GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

Amendments

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4487), H3380, H3381, H3382, H3383, H3384, H3385, H3386 [1MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4487), consideration (H. Res. 557), H3307 [30AP]

Bills and resolutions

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

Congress: end the unconstitutional delegation of legislative power and direct GAO to issue a report detailing the extent of such delegation in order to phase it out (see H.R. 4343), H2744 [27MR]

Credit: enhance accuracy, ensure consumers receive information, improve transparency of agencies, and provide a means to dispute errors relative to credit reporting (see S. 2224), S2326 [9AP]

Crime: report on sexual assault prevention activities of the Dept. of Defense and Armed Forces (see S. 2222), S2239 [8AP]

Dept. of Defense: assess cloud security requirements (see H.R. 4505), H3240 [28AP]

——— study expenses incurred by the Pentagon to meet renewable energy and energy efficiency mandates (see S. 1928), S372 [15JA]

Dept. of Education: 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]

Dept. of Homeland Security: protect Federal employees and visitors, improve security of Federal facilities, and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service (see H.R. 5864), H9302 [11DE]

——— suspend the visa waiver program so the GAO can assess the national security risks posed by the program (see H.R. 5434), H7433 [10SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: require GAO audits of facilities on veterans’ access to health care, improve wait times for medical appointments, and prohibit payment of bonuses to certain executives (see S. 2423), S3367 [3JN]

Drugs: encourage development and use of new antimicrobial drugs in order to treat antibiotic-resistant infections (see H.R. 4187), H2300 [11MR]

Families and domestic relations: 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]

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: make more independent, accountable, and transparent to improve Federal financial accounting concepts and standards (see H.R. 4678), H4684 [20MY]

Federal agencies and departments: call for adoption and use of accrual basis accounting principles for budgeting, financial reporting, and performance measures (see H. Res. 545), H2990 [7AP]

——— prohibit certain agencies from using or purchasing certain firearms and require GAO report on Federal units receiving tactical training that respond to certain high-risk situations (see H.R. 4934), H5639 [23JN]

FEMA: 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]

Health: 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]

——— study interoperability of computer systems used by hospitals to store and access electronic health records (see H.R. 5537), H7882 [18SE]

Human rights: 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]

Information technology: enhance Federal procurement, expand use of simplified Federal acquisition procedures, and redesignate Office of Electronic Government as the U.S. Digital Government Office (see H.R. 5255), H7124 [30JY]

Intelligence services: facilitate access to information in the possession of the intelligence community (see H.R. 3900), H1240 [16JA]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (see H.R. 4487), H3239 [28AP]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4487), consideration (see H. Res. 557), H3291 [29AP]

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

National Laboratories: submit a report to Congress on the entrepreneurial impact of technology transfer (see S. 2883), S5782 [18SE]

National Security Agency: produce annual reports on the effectiveness of programs (see H.R. 3882), H472 [15JA]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system (see H.R. 4342), H2744 [27MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal if it is determined that the Act has resulted in more uninsured individuals than at the time of enactment (see H.R. 3849), H162 [10JA]

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

Weather: enhance planning, preparation, and dissemination of best practices for extreme weather to increase resiliency, improve regional coordination, and mitigate financial risk (see H.R. 5314), H7181 [31JY]

Letters

Federal Reserve Transparency Act: Representative Hensarling, Committee on Financial Services (House), H7589 [16SE]

——— Representative Issa, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H7589 [16SE]

Regulation D Study Act: Jim Nussle, Credit Union National Association, H8245 [2DE]

Motions

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4487), H3390 [1MY]

Remarks in House

California: report to Congress on resiliency and adaptability of all Bureau of Reclamation projects and facilities to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the quality, quantity, or reliability of water resources, H1635, H1636 [5FE]

CFTC: study and publish report on efficiencies in leasing and rental costs, H5636 [23JN]

Congress: issue quarterly reports on costs associated with congressional civil actions against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws, H2335 [12MR]

Dept. of Defense: establish defense audit advisory panel, H4708 [21MY]

——— provide for auditable financial statements, H4709 [21MY]

——— require GAO report on efforts to prevent and respond to hazing incidents involving Armed Forces members, H4483 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: make grants for pilot programs at institutions of higher education that support the use of open textbooks to achieve savings for students (H.R. 3538), H6673 [23JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop a comprehensive strategy to gain and maintain operational control of the international borders of the U.S. (H.R. 1417), H129 [9JA], H6223 [15JY]

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

Executive departments: require the head of each agency to link agency funding request to performance results, H250 [15JA]

Federal agencies and departments: ensure functionality and security of new Federal websites that collect personally identifiable information (H.R. 3635), H6935, H6936 [28JY]

——— prohibit funding for executive branch rules and regulations issued outside the formal rulemaking process, H6320 [16JY]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 367), H2843 [2AP], H7110–H7113 [30JY]

Financial institutions: conduct a study on the impact of the requirement that depository institutions maintain certain reserves and Regulation D relative to exemptions from SEC registration requirements (H.R. 3240), H188 [14JA], H8244–H8246 [2DE]

Foreign aid: require the President to establish guidelines for, and increase transparency of, foreign assistance programs (H.R. 2638), H2986 [7AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (H.R. 24), H7539, H7588–H7591 [16SE], E1430 [17SE]

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]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4487), H3368–H3392 [1MY], E717, E719 [8MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4487), consideration (H. Res. 557), H3301–H3308 [30AP], E660 [1MY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4487), motion to recommit, H3390, H3391 [1MY]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system, H4726–H4728 [21MY], H4815 [22MY], E828 [22MY]

——— prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system (H.R. 4342), H2998 [8AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: study impact on small businesses (H.R. 4728), E818 [22MY]

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

Schools: require GAO to examine whether charter school funding allocated for State administrative costs is at appropriate level, H4028, H4029 [9MY]

Remarks in Senate

Coal: investigation of Federal coal leasing program, S699 [3FE]

Dept. of Education: make grants for pilot programs at institutions of higher education that support the use of open textbooks to achieve savings for students (S. 1704), S2776 [7MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop a comprehensive strategy to gain and maintain operational control of the international borders of the U.S., S4307 [9JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: delay expansion of medical services to veterans with no service-connected disability or income above means-tested threshold until GAO certifies that resources can accommodate increased enrollment, S1024–S1032 [25FE], S1146, S1161–S1163 [26FE], S1205 [27FE]

——— require GAO audits of facilities on veterans’ access to health care, improve wait times for medical appointments, and prohibit payment of bonuses to certain executives (S. 2423), S3715 [17JN]

EPA: require GAO and Dept. of Energy to conduct cost-benefit analysis of proposed greenhouse gas regulations on powerplants, S2077 [2AP]

——— study economic impact of regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions from existing powerplants and prohibit finalization of such rules that will cause significant adverse effects to the economy, S2696 [6MY]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (H.R. 367), S351 [15JA]

——— provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (S. 15), S2078 [2AP]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (S. 209), S15–S17 [6JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4487, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 557) (H. Rept. 113–426), H3291 [29AP]

Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4342) (H. Rept. 113–715), H10334 [2JA]

Federal Reserve Transparency Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 24) (H. Rept. 113–602), H7616 [16SE]

Housing Finance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 1217), S5779 [18SE]

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4487) (H. Rept. 113–417), H3239 [28AP]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4487) (S. Rept. 113–196), S3863 [19JN]

Regulation D Study Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3240) (H. Rept. 113–640), H8272 [2DE]

Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 3635) (H. Rept. 113–562), H6975 [28JY]

Statements

Federal Reserve Transparency Act: Ron Paul (2011), H7590 [16SE]

Tables

Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 4487), H3370–H3372 [1MY]

Texts of

H. Res. 557, consideration of H.R. 4487, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H3301 [30AP]

H.R. 24, Federal Reserve Transparency Act, H7588 [16SE]

H.R. 3240, Regulation D Study Act, H8244 [2DE]

H.R. 3635, Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act, H6935 [28JY]

H.R. 4487, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H3376–H3380 [1MY]

H.R. 5135, Human Trafficking Prevention, Intervention, and Recovery Act, H6724 [23JY]