HEALTH see also Diseases; Public Health Service

Addresses

Prevent Cancer Foundation Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award: Andrew J. Sussman, CVS Health Corp., E1482 [19SE]

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

Amendments

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

Alaska: enter into intergovernmental agreements with Indian tribes relative to enforcement of certain State laws by Indian tribes, improve quality of life in rural Alaska, and reduce alcohol and drug abuse (S. 1474), S6416, S6454 [9DE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 2866), S6865, S6867 [15DE]

Children and youth: improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 669), S6218, S6219 [20NO]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (S. 2450), S3609, S3619 [11JN], S3672 [12JN]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3243 [28AP], H3294 [29AP], H3320, H3326, H3328, H3329, H3332, H3334, H3337, H3339, H3343, H3344, H3349, H3350, H3351, H3352, H3353, H3354, H3355, H3365 [30AP]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (H. Res. 557), H3307 [30AP]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (S. Res. 541), S5878 [18SE]

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

Growth Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 489), S4840, S4845 [23JY]

Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts following earthquake (S. 1104), S4434 [10JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 524), H2668 [26MR]

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

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), consideration (H. Res. 515), H2382 [13MR]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (S. Res. 350), S959, S963, S964 [12FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S2958, S2959, S2976, S2978 [13MY], S3018, S3019, S3033, S3034, S3035, S3036, S3037, S3038, S3039, S3040, S3041 [14MY], S3082, S3083, S3084, S3086, S3088, S3089, S3090, S3092, S3093, S3094, S3095, S3096, S3097, S3098, S3101, S3102, S3103, S3104, S3105, S3106, S3107, S3108, S3109, S3110, S3111, S3113, S3114, S3115, S3117, S3119, S3120, S3124, S3132, S3133, S3134, S3135, S3136, S3137, S3138, S3139, S3140, S3141, S3142, S3143, S3144, S3145 [15MY], S3191, S3192 [20MY], S5271 [31JY]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), consideration (H. Res. 717), H7407 [10SE]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (H. Res. 555), H3264 [29AP]

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

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

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

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

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges has been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), consideration (H. Res. 455), H94 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (H. Res. 455), H94 [9JA]

Territories: improve administration of programs in the insular areas (S. 1237), S3820, S3821 [18JN]

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]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (H.R. 2901), H8854 [8DE]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 314), S3040, S3044 [14MY]

Analyses

Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act (H.R. 647), H8321 [3DE]

Anecdotes 

Post-traumatic stress disorder: several individuals, H5449, H5450 [18JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3230, Veteran Access to Care Act, H5429 [18JN]

——— H.R. 3230, Veterans’ Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act, S3805 [18JN]

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, S6698 [11DE], H9039 [10DE]

Articles and editorials

Atomic Veterans Still Fighting for Recognition From U.S. Government, H5057 [30MY]

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

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

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

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

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

Denver Physician—Red Tape Isn’t Health Care Reform (excerpt), S4731 [23JY]

Everyone Deserves Clean Air and Equal Protection From Pollution, S6038 [18NO]

Health Insurers Make Late Push To Enroll Young People, S1851 [31MR]

HHS Official Resigns, Pens a Must Read Rebuke of Federal Bureaucracy, H2474 [14MR]

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

Immigrant Families Benefit Significantly From Obamacare—Accounted for 42% of Medicaid Growth Since 2011 (excerpt), H8264 [2DE]

In Chicago, Piles of Petroleum Coke Suggest the Future of Canadian Tar Sands Oil, S6040 [18NO]

Justice for the Atomic Veterans, H5058 [30MY]

Koch Brothers’ Ads Shameful, S1160 [26FE]

Medicare Finances Improve Partly Due to ACA, Hospital Expenses, Trustee Report Says—Outlook for Social Security, However, Remains the Same, H7060 [30JY]

National Guild of Hypnotists Offers Solutions to Daily Stress, E1803 [12DE]

ObamaCare and My Mother’s Cancer Medicine, S995 [24FE]

ObamaCare’s Hidden Hit on Businesses, S2084 [2AP]

ObamaCare’s Secret Mandate Exemption, H2382 [13MR]

‘Out of Options’—Veterans With PTSD Hit Pot Underground, H3344 [30AP]

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

PA. Health Marketplace ‘‘Working’’ for Enrollees, S3927 [24JN]

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

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

Survey—Most Republicans Who Bought Obamacare Coverage Like Their Plans, H7061 [30JY]

Texas Toxic Town Lures Industry While Residents Wheeze, S6038 [18NO]

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

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 5551), H7882 [18SE]

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

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

Africa: provide assistance to sub-Saharan Africa to combat obstetric fistula (see H.R. 4997), H5817 [26JN]

African Americans: recognize and address disparity in breast cancer treatment and mortality rates for African-American women (see H. Res. 554), H3197 [10AP]

AID: support development of global health technologies under the Health Technologies Program (see S. 2407), S3294 [22MY]

Air Force: require a demonstration program on the accession as officers of candidates with auditory impairments (see H.R. 5296), H7126 [30JY]

Antitrust policy: 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]

Armed Forces: enhance participation of mental health professionals in boards for the correction of military records and boards for the review of the discharge or dismissal of members of the Armed Forces (see S. 2217), S2194 [7AP]

——— ensure TRICARE beneficiaries receive written notice of any change to benefits received under TRICARE (see H.R. 4101), H2001 [26FE]

——— ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see S. 2687), S5134 [30JY] (see H.R. 5524), H7675 [17SE]

——— establish an online significant event tracker system for tracking, reporting, and summarizing exposures of members to traumatic events (see S. 2368), S3237 [21MY] (see S. 2730), S5216 [31JY] (see H.R. 5336), H7182 [31JY]

——— establish eligibility, assignment, training, and certification requirements for sexual assault forensic examiners (see S. 2703), S5135 [30JY]

——— 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]

——— improve access to mental health services under TRICARE (see S. 2276), S2613 [1MY] (see H.R. 4656), H4064 [13MY]

——— improve the TRICARE Program for adult children of members and former members (see H.R. 3974), H1511 [29JA]

——— provide for availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the TRICARE program (see S. 1994), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 4492), H3240 [28AP]

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

——— provide that members performing hazardous humanitarian services in West Africa to combat the spread of the ebola outbreak shall be entitled to tax benefits as if serving in a combat zone (see S. 2965), S6205 [20NO] (see H.R. 5804), H8867 [8DE]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (see S. 2231), S2327 [9AP] (see H.R. 4305), H2695 [26MR]

Atsugi Naval Air Facility: provide health care for certain individuals exposed to environmental hazards and establish advisory board to examine exposures to environmental hazards (see H.R. 4517), H3292 [29AP]

Aviation: ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or air traffic controller for a sleep disorder is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (see S. 1941), S439 [16JA]

Balance Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 731), H7675 [17SE]

Bankruptcy: provide protections for medically distressed debtors (see S. 2471), S3668 [12JN] (see H.R. 4917), H5557 [19JN]

——— require disclosure and filing by certain trusts of quarterly reports that contain detailed information on receipt and disposition of claims for injuries based on exposure to asbestos (see S. 2319), S2910 [12MY]

Bear Root Dept. of Veterans Affairs Clinic, Billings, MT: designate (see S. 2805), S5588 [15SE] (see H.R. 5763), H8169 [20NO]

Bethel, AK: convey certain property to Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp. (see S. 2713), S5135 [30JY] (see H.R. 5736), H8071 [18NO]

Biomedical Research Fund: establish (see S. 2115), S1584 [12MR] (see H.R. 4384), H2913 [3AP]

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]

CBO: report changes in direct spending and revenue associated with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 2446), S3475 [5JN]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize funding for creation and implementation of infant mortality pilot programs in standard metropolitan statistical areas with high rates of infant mortality (see H.R. 4639), H4058 [9MY]

——— establish a surveillance system relative to traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 4251), H2483 [14MR]

——— reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see S. 2655), S4903 [24JY] (see H.R. 5185), H6813 [24JY]

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]

——— improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (see S. 2746), S5217 [31JY]

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

——— prohibit funding of any research or treatment in which wards of the State are subjected to greater than minimal risk to their health with no minimal prospect of direct benefit (see H.R. 4989), H5817 [26JN]

——— prohibit funding to medical institutions that conduct certain research on wards of the State or which threaten to disrupt families through allegations of child medical abuse (see H.R. 4518), H3292 [29AP]

——— provide for a Youth Mental Health Research Network (see H.R. 4170), H2255 [6MR]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 4888), H5494 [18JN]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of evidence-informed recommendations for addressing maternal addiction and neonatal abstinence syndrome and study neonatal abstinence syndrome (see S. 2722), S5216 [31JY]

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

Clinical Research Innovation Month: designate (see H. Res. 733), H7675 [17SE]

Commission on Access to Care: establish to evaluate and assess access to health care at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4861), H5363 [12JN]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: provide for a net benefit review of any transaction between U.S. and foreign companies (see H.R. 5581), H7884 [18SE]

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

——— establish a public education and awareness and access program on emergency contraception (see S. 2876), S5782 [18SE]

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]

Courts: develop and disseminate clinical practice guidelines and establish right of removal to Federal courts for defendants in medical malpractice actions involving Federal payors (see H.R. 4106), H2064 [27FE]

——— prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [21MY]

——— restrict confidentiality agreements that prohibit disclosure of information relative to hazards to public safety or health (see S. 2317), S2910 [12MY]

——— restrict protective orders and sealing of cases, and allow disclosure of discovery information in civil actions to ensure disclosures relevant to public health or safety (see S. 2364), S3184 [20MY] (see H.R. 4361), H2801 [1AP]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see S. 2581), S4404 [10JY] (see H.R. 5486), H7617 [16SE]

——— require household cleaning products bear a label that contains a complete and accurate list of ingredients (see H.R. 4476), H3196 [10AP]

——— require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (see H.R. 4864), H5363 [12JN]

Critical care health services: improve understanding and coordination (see S. 2966), S6205 [20NO]

DEA: improve regulation of anabolic steroids (see S. 2012), S890 [11FE] (see H.R. 4771), H5022 [29MY]

Death and dying: improve end-of-life care (see S. 3009), S6788 [12DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: exempt school-based enterprises from nutrition standards for foods sold in schools (see H.R. 4713), H4784 [21MY]

——— 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]

——— prohibit implementation of certain nutrition rules on food sold at schools as fundraisers (see H.R. 5417), H7387 [9SE]

——— 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]

——— support country-of-origin labeling, ban imports of fresh meats from countries with foot-and-mouth disease, and reform certain livestock programs (see S. 2764), S5217 [31JY]

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

——— improve consistency of data collection, reporting, and assessment in connection with suicide prevention efforts (see S. 2357), S3184 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: conduct study to determine the relationship between school start times and adolescent health, well-being, and performance (see H.R. 5678), H7900 [19SE]

——— 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 grant program for nebulizers in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4108), H2064 [27FE]

——— 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]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see S. 2036), S1001 [24FE]

——— require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (see S. 2695), S5134 [30JY] (see H.R. 5277), H7125 [30JY]

Dept. of HHS: appropriate funds for emergency care and trauma services (see H.R. 4181), H2256 [6MR]

——— assist States in operating Restoring the Doctors of Our Country Through Scholarships (RDOCS) programs to increase availability of health care services in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 5223), H6976 [28JY]

——— 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]

——— define care coordination under the Older Americans Act, include care coordination as a fully restorative service, and detail such departmental functions (see H.R. 5200), H6814 [24JY]

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

——— develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see S. 2864), S5782 [18SE]

——— develop and disseminate evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking and respond to such individuals appropriately (see H.R. 5411), H7296 [8SE]

——— 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 Caregiver Corps program (see S. 2842), S5698 [17SE]

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

——— establish a Hospital Fund for the treatment of individuals with ebola or other specified infectious diseases (see S. 2942), S6148 [19NO]

——— 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]

——— establish National Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Resource Center and authorize grants for State registries (see H.R. 5218), H6976 [28JY]

——— expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (see S. 2406), S3294 [22MY]

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

——— improve field emergency medical services (see S. 2400), S3294 [22MY]

——— 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 access to Medicare data (see H.R. 4418), H2990 [7AP]

——— issue guidelines relative to certain primary care Federal health professionals completing continuing medical education on nutrition and require Federal agencies to submit reports relative to such guidelines (see H.R. 4378), H2853 [2AP]

——— make grants to train elementary and secondary school nurses how to respond to a biological or chemical attack or an outbreak of pandemic influenza in a school building or on school grounds (see H.R. 5840), H9044 [10DE]

——— prevent abuse of dextromethorphan by restricting over-the-counter sales and bulk distribution (see H.R. 3969), H1510 [29JA]

——— 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 for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (see H.R. 4820), H5185 [9JN]

——— provide for enhanced treatment, support, services, and research for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families (see H.R. 4010), H1686 [6FE]

——— provide for recommendations for development and use of clinical data registries for improvement of patient care (see H.R. 5214), H6976 [28JY]

——— provide grants to States to establish maternal mortality review committees on pregnancy-related deaths, define severe maternal morbidity, and eliminate maternal health disparities (see H.R. 4216), H2360 [12MR]

——— reauthorize Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 4683), H4684 [20MY]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see S. 2405), S3294 [22MY] (see H.R. 4080), H1937 [25FE]

——— 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]

——— require certain health insurance premium increase information be disclosed to Congress (see H.R. 4633), H4058 [9MY]

——— require NIH to consider sex differences in medical research and direct FDA to guarantee clinical drug trials are sufficient to determine safety and effectiveness for both men and women (see H.R. 4879), H5398 [17JN]

——— require U.S. Preventive Services Task Force compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (see S. 2574), S4336 [9JY]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see S. 2538), S4153 [26JN]

——— submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (see H.R. 4944), H5723 [24JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: develop and provide risk-based, performance-based cybersecurity standards for information technology requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see H.R. 3847), H162 [10JA]

——— make anthrax vaccines and antimicrobials available to emergency response providers (see H.R. 5620), H7885 [18SE]

——— making supplemental appropriations to establish and maintain mobile hospital units for responding to an epidemic (see H.R. 5738), H8132 [19NO]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see S. 2839), S5697 [17SE] (see H.R. 5845), H9044 [10DE]

——— improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (see H.R. 4069), H1780 [18FE] (see H.R. 4709), H4784 [21MY]

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) (see S. 2959), S6205 [20NO] (see H.R. 5751), H8169 [20NO]

Dept. of State: expedite review of application of certain aliens applying for admission to the U.S. to participate in a program under which they will receive graduate medical education or training (see H.R. 5735), H8071 [18NO]

——— restrict passports for travel to or use in certain countries (see H.R. 5692), H7937 [12NO]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see S. 2499), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 5013), H5823 [30JN]

Dept. of the Interior: carry out programs and activities for connecting children and families with the outdoors (see S. 2367), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 4706), H4784 [21MY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish new standards for automobile hoods and bumpers to reduce pedestrian injuries (see S. 2284), S2614 [1MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: adopt and implement a standard identification protocol for use in tracking and procurement of biological implants and tissue or bone grafts (see H.R. 4374), H2853 [2AP]

——— allow certain veterans to participate in the Patient-Centered Community Care program (see H.R. 5097), H6215 [14JY]

——— allow veterans of all service-connected disability levels to be reimbursed for travel when seeking care at a VA medical center (see H.R. 5115), H6296 [15JY]

——— assess staffing shortages at medical facilities (see H.R. 5007), H5818 [26JN]

——— authorize health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs (see H.R. 5762), H8169 [20NO]

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

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

——— carry out a pilot program entering into partnership agreements with non-Federal entities for construction of major medical facility projects (see H.R. 5042), H6034 [9JY]

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

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

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 4971), H5768 [25JN]

——— conduct outreach to veterans on the effect of certain delayed payments and submit to Congress an annual report on such delayed payments (see S. 2654), S4903 [24JY] (see H.R. 5193), H6813 [24JY]

——— ensure that all veterans are eligible to participate in hospice care programs (see H.R. 4725), H4828 [22MY]

——— ensure that service animals of patients receiving inpatient care at medical facilities are able to access such patients’ rooms (see H.R. 5333), H7182 [31JY]

——— ensure veterans who experience extended waiting times for appointments at departmental facilities may receive care at non-departmental facilities (see H.R. 4779), H5063 [30MY]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5185 [9JN]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities if wait times for appointments at departmental facilities exceed a certain number of days (see H.R. 4898), H5494 [18JN]

——— enter into contracts with health care providers to improve health care access and care coordination for veterans (see H.R. 3858), H183 [13JA]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see S. 2738), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4816), H5185 [9JN] (see H.R. 5484), H7617 [16SE]

——— establish a registry for certain toxic exposures and include certain information in the electronic health records of veterans (see H.R. 5680), H7900 [19SE]

——— establish a task force on Agent Orange exposure (see H.R. 4408), H2961 [4AP]

——— establish an Office of Whistleblower and Patient Protection (see H.R. 5054), H6105 [10JY]

——— establish presumption of service connection for mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (see H.R. 4344), H2744 [27MR]

——— establish standards for the provision of mammograms at health care facilities (see H.R. 4053), H1770 [11FE]

——— establish the Office of the Medical Inspector within the Office of the Under Secretary for Health (see S. 2401), S3294 [22MY]

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

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

——— 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]

——— expand eligibility for reimbursement for emergency medical treatment and prevent insurance companies from limiting reimbursements based on the VA not being an in-network provider (see S. 2468), S3668 [12JN]

——— 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]

——— grant privileges to provide hospital care and medical services in departmental medical facilities to Armed Forces members who are health care providers (see H.R. 5342), H7182 [31JY]

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

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (see S. 2422), S3367 [3JN] (see S. 2450), S3507 [9JN] (see H.R. 4841), H5318 [11JN]

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

——— improve care provided to newborn children (see H.R. 5475), H7616 [16SE]

——— improve continuing professional education reimbursement provided to health care professionals (see H.R. 5518), H7674 [17SE]

——— improve dental health care (see H.R. 5022), H5875 [8JY]

——— improve information technology of the Veterans Benefits Administration (see H.R. 4038), H1769 [11FE]

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

——— 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 research of Gulf War Illness and provide for the independent operation of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses (see H.R. 4261), H2484 [14MR]

——— improve treatment of medical evidence provided by non-departmental medical professionals in support of disability claims (see H.R. 4191), H2300 [11MR]

——— include licensed hearing aid specialists as eligible for appointment in the Veterans Health Administration (see S. 2311), S2875 [8MY]

——— increase number of graduate medical education residency positions at departmental hospitals (see S. 2639), S4705 [22JY] (see H.R. 4942), H5640 [23JN]

——— increase priority for enrollment of medal of honor recipients in the health care system (see H.R. 4720), H4828 [22MY]

——— meet with certain advisory committees to receive administrative and policy recommendations to improve the health care system (see H.R. 4862), H5363 [12JN]

——— modify authorities relative to collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 4580), H3446 [6MY]

——— prohibit altering availability and wait times for health care services based on the length of time since the veteran’s last visit to a VA facility (see S. 2467), S3668 [12JN] (see H.R. 5047), H6034 [9JY]

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

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

——— 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]

——— protect veterans from dishonesty and malfeasance in delivery of medical services by allowing veterans to sue VA employees who falsified or destroyed medical records (see S. 2419), S3367 [3JN]

——— provide a more equitable geographic allocation of funds appropriated for medical care (see H.R. 5286), H7126 [30JY]

——— provide for additional qualification requirements for individuals appointed to marriage and family therapist positions (see H.R. 5398), H7241 [1AU]

——— provide for the repayment of higher education loans for departmental health care professionals (see H.R. 4974), H5768 [25JN]

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

——— provide per diem payments to eligible entities for furnishing care to dependents of certain homeless veterans (see H.R. 4140), H2147 [4MR]

——— provide temporary care in the most cost effective manner when patients are relocated during medical facility construction and renovation projects (see S. 2428), S3424 [4JN]

——— provide veterans with the choice of medical providers, improve performance metrics for provided health care, and increase transparency and accountability of operations (see S. 2424), S3367 [3JN]

——— publish information on the provision of health care by departmental facilities (see H.R. 4875), H5398 [17JN]

——— 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]

——— recoup certain bonuses or awards paid to departmental employees (see H.R. 5094), H6214 [14JY]

——— reimburse non-departmental medical providers for provision of certain hospital care and medical services to veterans (see H.R. 5131), H6397 [17JY]

——— reinstate requirement for an annual report on the capacity to provide for specialized treatment and rehabilitative needs of disabled veterans (see H.R. 4198), H2301 [11MR]

——— remove the maximum payment amount for certain qualified losses under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program (see H.R. 4235), H2432 [13MR]

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

——— require employment of at least three decision review officers at each regional office (see S. 2296), S2796 [7MY]

——— 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]

——— require the Inspector General to submit a report on wait times for veterans seeking medical appointments and treatment at VA facilities and prohibit closure of such facilities (see S. 2316), S2910 [12MY]

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

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (see S. 2545), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 5254), H7039 [29JY]

——— specify requirements for updating the Office of Rural Health strategic plan for improving access to, and quality of, health care services for veterans in rural areas (see H.R. 4561), H3408 [1MY]

——— terminate any employee who is found to have retaliated against a whistleblower (see S. 2606), S4502 [15JY]

——— use authorities to furnish health care at non-departmental facilities to veterans who live more than a certain distance from the closest departmental facility that furnishes the necessary care (see S. 3006), S6626 [11DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (see H.R. 4486), H3239 [28AP]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (see H. Res. 557), H3291 [29AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see S. 2930), S6022 [17NO] (see H.R. 5059), H6105 [10JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (see H.R. 5464), H7528 [15SE]

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

Developing countries: promote the use of clean cookstoves in order to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions (see S. 2100), S1416 [10MR]

——— provide assistance to improve maternal and newborn health (see H.R. 5862), H9302 [11DE]

Disabled: promote provision of exercise and fitness equipment that is accessible to disabled individuals (see S. 2888), S5783 [18SE] (see H.R. 5541), H7882 [18SE]

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

Discrimination: provide for an Institute of Medicine study on health disparities and direct the Dept. of HHS to develop guidelines on reducing health disparities (see S. 2841), S5698 [17SE] (see H.R. 5507), H7674 [17SE]

Diseases: authorize assistance on an emergency basis for countries affected by or at risk of being affected by the ebola virus outbreak to effectively address such outbreak at its source (see H.R. 5710), H7995 [14NO]

——— ban new visas to citizens from ebola-affected countries and ban travel to the U.S. for any person who is not a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident who traveled through an ebola-affected country (see H.R. 5688), H7937 [12NO]

——— ban new visas to residents of ebola-affected countries and require the President to report on the status of the ebola outbreak (see S. 2953), S6204 [20NO] (see H.R. 5746), H8169 [20NO]

——— commend progress made by, and reaffirm commitment to, anti-tuberculosis programs (see S. Res. 393), S1691 [24MR]

——— continue progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis (see H.R. 5835), H9044 [10DE]

——— create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see S. 2800), S5564 [11SE]

——— develop international plans of action to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia (see H. Res. 489), H1937 [25FE]

——— direct the President to take action to protect against transmission of ebola virus from individuals traveling to the U.S. from abroad (see H.R. 5707), H7979 [13NO]

——— express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see S. Res. 541), S5508 [10SE]

——— express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (S. Res. 541) (see H. Res. 701), H7184 [31JY]

——— facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated domestic and international efforts (see H.R. 4847), H5318 [11JN]

——— improve asthma management, education, and research (see S. 2804), S5588 [15SE]

——— improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 4592), H3939 [7MY]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H5185 [9JN]

——— prohibit certain flights from landing in the U.S. and prohibit issuance of certain visas to protect the U.S. from the ebola virus disease (see H.R. 5694), H7937 [12NO]

——— provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 4701), H4783 [21MY]

——— tribute to efforts of medical professionals and others to combat and contain the ebola virus and call for development of ways to better protect individuals from ebola and increased commitment to address epidemic (see H. Con. Res. 118), H7995 [14NO]

Drugs: address prescription opioid and heroin abuse (see S. 2504), S3863 [19JN]

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

——— enhance efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (see S. 2236), S2378 [10AP]

——— improve DEA scheduling process for new FDA-approved drugs under the Controlled Substances Act and registration process for use of controlled substances in clinical trials (see S. 2862), S5782 [18SE] (see H.R. 4299), H2694 [26MR]

——— increase access to opioid addiction treatment by expanding ability of medical professionals to provide medication-assisted therapies (see S. 2645), S4762 [23JY]

——— increase number of opioid abusing or addicted patients that providers may treat in an outpatient setting and allow qualified nurse practitioners and physician assistants to treat such patients (see S. 2825), S5628 [16SE]

——— provide certain protections from civil liability for individuals prescribing or administering opioid overdose drugs (see S. 2092), S1365 [6MR] (see H.R. 4288), H2610 [24MR]

——— provide for legitimate use of medicinal marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 4498), H3240 [28AP]

——— reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see S. 2755), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4169), H2255 [6MR]

——— reduce opioid misuse and abuse (see H.R. 5587), H7884 [18SE]

——— support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see S. Res. 578), S5993 [13NO] (see H. Res. 688), H6859 [25JY]

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]

Education: support a whole child approach to education, encourage parents, educators, and communities to support such an approach, and coordinate education, health, and social service sectors serving youth (see H. Res. 658), H5876 [8JY]

Elder Justice Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 5515), H7674 [17SE]

Employment: 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]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (see H.R. 4), H7528 [15SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 727), H7616 [16SE]

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

EPA: designate and award grants for air and health quality empowerment zones (see H.R. 5359), H7183 [31JY]

——— publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (see S. 2785), S5507 [10SE] (see H.R. 5439), H7433 [10SE]

Executive Office of the President: establish National Office of New Americans (see H.R. 4949), H5723 [24JN]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see S. 2103), S1519 [11MR]

Families and domestic relations: authorize grants for the support of caregivers (see S. 2866), S5782 [18SE]

——— implement policies to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child deaths globally (see S. 2853), S5782 [18SE]

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

FDA: allow for regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems and e-liquids like tobacco cigarettes and establish labeling, packaging, and dosage limits for such products (see H.R. 5010), H5818 [26JN]

——— create a limited population pathway for approval of certain antibacterial drugs (see S. 2996), S6540 [10DE]

——— establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 4432), H3142 [9AP]

——— establish recall authority for drugs and increase criminal penalties for sale or trade of knowingly adulterated or misbranded prescription drugs (see H.R. 5874), H9303 [11DE]

——— expand priority review voucher incentive program to encourage treatments for tropical diseases (see H.R. 5729), H8071 [18NO]

——— extend market exclusivity periods for drugs approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a rare disease or condition (see H.R. 5750), H8169 [20NO]

——— incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (see S. 2917), S5918 [12NO]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (see S. 2141), S1652 [13MR] (see H.R. 4250), H2433 [13MR]

——— provide for the regulation of patient records and certain decision support medical software (see S. 2977), S6350 [4DE]

——— reform program allowing for expanded access to certain experimental treatments or breakthrough drugs for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 5805), H8867 [8DE]

——— require bottled water manufacturers and distributors to disclose bottled water quality information (see H.R. 4978), H5816 [26JN]

——— withdraw approval for the drug Zohydro ER and prohibit from approving such drug unless it is reformulated to prevent abuse (see S. 2134), S1652 [13MR] (see H.R. 4241), H2433 [13MR]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce duplication and increase efficiency (see H.R. 5152), H6398 [17JY]

Federal aid programs: authorize grants for the support of caregivers (see H.R. 5633), H7885 [18SE]

——— 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]

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

Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see S. 2266), S2470 [29AP]

Firearms: express that gun violence is a public health issue and call for legislation that protects the Second Amendment, includes background checks, improves mental health, and makes gun trafficking a Federal crime (see H. Res. 468), H1511 [29JA]

Food: provide that meat, poultry, and egg products containing certain pathogens or contaminants are adulterated (see H.R. 4966), H5767 [25JN]

Food Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H. Res. 584), H4064 [13MY]

FTC: issue rules to promote competition and help consumers save money by giving them the freedom to choose where they buy prescription pet medications (see S. 2756), S5217 [31JY] (see H.R. 4023), H1718 [10FE]

——— prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see S. 2047), S1174 [26FE] (see H.R. 4325), H2743 [27MR] (see H.R. 5010), H5818 [26JN]

——— report on the impact of the use of altered images of individuals in advertising and other promotional media for commercial products (see H.R. 4341), H2744 [27MR]

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]

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

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

Growth Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 489), S4154 [26JN]

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

Health Care Compact: grant congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 110), H1770 [11FE]

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]

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

——— limit liability of volunteers who provide health care services in response to a disaster (see S. 2196), S1923 [1AP]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see S. 2220), S2239 [8AP]

——— provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities or VA hospitals (see H.R. 4951), H5724 [24JN]

——— recognize caregiving as a profession and the extraordinary contributions of paid and family caregivers (see S. Con. Res. 42), S5218 [31JY]

——— recognize caregiving as a profession and the need for increased educational opportunities for both paid and family caregivers (see H. Con. Res. 97), H3196 [10AP]

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 640), H5640 [23JN]

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

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (see H. Res. 524), H2644 [25MR]

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

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]

——— prohibit issuance of visas to, and the admission into the U.S. of, an alien during a certain period following the presence of the alien in Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone (see H.R. 5693), H7937 [12NO]

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

Information technology: call on health care, energy, telecommunications, and other industry sectors to continue efforts to protect critical infrastructure and prevent information and cybersecurity breaches (see H. Res. 769), H8273 [2DE]

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

——— provide regulatory clarity over clinical and health software and relieve categories of such low-risk software from the medical device tax (see S. 2007), S852 [10FE]

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

——— establish universal access programs to improve high risk pools and reinsurance markets to ensure coverage for individuals with pre-existing conditions (see H.R. 4496), H3240 [28AP]

——— increase maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program (see H.R. 5740), H8132 [19NO]

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

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

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

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

Intelligence services: prohibit use of global health activities to collect foreign intelligence (see H.R. 4747), H4909 [28MY]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (see H.R. 5244), H7039 [29JY]

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 595), H4829 [22MY]

International MRSA Testing Week: designate (see H. Res. 760), H8132 [19NO]

International Self-Care Day: designate (see S. Res. 515), S4763 [23JY]

Kids to Parks Day: designate (see S. Res. 450), S3075 [15MY]

Mayo Clinic: anniversary (see S. Res. 339), S486 [27JA] (see H. Res. 534), H2802 [1AP]

Medicaid: apply requirement that drug manufacturers that increase prices faster than inflation pay an additional rebate to State Medicaid programs to generic drug manufacturers (see S. 2948), S6204 [20NO] (see H.R. 5748), H8169 [20NO]

——— 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 grant program to provide States with funds to detect waste, fraud, and abuse and to recover resulting improper payments (see H.R. 5841), H9044 [10DE]

——— 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 H.R. 4016), H1686 [6FE]

——— provide an option of States to cover a children’s program of all-inclusive coordinated care (ChiPACC) (see H.R. 4605), H4015 [8MY]

——— provide equitable treatment of primary care services (see H.R. 5353), H7183 [31JY]

——— 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: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see S. 2818), S5628 [16SE]

——— add sleep apnea screening to the initial preventive physical examination (see H.R. 4695), H4783 [21MY]

——— allow individuals to elect to receive the Medicare Summary Notice electronically (see H.R. 4853), H5362 [12JN]

——— apply competitive bidding to vacuum erection systems and require Dept. of HHS to establish national mail order program for such devices (see S. 2144), S1652 [13MR]

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

——— 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]

——— crack down on fraud to protect seniors and people with disabilities (see S. 2361), S3184 [20MY] (see H.R. 5732), H8071 [18NO]

——— create a Medicare Advantage Improvement Fund (see H.R. 4196), H2301 [11MR]

——— create incentives for healthcare providers to promote quality healthcare outcomes (see H.R. 5823), H8931 [9DE]

——— develop criteria for medically necessary short inpatient hospital stays (see S. 2082), S1315 [5MR]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see S. 1944), S439 [16JA]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see H.R. 5227), H6976 [28JY]

——— encourage beneficiaries to voluntarily adopt advance directives guiding the medical care they receive (see S. 2240), S2378 [10AP]

——— enhance beneficiary and provider protections and improve transparency in the Medicare Advantage market (see S. 2552), S4153 [26JN] (see H.R. 4998), H5817 [26JN]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H3446 [6MY]

——— establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (see S. 1932), S372 [15JA] (see H.R. 3890), H472 [15JA]

——— establish smart card pilot program (see S. 2586), S4404 [10JY]

——— establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program to show that reduced copayments or coinsurance can increase utilization, improve clinical outcomes, and lower health care expenditures (see S. 2783), S5507 [10SE] (see H.R. 5183), H6745 [23JY]

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

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (see S. 1954), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 4067), H1780 [18FE]

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

——— improve accountable care organization program (see H.R. 5558), H7883 [18SE]

——— improve audit effectiveness and efficiency in paying for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 5083), H6135 [11JY]

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

——— improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (see H.R. 4484), H3196 [10AP]

——— include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit (see H.R. 4755), H5022 [29MY]

——— increase access to ambulance services (see H.R. 5460), H7454 [11SE]

——— limit charges for contract health services provided to Indians by Medicare providers of services and suppliers (see H.R. 4843), H5318 [11JN]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H134 [9JA]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see S. 2980), S6350 [4DE] (see H.R. 4857), H5363 [12JN]

——— modify the surety bond requirement applicable to home health agencies as a condition of participation (see H.R. 3832), H134 [9JA]

——— permit certain nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives to provide certain certifications relative to inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 4663), H4434 [15MY]

——— permit the phase-in for changes in hospital wage index classification from rural to urban without requiring waiver of a wage index increase (see H.R. 5531), H7882 [18SE]

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

——— protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see S. 2359), S3184 [20MY]

——— 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 beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see S. 2046), S1174 [26FE] (see H.R. 4035), H1769 [11FE]

——— provide community-based medical education payments to primary care teaching centers, provide for an indirect medical education performance adjustment, and increase graduate medical education transparency (see S. 2728), S5216 [31JY]

——— provide coverage for low vision devices (see H.R. 3975), H1511 [29JA]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H472 [15JA]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H2300 [11MR]

——— provide for a minimum payment rate for primary care services furnished by primary care physicians (see S. 2186), S1870 [31MR]

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

——— provide for bundled payments for post-acute care services (see H.R. 4673), H4475 [19MY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see S. 2689), S5134 [30JY] (see H.R. 5644), H7886 [18SE]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (see H.R. 5435), H7433 [10SE]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see S. 2353), S3074 [15MY]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (see H.R. 4437), H3143 [9AP] (see H.R. 5815), H8931 [9DE]

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

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (see S. 2553), S4154 [26JN] (see H.R. 4994), H5817 [26JN]

——— provide for the reporting of certain hospital payment data (see S. 2005), S821 [6FE]

——— provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4781), H5063 [30MY]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see S. 2037), S1001 [24FE] (see H.R. 3991), H1592 [4FE]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (see H.R. 5110), H6296 [15JY]

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

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see S. 2000), S821 [6FE] (see H.R. 4015), H1686 [6FE] (see H.R. 4209), H2360 [12MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), consideration (see H. Res. 515), H2360 [12MR]

——— require hospitals to provide certain notifications to individuals classified by such hospitals under observation status rather than admitted as inpatients of such hospitals (see H.R. 5232), H7039 [29JY]

——— require Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose changes made to plans required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 4201), H2301 [11MR]

——— require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see S. 2975), S6350 [4DE] (see H.R. 5809), H8868 [8DE]

——— require State licensure and performance guarantees for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4920), H5557 [19JN]

——— restore access to diabetic testing supplies for beneficiaries (see S. 1935), S439 [16JA]

——— strengthen rules applied in case of competition for diabetic testing strips (see H.R. 5808), H8868 [8DE]

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

——— treat audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing services, improve access to audiology services available for coverage, and enable beneficiaries to have their choice of audiologists (see H.R. 5304), H7181 [31JY]

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (see H.R. 5556), H7883 [18SE]

——— 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]

——— establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 5373), H7184 [31JY]

——— 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 Medicare and Medicaid payments (see S. 2122), S1584 [12MR] (see S. 2157), S1731 [25MR]

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

Members of Congress: urge Members favoring a public, federally-run health insurance option to forgo participation in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and agree to enroll in such option (see H. Res. 615), H5248 [10JN]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 556), H3292 [29AP]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H5319 [11JN]

Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission: require a survey of Armed Forces members of their preferences relative to pay and benefits (see S. 2294), S2718 [6MY]

Minorities: anniversary of Executive order addressing environmental justice in minority and low-income populations (see H. Res. 479), H1771 [11FE]

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

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 366), S1234 [27FE] (see H. Res. 500), H2198 [5MR]

Multiple System Atrophy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 518), H2433 [13MR]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 464), S3367 [3JN]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 336), S440 [16JA]

National Asian American and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 586), H4475 [19MY]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 563), H3408 [1MY]

National Bladder Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 538), H2914 [3AP]

National Blood Donor Month: designate (see S. Con. Res. 31), S599 [29JA] (see H. Con. Res. 80), H1511 [29JA]

National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 353), S891 [11FE] (see H. Res. 522), H2484 [14MR]

National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 473), H1592 [4FE]

National Cancer Research Month: designate (see S. Res. 445), S3029 [14MY]

National Care Corps: establish to provide care, companionship, and other services to seniors and the disabled by qualified volunteers (see H.R. 5288), H7126 [30JY]

National Case Management Week: designate (see S. Res. 518), S4903 [24JY]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 396), S1731 [25MR]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 673), H6398 [17JY]

National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 414), S2194 [7AP]

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 667), H6136 [11JY]

National Donate Life Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 425), S2470 [29AP]

National Drug Take-Back Week: designate (see S. Res. 466), S3367 [3JN]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 569), S5784 [18SE]

National Federal Nurse Recognition Week: designate (see H. Res. 778), H9044 [10DE]

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

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

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (see S. Res. 555), S5698 [17SE]

National Institute of Mental Health: provide funding to support suicide prevention and brain research, including the Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative (see S. 2035), S1001 [24FE] (see H.R. 4075), H1937 [25FE]

National Men’s Health Week: anniversary (see S. Res. 473), S3668 [12JN]

National Mental Health No Stigma Week: designate (see H. Res. 572), H3446 [6MY]

National Minority Health Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 428), S2470 [29AP] (see H. Res. 560), H3364 [30AP]

National Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 528), H2744 [27MR]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (see S. Res. 514), S4763 [23JY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 540), H2914 [3AP]

National Osteogenesis Imperfecta Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 513), H2301 [11MR]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 536), S5325 [1AU] (see H. Res. 697), H7126 [30JY]

National Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month: observance (see S. Res. 459), S3294 [22MY] (see H. Res. 598), H4834 [23MY]

National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day: designate (see S. Res. 585), S6205 [20NO]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: designate (see S. Res. 441), S2875 [8MY]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 481), S3898 [23JN]

National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 466), S3367 [3JN]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 575), S5784 [18SE] (see H. Res. 740), H7887 [18SE]

National Prostate Cancer Council: establish (see S. 2813), S5628 [16SE]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 415), S2195 [7AP] (see H. Res. 527), H2744 [27MR]

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

National security: improve efforts to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from an attack with a weapon of mass destruction (see H.R. 4034), H1769 [11FE]

——— recognize importance of biosecurity and agro-defense (see S. Res. 373), S1315 [5MR]

National Sepsis Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 568), S5784 [18SE]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (see S. Res. 350), S821 [6FE]

National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 533), S5218 [31JY]

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: support goals and ideals and commend the Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs for raising awareness of life-saving resources available to veterans and servicemembers (see H. Res. 725), H7528 [15SE]

National Youth Synthetic Drug Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 389), S1653 [13MR]

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

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

Naturopathic Medicine Week: designate (see S. Res. 420), S2379 [10AP] (see H. Res. 508), H2256 [6MR]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see S. 2844), S5698 [17SE] (see H.R. 5503), H7674 [17SE]

NIH: allocate additional funding through the Common Fund for research by emerging scientists (see H.R. 5820), H8931 [9DE]

——— develop a pilot program to improve medical trial participation, retention, efficiency, effectiveness, and diversity (see H. Res. 510), H2301 [11MR]

——— ensure scientists are being funded at the age when they are most likely to make breakthroughs (see H.R. 5819), H8931 [9DE]

——— expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see S. 2851), S5781 [18SE] (see H.R. 4221), H2360 [12MR]

——— funding (see H.R. 5724), H8033 [17NO]

——— implement prize competitions with the goal of improving health outcomes and thereby reducing Federal expenditures (see H.R. 5790), H8365 [3DE]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (see H.R. 5580), H7884 [18SE]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, restore purchasing power (see S. 2658), S4903 [24JY]

——— research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (see H.R. 4746), H4909 [28MY]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see S. 2192), S1923 [1AP] (see H.R. 4351), H2801 [1AP]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see S. Res. 417), S2239 [8AP]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a grant program to support U.S.-Israeli cooperation for neuroscience-related research (see H.R. 4472), H3196 [10AP]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see S. 2430), S3424 [4JN] (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]

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

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

Organ donors: prohibit insurance companies from denying or limiting coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors and allow use of family and medical leave by such donors (see H.R. 5263), H7125 [30JY]

Parkinson’s Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 408), S1923 [1AP]

Patents: advance public health by encouraging independent innovators to pursue drug repurposing research and develop new treatments and cures by providing intellectual property protections for those innovations (see S. 2150), S1691 [24MR] (see H.R. 4287), H2610 [24MR]

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

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 2190), S1923 [1AP]

——— allow sole proprietors and their spouses and domestic partners to purchase health insurance on the small business exchange (see H.R. 5313), H7181 [31JY]

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

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

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (see H.R. 4414), H2990 [7AP]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (see H. Res. 555), H3240 [28AP]

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

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

——— 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]

——— disapprove IRS rule relative to the individual mandate (see S.J. Res. 35), S1819 [27MR]

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

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

——— enhance access for independent agents and brokers to information regarding marketplace enrollment (see S. 2175), S1818 [27MR]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services (see H.R. 4396), H2913 [3AP]

——— establish a certification process for opting out of the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 2733), S5217 [31JY]

——— establish board of directors and chief executive officer to oversee Federal exchange and State exchanges and to provide health insurance oversight (see S. 2749), S5217 [31JY]

——— exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 5392), H7240 [1AU]

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

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

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

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

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

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

——— extend health plan coverage to dependent children in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5384), H7184 [31JY]

——— extend open enrollment period for health care plans (see H.R. 4210), H2360 [12MR]

——— impose restrictions on risk corridor program (see H.R. 4406), H2961 [4AP]

——— limit rescissions of coverage under health plans in the individual and group market if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5321), H7181 [31JY]

——— maintain preexisting condition coverage and guaranteed availability of health insurance if repealing legislation is enacted (see H.R. 5328), H7181 [31JY]

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

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

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see S. 1902), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 3811), H19 [7JA]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H72 [8JA]

——— permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options (see S. 1915), S291 [13JA]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see S. 2214), S2194 [7AP] (see H.R. 4354), H2801 [1AP]

——— prevent foreign diplomats from being eligible to receive health insurance premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions (see H.R. 5825), H9043 [10DE]

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

——— provide a permanent path for the direct enrollment of individuals in qualified health plans (see S. 2173), S1818 [27MR]

——— provide certain uninsured individuals a special enrollment period after tax filing for enrollment in qualified health plans offered through an exchange (see H.R. 5147), H6398 [17JY]

——— 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]

——— provide greater flexibility in offering health insurance coverage across State lines (see S. 2174), S1818 [27MR]

——— provide temporary shift in scheduled collection of transitional reinsurance program payments (see S. 2253), S2379 [10AP] (see H.R. 4735), H4829 [22MY]

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

——— repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (see S. 2064), S1233 [27FE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2191), S1923 [1AP]

——— 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]

——— repeal provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors for health plans to prevent taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3812), H20 [7JA] (see H.R. 3851), H162 [10JA]

——— repeal risk corridor program (see H.R. 5175), H6744 [23JY]

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

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges (see H.R. 3953), H1480 [28JA]

——— require new procedures for health care exchange websites relative to personal information (see H.R. 3835), H134 [9JA]

——— 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]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (see H. Res. 455), H72 [8JA]

——— revise reporting requirements to preserve the privacy of individuals (see S. 2176), S1818 [27MR]

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

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

——— sunset provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors, and repeal risk adjustment for health plans to prevent bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3985), H1544 [3FE]

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

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see S. 2291), S2718 [6MY] (see H.R. 4578), H3446 [6MY]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (see S. Res. 379), S1519 [11MR]

Pharmaceuticals: allow importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices intended for use by terminally ill patients (see H.R. 5854), H9302 [11DE]

——— allow manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of investigational drugs and devices intended for use by terminally ill patients (see H.R. 4475), H3196 [10AP]

——— allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada (see S. 2549), S4153 [26JN]

——— establish a new class of ‘‘dormant therapy’’ drugs to remove disincentives to the development of certain treatments relative to the length of patent protections (see S. 3004), S6626 [11DE]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 631), H5557 [19JN]

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

——— increase access through training and accountability improvements (see S. 1978), S655 [30JA]

Privacy: protect the privacy of individuals’ personal genetic information and other personal identifier information (see H.R. 4381), H2853 [2AP]

Public Health Emergency Fund: make a supplemental appropriation (see H.R. 5797), H8668 [4DE]

Public welfare programs: help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency and provide information on total spending and an overall spending limit on such programs (see S. 2015), S890 [11FE] (see H.R. 4731), H4828 [22MY]

Radioactive substances: increase understanding of health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation (see H.R. 5544), H7882 [18SE]

Rare Disease Day: designate (see S. Res. 368), S1234 [27FE] (see H. Res. 493), H2065 [27FE]

Research: require the 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]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (see S. Res. 588), S6205 [20NO]

Safety: ensure certain safety measures are utilized in the interest of public health security relative to labeling and transporting of human tissue specimens or collection of specimens into interstate commerce (see H.R. 5318), H7181 [31JY]

——— require all equestrian helmets manufactured or sold in the U.S. to meet a minimum safety standard (see S. 2972), S6302 [3DE]

——— support regenerative medicine through research funding and commercial development and develop a regulatory environment that enables rapid approval of safe and effective products (see H.R. 4494), H3240 [28AP]

Schools: prohibit Federal issuance or enforcement of certain food requirements (see H.R. 5597), H7884 [18SE]

Science: improve opportunities for the next generation of researchers through initiative within NIH and the National Academy of Sciences (see H.R. 5451), H7454 [11SE]

——— recognize importance of breakthroughs in biomedicine, biotechnology, and life sciences in diagnosis and treatment of illness and address funding gap between basic research and clinical development (see H. Res. 709), H7185 [31JY]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 372), S1315 [5MR]

Senior citizens: develop and test expanded and advanced role for direct care workers who provide long-term services and supports to older individuals to coordinate care and improve efficiency (see S. 2251), S2379 [10AP] (see H.R. 4445), H3195 [10AP]

——— provide access to health and financial support services (see S. 2763), S5217 [31JY]

——— 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]

Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (see S. Res. 430), S2566 [30AP]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary (see S. Res. 330), S291 [13JA]

Social Security: 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]

——— credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 5024), H5876 [8JY]

——— 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]

——— prevent disability fraud (see H.R. 5260), H7125 [30JY]

——— 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 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 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]

Sports: encourage and ensure the use of safe equestrian helmets (see H.R. 4552), H3407 [1MY]

——— 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), H1480 [28JA]

Stepanek, Matthew J.T.: tribute (see S. Res. 509), S4662 [21JY]

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]

Summer Meals Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 495), S4224 [7JY]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1910), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 3836), H134 [9JA]

Survivors Victory Day: observance (see H. Res. 759), H8132 [19NO]

Taxation: adjust the phaseout of the health insurance tax credit for geographic variations in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 3986), H1591 [4FE]

——— allow a deduction for health insurance premiums for anyone who purchases independent coverage for an individual or family (see H.R. 4600), H3940 [7MY]

——— allow increased contributions to health savings accounts and allow Medicare and VA health care participants to contribute to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3871), H223 [14JA]

——— allow Medicare beneficiaries participating in Medicare Advantage medical savings accounts to contribute their own money to their medical savings account (see H.R. 4177), H2256 [6MR]

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

——— broaden special rules for certain governmental health reimbursement arrangements to include plans established by political subdivisions (see H.R. 4567), H3446 [6MY]

——— clarify special rules for accident and health plans of certain governmental entities (see S. 2660), S4903 [24JY]

——— deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see S. 2342), S3074 [15MY]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (H.R. 647), consideration (see H. Res. 766), H8272 [2DE]

——— 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 Social Security benefits from taxable income (see H.R. 5850), H9302 [11DE]

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

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

——— expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan (see S. 2908), S5783 [18SE]

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

——— expand health savings accounts (see H.R. 5465), H7528 [15SE]

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

——— impose an excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages and dedicate the revenues from such tax to the prevention, treatment, and research of diet-related health conditions in priority populations (see H.R. 5279), H7125 [30JY]

——— increase access for the uninsured to high quality physician care by providing incentives for doctors to provide uncompensated care (see S. 2492), S3811 [18JN]

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

——— make permanent the threshold for medical expense deduction for people 65 or older (see H.R. 4104), H2064 [27FE]

——— modify dependent care credit to take into account expenses for care of parents and grandparents who do not live with the taxpayer (see H.R. 4145), H2147 [4MR]

——— modify Internal Revenue Code provisions relative to determinations of full-time equivalent employees under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (see S. 2166), S1818 [27MR]

——— modify rules relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 4777), H5063 [30MY]

——— permit distributions from 529 accounts for medical expenses of certain disabled veterans (see H.R. 5554), H7882 [18SE]

——— permit rollovers from health savings accounts to Medicare Advantage medical savings accounts (see H.R. 4180), H2256 [6MR]

——— prevent extension of tax collection period merely because the taxpayer is a member of the Armed Forces who is hospitalized as a result of combat zone injuries (see S. 2686), S5134 [30JY]

——— prevent veterans from being disqualified from contributing to health savings accounts by reason of receiving VA medical care for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 4900), H5556 [19JN]

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

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

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

——— provide for dependent care savings accounts (see S. 2806), S5588 [15SE] (see H.R. 5326), H7181 [31JY]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 5438), H7433 [10SE]

——— repeal inclusion of Social Security benefits in gross income (see H.R. 3894), H1240 [16JA]

——— repeal tax increase on taxpayers who incur catastrophic medical expenses (see S. 2962), S6205 [20NO]

Transportation Security Administration: provide expedited and dignified passenger screening services for veterans traveling to visit war memorials built to honor their service (see S. 2659), S4903 [24JY] (see S. 2671), S4997 [28JY] (see H.R. 4812), H5185 [9JN]

U.N.: prohibit U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) (see H.R. 4362), H2801 [1AP]

Veterans: expand research and education on and delivery of complementary and alternative medicine to veterans (see H.R. 4887), H5493 [18JN]

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

——— 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]

——— provide for coordination between TRICARE and eligibility to make contributions to health savings accounts (see S. 2707), S5135 [30JY] (see H.R. 4682), H4684 [20MY]

Veterans Expedited Recovery Commission: establish to examine mental health treatment models and potential benefits of incorporating certain alternative treatments (see H.R. 4977), H5816 [26JN]

Water: explore emerging technologies that are mobile and capable of supplying high volumes of sterile, pathogenic-free water (see H. Res. 549), H3057 [8AP]

——— provide for assessment and management of risk of cyanotoxins in drinking water (see H.R. 5753), H8169 [20NO]

——— provide improved water, sanitation, and hygiene programs for high priority developing countries (see S. 2946), S6148 [19NO]

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 S. Res. 454), S3237 [21MY] (see H. Res. 619), H5318 [11JN]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see S. 2622), S4620 [17JY] (see H.R. 5145), H6398 [17JY]

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

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 597), S6540 [10DE]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 426), S2470 [29AP] (see H. Res. 570), H3446 [6MY]

World MRSA Day: designate (see H. Res. 760), H8132 [19NO]

World Plumbing Day: designate (see S. Res. 390), S1653 [13MR]

World Tuberculosis Day: support goals (see S. Res. 393), S1691 [24MR]

Cloture motions

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S3019 [14MY], S3060 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2850 [8MY], S2930 [13MY]

——— exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S1860 [31MR], S2047 [2AP], S2150 [3AP], S6437 [9DE], S6589 [11DE]

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

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

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

Comments

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

E-Mails 

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2750 [1AP]

Letters

Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act: Aaron Schuler, H8283 [3DE]

——— Jamie Christensen, H8283 [3DE]

——— Nancy A. LeaMond, AARP (organization), H8319 [3DE], E1737 [4DE]

——— Roxane Romanick, H8283 [3DE]

——— Schwengler family, H8283 [3DE]

Allegations of waste and mismanagement against a contractor operating a processing center to handle health insurance applications: Marilyn Tavenner, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S3962 [25JN]

Certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs major medical facility leases reauthorization: several veterans organizations, S2757 [7MY]

Delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at Oakland, CA, VA medical facilities, H4820, H4821 [22MY]

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

Dept. of Defense Defense Health Program multiple sclerosis research funding: several Representatives, H5447 [18JN]

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

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

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

Encourage continued use of the Orlando, FL, Baldwin Park Clinic: Representative Mica, H3322 [30AP]

——— several Representatives, H3322 [30AP]

Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act: Representative Goodlatte, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7005 [29JY]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7005 [29JY]

Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Charles M. Loveless, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H3070 [9AP]

——— Council for Affordable Health Coverage, H3269 [29AP]

——— Gary Loveman, Business Roundtable (organization), H3270 [29AP]

——— Giev Kashkooli, United Farm Workers (organization), H3071 [9AP]

——— James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, H3071 [9AP], H3271 [29AP]

——— Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, H3270 [29AP]

——— Kate Hull, Corporate Health Care Coalition, H3272 [29AP]

——— Marielena Hincapié, National Immigration Law Center, H3071 [9AP], H3273 [29AP]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H3072 [9AP], H3272 [29AP]

——— several labor organizations, H3273 [29AP]

——— Steph Serling, Service Employees International Union, H3071 [9AP]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H3071 [9AP]

Humanitarian crisis regarding unaccompanied alien children who have crossed illegally into the U.S.: Dana L. Marks, National Association of Immigration Judges, H6797 [24JY]

Jobs for America Act: Americans for Financial Reform (organization), H7817 [18SE]

Means-tested direct spending and nonmeans-tested direct spending programs: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, H2796 [1AP]

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

Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act: Hank Clemmensen, International Association of Fire Chiefs, H1518 [3FE]

——— Jeff Walker, International Association of Emergency Managers, H1519 [3FE]

——— Tim Stephens, Emergency Services Coalition for Medical Preparedness, H1518 [3FE]

Medicare enforcement instruction extension of supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals: Dennis A. Hachenberg, H7340 [9SE]

——— Rick Pollack, American Hospital Association, H7340 [9SE]

——— Tom Bell, Kansas Hospital Association, H7340 [9SE]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: Alexander Dennis, H4816 [22MY]

Nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be Sec. of HHS: Senator Vitter, S3444 [5JN]

——— several Representatives, S3443 [5JN]

Omaha, NE, VA Medical Center current condition and new facility construction: Nebraska congressional delegation, H3333 [30AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility: Marlin Gill, H2649 [26MR]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

School nutrition standards: Miriam Rollin, Mission—Readiness (organization), H4917 [29MY]

——— several School Nutrition Association past presidents, H4916 [29MY]

SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act: Stephen L. Brotherton, Texas Medical Association, H2382 [13MR], H2460 [14MR]

Sunscreen Innovation Act: Brett M. Coldiron, American Academy of Dermatology Association, H6931 [28JY]

——— Christopher W. Hansen, American Cancer Society, H6931 [28JY]

——— Mary Antonucci, Melanoma Research Foundation, H6932 [28JY]

——— Steven Goldberg, BASF Corp., H6931 [28JY]

——— Wendy K.D. Selig, Melanoma Research Alliance, H6932 [28JY]

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

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

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

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

Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act: Jon Greendeer and Heather Cloud, Ho-Chunk Nation Legislature, H7602 [16SE]

——— Melinda J. Danforth, Oneida Tribe of Indians Business Committee, H7602 [16SE]

——— Scott R. Vele, Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes, H7602 [16SE]

VA Construction Assistance Act: Lloyd O. Caldwell, Corps of Engineers, H7583 [16SE]

Veterans health care access: several veterans organizations, S4739 [23JY], S4855 [24JY]

Lists

50 things the House could be doing instead of undermining the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2162 [5MR]

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

Organizations supporting H.R. 3578, ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or air traffic controller for a sleep disorder is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding, H1744 [11FE]

Organizations supporting S. 2658, Accelerating Biomedical Research Act, S4907 [24JY]

United Health Foundation Diverse Scholar Initiative participants, E1179 [16JY]

Memorandums

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Resource Requirements: Sloan D. Gibson, Acting Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S4540 [16JY]

Motions

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

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

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

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H2468 [14MR]

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

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S2831 [8MY], S2889 [12MY], S2923 [13MY], S2984, S3018 [14MY]

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

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (H. Res. 555), H3264 [29AP]

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

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

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

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H1226 [16JA]

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

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

Press releases

CARES Commission Agrees With Faleomavaega; VA Clinic Should Be Established in American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2004), E1654 [20NO]

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]

Corrine Brown Grateful for the Service of VA Secretary Shinseki: Representative Brown, H5059 [30MY]

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

First Step in Establishing a VA Medical Clinic in American Samoa Is Underway: Delegate Faleomavaega (2000), E1654 [20NO]

House Passes Final Version of Health Care Legislation, Includes Increase in Medicaid and Health Insurance Exchange for American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2010), E1728 [3DE]

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

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Approves Faleomavaega’s Request To Establish VA Clinic in American Samoa: Delegate Faleomavaega (2004), E1655 [20NO]

Proclamations

World Stroke Day: Representative Nugent, E1622 [18NO]

Remarks in House

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (S. 1696), H1442 [28JA]

——— pro choice versus right to life, H190 [14JA], H240, H242, H452, H453, H454–H460, H467 [15JA], H1229 [16JA]

——— 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]

——— protect lives of born and unborn persons (H.R. 1091), E74 [15JA]

Actuated Medical, Inc.: SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Tibbetts Award recipient, H5508 [19JN]

Adams County Health & Wellness Coalition: Ohio Dept. of Health Healthy Ohio Healthy Community GOLD award recipient, E713 [8MY]

African Americans: recognize and address disparity in breast cancer treatment and mortality rates for African-American women (H. Res. 554), H3252 [29AP], E577 [10AP]

AIDS Awareness Month: observance, E1675 [1DE]

Air Force: construction funding to address black mold in military facilities, H3320 [30AP]

Alaska: enter into intergovernmental agreements with Indian tribes relative to enforcement of certain State laws by Indian tribes, improve quality of life in rural Alaska, and reduce alcohol and drug abuse (S. 1474), H9294 [11DE]

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: observance, H5649 [24JN], E791 [20MY]

American Dental Association: tribute to Action for Dental Health—Dentists Making a Difference campaign to address dental health crisis, H5056 [30MY]

——— tribute to ‘‘Give Kids A Smile Day’’, E277 [28FE]

American Medical Group Foundation: tribute, E621 [29AP]

American Nephrology Nurses Association: tribute, E1397 [11SE]

American Society of Clinical Oncology: recognize anniversary and commitment to cancer research, education, prevention, and patient care, H4009–H4014 [8MY], E712 [8MY], E739 [9MY], E843 [28MY], E944 [10JN]

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2154 [5MR]

America’s PrepareAthon!: tribute to national campaign increasing emergency preparedness, H3221 [28AP]

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: observance, E731 [9MY]

Armed Forces: active duty suicide rates, H1528 [3FE]

——— provide discharged members diagnosed with mental health conditions with access to physicians with special mental health training, H4753 [21MY]

——— provide for availability of breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling under the TRICARE program, H4710 [21MY], H8372 [4DE]

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

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment, H1528 [3FE]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer, H4752 [21MY], H4815 [22MY], H6818 [25JY], H7919 [12NO]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (H.R. 4305), H2614 [25MR], H3065 [9AP], H3148 [10AP], H7401 [10SE]

Augusta, GA: quality of health care delivery at Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center, H84 [9JA]

Aviation: ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or air traffic controller for a sleep disorder is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding (H.R. 3578), H1744–H1746, H1758 [11FE], E224 [21FE]

Bangor, ME: anniversary of Mabel Wadsworth Women’s Health Center, E1426 [16SE]

Batayola, Teresita: White House Champion of Change honoree, E866 [29MY]

BHS Awareness (organization): tribute, E116 [27JA]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 2866), H7506–H7508 [15SE], E1477 [19SE]

Brain Awareness Week: observance, H2287 [11MR], E366 [12MR]

Bread for the World (organization): anniversary, E919 [9JN]

——— tribute to report ‘‘Ending Hunger in America’’, H1690 [10FE]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2812 [2AP], H6756 [24JY]

——— impact of Republican proposal on women, H3136–H3138 [9AP]

——— prohibit cuts in budget baseline for education, health, and safety protections, H3020 [8AP]

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

——— require the budget to include a means-tested direct spending category and a nonmeans-tested direct spending category, H2796 [1AP]

——— treatment of revenues generated from Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H3161 [10AP]

Bui, Duy: United Health Foundation Diverse Scholars Initiative scholarship recipient, E1210 [23JY]

Bureau of Reclamation: environmental restoration projects funding, H5994 [9JY]

California: decision by Dept. of Managed Health Care to require health insurance plans to treat maternity care and legal abortion neutrally, H8228 [2DE]

Cancer Support Community (organization): anniversary, E603 [28AP]

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

Center for Medicine in the Public Interest: tribute to My Life Is Worth It Campaign, E1421 [16SE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (H.R. 5185), H8889–H8891 [9DE]

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]

——— lift of prohibition on unlocking of speech-generating devices to access certain technologies, H8019 [17NO]

——— standards and protocols relative to security breach notification, H145 [10JA]

Chaldean Community Foundation: tribute to funding opportunity announcement, E1158 [15JY]

Chester, Sally D.: Palm Beach County, FL, Medical Society Heroes in Medicine Humanitarian Award recipient, E711 [8MY]

Childhood Apraxia of Speech Day: observance, E655 [1MY]

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

——— improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 669), H7341–H7343 [9SE], H8344 [3DE]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (H.R. 4888), H5882 [9JY]

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

Children’s Cardiomyopathy Awareness Month: observance, H7539 [16SE]

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

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

Cleburne County, AL: tribute to 911 public safety dispatchers, E572 [10AP]

Clinical Research Innovation Month: designate (H. Res. 733), H7863 [18SE]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): tribute to 21st Century Cures intiative, H7540 [16SE]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing on global impact of autism spectrum disorders, E1293 [31JY]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House): requests for Chief Technology Officer to testify relative to security issues with Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation, H4953, H4954 [29MY]

Compañeros en Salud/Partners in Health (organization): anniversary, E1811 [12DE]

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: observance, E204 [11FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 113th Congress, H80 [9JA]

——— legislative priorities, H33 [8JA], H6804–H6809 [24JY], H8077 [19NO]

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: anniversary of Veterans Braintrust Forum, E310–E313 [5MR]

Connecticut: implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2811 [2AP]

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

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

——— U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision in Halbig v. Burwell relative to offering subsidies in Federal health insurance exchanges, H6587 [22JY], H6980 [29JY]

CPSC: require residential carbon monoxide detectors to meet certain safety standards and encourage States to require installation of such detectors in homes (H.R. 4864), H8078 [19NO]

CVS Health Corp.: decision to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, H1599 [5FE]

——— Prevent Cancer Foundation Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award recipient, E1482 [19SE]

Dallas, TX: Children’s Medical Center of Dallas recipient of Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Davies Enterprise Award of Excellence, E617 [29AP]

——— Parkland Health and Hospital System Stroke Program recipient of American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Gold-Plus Achievement Award and the Target—Stroke Honor Roll, E509 [3AP]

Darrell Gwynn Foundation: tribute, H1435 [28JA]

DEA: improve regulation of anabolic steroids (H.R. 4771), H7459–H7461 [15SE]

Debbie’s Dream Foundation: tribute to Dream Makers Gala, H3436 [6MY]

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]

——— allow veterans to file for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits under the status of disabled while their Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability claims are pending, H5304 [11JN]

——— Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Program funding through reductions in Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration funding, H5296 [11JN]

——— establish waiver process for school districts that find new school nutrition standards too expensive, H4916 [29MY], H5261, H5283–H5287 [11JN], E967, E970 [12JN]

——— Healthy Food Financing Initiative funding, H5260 [11JN]

——— National School Lunch Program limitation, elimination, and removal of certain food items, H8281 [3DE], E503 [3AP]

——— prohibit implementation of certain nutrition rules on food sold at schools as fundraisers (H.R. 5417), H7305 [9SE]

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

——— 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 Defense: breast cancer research funding, H4724 [21MY], H5461, H5462 [18JN]

——— collaborate with NIH to combat triple negative breast cancer, H5409 [18JN]

——— conduct independent and comprehensive study to improve wounded warrior care, H4745 [21MY]

——— conduct study on the prevalence of black mold in buildings located on military bases, H4781 [21MY]

——— Defense Health Program Alzheimer’s disease research funding, H5452 [18JN]

——— Defense Health Program multiple sclerosis research funding, H5446, H5447 [18JN]

——— Defense Health Program post-traumatic stress disorder treatment funding, H5448–H5450 [18JN]

——— Defense Health Program study on challenges of caring for wounded warriors funding through reductions in Navy aircraft procurement funding, H5460 [18JN]

——— expand State licensure exception to allow certain health care professionals to work across State lines without having to obtain a new license, H5392 [17JN]

——— extend eligibility period for the Transitional Assistance Management Program, H25 [8JA], H2439 [14MR]

——— Gulf War Illness Research Program funding, H5456 [18JN]

——— improve mental health treatment provided to Armed Forces members who served in classified missions, H5457, H5458 [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]

——— 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]

——— prostate cancer research funding, H5464 [18JN]

——— provide information regarding the types and amounts of munitions used for training exercises on Vieques, PR, and Culebra, PR, and allocate necessary funding to complete cleanup, H2650 [26MR]

——— Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program funding to study blast injury and its correlation to traumatic brain injury, E811 [22MY]

——— Spinal Cord Injury Research Program funding, H5465, H5466 [18JN]

——— stomach cancer research funding, E1047 [23JN]

——— study links between financial stress and suicide, H5465 [18JN], E1231 [24JY]

——— treatment for service-connected illnesses and complications caused by exposure to open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan funding, H5443, H5444 [18JN]

——— Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program funding, H2157 [5MR], H2438 [14MR]

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

——— tribute to Green Ribbon Schools Program award recipients, E1372 [9SE]

Dept. of Energy: Environmental Justice Program funding, H6022 [9JY], H6101 [10JY]

Dept. of HHS: assist States in operating Restoring the Doctors of Our Country Through Scholarships (RDOCS) programs to increase availability of health care services in health professional shortage areas (H.R. 5223), E1245 [28JY]

——— 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]

——— develop and disseminate evidence-based best practices for health care professionals to recognize victims of a severe form of trafficking and respond to such individuals appropriately (H.R. 5411), E1362 [9SE]

——— expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (H.R. 3548), H5695, H5696 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], E1095 [30JN]

——— 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]

——— provide for a national program to conduct and support activities toward reducing the number of cases of overweight and obesity in the U.S. (H.R. 4820), E921 [9JN]

——— raise awareness of breast cancer and encourage women to get mammograms, H1760 [11FE]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (H.R. 4080), H5693–H5695 [24JN], E1062 [24JN], 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 Homeland Security: develop and provide risk-based, performance-based cybersecurity standards for information technology requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3847), H138 [10JA]

Dept. of HUD: 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]

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

Dept. of Justice: authorize veterans’ treatment courts and encourage services for veterans through drug courts (H.R. 2187), H3064 [9AP]

——— improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (H.R. 4709), H7004–H7007 [29JY]

——— mental health courts and veterans treatment courts funding, H4890, H4891 [28MY]

——— Prescription Drug Monitoring Program funding, H4928 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to prevent States from implementing laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana, H4878 [28MY], H4982–H4985 [29MY], H5358 [12JN], E1034 [20JN]

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

——— veterans treatment courts funding, H4901, H4902 [28MY], H4944 [29MY]

——— veterans treatment courts funding through reductions in ATF salaries and expenses account funding, H4941, H4942 [29MY]

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]

Dept. of State: submit a report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake recovery and development efforts in Haiti (H.R. 3509), H175 [13JA], E51 [13JA]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit offshore hydraulic fracturing activities until completion of environmental and public health impact study, H5739 [25JN], H5788 [26JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: address needs of servicemembers who have received life-changing injuries to their reproductive systems and urinary tracts, H3329, H3330 [30AP]

——— allow certain veterans to participate in the Patient-Centered Community Care program (H.R. 5097), H6586 [22JY]

——— authorize certain major medical facility leases, H6334–H6338 [16JY]

——— authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), H5428 [18JN]

——— authorize health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs (H.R. 5762), E1657 [20NO]

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

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (H.R. 4971), H5735 [25JN], H8901 [9DE]

——— 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]

——— encourage continued use of the Orlando, FL, Baldwin Park Clinic, H3321, H3322 [30AP]

——— ensure veterans who experience extended waiting times for appointments at departmental facilities may receive care at non-departmental facilities (H.R. 4779), H5060 [30MY]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes, H5132 [9JN]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (H.R. 4810), H5196–H5201, H5211 [10JN], H6806 [24JY]

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

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

——— funding, H5133 [9JN]

——— hiring of additional health care professionals funding, H6847–H6851 [25JY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H5407–H5413, H5424–H5429 [18JN], H6334–H6338 [16JY], H6361, H6380–H6383 [17JY], H6735–H6737 [23JY], H6792–H6796 [24JY], H6818, H6847–H6851 [25JY], H6988, H6989 [29JY], H7056, H7078–H7085 [30JY], H7132 [31JY], E1316 [1AU]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (H.R. 4841), H5507 [19JN], H5655–H5658 [24JN]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (S. 2450), H7665 [17SE]

——— improve construction of major medical facilities (H.R. 3593), H7581–H7585 [16SE]

——— improve mental health treatment provided to veterans who served in classified missions, H8901 [9DE]

——— improve mental health treatment provided to veterans who served in classified missions (H.R. 3387), H7664 [17SE]

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

——— improve research of Gulf War Illness and provide for the independent operation of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War veterans Illnesses (H.R. 4261), H4863–H4866 [28MY]

——— increase medical residency programs at hospitals in areas facing a physician shortage, H5199 [10JN]

——— increase priority for enrollment of medal of honor recipients in the health care system (H.R. 4720), H4924 [29MY]

——— investigate delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at VA medical facilities, H3342 [30AP], H3457 [7MY], H4460 [19MY], H4485, H4486 [20MY], H4690, H4694–H4699 [21MY], H4787, H4788, H4816, H4819–H4821 [22MY], H4841, H4842, H4843, H4903, H4904 [28MY], H4914, H4921 [29MY], H5132 [9JN], H5257 [11JN], H6668 [23JY], E833, E834 [23MY]

——— Patient-Centered Community Care program funding, H3316 [30AP]

——— prohibit closure of rural hospitals in high-need areas that are designated as historic landmarks, H3355 [30AP]

——— prohibit funding for administrative expenses until the Sec. of Veterans Affairs meets with the Nebraska congressional delegation relative to the Omaha VA Medical Center, H3332–H3334 [30AP]

——— prohibit funding for creating or maintaining any unofficial patient recordkeeping system, H3350 [30AP]

——— prohibit funding to implement directive prohibiting access to clinical programs for veterans participating in State-approved marijuana programs, H3344–H3349 [30AP], H8035 [18NO]

——— prohibit funding to implement sole source contracting for the selection of devices and test strips for the self-monitoring of blood glucose, H3354 [30AP]

——— provide veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive duty training, H5427 [18JN]

——— provide veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive duty training (H.R. 2527), H4861 [28MY], H6793 [24JY]

——— report cases of reportable infectious diseases at departmental medical facilities in accordance with State laws, H1524–H1526 [3FE]

——— require staff to update congressional office caseworkers on constituents’ claims that have been brokered to other VA offices, H3334, H3335 [30AP]

——— 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]

——— review mismanagement occuring in the Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System and develop a plan for reform, H7045 [30JY]

——— revoke bonuses paid to employees involved in electronic medical appointment wait list manipulations (H.R. 5254), E1262 [29JY]

——— traumatic brain injury funding, H3349 [30AP]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H443 [15JA]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3308–H3358 [30AP], E652, E653 [1MY], E682 [6MY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (H. Res. 557), H3301–H3308 [30AP], E660 [1MY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: develop and implement shared electronic health records, H3315, H3316 [30AP], H4484 [20MY], H5076 [9JN]

——— electronic health records, military sexual assault prevention and response, posttraumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury research funding, H5575 [20JN]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 5059), H7666 [17SE], H8873, H8899–H8904 [9DE], E1838 [12DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, H441 [15JA], H4813 [22MY]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs, H5191 [10JN], H6225 [15JY]

——— provide assistance to achieve food and nutrition security, E467 [28MR]

Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: observance, H2618 [25MR], E452 [26MR]

Disabled: 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]

Disasters: convene an interagency working group to assess Federal activities relative to extreme weather resilience across key sectors and support State, local, and private sector resiliency efforts (H.R. 2322), H3221 [28AP]

Diseases: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, H5870–H5873 [8JY], H7999 [17NO], H8074 [19NO], H8228, H8267–H8272 [2DE], H8288 [3DE], E1587 [14NO], E1734 [4DE], E1814 [12DE]

——— authorize assistance on an emergency basis for countries affected by or at risk of being affected by the ebola virus outbreak to effectively address such outbreak at its source (H.R. 5710), E1632 [19NO]

——— ban new visas to residents of ebola-affected countries and require the President to report on the status of the ebola outbreak (H.R. 5746), H8149, H8150 [20NO]

——— cancer awareness, research, and prevention programs funding, H444 [15JA]

——— commend progress made by, and reaffirm commitment to, anti-tuberculosis programs, E425 [24MR]

——— develop international plans of action to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, H2893 [3AP], H9278 [11DE], E126 [28JA]

——— develop international plans of action to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia (H. Res. 489), H4682 [20MY], H5873 [8JY]

——— develop plan of action to address Alzheimer’s disease, H4680–H4682 [20MY], H5869–H5873 [8JY], H8267–H8272 [2DE]

——— efforts to contain Ebola outbreak in Africa, H6865 [28JY], H7614 [16SE], E1459 [19SE]

——— efforts to contain Ebola outbreak in Africa funding, H7545 [16SE]

——— facilitate effective research on, and treatment of, neglected tropical diseases through coordinated domestic and international efforts (H.R. 4847), E1346 [8SE]

——— increase awareness of peripheral autoimmune neuropathies and related conditions, E1475 [19SE]

——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (H.R. 1508), H5871 [8JY], E791 [20MY]

——— pancreatic cancer research funding, H5505 [19JN], H5771 [26JN]

——— provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (H.R. 4701), H7344–H7347 [9SE]

——— provide research and education on triple-negative breast cancer (H.R. 80), H4012 [8MY]

——— require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than for cancer medications administered by a health care provider (H.R. 1801), H2699 [27MR]

District of Columbia: prohibit funding for needle exchange programs, H6125 [11JY]

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

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

Drugs: change Federal classification of marijuana relative to impact and danger, H1661 [6FE], H1721 [11FE]

——— provide an affirmative defense for medical use of marijuana in accordance with the laws of the States (H.R. 710), H2659 [26MR]

——— reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws, H2995 [8AP], H4053–H4055 [9MY]

Duarte, CA: anniversary of City of Hope National Medical Center, E46 [10JA]

East Moline, IL: tribute to Hope Creek Care Center staff, E475 [1AP]

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

——— national objectives priority assignments, H1550 [4FE]

El Paso, TX: anniversary of Catholic Diocese of El Paso, H2011 [27FE], E299 [4MR]

——— tribute to the DAV, Northeast Chapter 187, E1618 [18NO]

Elmira, NY: tribute to Susan G. Komen Twin Tiers Region Race for the Cure, E831 [22MY]

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

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), H7773–H7819, H7854–H7858 [18SE], E1603 [17NO]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 727), H7684–H7691 [18SE]

——— improve conditions necessary for economic growth and job creation (H.R. 4), motion to recommit, H7856, H7857 [18SE]

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

EPA: achievability of health-based proposal to revise ozone standards, H7538 [16SE]

——— allow proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon nonpublic information science when responding to emergencies and disasters, H8101 [19NO]

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

——— publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (H.R. 5439), E1376 [10SE]

Epilepsy Awareness Month: observance, H8147 [20NO]

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.: anniversary, E1285 [31JY]

Euless, TX: anniversary of Mid Cities Pregnancy Center, E1340 [8SE]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the National Alzheimer’s Project, E1734 [4DE]

Faleomavaega, Delegate: personal account of October, 2013, medical episode and expression of gratitude to those who assisted, E1772–E1774 [10DE]

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

FDA: extend market exclusivity periods for drugs approved to prevent, diagnose, or treat a rare disease or condition (H.R. 5750), H8938 [10DE]

——— funding, H5260 [11JN]

——— improve priority review voucher incentive program for expedited review of treatments for tropical and rare pediatric diseases, E1321 [1AU]

——— incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (S. 2917), H8344 [3DE]

——— proposed regulations relative to laboratory developed tests, H7248 [8SE]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (H.R. 4250), H6928–H6933 [28JY], E1304 [1AU]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (S. 2141), H7959 [13NO]

FEMA: codify authority to use Urban Areas Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities (H.R. 1791), H1518–H1520 [3FE], E160 [4FE]

Financial institutions: create protections for depository institutions that provide financial services to marijuana-related businesses (H.R. 2652), H2659 [26MR], H7944 [13NO]

Food: exempt food safety, including infant formula, regulations from OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs requirement to publish proposed Federal regulations on a monthly basis, H1974 [26FE]

Food industry: improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants, similar retail food establishments, and vending machines (H.R. 1249), E966 [12JN]

Food Research and Action Center: tribute to antihunger programs, H5643 [24JN]

Foreign aid: establish centers for the treatment of obstetric fistula in developing countries, E468 [28MR]

——— provide assistance for treatment of hydrocephalus in children in developing countries, train health care providers in innovative methods to treat and cure hydrocephalus, and fund related research (H.R. 3525), E468 [28MR]

——— success of U.S. programs helping to lower the number of deaths of children under the age of five, E1084 [26JN]

FTC: report on the impact of the use of altered images of individuals in advertising and other promotional media for commercial products (H.R. 4341), H3251 [29AP]

——— study link between eating disorders and unrealistic body images depicted in advertising, H2152 [5MR]

Garland, TX: anniversary of Baylor Medical Center, E431 [25MR]

Gateway Foundation: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centers renewed Joint Commission accreditation, E200 [11FE]

Gehrig, Lou: anniversary of farewell address, H5734 [25JN]

Gibson, Sloan D.: visit of Acting Sec. of Veterans Affairs to several VA hospitals, H6109 [11JY]

Gosnell, Kermit: trial of women’s health clinic doctor for murder and violation of State law forbidding late term abortions, H467 [15JA], H3952 [8MY]

Government regulations: reform audit system for medical equipment providers, H6043 [10JY]

Gruber, Jonathan: characterization of remarks relative to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H7904, H7925–H7927 [12NO], H7944, H7947 [13NO], H8002 [17NO], H8944 [10DE]

Guerneville, CA: anniversary of the Russian River Health Center, E1287 [31JY]

Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts following earthquake (S. 1104), H6838 [25JY]

Hardy, Josh: tribute to support of family and friends relative to appeal to FDA for expedited approval of experimental drug treatment, H2369 [13MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

Health care professionals: provide incentives to foreign-born physicians to practice in rural and medically underserved communities or VA hospitals (H.R. 4951), H6849 [25JY]

——— tribute to nurses, E832 [22MY]

Health Wagon, Inc.: tribute, E328 [6MR]

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

Hoffman, Michael C.: Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern New York Flame of Hope Award recipient, H2287 [11MR]

Holston Medical Group (business): tribute to partnership with CarePayment (company) to offer financing plans to help consumers manage medical expenses, E1732 [4DE]

House of Representatives: 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, H3000 [8AP], H6116 [11JY], H7532, H7533 [16SE]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 524), H2660–H2670 [26MR]

Hypnosis: use to treat stress, E1802 [12DE]

Immigration: ensure unaccompanied alien children who have crossed illegally into the U.S. are taken care of and treated with dignity until a course of action is taken to mitigate the humanitarian crisis, H6356 [17JY], H6755, H6757, H6797 [24JY], H6818 [25JY], H7051 [30JY], H7132 [31JY]

——— 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 (H.R. 4240), E389 [14MR]

Indiana, PA: anniversary of Indiana Regional Medical Center, E1458 [19SE]

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

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

——— 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]

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

International Plasma Awareness Week: observance, E1383 [10SE]

Iowa Donor Network (organization): anniversary, E319 [6MR]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month: observance, E620, E626 [29AP]

Jackson, MS: tribute to Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center, E47 [10JA]

Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation: tribute, H6661 [23JY]

Kenna, WV: tribute to Friends of Kenna Elementary School for construction of playground and walking track, E1523 [12NO]

Kentucky: implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H4926 [29MY]

KidsFirst (organization): anniversary, E372 [13MR]

La Plaza Inc.: anniversary, E537 [7AP]

Langhorne, PA: St. Mary Medical Center named to Truven Health Analytics Inc., 100 Top Hospitals list, E633 [30AP]

Lionville, PA: anniversary of Lionville Natural Pharmacy, E1536 [12NO]

Live Like Bella Foundation for Childhood Cancer: tribute, H6041 [10JY]

Logan, UT: anniversary of Logan Regional Hospital, H1947 [26FE]

Lupus Awareness Month: observance, H3436 [6MY], H4460 [19MY], E664 [1MY], E871 [29MY]

Lyle C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mankato, MN: designate (H.R. 3682), H5387, H5388 [17JN]

Lymphedema Awareness Week: observance, E701 [7MY]

Maine: tribute to public safety dispatchers, E572 [10AP]

Maine Women’s Lobby (organization): tribute to Maine Women’s Lobby Gala honorees, E1384 [10SE]

Medicaid: anniversary, H7043 [30JY]

——— 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]

——— funding, H3032 [8AP], E1755 [9DE]

——— 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]

——— establish a provider system under which providers of services and suppliers representing a low risk for submitting fraudulent claims are provided certain claim review protections (H.R. 3168), H27 [8JA]

——— establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (H.R. 3890), H1229 [16JA]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (H.R. 4067), H7339–H7341 [9SE]

——— funding, H3032 [8AP], H3078 [9AP]

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

——— importance of Part D generic drug pricing, H3138–H3141 [9AP]

——— improve Medicare Advantage special needs plans (H.R. 4484), E571 [10AP]

——— include recreational therapy among the therapy modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation therapy program in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital or unit (H.R. 4755), H5401 [18JN]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (H.R. 1507), H4681 [20MY], H5649 [24JN], H5872, H5873 [8JY]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, H2102 [4MR], H2310 [12MR], H2700 [27MR], H2787 [1AP], H2900–H2903 [3AP]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (H.R. 3833), E37 [9JA]

——— modify the surety bond requirement applicable to home health agencies as a condition of participation (H.R. 3832), E37 [9JA]

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

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (H.R. 4035), E213 [14FE]

——— provide comprehensive cancer care planning coverage and coordination (H.R. 2477), H3457 [7MY]

——— provide for coverage of home as a site of care for infusion therapy (H.R. 5435), E1378 [10SE]

——— provide for pharmacy benefits manager standards under the prescription drug program and transparency of payment methodology of pharmacies (H.R. 4437), H3138–H3141 [9AP]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (H.R. 4994), H7605–H7612 [16SE]

——— reform, H2794 [1AP], H2900–H2903 [3AP], H3000, H3033 [8AP], H3065, H3077, H3085, H3126, H3134 [9AP]

——— reform payment for physicians’ services by eliminating sustainable growth rate system and adopting innovative payment and delivery models to improve quality and efficiency (H.R. 574), H2467 [14MR]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H1683, H1684 [6FE], H1739–H1741 [11FE], H2712–H2718, H2733 [27MR], H2946, H2947 [4AP], H3394 [1MY], H8320 [3DE]

——— repeal rebasing of payments for home health services and replace such rebasing with a home health value-based purchasing program (H.R. 5110), H6355 [17JY]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, H2712, H2713 [27MR], H2865, H2866 [3AP]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H1885 [25FE], H2244 [6MR], H2367 [13MR], H2439–H2470 [14MR], E402 [18MR], E432 [25MR], E462 [27MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), consideration (H. Res. 515), H2374–H2385 [13MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), motion to recommit, H2468–H2470 [14MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4209), H2316 [12MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals through caps on Dept. of Defense overseas contingency operations account funding, H2316 [12MR], H2376 [13MR]

——— require Medicare Advantage organizations to disclose changes made to plans required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4201), H2472 [14MR]

Medicare Rights Center: anniversary, E1468 [19SE]

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]

Melanoma Awareness Day: observance, E664 [1MY]

Mendelsohn, John: American Society of Clinical Oncology Oncology Luminaries honoree, H4012 [8MY]

Mental health: increase research, treatment, education, and outreach programs, H3126 [9AP]

——— 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]

Mental Health Month: observance, H3437 [6MY]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi, H5649 [24JN], E1085 [26JN]

Middletown Township, NJ: tribute to Girl Scout Troop 1701 for ‘‘Do It for Your Daughter’’ breast cancer awareness campaign, E87 [16JA]

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

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (H.R. 526), H2624 [25MR]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (H.R. 5294), H7049, H7052 [30JY]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month: observance, H2699 [27MR]

National African American Hepatitis C Awareness Action Day: observance, E1273 [30JY]

National Alopecia Areata Foundation: tribute, E468 [28MR]

National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month: observance, E1656 [20NO]

National Association of Chain Drug Stores: observance of RxIMPACT Day, E304 [5MR]

National Autism Awareness Month: observance, H2808, H2812 [2AP], H3249 [29AP], E420 [24MR]

National Bike to School Day: observance, H3451 [7MY]

National Care Corps: establish to provide care, companionship, and other services to seniors and the disabled by qualified volunteers (H.R. 5288), H8000 [17NO]

National Case Management Week: observance, H7540 [16SE]

National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H7304 [9SE]

National Children’s Dental Health Month: observance, H2004 [27FE]

National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.: Prince William County, VA, Chapter recipient of Potomac Health Foundation grant to educate African-American churches on triple negative breast cancer, E835 [23MY]

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month: observance, H2246 [6MR], H2659 [26MR]

National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy: observance, E706 [7MY]

National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month: observance, H2683 [26MR]

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: observance, H2055 [27FE], H2152 [5MR], E273 [28FE]

National Eating Disorders Week: observance, H2067 [28FE]

National Eye Donor Month: observance, E465 [27MR]

National Gay Blood Drive: tribute, H6039 [10JY]

National Health Information Technology Week: observance, E1447 [17SE]

National HIV Testing Day: observance, E1084 [26JN]

National Inflammatory Bowel Disease Awareness Week: observance, E1653 [20NO], E1732 [4DE]

National Latino Enrollment Week: participation in enrollment for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H2014 [27FE]

National Marfan Awareness Month: observance, E261 [27FE]

National Men’s Health Week: anniversary, E987 [13JN]

——— observance, H5322 [12JN], E955 [11JN], E976 [12JN], E996 [17JN]

National MPS Awareness Day: observance, E713 [8MY]

National Multiple Myeloma Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 528), H2699 [27MR]

National Nurses Week: observance, H3435 [6MY], H3945 [8MY], H4047 [9MY], E705 [7MY]

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

——— make health care expenses tax deductible, reform health savings accounts, improve Medicare flexibility, reform emergency treatment practices, and allow interstate purchase of insurance (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7442 [11SE]

——— policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

——— policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H7093, H7108 [30JY]

National Patient Safety Awareness Week: observance, E325 [6MR], E376 [13MR]

National Patient Safety Foundation: tribute, E325 [6MR], E376 [13MR]

National Preeclampsia Awareness Month: observance, E897 [30MY], E993 [17JN]

National Rural Health Day: observance, H8077, H8079 [19NO], H8148 [20NO]

National Sanctity of Human Life Day: observance, H236 [15JA]

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: observance, H7663 [17SE]

National Sunglasses Day: observance, E1063 [24JN]

National Tourette Syndrome Awareness Month: observance, H4483 [20MY], H4816 [22MY], H5562 [20JN]

National Wear Red Day: observance, H1649 [5FE]

Nephrology Nurses Week: observance, E1397 [11SE]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (H.R. 5503), H7428–H7431 [10SE], E1432 [17SE]

News media: allegations of media bias, E484 [1AP]

NIH: childhood cancer research funding, H7304 [9SE]

——— expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (H.R. 4221), H4483 [20MY]

——— funding, H2813 [2AP], H3066 [9AP], H4813 [22MY], E1629 [19NO]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, and restore purchasing power (H.R. 5580), H8043 [18NO]

——— provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), H1551 [4FE], H2994 [8AP]

——— reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (H.R. 594), H6933–H6935 [28JY]

——— research risks posed by dioxin, synthetic fibers, and other additives in feminine hygiene products and urge the FDA to monitor and disclose contaminants in all menstrual hygiene products (H.R. 4746), E847 [28MY]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (H.R. 4351), H4681, H4682 [20MY], H5872, H5873 [8JY], H8270 [2DE], E1720 [3DE], E1734 [4DE]

——— tribute to Accelerating Medicines Partnership, E332 [6MR]

——— tribute to National Library of Medicine ‘‘Native Voices—Native People’s Concepts of Health and Illness’’ traveling exhibit, E1137 [10JY]

North Bay Children’s Center: anniversary, E1454 [19SE]

North Carolina: tribute to Moral Monday protests, H1886 [25FE]

Northampton, MA: tribute to Monte’s March, H8154 [20NO]

NSF International (organization): tribute, E1279 [30JY]

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

Obama, President: condemn remarks relative to dangers of marijuana use, H1528 [3FE]

——— evaluation of economic policies, H2153 [5MR]

——— State of the Union Message, H1508 [29JA]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: funding, H4953, H4954 [29MY]

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

OneGift Inc.: anniversary, E997 [17JN]

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

Orlando, FL: inclusion of Arnold Palmer Medical Center in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Children’s Hospitals’’ list, E1157 [15JY]

OSHA: exempt regulation to prevent combustible dust explosions and fires from OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs requirement to publish proposed Federal regulations on a monthly basis, H1973 [26FE], H2019 [27FE]

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

Palm Beach County, FL: anniversary of Health Care District of Palm Beach County, E113 [23JA]

Parham, Alan R.: Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 332 Friends of Labor Committee Man of the Year award recipient, E1579 [14NO]

Park Hills, MO: anniversary of Serenity Hospice Care, E1570 [13NO]

Parkland, FL: tribute to Rising Tide Car Wash (business), E420 [24MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, H7812, H7813 [18SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), H2276–H2278 [11MR], H2309 [12MR], H7109 [30JY], E1024 [19JN]

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

——— authorize health insurance issuers to offer current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), consideration (H. Res. 717), H7402–H7408 [10SE]

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

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), H3067–H3072 [9AP], H3266–H3275 [29AP], H7110 [30JY], E678 [6MY]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), consideration (H. Res. 555), H3261–H3266 [29AP]

——— delay implementation of modification of definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate until U.S. has reached full employment economy, H2831 [2AP]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

——— encourage certain States to accept expanded Medicaid coverage, H2787 [1AP], H7396 [10SE]

——— ensure religious conscience protections relative to insurance coverage of certain women’s preventive health services, H4823 [22MY]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H6 [7JA], H138 [10JA], H189, H209 [14JA], H1231 [16JA], H1554, H1557, H1584–H1587 [4FE], H1704–H1707 [10FE], H1722 [11FE], H1923 [25FE], H1946 [26FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE], H2093 [28FE], H2154, H2174 [5MR], H2261, H2288 [11MR], H2371 [13MR], H2437, H2475 [14MR], H2568 [24MR], H2619, H2620 [25MR], H2649, H2657, H2658, H2659, H2684, H2690–H2693 [26MR], H2750, H2788 [1AP], H2815, H2817, H2822, H2823, H2825, H2829, H2833–H2839, H2842, H2845–H2847 [2AP], H2893 [3AP], H2964 [7AP], H2997, H3052 [8AP], H3202 [28AP], H3384 [1MY], H4917 [29MY], H5076, H5077 [9JN], H5601 [23JN], H6227 [15JY], H6342 [16JY], H6356, H6392 [17JY], H6987, H6989 [29JY], H7057 [30JY], H7442 [11SE], H7458 [15SE], H7535 [16SE], H7919, H7925–H7927 [12NO], H8152, H8153 [20NO], H8287 [3DE], H9048 [11DE], E278 [28FE], E1393 [11SE]

——— impact of implementation on Medicare payments to critical access hospitals, H2287 [11MR]

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

——— impact on tax burden, H229 [15JA]

——— implementation, H30 [8JA], H1731 [11FE], H2007 [27FE], H2953 [4AP], H3263 [29AP], H7059–H7062, H7095, H7097 [30JY], H8136 [20NO], E626 [29AP]

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

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

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

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

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

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges has been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), consideration (H. Res. 455), H87–H96 [9JA]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), H32 [8JA], H85, H124–H127 [9JA], H139–H150, H152 [10JA], H1441 [28JA], E99 [16JA]

——— open enrollment season, E1602 [17NO]

——— preserve provisions that protect consumers from premium increases, provide tax credits and rebates, and prohibit discrimination on the basis of pre-existing conditions, H2175, H2176 [5MR]

——— prohibit coverage for abortion under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program except under certain circumstances, H6045 [10JY]

——— provide for criminal penalties for aggravated identity theft facilitated by employment at an implementing agency (H.R. 3652), H85 [9JA]

——— provide for disclosure of lower costs and additional health benefits to individuals and families enrolled in health exchanges, H1226, H1227 [16JA]

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

——— repeal, H2657, H2658 [26MR], H2794 [1AP], H2847 [2AP], H4486 [20MY], H8021, H8025–H8027 [17NO]

——— repeal (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

——— repeal provisions establishing a transitional reinsurance program and risk corridors for health plans to prevent taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (H.R. 3812), H137 [10JA]

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

——— require full disclosure by health exchange plans of abortion coverage and abortion premium surcharges, H7629 [17SE]

——— require new procedures for health care exchange websites relative to personal information (H.R. 3835), H112 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges, H6180 [14JY]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), H241 [15JA], H1218–H1228 [16JA], E76 [15JA], E101 [17JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), consideration (H. Res. 455), H87–H96 [9JA]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (H.R. 3362), motion to recommit, H1226, H1227 [16JA]

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

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

Patient Services, Inc.: anniversary, E644 [30AP]

Patron, Renee: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Leukemia Woman of the Year award recipient, E206 [11FE]

Pelletier, Justine: return to parental custody after removal due to charge of medical child abuse, H5487 [18JN]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, H2055 [27FE]

Personal Care Products Council Foundation: anniversary of the Look Good Feel Better program, E709 [8MY]

Pesticides: minimize use of certain pesticides known or suspected to cause serious health issues for infants and children, monitor adverse impacts from their use, and report location and quantities to local permitting agencies, H7149, H7150 [31JY]

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

Pleasanton, CA: tribute to Axis Community Health Clinic, E1466 [19SE]

Pollution: exempt air quality and water quality regulations from OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs requirement to publish proposed Federal regulations on a monthly basis, H2015 [27FE]

Pontiac, MI: tribute to opening of St. Joseph Mercy Oakland Hospital South Patient Tower, E600 [28AP]

Postal Service: recalculate and restore retirement annuity obligations, eliminate Retiree Health Benefits Fund prefunding requirement, restrict closure of facilities, create innovation incentives, and maintain level of service (H.R. 630), H7981 [14NO]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 631), H5733, H5735 [25JN]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (H.R. 2465), H5322 [12JN]

Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month: observance, E1635 [19NO]

Radioactive substances: increase understanding of health effects of low doses of ionizing radiation (H.R. 5544), H8011, H8012 [17NO]

Rare Disease Day: observance, H1925 [25FE], H2068 [28FE], E297 [4MR]

Red Cross Month: observance, H2618 [25MR]

Reedy, Jon: National Stone, Sand and Gravel Association James M. Christie Safety and Health Professional of the Year award recipient, E278 [28FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H3368 [1MY]

Research: promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (H.R. 3091), H2004 [27FE]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (H.R. 3116), H4480 [20MY]

——— science and innovation programs funding, H251 [15JA]

Richard David Kann Melanoma Foundation: tribute, E1304 [1AU]

Right to Life of Central Kentucky (organization): tribute, E283 [28FE]

Rochester, MN: inclusion of Mayo Clinic in U.S. News & World Report (publication) ‘‘Best Hospitals’’ list, H6635 [22JY]

Rockford, IL: tribute to OSF St. Anthony Medical Center Theodor Lang May Day Medical Conference, E585 [28AP]

Safety: encourage use of carbon monoxide detectors, E274 [28FE]

——— support regenerative medicine through research funding and commercial development and develop a regulatory environment that enables rapid approval of safe and effective products (H.R. 4494), H3252 [29AP]

Samaritan’s Purse (organization): tribute, H7057 [30JY]

San Leandro, CA: opening of Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center, E1477 [19SE]

Schenectady, NY: anniversary of Schenectady Greenmarket, H2143 [4MR]

Schools: prohibit Federal issuance or enforcement of certain food requirements, H7985 [14NO]

Servicemen’s Readjustment Act: anniversary, H5650 [24JN], E1053 [23JN], E1093 [30JN]

Sexuality Information and Education Council: anniversary, E616 [29AP]

Share Our Strength (organization): tribute to antihunger programs, H5501 [19JN]

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]

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]

——— prevent disability fraud (H.R. 5260), H7054 [30JY]

——— prohibit the display of account numbers on Medicare cards (H.R. 781), H31 [8JA]

South Carolina Primary Health Care Association: anniversary, E1579 [14NO]

St. James, MO: Golden LivingCenter recipient of American Health Care Association Gold-Excellence in Quality national Quality Award, E1696 [2DE]

Stanly Community College: Annie Ruth Kelley Associate Degree Nursing Program ranking by National Council of State Boards of Nursing, E1785 [10DE]

Stuttering Foundation of America: tribute, H2250 [6MR]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H240, H241, H242, H453, H454–H460, H467 [15JA], E73, E74 [15JA], E151 [3FE]

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

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

Survivors Victory Day: observance (H. Res. 759), H8076 [19NO]

T.J. Martell Foundation: anniversary of 5k walk, E1621 [18NO]

Taiwan: tribute to contribution of money to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Global Distribution Fund and personal protection suits to assist in combating ebola epidemic, E1770 [10DE]

Tampa, FL: anniversary of Military Officers Association of America Operation Helping Hand, E726 [9MY]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (H.R. 3043), H7599–H7603 [16SE], H7628 [17SE], E1469 [19SE]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (H.R. 647), H7051 [30JY], H8230, H8262 [2DE], H8282, H8285, H8312–H8322 [3DE], H8368, H8655 [4DE], E1737 [4DE], E1783 [10DE], E1824 [12DE]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (H.R. 647), consideration (H. Res. 766), H8305–H8310 [3DE]

——— prevent veterans from being disqualified from contributing to health savings accounts by reason of receiving VA medical care for service-connected disabilities (H.R. 4900), H5506 [19JN]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (H.R. 1851), H2660 [26MR]

——— provide a credit for costs of certain infertility treatments (S. 881), H1538 [3FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (H.R. 1814), H2273–H2276, H2288 [11MR], H2309 [12MR]

——— provide for continued eligibility for the health care tax credit for Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., pension recipients eligible for the credit, H2464 [14MR]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices, H7813, H7815 [18SE]

Transportation Security Administration: provide expedited air passenger screening to severely injured or disabled Armed Forces members and veterans (H.R. 1344), E771 [19MY]

——— provide expedited and dignified passenger screening services for veterans traveling to visit war memorials built to honor their service (H.R. 4812), H6609–H6612 [22JY], E1117 [8JY]

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

Tuggle, Chasity: Caring for Military Families—Elizabeth Dole Foundation Kentucky Fellow designee, E550 [8AP]

Tyrone, PA: anniversary of Tyrone Hospital, E1455 [19SE]

U.S. Medical Soccer Team (organization): tribute, E1324 [1AU]

Ukraine: tribute to humanitarian efforts of U.S. physicians, E1572 [13NO]

Unemployment: rates, H1690 [10FE]

United Health Foundation: tribute to Diverse Scholar Initiative, E1179 [16JY]

University of Alabama at Birmingham: tribute to Dentistry Cares Community Day, E1714 [3DE]

University of California, Davis: anniversary of Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine Program, E187 [10FE]

University of Texas at Dallas: tribute to Brain Performance Institute, H8075 [19NO]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (H.R. 333), E1531 [12NO]

——— improve provision of medical services and benefits, H4927 [29MY], H5195 [10JN], H5813 [26JN]

Vienna, VA: anniversary of Stroke Comeback Center, E1551 [12NO]

Visiting Nurses Association of South Central Connecticut: anniversary, E1613 [18NO]

Water Environment Research Foundation: anniversary, E546 [8AP]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (H.R. 2901), H174 [13JA], H2370 [13MR], H5191 [10JN], H6225 [15JY], H8848–H8856 [8DE], H8870 [9DE], E1760, E1765 [9DE], E1832 [12DE]

Winn, Walter: Fort Bragg, NC, Warrior Transition Battalion Wounded Warrior of the Year award recipient, E993 [17JN]

Winston-Salem, NC: tribute to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma, H7350 [9SE]

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 (H. Res. 619), H5256, H5258 [11JN]

——— require mammography reports contain a breast density summary and a statement on the benefit of supplementary screening tests for patients with dense breast tissue (H.R. 3404), E63 [14JA]

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

World AIDS Day: observance, H8200 [1DE], H8262 [2DE], E1674, E1675 [1DE]

World Alzheimer’s Day: observance, E1479 [19SE]

World Autism Awareness Day: observance, H2812 [2AP]

World Cancer Day: observance, H1551 [4FE]

World Pancreatic Cancer Day: observance, H7947 [13NO]

World Plumbing Day: observance, H2263 [11MR]

World Suicide Prevention Day: observance, H7401 [10SE]

World Toilet Day: observance, H8073 [19NO]

World Tuberculosis Day: support goals, E425 [24MR]

World Water Day: observance, H2370 [13MR]

Wright, David: resignation as Dept. of HHS Director of Office of Research Integrity, H2474 [14MR]

Remarks in Senate

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (S. 1696), S502–S504 [28JA], S2935–S2938 [13MY]

——— limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (S. 1696), unanimous-consent request, S2935 [13MY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), S502, S503 [28JA]

Alaska: enter into intergovernmental agreements with Indian tribes relative to enforcement of certain State laws by Indian tribes, improve quality of life in rural Alaska, and reduce alcohol and drug abuse (S. 1474), S6414–S6416 [9DE]

——— success of Dept. of Veterans Affairs health care programs, S3394 [4JN]

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: observance, S3470 [5JN]

Americans for Prosperity (organization): analysis of advertising campaign in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1160 [26FE], S1257 [4MR], S1759 [26MR], S2409 [28AP]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), insert S. 2450 language in lieu, S3564 [11JN]

——— establish an online significant event tracker system for tracking, reporting, and summarizing exposures of members to traumatic events (S. 2368), S3417 [4JN], S4321 [9JY]

——— 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]

——— improve access to mental health services under TRICARE (S. 2276), S2586 [1MY]

Biomedical Research Fund: establish (S. 2115), S2312, S2313 [9AP], S2553 [30AP]

BLM: Abandoned Mine Land Program funding, S5113 [30JY]

Bluefield, WV: tribute to Beckley VA Medical Center mobile health clinic, S888 [11FE]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 2866), S6867 [15DE]

Business and industry: impact of Government regulations on hiring and job loss, S1493 [11MR]

CBO: release of report on economic impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S781–S783, S809–S811 [6FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (H.R. 5185), S6840 [15DE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: allegations of waste and mismanagement against a contractor operating a processing center to handle health insurance applications, S3961 [25JN]

Children and youth: expand and improve the provision and insurance coverage of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, S1360–S1362 [6MR]

——— improve the health of children and help better understand and enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life (H.R. 669), S6219 [20NO]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (H.R. 4888), S5161 [31JY]

——— provide for identification and dissemination of evidence-informed recommendations for addressing maternal addiction and neonatal abstinence syndrome and study neonatal abstinence syndrome (S. 2722), S5161 [31JY]

Cincinnati, OH: tribute to Center for Closing the Health Gap, S6 [1DE]

Climate: impact of climate change on Connecticut, S1446–S1450 [10MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): field hearing held in Rutland, VT, on community solutions to breaking heroin and opioid addiction, S1771 [26MR], S3361 [3JN]

Congress: legislative priorities, S5159 [31JY]

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

Controlled Substances Act: place synthetic drugs in Schedule I indicating high potential for abuse, no current accepted medical use, and lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision, S1580 [12MR]

Courts: restrict confidentiality agreements that prohibit disclosure of information relative to hazards to public safety or health (S. 2317), S2912 [12MY]

——— U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision in Halbig v. Burwell relative to offering subsidies in Federal health insurance exchanges, S4725 [23JY], S4982 [28JY]

CPSC: designate drywall manufactured in China a banned hazardous product, S5044 [29JY]

——— hold Chinese manufacturers accountable for damages from installation of tainted drywall, S5299 [31JY]

——— issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (S. 2581), S4406 [10JY], S4447 [14JY]

Cuba: U.S. policy, S986 [24FE]

CVS Health Corp.: decision to stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, S847 [10FE]

DEA: improve regulation of anabolic steroids (H.R. 4771), S6696 [11DE]

——— improve regulation of anabolic steroids (S. 2012), S891 [11FE]

——— investigation into detention of Daniel Chong, S5070–S5072 [29JY]

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

Dept. of Agriculture: issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (S. 2210), S2164 [3AP], S2191 [7AP]

——— 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: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program funding, S517 [28JA]

——— implement online computerized assessment to detect behaviors indicating suicide risk and other mental health conditions for Armed Forces members (S. 810), S5666 [17SE]

——— implement price controls for prescription drug program, S2310 [9AP]

——— improve consistency of data collection, reporting, and assessment in connection with suicide prevention efforts (S. 2357), S3187 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (S. 2036), S1003 [24FE]

Dept. of HHS: ensure oversight of Federal research grants and exercise authority to investigate allegations of research misconduct and recover funds obtained by fraud, S4260 [8JY]

——— establish income verification procedures for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act premium subsidy eligibility, S3356 [3JN]

——— expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents (H.R. 3548), S5312 [31JY]

——— Prevention and Public Health Fund funding, S6287–S6289 [3DE]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (S. 2405), S3298 [22MY]

——— 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 Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (S. 2839), S5701 [17SE]

——— improve compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Program for workers involved in uranium mining (S. 773), S3960 [25JN]

Dept. of State: conduct comprehensive human health study on impact of tar sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, S3921–S3923 [24JN]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations, S6610 [11DE]

——— making appropriations (S. 2499), S4111 [26JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), S351 [15JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow veterans of past wars with a less than honorable discharge to upgrade status if service-connected disability would be currently diagnosed as post-traumatic stress disorder, S1143 [26FE]

——— authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), S1330, S1332 [6MR], S2064–S2066 [2AP], S2143 [3AP], S2309–S2312 [9AP], S2756–S2759 [7MY], S3412, S3413 [4JN]

——— authorize certain major medical facility leases (H.R. 3521), unanimous-consent request, S1331 [6MR], S1506 [11MR], S1758, S1759 [26MR], S2064 [2AP], S2310 [9AP], S2757, S2758 [7MY]

——— carry out a pilot program to assess feasibility of electronic exchange of health information with State health information exchanges, S3597 [11JN]

——— conduct nationwide investigation of scheduling practices and procedures and prohibit payment of performance bonuses to administrators until investigation is completed and reforms are instituted, S3166 [20MY]

——— 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]

——— 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 national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service, S1143 [26FE]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (S. 2738), S5186 [31JY]

——— 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 availability of medical care by allowing veterans to see health care providers participating in Medicare, S3578 [11JN]

——— 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]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services, S3462 [5JN]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, S3553–S3560, S3563, S3575, S3578, S3582, S3583, S3586–S3594, S3597 [11JN], S3622, S3623, S3645–S3647 [12JN], S3702 [17JN], S3805 [18JN], S4131–S4133 [26JN], S4248–S4251, S4258 [8JY], S4639 [21JY], S4737–S4740 [23JY], S4854–S4858 [24JY], S5005, S5006, S5012–S5020 [29JY], S5125 [30JY], S5170, S5171, S5175, S5178, S5188 [31JY]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (S. 2422), S3369–S3380, S3385 [3JN], S3388 [4JN]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters (S. 2450), S3482, S3509 [9JN], S3511, S3514, S3518, S3525 [10JN], S3681 [16JN], S5033 [29JY]

——— 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]

——— investigate delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at VA medical facilities, S2574 [1MY], S2748, S2756, S2757 [7MY], S2984, S2999 [14MY], S3048, S3061 [15MY], S3159, S3161, S3165 [20MY], S3217, S3228 [21MY], S3249, S3259, S3260 [22MY], S3394 [4JN], S3448 [5JN], S4099 [26JN]

——— mental health care funding, S4539 [16JY]

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

——— proposal to lift salary freeze on medical personnel, S5848 [18SE]

——— provide fertility and reproductive health services at departmental facilities, S1190 [27FE]

——— provide temporary care in the most cost effective manner when patients are relocated during medical facility construction and renovation projects (S. 2428), S3426 [4JN]

——— provide veterans with the choice of medical providers, improve performance metrics for provided health care, and increase transparency and accountability of operations (S. 2424), S3381 [3JN], S3525 [10JN], S6852 [15DE]

——— 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]

——— require publication of certain quality of care data for health care facilities, S1161 [26FE]

——— require the Inspector General to submit a report on wait times for veterans seeking medical appointments and treatment at VA facilities and prohibit closure of such facilities (S. 2316), S3159 [20MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, S410, S411 [16JA]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), S3166 [20MY], S3286 [22MY], S5033 [29JY]

——— making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), unanimous-consent request, S5034 [29JY]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 5059), S6670, S6673 [11DE], S6851 [15DE]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (H.R. 5059), unanimous-consent request, S6851–S6854 [15DE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations, S412 [16JA], S3647–S3649 [12JN]

Developing countries: make access to safe water and sanitation a specific policy objective of U.S. foreign assistance programs, S1866 [31MR]

——— promote the use of clean cookstoves in order to create a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions (S. 2100), S1418 [10MR]

——— tribute to global child health programs, S4001 [25JN]

Disabled: promote provision of exercise and fitness equipment that is accessible to disabled individuals (S. 2888), S5790 [18SE]

——— reauthorize certain programs related to traumatic brain injury and trauma research (S. 2539), S4214 [7JY], S4755 [23JY], S5643 [16SE]

Diseases: efforts to contain Ebola outbreak in Africa, S5596, S5597 [16SE]

——— express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (S. Res. 541), S5531, S5550 [11SE], S5878 [18SE]

Drugs: reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (S. 2755), S5233 [31JY]

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

——— importance of job creation, S2175 [7AP], S2219 [8AP]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S4448 [14JY], S5484 [10SE], S5601 [16SE], S6508–S6510 [10DE]

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

El Paso, TX: anniversary of Catholic Diocese of El Paso, S1311 [5MR]

Eldertide LLC: SBA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Tibbetts Award recipient, S5127 [30JY]

Employment: 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]

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

EPA: publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (S. 2785), S6607 [11DE]

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act: anniversary, S4139 [26JN]

FDA: expand authority to regulate tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and flavored cigars, S342, S359 [15JA]

——— funding, S3784 [18JN]

——— incentivize the development of treatments and vaccines for ebola by adding the disease to priority review voucher program (S. 2917), S6271 [2DE]

——— provide an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients (S. 2141), S1725 [25MR], S5715–S5720 [17SE]

——— provide with certain authority to regulate tobacco products aimed at attracting minors, S4139 [26JN]

Gehrig, Lou: anniversary of farewell address, S4614 [17JY]

Golden Living (company): anniversary, S3180 [20MY]

Growth Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 489), S4845 [23JY]

Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts following earthquake (S. 1104), S4434, S4435 [10JY]

Hardy, Josh: tribute to support of family and friends relative to appeal to FDA for expedited approval of experimental drug treatment, S1646 [13MR]

Harkin, Senator: impact of Senate achievements on Allamakee County, IA, S4616 [17JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Benton County, IA, S3539 [10JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Black Hawk County, IA, S3808 [18JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Boone County, IA, S3807 [18JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Bremer County, IA, S4264 [8JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Buena Vista County, IA, S2645 [5MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Butler County, IA, S3859 [19JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Cerro Gordo County, IA, S3468 [5JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Cherokee County, IA, S2906 [12MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Chickasaw County, IA, S4328 [9JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Clay County, IA, S2715 [6MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Clinton County, IA, S3681 [16JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Dallas County, IA, S4329 [9JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Davis County, IA, S4398 [10JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Decatur County, IA, S3337 [2JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Delaware County, IA, S4399 [10JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Des Moines County, IA, S3715–S3717 [17JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Dickinson County, IA, S2864 [8MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Dubuque County, IA, S3363 [3JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Emmet County, IA, S2863 [8MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Fayette County, IA, S4549 [16JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Franklin County, IA, S4265 [8JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Grundy County, IA, S4329 [9JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Hamilton County, IA, S2790 [7MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Hardin County, IA, S2789 [7MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Harrison County, IA, S3023 [14MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Henry County, IA, S3999 [25JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Howard County, IA, S4699 [22JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Iowa County, IA, S4000 [25JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Jackson County, IA, S4550 [16JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Jasper County, IA, S3288 [22MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Jefferson County, IA, S3659 [12JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Jones County, IA, S4147 [26JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Keokuk County, IA, S3364 [3JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Lee County, IA, S3540 [10JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Linn County, IA, S3067 [15MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Lyon County, IA, S2607 [1MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Madison County, IA, S3601 [11JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Mahaska County, IA, S3336 [2JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Marion County, IA, S3895 [23JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Marshall County, IA, S3289 [22MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Monona County, IA, S2790 [7MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Monroe County, IA, S4266 [8JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Muscatine County, IA, S3469 [5JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on O’Brien County, IA, S2948 [13MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Osceola County, IA, S2906 [12MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Palo Alto County, IA, S2949 [13MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Pocahontas County, IA, S2950 [13MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Pottawattamie County, IA, S3023 [14MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Poweshiek County, IA, S3232 [21MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Ringgold County, IA, S3066 [15MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Sac County, IA, S2715 [6MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Scott County, IA, S3717 [17JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Shelby County, IA, S2562 [30AP]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Sioux County, IA, S2645 [5MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Story County, IA, S3601 [11JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Taylor County, IA, S3068 [15MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Van Buren County, IA, S3928 [24JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Wapello County, IA, S3232–S3234 [21MY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Warren County, IA, S3858 [19JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Washington County, IA, S3660 [12JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Wayne County, IA, S4147 [26JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Winnebago County, IA, S4615 [17JY]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Winneshiek County, IA, S3896 [23JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Worth County, IA, S3682 [16JN]

——— impact of Senate achievements on Wright County, IA, S4700 [22JY]

——— report on trip to Cuba, S981–S985 [24FE]

Health care facilities: prohibit medical device manufacturers from requiring hospitals and buyers from signing a confidentiality agreement to prevent them from revealing medical device prices to third parties, S3350 [3JN]

Immigration: ensure unaccompanied alien children who have crossed illegally into the U.S. are taken care of and treated with dignity until a course of action is taken to mitigate the humanitarian crisis, S4598 [17JY], S4638 [21JY], S5181 [31JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 2789), S5509 [10SE]

Information technology: provide regulatory clarity over clinical and health software and relieve categories of such low-risk software from the medical device tax, S1557 [12MR]

——— provide regulatory clarity over clinical and health software and relieve categories of such low-risk software from the medical device tax (S. 2007), S853, S854 [10FE]

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

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

International Day of Persons With Disabilities: observance, S6289 [3DE]

International Self-Care Day: designate (S. Res. 515), S4846 [23JY]

Kids to Parks Day: designate (S. Res. 450), S3146 [15MY]

Louisiana Gray Day: observance, S2860 [8MY]

Lyle C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mankato, MN: designate (H.R. 3682), S6305 [3DE]

Mayo Clinic: anniversary (S. Res. 339), S855, S856 [10FE]

Medicaid: anniversary, S5303 [31JY]

——— impact of increased funding obligations on States, S3449 [5JN]

——— reform, S95 [8JA]

Medicare: anniversary, S5079, S5093 [30JY]

——— crack down on fraud to protect seniors and people with disabilities (S. 2361), S3190 [20MY]

——— establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (S. 1932), S373 [15JA], S1847 [31MR]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, S1843 [31MR]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (H.R. 4067), S6219 [20NO]

——— extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals (S. 1954), S855 [10FE], S6664 [11DE]

——— impact of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act implementation on solvency, S5093 [30JY]

——— improve payments under the clinical laboratory fee schedule, S2860 [8MY]

——— increase diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias to improve care and outcomes (S. 709), S518 [28JA]

——— Medicare Advantage program funding, S1012–S1016, S1023, S1033 [25FE], S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1216 [27FE]

——— 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]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (S. 2689), S5137 [30JY]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (H.R. 4994), S5862 [18SE]

——— reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, S932 [12FE], S1844–S1849, S1853–S1857, S1859, S1863 [31MR], S2375 [10AP]

——— release of Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) report, ‘‘Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit—Increasing Use and Access of Affordable Prescription Drugs’’, S6864 [15DE]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services, S1843 [31MR]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (S. 2037), S1007 [24FE]

——— repeal sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians and improve beneficiary access (S. 1871), S1566 [12MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals, S1793 [27MR]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (S. 2000), S1552, S1566 [12MR]

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]

——— impact of implementation of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S5173–S5175 [31JY]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2122), S1595 [12MR], S1669 [13MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2122), unanimous-consent request, S1844, S1855 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2157), S1740 [25MR], S1742 [26MR], S1809 [27MR], S1839, S1846, S1854 [31MR]

——— repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and improve Medicare and Medicaid payments (S. 2157), unanimous-consent request, S1844 [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]

Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission: require a survey of Armed Forces members of their preferences relative to pay and benefits (S. 2294), S2721 [6MY]

Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 366), S1252 [27FE]

Muscatine, IA: tribute to joint study between Muscatine High School and University of Iowa on efforts to improve youth nutrition, S3894 [23JN]

National Aphasia Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 464), S3384 [3JN]

National Asbestos Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 336), S458 [16JA]

National Association of Chain Drug Stores: observance of RxIMPACT Day, S1485 [10MR]

National Blood Donor Month: designate (S. Con. Res. 31), S607 [29JA]

National Brain Cancer Awareness Month: observance, S2860 [8MY]

National Cancer Research Month: designate (S. Res. 445), S3243, S3244 [21MY]

National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 396), S1739 [25MR]

National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 414), S2202 [7AP], S2373 [10AP]

National Drug Take-Back Week: designate (S. Res. 466), S5518 [10SE]

National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 569), S5798 [18SE], S6356 [4DE]

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

National Health Information Technology Week: designate (S. Res. 555), S5720 [17SE]

National Institute on Aging: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, S2303 [9AP]

National Men’s Health Week: anniversary (S. Res. 473), S3673 [12JN]

National Minority Health Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 428), S2524 [29AP]

National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week: designate (S. Res. 514), S4846 [23JY]

National objectives: economic recovery, S6244 [2DE]

——— policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S471 [27JA], S508 [28JA], S630 [30JA]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 536), S5330 [1AU]

National Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month: observance (S. Res. 459), S3308, S3309 [22MY]

National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day: designate (S. Res. 585), S6307 [3DE]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: designate (S. Res. 441), S2980 [13MY]

National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 481), S3900 [23JN], S4144 [26JN]

National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 466), S5518 [10SE]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 575), S5880 [18SE]

National Prostate Cancer Council: establish (S. 2813), S5630 [16SE]

National Public Health Week: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 415), S2202 [7AP]

National Rural Health Day: observance, S6172 [20NO]

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

National security: recognize importance of biosecurity and agro-defense (S. Res. 373), S1326 [5MR]

National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care: designate (S. Res. 350), S963 [12FE]

National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 533), S5315 [31JY]

National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: observance, S5666 [17SE]

National Youth Synthetic Drug Awareness Week: designate (S. Res. 389), S1669 [13MR]

——— observance, S1579 [12MR]

Naturopathic Medicine Week: designate (S. Res. 420), S5877 [18SE]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (S. 637), S3178 [20MY]

——— funding, S708 [4FE], S2743 [7MY]

——— medical reseach funding, S2553 [30AP]

——— prioritize funding to discover treatments and cures, maintain global leadership in medical innovation, restore purchasing power (S. 2658), S4906 [24JY]

——— provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), S3 [6JA], S1491, S1492 [11MR]

——— reauthorize and extend Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers (H.R. 594), S5862 [18SE]

Nuclear weapons: designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (S. Res. 417), S4364 [9JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S493, S509–S512 [28JA], S5087 [30JY]

——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, S2549–S2552 [30AP]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S3349 [3JN], S3906 [24JN]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (S. 2430), S3426–S3428 [4JN]

Older Women’s League: tribute to Mother’s Day campaign addressing accessibility of long-term care, S2791 [7MY]

Oncology Nursing Society: anniversary of Columbus, OH, chapter, S1917 [1AP]

Orlando, FL: tribute to Grace Medical Home, S5860 [18SE]

Parkinson’s Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 408), S2041 [1AP]

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

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, S2139 [3AP]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), S1669 [13MR], S1679 [24MR], S3018–S3020 [14MY], S3050–S3056, S3059–S3063 [15MY], S3153 [20MY], S3196, S3221 [21MY], S3245–S3249 [22MY], S3350 [3JN], S6173 [20NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to commit, S3018 [14MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), motion to proceed, S2831 [8MY], S2889 [12MY], S2923, S2925, S2927–S2930 [13MY], S2984–S2986, S2999–S3007, S3013, S3016 [14MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), unanimous-consent agreement, S2946 [13MY], S3020 [14MY], S3064 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 3474), unanimous-consent request, S3059 [15MY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (S. 2190), S5601 [16SE]

——— anniversary, S1711 [25MR]

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

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

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees, S6771 [12DE]

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

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

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

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed, S3440, S3441 [5JN]

——— encourage certain States to accept expanded Medicaid coverage, S3281 [22MY]

——— ensure that personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is secured with proper privacy and data security safeguards, S99 [8JA], S801 [6FE]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S4 [6JA], S37, S41, S51 [7JA], S95, S114 [8JA], S192–S194 [9JA], S306 [14JA], S348–S354 [15JA], S422, S423, S427–S430 [16JA], S472 [27JA], S562–S564, S569 [29JA], S627 [30JA], S728, S755 [4FE], S782, S801 [6FE], S873–S876 [11FE], S919, S920, S931 [12FE], S994, S995 [24FE], S1012–S1016, S1023, S1034 [25FE], S1133, S1135–S1142, S1160 [26FE], S1192, S1212–S1218, S1221 [27FE], S1264 [4MR], S1332, S1351 [6MR], S1495–S1498 [11MR], S1532, S1533, S1534–S1536 [12MR], S1599–S1601 [13MR], S1678 [24MR], S1700 [25MR], S1744, S1747, S1756–S1758, S1763–S1767 [26MR], S1783–S1785 [27MR], S1850, S1851 [31MR], S1885, S1887 [1AP], S2049–S2051, S2054, S2055, S2057, S2060, S2069, S2072–S2077 [2AP], S2135 [3AP], S2295, S2301–S2303 [9AP], S2341, S2351 [10AP], S2430 [29AP], S2586, S2599–S2601 [1MY], S2755 [7MY], S2850–S2853 [8MY], S2893 [12MY], S2924, S2927 [13MY], S3001, S3007–S3011 [14MY], S3159, S3171 [20MY], S3197, S3202–S3204 [21MY], S3281–S3284 [22MY], S3347 [3JN], S3390, S3392–S3394, S3401–S3403, S3408, S3411 [4JN], S3434–S3446 [5JN], S3489 [9JN], S3518 [10JN], S3557 [11JN], S3853–S3855 [19JN], S3995–S3997 [25JN], S4234, S4244–S4248, S4251–S4256 [8JY], S4442 [10JY], S4443 [14JY], S4462, S4468–S4470, S4477 [15JY], S4514, S4524, S4529, S4530 [16JY], S4647 [21JY], S4674 [22JY], S4731 [23JY], S5098–S5101 [30JY], S5173–S5178 [31JY], S5387 [9SE], S5526 [11SE], S5603–S5606 [16SE], S5656 [17SE], S5897 [12NO], S5980 [13NO], S6123 [19NO], S6183–S6186 [20NO], S6243, S6254 [2DE], S6316 [4DE], S6434 [9DE], S6494 [10DE]

——— impact of implementation on the diagnosis and treatment of autism, S2090 [2AP]

——— impact of regulations on rural health care, S6663–S6665 [11DE]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S45 [7JA], S746 [4FE], S781, S789, S802, S809–S811 [6FE], S930 [12FE], S1743 [26MR], S2084 [2AP], S2529–S2532 [30AP], S2695 [6MY], S2852 [8MY], S3996 [25JN], S5605 [16SE]

——— impact on women, S1502 [11MR]

——— implementation, S726 [4FE], S1744 [26MR], S1796 [27MR], S3169 [20MY], S3450 [5JN], S4725–S4727 [23JY]

——— improvement in treatment of patients with certain cancers and in preventative cancer testing and screenings, S1353–S1355 [6MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate, S195 [9JA], S2139, S2145 [3AP], S6435 [9DE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), S2202 [7AP], S2203 [8AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (S. 1188), S48 [7JA], S344 [15JA], S408 [16JA], S2412 [28AP], S2431 [29AP], S2548 [30AP], S2927 [13MY], S3775 [18JN], S3906 [24JN], S4477 [15JY], S5601 [16SE]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (S. 1902), S303 [14JA]

——— permit health insurance issuers to offer additional plan options, S2069 [2AP]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (S. 1726), S430 [16JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement and apply savings to restoring working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment, S423 [16JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement as long as implementation has negative impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S423 [16JA]

——— provide for participation in health care exchanges by the President, Vice President, Members of Congress, political appointees, and congressional staff and limit subsidies, S4 [6JA], S2543 [30AP], S2587, S2589 [1MY], S2682, S2686 [6MY], S3443 [5JN], S5539 [11SE]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (S. 2106), S3007 [14MY]

——— repeal, S471 [27JA], S562–S564 [29JA], S920 [12FE], S1502 [11MR], S5603 [16SE], S5980 [13NO]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (S. 603), S48 [7JA]

——— repeal certain provisions that have the effect of rationing health care (S. 2064), S1235 [27FE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (S. 2191), S1934 [1AP]

——— repeal implementation of the employer health insurance mandate, S2056 [2AP], S4879 [24JY]

——— 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]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges, S3649 [12JN]

——— require transparency in the operation of American Health Benefit Exchanges (S. 1590), S351 [15JA]

Pennsylvania State University: tribute to IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund (S. Res. 379), S1527 [11MR]

Pipelines: human health impact of tar sands transported through proposed Keystone XL Pipeline, S5735 [18SE]

Rare Disease Day: designate (S. Res. 368), S1252 [27FE]

Red Cross Month: observance, S1277 [4MR]

Refuse disposal: encourage recovery and beneficial use of coal ash and establish requirements for management and disposal of coal ash that are protective of human health and the environment, S1511 [11MR]

Remote Area Medical (organization): tribute, S3286 [22MY]

Reno, NV: anniversary of Care Chest of Sierra Nevada, S6940 [2JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3483 [9JN], S6880 [16DE]

Rockefeller, Senator: legislative accomplishments, S6331–S6334 [4DE]

Ronald McDonald House Charities (organization): tribute, S5121 [30JY]

Rural areas: recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities (S. Res. 588), S6221 [20NO], S6663 [11DE]

Scripps Research Institute: symposium on theraputic approaches for extending healthspan, S2644 [5MY]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5498–S5502 [10SE], S5674 [17SE], S6435 [9DE]

——— legislative process, S3905 [24JN]

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog, S2687 [6MY], S2748 [7MY], S3161 [20MY]

Shumlin, Peter: tribute to State of State speech by Governor of Vermont on crisis of heroin addiction, S707 [4FE]

Silver Star Service Banner Day: designate (S. Res. 430), S2568 [30AP]

‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’: anniversary, S342, S358–S360, S363 [15JA], S434 [16JA]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S. 2461), S3804 [18JN]

——— protect the Social Security Disability Insurance program and provide other support for working disabled individuals (S. 3003), S6627 [11DE], S6891 [16DE]

——— State Children’s Health Insurance Program funding, S756 [4FE]

Stepanek, Matthew J.T.: tribute (S. Res. 509), S4664 [21JY]

Summer Meals Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 495), S4231 [7JY]

Supreme Court: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S4205, S4212 [7JY], S4388 [10JY], S4451 [14JY], S4461–S4468, S4474–S4476, S4481–S4483, S4489–S4491, S4495 [15JY], S4516, S4519–S4529, S4531, S4533–S4535, S4537 [16JY], S5401 [9SE], S5493 [10SE]

——— hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S1646 [13MR], S1707–S1711 [25MR]

Taishan Gypsum Co., Ltd.: refusal to appear in U.S. District Court regarding drywall manufactured in China litigation, S4977 [28JY], S5043 [29JY], S5299 [31JY]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (H.R. 3043), S5686, S5687 [17SE], S5862 [18SE]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (S. 1507), S5616–S5618 [16SE], S5686 [17SE], S5770 [18SE]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities, S6832 [15DE], S6899–S6902, S6911 [16DE]

——— establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (S. 313), S1226 [27FE], S2090 [2AP]

——— expand and permanently extend health care tax credit available to laid-off employees receiving trade adjustment assistance and retirees receiving Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., payments, S3017 [14MY]

——— expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan (S. 2908), S5795 [18SE]

——— increase access for the uninsured to high quality physician care by providing incentives for doctors to provide uncompensated care (S. 2492), S3813 [18JN]

——— provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce, S4688 [22JY]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices, S505 [28JA], S871 [11FE], S1149 [26FE], S2056 [2AP], S2139 [3AP], S2927 [13MY], S3052, S3054 [15MY], S3996 [25JN], S4873 [24JY], S6435 [9DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (S. 232), S48 [7JA], S2431 [29AP], S2933 [13MY]

——— repeal increase in threshold on the deduction for medical expenses, S3052 [15MY]

Territories: improve administration of programs in the insular areas (S. 1237), S3821 [18JN]

——— improve administration of programs in the insular areas (S. 1237), unanimous-consent agreement, S3822 [18JN]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: limit tobacco companies ability to challenge anti-tobacco efforts under trade rules, S358 [15JA]

Transportation Security Administration: provide expedited and dignified passenger screening services for veterans traveling to visit war memorials built to honor their service (H.R. 4812), S6354 [4DE]

U.N.: funding, S5206 [31JY]

——— tribute to International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, S755 [4FE]

U.N. Millennium Declaration: support ideals and objectives and related Millennium Development Goals, and commend progress in poverty and hunger eradication, human rights, and global health initiatives, S6283 [3DE]

University of Florida: tribute to College of Public Health and Health Professions Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) study, S518 [28JA]

——— tribute to Institute on Aging diabetes study, S4453 [14JY]

University of South Florida: tribute to Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute, S2324 [9AP]

Vermont: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ranking as State having healthiest children in the nation, S3925 [24JN]

Veterans: 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]

——— provide nursing training and respite stipend to assist spouses and parents acting as caregivers for disabled veterans, S1035 [25FE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (H.R. 2901), S6867 [15DE], S6911 [16DE]

Women: access to family planning and reproductive services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S1503 [11MR]

——— 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 (S. Res. 454), S3244 [21MY]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (S. 2622), S4621 [17JY]

——— tribute to congressional accomplishments and agenda relative to women, S4896 [24JY]

World AIDS Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 314), S3043 [14MY]

World Immunization Week: observance, S2552 [30AP]

World Plumbing Day: designate (S. Res. 390), S1669 [13MR]

World Polio Day: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 270), S833 [6FE], S2553 [30AP]

World Water Day: observance, S1866 [31MR]

Yellow Ribbon Fund, Inc.: tribute to family caregiver program, S5622 [16SE]

Yousaf, Mohammad: West Virginia American Heart Association Heart of Gold Award recipient, S1044 [25FE]

Reports

Impact on Premiums for Individuals and Families With Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance From Guaranteed Issue and Renewal, and Fair Health Insurance Premiums Provisions of Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H1923–H1925 [25FE]

Labor Market Effects of the Affordable Care Act: CBO, H2886–H2888 [3AP]

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]

Reports filed

Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 647) (H. Rept. 113–614), H7937 [12NO]

Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2917), S6148 [19NO]

Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1474), S5373 [8SE]

——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1474) (S. Rept. 113–260), S5779 [18SE]

Ask Veterans Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4971) (H. Rept. 113–645), H8365 [3DE]

Assessing Progress in Haiti Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1104) (S. Rept. 113–201), S4153 [26JN]

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1793) (S. Rept. 113–269), S5918 [12NO]

Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2581), S5779 [18SE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 2581) (S. Rept. 113–311), S6788 [12DE]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 727) (H. Rept. 113–601), H7616 [16SE]

Consideration of H.R. 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. 2575, Save American Workers Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 530) (H. Rept. 113–397), H2801 [1AP]

Consideration of H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 113–322), H72 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 717) (H. Rept. 113–584), H7387 [9SE]

Consideration of H.R. 3811, Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 455) (H. Rept. 113–322), H72 [8JA]

Consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 497) (H. Rept. 113–373), H2147 [4MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 515) (H. Rept. 113–379), H2360 [12MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 555) (H. Rept. 113–422), H3240 [28AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4486, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 557) (H. Rept. 113–426), H3291 [29AP]

Consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 766) (H. Rept. 113–643), H8272 [2DE]

Consideration of Motions To Suspend House Rules and Consider Certain Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 524) (H. Rept. 113–385), H2644 [25MR]

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 Recommendations for Development and Use of Clinical Data Registries for Improvement of Patient Care: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5214) (H. Rept. 113–683), H10333 [2JA]

Dept. of HHS Trauma Care Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4080) (H. Rept. 113–459), H4683 [20MY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2405), S4762 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS Traumatic Brain Injury and Trauma Research Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2539), S4762 [23JY]

Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5013) (H. Rept. 113–499), H5823 [30JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2499) (S. Rept. 113–195), S3863 [19JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Recouping of Certain Bonuses or Awards Paid to Departmental Employees: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 5094) (H. Rept. 113–672), H10317 [12DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans’ Services: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4486) (H. Rept. 113–416), H3239 [28AP]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 4486) (S. Rept. 113–174), S3293 [22MY]

Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4771) (H. Rept. 113–587), H7527 [15SE]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4771) (H. Rept. 113–587), H7527 [15SE]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3522) (H. Rept. 113–580), H7295 [8SE]

Ensure Requirement for Testing or Treatment of Airman or Air Traffic Controller for a Sleep Disorder Is Adopted Pursuant to a Rulemaking Proceeding: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3578) (H. Rept. 113–343), H1685 [6FE]

Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4709) (H. Rept. 113–605), H7881 [18SE]

Express That Current Ebola Outbreak in Africa Is an International Health Crisis: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 541), S5779 [18SE]

Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 864) (S. Rept. 113–142), S1923 [1AP]

Honor Flight Act: Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H.R. 4812) (H. Rept. 113–516), H5826 [3JY]

Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4299) (H. Rept. 113–565), H7038 [29JY]

——— Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4299) (H. Rept. 113–565), H7900 [19SE]

Improving Trauma Care Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3548) (H. Rept. 113–458), H4683 [20MY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2406), S4762 [23JY]

Medicare Enforcement Instruction Extension on Supervision Requirements for Outpatient Therapeutic Services in Critical Access and Small Rural Hospitals: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4067) (H. Rept. 113–582), H7387 [9SE]

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Benefit—Increasing Use and Access of Affordable Prescription Drugs: Committee on Aging (Senate, Special) (S. Rept. 113–306), S6626 [11DE]

Medicare Patient Access and Quality Improvement Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2810) (H. Rept. 113–257), H2483 [14MR]

Muscular Dystrophy Research Program Reauthorization and Extension: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 315), S4762 [23JY]

NIH Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers Reauthorization and Extension: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 594) (H. Rept. 113–556), H6813 [24JY]

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]

Omnibus Territories Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1237) (S. Rept. 113–146), S2238 [8AP]

Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 531), S4762 [23JY]

Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3979) (H. Rept. 113–360), H1937 [25FE]

Save American Workers Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2575) (H. Rept. 113–386), H2694 [26MR]

SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1871) (S. Rept. 113–135), S438 [16JA]

Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 669) (H. Rept. 113–557), H6813 [24JY]

Sunscreen Innovation Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4250) (H. Rept. 113–558), H6813 [24JY]

——— Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2141), S5697 [17SE]

Support Goals and Ideals of World AIDS Day: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 597), S6626 [11DE]

Support Goals and Ideals of World Malaria Day: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 426), S3183 [20MY]

Support Goals and Ideals of World Polio Day: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 270), S761 [4FE]

Support Role of the U.S. in Ensuring Children in Poor Countries Have Access to Vaccines and Immunization Through the GAVI Alliance (organization): Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 578), S6349 [4DE]

Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 4701) (H. Rept. 113–573), H7295 [8SE]

Traumatic Brain Injury and Trauma Research Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 1098) (H. Rept. 113–456), H4683 [20MY]

VA Construction Assistance Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 3593) (H. Rept. 113–586), H7527 [15SE]

Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3230) (H. Rept. 113–564), H6975 [28JY]

Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (House) (H.R. 4276) (H. Rept. 113–598), H7527 [15SE]

Water for the World Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 2946) (S. Rept. 113–286), S6388 [8DE]

Youth Sports Concussion Act: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1014), S6388 [8DE]

——— Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1014) (S. Rept. 113–310), S6788 [12DE]

Rulings of the Chair

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1443, H1445 [28JA]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3344, H3350, H3354 [30AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt emergency services volunteers from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3979), S2081 [2AP], S6738 [12DE]

Statements

Alzheimer’s Disease: Michael Ellenbogen, E1479 [19SE]

Clarify Treatment of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Health Plans in Which Expatriates Are the Primary Enrollees: Senators Wyden, Hatch, Harkin, Alexander, Sessions, Carper, Toomey, Coons, and Rubio, S6772 [12DE]

Ebola in West Africa—A Global Challenge and Public Health Threat: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S5689 [17SE]

Employee Health Care Protection Act: Executive Office of the President, H7416 [10SE]

Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act: Executive Office of the President, H3273 [29AP]

Jobs for America Act: Executive Office of the President, H7816 [18SE]

——— Public Citizen (organization), H7809 [18SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation Impact on Health Care, Coverage, Costs, and Accessibility, H7416 [10SE]

——— Justin Carter, C&C Fabrication Co., Inc., H2154 [5MR]

Responsible Spending Restraint and Reform—Response to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Committee on the Budget (House), H3033 [8AP]

Save American Workers Act: Executive Office of the President, H2825 [2AP]

Support Diabetes Awareness and Efforts To Find a Cure: Taryn Wilcox, E143 [29JA]

Studies

Atmospheric Environment—Air Quality in the Industrial Heartland of Alberta, Canada and Potential Impacts on Human Health: Several Individuals, University of California, Irvine and University of Michigan, S6035–S6038 [18NO]

Summaries

Protecting Social Security Disability Act (S. 3003), S6628–S6630 [11DE]

Senate Republican Omnibus Alternative to Unemployment Benefits Extension, S2175 [7AP]

Tables

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3310–H3313 [30AP]

Mandatory outlays in CBO’s baseline (2014–2024), H2798 [1AP]

Mandatory outlays since 2004, H2799 [1AP]

Testimonies

VA Construction Assistance Act: Stella S. Fiotes, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H7584 [16SE]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 81, corrections in enrollment of S. 25, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, H1759 [11FE]

H. Con. Res. 111, corrections in enrollment of H.R. 3230, Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act, H7087 [30JY]

H. Con. Res. 121, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8652 [4DE]

H. Con. Res. 123, correction in enrollment of H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8998 [10DE]

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act, H87 [9JA]

H. Res. 455, consideration of H.R. 3811, Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, H87 [9JA]

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. 497, consideration of H.R. 3826, Electricity Security and Affordability Act and H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2160 [5MR]

H. Res. 515, consideration of H.R. 3189, Water Rights Protection Act, H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, and clarify House proceedings and actions during March district work period, H2374 [13MR]

H. Res. 524, consideration of H.R. 1459, Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act and consideration of motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, H2660 [26MR]

H. Res. 530, consideration of H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act, H2813 [2AP]

H. Res. 555, consideration of H.R. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act, H3261 [29AP]

H. Res. 557, consideration of H.R. 4486, Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services, H3301 [30AP]

H. Res. 717, consideration of H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7402 [10SE]

H. Res. 727, consideration of H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act, H7684 [18SE]

H. Res. 766, consideration of H.R. 5771, Tax Increase Prevention Act and H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, H8305 [3DE]

H. Res. 770, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H8369 [4DE]

H.R. 4, Jobs for America Act, H7773–H7807 [18SE]

H.R. 7, No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H1459 [28JA]

H.R. 594, NIH Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Centers reauthorization and extension, H6933 [28JY]

H.R. 647, Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act, H8312–H8317 [3DE]

H.R. 669, Sudden Unexpected Death Data Enhancement and Awareness Act, H7341 [9SE], H8345 [3DE]

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. 1791, Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act, H1518 [3FE]

H.R. 1814, Equitable Access to Care and Health (EACH) Act, H2273 [11MR]

H.R. 2527, Dept. of Veterans Affairs provision of veterans with counseling and treatment for sexual trauma that occurred during inactive duty training, H4861 [28MY]

H.R. 2575, Save American Workers Act, H2821 [2AP]

H.R. 2866, Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, H7506 [15SE]

H.R. 2901, Water for the World Act, H8848–H8854 [8DE]

H.R. 3043, Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act, H7599 [16SE]

H.R. 3230, Veterans’ Access to Care Through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act, S3565–S3575 [11JN]

H.R. 3362, Exchange Information Disclosure Act, H1219 [16JA]

H.R. 3474, Hire More Heroes Act, H2276 [11MR]

H.R. 3522, Employee Health Care Protection Act, H7413 [10SE]

H.R. 3548, Improving Trauma Care Act, H5695 [24JN]

H.R. 3578, ensure any requirement providing for screening, testing, or treatment of an airman or air traffic controller for a sleep disorder is adopted pursuant to a rulemaking proceeding, H1744 [11FE]

H.R. 3593, VA Construction Assistance Act, H7581 [16SE]

H.R. 3682, Lyle C. Pearson Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mankato, MN, H5387 [17JN]

H.R. 3811, Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, H139 [10JA]

H.R. 3979, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S2176–S2178 [7AP]

H.R. 3979, Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, H2278 [11MR]

H.R. 4015, SGR Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act, H2439–H2457 [14MR]

H.R. 4067, Medicare enforcement instruction extension on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals, H7339 [9SE]

H.R. 4080, Dept. of HHS trauma care programs reauthorization, H5693 [24JN]

H.R. 4118, Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act, H2168 [5MR]

H.R. 4250, Sunscreen Innovation Act, H6928–H6930 [28JY]

H.R. 4261, Gulf War Health Research Reform Act, H4863–H4865 [28MY]

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. 4414, Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act, H3067 [9AP], H3266 [29AP]

H.R. 4701, Tick-Borne Disease Research Accountability and Transparency Act, H7344 [9SE]

H.R. 4709, Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, H7004 [29JY]

H.R. 4771, Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act, H7459 [15SE]

H.R. 4810, Veteran Access to Care Act, H5196 [10JN]

H.R. 4812, Honor Flight Act, H6610 [22JY]

H.R. 4994, Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act, H7605–H7610 [16SE]

H.R. 5059, Suicide Prevention for American Veterans (SAV) Act, H8899–H8901 [9DE]

H.R. 5185, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer reauthorization, H8889 [9DE]

H.R. 5544, Low-Dose Radiation Research Act, H8011 [17NO]

S. 25, South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act, S934 [12FE], H1739 [11FE]

S. 1104, Assessing Progress in Haiti Act, S4434 [10JY], H6838 [25JY]

S. 1237, Omnibus Territories Act, S3822 [18JN]

S. 1417, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act, S605–S607 [29JA]

S. 1474, Alaska Safe Families and Villages Act, S6414–S6416 [9DE]

S. 1932, Better Care, Lower Cost Act, S374–S379 [15JA]

S. 1954, extend the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals under Medicare, S855 [10FE]

S. 2036, Keeping All Students Safe Act, S1004–S1007 [24FE]

S. 2115, American Cures Act, S1586 [12MR]

S. 2141, Sunscreen Innovation Act, S5715–S5720 [17SE], H7959–H7964 [13NO]

S. 2154, Dept. of HHS Emergency Medical Services for Children Program reauthorization, H7461 [15SE]

S. 2243, Military and Veteran Caregiver Services Improvement Act, S2383–S2386 [10AP]

S. 2422, Ensuring Veterans Access to Care Act, S3370–S3379 [3JN]

S. 2515, Community Integration Act, S3940 [24JN]

S. 2539, traumatic brain injury and trauma research programs reauthorization, S5643 [16SE], H7964 [13NO]

S. 2540, Patriot Employer Tax Credit Act, S4156–S4158 [26JN]

S. 2581, Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, S4406 [10JY]

S. 2629, Preventive Care Coverage Notification Act, S4622 [17JY]

S. 2686, Wounded Warrior Tax Equity Act, S5137 [30JY]

S. 2722, Protecting Our Infants Act, S5221 [31JY]

S. 2785, Safe and Secure Drinking Water Protection Act, S6607 [11DE]

S. 2888, Exercise and Fitness For All Act, S5792 [18SE]

S. 2917, Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review Voucher Program Act, S6271 [2DE], H8344 [3DE]

S. 2946, Water for the World Act, S6154–S6157 [19NO]

S. Con. Res. 31, National Blood Donor Month, S604, S607 [29JA]

S. Con. Res. 42, recognize caregiving as a profession and the extraordinary contributions of paid and family caregivers, S5235 [31JY]

S. Res. 270, support goals and ideals of World Polio Day, S833 [6FE]

S. Res. 314, support goals and ideals of World AIDS Day, S3044 [14MY]

S. Res. 330, ‘‘Smoking and Health—Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the U.S.’’ anniversary, S292 [13JA]

S. Res. 336, National Asbestos Awareness Week, S449 [16JA]

S. Res. 339, Mayo Clinic anniversary, S490 [27JA]

S. Res. 350, National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care, S825 [6FE], S964 [12FE]

S. Res. 353, National Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month, S896 [11FE]

S. Res. 366, support goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week, S1238 [27FE]

S. Res. 368, Rare Disease Day, S1238 [27FE]

S. Res. 372, support goals and ideals of Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights, S1323 [5MR]

S. Res. 373, recognize importance of biosecurity and agro-defense, S1324 [5MR]

S. Res. 379, tribute to Pennsylvania State University IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon (THON) to raise money for the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital Four Diamonds Fund, S1521 [11MR]

S. Res. 389, National Youth Synthetic Drug Awareness Week, S1664 [13MR]

S. Res. 390, World Plumbing Day, S1664 [13MR]

S. Res. 393, support goals of World Tuberculosis Day and commend progress made by, and reaffirm commitment to, anti-tuberculosis programs, S1694 [24MR]

S. Res. 396, National Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day, S1733 [25MR]

S. Res. 408, Parkinson’s Awareness Month, S1937 [1AP]

S. Res. 414, National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month, S2200 [7AP]

S. Res. 415, support goals and ideals of National Public Health Week, S2201 [7AP]

S. Res. 417, designate a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program, S2241 [8AP]

S. Res. 420, Naturopathic Medicine Week, S2386 [10AP]

S. Res. 425, support goals and ideals of National Donate Life Month, S2473 [29AP]

S. Res. 426, support goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, S2473 [29AP]

S. Res. 428, support goals and ideals of National Minority Health Month, S2475 [29AP]

S. Res. 430, Silver Star Service Banner Day, S2567 [30AP]

S. Res. 441, National Physical Education and Sport Week, S2878 [8MY]

S. Res. 445, National Cancer Research Month, S3032 [14MY]

S. Res. 450, Kids to Parks Day, S3079 [15MY]

S. Res. 454, 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, S3242 [21MY]

S. Res. 459, National Pediatric Stroke Awareness Month, S3301 [22MY]

S. Res. 464, National Aphasia Awareness Month, S3381 [3JN]

S. Res. 466, National Drug Take-Back Week and National Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse Awareness Month, S3382 [3JN]

S. Res. 473, National Men’s Health Week anniversary, S3670 [12JN]

S. Res. 481, National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month, S3899 [23JN]

S. Res. 489, support goals and ideals of Growth Awareness Week, S4165 [26JN], S4845 [23JY]

S. Res. 495, Summer Meals Awareness Month, S4225 [7JY]

S. Res. 509, tribute to Matthew J.T. Stepanek, S4663 [21JY]

S. Res. 514, National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week, S4770 [23JY]

S. Res. 515, International Self-Care Day, S4771 [23JY]

S. Res. 518, National Case Management Week, S4908 [24JY]

S. Res. 533, National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month, S5235 [31JY]

S. Res. 536, National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, S5326 [1AU]

S. Res. 541, express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis, S5512 [10SE], S5879 [18SE]

S. Res. 542, support goals and ideals of National Save for Retirement Week, S5565 [11SE]

S. Res. 555, National Health Information Technology Week, S5704 [17SE]

S. Res. 568, National Sepsis Awareness Month, S5798 [18SE]

S. Res. 569, National Falls Prevention Awareness Day, S5798 [18SE]

S. Res. 575, National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, S5800 [18SE]

S. Res. 578, support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization), S5995 [13NO]

S. Res. 585, National Phenylketonuria Awareness Day, S6209 [20NO]

S. Res. 588, recognize that access to hospitals and other health care providers for patients in rural areas is essential to the survival and success of communities, S6211 [20NO]

S. Res. 597, support goals and ideals of World AIDS Day, S6542 [10DE]

S.J. Res. 35, disapprove IRS rule relative to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act individual mandate, S1831 [27MR]