FUDGE, MARCIA L. (a Representative from Ohio)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), H5320 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

Agriculture: promote and enhance urban agricultural production and agricultural research in urban areas (see H.R. 5616), H7885 [18SE]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H1938 [25FE]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H8072 [18NO]

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

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

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 5524), H7675 [17SE]

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 605), H5022 [29MY]

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

Booker, Simeon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3655), H2002 [26FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see H.R. 5185), H8868 [8DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: improve operations of recovery auditors under the Medicare Integrity Program to increase transparency and accuracy in audits conducted by contractors (see H.R. 1250), H1719 [10FE]

CFTC: specify how clearing requirements apply to certain affiliate transactions (see H.R. 5471), H7528 [15SE]

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 5081), H6656 [22JY]

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

——— improve response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking through updating law enforcement records and improving coordination with child welfare systems (see H.R. 3905), H3448 [6MY]

Colleges and universities: increase transparency and reduce students’ burdens related to transferring credits between institutions of higher education (see H.R. 4348), H2801 [1AP]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H72 [8JA]

Correctional institutions: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities (see H.R. 4618), H4911 [28MY]

Crime: provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H3448 [6MY]

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

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H4834 [23MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H3446 [6MY] (see H.R. 4622), H4057 [9MY]

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

——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see H.R. 2178), H3293 [29AP]

——— collect information from coeducational elementary and secondary schools on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 455), H1545 [3FE]

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

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

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H2148 [4MR]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H6352 [16JY]

——— repeal suspension of eligibility for grants, loans, and work assistance for drug-related offenses (see H.R. 3510), H474 [15JA]

Dept. of Energy: establish and carry out a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy-related jobs to increase the number of minorities and women in the workforce (see H.R. 4526), H4785 [21MY]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

——— provide preferences for certain services, designate an Administration on Aging individual responsible for support, and provide transportation services for holocaust survivors (see H.R. 2064), H5819 [26JN]

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

——— support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H6978 [28JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H5816 [26JN]

——— study the cost of purchase and use of body cameras by State and local law enforcement agencies and require such agencies to purchase and use body cameras as a condition of receipt of Federal funding (see H.R. 5407), H7434 [10SE]

Dept. of Labor: make grants to carry out employment training programs to assist the long-term unemployed obtain skills and training to reenter the workforce and fill jobs in high-growth sectors of the economy (see H.R. 3888), H1720 [10FE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the John P. Parker House in Ripley, OH (see H.R. 5207), H6977 [28JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish a deadline for the certification of certain forms by regional offices (see H.R. 5349), H7182 [31JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: improve health care by increasing access to complementary and alternative medicine and other approaches to wellness and preventive care (see H.R. 3516), H2696 [26MR]

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

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 3680), H5249 [10JN]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H1659 [5FE]

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

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

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

EPA: publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (see H.R. 5439), H7996 [14NO]

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

Federal employees: ensure the percentage increase in rates of pay for prevailing wage employees is equal to the percentage increase received by other Federal employees in the same pay locality (see H.R. 3573), H4476 [19MY]

Feed the Future Initiative: authorize to reduce global poverty and hunger in developing countries on a sustainable basis (see H.R. 5656), H8366 [3DE]

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 (see H.R. 3370), H1777 [14FE]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H8931 [9DE]

Firearms: prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals (see H.R. 2648), H2991 [7AP]

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

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

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

Immigration: expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrant women, men, and families by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 4240), H2432 [13MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4136), H5364 [12JN]

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

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), H8868 [8DE]

Israel: reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks (see H. Res. 657), H6137 [11JY]

Jennings, Thomas: tribute (see H. Res. 514), H2360 [12MR]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 632), H5557 [19JN]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3293 [29AP]

Lance Corporal Wesley G. Davids and Captain Nicholas J. Rozanski Memorial Post Office, Dublin, OH: designate (see H.R. 4919), H5557 [19JN]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 5517), H7940 [12NO]

Medicare: delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H1515 [31JA]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H2854 [2AP]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5598 [20JN]

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

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

Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3097), H2260 [10MR]

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

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2066 [27FE]

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

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

National Get Vertical Day: designate (see H. Res. 674), H6398 [17JY]

National Labor Relations Act: strengthen current protections by providing a private right of action for certain violations (see H.R. 5280), H7125 [30JY]

National Park Service: reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program (see H.R. 5570), H7883 [18SE]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H3448 [6MY]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H3447 [6MY]

NOAA: create electronic database of research and information on causes of, and corrective actions being taken for algal blooms in the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and other surface fresh waters (see H.R. 5456), H7619 [16SE]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H1881 [21FE]

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

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

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

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3929), H3199 [10AP]

Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7894 [18SE]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 1199), H2854 [2AP]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities (see H. Con. Res. 86), H2362 [12MR]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 1795), H5364 [12JN]

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

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 561), H4061 [9MY]

Tariff: increase and adjust for inflation the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 1020), H3241 [28AP]

Taxation: make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H2611 [24MR]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H3293 [29AP]

——— make permanent the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 5264), H9305 [11DE]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H8669 [4DE]

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

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

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3453), H1939 [25FE]

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

——— secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 4459), H3243 [28AP]

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

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H4686 [20MY]

World War I: designate memorials to the service of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4489), H4017 [8MY]

——— mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H2746 [27MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H2915 [3AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (see H. Con. Res. 100), H4829 [22MY]

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

Dept. of Education: award Early College Federal Pell Grants (see H.R. 5590), H7884 [18SE]

——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (see H.R. 5001), H5817 [26JN]

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

Issa, Representative: disapprove conduct during Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on investigation of IRS allegations of subjecting certain political groups to additional tax scrutiny (see H. Res. 504), H2256 [6MR]

Medicaid: 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]

Constitutional authority statements

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (H.R. 4765), H5023 [29MY]

Dept. of Education: award Early College Federal Pell Grants (H.R. 5590), H7890 [18SE]

——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (H.R. 5001), H5819 [26JN]

Dept. of Transportation: enhance transportation programs to connect people to jobs, schools, and other essential services through a multimodal transportation network (H.R. 5591), H7890 [18SE]

Medicaid: establish a demonstration project under which payment may be made to States for expenditures for medical assistance for substance use disorder treatment services (H.R. 5136), H6399 [17JY]

Proposals

Disapprove conduct of Representative Issa during Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on investigation of IRS allegations of subjecting certain political groups to additional tax scrutiny, H2215 [6MR]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), H79 [9JA]

——— reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, H1488 [29JA]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H2995 [8AP], H3107 [9AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit use of rotunda for a ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the Civil Rights Act (H. Con. Res. 100), H5135, H5136 [9JN]

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

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H7280 [8SE], H8201 [1DE], H8939 [10DE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, H1535 [3FE]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (H.R. 863), H2593 [24MR]

Congress: importance of bipartisanship, H8020 [17NO]

——— provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), H6941 [28JY]

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

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.: tribute to Delta Days in the Nation’s Capital, E174• [5FE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H8020 [17NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H79 [9JA], H1488 [29JA]

Economy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, E129• [28JA], E670• [2MY]

Education: impact of segregated neighborhoods on access to quality public school education, H4468• [19MY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6941 [28JY]

——— legislative process, H6941 [28JY]

Issa, Representative: disapprove conduct during Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on investigation of IRS allegations of subjecting certain political groups to additional tax scrutiny (H. Res. 504), H2236 [6MR]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H79 [9JA]

LIHEAP: funding, H1488 [29JA]

Montgomery, Eleanor: U.S. Track and Field, Inc., Hall of Fame inductee, E94• [16JA]

Public debt: ceiling, H1713• [10FE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H4468• [19MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H79 [9JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3773), H2371 [13MR]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (H.R. 3899), H7539 [16SE]

Women: improve economic condition of women, H1535 [3FE]

Women’s History Month: observance, H2593 [24MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H8936, H8938, H8939, H8940, H8941 [10DE], E1791 [10DE], E1810, E1834 [12DE]

Tributes

Pinkney, Arnold, E100• [16JA]