ENYART, WILLIAM L. (a Representative from Illinois)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H2434 [13MR]

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 3022), H4830 [22MY]

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

Animals: establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2847), H1938 [25FE]

Armed Forces: afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2841), H1243 [16JA]

——— authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 2377), H2746 [27MR]

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

——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1333), H2748 [28MR]

——— provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE (see H.R. 4630), H5365 [12JN]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (see H.R. 4305), H3365 [30AP]

Black History Month: support goals and ideals and honor the contributions of African-American Medal of Honor recipients (see H. Res. 463), H1545 [3FE]

Buffalo Soldiers: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1880 [21FE]

Business and industry: 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]

Children and youth: allow State child protective services systems to better serve the needs of children who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 4636), H4834 [23MY]

——— extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 3481), H2746 [27MR]

——— improve response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking through updating law enforcement records and improving coordination with child welfare systems (see H.R. 3905), H1881 [21FE]

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

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (see H.J. Res. 25), H2991 [7AP]

Correctional institutions: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities (see H.R. 4618), H4061 [9MY]

Credit: establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4511), H4476 [19MY] (see H.R. 4643), H4058 [9MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 5012), H7893 [18SE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H6815 [24JY]

Dept. of Defense: award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 4852), H5495 [18JN]

——— 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), H3243 [28AP]

——— prohibit a reduction in funding for defense commissary system pending the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report (see H.R. 4217), H3448 [6MY]

——— require a report and briefing to Congress explaining procurement and inspection process for armored vehicles to transport civilian employees (see H.R. 4528), H3409 [1MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H4476 [19MY] (see H.R. 4622), H4786 [21MY]

——— award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 5168), H6744 [23JY]

——— award grants to establish STEM Innovation Networks (see H.R. 4828), H5559 [19JN]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H6656 [22JY]

——— establish a grant program for career education in computer science (see H.R. 4929), H6137 [11JY]

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

——— integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (see H.R. 2426), H7041 [29JY]

——— provide career education pathways in manufacturing (see H.R. 4815), H7189 [31JY]

——— 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), H5769 [25JN]

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

——— reauthorize Impact Aid Program (see H.R. 2296), H2854 [2AP]

Dept. of Energy: authorize appropriations for fossil energy research and development programs (see H.R. 4553), H3407 [1MY]

——— establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program (see H.R. 4162), H2255 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS: improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H5024 [29MY]

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

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 4683), H4911 [28MY]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3854), H3242 [28AP]

——— require NIH to consider sex differences in medical research and direct FDA to guarantee clinical drug trials are sufficient to determine safety and effectiveness for both men and women (see H.R. 4879), H5770 [25JN]

Dept. of Justice: enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see H.R. 421), H5823 [30JN]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see H.R. 988), H5824 [30JN]

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H6036 [9JY]

——— provide the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs authority to establish a prescription drug take-back program for Armed Forces members and veterans (see H.R. 3714), H21 [7JA]

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

——— issue occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard (see H.R. 2480), H2645 [25MR]

——— provide requirements for the Transition Assistance Program (see H.R. 631), H224 [14JA]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H2746 [27MR]

——— make permanent the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see H.R. 3879), H472 [15JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 508), H4910 [28MY]

Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H2697 [26MR]

——— establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H2066 [27FE]

——— establish innovation in surface transportation program (see H.R. 4726), H5495 [18JN]

——— modify final rule relative to flightcrew member duty and rest requirements for passenger operations of air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations (see H.R. 182), H5399 [17JN]

——— set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H2302 [11MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess staffing shortages at medical facilities (see H.R. 5007), H6297 [15JY]

——— award grants to establish, or expand upon, master’s degree or doctoral degree programs in orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 5432), H7432 [10SE]

——— 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), H2855 [2AP]

——— clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H2746 [27MR]

——— ensure that veterans may attend pre-apprenticeship programs using certain educational assistance (see H.R. 3384), H1939 [25FE]

——— enter into contracts with health care providers to improve health care access and care coordination for veterans (see H.R. 3858), H5065 [30MY]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H7938 [12NO]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran for purposes of benefits (see H.R. 897), H4060 [9MY]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 4276), H6217 [14JY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see H.R. 4841), H5495 [18JN]

——— improve care provided to newborn children (see H.R. 5475), H7940 [12NO]

——— provide additional points on competitive service entrance exam of preference eligible veterans applying for departmental positions (see H.R. 5023), H6037 [9JY]

——— provide emergency supplemental appropriations for the Office of the Inspector General (see H.R. 4948), H5877 [8JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 5059), H6297 [15JY]

Disabled: promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see H.R. 4040), H1939 [25FE]

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

——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H2434 [13MR]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H7434 [10SE]

——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 1508), H3198 [10AP]

Drugs: focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H5495 [18JN]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H21 [7JA]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6353 [16JY]

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

——— clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 2852), H5187 [9JN]

EPA: preserve existing rights and responsibilities relative to non-prohibited discharges of dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5071), H6746 [23JY]

——— provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (see H.R. 3826), H134 [9JA]

Europe: prohibit U.S. military and nuclear energy cooperation with Russia during occupation of Ukraine, support NATO enlargement and conflict resolution, and provide military assistance to Ukraine (see H.R. 4433), H4061 [9MY]

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

FDA: ensure that certain facilities continue to be treated as alcohol-related facilities, notwithstanding the distribution of spent grains resulting from the production of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 4430), H4785 [21MY]

Federal agencies and departments: disclose details of, and tax treatment of payments under, settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies and require explanations of confidentiality of such settlements (see H.R. 4324), H2743 [27MR]

——— require implementation of report recommendations by an inspector general regarding wasteful and excessive spending (see H.R. 4937), H5639 [23JN]

Federal employees: limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see H.R. 2450), H6036 [9JY]

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

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

FEMA: require rulemaking to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance (see H.R. 3925), H1252 [23JA]

Financial institutions: improve examination of depository institutions (see H.R. 1553), H2001 [26FE]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H5769 [25JN]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H1939 [25FE]

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 5403), H7619 [16SE]

FTC: establish regulatory framework for the comprehensive protection of personal data for individuals and improve laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children (see H.R. 4711), H5770 [25JN]

Health care professionals: recognize caregiving as a profession and the need for increased educational opportunities for both paid and family caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 97), H5024 [29MY]

Higher Education Act: establish requirements for preferred banking arrangements (see H.R. 4714), H4828 [22MY]

House of Representatives: mandate all Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner to complete annual ethics training conducted by the Committee on Ethics (House) (see H.R. 5095), H6400 [17JY]

House Rules: prohibit Committee on Ethics (House) waiver of requirement to include travel reimbursement information in financial disclosure reports of Members, officers, and employees of the House (see H. Res. 659), H5876 [8JY]

Housing: permanently protect interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3543), H5826 [3JY]

Immigration: reform (see H.R. 15), H1515 [31JA]

Information technology: provide for greater transparency in and user control over the treatment of data collected by mobile applications and enhance the security of such data (see H.R. 1913), H7189 [31JY]

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

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks (see H. Res. 657), H6037 [9JY]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3058 [8AP]

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (see H.R. 5700), H7978 [13NO]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H2258 [6MR]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H2744 [27MR]

Medicare: increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (see H.R. 1507), H3198 [10AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H3365 [30AP]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H5319 [11JN]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H3241 [28AP]

Members of Congress: prohibit use of representational allowance for payment of costs of first-class airline accommodations (see H. Res. 558), H6816 [24JY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5073 [5JN]

Motor vehicles: require dealers to disclose the presence of event data recorders on new automobiles and require manufacturers to provide the option to enable or disable such devices (see H.R. 2414), H7455 [11SE]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1430 [27JA]

National Day of 3D Printing: designate (see H. Res. 767), H8273 [2DE]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 3022), H4830 [22MY]

National First Responders Day: designate (see H.R. 4109), H2064 [27FE]

National parks and recreation areas: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see H.R. 3976), H1687 [6FE]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 583), H4064 [13MY]

NATO: encourage continued enlargement (see H.R. 4346), H2855 [2AP]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H4061 [9MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3199 [10AP]

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 H.R. 4865), H5399 [17JN]

——— delay application of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 3367), H2302 [11MR]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2746 [27MR]

Poland: anniversary of Warsaw Uprising (see H. Res. 690), H7042 [29JY]

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), H6746 [23JY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H3294 [29AP]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3929), H2260 [10MR]

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

Renewable energy: establish a competitive grant program for renewable fuel infrastructure (see H.R. 4051), H1939 [25FE]

SBA: make grants for economic growth, business retention, and business recruitment to economically underserved communities (see H.R. 3956), H2149 [4MR]

——— provide for contracting preferences and other benefits for emerging business enterprises (see H.R. 4876), H5398 [17JN]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H2991 [7AP]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 1652), H3409 [1MY]

Ships and vessels: establish nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel (see H.R. 5609), H7885 [18SE]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities (see H. Con. Res. 86), H2149 [4MR]

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H5065 [30MY]

SSA: continue to make Social Security number printouts and benefit verification letters available at field offices (see H.R. 4964), H5820 [26JN]

——— establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H2962 [4AP]

SSI: modify certain requirements for countable resources and income (see H.R. 4583), H3446 [6MY]

St. Louis, MO: designate as the National Chess Capital (see H. Res. 169), H2803 [1AP]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H2854 [2AP]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 561), H4064 [13MY]

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H4064 [13MY]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for facilities using a qualified methane conversion technology to provide transportation fuels and chemicals (see H.R. 3424), H3365 [30AP]

——— allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see H.R. 5178), H8868 [8DE]

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

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 3747), H4434 [15MY]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H5073 [5JN]

——— extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3395), H1545 [3FE]

——— increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 3861), H2002 [26FE]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 1527), H4910 [28MY]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H1545 [3FE]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H7189 [31JY]

——— make permanent and increase credit for increasing research activities and increase domestic production activities deduction for property for which research and development occurred in the U.S. (see H.R. 3537), H1720 [10FE]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 4933), H5597 [20JN]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H2435 [13MR]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H1772 [11FE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4985), H6036 [9JY]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7529 [15SE]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H3242 [28AP]

——— protect employees in the building and construction industry who are participants in multiemployer plans (see H.R. 3837), H134 [9JA]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2302 [11MR]

——— provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see H.R. 1009), H4476 [19MY]

——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 3726), H225 [14JA]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H2302 [11MR]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H1243 [16JA]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 2990), H1481 [28JA]

Transportation: allow local hiring for transportation projects (see H.R. 3620), H2258 [6MR]

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 4026), H1939 [25FE]

Turkey: condemn restrictions on freedom of the press, expression, and the Internet, including social media and call for an end to such restrictions (see H. Res. 532), H5187 [9JN]

Ukraine: condemn separatists occupying Donetsk and surrounding territory as terrorists for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and condemn Russia for supplying the arms (see H. Res. 679), H6655 [22JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3546), H1773 [11FE] (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3144 [9AP]

Veterans: improve hiring by the Federal Government and State governments (see H.R. 2785), H1687 [6FE]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4682), H5640 [23JN]

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

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 5078), H6135 [11JY]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H3058 [8AP]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H3242 [28AP]

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 1975), H2148 [4MR]

——— 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 H. Res. 519), H3294 [29AP]

Yosemite National Park: modify boundaries (see H.R. 1677), H3413 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Labor: establish a scholarship program for dislocated workers or unemployed individuals transitioning into manufacturing employment (H.R. 4824), H5249 [10JN]

Motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6098 [10JY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H6109 [11JY], H6355 [17JY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), motion to instruct conferees, H5426 [18JN]

Belleville, IL: anniversary of St. Paul United Church of Christ, E1693• [2DE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2900 [3AP]

Corps of Engineers: levee repair and flood mitigation funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy administration funding, H6099 [10JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), E830• [22MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), consideration (H. Res. 590), H4710 [21MY]

——— importance of maintaining strong National Guard and Reserves, H1233 [16JA]

——— improve prevention and response to sexual assaults, H4710 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program funding through reductions in administration funding, H6099 [10JY]

Dept. of Transportation: Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, H5153 [9JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H5426 [18JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5153 [9JN]

Economy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H113 [9JA]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), motion to recommit, H6099 [10JY]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), H1560 [4FE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H113 [9JA]

Medicare: Medicare Advantage program funding, H2900 [3AP]

——— reform, H2900 [3AP]

Navy: F/A–18E, F/A–18F, and EA–18G aircraft funding, E830• [22MY]

Southern Illinois University: anniversary of School of Law, H2684 [26MR], E434• [25MR]

Southwestern Illinois College: tribute to Programs and Services for Older Perons, E596• [28AP]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 470), H1560 [4FE]

Taxation: encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (H.R. 851), H6771 [24JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (S. 1845), H113 [9JA]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), H7319 [9SE]

Tributes

Baxter, Jeannine, E1249• [28JY]

Britton, Karl, E1430• [17SE]

Dixon, Alan J., H6110 [11JY]

Dobill, Dave, E1259• [29JY]

Garnati, Charles, E1467• [19SE]

Glik, Joe, E882• [30MY]

Gray, Kenneth J., H6355 [17JY], E1160• [15JY]

Mance, Nick J., E159• [4FE]

Martorani, Orlando P., E1384• [10SE]

McHugh, Mary, E1123• [9JY]

Poshard, Glenn, E1363• [9SE]

Rabin, Mark and Barbara, E986• [13JN]