FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS see also Public Welfare Programs

Amendments

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1456 [28JA]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 465), H1456 [28JA]

Charter schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 576), H3968 [8MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), S3550 [10JN]

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), H6690, H6691, H6693, H6694, H6695, H6696, H6697, H6698, H6699 [23JY]

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), consideration (H. Res. 677), H6679 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1368 [6MR], S1419 [10MR], S1523, S1524, S1525 [11MR], S1539, S1545, S1554, S1555, S1556, S1559, S1562, S1566, S1568, S1587, S1588, S1589, S1590, S1591, S1593 [12MR], S1608, S1609, S1610, S1613, S1616, S1665 [13MR], S5772, S5836 [18SE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), S6394, S6395 [8DE], H8994 [10DE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1417), S605 [29JA]

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (S. 2154), S5514 [10SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5088, H5089, H5090, H5093, H5095, H5096, H5097, H5098, H5104, H5155, H5157, H5158, H5159, H5160, H5161, H5162, H5163, H5164, H5168, H5169, H5171, H5172, H5173, H5174, H5175, H5176, H5177, H5178, H5180, H5181, H5182, H5183, H5187, H5188 [9JN], H5212, H5214, H5216, H5217, H5219, H5220, H5221, H5222, H5223, H5224, H5225, H5226, H5227, H5228, H5230, H5231, H5250 [10JN]

Drought: provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California and other Western States (S. 2198), S3303, S3304, S3308 [22MY]

——— provide for drought relief measures in New Mexico (S. 2470), S5822 [18SE]

——— provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), H8886 [9DE]

——— provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), consideration (H. Res. 770), H8383 [4DE]

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

Federal agencies and departments: improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (S. 1360), S5840 [18SE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 487), H1958 [26FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4624 [17JY], S4664 [21JY], S4772, S4775, S4778, S4781 [23JY], S5026, S5028, S5068 [29JY], H7169 [31JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration (H. Res. 669), H6240 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 696), H7148 [31JY]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), H4023, H4028, H4029, H4031, H4032, H4033, H4034, H4037, H4038, H4039, H4040 [9MY]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 576), H3968 [8MY]

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

An Awful Idea—Hammer the Disabled To Pay for Unemployment Benefits, S287 [13JA]

Best State in America—Vermont, for Its Healthy Kids, S3926 [24JN]

Closing an Abhorrent Loophole, H8236 [2DE]

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

Emergency Drought Bill Deserves To Die, H8830 [8DE]

Facts Support Passage of Drought Relief Legislation, H8838 [8DE]

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

Insiders Benefiting in Charter Deals, H4029 [9MY]

It’s Time To Close the American Indian Public Charter Schools, H4030 [9MY]

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

Nazi Criminals Getting Benefits? Yes, It’s True, H8236 [2DE]

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]

No SSNs for the SS, H8235 [2DE]

Obama’s Not-So-Seccret HUD Plan To Resettle Millions of Illegal Immigrants in Your Community (excerpt), H6346 [16JY]

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

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

School CEO Ripped for Hiring Wife, Paying Himself $340K, H4030 [9MY]

Shameful Social Security Benefits for Expelled Nazis, H8236 [2DE]

South Miami-Based Charter School Management Company Under Federal Scrutiny, H4030 [9MY]

Stop the Payments—Former Nazis Overseas Shouldn’t Get Social Security, H8236 [2DE]

Study Ties Diabetic Crises to Dip in Food Budgets, H231 [15JA]

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

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]

VA Employee—Wait List Data Was Manipulated in Austin, San Antonio, S2748 [7MY]

Wind-Power Tax Credits Need To Be Blown Away, S3004 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (see H.R. 3932), H1430 [27JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (see H. Res. 465), H1430 [27JA]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 465), H1430 [27JA]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (see S. 1957), S439 [16JA]

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

——— ensure that Reserve members using educational assistance administered by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs are accommodated by institutions of higher learning for an absence caused by performing certain training (see H.R. 5676), H7900 [19SE]

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

——— expand and improve care to members and veterans with mental health disorders, review characterization of discharges, and establish a loan repayment program for certain VA psychiatrists (see S. 2182), S1819 [27MR] (see H.R. 5048), H6034 [9JY]

——— protect servicemembers in higher education by providing better information, reduced interest rates, and improved services relative to student loans, and providing campus support (see S. 2448), S3475 [5JN]

——— provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE (see S. 2333), S3028 [14MY] (see H.R. 4630), H4058 [9MY]

ATF: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see H.R. 4946), H5723 [24JN]

Budget: increase the statutory public debt ceiling, require House and Senate votes on constitutional amendments to balance the budget, and restrict new entitlement spending (see H.R. 4027), H1718 [10FE]

Business and industry: exempt from manufacturer transparency reporting certain Social Security benefit transfers used for educational purposes (see H.R. 5539), H7882 [18SE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 2501), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 4188), H2300 [11MR]

——— apply Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation waiver authority to Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in order to foster innovation (see H.R. 4543), H3407 [1MY]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 4765), H5022 [29MY]

——— expand and improve Federal programs to reduce child hunger (see H.R. 4249), H2433 [13MR]

——— increase number of children eligible for free school meals, with a phased-in transition period, with an offset (see S. 2248), S2379 [10AP]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (see H.R. 4980), H5816 [26JN]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see S. 2935), S6022 [17NO]

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

Climate: provide communities with tools to respond to extreme weather and implement a strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources on which tourism and recreation jobs and local economies depend (see H.R. 5065), H6105 [10JY]

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]

Coast Guard: reauthorize and amend the Fishing Safety Training Grant Program and the Fishing Safety Research Grant Program (see H.R. 4025), H1718 [10FE]

Colleges and universities: discharge student loans for borrowers who are determined by the SSA to be under a disability without expectation of medical or functional improvement (see H.R. 3926), H1252 [23JA]

——— ensure appropriate spending of taxpayer funds on student aid, access to information to make informed choices about postsecondary education, and oppose Federal rating system (see H. Res. 614), H5248 [10JN]

——— prohibit students convicted of a State criminal hazing offense from receiving certain educational assistance (see H.R. 3898), H1240 [16JA]

——— provide for higher education reform (see S. 1969), S599 [29JA] (see H.R. 5674), H7900 [19SE]

——— 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]

Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking: establish (see S. 2952), S6204 [20NO] (see H.R. 5754), H8169 [20NO]

Commission on Long Term Social Security Solvency: establish (see H.R. 4786), H5063 [30MY]

Community development: create livable communities through coordinated public investment and streamlined requirements (see S. 2900), S5783 [18SE]

Constitutional amendments: control entitlement spending (see H.J. Res. 126), H7887 [18SE]

Contracts: require potential Federal contractors or grantees to certify they owe no Federal tax debt (see S. 2247), S2379 [10AP]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish AmeriCorps/Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) community gardens in high poverty areas program (see H.R. 4084), H1937 [25FE]

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]

——— seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (see S. 2567), S4271 [8JY] (see H.R. 5158), H6580 [18JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: consult with Indian tribes to make grants and enter into agreements with eligible entities to conduct research and education and training programs to protect and preserve Native American seeds (see S. 2116), S1584 [12MR]

——— disclose crop insurance premium subsidies made on behalf of Members of Congress and Cabinet Secretaries and expenses covered and underwriting gains earned by private insurance providers (see H.R. 5634), H7885 [18SE]

——— establish a loan guarantee program for natural gas distribution grids in areas with high energy costs through the Rural Utilities Service (see S. 2058), S1233 [27FE]

——— establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 2366), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 5242), H7039 [29JY]

——— establish an emergency watershed protection disaster assistance fund to provide assistance for any natural disaster (see S. 2163), S1775 [26MR]

——— extend the term of marketing assistance loans in cases in which a purchaser has bought the loan commodity subject to the loan and declared bankruptcy prior to paying for the loan commodity (see S. 2815), S5628 [16SE] (see H.R. 5542), H7882 [18SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 2527), S4003 [25JN] (see H.R. 5012), H5818 [26JN]

——— improve standards of school lunch programs (see H.R. 5891), H10335 [2JA]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see S. 2210), S2161 [3AP]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer (see S. 2201), S2095 [2AP]

——— modify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility disqualification for certain convicted felons (see H.R. 5642), H7886 [18SE]

——— preserve access of victims of trafficking to information about their eligibility to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 5238), H7039 [29JY]

——— prohibit use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to purchase marijuana products (see H.R. 4142), H2147 [4MR]

——— provide incentives for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participating households to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 4904), H5557 [19JN]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits (see S. 1922), S325 [14JA] (see H.R. 4006), H1686 [6FE]

Dept. of Defense: award grants to fund research on orthotics and prosthetics (see H.R. 4852), H5362 [12JN]

——— develop procedures to share certain information to State veterans agencies to facilitate the transition of Armed Forces members from military service to civilian life (see S. 2810), S5588 [15SE]

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

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see S. 2292), S2718 [6MY] (see S. 2432), S3424 [4JN] (see H.R. 4582), H3446 [6MY] (see H.R. 4622), H4057 [9MY]

——— allow for portability of funds for programs improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged (see S. 2998), S6626 [11DE]

——— allow higher education institutions that have previously filed for bankruptcy to apply for reinstatement of Federal Pell Grant Program eligibility (see H.R. 5191), H6813 [24JY]

——— allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (see H.R. 5127), H6351 [16JY]

——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program (see S. 1968), S528 [28JA] (see H.R. 4000), H1658 [5FE]

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

——— amend adverse credit history determinations for purposes of Federal Direct PLUS Loan eligibility (see H.R. 4480), H3196 [10AP]

——— amend the Rural and Low-Income School Program to include professional development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 4973), H5768 [25JN]

——— authorizing appropriations for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies (see H.R. 5661), H7886 [18SE]

——— award Early College Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 5590), H7884 [18SE]

——— 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), H5248 [10JN]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see H.R. 5807), H8867 [8DE]

——— award interest-free student loans to certain students (see H.R. 5568), H7883 [18SE]

——— clarify cancellation of loans of Armed Forces members under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4232), H2432 [13MR]

——— 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]

——— conduct a feasibility study for using income tax returns as the primary Federal student aid application (see H.R. 3842), H162 [10JA]

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

——— end use of corporal punishment in schools by prohibiting funding to any institution or agency utilizing such practices and providing assistance with positive behavior support approaches (see H.R. 5005), H5818 [26JN]

——— establish a competitive grant program assisting the development of innovative early learning curricula for low-income children (see H.R. 3983), H1544 [3FE]

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (see S. 2513), S3898 [23JN]

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), consideration (see H. Res. 677), H6654 [22JY]

——— establish a grant program to enable States to promote participation in high school/college dual enrollment programs (see S. 2349), S3074 [15MY]

——— establish a grant program to promote involvement of female students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (see H.R. 5165), H6655 [22JY]

——— establish a Master Teacher Corps program (see H.R. 5704), H7979 [13NO]

——— 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 simplified income-driven student loan repayment plan, new and notification about repayment options, and loan forgiveness for the total and permanently disabled (see S. 2812), S5628 [16SE]

——— establish American Dream Grant program to encourage States to increase access to higher education to low-income students regardless of immigration status (see S. 1943), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 3921), H1241 [16JA]

——— establish an Early Learning Challenge Fund (see H.R. 3984), H1544 [3FE]

——— establish Federal-State partnerships to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (see H.R. 4767), H5022 [29MY]

——— establish grant program for undergraduate students with financial need to assist such students in completing degrees at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 5560), H7883 [18SE]

——— establish grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 5589), H7884 [18SE]

——— establish the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Innovation Fund (see S. 2331), S2953 [13MY]

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

——— expand higher education opportunities by allowing States to develop their own systems of accrediting educational institutions, curricula, programs, and courses (see S. 1904), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 4612), H4015 [8MY]

——— extend eligibility for Federal student loans to certain short-term career and technical education programs (see S. 2795), S5564 [11SE]

——— extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (see H.R. 5134), H6397 [17JY]

——— improve college affordability by creating incentives for States to invest more in higher education to increase attendance and graduation (see S. 2518), S3939 [24JN]

——— 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]

——— improve determination of cohort default rates, provide for enhanced civil penalties, and establish institutional risk-sharing commission (see S. 2993), S6540 [10DE]

——— include foreign income for purposes of determining total income for higher education grant and loan eligibility (see H.R. 3841), H162 [10JA]

——— increase income allowance for working students receiving need-based Federal financial aid (see S. 2796), S5564 [11SE]

——— increase students’ and borrowers’ access to student loan information within the National Student Loan Data System and encourage improved outreach and communication with borrowers (see S. 2107), S1519 [11MR]

——— limit authority to issue regulations, rules, grant conditions and guidance materials in order to support decision-making functions of local educational agencies (see S. 2451), S3544 [10JN]

——— make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 4826), H5248 [10JN]

——— make grants to eligible local educational agencies to reduce the student-to-school nurse ratio in elementary and secondary schools (see S. 2297), S2796 [7MY]

——— make grants to support early college high schools and other dual enrollment programs (see S. 2860), S5782 [18SE]

——— make technical improvements to the Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college (see S. 2281), S2614 [1MY]

——— 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]

——— modify the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to include a space for the purpose of identifying whether a student is a foster youth (see H.R. 3915), H1241 [16JA]

——— prohibit Federal education mandates (see S. 1974), S654 [30JA] (see H.R. 4008), H1686 [6FE]

——— prohibit Federal funding to institutions of higher education that boycott Israeli academic institutions or scholars (see H.R. 4009), H1686 [6FE]

——— prohibit Federal funding to institutions of higher education that boycott Israeli Government, economy, or academia (see H.R. 4776), H5063 [30MY]

——— provide borrowers of Federal Family Education Loans with repayment terms available to borrowers of Federal Direct Loans (see H.R. 5596), H7884 [18SE]

——— provide for a percentage of student loan forgiveness for public service employment (see S. 2826), S5628 [16SE]

——— provide for institutional risk sharing in the Federal student loan programs (see H.R. 5565), H7883 [18SE]

——— provide for temporary emergency Impact Aid Program funds for local educational agencies (see H.R. 5611), H7885 [18SE]

——— 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 forgiveness for American Indian educators teaching in local educational agencies with a high percentage of American Indian students (see S. 2458), S3544 [10JN] (see H.R. 5370), H7183 [31JY]

——— 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]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (see S. 2164), S1818 [27MR]

——— restore National SMART Grants for a certain number of award years (see H.R. 5566), H7883 [18SE]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (see S. 2837), S5697 [17SE]

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

——— simplify the college financial aid application process (see H.R. 4982), H5817 [26JN]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process in order to maximize eligibility and increase income threshold to qualify for maximum Pell Grant funding (see S. 2340), S3029 [14MY]

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

——— verify eligibility of certain borrowers on loans submitted to a guaranty agency for default aversion or already in default before such borrowers obtain a consolidation loan (see H.R. 4579), H3446 [6MY]

Dept. of Energy: authorize a research program, loan guarantees, and tax credits to facilitate development and commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies (see S. 2287), S2647 [5MY]

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

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

——— 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]

——— reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (see S. 2052), S1233 [27FE] (see H.R. 4345), H2744 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 4798), H5068 [2JN]

——— conduct outreach efforts to provide certain health information to individuals enrolled in qualified health plans through exchanges or State plans under Medicaid (see H.R. 4796), H5068 [2JN]

——— designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H2913 [3AP]

——— eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see S. 2278), S2614 [1MY]

——— ensure effectiveness of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program by ensuring funding allocations are evidence-based and by promoting greater utilization of patient-centered care (see H.R. 4260), H2484 [14MR]

——— establish a demonstration program to facilitate physician reentry into clinical practice to provide required primary health services (see H.R. 5498), H7617 [16SE]

——— establish grant programs to improve health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats (see S. 2268), S2470 [29AP] (see H.R. 5221), H6976 [28JY]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H2913 [3AP]

——— improve Head Start Program by authorizing block grants to States for prekindergarten education (see S. 2119), S1584 [12MR] (see H.R. 4481), H3196 [10AP]

——— improve the quality of infant and toddler care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4680), H4684 [20MY]

——— include certain areas within the frontier and remote areas levels designations (see H.R. 5592), H7884 [18SE]

——— 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]

——— prohibit applicants from enrolling in a health plan on an exchange, in Medicaid, or in a child health plan if their self-attested personal information is inconsistent with Federal data sources (see S. 2701), S5135 [30JY]

——— provide for a grants program to develop and enhance integrated nutrition curricula in medical schools (see H.R. 4427), H3057 [8AP]

——— 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]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3854), H182 [13JA]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see S. 2449), S3507 [9JN] (see H.R. 4631), H4058 [9MY]

——— reauthorize sickle cell disease prevention and treatment demonstration program and provide for sickle cell disease research, surveillance, prevention, and treatment (see H.R. 5124), H6351 [16JY]

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (see S. 2154), S1730 [25MR] (see H.R. 4290), H2644 [25MR]

Dept. of HUD: allow Community Development Block Grant Program grant recipients to return unused funds to the U.S. Treasury for debt reduction (see H.R. 5653), H7886 [18SE]

——— allow periodic reviews of certain families’ incomes for purposes of determining eligibility for certain Federal housing programs (see H.R. 5776), H8225 [1DE]

——— carry out a loan repayment program for certain architects (see H.R. 4205), H2301 [11MR]

——— 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]

——— increase the unit cap on the rental assistance demonstration (see H.R. 5222), H6976 [28JY]

——— make acquisition, installation, and maintenance of security cameras, safety lighting, and building locks in public housing an eligible activity under Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 5317), H7181 [31JY]

——— prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Market Fund while in conservatorship or receivership (see H.R. 3901), H1240 [16JA]

——— reform and update flat rent structure for public housing (see H.R. 5632), H7885 [18SE]

——— support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 666), H6136 [11JY] (see H. Res. 668), H6215 [14JY]

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]

——— enhance the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program (see S. 2254), S2379 [10AP]

——— establish grant program for the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 5865), H9302 [11DE]

——— improve Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system (see H.R. 3908), H1241 [16JA]

——— provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (see S. 2441), S3474 [5JN]

——— reauthorize public safety and community policing grant program (see H.R. 5643), H7886 [18SE]

——— reduce Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funding to local governments that fund certain percentage of operating budget from traffic violation fines and fees (see H.R. 5550), H7882 [18SE] (see H.R. 5858), H9302 [11DE]

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

——— 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]

——— ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see S. 2959), S6205 [20NO] (see H.R. 5751), H8169 [20NO]

——— 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]

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

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

——— 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]

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

——— issue implementing regulations for drug testing under State unemployment compensation programs (see H.R. 4310), H2695 [26MR]

——— 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]

——— 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]

——— 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]

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]

——— amend Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program to include all Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Dept. of Defense within the definition of entitlement lands (see H.R. 4710), H4784 [21MY]

——— expand the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program to include payments for secure rural schools (see S. 2626), S4620 [17JY]

——— make permanent the Payments in Lieu of Taxes program (see S. 1913), S290 [13JA] (see H.R. 3879), H472 [15JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: issue Transportation Bonds to fund transportation projects in each State (see H.R. 4945), H5723 [24JN]

Dept. of Transportation: assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges (see S. 2063), S1233 [27FE]

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

——— ensure that minority- and women-owned businesses have fair and full opportunity to compete in rail projects and contracts and that such federally subsidized projects do not discriminate (see H.R. 4439), H3143 [9AP]

——— establish a grant program to assist the repair and replacement of bridges (see H.R. 3839), H134 [9JA]

——— establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H1511 [29JA]

——— improve the Highway Safety Improvement Program (see H.R. 4336), H2744 [27MR]

——— modify criteria for selecting communities to participate in the Small Community Air Service Development Program (see H.R. 5766), H8169 [20NO]

——— provide States with greater flexibility in innovative highway financing (see S. 2051), S1233 [27FE]

——— rescind unused earmarks (see S. 2370), S3237 [21MY]

——— suspend Federal funding for California high-speed rail project until sufficient non-Federal funds are available (see H.R. 3893), H1240 [16JA]

——— withhold highway funds from States that do not have in effect laws requiring the use of ignition interlock devices to prevent repeat intoxicated driving (see H.R. 5025), H5876 [8JY]

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]

——— 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 a grant program to provide burials for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3876), H223 [14JA]

——— carry out a pilot program under which eligible veterans may elect to receive health services at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 4759), H5022 [29MY]

——— 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]

——— clarify manner in which an advance educational assistance payment is charged against the entitlement of a veteran to such assistance (see H.R. 4184), H2256 [6MR]

——— clarify period of eligibility during which certain spouses are entitled to assistance under the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (see H.R. 5817), H8931 [9DE]

——— clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see S. 2014), S890 [11FE]

——— enter into a contract with a non-government entity to conduct a survey of individuals on the use of departmental educational assistance (see H.R. 4151), H2198 [5MR]

——— establish a scholarship program to increase the availability of physicians who provide primary health care services at departmental medical facilities (see H.R. 5224), H6976 [28JY]

——— establish voluntary national directory of veterans to support outreach to veterans (see S. 2740), S5217 [31JY]

——— expand authority of veterans to transfer entitlement to Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to dependents (see H.R. 5273), H7125 [30JY]

——— expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (see S. 2243), S2378 [10AP] (see H.R. 4892), H5494 [18JN]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see S. 2607), S4502 [15JY] (see S. 3014), S6788 [12DE] (see H.R. 4276), H2488 [18MR]

——— extend eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home and domiciliary care for certain veterans who served in a theater of combat operations (see S. 2979), S6350 [4DE]

——— extend the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 3958), H1510 [29JA]

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

——— improve ability of veterans to receive health care at private medical facilities (see H.R. 4760), H5022 [29MY]

——— improve administered laws relative to training and rehabilitation for veterans with service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4037), H1769 [11FE]

——— improve processing of claims for benefits (see S. 2091), S1365 [6MR]

——— improve provision of health care to veterans in rural and highly rural areas (see S. 2009), S852 [10FE]

——— improve Specially Adapted Housing Grant program for individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 4674), H4475 [19MY]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4793), H5064 [30MY]

——— protect individuals who are eligible for increased pension on the basis of need of regular aid and attendance from dishonest, predatory, or otherwise unlawful practices (see S. 1993), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 5046), H6034 [9JY] (see H.R. 5708), H7995 [14NO]

——— provide additional assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to certain eligible individuals (see H.R. 5784), H8365 [3DE]

——— reauthorize and modify pilot program that provides health services to veterans through qualifying non-departmental health care providers (see S. 1985), S702 [3FE] (see S. 2095), S1365 [6MR]

——— review list of veterans designated as former POW (see H.R. 5172), H6744 [23JY]

——— review the dialysis pilot program and submit a report to Congress before expanding such program (see H.R. 3831), H134 [9JA]

——— submit a report to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs on the information technology used in administering educational benefits (see H.R. 4147), H2147 [4MR]

——— waive certain requirements relative to the approval of educational facilities for purposes of utilizing GI Bill benefits (see H.R. 5157), H6398 [17JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (see S. 2438), S3474 [5JN] (see H.R. 4745), H4836 [27MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), consideration (see H. Res. 604), H5022 [29MY]

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), H1769 [11FE]

Disasters: provide eligibility for public broadcasting facilities to receive certain disaster assistance (see S. 2665), S4903 [24JY]

Drought: provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California (see S. 2016), S891 [11FE] (see H.R. 4039), H1769 [11FE]

——— provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California and other Western States (see S. 2198), S1923 [1AP]

——— provide drought assistance to California and other affected Western States (see H.R. 4239), H2432 [13MR]

——— provide for drought relief measures in New Mexico (see S. 2470), S3668 [12JN]

——— provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (see H.R. 5781), H8272 [2DE]

——— provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), consideration (see H. Res. 770), H8365 [3DE]

Economy: 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]

——— 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]

Education: award grants to improve childhood care and education for local governments and local educational agencies (see H.R. 4965), H5767 [25JN]

——— establish grants to assist in cost of compensation paid by employers to recent college graduates and to provide funding for further education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) (see H.R. 5540), H7882 [18SE]

——— establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 5259), H7125 [30JY]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see S. 2452), S3544 [10JN]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 1909), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 4773), H5022 [29MY]

——— include community partners and intermediaries in the planning and delivery of education and related programs (see S. 2968), S6262 [2DE] (see H.R. 5569), H7883 [18SE]

——— require additional disclosures and protections for students and cosigners relative to student loans (see S. 2460), S3544 [10JN]

——— require certain protections for student loan borrowers and provide reasonable and flexible repayment options, access to earned credentials, and loan cancellation in exchange for public service (see H.R. 3892), H472 [15JA]

——— 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]

Employment: 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]

——— 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]

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

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

EPA: establish the Indian River Lagoon Nutrient Removal Assistance Grant Program (see H.R. 5289), H7126 [30JY]

——— make competitive awards to national estuary programs (see H.R. 5117), H6296 [15JY]

——— revise definition of term ‘‘colonia’’ (see S. 2558), S4154 [26JN]

Families and domestic relations: provide States with assistance in finding a permanent home for every child (see H.R. 4909), H5557 [19JN]

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 5376), H7184 [31JY]

Federal agencies and departments: provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (see S. 2113), S1584 [12MR]

——— reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement (see H.R. 5196), H6814 [24JY]

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

Federal Agency Sunset Commission: establish (see H.R. 3874), H223 [14JA]

Federal Housing Finance Agency: establish a moratorium on foreclosure of mortgages guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac on homes of individuals who have lost their unemployment benefits (see H.R. 4255), H2484 [14MR]

——— prohibit reduction or limitation of multifamily housing business of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 5495), H7617 [16SE]

FEMA: authorize the awarding of Urban Areas Security Initiative grants to nonprofit organizations not located in high-risk urban areas (see H.R. 3891), H472 [15JA]

——— delay increases in premium rates under National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), technical corrections (see H. Con. Res. 93), H2433 [13MR]

——— ensure fairness in premium rates for coverage for business properties and second homes under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4313), H2695 [26MR]

——— ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes (see S. 2137), S1652 [13MR]

——— extend authority to waive certain debts relative to disaster assistance provided to individuals and households (see H.R. 5770), H8225 [1DE]

——— require periodic GAO reviews of the flood insurance rates and flood insurance rate maps under the National Flood Insurance Program (see H.R. 4352), H2801 [1AP]

——— require rulemaking to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance (see S. 1960), S486 [27JA] (see H.R. 3925), H1252 [23JA]

Firearms: prohibit funding of a State or local firearms ownership database (see S. 2105), S1519 [11MR]

GAO: conduct studies on enrollment by racial and ethnic minorities and by low-income seniors in Medicare Advantage program (see H.R. 4211), H2360 [12MR]

——— require report on adoption disruption and dissolution in the U.S. resulting from transfer of children into the custody of unvetted persons (see H.R. 5881), H9303 [11DE]

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

Health: authorize grants for the support of caregivers (see S. 2866), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 5633), H7885 [18SE]

——— clarify application of antitrust laws to negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health care insurance issuers (see H.R. 4077), H1937 [25FE]

——— clarify treatment of health care provider standards of care under Federal health care provisions (see H.R. 4750), H4909 [28MY]

——— improve provision of telehealth services under Medicare and other Federal health care programs (see S. 2662), S4903 [24JY]

——— increase access to primary care services by supporting and expanding the primary care workforce, enhancing payments, and improving transparency of Federal training funds (see S. 2229), S2327 [9AP]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (see S. 2539), S4153 [26JN]

——— require Dept. of HHS to establish a Regenerative Medicine Coordinating Council and GAO to submit report identifying all Federal programs and activities relative to regenerative medicine (see S. 2126), S1652 [13MR]

Health care professionals: authorize grants for graduate medical education partnerships in States with a low ratio of medical residents relative to population (see H.R. 4282), H2565 [21MR]

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

——— reauthorize (see S. 2954), S6204 [20NO]

Homeless: modernize formula and terms for allocations to prevent homelessness for individuals living with HIV or AIDS (see H.R. 5640), H7886 [18SE]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see S. 2653), S4903 [24JY] (see H.R. 5186), H6813 [24JY]

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]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 487), H1937 [25FE]

Housing: ensure that certain multifamily housing mortgage purchases by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase or preserve the number of dwelling units affordable to low-income families (see H.R. 4791), H5063 [30MY]

——— require that any new contract to provide project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the Housing Act have a term of a certain length (see H.R. 4478), H3196 [10AP]

Human rights: authorizing appropriations for domestic and foreign treatment centers for victims of torture (see H.R. 4987), H5817 [26JN]

——— identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 5135), H6397 [17JY]

Immigration: prohibit aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. from being eligible for postsecondary education benefits not available to all citizens and U.S. nationals (see S. 1990), S763 [4FE]

——— prohibit fraudulent transfer of custody of unaccompanied alien children (see S. 2767), S5218 [31JY]

——— provide for the eligibility of certain additional programs for the NSF competitive grant program for K-12 math, science, engineering, and technology education (see H.R. 4483), H3196 [10AP]

——— secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico (see H.R. 5316), H7181 [31JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 2789), S5507 [10SE] (see H.R. 4136), H2097 [28FE]

Information technology: include reasonable costs for high-speed Internet service in the utility allowances for families residing in public housing (see H.R. 5834), H9044 [10DE]

Insurance: reform verification and reporting processes for health care premium and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 5557), H7883 [18SE]

Investments: exempt certain college savings plans from asset limitations when determining SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, or LIHEAP eligibility (see H.R. 5783), H8365 [3DE]

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: reauthorize and improve (see S. 2999), S6626 [11DE]

LIHEAP: revise formula for allocating funding to States (see H.R. 3860), H183 [13JA]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (see H.R. 4146), H2147 [4MR]

Medicaid: ensure beneficiaries have the opportunity to receive care in home and community-based settings (see S. 2515), S3938 [24JN] (see H.R. 5547), H7882 [18SE]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (see H.R. 4676), H4475 [19MY]

——— establish a demonstration project under which payment may be made to States for expenditures for medical assistance for substance use disorder treatment services (see H.R. 5136), H6397 [17JY]

——— extend application of Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services for women, children, and families (see S. 2694), S5134 [30JY] (see S. 3007), S6627 [11DE] (see H.R. 5723), H8033 [17NO]

——— protect enrollment of incarcerated youth for medical assistance (see S. 2211), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4390), H2913 [3AP]

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see S. 1992), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 4016), H1686 [6FE]

——— provide payment for patient navigator services (see H.R. 4168), H2255 [6MR]

——— provide reimbursement to individuals and entities that provide voluntary non-emergency medical transportation to beneficiaries for expenses related to no-load travel (see S. 1940), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 3912), H1241 [16JA]

Medicare: authorize coverage of post-mastectomy water-resistant coverings if they are determined to be consistent with clinical protocol or medically necessary to reduce risk of infection (see H.R. 4627), H4057 [9MY]

——— cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (see H.R. 4762), H5022 [29MY]

——— expand coverage to eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 5853), H9302 [11DE]

——— extend the Rural Community Hospital Demonstration Program (see S. 2187), S1870 [31MR] (see H.R. 4780), H5063 [30MY]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 5780), H8272 [2DE]

——— prohibit further action on the proposed rule on changes to prescription drug benefit programs (see H.R. 4160), H2255 [6MR]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (see S. 2087), S1365 [6MR] (see S. 2491), S3811 [18JN]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 5380), H7184 [31JY]

——— provide for required hospice program surveys (see H.R. 5393), H7240 [1AU]

——— suspend application of rebasing of home health prospective payment amounts (see H.R. 4625), H4057 [9MY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see S. 2348), S3074 [15MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 5481), H7617 [16SE]

——— end increased Federal funding for Medicaid expansion for inmates’ hospital care and apply savings to Medicare Advantage stabilization program to help protect seniors’ choices (see H.R. 5113), H6296 [15JY]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (see H.R. 4302), H2694 [26MR]

——— provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories relative to low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 3966), H1510 [29JA]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (see S. 2110), S1519 [11MR]

Mortgages: establish programs to encourage use of shared equity mortgage modifications (see S. 2854), S5782 [18SE]

National Endowment for the Humanities: prohibit from providing funds to carry out the Popular Romance Project or any similar project relating to love or romance (see H.R. 5155), H6398 [17JY]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 5101), H6215 [14JY]

National Service Coordinator Day: designate (see H. Res. 729), H7675 [17SE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4277), H2488 [18MR] (see H.R. 4329), H2743 [27MR]

Native Americans: ensure funding for certain health care services payments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations (see S. 2669), S4903 [24JY]

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

——— permanently reauthorize the special diabetes programs for Indians (see S. 2830), S5629 [16SE]

——— promote academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program (see S. 1948), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 4214), H2360 [12MR]

——— provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see S. 2960), S6205 [20NO]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (see S. 2920), S5993 [13NO] (see H.R. 5706), H7979 [13NO]

——— terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see S. 2944), S6148 [19NO] (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

NSF: support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs (see S. 2543), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 5217), H6976 [28JY]

——— support existing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs and include computer science in STEM education (see H.R. 5031), H5876 [8JY]

Older Americans Act: authorize appropriations (see H.R. 3850), H162 [10JA]

——— reauthorize (see H.R. 4122), H2097 [28FE]

OMB: report on disaster assistance obligations of the Federal Government (see H.R. 5635), H7886 [18SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 4805), H5072 [5JN]

——— eliminate health care exchange cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 4196), H2301 [11MR]

——— provide for conditions on renewal of health insurance plans purchased through exchanges (see S. 2801), S5564 [11SE]

——— provide for recoupment and reallocation of unspent State grant funds (see H.R. 3884), H472 [15JA]

——— require States with failed health care exchanges to reimburse the Federal Government for amounts provided for establishment and operation of such exchanges (see S. 2339), S3029 [14MY] (see H.R. 4677), H4475 [19MY]

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

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

——— 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]

Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Committee: establish (see S. 2204), S2161 [3AP] (see H.R. 4391), H2913 [3AP]

Public safety officers: provide disability benefits to officers disabled before enactment of Federal public safety officer disability benefits law (see H.R. 5292), H7126 [30JY]

Public welfare programs: exclude child care from the determination of the limit on assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4294), H2644 [25MR]

——— 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]

——— prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (see H.R. 4137, 4142), H2147 [4MR]

Public works: ensure that transportation and infrastructure projects using Federal financial assistance are constructed with steel, iron, and manufactured goods produced in the U.S. (see S. 2737), S5217 [31JY]

——— require public construction and infrastructure projects to use U.S. iron, steel, wood, cement, and manufactured goods, establish American Star Program, and extend Build America Bonds program (see S. 2682), S5051 [29JY]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see S. 2706), S5135 [30JY] (see H.R. 5285), H7125 [30JY]

Renewable energy: establish a competitive grant program for renewable fuel infrastructure (see H.R. 4051), H1770 [11FE]

——— promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development (see H.R. 5335), H7182 [31JY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (see S. 2322), S2911 [12MY] (see H.R. 5021), H5875 [8JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration (see H. Res. 669), H6214 [14JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 696), H7124 [30JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 108), H6398 [17JY]

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (see S. 2646), S4762 [23JY]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 3911), H1241 [16JA]

SBA: clarify that the use of electronic signatures and records in loan and related financing programs is permitted (see H.R. 5599), H7884 [18SE]

——— create a grant program for governmental and other nonprofit organizations that support startup businesses by providing entrepreneurs with resources and services to produce viable businesses (see S. 2850), S5698 [17SE] (see H.R. 4059), H1776 [14FE]

——— direct the task force of the Office of Veterans Business Development to provide access to and manage the distribution of excess or surplus property to veteran-owned small businesses (see S. 2794), S5564 [11SE] (see H.R. 5231), H7039 [29JY]

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

——— establish a grant program to empower encore entrepreneurs (see H.R. 4613), H4015 [8MY]

——— 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]

——— establish rules for franchise eligibility for financial assistance under certain small business programs (see H.R. 5600), H7884 [18SE]

——— establish the Innovative Approaches to Technology Transfer Grant Program (see S. 2551), S4153 [26JN]

——— establish veterans’ business outreach center program and improve certain other veterans programs (see S. 2396), S3294 [22MY]

——— 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]

——— increase maximum loan amount for loans under the Microloan program (see S. 2487), S3811 [18JN]

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

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

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (see S. 2693), S5134 [30JY] (see H.R. 5584), H7884 [18SE]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (see S. 2304), S2796 [7MY] (see H.R. 10), H2801 [1AP]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), consideration (see H. Res. 576), H3939 [7MY]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: exempt State and county payments from any reduction due to sequestration and reimburse returned payments because of sequestration (see H.R. 3886), H472 [15JA]

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

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

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs.: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog and delays in providing emergency health care (see H. Con. Res. 98), H4434 [15MY]

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]

——— increase lending to small businesses (see H.R. 4652), H4059 [9MY]

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]

——— allow voluntary agreements for Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa (see H.R. 5274), H7125 [30JY]

——— continue pre-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act flexibility in providing State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage (see H.R. 3931), H1430 [27JA]

——— eliminate civil money penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not medically necessary (see H.R. 4658), H4064 [13MY]

——— eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits in cases of terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 4893), H5494 [18JN]

——— expand permissive exclusion from Federal health programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities and provide penalties for illegal distribution of beneficiary identity information (see H.R. 5340), H7182 [31JY]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 2461), S3604 [11JN] (see H.R. 5364), H7183 [31JY]

——— implement various reforms to the disability insurance program (see H.R. 4111), H2064 [27FE]

——— 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]

——— prohibit the display of account numbers on Government-issued identification cards issued in connection with benefits under Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4840), H5318 [11JN]

——— 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]

——— provide for 12-month continuous enrollment of individuals under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 1980), S702 [3FE]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H6745 [23JY]

——— provide for immediate designation of substitute representative payees relative to Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 4401), H2961 [4AP]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H5597 [20JN]

——— raise to at least the poverty line the amount of benefits that are exempt from being offset to satisfy student loan debt (see H.R. 3927), H1252 [23JA]

Solar energy: increase quantity of solar photovoltaic electricity by providing rebates for the purchase and installation of additional photovoltaic systems (see S. 2901), S5783 [18SE]

SSA: prohibit seizing of tax refunds to repay overpayments, restore statute of limitations applicable to debt collection through administrative offset, and prevent recovery of overpayments to children (see S. 2453), S3544 [10JN]

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

SSI: condition benefit eligibility of certain older disabled children on school attendance (see H.R. 4617), H4015 [8MY]

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

——— update eligibility (see S. 2089), S1365 [6MR]

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

——— 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]

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration: award grants to States to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse, dependence or addiction (see H.R. 5339), H7182 [31JY]

——— incentivize States to improve youth outcomes and avoid using incarceration by awarding grants to organizations that get at-risk youth on the right track (see S. 2531), S4003 [25JN]

Taxation: allow certain discharged student loan debt to be included in gross income ratably over a certain number of years and disregard such income in determining eligibility for Federal means-tested programs (see H.R. 4020), H1686 [6FE]

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

——— exclude from gross income amounts received for personal injuries or sickness resulting from service as a qualified public safety employee (see H.R. 4537), H3364 [30AP]

——— exclude from gross income discharges of Federal student loans as a result of veterans’ service-connected total disability that is permanent in nature (see H.R. 3843), H162 [10JA]

——— exclude major professional sports leagues from qualifying as tax-exempt organizations and use such funds generated for domestic violence prevention and victims’ services programs (see S. 2816), S5628 [16SE]

——— increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit (see S. 2715), S5216 [31JY]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 4700), H4783 [21MY]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H4828 [22MY]

——— provide a renter’s credit (see H.R. 4479), H3196 [10AP]

——— provide appeals process for designation as qualified census tracts and difficult development areas under the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 5198), H6814 [24JY]

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

——— provide tax relief for damages relating to federally declared disasters during September 2013 (see H.R. 4497), H3240 [28AP]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012, 2013, and 2014 (see S. 2634), S4705 [22JY] (see H.R. 5082), H6135 [11JY]

——— provide tax relief for major disaster areas declared in 2012 and 2013 (see S. 2233), S2327 [9AP]

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

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

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

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

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

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

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits (see S. 1950), S439 [16JA] (see S. 1982), S702 [3FE] (see S. 2413), S3341 [2JN]

——— promote identification of veterans and their health needs in furnishing items and services under Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs (see H.R. 5332), H7182 [31JY]

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

——— provide eligibility for veterans benefits for individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine in the Southeast Asia theater of operations during the Vietnam Era (see H.R. 5112), H6296 [15JY]

——— waive minimum period of continuous active duty for homeless veterans to receive benefits and furnish benefits to homeless veterans with discharges or releases under other than honorable conditions (see S. 2179), S1818 [27MR]

Cloture motions

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, S619 [30JA], S689 [3FE]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3491 [9JN], S3557 [11JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S5963 [13NO]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S5772 [18SE]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), motion to proceed, S1225 [27FE]

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]

Conference reports

Agricultural Act (H.R. 2642), H1269–H1425 [27JA]

Essays

Half in Ten (organization) and Coalition on Human Needs Our American Story Project—50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty: Amy Treptow, H123 [9JA]

Factsheets

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (S. 1086), S6009 [17NO]

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

Letters

California Emergency Drought Relief Act: D.O. McIsaac, Pacific Fishery Management Council, H8834, H8836 [8DE]

——— several environmental organizations, H8831 [8DE]

——— several fishermen’s organizations, H8837 [8DE]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Celia Hartman Sims, Knowledge Universe (organization), H7478 [15SE]

——— Gerald M. Cutts, First Children’s Finance (organization), H7479 [15SE]

——— Grace Reef, Early Learning Policy Group, LLC, H7478 [15SE]

——— Helen Blank and Joan Entmacher, National Women’s Law Center, H7476, H7480 [15SE]

——— Janet Singerman, Child Care Resources Inc., H7479 [15SE]

——— Katy Beh Neas, Easter Seals Inc., H7479 [15SE]

——— Lynette M. Fraga, L. Carol Scott, Michelle Noth McCready, and Nicholas P. Vucic, Child Care Aware of America (organization), H7476, H7481 [15SE]

——— M.-A. Lucas, Early Care and Education Consortium, H7478 [15SE]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H7479 [15SE]

——— Matthew Melmed, Zero to Three—National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, H7477 [15SE]

——— Olivia Golden, Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), H7477 [15SE]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H7475, H7480 [15SE]

——— Rhian Evans Allvin, National Association for the Education of Young Children, H7479 [15SE]

——— Richard Bland, Save the Children Federation, Inc., H7475, H7480 [15SE]

——— Sharon Veatch, Child Care Aware of Virginia (organization), H7476 [15SE]

Dept. of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding: several mayors, H1446 [28JA]

Dept. of HUD Moving to Work Agreement extensions: several housing advocate organizations, S5950 [12NO]

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

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

Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, H6256 [15JY]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H6255 [15JY]

——— Representative Kline, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H6249 [15JY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6249 [15JY]

——— several organizations, H6254 [15JY]

Houston, TX, heavy or light rail lines construction funding: Bill Calderon, Montrose Management District (organization), H5099 [9JN]

——— Bob Harvey, Greater Houston Partnership (organization), H5099 [9JN]

——— Jack Drake and Andrea French, Transportation Advocacy Group—Houston Region (organization), H5099 [9JN]

——— Kathie Easterly, University Place Association, H5099 [9JN]

——— Meredith Alberto, WTS Houston (organization), H5099 [9JN]

Medicaid expansion funding in Florida: Kathleen Voss Woolrich, E463 [27MR]

Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act and No Social Security for Nazis Act: Jason Isaacson, American Jewish Committee, H8232 [2DE]

No Social Security for Nazis Act: Allan J. Jacobs and Daniel S. Mariaschin, B’nai B’rith International (organization), H8233 [2DE]

——— Dan Weber, Association of Mature American Citizens, H8233 [2DE]

——— Eric Kingson and Nancy Altman, Strengthen Social Security Coalition, H8234 [2DE]

——— Max Richtman, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H8234 [2DE]

——— Morton Klein, Zionist Organization of America, H8234 [2DE]

——— Noah Silverman, Republican Jewish Coalition, H8234 [2DE]

——— William C. Daroff, Jewish Federations of North America, H8233 [2DE]

Prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, S287 [13JA]

Protecting Access to Medicare Act: several physician organizations, H2717 [27MR]

Simplify EPA solid waste disposal process deadlines and regulations and amend CERCLA relative to State involvement in site remediation and applicability to Federal facilities: R. Steven Brown, Environmental Council of the States, H101 [9JA]

——— Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H97 [9JA]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H97 [9JA]

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]

Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act: Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H4035 [9MY]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H4035 [9MY]

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

Lists

Industry groups supporting H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, S1631 [13MR]

Organizations opposed to H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H1468 [28JA]

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

Organizations supporting H.R. 4980, Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, H6724 [23JY]

Senators cosponsoring H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, S1632 [13MR]

Motions

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H1470 [28JA]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), S3481 [9JN], S3511 [10JN], S5531 [11SE], S5573 [15SE], S5595 [16SE]

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), H6700 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1169 [26FE], S1187 [27FE], S1257 [4MR], S1371 [10MR], S1487 [11MR], S1531 [12MR], S5772 [18SE], S5964 [13NO]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5237 [10JN]

Drought: provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), H8886 [9DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1855 [31MR]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S5209 [31JY], H6258 [15JY], H7172 [31JY]

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]

Petitions and memorials

Iowa: Agricultural Act, S561 [29JA]

Press releases

$25 Million Grant for American Samoa Clean-Up and Recovery: Delegate Faleomavaega (2009), E1689 [2DE]

Bill To Reauthorize, Improve Critical Homeless Veteran Programs Signed Into Law: National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, H3353 [30AP]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Results for America (organization), H7479 [15SE]

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

Congressman Faleomavaega Applauds CMS Decision To Increase Medicaid FMAP for Eligible Territories: Delegate Faleomavaega, E1729 [3DE]

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

11 Million $2,100 ‘‘Scholarships for Kids’’—A Real Answer to Inequality: Senator Alexander, S508 [28JA]

Faleomavaega Stands With Democratic Colleagues To Fight for Territory’s Medicaid Funding: Delegate Faleomavaega (2012), E1728 [3DE]

Faleomavaega Thanks U.S. Dept. of Labor for Releasing Over $24 Million To Assist Clean-Up and Recovery Efforts in American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2009), E1689 [2DE]

House Passes Final Version of Health Care Legislation, Includes Increase in Medicaid and Health Insurance Exchange for American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1728 [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]

Open Letter From Secretary Foxx and 11 Former DOT Secretaries Urging Congress To Address Long-Term Transportation Needs: Dept. of Transportation, S4651 [21JY]

SNAP Cuts in Farm Bill Will Lead to Less Food for Vulnerable People: Food Research and Action Center, H1446 [28JA]

U.S. Dept. of Labor Awards $500,000 in Supplemental National Emergency Grant Funding to American Samoa Dept. of Human Resources: Delegate Faleomavaega (2012), E1690 [2DE]

U.S. Dept. of Labor Notifies Faleomavaega That Over $16 Million Will Be Released to ASG for About 2,200 Temporary Workers To Continue Clean-Up and Recovery Efforts: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1690 [2DE]

Remarks in House

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H1704 [10FE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H241, H457, H460 [15JA], H1433, H1439, H1440, H1441, H1442, H1443, H1459–H1472 [28JA], H5357 [12JN], H7629 [17SE], H7873 [18SE], E135, E139, E143 [29JA], E153 [3FE], E162 [4FE]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1443–H1458 [28JA]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), motion to recommit, H1470, H1471 [28JA]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), H24, H45 [8JA], H79 [9JA], H230 [15JA], E92 [16JA]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, H1425–H1428 [27JA], H1436 [28JA], H1484, H1485–H1501, H1502, H1503 [29JA], H1552 [4FE], H1595 [5FE], H1944 [26FE], H2615 [25MR], E149 [31JA], E152, E154 [3FE], E161 [4FE]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 465), H1443–H1458 [28JA]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects, H6236 [15JY]

——— establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (H.R. 2084), H2737 [27MR]

American Samoa: record of Federal expenditures, E1713 [3DE]

Amtrak: eliminate funding for routes that have total direct costs that are more than twice their revenue, H5230, H5231 [10JN]

Armed Forces: provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE, E876 [29MY], E1107 [3JY]

Bread for the World (organization): tribute to report ‘‘Ending Hunger in America’’, H1690 [10FE]

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

Bureau of Reclamation: prohibit funding to award grants for high-efficiency toilets or indoor water-efficient toilets, H6089 [10JY]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: apply Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation waiver authority to Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) in order to foster innovation (H.R. 4543), H4682 [20MY], H5873 [8JY]

CERCLA: amend relative to State consultation on removal and remedial actions, State concurrence with listing on EPA National Priorities List, and State credit for contributions to removal or remedial action, H88, H90, H92, H93, H96–H104, H106, H107 [9JA], E46 [10JA]

Charter schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 576), H3961–H3968 [8MY]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (H.R. 4765), E891 [30MY]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (H.R. 4980), H6664, H6711–H6724 [23JY], E1216 [23JY], E1226, E1232 [24JY], E1649 [20NO]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (H.R. 498), E1495 [19SE]

Colleges and universities: affordability, H6671 [23JY]

——— ensure appropriate spending of taxpayer funds on student aid, access to information to make informed choices about postsecondary education, and oppose Federal rating system (H. Res. 614), E938 [10JN]

——— require private educational lenders to obtain certain certifications from institutions of higher education, H6674 [23JY]

Congress: legislative priorities, H33 [8JA]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish AmeriCorps/Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) community gardens in high poverty areas program, E219 [18FE]

Corps of Engineers: Port of Houston dredging project funding, H6101 [10JY], E1145 [11JY]

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

Credit: prohibit Federal agencies from guaranteeing, making, or insuring a mortgage secured by a residence in a jurisdiction that has used eminent domain to take a residential mortgage (H.R. 2733), H1917 [25FE]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (H.R. 3530), H112 [9JA], H1262 [27JA], H1504–H1506 [29JA], H3358 [30AP], H4486, H4501–H4509, H4531 [20MY], H4691, H4692 [21MY], E800, E806 [21MY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: allow all fresh fruits and vegetables, including white potatoes, as supplemental foods under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC, H5283, H5286, H5287 [11JN]

——— anniversary of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC, E1638 [19NO]

——— Farm Service Agency Emergency Conservation Program funding, H5297, H5298 [11JN]

——— importance of Summer Food Service Program, H5881 [9JY], H6220 [15JY]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (H.R. 5012), H6220 [15JY], H6940 [28JY]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, H45 [8JA], H1425–H1428 [27JA], H1446 [28JA], H1492 [29JA]

——— Natural Resources Conservation Service Watershed Rehabilitation Program funding, H5299–H5301 [11JN]

——— reform crop insurance program, H1495 [29JA]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H1497, H1498 [29JA]

——— repeal Market Access Program, H3164 [10AP]

——— Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC funding, H2366 [13MR]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H24, H31, H45, H47, H50 [8JA], H79 [9JA], H230, H452, H453 [15JA], H1262, H1264, H1425–H1428 [27JA], H1436, H1443–H1446, H1449 [28JA], H1484, H1486, H1488–H1499, H1502 [29JA], H1595 [5FE], H2245 [6MR], H2615 [25MR], H2859 [3AP], H3009, H3011 [8AP], H3134 [9AP], H3230 [28AP], H3452 [7MY], H5075 [9JN], H5501 [19JN], H5643 [24JN], H6139 [14JY], H6800–H6804 [24JY], H8044 [18NO], H8154 [20NO], E81 [15JA], E92 [16JA], E149 [31JA], E154 [3FE], E605 [28AP]

Dept. of Commerce: anniversary of Minority Business Development Agency, E313 [5MR]

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

——— issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance existing loan funding the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Fishing Capacity Reduction Program (H.R. 2646), E893 [30MY]

Dept. of Defense: Defense Health Program post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H5448–H5450 [18JN]

——— establish a grant program for nonprofit organizations to encourage use of assistance dogs by Armed Forces members and veterans, H5451, H5452 [18JN]

——— Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Student Initiative funding, H5442 [18JN]

——— include additional community partnerships through a competitive and merit-based process to enhance mental health programs for National Guard and Reserve components, H5442 [18JN]

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

——— post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H4500 [20MY], H5409 [18JN]

——— prohibit funding to promulgate Dept. of Labor directive that certain recipients of health care-related Federal payments be treated as contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, H5523, H5524 [19JN], E1069 [25JN]

——— provide certain information to State veterans agencies to facilitate the transition of Armed Forces members from military service to civilian life, H4752 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans, H6675, H6688, H6700, H6701 [23JY], H7661 [17SE]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (H.R. 4582), H3948 [8MY], H5262 [11JN], H7061 [30JY], H7689 [18SE]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (H.R. 4582), unanimous-consent request, H7063 [30JY]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (H.R. 4622), H7851 [18SE]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2292), H5194 [10JN]

——— allow entities with dual-enrollment programs with high schools to participate in a demonstration program for competency-based education, H6697 [23JY]

——— allow participating eligible entities in the demonstration program for competency-based education to expand an approved project beyond the student maximum, H6693 [23JY]

——— 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]

——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program (H.R. 4000), H1600 [5FE]

——— amend the Rural and Low-Income School Program to include professional development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (H.R. 4973), H7050 [30JY]

——— award grants for support of full-service community schools (H.R. 5168), H6659, H6660 [23JY]

——— award grants to establish STEM Innovation Networks (H.R. 4828), H6634 [22JY]

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments, H8276 [3DE]

——— clarify that eligible entities that have been selected to participate in the demonstration program for competency-based education may submit amendments to their approved applications, H6691 [23JY]

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

——— conduct outreach to minority-serving institutions and institutions in rural areas to provide information on applying for demonstration program for competency-based education, H6689–H6693 [23JY]

——— develop and enforce conflict of interest guidelines for charter schools receiving Federal assistance, including financial interest disclosures from anyone affiliated with the school, H4029–H4031 [9MY], E746 [13MY]

——— direct State education agencies that award federally funded grants to work with charter schools to provide information relative to school requirements and policies on their websites, H3968, H4007 [8MY]

——— encourage public charter schools, H2374 [13MR]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (H.R. 2706), H7625 [17SE]

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), H6379 [17JY], H6634 [22JY], H6686–H6702 [23JY], H6769 [24JY], E1228, E1231 [24JY]

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), consideration (H. Res. 677), H6672–H6679 [23JY]

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), motion to recommit, H6700, H6701 [23JY]

——— Executive order expanding the Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan for student loans, H5371 [17JN]

——— extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (H.R. 5134), H6676, H6683, H6684 [23JY]

——— 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 in reporting requirements of State education entities information on how charter schools which receive funding are supporting and enhancing community involvement, H4040 [9MY]

——— include in reporting requirements of State education entities information on if the sharing of best practices of charter schools with public schools led to adoption of such practices by public schools, H4039, H4040 [9MY], E746 [13MY]

——— increase the maximum number of eligible entities participating in the demonstration program for competency-based education, H6694 [23JY]

——— make technical improvements to the Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college, H6683 [23JY]

——— periodically assess the usability of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) relative to the needs of limited English proficient students, H6697 [23JY]

——— prohibit Federal funding to institutions of higher education that boycott Israeli academic institutions or scholars (H.R. 4009), H1552 [4FE]

——— protect students from higher education costs and increased student loan interest rates, H1702 [10FE], H1947 [26FE], H5195 [10JN]

——— provide grants for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training in public elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 2308), H7539 [16SE]

——— provide grants to State and local educational agencies for EnergySmart schools and Energy Star programs (H.R. 115), E867 [29MY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (H.R. 2536), H1218 [16JA]

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

——— require participating entities in the demonstration program for competency-based education to alert students when sale of personally-identifiable information may happen, H6696 [23JY]

——— require participating entities in the demonstration program for competency-based education to show how they are addressing the needs of veterans and Armed Forces members, H6693, H6694 [23JY]

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

——— study feasibility, advantages, and disadvantages of using individual tax returns as the primary form of application for student aid, H6699 [23JY]

——— support State and local accountability for public education, inform parents of their schools’ performance, and support Impact Aid and homeless student services (H.R. 5), H3961, H4003 [8MY], H6673 [23JY]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit Loan Program Office funding, H6078, H6079 [10JY]

——— State Energy Program and Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H6014 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families (H.R. 2975), H4682 [20MY], H5871–H5873 [8JY], E791 [20MY]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (H.R. 1732), E537 [7AP], E1226 [24JY]

——— foster further innovation and entrepreneurship in the health information technology sector (H.R. 2363), E1447 [17SE]

——— Head Start Program funding, H49 [8JA], H212 [14JA]

——— improve the quality of infant and toddler care under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (H.R. 4680), H4482 [20MY]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), H7465–H7481 [15SE], E1431, E1432 [17SE], E1452 [19SE]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), H5688–H5693 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1067, E1069 [25JN], E1079 [26JN], E1095 [30JN]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), H5696–H5699 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1067 [25JN], E1095 [30JN]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), Senate amendment, H8994 [10DE]

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (H.R. 4290), H7343, H7344 [9SE]

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (S. 2154), H7461, H7462 [15SE]

Dept. of HUD: authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (H.R. 2790), H8254, H8255 [2DE]

——— closure of certain Florida field offices, H5106 [9JN]

——— Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H5159, H5160, H5172 [9JN], H5256 [11JN]

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

——— creation and promotion of translated materials and programs to assist persons with limited English proficiency funding, H5164 [9JN]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (H.R. 3743), H8041 [18NO]

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

——— HOME Investment Partnerships Program funding, E1014 [18JN]

——— Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS program funding through reductions in information technology funding, H5157 [9JN]

——— National Homeless Data Analysis Project funding, H5161 [9JN]

——— Native American Housing Block Grant program funding, H5212–H5214, H5216 [10JN]

——— prohibit Community Development Block Grant Program funding to implement proposed ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’’ rule, H5178, H5179 [9JN]

——— prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Market Fund while in conservatorship or receivership, H5212 [10JN]

——— prohibit use of Federal grants to pay off Dept. of HUD loans, H5177 [9JN]

——— Public Housing Capital Fund and Public Housing Operating Fund funding, H5155, H5156 [9JN], H5243 [10JN]

——— rental housing assistance program funding, H5162, H5163 [9JN]

——— Rural Housing Stability Assistance Program funding, H5160, H5161 [9JN]

——— section 8 housing voucher program funding, H5104, H5105 [9JN], H5219 [10JN]

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

——— Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program youth violence prevention funding, H4950, H4951 [29MY]

——— Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program funding through reductions in Office of Justice Programs, Research, Evaluation, and Statistics funding, H4946 [29MY]

——— enhance use of Juvenile Accountability Block Grants for programs to prevent and address occurrences of bullying and reauthorize the Juvenile Accountability Block Grants program (H.R. 2585), H128 [9JA], H3968, H4008 [8MY]

——— prohibit Office of Justice Programs funding to jurisdictions that have illegal immigration sanctuary policies, H5002 [29MY]

——— provide informational resources to local law enforcement to help combat human trafficking, H4506 [20MY]

——— reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 2976), H4682 [20MY], H5871–H5873 [8JY], E791 [20MY]

——— reduce Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funding to local governments that fund certain percentage of operating budget from traffic violation fines and fees (H.R. 5550), H8203 [1DE], H8279 [3DE]

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

Dept. of Labor: ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (H.R. 5751), E1660–E1662 [20NO]

——— 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]

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

——— 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]

——— Payment in Lieu of Taxes program funding, H245, H246 [15JA], H1679, H1680 [6FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prevent bailouts of certain public pension systems, H6279, H6280 [15JY]

Dept. of Transportation: allow transit systems to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants, H5176 [9JN]

——— assist States to rehabilitate or replace certain bridges, H1613 [5FE]

——— ensure that minority- and women-owned businesses have fair and full opportunity to compete in rail projects and contracts and that such federally subsidized projects do not discriminate (H.R. 4439), E554 [9AP]

——— Federal Transit Administration training and technical assistance to make public transit more accessible for people with disabilities and senior citizens funding, H5097 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for any transportation project unless all contracts are compliant with the Buy American Act, H5182, H5183 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding for purchase of a camera to collect and store vehicle license plate numbers, H5180 [9JN]

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

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]

——— carry out a grant program to provide burials for homeless veterans (H.R. 3876), H8041 [18NO]

——— digital scanning of health and benefit files funding, H3329 [30AP]

——— disability claim backlog reduction funding through reductions in administrative account funding, H3351 [30AP]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H4696 [21MY], H5601 [23JN], H5649 [24JN], E956 [11JN]

——— establish a scholarship program to increase the availability of physicians who provide primary health care services at departmental medical facilities (H.R. 5224), E1251 [28JY]

——— establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 1936), H4815 [22MY], E580 [10AP]

——— expand the definition of homeless veteran to include veterans displaced by domestic violence for purposes of benefits, H3305 [30AP]

——— expand the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship to include spouses of Armed Forces members who died in the line of duty, H5427 [18JN], H6380–H6383 [17JY]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (H.R. 4276), H7585–H7587 [16SE], E1428 [17SE]

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

——— homeless veterans funding, H3352 [30AP], E1531 [12NO]

——— improve processing of claims for benefits, H3317, H3318, H3335, H3336 [30AP]

——— prohibit institutions of higher learning from using military and veterans’ education benefits for the purpose of marketing and recruiting, H3350 [30AP]

——— provide additional assistance under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program to certain eligible individuals (H.R. 5784), H8288 [3DE]

——— require recipients of grants and other assistance for provision of housing and other services to homeless veterans to comply with building and fire codes, H5132, H5133 [9JN]

——— resolve backlog of disability claims, H2656 [26MR], H3328, H3329 [30AP], H4047 [9MY]

——— resolve backlog of disability claims and expand educational benefits for veterans and families, H4922 [29MY]

——— traumatic brain injury funding, H3349 [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]

——— mental health care funding, E1531 [12NO]

——— mental health outreach and suicide prevention programs funding, H3305 [30AP], H7663–H7666 [17SE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: across-the-board funding reduction, H5216, H5217 [10JN]

——— making appropriations, H441 [15JA], H9276 [11DE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5077–H5106, H5149–H5184 [9JN], H5189, H5203–H5239, H5243 [10JN], H5256 [11JN], H5322 [12JN], H5401 [18JN], E935, E937, E946 [10JN], E952, E953, E961 [11JN], E977 [12JN], E1014 [18JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), consideration (H. Res. 604), H5029–H5034 [30MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4745), motion to recommit, H5237, H5238 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding for bonus award to contractors for work on projects that are behind schedule or over budget, H5181, H5182 [9JN], H5220 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding from being used in contravention of the Buy American Act, H5218 [10JN]

District of Columbia: prohibition on use of local funding to cover abortions for low-income women, H158–H160 [10JA], H6046 [10JY], H6125 [11JY], H6179 [14JY], H9285 [11DE]

Drought: provide drought assistance to California and other affected Western States (H.R. 4239), H8830 [8DE]

——— provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), H8653 [4DE], H8826–H8840 [8DE], H8877 [9DE]

——— provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), consideration (H. Res. 770), H8369–H8385 [4DE], E1771 [10DE]

——— provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken California (H.R. 5781), motion to recommit, H8886–H8889 [9DE]

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

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

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

Education: award grants to improve childhood care and education for local governments and local educational agencies (H.R. 4965), H5736 [25JN]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children, H212 [14JA]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (H.R. 3461), H77 [9JA], H1928 [25FE], H7689 [18SE]

——— increase transparency in Federal budgeting to modify risk assessment in Federal student loan programs, H2968, H2969 [7AP]

——— Pell Grants funding, H453 [15JA], H3030 [8AP], H3136 [9AP]

——— provide equitable funding for students of all income levels, H212 [14JA]

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

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

——— 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]

EPA: make competitive awards to national estuary programs, H7912 [12NO]

FAA: Essential Air Service Program funding, H5183, H5184 [9JN]

FBI: National Instant Criminal Background Check System funding, H4897, H4898 [28MY], H4926 [29MY], H5058 [30MY], E876 [29MY]

Federal agencies and departments: consolidate duplicative and overlapping Government programs, H2056 [27FE]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (H.R. 1423), H1902–H1904 [25FE], E262 [27FE]

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 (H.R. 4255), H2309 [12MR], H2411 [13MR], H2950 [4AP]

Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement (FLAME) Act: wildfire suppression on public lands and hazardous fuel reduction funding, H1679, H1680 [6FE]

FEMA: authorize use of grants under the Urban Areas Security Initiative and the State Homeland Security Grant Program to work in conjunction with a Dept. of Energy national laboratory (H.R. 3438), H8196–H8198 [1DE]

——— certify the record snowfall in western New York as a disaster and provide assistance, H8876 [9DE]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), corrections in enrollment, H2142 [4MR]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program, H251 [15JA]

——— 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, H1599 [5FE]

——— 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), H56–H62 [8JA], H1557–H1562 [4FE], H1601, H1606–H1608 [5FE], H1735–H1738 [11FE], H1955 [26FE], H2086 [28FE], H2102, H2128–H2139, H2143 [4MR], H2685 [26MR], E162 [4FE], E303, E306, E309 [5MR], E319, E320 [6MR], E339 [10MR], E347 [11MR]

——— delay increases in premium rates under National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 93), H2401 [13MR]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security, H4918 [29MY]

Florida: prohibit funding to establish a toll on any existing free lanes of Interstate 4, H5183 [9JN]

Government: impact of Federal regulations and Federal aid on societal behavior relative to the role of Government in the lives of individual citizens, H153–H156 [10JA]

Great Lakes: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to adjacent States (H.R. 600), H2999 [8AP]

Health: improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (H.R. 3120), H2004 [27FE]

——— prevent establishment of Federal health care provider standards of care in medical malpractice cases, H2457 [14MR]

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

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (H.R. 1098), H5699, H5700 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1095 [30JN]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (S. 2539), H7964 [13NO]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: reauthorize, H6220 [15JY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding through reductions in Dept. of Defense overseas contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan funding, H5403 [18JN]

House of Representatives: authorize referendum granting District of Columbia budget autonomy, H158–H160 [10JA]

——— call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (H. Res. 442), H114–H118 [9JA]

——— legislative priorities, H2174 [5MR], H2312, H2315, H2316 [12MR], H3000 [8AP]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 487), H1950–H1960 [26FE], E271 [27FE]

Housing: ensure that certain multifamily housing mortgage purchases by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase or preserve the number of dwelling units affordable to low-income families (H.R. 4791), E882 [30MY]

Houston, TX: heavy or light rail lines construction funding, H5098–H5100 [9JN]

Houston Community College: opening of Minority Business Development Agency Business Center, E313 [5MR]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (H.R. 5135), H6664, H6724–H6727 [23JY], E1216 [23JY]

Hunger Action Month: observance, H7304 [9SE]

Hurricanes: implement emergency preparedness plans, H4926 [29MY]

——— improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, H1554 [4FE]

Immigration: secure the border between the U.S. and Mexico, H8150 [20NO]

Indianapolis, IN: call for an end to violence, H6110 [11JY]

Insurance: protect medical privacy of all women, including victims of rape or incest, relative to her choice of or use of comprehensive health insurance coverage, H1470, H1471 [28JA]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H23, H24, H31, H32, H33, H34, H45, H46–H56, H69–H71 [8JA], H78, H79, H80, H81, H83, H86, H113, H118, H120, H121, H124 [9JA], H139 [10JA], H166, H173, H180 [13JA], H191, H212 [14JA], H230, H235, H236 [15JA], H1265 [27JA], H1537 [3FE], H1726 [11FE], H2010 [27FE], H3231 [28AP], E21, E22, E26 [8JA]

LIHEAP: funding, H24 [8JA], H1427 [27JA], H1488, H1493 [29JA], H2616 [25MR], H2657 [26MR]

LIHEAP Action Day: observance, H2657 [26MR]

Medicaid: apply the primary care payment rate to additional physician providers of primary care services, H8926 [9DE]

——— ensure Medicare restriction on physician self-referral applies to Medicaid health services claims (H.R. 4676), E761 [19MY]

——— States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H6666, H6667, H6670 [23JY], H7043, H7048 [30JY], H7400 [10SE]

Medicare: anniversary, H7043, H7108 [30JY], E1271 [30JY]

——— cover transitional care services to improve the quality and cost effectiveness of care for beneficiaries (H.R. 4762), E871 [29MY]

——— impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, E1302 [1AU]

——— protect guaranteed benefits and prohibit replacing such benefits with a voucher program, H2468–H2470 [14MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: anniversary, H7058 [30JY], E1281 [30JY]

——— curb waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 2305), H7391 [10SE]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), H2700–H2718, H2730, H2733 [27MR], H2865, H2866 [3AP]

——— provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (H.R. 1173), H2171, H2172 [5MR], H2307 [12MR], H2648 [26MR], H7621 [17SE]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis, H2714 [27MR]

——— make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (H.R. 3717), H26 [8JA], H1601 [5FE], H5252, H5254 [11JN], H6749, H6778 [24JY], H6981 [29JY], H7302 [9SE]

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish, H5884 [9JY]

——— establish (H.R. 5101), H6251 [15JY], E1149 [14JY]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (H.R. 2431), H1691–H1693 [10FE]

National objectives: economic recovery, H1707 [10FE], H3052 [8AP], H5761–H5765 [25JN], H6339–H6341 [16JY], H9040 [10DE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4329), H8246–H8254 [2DE], H8288 [3DE], H8368 [4DE]

Native Americans: establish a demonstration program to provide rental assistance and supportive housing for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (H.R. 3418), H5214 [10JN]

——— Federal funding for certain adoption and foster care programs, E1649 [20NO]

Navy: prohibit funding for recapitalization of the Ready Reserve Force except in a manner consistent with the Buy American Act, H5181 [9JN]

Nazi Party—World War II: deny Social Security and other benefits to individuals whose citizenship has been revoked or renounced on the basis of their participation in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5706), H8235 [2DE], E1564 [13NO]

——— terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5739), H8077, H8080 [19NO], H8232–H8237 [2DE], E1697 [2DE], E1733 [4DE]

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

NSF: create a specific program for Hispanic-serving institutions to provide grants for research, curriculum, and infrastructure development, H4940 [29MY], E874 [29MY]

——— funding, H4959, H4960 [29MY]

——— support existing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs and include computer science in STEM education (H.R. 5031), H6141–H6144 [14JY]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4122), H3454 [7MY]

OPIC: reauthorize programs, H3927 [7MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (H.R. 4805), H5251 [11JN]

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

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: funding, H2810 [2AP]

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

——— provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties (H.R. 5571), E1490 [19SE]

——— tribute to Entergy Corp., and Catholic Charities USA (organization) Pathways from Poverty simulation conducted for Members of Congress, H6818 [25JY]

Power resources: eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production, H7685 [18SE]

——— eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production (S. 1762), H2690 [26MR]

——— extend certain renewable energy tax incentives, H7627 [17SE]

Public welfare programs: funding, H156 [10JA]

——— prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (H.R. 4137), H7603–H7605 [16SE]

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

Puerto Rico: GAO report regarding fiscal impact of statehood on Federal Government, H2809 [2AP]

Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission: tribute, H5884 [9JY]

Roads and highways: authorize Federal-aid highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs, H5241–H5243 [10JN]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6123 [11JY], H6224, H6225, H6227, H6228, H6245–H6261, H6285 [15JY], H6356 [17JY], H6979 [29JY], H7050, H7055 [30JY], H7851 [18SE], E1185 [17JY], E1207 [23JY], E1297 [1AU]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration (H. Res. 669), H6235–H6242 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 696), H7133–H7149 [31JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 108), H6391 [17JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), motion to recommit, H6259, H6260 [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), Senate amendment, H7169–H7176 [31JY], E1324 [1AU]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs through reductions in private-sector pensions guarantees, H6257 [15JY]

——— shorten extension of Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H6259, H6260 [15JY]

Rural School and Community Trust: release of ‘‘Why Rural Matters 2013–2014’’ report, H6110 [11JY]

SBA: establish a grant program to empower encore entrepreneurs (H.R. 4613), H4046 [9MY]

——— improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns, H8629 [4DE]

——— Small Business Development Centers funding, H6331, H6332 [16JY]

Schools: clarify grant award process for charter schools to ensure proper management of funds and require use of nondiscriminatory discipline practices to promote student retention, H4028 [9MY]

——— eliminate barriers to charter school enrollment for foster youth or unaccompanied homeless youth, H4032, H4033 [9MY]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), H3393 [1MY], H3453 [7MY], H4001–H4009 [8MY], H4020, H4021, H4023–H4046 [9MY], H7113 [30JY], E735, E738 [9MY], E745, E746 [13MY]

——— encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), consideration (H. Res. 576), H3961–H3968 [8MY]

——— ensure States require charter schools to collect and disclose same data required of public schools so parents can make informed decision on educational options, H4037, H4038 [9MY]

——— limit compensation of charter school administrators, E745 [13MY]

——— promote and support anti-bullying programs in charter schools, including those serving rural communities, H3968, H4007 [8MY]

——— require charter schools post on their websites the requirements and policies on student recruitment, orientation, enrollment, discipline, behavior, parental contract, and extracurricular fees, H4034–H4037 [9MY], E746 [13MY]

——— require charter schools to disclose student retention rates, E745 [13MY]

——— require GAO to examine whether charter school funding allocated for State administrative costs is at appropriate level, H4028, H4029 [9MY]

——— require States explain process for encouraging Charter School Program grantees to open, replicate, and expand high quality secondary charter schools, H4033, H4034 [9MY]

——— require States receiving charter school grants to reserve certain amount of funds to provide financial oversight of use of funds by charter schools, H4031, H4032 [9MY]

Science: assist scientists in commercializing their ideas by awarding grants to innovative technology transfer programs at universities, research institutes, and national laboratories (H.R. 2981), H7442 [11SE]

——— increase Federal investments in research and development, H3061 [9AP]

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

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: funding, H2987 [7AP]

——— reauthorize, H7686, H7810 [18SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1526), H7536 [16SE], H9068 [11DE]

Senate: legislative priorities, H3247 [29AP]

Shinseki, Eric K.: resignation as Sec. of Veterans Affairs relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog and clandestine wait lists for appointments at VA medical facilities, H5058, H5059 [30MY]

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog, H4471 [19MY], H4695 [21MY], H4815 [22MY], H5028 [30MY], E737 [9MY]

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

Social Security: allow voluntary agreements for Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits and Medicare coverage of employees of Guam and American Samoa (H.R. 5274), E1272 [30JY]

——— eliminate civil money penalties for inducements to physicians to limit services that are not medically necessary (H.R. 4658), E746 [13MY]

——— prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (H.R. 781), H31 [8JA]

SSA: require adequate notice and justification for closing of field offices, H1553 [4FE]

Taxation: extend production and investment tax credit, E289 [4MR]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, H1945, H1946, H1947 [26FE], H2013 [27FE], H7685 [18SE]

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

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]

Treptow, Amy: Half in Ten (organization) and Coalition on Human Needs Our American Story project 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty storyteller contest winner, H123 [9JA]

TVA: anniversary, H1596 [5FE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H6, H7, H13–H18 [7JA], H26, H30, H31, H32, H33, H34, H45, H46, H47–H52 [8JA], H76, H78, H79, H80, H84, H86, H87, H91–H94, H118–H124 [9JA], H137, H139, H144, H150–H153 [10JA], H176–H182 [13JA], H189, H190, H191, H192, H213 [14JA], H234, H237, H240, H241, H242, H243, H452, H453, H454, H460, H461, H464–H467 [15JA], H1218, H1222, H1224, H1230 [16JA], H1264–H1268 [27JA], H1443 [28JA], H1502 [29JA], H1540 [3FE], H1554, H1557 [4FE], H1604 [5FE], H1683, H1684 [6FE], H1944, H1969 [26FE], H2012 [27FE], H2079, H2086 [28FE], 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]

Veterans: improve provision of medical services and benefits, H4927 [29MY], H5195 [10JN], H5813 [26JN]

——— provide discounted fares on public transportation (H.R. 2362), H8041 [18NO]

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate, H6735–H6737 [23JY]

——— require college courses that are approved for purposes of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (H.R. 357), H1520–H1526 [3FE], H5428 [18JN], E175, E176 [6FE]

Volcanoes: disaster assistance to Puna district of Hawaii, H7629 [17SE]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), S502, S503 [28JA]

Agriculture: milk price support program, S721 [4FE]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), S44 [7JA], S396 [16JA]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, S514–S516 [28JA], S561, S585 [29JA], S613, S619, S630–S632, S636, S640, S645 [30JA], S665–S690, S693–S697 [3FE], S710–S718, S720–S726, S729–S736, S746 [4FE], S813 [6FE], S997–S999 [24FE]

——— restore integrity to and strengthen payment limitation rules for commodity payments and benefits to farmers, S673 [3FE]

American Infrastructure Fund: establish to provide loans or guarantees to State or local governments for qualified infrastructure projects (S. 1957), S3447 [5JN]

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

——— expand and improve care to members and veterans with mental health disorders, review characterization of discharges, and establish a loan repayment program for certain VA psychiatrists (S. 2182), S5534 [11SE]

Children and youth: expand and improve the provision and insurance coverage of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, S1360–S1362 [6MR]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (H.R. 4980), S5877 [18SE]

——— provide for youth jobs (S. 2832), S5634 [16SE]

——— reduce child poverty, S1603 [13MR]

Colleges and universities: affordability, S3164, S3165 [20MY], S5388 [9SE]

——— provide for higher education reform (S. 1969), S750–S753 [4FE], S2780, S2785 [7MY]

——— require private educational lenders to obtain certain certifications from institutions of higher education (S. 113), S3596 [11JN]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (S. 1738), S3273 [22MY], S4294 [9JY]

——— 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]

——— seal or expunge nonviolent criminal records, reform treatment of juveniles in the justice system, and lift ban on certain Federal benefits for low-level drug offenders (S. 2567), S4370 [10JY], S6490 [10DE]

——— 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]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (S. 2366), S3239 [21MY]

——— establish Aggregate Risk and Revenue Management Program, S713 [4FE]

——— establish an emergency watershed protection disaster assistance fund to provide assistance for any natural disaster (S. 2163), S2058 [2AP]

——— importance of Summer Food Service Program, S4259 [8JY]

——— improve Federal dairy programs, S396 [16JA], S672 [3FE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (S. 2210), S2164 [3AP], S2191 [7AP]

——— limit crop insurance premium subsidies based on adjusted gross income of the producer, S675, S676, S678 [3FE], S711 [4FE]

——— National Resource Conservation Service Emergency Watershed Protection program funding, S419 [16JA]

——— operate marketing assistance loan program in a way that encourages redemption and minimizes forfeiture of loan commodities to the Federal government and enables the orderly marketing of loan commodities, S6860 [15DE]

——— promote local and regional farm and food systems, S713 [4FE]

——— reform commodity subsidy programs, S514 [28JA], S695 [3FE]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S675, S688 [3FE], S730–S734 [4FE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S105 [8JA], S515 [28JA], S673, S680–S685, S696 [3FE], S711, S714–S718, S723, S724 [4FE], S813 [6FE], S2458 [29AP]

Dept. of Defense: implement online computerized assessment to detect behaviors indicating suicide risk and other mental health conditions for Armed Forces members (S. 810), S5666 [17SE]

Dept. of Education: add disclosure requirements to the institution of higher education financial aid offer form and make such form mandatory (S. 1156), S2776 [7MY]

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

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 1066), S922 [12FE]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2292), S2720 [6MY], S2768, S2775–S2785 [7MY], S2894 [12MY], S3011 [14MY], S3165 [20MY], S3357 [3JN]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), S3404–S3408, S3428, S3430 [4JN], S3433 [5JN], S5388, S5400, S5401 [9SE], S5480 [10SE], S5527, S5528, S5538 [11SE]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), motion to proceed, S3481–S3487, S3491, S3492 [9JN], S3511, S3512, S3515–S3520, S3524, S3527–S3535 [10JN], S3554–S3557, S3561–S3564, S3577–S3579, S3596, S3599 [11JN], S3637–S3641, S3649 [12JN], S3905 [24JN], S5531 [11SE], S5573 [15SE], S5595, S5599, S5608–S5614 [16SE], S5725 [18SE]

——— allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (S. 2432), unanimous-consent request, S5613, S5614 [16SE]

——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program, S3483 [9JN]

——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program (S. 1968), S505–S508 [28JA], S1607 [13MR], S2412 [28AP]

——— establish Federal-State partnership to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (S. 1874), S2778 [7MY]

——— establish Federal-State partnerships to increase higher education funding and need-based student financial aid (S. 1874), S3407 [4JN]

——— Executive order expanding the Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan for student loans, S3596 [11JN]

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

——— extend the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance (H.R. 5134), S5592 [15SE]

——— impact on State student loan programs of allowing certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans, S3638 [12JN]

——— 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]

——— limit authority to issue regulations, rules, grant conditions and guidance materials in order to support decision-making functions of local educational agencies (S. 2451), S3545 [10JN]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable, S2700 [6MY], S2760 [7MY], S3419 [4JN]

——— make Federal student loans more affordable by allowing for adjustable-rate loans, increasing cap on subsidized loans, and refinancing current fixed-rate loans (S. 909), S2778 [7MY]

——— make technical improvements to the Net Price Calculator system to give prospective students a more accurate understanding of the true cost of college (S. 2281), S2776 [7MY]

——— prohibit funding to exercise any influence over States in establishing student academic standards or require standards as condition for participation in Federal aid programs, S3648 [12JN]

——— provide for institutional risk sharing in the Federal student loan programs (S. 1873), S2779, S2780 [7MY], S3165 [20MY]

——— 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]

——— require institutions of higher education that receive Federal funds to adopt policies to prevent harassment and bullying (S. 2164), S1820 [27MR]

——— review and improve regulation of proprietary or for-profit institutions of higher education, S1644 [13MR], S1762 [26MR], S3164 [20MY], S3357 [3JN], S3904 [24JN]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process, S4326 [9JY]

——— strengthen and preserve access to Pell Grants, S106 [8JA]

——— 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: approve loan guarantees for advanced fossil fuel projects, S3993 [25JN]

——— authorize a research program, loan guarantees, and tax credits to facilitate development and commercial deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technologies (S. 2287), S2649 [5MY]

——— establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements, S2891 [12MY]

——— reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program, S2836 [8MY]

Dept. of HHS: allow Native American tribes to temporarily reduce services under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program in order to improve or replace facilities, S1570 [12MR]

——— allow use of Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds to improve child safety and reduce incidence of preventable infant deaths in child care settings, S1560 [12MR]

——— better enable State child welfare agencies to prevent human trafficking of children and serve the needs of victims under adoption assistance and foster care programs (S. 1823), S4294 [9JY]

——— Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funding for Indian tribes and tribal organizations, S1556, S1560 [12MR]

——— clarify Federal definition of homelessness relative to Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility, S6011, S6012 [17NO]

——— clarify that certain parental rights provisions under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program do not favor the use of grants or contracts over child care certificates, S1566 [12MR]

——— clarify that Child Care and Development Block Grant Program reauthorization and improvement maintains existing Federal and State childcare services regulations, S1614 [13MR]

——— clarify that individuals convicted of certain crimes are prohibited from working at childcare facilities funded by the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, S1611 [13MR]

——— conduct review in conjunction with Dept. of Education of Federal early learning and care programs and make recommendations to consolidate and streamline such programs, S1554–S1556 [12MR], S1608 [13MR]

——— ensure that under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program all child care programs on Federal facilities conduct the same background check on child care providers that are required on State land, S1563 [12MR], S2309 [9AP]

——— grant authority to withhold Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds from States failing to comply with a low-income or special needs priority requirement, S1613, S1614 [13MR]

——— prohibit Child Care and Development Block Grant Program eligibility for high-income families, S1608–S1610 [13MR]

——— provide for evidence-based training in efforts to promote early language and literacy development under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program, S1611 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), S1539–S1563, S1566, S1568–S1572 [12MR], S1601–S1617 [13MR], S2309 [9AP]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), House amendment, S5772 [18SE], S5895, S5896, S5940–S5944, S5951 [12NO], S5965 [13NO], S6005–S6013 [17NO], S6084 [18NO], S6192 [20NO]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), motion to proceed, S1169 [26FE], S1187, S1225 [27FE], S1257 [4MR], S1329 [6MR], S1371 [10MR], S1487 [11MR], S1531 [12MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), unanimous-consent agreement, S1305 [5MR], S1377 [10MR], S1556 [12MR], S1609 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), unanimous-consent request, S5940 [12NO]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (H.R. 4631), S5312 [31JY]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (H.R. 1281), S6395 [8DE], S6531 [10DE]

——— reauthorize grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted (S. 1417), S605 [29JA]

——— reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program (S. 2154), S5514 [10SE]

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

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans, S6528 [10DE]

——— homeless assistance grants funding, S3779 [18JN]

Dept. of Justice: extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 933), S747 [4FE], S940 [12FE], S1301 [5MR], S2691, S2692 [6MY], S2753–S2755 [7MY], S2995, S3015 [14MY], S5845 [18SE]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (S. 933), unanimous-consent request, S2691 [6MY], S2995 [14MY]

——— provide death benefits for police officers serving private institutions of higher education and rail carriers (S. 2441), S3477 [5JN]

——— strengthen the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Program Secure Our Schools grant program (S. 146), S3333 [2JN]

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

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

Dept. of the Interior: Payment in Lieu of Taxes program funding, S318–S320 [14JA], S391, S392, S405–S407, S419 [16JA]

——— Payments in Lieu of Taxes program funding, S5758 [18SE], S6745 [12DE]

Dept. of Transportation: establish an Emergency Transportation Safety Fund (S. 911), S4650 [21JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (S. 2014), S943 [12FE]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, S2686 [6MY], S2748, S2774 [7MY], S3048 [15MY], S3286 [22MY], S3417 [4JN], S3448 [5JN], S4321 [9JY]

——— establish a pilot program under which veterans in Alaska may receive health care benefits at non-departmental medical facilities, S3646 [12JN]

——— establish voluntary national directory of veterans to support outreach to veterans (S. 2740), S5224 [31JY]

——— expand eligibility for, and benefits under, the family caregiver assistance program and enhance compensation for uniformed services members requiring assistance in everyday life (S. 2243), S2382 [10AP]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (H.R. 4276), S6841 [15DE]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (S. 2607), S4504 [15JY], S5170, S5171 [31JY]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program, S1218 [27FE]

——— improve processing of claims for benefits (S. 2091), S3159 [20MY], S3260 [22MY], S3412, S3413 [4JN], S3636, S3637 [12JN]

——— improve provision of health care to veterans in rural and highly rural areas (S. 2009), S930 [12FE]

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

——— provide fertility and reproductive health services at departmental facilities, S1190 [27FE]

——— provide notice of average times for processing claims and percentage of claims approved, S1189 [27FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations, S415 [16JA], S3776–S3784, S3788, S3792, S3798–S3800 [18JN], S3837–S3842, S3852 [19JN], S3887 [23JN], S6811 [13DE]

Drought: provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California and other Western States (S. 2198), S2041 [1AP], S2043 [2AP], S3222 [21MY], S3308 [22MY]

——— provide additional water supplies and disaster assistance to California (S. 2016), S892 [11FE]

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

——— national objectives priority assignments, S6508–S6510 [10DE]

——— 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]

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

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (S. 1697), S106 [8JA], S3177 [20MY]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children, S3483 [9JN]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (S. 1909), S344 [15JA], S505–S508 [28JA]

——— require certain protections for student loan borrowers (S. 1803), S921–S924 [12FE], S2778, S2780 [7MY], S3165 [20MY]

Employment: 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]

——— 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Federal agencies and departments: evaluate and consolidate duplicative early learning and child care programs, S1607–S1609 [13MR]

——— improve detection, prevention, and recovery of improper payments to deceased individuals (S. 1360), S5877 [18SE]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (S. 2113), S5900 [12NO], S6435 [9DE], S6518 [10DE], S6727 [12DE]

——— provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs (S. 2113), unanimous-consent request, S6436 [9DE], S6727 [12DE]

——— require quarterly performance reviews of Federal policy and management priorities and establish Chief Operating Officers and Performance Improvement Officers and Council, S6435 [9DE]

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), S1326 [5MR], S1330, S1369 [6MR], S1627–S1632, S1633 [13MR]

——— delay increases in flood insurance premium rates until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), unanimous-consent agreement, S1627 [13MR]

——— delay increases in premium rates under National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 93), S1669 [13MR]

——— ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes (S. 2137), S1632 [13MR]

——— ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes (S. 2137), unanimous-consent agreement, S1627 [13MR]

——— require rulemaking to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance (S. 1960), S648 [30JA]

Firearms: ensure National Instant Criminal Background Check System is complete, require a background check for every firearm sale, prevent gun trafficking, and enhance school security (S. 649), S1901 [1AP]

Floods: disaster assistance to Florida, S2632 [5MY]

——— disaster assistance to Minnesota, S4386 [10JY]

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

Health: reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (S. 2539), S4214 [7JY], S4755 [23JY], S5643 [16SE]

Higher Education Act: reauthorize, S3482 [9JN]

——— reauthorize (S. 2954), S6207 [20NO]

Highway Trust Fund: funding through closing certain corporate tax loopholes, S2222 [8AP], S3514 [10JN]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (S. 2653), S4905 [24JY]

Income: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance, S48 [7JA], S88, S107 [8JA], S195, S211, S219 [9JA], S274, S285–S288 [13JA], S302 [14JA], S1890 [1AP], S2045 [2AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2789), S5509 [10SE]

Iowa: Iowa House of Representatives passage of resolution on H.R. 2642, Agricultural Act, S561 [29JA]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, S97, S102, S105, S118–S123 [8JA], S344 [15JA], S474–S476 [27JA], S498 [28JA]

LIHEAP: funding, S714 [4FE], S1773 [26MR]

LIHEAP Action Day: observance, S1773 [26MR]

Medicaid: impact of increased funding obligations on States, S3449 [5JN]

——— reform, S95 [8JA]

Medicare: anniversary, S5079, S5093 [30JY]

——— impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, S5093 [30JY]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (S. 2087), S1504 [11MR]

——— protect relative to reconciliation involving changes to the program and prevent eligibility age increase, privatization, and conversion to a voucher system (S. 2491), S3824 [18JN], S3884 [19JN], S5040 [29JY], S5079 [30JY]

——— release of Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) report, ‘‘Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit—Increasing Use and Access of Affordable Prescription Drugs’’, S6864 [15DE]

Medicare/Medicaid: extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), S1793 [27MR], S1839, S1843–S1849, S1851–S1857, S1859, S1862–S1866 [31MR], S2860 [8MY]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), unanimous-consent agreement, S1809 [27MR]

——— extend certain payments, programs, and services (H.R. 4302), unanimous-consent request, S1855 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve payments (S. 2110), S1528 [11MR], S1531, S1566–S1568 [12MR]

Mental health: expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care, S1852, S1853, S1855, S1856, S1862, S1865 [31MR], S3391 [4JN]

——— expand access to community mental health centers and improve the quality of mental health care (S. 264), S3623 [12JN]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (H.R. 2431), S1132 [25FE]

National objectives: economic recovery, S749 [4FE], S2632 [5MY]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 4329), unanimous-consent request, S6733 [12DE]

——— reauthorize (S. 1352), S6375 [8DE]

——— reauthorize (S. 1352), unanimous-consent request, S6374, S6375 [8DE]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5739), S6354 [4DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to increase in number of individuals on public welfare programs, S783 [6FE]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S3698 [17JN]

Oregon: participation in Dept. of Agriculture Pilot Project for Procurement of Unprocessed Fruits and Vegetables, S6381 [8DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed, S3440, S3441 [5JN]

——— impact of regulations on rural health care, S6663–S6665 [11DE]

——— require States with failed health care exchanges to reimburse the Federal Government for amounts provided for establishment and operation of such exchanges (S. 2339), S3031 [14MY], S3450 [5JN]

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

Power resources: eliminate certain subsidies for fossil-fuel production and extend certain renewable energy tax incentives, S1444 [10MR]

Public welfare programs: funding, S106 [8JA], S474–S476 [27JA]

——— prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (H.R. 4137), unanimous-consent request, S6908 [16DE]

Roads and highways: allow local communities recovering from natural disasters to rebuild infrastructure without acquiring Federal environmental permits, S5038 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, S628 [30JA], S4645 [21JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), S4511 [15JY], S4513 [16JY], S4650–S4653 [21JY], S4668, S4669 [22JY], S4873 [24JY], S4980, S4985 [28JY], S5021–S5039, S5041 [29JY], S5113 [30JY], S5194–S5197 [31JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 108), S5039 [29JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), House amendment, S5209 [31JY], S5317 [1AU]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), unanimous-consent agreement, S4721 [23JY], S5031 [29JY], S5198 [31JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (S. 2322), S4211 [7JY], S4651–S4653 [21JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs through reductions in private-sector pensions guarantees, S4651 [21JY], S5021, S5024, S5037 [29JY]

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

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: reauthorize (S. 2646), S4764–S4767 [23JY], S5981 [13NO], S6381 [8DE]

SBA: create a grant program for governmental and other nonprofit organizations that support startup businesses by providing entrepreneurs with resources and services to produce viable businesses (S. 2850), S5700 [17SE]

——— improve the procurement program for women-owned small business concerns, S6440 [9DE]

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

——— Microloan program funding, S6846 [15DE]

——— provide for permanent establishment of the State Trade and Export Promotion Grant Program, S6846 [15DE]

——— reauthorize women’s business center program (S. 2693), S5138 [30JY], S6440 [9DE]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (S. 2304), S2787 [7MY], S3775 [18JN]

——— provide streamlined process for schools to take advantage of Federal energy efficiency programs and financing options, S2947 [13MY]

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

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

——— tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 2642, Agricultural Act, S734, S735 [4FE]

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

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog, S2687 [6MY], S2748 [7MY], S3161 [20MY]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S. 2461), S3804 [18JN]

——— 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]

——— solvency, S6834 [15DE]

——— State Children’s Health Insurance Program funding, S756 [4FE]

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

Taxation: 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]

——— extend production and investment tax credit, S1399 [10MR]

——— extend production tax credit for wind power, S2082–S2084 [2AP], S2901 [12MY], S2932 [13MY], S3002–S3005 [14MY], S3050 [15MY], S6173 [20NO]

——— require wind farms claiming the production tax credit for wind power to be currently producing electricity, S3004 [14MY]

Tornadoes: recognize anniversary of tornadoes in Illinois and recovery efforts, S6189 [20NO]

Transportation: allow local communities recovering from natural disasters to rebuild infrastructure without acquiring Federal environmental permits, S5026–S5028 [29JY]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, S3800 [18JN]

——— reauthorize surface transportation programs, S3447 [5JN]

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

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

——— unemployment compensation program reform, S2061–S2063 [2AP]

Vermont: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranking as State having healthiest children in the nation, S3925 [24JN]

Veterans: allow consolidation of student loans or participation in student loan forgiveness without penalty, S1035 [25FE]

——— improve provision of medical services, S3228 [21MY]

——— 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]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits (S. 2413), S3395 [4JN], S3434, S3457–S3460 [5JN]

——— provide nursing training and respite stipend to assist spouses and parents acting as caregivers for disabled veterans, S1035 [25FE]

Reports

Charter School Vulnerabilities to Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: Center for Popular Democracy and Integrity in Education (organization) (excerpt), H4031 [9MY]

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]

Ryan Budget Would Slash SNAP by $137 Billion Over Ten Years—Low-Income Households in All States Would Feel Sharp Effects: Dorothy Rosenbaum, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H3011 [8AP]

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

Reports filed

Advanced Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 3136) (H. Rept. 113–529), H6397 [17JY]

Agricultural Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2642) (H. Rept. 113–333), H1430 [27JA]

Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4631) (H. Rept. 113–490), H5639 [23JN]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2449), S4153 [26JN]

Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 491) (S. Rept. 113–186), S3474 [5JN]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1086) (S. Rept. 113–138), S1048 [25FE]

Consideration of H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, and Conference Report on H.R. 2642, Agricultural Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 465) (H. Rept. 113–334), H1430 [27JA]

Consideration of H.R. 10, Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 576) (H. Rept. 113–444), H3939 [7MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3136, Advanced Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act and H.R. 4984, Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 677) (H. Rept. 113–546), H6654 [22JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4745, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 604) (H. Rept. 113–465), H5022 [29MY]

Consideration of H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 669) (H. Rept. 113–521), H6214 [14JY]

Consideration of H.R. 5781, California Emergency Drought Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 770) (H. Rept. 113–646), H8365 [3DE]

Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 487) (H. Rept. 113–361), H1937 [25FE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 696) (H. Rept. 113–567), H7124 [30JY]

Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4290) (H. Rept. 113–559), H6813 [24JY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2154), S4762 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS Grant Programs for Education and Outreach on Newborn Screening and Coordinated Followup Care Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1281) (H. Rept. 113–478), H5556 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS Traumatic Brain Injury and Trauma Research Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2539), S4762 [23JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4745) (H. Rept. 113–464), H4836 [27MY]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2438) (S. Rept. 113–182), S3474 [5JN]

Emergency Information Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2665) (S. Rept. 113–250), S5373 [8SE]

Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5021) (H. Rept. 113–520), H6214 [14JY]

Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Consolidation Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1574), S5373 [8SE]

Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3530) (H. Rept. 113–450), H4433 [15MY]

Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1419) (S. Rept. 113–294), S6540 [10DE]

National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2431) (H. Rept. 113–348), H1686 [6FE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act Reauthorization: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 4329) (H. Rept. 113–628), H8169 [20NO]

——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1352) (S. Rept. 113–152), S2406 [11AP]

Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1948), S5373 [8SE]

——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1948) (S. Rept. 113–265), S5918 [12NO]

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 113–332), H1252 [23JA]

Older Americans Act Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1562), S27 [6JA]

Revitalizing the Economy of Fisheries in the Pacific (REFI Pacific) Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1275) (S. Rept. 113–251), S5507 [10SE]

Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2646), S5918 [12NO]

Second Chance Act Reauthorization: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1690), S5918 [12NO]

Shutdown Unworthy Spending (SUSPEND) Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3345) (H. Rept. 113–669), H10317 [12DE]

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]

Strong Start for America’s Children Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2452), S3544 [10JN]

Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 10) (H. Rept. 113–423), H3291 [29AP]

Supporting At-Risk Children Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1870) (S. Rept. 113–137), S820 [6FE]

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2113) (S. Rept. 113–243), S5373 [8SE]

——— Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 1423) (H. Rept. 113–355), H1880 [21FE]

Traumatic Brain Injury and Trauma Research Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1098) (H. Rept. 113–456), H4683 [20MY]

Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4276) (H. Rept. 113–598), H7527 [15SE]

Water Resources Research Act Grants Reauthorization and Applied Water Supply Research Regarding Water Resources Research and Technology Institutes: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 970) (S. Rept. 113–143), S1923 [1AP]

Women’s Procurement Program Equalization Act: Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2452) (H. Rept. 113–661), H9302 [11DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1443, H1445 [28JA]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 465), H1443, H1445 [28JA]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5089, H5105, H5169, H5172, H5181, H5182, H5183, H5184 [9JN], H5218, H5223, H5226 [10JN]

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

Statements

California Emergency Drought Relief Act: Executive Office of the President, H8830 [8DE]

——— Senator Boxer, H8830 [8DE]

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

Highway and Transportation Funding Act: Executive Office of the President, H6253 [15JY]

No Social Security for Nazis Act: J Street (organization), H8233 [2DE]

Prohibit Dept. of HUD Community Development Block Grant Program Funding To Implement Proposed ‘‘Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing’’ Rule: Nathan Mehrens, Americans for Limited Government (organization), H5178 [9JN]

Responsible Spending Restraint and Reform—Response to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Committee on the Budget (House), H3033 [8AP]

Simplify the College Financial Aid Application Process: Senator Alexander, S4326 [9JY]

Student Loan Debt: Several Hawaiians, S3530 [10JN]

——— Several Individuals, S3637 [12JN]

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

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

Summaries

Protecting Social Security Disability Act (S. 3003), S6628–S6630 [11DE]

Tables

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5079–H5086 [9JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 93, technical corrections to H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, H2401 [13MR]

H. Con. Res. 108, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H6391 [17JY]

H. Res. 465, consideration of H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act and conference report on H.R. 2642, Agricultural Act, H1443 [28JA]

H. Res. 487, consideration of H.R. 3865, Stop Targeting of Political Beliefs by the IRS Act, H.R. 2804, Achieving Less Excess in Regulation and Requiring Transparency (ALERRT) Act, and suspension of House Rules to consider legislation, H1950 [26FE]

H. Res. 576, consideration of H.R. 10, Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act, H3961 [8MY]

H. Res. 604, consideration of H.R. 4745, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations and H.R. 4681, intelligence services appropriations, H5029 [30MY]

H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H6235 [15JY]

H. Res. 677, consideration of H.R. 3136, Advanced Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act and H.R. 4984, Empowering Students Through Enhanced Financial Counseling Act, H6672 [23JY]

H. Res. 696, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H7133 [31JY]

H. Res. 770, consideration of H.R. 5781, California Emergency Drought Relief Act, H8369 [4DE]

H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H1459 [28JA]

H.R. 10, Success and Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Act, H4023–H4028 [9MY]

H.R. 357, GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act, H1520–H1522 [3FE]

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

H.R. 1098, traumatic brain injury and trauma research programs reauthorization, H5699 [24JN]

H.R. 1281, Dept. of HHS grant programs for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted reauthorization, H5696 [24JN]

H.R. 1423, Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act, H1902 [25FE]

H.R. 2431, National Integrated Drought Information System reauthorization, H1691 [10FE]

H.R. 2790, Housing Assistance Efficiency Act, H8254 [2DE]

H.R. 3136, Advanced Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act, H6690 [23JY]

H.R. 3370, Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, H2128–H2132 [4MR]

H.R. 3438, National Laboratories Mean National Security Act, H8196 [1DE]

H.R. 3530, Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, H4501–H4504 [20MY]

H.R. 3610, Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, H4509 [20MY]

H.R. 4137, Preserving Welfare for Needs Not Weed Act, H7603 [16SE]

H.R. 4276, Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act, H7585 [16SE]

H.R. 4290, Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program reauthorization, H7343 [9SE]

H.R. 4302, Protecting Access to Medicare Act, H2700–H2712 [27MR]

H.R. 4329, Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act reauthorization, H8246–H8250 [2DE]

H.R. 4631, Autism Collaboration, Accountability, Research, Education, and Support (Autism CARES) Act, H5688–H5690 [24JN]

H.R. 4980, Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, H6711–H6720 [23JY]

H.R. 5021, Highway and Transportation Funding Act, H6246–H6249 [15JY], H7169–H7172 [31JY]

H.R. 5031, STEM Education Act, H6141 [14JY]

H.R. 5134, National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity and Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance extension, H6683 [23JY]

H.R. 5135, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act, H6724 [23JY]

H.R. 5739, No Social Security for Nazis Act, H8232 [2DE]

H.R. 5781, California Emergency Drought Relief Act, H8826–H8829 [8DE]

S. 1086, Child Care and Development Block Grant Act, S1539–S1545 [12MR], S1617–S1627 [13MR], H7465–H7473 [15SE]

S. 1417, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act, S605–S607 [29JA]

S. 1960, Fairness in Federal Disaster Declarations Act, S488 [27JA]

S. 2014, GI Education Benefit Fairness Act, S892 [11FE]

S. 2016, California Emergency Drought Relief Act, S893–S896 [11FE]

S. 2137, ensure that holders of flood insurance policies under the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program do not receive premium refunds for coverage of second homes, S1632 [13MR]

S. 2154, Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program reauthorization, H7461 [15SE]

S. 2204, Proprietary Education Oversight Coordination Improvement Act, S2162–S2164 [3AP]

S. 2243, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act, S2383–S2386 [10AP]

S. 2515, Community Integration Act, S3940 [24JN]

S. 2539, traumatic brain injury and trauma research programs reauthorization, S5643 [16SE], H7964 [13NO]

S. 2584, Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce Act, S4408 [10JY]

S. 2646, Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act, S4764–S4766 [23JY]

S. 2653, Homeless Children and Youth Act, S4905 [24JY]

S. 2693, Women’s Small Business Ownership Act, S5138–S5142 [30JY]

S. 2712, Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act, S5145 [30JY]

S. 2794, Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act, S5565 [11SE]