion in Daily Herald Business Ledger (publication) ‘‘Best Places To Work in Illinois’’ list, E1492 [19SE]

——— inclusion in Fortune (publication) ‘‘Best Companies To Work For’’ list, E1492 [19SE]

Business and industry: 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]

——— promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement, H5967 [9JY]

——— require certain companies to disclose measures taken to identify and address conditions of forced labor, slavery, human trafficking, and child labor within the company’s supply chains (H.R. 4842), E960 [11JN]

Career and Technical Education Act: reauthorize, H7817 [18SE]

Career and Technical Education Month: observance, H1926 [25FE], H2093 [28FE]

Cargo transportation: establish a Maritime Goods Movement User Fee and provide grants for international maritime cargo improvements (H.R. 4105), E268 [27FE]

CBO: 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]

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

Cedar Rapids, IA: anniversary of Machinists Local Lodge 831, E1565 [13NO]

Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology: tribute to career technical training and job placement of graduates, H5240 [10JN]

Chattanooga, TN: Volkswagen of America, Inc., plant workers vote on union representation, H2056–H2059 [27FE]

Chicago, IL: tribute to education, employment, and housing programs created to assist individuals recently released from prison, H2948 [4AP]

Civil rights: end discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H2983 [7AP]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H1535–H1540 [3FE], H7661 [17SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), H1442 [28JA], H1484 [29JA], H1927 [25FE], H2597–H2600 [24MR], H2658, H2660 [26MR], H2999, H3004, H3011 [8AP], H3065, H3066 [9AP], H3147 [10AP], H6988 [29JY], H7061, H7065 [30JY], H7305 [9SE], H7689 [18SE], E544, E545, E550 [8AP], E589 [28AP]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), unanimous-consent request, H7063, H7064 [30JY]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), H7851 [18SE], E549 [8AP]

——— prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation, H5757–H5761 [25JN]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (H.R. 1755), H229 [15JA], H5507 [19JN], H5592 [20JN], H5759 [25JN], E1141 [10JY]

Clarksdale, MS: tribute to Tri-County Workforce Alliance, E448 [26MR]

Cleveland, NC: tribute to Daimler Trucks North America LLC plant, H7304 [9SE]

Colleges and universities: provide a legal framework necessary for the growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (H.R. 4436), E558 [9AP]

Columbia Gorge Community College: tribute to Columbia Regional Center for Innovation, E577 [10AP]

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], H7058 [30JY], H7132 [31JY], H7947 [13NO], H8077 [19NO]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2995, H2997 [8AP], H3107–H3113 [9AP]

Congressional Career and Technical Education Caucus: tribute, H2807 [2AP]

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

Contracts: deny Federal contracts to contractors in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, H5219 [10JN]

Corps of Engineers: Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, H4491 [20MY]

——— Savannah Harbor Expansion Project funding, H2144 [4MR], H2158 [5MR], H4486 [20MY], H6852 [25JY], E94 [16JA], E1855 [2JA]

Correctional institutions: expand education and job training activities for incarcerated individuals, H5967 [9JY]

Crime: stop exploitation through human trafficking (H.R. 3610), H6 [7JA], H4481, H4486, H4509–H4515, H4528 [20MY], H4692 [21MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H6755 [24JY], H7047 [30JY], H7131 [31JY], H7426–H7428 [10SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H1497, H1498 [29JA]

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]

Dept. of Defense: address the employment challenges of military spouses, E818 [22MY]

——— consider how civilian employment agencies will work with local VA and National Guard offices when establishing new employment pilot program for recently separated servicemembers, E831 [22MY]

——— extend part-time reemployment authority to temporarily rehire Federal retirees to bridge knowledge gaps and train younger workers, E837 [23MY]

——— increase opportunities for women-owned small businesses, H4724 [21MY]

——— Office of Economic Adjustment funding, H5454 [18JN]

——— prohibit conversion of previously contracted functions to performance by Federal employees, H4733–H4735 [21MY], E828 [22MY]

——— prohibit funding to furlough military technicians (dual status), H5532, H5533 [19JN]

Dept. of Education: allow participating entities in the demonstration program for competency-based education to report number and percentage of students finding employment relating to their program or course of study, H6695, H6696 [23JY]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (H.R. 455), H5502 [19JN]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (H.R. 4902), E1080 [26JN]

——— include comprehensive career counseling to criteria used when prioritizing grants to high-performing charter schools, H4038, H4039 [9MY]

——— include recent average income and employment data in revised counseling requirements for certain student loan borrowers, H6765 [24JY]

——— provide grants to States to establish a comprehensive school counseling program (H.R. 2317), E1636 [19NO]

——— simplify and improve Federal Direct Loan Program through income-contingent repayment to protect borrowers and encourage responsible borrowing (H.R. 1716), H6673, H6674 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy: Office of Economic Impact and Diversity funding, H6015, H6016 [9JY], H6101 [10JY]

Dept. of HUD: call for audit of Raleigh Housing Authority relative to salary and compensation practices, H233 [15JA]

Dept. of Justice: Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program funding through reductions in Bureau of the Census periodic censuses funding, H4882, H4883 [28MY]

——— prohibit funding to transfer or detail employees to the Office of the Pardon Attorney to process clemency applications, H4986, H4987 [29MY]

——— Second Chance Act grant funding, H4904, H4905 [28MY]

Dept. of Labor: anniversary of Job Corps, E1173 [16JY], E1326 [1AU], E1332 [8SE], E1400 [15SE]

——— establish a pilot program to facilitate education and training programs in the field of advanced manufacturing (H.R. 1436), H1683 [6FE]

——— 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]

——— tribute to Senior Community Service Employment Program, H3454 [7MY]

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 (S. 2202), H6648 [22JY]

——— establish Office of Energy Employment and Training to support the hiring of veterans, women, and underrepresented minorities, H5794–H5797, H5807 [26JN], H6101 [10JY]

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

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

——— require local transit agencies to implement local hiring and procurement policies for federally-funded transportation projects, H5230 [10JN]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize veterans who are entitled to Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program benefits to use such entitlement for a career transition internship program (H.R. 4922), H5882 [9JY]

——— call for appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate mismanagement and misconduct of officials (H. Res. 633), H5562 [20JN]

——— collaborate with Dept. of Labor to establish job placement service for veterans, H3305 [30AP]

——— establish a pilot program for veteran medics to expand opportunities for physcian assistant training at historically Black colleges and universities, H3317 [30AP]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, H3324 [30AP]

——— improve the performance appraisal system for senior executives, H3350 [30AP], H5424 [18JN]

——— improve the performance appraisal system for senior executives (H.R. 4399), H4695 [21MY]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (H.R. 4031), H2656 [26MR], H4486 [20MY], H4691, H4694–H4699 [21MY], H4914 [29MY], H5028 [30MY], H5197 [10JN], H6806 [24JY], E819, E828 [22MY], E833, E834 [23MY], E853 [28MY], E879 [30MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: continue to enforce wage rate requirements for contracts under the Davis-Bacon Act, H3319 [30AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: ensure educational assistance program recipients receive education and training that assists them in obtaining State-recognized civilian certifications and licenses, H3344 [30AP]

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

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee, H5226, H5227 [10JN]

Detroit, MI: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 58, E557 [9AP], E594 [28AP]

District of Columbia: establish a program of voluntary separation incentive payments for nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service (H.R. 5006), E1091 [26JN]

Draper, Inc.: Healthiest Employer, LLC, America’s Healthiest Workplace award recipient, E162 [4FE]

Dress for Success (organization): anniversary of Miami, FL, chapter, H190 [14JA]

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]

Economy: 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]

——— Government bailout of automobile industry, H69–H71 [8JA]

——— impact of Government regulations, H1441 [28JA], H1602 [5FE], H1886 [25FE], H2102 [4MR], H2310 [12MR], H2428–H2431 [13MR], H3250 [29AP], H7398 [10SE]

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

——— impact of illegal immigration on job creation and hiring, H3402 [1MY], H6585 [22JY]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H118–H121 [9JA]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— national objectives 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]

——— 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]

Education: allow that certain Federal job training and career education programs give priority to programs that lead to recognized postsecondary credentials (H.R. 497), H7625 [17SE]

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

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

——— science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education funding, H4924 [29MY]

Employee Appreciation Day: observance, E327 [6MR]

Employee Learning Week: observance, E1587 [14NO]

Employment: increase flexibility of States and local workforce boards to support local job training programs that demonstrate success, H5967 [9JY]

EPA: exempt certain rules that protect children and seniors from cancer-causing pollution or cause small business job loss from certain air quality standards, H8144 [20NO]

——— 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]

——— provide guidance and clarification relative to issuance and renewal of coal mining permits for dredged or fill material (H.R. 5077), H6356 [17JY]

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

Equal Pay Act: anniversary, H5195 [10JN]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H2999 [8AP], H3065, H3125 [9AP], E544, E545, E549, E550 [8AP]

Exxon Mobil Corp.: National Association of Workforce Boards W.O. Lawton Business Leadership Award recipient, E457 [27MR], E507, E511 [3AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (H.R. 3999), E174 [5FE]

Farmington Hills, MI: anniversary of Pipefitters, Steamfitters, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Service Local 636, E441 [26MR], E483 [1AP]

FCC: increase consumer choice and competition in the wireless telecommications marketplace, H4020 [9MY]

Federal agencies and departments: allow use of project labor agreements for Federal construction projects, H3325 [30AP]

——— 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 contracts: prohibit funding for contractors who violate the Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay employees for hours worked, H4993, H4994 [29MY], H5537 [19JN], H6069 [10JY], H6265 [15JY]

Federal employees: limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee (H.R. 107), H5226 [10JN]

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

FEMCO Holdings, LLC: anniversary, H5861 [8JY]

Fish and fishing: provide flexibility for fishery managers and stability for fishermen (H.R. 4742), E959 [11JN]

Foglia, Vince and Pat: Pioneer Center for Human Services ‘‘Make Change’’ Award recipients, E1304 [1AU]

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

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

Friendship Industries, Inc.: anniversary, E1472 [19SE]

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

General Electric Co.: tribute to expansion of West Jefferson, NC, manufacturing plant and partnership with Wilkes Community College to provide skills training for workers, H5190 [10JN]

Georgia Industries for the Blind: tribute, E1473 [19SE]

Government regulations: 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]

Harris Corp.: opening of offices in Herndon, VA, E675 [6MY]

Health: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (H.R. 1286), H1927 [25FE], H7689 [18SE]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities, H1704 [10FE]

——— protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (H.R. 940), E74 [15JA]

——— provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

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

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H2174, H2175 [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], H7055, H7057, H7098 [30JY], H7249 [8SE], H7308 [9SE], H7538 [16SE], H8228, H8229, H8230 [2DE]

——— legislative process, H6757 [24JY]

IDEAL Fastener Corp.: expansion of Oxford, NC, manufacturing facility, H6750 [24JY]

Immigration: establish employment-based immigrant visa for alien entrepreneurs who have received significant capital from investors to establish business in the U.S. (H.R. 5378), E1305 [1AU]

——— opposition to amnesty for illegal aliens, H2263 [11MR], H2848–H2851 [2AP], H3401–H3403 [1MY], H5717–H5719 [24JN]

——— prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (H.R. 5160), H6984 [29JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7164 [31JY], H7191–H7204, H7224, H7228–H7236 [1AU], E1316, E1328 [1AU], E1365 [9SE]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7133–H7149 [31JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), consideration (H. Res. 710), H7206–H7213 [1AU], E1327 [1AU]

——— prohibit funding for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5768), H8262 [2DE]

——— reform, H151, H152 [10JA], H186, H208 [14JA], H238 [15JA], H1262 [27JA], H1509 [29JA], H1540–H1543 [3FE], H1723, H1728, H1731 [11FE], H1977 [26FE], H2003 [27FE], H2310 [12MR], H2363 [13MR], H2615, H2618, H2620 [25MR], H2686, H2687 [26MR], H2848–H2851 [2AP], H2959 [4AP], H3064 [9AP], H3400–H3403 [1MY], H4471–H4473 [19MY], H4480 [20MY], H4822–H4825 [22MY], H4915 [29MY], H5244 [10JN], H5251, H5263 [11JN], H5499 [19JN], H5647, H5717–H5719 [24JN], H5728 [25JN], H5811–H5813 [26JN], H5865–H5869 [8JY], H5880 [9JY], H6040, H6041 [10JY], H6227 [15JY], H6669 [23JY], H6752 [24JY], H7118–H7120 [30JY], H7211 [1AU], H7248 [8SE], H7306 [9SE], H7400, H7407 [10SE], H7689 [18SE], H8068 [18NO], H8078, H8079, H8080 [19NO], H8155–H8158 [20NO], H8863–H8866 [8DE], H8934, H8943 [10DE]

——— reform (H.R. 15), H90, H91, H129 [9JA], H1600 [5FE], H1682 [6FE], H1733 [11FE], H1952, H1956 [26FE], H2060–H2063 [27FE], H2165 [5MR], H2244, H2245 [6MR], H2381 [13MR], H2652, H2653, H2654, H2656, H2660, H2661–H2667, H2684 [26MR], H2732, H2733 [27MR], H2812, H2813 [2AP], H2930, H2934, H2947 [4AP], H2993, H3005–H3007 [8AP], H3177 [10AP], H3295 [30AP], H3394, H3395 [1MY], H3462, H3469, H3470 [7MY], H3958 [8MY], H5650 [24JN], H5734, H5735, H5736 [25JN], H5806 [26JN], H5886 [9JY], H6123 [11JY], H6236 [15JY], H6754, H6772 [24JY], H6844 [25JY], H6992 [29JY], H7146 [31JY], H7195, H7202, H7211 [1AU], H7426 [10SE], H8286 [3DE], H8372, H8382, H8638, H8649 [4DE], E473 [1AP], E1071 [25JN]

——— reform (H.R. 15), unanimous-consent request, H2663–H2667 [26MR], H7195–H7197 [1AU], H7958 [13NO]

——— reform (S. 744), H2087 [28FE], H2807 [2AP], H6948 [28JY], H7051 [30JY], H7193, H7195, H7210, H7223 [1AU], H7305 [9SE], H8042 [18NO], H8362 [3DE], H8646 [4DE], E1078 [26JN], E1272 [30JY]

Industrial Controls & Repairs, Inc.: tribute to ICARTEAM and Solex College for partnership to develop and implement manufacturing repair services training programs, E844 [28MY]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (H.R. 5051), H6238–H6240 [15JY], H6356, H6359–H6363 [17JY], E1186 [17JY]

——— prohibit discrimination based on gender, including higher premiums for women or loss of contraception or maternity care, H7436 [11SE]

Intelligence services: require a waiting period for senior intelligence officials who leave Federal service before being employed by a company that is controlled by a foreign government that poses a high counterintelligence risk, H5048, H5049 [30MY]

International Women’s Day: observance, E310 [5MR], E360 [12MR]

IRS: extend authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W-2 wage and tax statements (H.R. 4910), E1029 [20JN]

——— permit issuance of prospective guidance clarifying employment status of individuals for purposes of employment taxes and prevent retroactive assessments relative to such clarifications (H.R. 4503), E595 [28AP]

——— permit truncated Social Security numbers on wage reporting provided to employees (H.R. 1560), H209 [14JA]

Kellogg Co.: employee lockout at Memphis, TN, plant, H112 [9JA]

Lakewood, CO: St. Anthony Hospital recipient of West Chamber Serving Jefferson County, CO (organization) Large Business of the Year Award, E298 [4MR]

Lebanon, OH: tribute to Warren County Career Center, H3951 [8MY]

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act: provide a definition of recreational vessel (H.R. 3896), H6995–H6997, H7025 [29JY]

L&S Services, LLC: tribute to food service employees for continuing service to Camp Frank D. Merrill 5th Ranger Training Battalion in Georgia during winter storms, E725 [9MY]

Magenium Solutions, LLC: inclusion in Daily Herald Business Ledger (publication) ‘‘Best Places To Work in Illinois’’ list, E1376 [10SE]

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

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend period of certain authority relative to judicial review of decisions on whistleblowers (H.R. 4197), H6161, H6162 [14JY]

Michigan Works! The Job Force Board (organization): National Association of Workforce Boards W.O. Lawton Business Leadership Award recipient, E507 [3AP]

Miller’s Health Systems, Inc.: anniversary, E1315 [1AU]

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]

Mueller & Co., LLP: inclusion in Daily Herald Business Ledger (publication) ‘‘Best Places To Work in Illinois’’ list, E1384 [10SE]

MVLE (nonprofit organization): tribute to Annual Awards recipients, E1589 [14NO]

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

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to Columbus, OH, Buckeye Branch 78, H2658 [26MR]

National Career Development Month: observance, E1636 [19NO]

National Disability Employment Awareness Month: observance, E1445 [17SE]

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 Guard: tribute to Boss Lift Program, H3952 [8MY]

National Job Corps Association: anniversary, E1352 [8SE]

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

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]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (H.R. 4320), H2999 [8AP]

——— require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information (H.R. 4321), H2999 [8AP]

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

——— tribute to Moral Monday protests, H1886 [25FE]

North State Aviation (company): tribute, H8875 [9DE]

North Tonawanda, NY: DeGraff Memorial Hospital recipient of Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas Business of the Year award, E1683 [2DE]

Oakton, VA: anniversary of Northern Virginia Family Service, E883 [30MY]

Oakton Community College: tribute to Manufacturing Expo, E418 [24MR]

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 [28JA], H7424–H7426 [10SE], H7905 [12NO]

——— 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]

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

OSHA: proposed rule relative to workers exposed to respirable crystalline silica, H1945 [26FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), H7394, H7399, H7413–H7420 [10SE], H7436–H7438 [11SE], E1392 [11SE]

——— 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), H7402–H7408 [10SE]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), motion to recommit, H7436 [11SE]

——— 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]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, H1701 [10FE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 2668), H2170 [5MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, H2376–H2380 [13MR], H2457–H2469 [14MR], E402 [18MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2086 [28FE], H2168–H2177 [5MR], H2261 [11MR], E339 [10MR], E356 [11MR], E368 [12MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), consideration (H. Res. 497), H2160–H2167 [5MR]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), motion to recommit, H2175, H2176 [5MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate, H1760 [11FE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3685), H65–H68 [8JA], H86 [9JA], H174 [13JA], E25 [8JA], E29 [9JA]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), H2278–H2280 [11MR], H2309 [12MR], H2946, H2948–H2951 [4AP], H2964 [7AP], H3039 [8AP], H3394 [1MY], H4926 [29MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 770), H8369–H8385 [4DE], E1771 [10DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in engrossment, H8826 [8DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 121), H8652 [4DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 123), H8998 [10DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), Senate amendment, H8369, H8385–H8632, H8655, H8663 [4DE], H8871, H8876 [9DE], E1739 [4DE], E1749 [8DE], E1780, E1789 [10DE], E1848 [16DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent agreement, H8385 [4DE]

——— express that President Obama has violated section 3 of article II of the Constitution by refusing to enforce employer mandate provisions, H114–H118 [9JA], H2850 [2AP]

——— impact of fines on for-profit corporations for not fulfilling health insurance coverage requirements to offer contraceptives, H2638–H2641 [25MR]

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

——— impact on tax burden, H229 [15JA]

——— include commuting time in computation of hours for purposes of the definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, H2831 [2AP]

——— modify definition of applicable large employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2577), H2011 [27FE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H1649 [5FE], H2731 [27MR], H2789–H2794 [1AP], H2810, H2813, H2821–H2833, H2836, H2837 [2AP], H2858–H2893 [3AP], H2918 [4AP], E507, E509, E510, E513 [3AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), consideration (H. Res. 530), H2813–H2820 [2AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), motion to recommit, H2889 [3AP]

——— prevent modification of definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate if it results in increased deficit or a reduction in hours or wages for employees, H2889 [3AP]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (H.R. 4064), H1926 [25FE]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 5725), H8036 [18NO]

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

——— temporarily exempt certain Medicare and Medicaid providers from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 5098), H6314 [16JY]

Pensions: reform multiemployer pension plan system, H9281–H9284, H9286 [11DE]

Port St. Lucie, FL: inclusion in Forbes (publication) Best Places for Business and Careers list, E224 [21FE]

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

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

——— national energy policy, H6641–H6649 [22JY]

——— 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), H7819–H7854, H7859, H7864–H7869 [18SE]

——— 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), H7684–H7691 [18SE]

——— 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), motion to recommit, H7853 [18SE]

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

——— 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 (H.R. 4956), H5754 [25JN]

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

Public welfare programs: funding, H156 [10JA]

——— Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, H7554 [16SE]

Qualcomm, Inc.: National Association of Workforce Boards W.O. Lawton Business Leadership Award recipient, E507 [3AP]

Railroads: allow railroad employees to remain on duty as necessary to clear a blockage of vehicular traffic at grade crossings (H.R. 5638), E1482 [19SE]

Religious Freedom Restoration Act: application relative to religious hiring by religious organizations, H5971 [9JY]

Remington Arms Co., LLC: plans to open a firearms manufacturing plant in Huntsville, AL, H1883 [25FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3083 [9AP], H3253 [29AP], H3368 [1MY], H7054 [30JY]

Richmond, IN: tribute to Manufacturing Matters training program graduates, E236 [25FE]

Rosie the Riveter-World War II Home Front National Historical Park: anniversary, E1461 [19SE]

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

San Marcos, TX: anniversary of Gary Job Corps Center, E1305, E1326 [1AU]

SCORE Association: anniversary, E1621 [18NO]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (H.R. 3465), H128 [9JA]

Senate: legislative priorities, H3247 [29AP]

Small business: provide assistance to small businesses providing low-income individuals with green jobs (H.R. 2863), H6943 [28JY]

Small Business Saturday: observance, H8077 [19NO]

Southern Prestige International, LLC: tribute, H8823 [8DE]

St. Paul, MN: anniversary of Community Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington County, E855 [28MY]

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

States: increase flexibility of States and local workforce boards to support local job training programs that demonstrate success, H5967 [9JY]

Statesville, NC: tribute to Mitchell Community College and Statesville Chamber of Commerce job fair, H2567 [24MR]

Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H5862 [8JY], H6238–H6240 [15JY], H6312 [16JY], H6356, H6359–H6361 [17JY]

——— hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H2370, H2371, H2372, H2373, H2374 [13MR], H2592, H2600–H2609 [24MR], H2615, H2619, H2620, H2636–H2642 [25MR], H2658, H2684 [26MR], H2735 [27MR], E399 [14MR]

Tasty Baking Co.: anniversary, E241 [25FE]

Taxation: clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 1292), H1543 [3FE]

——— consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), H6379 [17JY], H6587 [22JY], H6753, H6779–H6791 [24JY], E1227 [24JY]

——— consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), consideration (H. Res. 680), H6767–H6775 [24JY]

——— consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), motion to recommit, H6789, H6790 [24JY]

——— 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, H7401 [10SE], H7984 [14NO], E1024 [19JN]

——— 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 certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), H3963 [8MY]

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

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

——— permanently extend the research and development credit, H3300 [30AP], H3462 [7MY], H7815 [18SE]

——— provide for comprehensive tax reform (H.R. 1), E1800 [12DE]

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

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

Transportation: authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs (H.R. 4834), H5719 [24JN], H6258, H6286–H6290 [15JY], H6636 [22JY], E974 [12JN]

——— 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]

Transportation Security Administration: prepare a comprehensive security assessment of the transportation worker identification credentials (TWIC) program (H.R. 3202), H6895–H6899 [28JY]

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

TVA: construction of a second nuclear unit at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, H3368 [1MY]

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]

——— extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (S. 2097), H2858 [3AP]

——— rate among veterans, H2245 [6MR]

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

Unity Council (organization): anniversary, E1564 [13NO]

Veterans: encourage private employers to hire veterans, H7056 [30JY]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits, H5195 [10JN]

——— provide tax credit to encourage private employers to hire veterans and clarify reasonable efforts employers may make under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (H.R. 4110), H4817 [22MY], E331 [6MR], E771 [19MY], E1531 [12NO]

Vienna, VA: anniversary of Women’s Center, E688 [6MY]

——— tribute to Women’s Center Leadership Conference award recipients, E688 [6MY]

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

——— improve the employment situation of women by ensuring equal pay practices, H1760 [11FE]

——— improve the employment situation of women by ensuring equal pay practices and encouraging manufacturing jobs, H243 [15JA]

——— improve the employment situation of women by ensuring equal pay practices and increasing the minimum wage, H209–H215 [14JA], H1927 [25FE]

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

——— support equal pay, fair treatment in workplace, access to paid family and medical leave, retirement security, and fair access to business capital and Federal contracts (H. Res. 507), H2659 [26MR]

Workforce Investment Act: integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards, H5968 [9JY]

World War II: tribute to women’s contributions on the home front, E1461 [19SE]

Zonta International (organization): tribute to Zonta Club of the Tonawandas, NY, E1684 [2DE]

Remarks in Senate

Arizona: facilitate efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal land, S6520 [10DE]

Armed Forces: allow the Military Tuition Assistance Program to cover professional credentialing expenses (S. 2341), S3076 [15MY]

Business and industry: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked, S2217, S2220–S2222 [8AP]

——— allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (S. 1623), S3906 [24JN]

——— impact of Government regulations on hiring and job loss, S1493 [11MR]

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

——— promote industry growth and competitiveness and improve worker training, retention, and advancement, S3970 [25JN]

——— provide private sector employees with an opportunity for compensatory time off and a flexible credit hour program to help balance the demands of work and family (S. 1626), S2431 [29AP], S3774 [18JN], S4368 [10JY]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 362), S1177 [26FE]

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]

Civil liberties: 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 (S. 2642), S4708 [22JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), S2041 [1AP], S2043 [2AP], S2149 [3AP], S3001 [14MY], S5400–S5402 [9SE], S5475, S5480, S5486 [10SE], S5548 [11SE], S5573, S5578–S5582 [15SE], S5595, S5597 [16SE], S5684 [17SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), motion to proceed, S2179, S2183 [7AP], S2203–S2224, S2226, S2290 [8AP], S2293, S2294, S2296–S2300, S2305–S2307, S2313, S2317 [9AP], S5487 [10SE], S5523, S5524, S5527, S5528–S5530 [11SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), unanimous-consent agreement, S5549 [11SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), unanimous-consent request, S2218 [8AP], S5548 [11SE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 84), S593 [29JA]

——— prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (S. 815), S1898 [1AP]

Climate: impact of global warming on the economy, S6257–S6259 [2DE]

Colleges and universities: establish a grant program to encourage universities to revamp engineering programs to focus on manufacturing engineering and curricula specifically related to targeted industries, S4981 [28JY]

——— provide a legal framework necessary for the growth of innovative private financing options for students to fund postsecondary education (S. 2230), S3564 [11JN]

——— support community college and industry partnerships (S. 1269), S3980 [25JN]

Colombia: improvement of labor rights, S2184 [7AP]

Coloretti, Nani A.: suitability to be Deputy Sec. of HUD relative to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network hiring practices, S6227 [1DE]

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]

Contraceptives: ensure employers cannot prohibit access, call for an FDA study on whether prescriptions are necessary for contraceptives, and allow use of certain health accounts to purchase over-the-counter drugs (S. 2605), S4475 [15JY], S4514, S4522 [16JY]

Corps of Engineers: ensure user fees deposited into the Inland Waterways Trust Fund are used for the stated purpose of dredging inland waterways and building levees, S3205 [21MY]

——— Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, S3249 [22MY]

——— Savannah Harbor Expansion Project funding, S1355 [6MR], S3277 [22MY]

Crime: provide justice for victims of trafficking, stop exploitation through trafficking, and provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (S. 2564), S4294 [9JY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking, S2628 [5MY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (S. 1733), S4294 [9JY], S6371–S6373 [8DE]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (S. 2599), S4459 [14JY], S4461 [15JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S675, S688 [3FE], S730–S734 [4FE]

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

Dept. of Education: allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan forgiveness (S. 2712), S5145 [30JY]

——— create career and technical education teacher training grant partnership (S. 2867), S5787 [18SE]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools (S. 2788), S5509 [10SE]

——— establish a pilot grant program to support career and technical education exploration programs in middle schools and high schools (S. 1293), S4741 [23JY]

——— expand and improve Federal Pell Grant Program (S. 2194), S3530 [10JN]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (S. 2374), S3530 [10JN]

——— raise quality of career and technical education programs and allow local eligible recipients to use Perkins grant funding to establish high-quality career academic programs (S. 2584), S4406–S4410 [10JY]

——— update reporting requirements for institutions of higher education and provide for more accurate and complete data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes (S. 915), S3561–S3564 [11JN], S5477 [10SE]

Dept. of Energy: eliminate duplication and overlap of energy worker training programs, S2769 [7MY]

Dept. of Labor: address the skills gap by providing recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities and employer participation in education and workforce training (S. 1619), S3971 [25JN]

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

——— restore overtime protections for low- and mid-wage salaried workers by raising the overtime salary threshold for executive, administrative, and professional employees (S. 2486), S3812 [18JN]

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

——— prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), S351 [15JA]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, S1218 [27FE]

——— offset increased medical services and benefits funding by capping Dept. of Defense overseas contingency operations account funding, S1204, S1206 [27FE]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance, S1151 [26FE]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (H.R. 4031), S3259, S3263–S3265 [22MY]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (H.R. 4031), unanimous-consent request, S3262 [22MY]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (S. 2013), S2574 [1MY], S3049 [15MY], S3159 [20MY], S3412 [4JN]

Dress for Success (organization): tribute Lexington, KY, chapter, S4496 [15JY]

Economy: 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]

——— 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, S1785 [27MR], S1889 [1AP]

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

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

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S507 [28JA]

——— 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]

——— national objectives 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]

——— 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, S3950, 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]

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

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

——— 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]

Education: tribute to mentoring programs, S5857 [18SE]

EEOC: release of report relative to litigation tactics and unresolved complaints, S6297 [3DE]

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

——— 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 issuing any final rule under the Clean Air Act until completion of mandated employment effect analyses for current air regulations, S2753 [7MY]

——— prohibit issuing any final rule under the Clean Air Act until completion of mandated employment effect analyses for current air regulations (S. 2161), S6491 [10DE]

——— 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]

——— prohibit regulation of carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emissions for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units under certain circumstances (S. 2414), unanimous-consent request, S3387, S3388 [4JN]

——— 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]

——— 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]

Equal Pay Act: modernize, S2219, S2220 [8AP], S5475 [10SE]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S2183 [7AP], S2203, S2206, S2208, S2210, S2212, S2213, S2214, S2216, S2223, S2226 [8AP]

Families and domestic relations: provide flexibility for working parents to allow attendance at educational and extracurricular activities of their children, S2218 [8AP]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow leave because of the death of a son or daughter, S1570 [12MR]

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]

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

Federal employees: expand list of Federal agencies excluded from collective bargaining rights to include the IRS and Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S3580 [11JN]

——— limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee, S3580 [11JN]

Foreign trade: create U.S. jobs by increasing exports to Africa, S5080 [30JY]

——— prohibit imports produced by child labor, S3626 [12JN]

Government regulations: provide for regulatory impact analyses for certain rules and for consideration of the least burdensome regulatory alternative, S188 [8JA]

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]

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

Immigration: authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work in the U.S. and provide funding for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (S. 169), S6363 [8DE]

——— disapprove the President’s expression of intent to expand amnesty to undocumented immigrants through Executive order, S6109 [19NO]

——— expand the E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable, S1909–S1912 [1AP]

——— expand the E-Verify program for employment eligibility confirmation and hold employers accountable (S. 202), unanimous-consent request, S4129 [26JN]

——— impact of guest worker program and legalized immigration on employment, S469 [27JA], S632–S635 [30JA]

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

——— make E-verify program for employment eligibility confirmation mandatory, S2141 [3AP]

——— opposition to amnesty for illegal aliens, S5488–S5493 [10SE]

——— prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens, S4978–S4980 [28JY], S5201, S5204 [31JY], S5659 [17SE], S5752–S5756 [18SE]

——— prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (S. 2631), S4627 [17JY], S4637–S4639, S4642 [21JY], S4886–S4890 [24JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), S5334, S5337 [5AU], S5349, S5353 [8SE], S5489–S5493 [10SE]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), unanimous-consent request, S5490 [10SE]

——— prohibit funding for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the U.S., S6757–S6760, S6764, S6766, S6767 [12DE]

——— proposal to extend employment authorizations to spouses of certain H–1B visa holders, S2713 [6MY]

——— provide for visas for certain advanced science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) graduates, S4602–S4605 [17JY]

——— reform, S1909–S1912 [1AP], S2338 [10AP], S3913–S3916 [24JN], S4103–S4109 [26JN], S4199–S4202 [7JY], S4642 [21JY], S5163 [31JY], S5335–S5337 [5AU], S5352–S5354 [8SE], S5519–S5522 [10SE]

——— reform (H.R. 15), S4138 [26JN]

——— reform (S. 744), S5 [6JA], S314 [14JA], S469 [27JA], S613, S632–S635 [30JA], S1862 [31MR], S1898 [1AP], S2287–S2290 [8AP], S2597 [1MY], S2626 [5MY], S2713 [6MY], S2981, S2986, S2997–S2999 [14MY], S3212–S3214 [21MY], S3391 [4JN], S3524 [10JN], S3560, S3585, S3595 [11JN], S3704 [17JN], S3791 [18JN], S3924 [24JN], S4095, S4100, S4107, S4127–S4130 [26JN], S4257 [8JY], S4306, S4310, S4312 [9JY], S4535, S4543 [16JY], S5103 [30JY], S5166, S5167 [31JY], S5491, S5492 [10SE], S5846 [18SE], S6004 [17NO], S6115–S6118, S6120, S6130–S6137 [19NO], S6168–S6172, S6175 [20NO], S6225, S6226 [1DE], S6245 [2DE], S6362 [8DE], S6872 [16DE]

Indiana: anniversary of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 153, S2466 [29AP]

Infrastructure Financing Authority: establish (S. 1716), S3447 [5JN], S4726 [23JY]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4365 [9JY], S4368 [10JY], S5401 [9SE], S5481, S5493 [10SE]

——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4443, S4451 [14JY], S4461–S4468, S4474–S4476, S4480–S4483, S4489–S4491, S4495 [15JY], S4513, S4516, S4519–S4535, S4537 [16JY]

International Women’s Day: observance, S1360 [6MR]

——— support goals (S. Res. 376), S1669 [13MR]

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

Kraft Foods Group Inc.: anniversary of Sprinfield, MO plant, S5370 [8SE]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, S2044, S2077 [2AP], S2294 [9AP], S2334 [10AP]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (S. 204), S3775 [18JN]

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

——— anniversary of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts Local 720, S2420 [28AP]

Lumber industry: exempt certain children employed in logging or mechanized operations from child labor laws (S. 2335), S3030 [14MY]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend period of certain authority relative to judicial review of decisions on whistleblowers (H.R. 4197), S5570 [11SE]

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]

National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week: designate (S. Res. 532), S5315 [31JY]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of dual-status technicians (S. 2312), S2878 [8MY]

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

National Save for Retirement Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 542), S5571 [11SE]

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 Zealand: include in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the U.S. as E–1 and E–2 nonimmigrants if U.S. nationals are treated similarly by New Zealand (S. 2048), S1176 [26FE]

NLRB: impact of ruling that defines student athletes as employees of the university, S2362–S2366 [10AP]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (S. 1542), S2431 [29AP], S3775 [18JN], S3906 [24JN]

——— prohibit funding to require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information, S3648 [12JN]

——— reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (S. 2814), S5596, S5597, S5631 [16SE]

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 increase in number of individuals on public welfare programs, S783 [6FE]

——— 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]

——— State of the Union Message, S582–S584 [29JA], S609, S627–S630 [30JA], 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]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: commend efforts to ensure equal opportunity and access for persons with disabilities and prohibit employment discrimination against the disabled, S4301 [9JY]

OSHA: exempt small farming operations from rules and regulations, S305 [14JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employees’ dependents access to tax credits if the cost of family coverage through the employer is greater than a certain percentage of household income (S. 2434), S3445 [5JN]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), S5668 [17SE]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to sell current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), unanimous-consent request, S5669 [17SE]

——— delay implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S195 [9JA], S860, S874, S875 [11FE]

——— delay implementation of the individual health insurance mandate, S36, S39 [7JA], S88, S90, S92–S94 [8JA], S195, S202 [9JA], S274 [13JA], S302 [14JA]

——— delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), S1369, S1370 [6MR], S1371 [10MR]

——— exempt certain small businesses from employer health insurance mandate and modify definition of full-time employee relative to mandate, S4756 [23JY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1669 [13MR], S1679 [24MR], S1859, S1860 [31MR], S1883, S1886, S1889–S1903, S1906–S1912 [1AP], S2044–S2049, S2055, S2056, S2059–S2064, S2069, S2076–S2081 [2AP], S2136–S2143, S2145, S2148–S2150, S2154 [3AP], S2173–S2178, S2181–S2183 [7AP]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 121), S6681 [11DE], S6739 [12DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), correction in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 123), S6681 [11DE], S6739 [12DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), House amendment, S6341 [4DE], S6437, S6440 [9DE], S6470–S6474, S6492–S6496, S6504, S6518–S6528 [10DE], S6584, S6589, S6610, S6644, S6653–S6655, S6673–S6678, S6680, S6681 [11DE], S6716–S6719, S6722–S6739, S6744, S6766, S6773, S6774 [12DE], S6814, S6815 [13DE], S6846 [15DE]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), motion to proceed, S1720 [25MR], S1741 [26MR], S1781, S1785, S1786, S1800 [27MR], S1840–S1842, S1850, S1859 [31MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent agreement, S1793, S1809 [27MR]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), unanimous-consent request, S2045, S2056, S2059, S2063, S2068, S2078, S2079 [2AP]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S4477 [15JY]

——— 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]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, S195 [9JA], S2139, S2145 [3AP], S6435 [9DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), S2202 [7AP], S2203 [8AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (S. 1188), S48 [7JA], S344 [15JA], S408 [16JA], S2412 [28AP], S2431 [29AP], S2548 [30AP], S2927 [13MY], S3775 [18JN], S3906 [24JN], S4477 [15JY], S5601 [16SE]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (S. 2106), S3007 [14MY]

——— repeal implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S2056 [2AP], S4879 [24JY]

Pensions: reform multiemployer pension plan system, S6719 [12DE]

——— reform the private retirement system by establishing ‘‘my retirement accounts (MyRA)’’, S1568 [12MR]

——— reform the private retirement system by establishing USA Retirement Funds (S. 1979), S838–S840 [10FE]

Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc.: anniversary, S5368 [8SE]

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

——— domestic oil and natural gas production, S215 [9JA]

——— 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]

——— prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters, S4852 [24JY]

——— prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters (S. 1514), S385 [16JA], S979 [24FE], S4096 [26JN], S4574 [17JY]

——— 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), S5653 [17SE], S5996 [13NO], S6025 [17NO]

Presque Isle, ME: tribute to Aroostook Aspirations Initiative, S2713 [6MY]

PRWT Services, Inc.: tribute, S985 [24FE]

Public welfare programs: funding, S106 [8JA], S474–S476 [27JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, S1850 [31MR], S2208 [8AP], S2314 [9AP], S3483 [9JN], S3698 [17JN], S3774 [18JN], S6122 [19NO], S6880 [16DE]

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

Rwanda Girls Initiative (organization): tribute, S4213 [7JY]

SBA: provide for permanent establishment of the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program, S6846 [15DE]

Schools: require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), S5939–S5944 [12NO]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (H.R. 2083), unanimous-consent request, S5940 [12NO]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (S. 1596), S920 [12FE], S2308 [9AP], S2346–S2350 [10AP], S4607–S4609 [17JY]

——— require criminal background checks for school employees (S. 1596), unanimous-consent request, S2348 [10AP]

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

——— legislative process, S3905 [24JN]

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

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

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

Social Security: protect system and improve benefits, S6834 [15DE]

——— protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program and provide other support for working disabled individuals (S. 3003), S6627 [11DE], S6891 [16DE]

States: 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]

Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S4205, S4212 [7JY], S4388 [10JY], S4451 [14JY], S4461–S4468, S4474–S4476, S4481–S4483, S4489–S4491, S4495 [15JY], S4516, S4519–S4529, S4531, S4533–S4535, S4537 [16JY], S5401 [9SE], S5493 [10SE]

——— hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S1646 [13MR], S1707–S1711 [25MR]

Swords to Plowshares (organization): anniversary, S5690 [17SE]

Systems Application & Technologies, Inc.: anniversary, S6232 [1DE]

Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 380), S1527 [11MR]

Taxation: allow employers a credit for wages paid to employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs (S. 2234), S2328 [9AP]

——— consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), S5004 [28JY], S5005 [29JY]

——— eliminate cap on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes, S6835 [15DE]

——— enhance the dependent care credit to make child care more affordable (S. 2565), S4272 [8JY], S4378 [10JY]

——— establish a deduction for married couples who are both employed and have young children, increase the earned income tax credit for childless workers, and close certain tax loopholes (S. 2162), S1776 [26MR], S2146 [3AP], S2214 [8AP], S2441 [29AP], S3002 [14MY]

——— establish a tax credit for on-site apprenticeship programs (S. 2792), S5582 [15SE]

——— expand and permanently extend health care tax credit available to laid-off employees receiving trade adjustment assistance and retirees receiving Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., payments, S3017 [14MY]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in corporations, S5300 [31JY]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S1851 [31MR], S2925, S2927–S2930 [13MY], S2984–S2986, S2999–S3007, S3013, S3016, S3018–S3020 [14MY], S3050–S3056, S3059–S3063 [15MY], S3153 [20MY], S3196, S3221 [21MY], S3245–S3249 [22MY], S3350 [3JN], S6173 [20NO]

——— 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 certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S2559 [30AP], S3650 [12JN], S4291 [9JY], S6248–S6250 [2DE], S6282 [3DE], S6336 [4DE], S6506–S6508 [10DE], S6898, S6901, S6902 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), motion to proceed, S2763 [7MY]

——— 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 work opportunity tax credit, S2548 [30AP]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (S. 1624), S698 [3FE], S883 [11FE]

——— increase child care credit and credit for establishing workplace child care and provide incentives for students to earn child care-related degrees and to work in child care facilities, S1557 [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]

——— permanently extend the research and development credit, S4872 [24JY]

——— provide a credit to employers who provide paid family and medical leave (S. 2618), S5161–S5163 [31JY]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce, S4688 [22JY]

——— provide an exception to the exclusive use requirement for home offices if the other use involves care of a qualifying child of the taxpayer (S. 2488), S3774 [18JN], S3906 [24JN], S4368 [10JY]

——— 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]

——— provide tax incentives for small businesses (S. 1085), S784–S786 [6FE]

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]

——— extend unemployment benefits with offsets, reform program, terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, and eliminate overlapping benefits with the Social Security Disability Insurance program (S. 2097), S1369, S1370 [6MR], S1371 [10MR]

——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (S. 1972), S698 [3FE]

——— 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]

——— unemployment compensation program reform, S2061–S2063 [2AP]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1950), S445–S447, S458 [16JA], S467 [27JA], S2064–S2066 [2AP], S2759, S2760 [7MY]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1950), motion to proceed, S557 [29JA], S611 [30JA], S665 [3FE], S707 [4FE]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1950), unanimous-consent request, S1506, S1507 [11MR], S1759 [26MR], S2065 [2AP], S2759 [7MY]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), S705 [3FE], S708 [4FE], S867, S882 [11FE], S1168 [26FE], S1187–S1191, S1193–S1201, S1204–S1207, S1209, S1210, S1218 [27FE], S1331 [6MR], S2310–S2312 [9AP], S3319 [2JN]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), motion to proceed, S936, S940 [12FE], S1011, S1020–S1032, S1035–S1039 [25FE], S1134, S1140–S1148, S1150–S1163, S1165–S1168 [26FE]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), unanimous-consent agreement, S1169 [26FE]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 1982), unanimous-consent request, S3262, S3264 [22MY]

Whistleblowing: provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers (S. 42), S5846 [18SE]

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

World Day Against Child Labor: observance, S3625–S3627 [12JN]

Reports

Employment Outlook for African Americans and Latinos in the Upstream Oil and Natural Gas Industry: IHS Global, Inc., H5795 [26JN]

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]

Labor Market Effects of the Affordable Care Act: CBO, H2886–H2888 [3AP]

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

Reports filed

Agricultural Guestworker (AG) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1773) (H. Rept. 113–674), H10318 [12DE]

All Circuit Review Extension Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 4197), S5216 [31JY]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 4197) (H. Rept. 113–519), H6214 [14JY]

Coal Jobs Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5077) (H. Rept. 113–604), H7881 [18SE]

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. 2575, Save American Workers Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 530) (H. Rept. 113–397), H2801 [1AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3393, Student and Family Tax Simplification Act and H.R. 4935, Child Tax Credit Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 680) (H. Rept. 113–552), H6744 [23JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 113–584), H7387 [9SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 497) (H. Rept. 113–373), H2147 [4MR]

Consideration of H.R. 5272, Prohibit Certain Actions Relative to Deferred Actions for Aliens Not Lawfully Present in the U.S.: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 696) (H. Rept. 113–567), H7124 [30JY]

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]

DHS Cybersecurity Workforce Recruitment and Retention Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2354) (S. Rept. 113–207), S4454 [14JY]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3522) (H. Rept. 113–580), H7295 [8SE]

Employee Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4321) (H. Rept. 113–583), H7387 [9SE]

Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 3202) (H. Rept. 113–528), H6397 [17JY]

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2260) (S. Rept. 113–154), S2424 [28AP]

Federal Employees Having Seriously Delinquent Tax Debts Ineligible for Federal Employment: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1045) (S. Rept. 113–272), S5992 [13NO]

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

Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1574), S5373 [8SE]

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

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3979) (H. Rept. 113–360), H1937 [25FE]

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]

Save American Workers Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2575) (H. Rept. 113–386), H2694 [26MR]

Second Chance Act Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1690), S5918 [12NO]

Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 4121) (H. Rept. 113–461), H4783 [21MY]

Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3610) (H. Rept. 113–447), H4064 [13MY]

Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 4742) (H. Rept. 113–711), H10334 [2JA]

Student and Family Tax Simplification Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3393) (H. Rept. 113–526), H6397 [17JY]

Supplying Knowledge-Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM (SKILLS) Visas Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2131) (H. Rept. 113–676), H10324 [16DE]

Support Goals of International Women’s Day: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 376), S1517 [11MR]

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

Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4320) (H. Rept. 113–653), H8930 [9DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S2081 [2AP], S6738 [12DE]

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

Statements

Dept. of Labor Accomplishments: Seth Harris, S1228 [27FE]

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

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H7416 [10SE]

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

Prohibit Conversion of Previously Contracted Dept. of Defense Functions to Performance by Federal Employees: American Conservative Union, H4735 [21MY]

——— American Legion, H4734 [21MY]

——— Business Coalition for Fair Competition, H4735 [21MY]

——— Competitive Enterprise Institute, H4735 [21MY]

——— Management Association for Private Photogrammetric Surveyors (MAPPS), H4735 [21MY]

——— National Veteran Small Business Coalition, H4735 [21MY]

——— Textile Rental Services Association, H4735 [21MY]

Save American Workers Act: Executive Office of the President, H2825 [2AP]

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]

EEOC—An Agency on the Wrong Track? Litigation Failures, Misfocused Priorities, and Lack of Transparency Raise Concerns About Important Anti-Discrimination Agency: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (Senate), S6298 [3DE]

Protecting Social Security Disability Act (S. 3003), S6628–S6630 [11DE]

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

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

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 121, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8652 [4DE]

H. Con. Res. 123, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8998 [10DE]

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

H. Res. 497, consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2160 [5MR]

H. Res. 530, consideration of H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act, H2813 [2AP]

H. Res. 680, consideration of H.R. 3393, Student and Family Tax Simplification Act and H.R. 4935, Child Tax Credit Improvement Act, H6767 [24JY]

H. Res. 696, consideration of H.R. 5272, prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S., H7133 [31JY]

H. Res. 710, consideration of H.R. 5272, prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S., H7206 [1AU]

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7402 [10SE]

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. Res. 770, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8369 [4DE]

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

H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act, H2821 [2AP]

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

H.R. 3202, Essential Transportation Worker Identification Credential Assessment Act, H6895 [28JY]

H.R. 3393, Student and Family Tax Simplification Act, H6779 [24JY]

H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7413 [10SE]

H.R. 3610, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, H4509 [20MY]

H.R. 3896, Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Clarification Act, H6995 [29JY]

H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S2176–S2178 [7AP]

H.R. 3979, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, H2278 [11MR]

H.R. 4031, Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act, H4694 [21MY]

H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2168 [5MR]

H.R. 4197, All Circuit Review Extension Act, H6161 [14JY]

H.R. 5272, prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S., H7228 [1AU]

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

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

S. 2486, Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act, S3812 [18JN]

S. 2488, Working Parents Home Office Act, S3813 [18JN]

S. 2540, Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act, S4156–S4158 [26JN]

S. 2584, Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, S4408 [10JY]

S. 2589, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S4410–S4414 [10JY]

S. 2629, Preventive Care Coverage Notification Act, S4622 [17JY]

S. 2642, Schedules That Work Act, S4709–S4713 [22JY]

S. 2712, Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act, S5145 [30JY]

S. Res. 356, $2.13 Day, S957 [12FE]

S. Res. 362, support goals and ideals of Career and Technical Education Month, S1176 [26FE]

S. Res. 376, support goals of International Women’s Day, S1367 [6MR]

S. Res. 380, support goals and ideals of Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, S1522 [11MR]

S. Res. 386, support goals and ideals of National Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day, S1663 [13MR]

S. Res. 419, University of Minnesota Duluth observance of National Student Employment Week, S2242 [8AP]

S. Res. 511, encourage corporate, academic, and social entities to develop rules requiring consideration of minority candidates when searching for a business vendor or filling leadership positions, S4714 [22JY]

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. 532, National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week, S5234 [31JY]

S. Res. 542, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S5565 [11SE]

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]