HOLT, RUSH (a Representative from New Jersey)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5465, H5466 [18JN]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (H.R. 6), H5743 [25JN]

Endangered Species Act: require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), H7018 [29JY]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4487), H3386 [1MY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4892, H4911 [28MY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1581 [4FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Discovery Trail: designate (see H.R. 3022), H2854 [2AP]

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

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (see H.R. 2066), H6815 [24JY]

Animals: disapprove use of gas chambers to euthanize shelter animals and support State laws requiring the use of drugs for euthanasia by animal shelters (see H. Res. 208), H6860 [25JY]

Armed Forces: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H1431 [27JA]

——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1333), H2485 [14MR]

——— make determination on enlistment of aliens possessing employment authorization document issued under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (see H. Res. 685), H6814 [24JY]

——— remove from Iraq, except for Armed Forces required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel (see H. Con. Res. 105), H6657 [22JY]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see H.R. 3852), H3144 [9AP]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3790), H1545 [3FE]

BLM: adjust minimum bids and annual rentals for oil and gas and tar sands leases to reflect inflation (see H.R. 3859), H183 [13JA]

Burma: call for an end to the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect of internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups (see H. Res. 418), H2362 [12MR]

——— place conditions on assistance relative to human rights (see H.R. 4377), H6107 [10JY]

Catholic Schools Week: recognize goals and honor contributions of Catholic schools (see H. Res. 461), H1241 [16JA]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see H.R. 4707), H4784 [21MY]

——— reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see H.R. 5185), H7129 [30JY]

CERCLA: provide for use of funds in the Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 3870), H223 [14JA]

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

——— revise and extend programs to support planning, implementation, and evaluation of organized activities involving statewide youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategies (see H.R. 2734), H73 [8JA]

CIA: prohibit use of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to carry out a weapons strike or other lethal action and transfer authority to conduct such strikes to the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4036), H2303 [11MR]

Climate: cap emissions of greenhouse gases through requirement to purchase carbon permits and distribute proceeds of such purchases to eligible individuals (see H.R. 5271), H7125 [30JY]

——— provide communities with tools to respond to extreme weather and implement a strategy to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources on which tourism and recreation jobs and local economies depend (see H.R. 5065), H6816 [24JY]

Colleges and universities: require notification of students about whether student housing facilities are equipped with fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 4675), H7434 [10SE]

Commission on Americans Living Abroad: establish (see H.R. 597), H2434 [13MR]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 4148), H2435 [13MR]

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

Credit: exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that had been in collection and has been fully paid or settled (see H.R. 1767), H6137 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 5242), H7389 [9SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 5012), H7389 [9SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 1783), H7455 [11SE]

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H7939 [12NO]

Dept. of Defense: consolidate executive authority on use of armed unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) (see H.R. 5091), H6135 [11JY]

——— establish centers of excellence in prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and rehabilitation of health conditions relating to exposure to open-air burn pits (see H.R. 2510), H2991 [7AP]

——— limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 5478), H7677 [17SE]

——— require payment of full amount of separation pay otherwise due to former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 5009), H5827 [3JY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H3446 [6MY] (see H.R. 4622), H6137 [11JY]

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

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (see H.R. 2706), H7619 [16SE]

——— establish grants to support evidence-based social and emotional learning programming (see H.R. 1875), H4685 [20MY]

——— establish the Honorable Stephanie Tubbs Jones Fire Suppression Demonstration Incentive Program to promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing and dormitories (see H.R. 1437), H7455 [11SE]

——— improve 21st Century Community Learning Centers (see H.R. 4086), H5187 [9JN]

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H2361 [12MR]

——— improve teacher and principal effectiveness by investing in evidence-based best practices in training, evaluation, and support (see H.R. 4269), H2746 [27MR]

——— integrate engineering education into elementary and secondary instruction and curriculum and support research on engineering education (see H.R. 2426), H7676 [17SE]

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

——— promote innovative education practices, help educational agencies ensure high-quality English proficiency instruction, and provide college and career knowledge to English learners (see H.R. 5219), H7297 [8SE]

——— provide for State accountability in provision of access to core resources for learning (see H.R. 5001), H7455 [11SE]

——— provide for temporary emergency Impact Aid Program funds for local educational agencies (see H.R. 5611), H8669 [4DE]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage female students to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4515), H4017 [8MY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H7979 [13NO]

——— recruit, prepare, and support principals through capacity-building measures that will improve student academic achievement in high-need schools (see H.R. 1736), H2434 [13MR]

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

——— establish Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance to promote the energy retrofitting of schools (see H.R. 4092), H2000 [26FE]

Dept. of HHS: improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H6352 [16JY]

——— provide for a national public outreach and education campaign to raise public awareness of women’s preventive health (see H.R. 2457), H6352 [16JY]

——— 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), H4830 [22MY]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H5640 [23JN]

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

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 628), H2485 [14MR]

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 H.R. 5751), H8226 [1DE]

——— extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (see H.R. 4163), H2362 [12MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the 1657 signing of the Flushing Remonstrance in Queens, NY (see H.R. 3222), H2435 [13MR]

——— conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H3199 [10AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 2146), H2746 [27MR]

Dept. of Transportation: carry out transit accessibility innovation program (see H.R. 5621), H7885 [18SE]

——— establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H6217 [14JY]

——— set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H1432 [27JA]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify qualifications of hearing aid specialists (see H.R. 3508), H2962 [4AP]

——— clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H1593 [4FE]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H1592 [4FE]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 3398), H5769 [25JN]

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

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 292), H7188 [31JY]

Education: call on schools and State and local educational agencies to recognize that dyslexia has significant educational implications that must be addressed (see H. Res. 456), H1939 [25FE]

——— provide support for elementary and secondary teacher professional development programs in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 3243), H73 [8JA]

——— recognize importance of conducting research, education, and awareness of dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities and commend organizations dedicated to such causes (see H. Res. 623), H5830 [7JY]

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

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

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

——— clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims (see H.R. 2852), H7455 [11SE]

EPA: prohibit certain exports of electronic waste (see H.R. 2791), H5877 [8JY]

——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H73 [8JA]

Eximbank: prohibit from providing financial support for certain high carbon intensity energy projects (see H.R. 4768), H5022 [29MY]

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

Fab Foundation: provide a Federal charter for the National Fab Lab Network, a network of digital fabrication facilities providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools (see H.R. 1289), H1515 [31JA]

Families and domestic relations: prohibit discrimination in adoption or foster care placements based on sexual orientation, gender identification, or marital status of any prospective parent or the child involved (see H.R. 2028), H2001 [26FE]

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), H6297 [15JY]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit requirement that private entities design or alter their commercial information technology products to facilitate Government surveillance (see H.R. 5800), H8668 [4DE]

FEMA: designate New Jersey Task Force 1 as part of National Urban Search and Rescue System (see H.R. 2103), H6815 [24JY]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H6137 [11JY]

——— ensure that customers can immediately close accounts at insured depository institutions on demand and without cost, and that consumers receive any balance in accounts immediately (see H.R. 3137), H1719 [10FE]

Financial literacy: encourage greater public-private sector collaboration to promote for students and young adults (see H. Res. 721), H7454 [11SE]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 4325), H5769 [25JN] (see H.R. 5010), H6297 [15JY]

Hate Crime Statistics Act: include crimes against the homeless (see H.R. 1136), H163 [10JA]

Health: provide for human stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 2433), H6746 [23JY]

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 5186), H7190 [31JY]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5187 [9JN]

Immigration: establish legal orientation programs at immigration detention facilities to inform detainees of their legal rights (see H.R. 3914), H1241 [16JA]

——— provide for admission to the U.S. of certain Tibetans (see H.R. 2080), H20 [7JA]

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

India: praise religious diversity and commitment to tolerance and equality, and reaffirm need to protect the rights and freedoms of religious minorities (see H. Res. 417), H3144 [9AP]

Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see H.R. 5051), H6108 [10JY]

Intelligence services: require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government (see H.R. 3855), H1481 [28JA]

Iran: ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the U.S. (see H.R. 3707), H3199 [10AP]

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

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

Medicaid: encourage adoption and use of certified electronic health record technology by safety net providers and clinics (see H.R. 2676), H7939 [12NO]

Medicare: modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H7434 [10SE]

——— prevent abusive billing of ancillary services (see H.R. 2914), H5769 [25JN]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H3058 [8AP]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H2435 [13MR]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H5877 [8JY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H5725 [24JN]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 5644), H7940 [12NO]

——— reduce incidence of diabetes among beneficiaries (see H.R. 962), H6352 [16JY]

——— reduce occurrence of diabetes in beneficiaries by extending coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to beneficiaries with pre-diabetes or with risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes (see H.R. 1257), H3448 [6MY]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4209), H2435 [13MR]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H6815 [24JY]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 3717), H7389 [9SE]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5830 [7JY]

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), H7389 [9SE]

National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week: designate (see H. Res. 743), H7887 [18SE]

National discovery trails: establish (see H.R. 3022), H2854 [2AP]

National Emergency Medical Services Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia and its environs (see H.R. 4690), H5820 [26JN]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H1771 [11FE]

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

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

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

National Mentoring Month: observance (see H. Res. 462), H1241 [16JA]

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

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 471), H1544 [3FE]

National Teacher Day: observance (see H. Res. 571), H3446 [6MY]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H3409 [1MY]

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

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3409 [1MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H4686 [20MY]

NOAA: establish Climate Change Education Program (see H.R. 4461), H4017 [8MY]

Oak Creek, WI: recognize anniversary and condemn shootings at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and express condolences to victims’ families and friends and gratitude to responders to the shootings (see H. Res. 698), H7126 [30JY]

Peace Corps: allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones (see H.R. 1573), H2302 [11MR]

——— subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H6746 [23JY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2854 [2AP]

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

Postal Service: improve fuel efficiency by replacing motor vehicle fleet with modern, efficient vehicles (see H.R. 3963), H6816 [24JY]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 631), H5598 [20JN]

Power resources: promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4426), H3057 [8AP]

Presidential Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: establish (see H.R. 5743), H8132 [19NO]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

Public debt: provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see H.R. 3372), H73 [8JA]

——— provide for an orderly process by which the debt ceiling is increased by permitting the Dept. of the Treasury to increase the debt ceiling unless blocked by a supermajority of Congress (see H.R. 233), H72 [8JA]

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

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 3040), H1592 [4FE]

Religion: condemn anti-Semitism and comparison of Israel to Nazis perpetrating the Holocaust and reject attempts to justify anti-Jewish hatred as an acceptable disapproval of political events in the Middle East (see H. Res. 707), H7456 [11SE]

San Gabriel National Recreation Area: establish as a unit of the National Park System in California (see H.R. 4858), H7455 [11SE]

Science: provide for investment in innovation through research and development and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 4159), H3365 [30AP]

Sikhism: honor celebration of Vaisakhi (see H. Res. 550), H3196 [10AP]

Social Security: eliminate abstinence-only education program from the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (see H.R. 3774), H1246 [17JA]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H7434 [10SE]

——— 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), H8133 [19NO]

Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing (see H.R. 2012), H2486 [14MR]

SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see H.R. 4664), H5187 [9JN]

——— establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H1687 [6FE]

Taxation: expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H7297 [8SE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H2199 [5MR]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H7389 [9SE]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 184), H1592 [4FE]

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

——— provide work opportunity credit for hiring veterans in field of renewable energy (see H.R. 5494), H7980 [13NO]

——— treat automatic fire sprinkler system retrofits under certain deduction guidelines and as 15-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 5622), H7885 [18SE]

Tibet: promote access for U.S. officials, journalists, and citizens to Tibetan areas of China (see H.R. 4851), H5641 [23JN]

Transportation: ensure that all transportation system users can travel safely and conveniently on and across federally funded streets and highways (see H.R. 2468), H6297 [15JY]

——— prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 4440), H7389 [9SE]

Ukraine: condemn violation of sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity by Russian forces and call for international response opposing Russia’s actions and in support of Ukrainian Government (see H. Res. 499), H2198 [5MR]

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

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7677 [17SE]

Voting: provide employees with paid leave in order to vote in Federal elections (see H.R. 2350), H7434 [10SE]

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H1687 [6FE]

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

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H8033 [17NO]

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H6977 [28JY]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H2002 [26FE]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [27MR]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H6860 [25JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H2362 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

American Association for the Advancement of Science: recognize anniversary of Science and Technology Policy Fellowship program and reaffirm commitment to support science in governmental decisionmaking (see H. Con. Res. 76), H1241 [16JA]

Darwin Day: designate (see H. Res. 467), H1511 [29JA]

Dept. of Education: establish a Master Teacher Corps program (see H.R. 5704), H7979 [13NO]

New Jersey: anniversary of founding (see H. Res. 624), H5363 [12JN]

Sri Lanka: support internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation, address allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater media freedom and humanitarian organization access (see H. Res. 587), H4475 [19MY]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5741), H8132 [19NO]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Education: establish a Master Teacher Corps program (H.R. 5704), H7979 [13NO]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (H.R. 5741), H8133 [19NO]

Letters

Secret Science Reform Act: Joseph R. Haywood, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, H8093 [19NO]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H1469• [28JA]

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

Adams Memorial Foundation, Inc.: extend legislative authority to establish a commemorative work in honor of John Adams and his legacy (H.R. 3802), H6619, H6620 [22JY]

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, E149• [31JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), H5283 [11JN]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H450• [15JA]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H7656• [17SE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (H.R. 139), E1474• [19SE]

Armed Forces: prohibit funding for authorization of military force against Iraq, H5527 [19JN]

——— remove from Iraq, except for Armed Forces required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel (H. Con. Res. 105), H6823 [25JY]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (H.R. 1630), E1474• [19SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3120 [9AP]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within the Northport Irrigation District in Nebraska (H.R. 4562), H6613 [22JY]

Climate: global warming, H27 [8JA]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), H7966 [13NO]

——— Office of Technology Assessment funding through reductions in House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, H3386, H3387 [1MY]

——— provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), H7098• [30JY]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H3120 [9AP]

Congressional Research Service: anniversary, E1174• [16JY]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (H.R. 4225), E833• [23MY]

——— use of mandatory minimum penalties for certain crimes, E833• [23MY]

Cyprus: anniversary of Turkish occupation, E1168• [16JY]

——— support reunification agreement, E1168• [16JY]

Darwin Day: designate (H. Res. 467), H1760 [11FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish waiver process for school districts that find new school nutrition standards too expensive, H5283 [11JN]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, E149• [31JA]

Dept. of Defense: Israel Iron Dome anti-missile defense system funding, E1327• [1AU]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4870), H5465, H5466, H5467 [18JN], H5527, H5540, H5546• [19JN], E1048• [23JN], E1231• [24JY]

——— prohibit funding for intelligence community to subvert or interfere with the integrity of any cryptographic standard that is proposed, developed, or adopted by NIST, H5540 [19JN], E1048• [23JN]

——— prohibit funding to gather foreign intelligence information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act using U.S. person identifiers, H5546• [19JN], E1048• [23JN]

——— study links between financial stress and suicide, H5465 [18JN], E1231• [24JY]

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

——— simplify and streamline information on institutions of higher education made publicly available (H.R. 4983), H6683 [23JY]

——— strengthen Federal education research system to make research and evaluations more timely and relevant to State and local needs in order to increase student achievement (H.R. 4366), H4001• [8MY]

Dept. of Energy: develop a new process for determining whether applications to export natural gas are in the public interest, H5744, H5745 [25JN]

——— develop a new process for determining whether applications to export natural gas are in the public interest (H.R. 1189), H4716 [21MY]

——— expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (H.R. 6), H5743, H5744, H5745 [25JN]

——— making continuing appropriations for the National Nuclear Security Administration (H.J. Res. 76), Senate amendments, E1327• [1AU]

——— require a deadline for decisions on applications to export natural gas, H5743 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the 1657 signing of the Flushing Remonstrance in Queens, NY (H.R. 3222), H7495• [15SE]

——— development of domestic offshore oil and gas leasing program relative to impact on climate change, H6755 [24JY]

——— extend water contract between the U.S. and the East Bench Irrigation District (H.R. 4508), H6612 [22JY]

——— incorporate surface mining stream buffer zone rule into State programs (H.R. 2824), H2622, H2624, H2626, H2627, H2628 [25MR]

——— promote authority to consider climate change when making decisions related to recreation and conservation on public lands, H1581, H1582 [4FE]

——— reform and enhance Outer Continental Shelf energy leasing programs, provide equitable revenue sharing for coastal States, and reorganize the Minerals Management Service, H5756• [25JN]

——— streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development, H5756• [25JN]

Dept. of Transportation: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration funding, E977• [12JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: investigate delays in medical care and clandestine wait lists for veterans appointments at VA medical facilities, E834• [23MY]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (H.R. 4031), E834• [23MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), consideration (H. Res. 557), H3305 [30AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: mental health outreach and suicide prevention programs funding, H3305 [30AP]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), E977• [12JN]

Election Assistance Commission: funding, E1165• [16JY]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (H.R. 803), Senate amendments, H5968 [9JY]

Endangered Species Act: prohibit automatically defining all data submitted by State, county, or tribal governments as the ‘‘best scientific and commercial data available’’, H7018, H7019 [29JY]

——— require publication on the Internet of the basis for determinations that species are endangered species or threatened species (H.R. 4315), H7015•, H7018, H7019 [29JY]

EPA: prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (H.R. 4012), H8092, H8093 [19NO]

——— proposed rule to establish carbon pollution (greenhouse gas) emission guidelines for existing fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units, H5028 [30MY]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (H.R. 1422), H8056 [18NO]

FAA: extend authority to provide third-party liability indemnification to space launch services companies (H.R. 3547), Senate amendments, H450• [15JA]

FEMA: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (H.R. 3370), E319• [6MR]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), E1165•, E1172• [16JY]

FRS: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau funding, E1172• [16JY]

Hightstown, NJ: anniversary of Peddie School, E1162• [15JY]

House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H9041 [10DE]

——— legislative priorities, H7098• [30JY]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), E1328• [1AU]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), E1328• [1AU]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (H.R. 938), H2115• [4MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: anniversary, E1474• [19SE]

——— reauthorize, E1474• [19SE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4487), H3386, H3387 [1MY]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 4015), H2466• [14MR]

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]

National Academy of Engineering: anniversary, E1721• [3DE]

Native Americans: ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (H.R. 3716), H6615 [22JY]

New Jersey: anniversary of founding, H5313 [11JN]

——— tribute to Special Olympics USA Games participants, E1033• [20JN]

NOAA: climate research funding, H4879, H4892 [28MY]

——— Integrated Ocean Acidification research program funding, H4896 [28MY]

NSF: funding, H4959 [29MY]

Office of the Director of National Intelligence: intelligence community whistleblowing and source protection directorate funding, H5466, H5467 [18JN], E1048• [23JN]

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park: adjust boundaries to include Hinchliffe Stadium (H.R. 2430), H6616, H6619 [22JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate, H2466• [14MR]

Power resources: increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5756• [25JN]

Princeton, NJ: anniversary of Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, E296• [4MR]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (H.R. 3361), H4798 [22MY], H5546• [19JN], E835• [23MY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1944), E262• [27FE]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), E1185• [17JY]

Schools: infrastructure funding, H2014 [27FE]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4879, H4892, H4896 [28MY], H4959 [29MY]

Sports: protect and enhance opportunities for recreational fishing, hunting, and shooting (H.R. 3590), H1581, H1582 [4FE]

Syria: authorize assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment to appropriately vetted Syrian groups to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H7656• [17SE]

Taxation: consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), E1227• [24JY]

——— improve the child tax credit (H.R. 4935), E1227• [24JY]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 4719), H6375• [17JY]

——— simplify and make permanent the research credit (H.R. 4438), E729• [9MY]

Ukraine: condemn violation of sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity by Russian forces and call for international response opposing Russia’s actions and in support of Ukrainian Government (H. Res. 499), E361• [12MR]

Votes: position on missed, H4715• [21MY], E436• [25MR], E1669• [1DE]

Wilderness Act: anniversary, E1474• [19SE]

Workforce Investment Act: integrate public libraries into State and local workforce investment boards, H5968 [9JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H3305 [30AP], H9040 [10DE], E1829 [12DE]

Tributes

Cantu, Peter A., E746• [13MY]

Chebli, Hamad, H7946 [13NO]

Dingell, Representative, H8918• [9DE]

Goodman, George (Jerry), E687• [6MY]

McCloskey, James C., E1222• [24JY]

Miller, Representative George, H9034 [10DE]

Scheide, William, E1752• [8DE]

Schnitzer, Tammie, E1429• [17SE]

Silver, Howard, E1715• [3DE]

Waxman, Representative, H9034 [10DE]