NORTON, ELEANOR HOLMES (a Delegate from the District of Columbia)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5174 [9JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

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

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H1772 [11FE]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H7996 [14NO]

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), H2099 [28FE]

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

Animals: designate the North American bison as the national mammal of the U.S. (see H.R. 3400), H5826 [3JY]

——— restrict use of exotic and nondomesticated animals in traveling circuses and exhibitions (see H.R. 4525), H4911 [28MY]

Armed Forces: add a definition of spouse for purposes of military personnel policies and military and veterans benefits that recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 3569), H5640 [23JN]

——— afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2841), H1938 [25FE]

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

——— extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H4830 [22MY]

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

——— prohibit discrimination on the basis of military service (see H.R. 2654), H6036 [9JY]

——— provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE (see H.R. 4630), H5073 [5JN]

——— require mental health assessments before enlistment or commissioning as an officer (see H.R. 4305), H3242 [28AP]

ATF: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see H.R. 4946), H7996 [14NO]

Bankruptcy: dispense with requirement of providing assurance of payment for utility services under certain circumstances (see H.R. 5132), H6397 [17JY]

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

Buffalo Soldiers: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 85), H1880 [21FE]

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), H2611 [24MR]

Business and industry: establish a fund consisting of donations from private industry to provide financial support for unemployed individuals to obtain information technology certifications (see H.R. 4932), H5597 [20JN]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 3741), H1481 [28JA]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for Greater Washington Soap Box Derby (see H. Con. Res. 88), H1937 [25FE]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 610), H5064 [30MY]

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]

Children and youth: allow State child protective services systems to better serve the needs of children who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 4636), H4831 [22MY]

——— enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 5081), H6580 [18JY]

——— improve response to missing children and victims of child sex trafficking through updating law enforcement records and improving coordination with child welfare systems (see H.R. 3905), H1939 [25FE]

——— improve response to victims of child sex trafficking (see H.R. 5111), H6400 [17JY]

——— promote minimum State requirements for prevention and treatment of concussions caused by participation in school sports (see H.R. 3532), H21 [7JA]

——— 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), H6137 [11JY]

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

——— require reporting of bullying to appropriate authorities and assist with equal protection claims against entities who fail to respond appropriately to bullying (see H.R. 4756), H5320 [11JN]

Civil rights: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner and the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H7454 [11SE]

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), H6105 [10JY]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H3365 [30AP]

Colleges and universities: require notification of students about whether student housing facilities are equipped with fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 4675), H4475 [19MY]

Correctional institutions: develop and implement national standards for the use of solitary confinement in prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities (see H.R. 4618), H4015 [8MY]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 4148), H2303 [11MR]

——— prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads (see H.R. 4895), H5598 [20JN]

Courts: 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 H.R. 4361), H6400 [17JY]

CPSC: 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), H5824 [30JN]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H7129 [30JY]

——— establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4643), H4058 [9MY]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H7456 [11SE]

——— provide for a grant program to prevent gun-related domestic violence homicides (see H.R. 3566), H5399 [17JN]

Darwin Day: designate (see H. Res. 467), H1660 [5FE]

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]

——— provide incentives for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participating households to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 4904), H6036 [9JY]

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), H5399 [17JN]

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

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

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 4107), H2064 [27FE]

——— 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), H6108 [10JY]

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

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

——— award grants for support of full-service community schools (see H.R. 5168), H6744 [23JY]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 5269), H7125 [30JY]

——— 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), H2915 [3AP]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4902), H5556 [19JN]

——— make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 4826), H5495 [18JN]

——— 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), H7893 [18SE]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H20 [7JA]

Dept. of Energy: establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program (see H.R. 4162), H2303 [11MR]

——— establish and carry out a comprehensive program to improve education and training for energy-related jobs to increase the number of minorities and women in the workforce (see H.R. 4526), H5065 [30MY]

——— 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), H2258 [6MR]

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

——— designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H6297 [15JY]

——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H4060 [9MY]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H4064 [13MY]

——— increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H5817 [26JN]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H7128 [30JY]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H4476 [19MY]

——— 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 Administration on Aging Lifespan Respite Care Program (see H.R. 4683), H4911 [28MY]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H4476 [19MY]

——— 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), H5641 [23JN]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see H.R. 3723), H4476 [19MY]

——— 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 HUD: discount FHA single-family mortgage insurance premium payments for first-time homebuyers who complete financial literacy housing counseling program (see H.R. 4462), H5820 [26JN]

——— establish program enabling communities to address health, economic development, and conservation concerns through needed investments in parks, recreational areas, facilities, and programs (see H.R. 2424), H2696 [26MR]

——— support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H7389 [9SE]

Dept. of Justice: acquire data about sexual offenses that occur aboard aircraft (see H.R. 4404), H6107 [10JY]

——— appoint counsel for unaccompanied alien children and aliens with serious mental disabilities (see H.R. 4936), H6108 [10JY]

——— extend authorization of Bulletproof Vest Partnership (see H.R. 988), H6036 [9JY]

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

——— provide death benefits for campus police officers (see H.R. 2235), H2258 [6MR]

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

Dept. of Labor: address the skills gap by providing recommendations to increase on-the-job training and apprenticeship opportunities and employer participation in education and workforce training (see H.R. 4541), H3407 [1MY]

——— establish a scholarship program for dislocated workers or unemployed individuals transitioning into manufacturing employment (see H.R. 4824), H7676 [17SE]

——— establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 4629), H4064 [13MY]

——— establish the Small Business Liaison Pilot Program (see H.R. 954), H7128 [30JY]

——— include programs that teach technology literacy in any job training program for ex-offenders offered under the Workforce Investment Act (see H.R. 4548), H3407 [1MY]

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

——— prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see H.R. 5327), H7181 [31JY]

——— promote greater development of registered apprenticeship programs (see H.R. 5533), H7882 [18SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H2362 [12MR]

——— identify and declare wildlife disease emergencies and coordinate rapid response to these emergencies (see H.R. 5156), H6860 [25JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 1945), H2302 [11MR] (see H.R. 2146), H3144 [9AP]

Dept. of Transportation: allow advertisements and solicitations for passenger air transportation to state the base airfare of the transportation (see H.R. 4156), H2303 [11MR]

——— establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H1773 [11FE]

——— establish and implement a fatigue management plan for railroads (see H.R. 4576), H4476 [19MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs (see H.R. 5762), H9305 [11DE]

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

——— carry out pilot program to reduce shortage of psychiatrists in Veterans Health Administration by offering competitive employment incentives to certain psychiatrists (see H.R. 4234), H2645 [25MR]

——— clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran and ensure that substituted claims are processed timely (see H.R. 4335), H4476 [19MY]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 4816), H5250 [10JN]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 4999), H5817 [26JN]

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (see H.R. 4149), H2486 [14MR]

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

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see H.R. 1284), H7938 [12NO]

——— 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), H7530 [15SE]

Diseases: develop international plans of action to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia (see H. Res. 489), H4064 [13MY]

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

——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H6656 [22JY]

——— improve diagnosis and treatment of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (see H.R. 4592), H5073 [5JN]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H5877 [8JY]

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

——— 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 (see H.R. 1801), H4017 [8MY]

District of Columbia: clarify rules relative to human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of the building upon which the penthouse is placed (see H.R. 4192), H2300 [11MR]

Drugs: exclude therapeutic hemp and cannabidiol from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 5226), H7297 [8SE]

——— exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct authorized by State law (see H.R. 784), H2485 [14MR]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3382), H5187 [9JN]

——— reschedule marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act and allow for medicinal use of marijuana in accordance with State laws (see H.R. 689), H5819 [26JN]

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), H1432 [27JA]

——— 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), H5363 [12JN]

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

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), H6656 [22JY]

EPA: establish grant program to assist communities and local agriculture industry with meeting total maximum daily loads through upgraded sewer and wastewater systems and improved agriculture runoff practices (see H.R. 4739), H5559 [19JN]

——— publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (see H.R. 5439), H7530 [15SE]

——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H1659 [5FE]

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

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H9305 [11DE]

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), H5725 [24JN]

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), H6400 [17JY]

FCC: restore rules relative to open Internet and broadband industry practices until final action is taken in proceedings on such rules that were remanded by a court decision (see H.R. 3982), H1593 [4FE]

Federal agencies and departments: authorize any office which owns or operates a parking area for the use of its employees to install, construct, operate, and maintain a battery recharging station (see H.R. 4645), H5495 [18JN]

——— develop public access policies relative to research conducted by that agency or from funds administered by that agency (see H.R. 708), H2914 [3AP]

——— disclose details of, and tax treatment of payments under, settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies and require explanations of confidentiality of such settlements (see H.R. 4324), H7676 [17SE]

——— provide for a strategic plan to reform and improve security clearance and background investigation processes (see H.R. 4022), H2002 [26FE]

Federal aid programs: establish grant program to promote reforms in workforce education and skills training for manufacturing in States and metropolitan areas (see H.R. 5564), H7883 [18SE]

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

Federal employees: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see H.R. 533), H7241 [1AU]

——— change default investment fund under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 4193), H2435 [13MR]

——— increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 4306), H2695 [26MR]

——— limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see H.R. 2450), H5819 [26JN]

——— repeal certain revised annuity employee categories within the Federal Employee Retirement System (see H.R. 5338), H7182 [31JY]

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

FEMA: reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation program (see H.R. 3282), H2915 [3AP]

Financial institutions: limit ability of banks to engage in certain risky activities and conflicts of interest and restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 3711), H184 [13JA]

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

Firearms: protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see H.R. 4906), H7189 [31JY]

Fish and fishing: prevent escapement of genetically altered salmon (see H.R. 1667), H8071 [18NO]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H5559 [19JN]

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

GAO: conduct a study on the impact of the requirement that depository institutions maintain certain reserves and Regulation D relative to exemptions from SEC registration requirements (see H.R. 3240), H2199 [5MR]

Gibson, Althea: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 4972), H7676 [17SE]

Green Bank: establish to assist in financing of qualified clean energy and energy efficiency projects (see H.R. 4522), H3363 [30AP]

Harry S. Truman Union Station, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4638), H4058 [9MY]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H6746 [23JY]

——— extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 2957), H4910 [28MY]

——— 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), H7676 [17SE]

——— prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 1427), H7297 [8SE]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3116), H6297 [15JY]

——— provide for coverage of medically necessary food under Federal health programs (see H.R. 3665), H2302 [11MR]

Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H. Res. 564), H4061 [9MY]

Health care professionals: extend authorization for certain health care workforce loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1827), H4060 [9MY]

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

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 723), H7528 [15SE]

Homeless: improve provision of medical services to the homeless (see H.R. 29), H2962 [4AP]

House of Representatives: mandate all Members, Delegates, and Resident Commissioner to complete annual ethics training conducted by the Committee on Ethics (House) (see H.R. 5095), H6816 [24JY]

Housing: permanently protect interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3543), H8669 [4DE]

Hudson River School: recognize contributions of painters to the U.S. (see H. Res. 480), H2002 [26FE]

Human rights: express that the U.S. should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions (see H. Res. 283), H1593 [4FE]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 3513), H7996 [14NO]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5827 [3JY]

Immigration: eliminate time limit on motions to reopen removal proceedings if motion claims fraud, negligence, misrepresentation, or extortion, or the attempted, promised, or actual practice of law without authorization (see H.R. 5228), H7190 [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 (see H.R. 4240), H2432 [13MR]

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), H3058 [8AP]

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

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]

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

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

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H3448 [6MY]

——— 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), H1687 [6FE]

IRS: extend authority to require truncated Social Security numbers on Form W-2 wage and tax statements (see H.R. 4910), H5557 [19JN]

James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4644), H4058 [9MY]

Jerry F. Costello Lock and Dam, Modoc, IL: designate (see H.R. 3678), H2645 [25MR]

Johnson, Henry: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 5459), H7454 [11SE]

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

Korean Peninsula: resume family reunions between North and South Korea, allow Korean Americans to reunite with divided families in North Korea, and encourage peace (see H. Con. Res. 91), H7940 [12NO]

Law enforcement officers: provide for a hearing before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for State criminal charges against an officer whose use of deadly force causes a death (see H.R. 5830), H9044 [10DE]

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

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H2744 [27MR]

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 H.R. 5748), H8226 [1DE]

——— ensure beneficiaries have the opportunity to receive care in home and community-based settings (see H.R. 5547), H8133 [19NO]

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

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

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see H.R. 4016), H2303 [11MR]

Medicare: include information on the coverage of intensive behavioral therapy for obesity in the ‘‘Medicare and You Handbook’’ and coordinate programs to prevent and treat obesity (see H.R. 2415), H4017 [8MY]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H4434 [15MY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H7619 [16SE]

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

——— provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services (see H.R. 794), H3144 [9AP]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2260 [10MR]

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), H2746 [27MR]

——— maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H6353 [16JY]

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

Minorities: 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]

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

National Adoption Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 762), H8169 [20NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 762), H8169 [20NO]

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

National ASK (Asking Saves Kids) Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 102), H5597 [20JN]

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

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

National Commission on Federal Marijuana Policy: establish (see H.R. 1635), H5399 [17JN]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2611 [24MR]

National Community Gardening Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 691), H6859 [25JY]

National First Responders Day: designate (see H.R. 4109), H2064 [27FE]

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

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 5101), H7619 [16SE]

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

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 H.R. 4075), H2149 [4MR]

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

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

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

National Nonviolence Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 626), H5363 [12JN]

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

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: update a report on the role of telecommunications, including the Internet, on the commission of hate crimes (see H.R. 3878), H472 [15JA]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H5250 [10JN]

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

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H3941 [7MY]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 4221), H3409 [1MY]

——— submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H4476 [19MY]

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]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4122), H3448 [6MY]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H5598 [20JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 2697), H3242 [28AP]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2915 [3AP]

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

Pipelines: establish State revolving loan funds to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines (see H.R. 4339), H2744 [27MR]

——— require gas pipeline facilities to accelerate the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of high-risk pipelines used in commerce (see H.R. 4338), H2744 [27MR]

Political campaigns: reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 270), H2991 [7AP]

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

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H3294 [29AP]

Postal Service: take all appropriate measures to ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 711), H7298 [8SE]

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

Power resources: establish a pilot program to train individuals for employment in renewable energy and energy efficiency industries (see H.R. 4648), H5073 [5JN]

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

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 5033), H7189 [31JY]

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), H1659 [5FE]

——— 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), H1659 [5FE]

Qatar: protect migrant workers from unfair labor practices, combat human trafficking, and ensure working conditions during construction of World Cup infrastructure comply with human rights standards (see H. Res. 682), H6814 [24JY]

Real estate: allow State and local financing of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy modifications to privately-owned property through Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs (see H.R. 4285), H2803 [1AP]

Refuse disposal: establish national goals for the reduction and recycling of municipal solid waste, address growing problem of marine debris, and require the EPA to promulgate regulations to attain those goals (see H.R. 5283), H7676 [17SE]

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

Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: ensure that recipients of assistance provide services to sexual and gender minority youth in a manner that is culturally competent (see H.R. 2955), H5877 [8JY]

SBA: provide for contracting preferences and other benefits for emerging business enterprises (see H.R. 4876), H7619 [16SE]

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

SEC: require certain investment advisers to pay fees to help cover the costs of inspecting and examining investment advisers (see H.R. 1627), H1719 [10FE]

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

——— provide assistance to small businesses providing low-income individuals with green jobs (see H.R. 2863), H1512 [29JA]

Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 5024), H6137 [11JY]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H7939 [12NO]

——— 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), H8072 [18NO]

South Sudan: require U.S. activities relative to governance, reconstruction and development, and refugee relief and assistance to support basic human rights of women and women’s participation and leadership (see H.R. 4112), H2611 [24MR]

——— support an end to ethnic and politically fueled violence and the successful implementation of a transitional government (see H. Res. 689), H7129 [30JY]

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H1881 [21FE]

SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see H.R. 4664), H5725 [24JN]

——— continue to make Social Security number printouts and benefit verification letters available at field offices (see H.R. 4964), H5820 [26JN]

——— provide payment for fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining replacement Social Security card for certain victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 5362), H7894 [18SE]

Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom (see H. Res. 601), H7190 [31JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 561), H3449 [6MY]

Taiwan Relations Act: affirm importance (see H. Res. 494), H2962 [4AP]

Taxation: allow deductions and credits relative to expenditures in connection with marijuana sales conducted in compliance with State law (see H.R. 2240), H2486 [14MR]

——— encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 851), H6656 [22JY]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 5239), H7129 [30JY]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see H.R. 3970), H2099 [28FE]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H135 [9JA]

——— extend tax incentives for empowerment zones and renewal communities (see H.R. 4471), H3196 [10AP]

——— 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]

——— improve and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 5504), H8133 [19NO]

——— increase deduction for business start-up expenditures (see H.R. 3861), H474 [15JA]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H1432 [27JA]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H2002 [26FE]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H8171 [20NO]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 4985), H5817 [26JN]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7041 [29JY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H3199 [10AP]

——— permanently extend the tax treatment for certain Build America Bonds and provide recovery zone economic development bonds for certain cities (see H.R. 5330), H7182 [31JY]

——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 3726), H73 [8JA]

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

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1554), H3365 [30AP]

——— 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]

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

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 4026), H1773 [11FE]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3243 [28AP]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H134 [9JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3144 [9AP]

——— prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of an individual’s status or history of unemployment (see H.R. 3972), H1545 [3FE]

Veterinarians: allow transport and dispensing of controlled substances in the usual course of veterinary practice outside of the registered location (see H.R. 1528), H1938 [25FE]

Voting: prohibit election officials from requiring individuals to provide photo identification as a condition of obtaining or casting a ballot or registering to vote in an election for Federal office (see H.R. 281), H5877 [8JY]

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

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

——— secure the Federal voting rights of certain qualified ex-offenders who have served their sentences (see H.R. 4459), H3195 [10AP]

Water: prioritize assessment of quality and quantity of surface water and groundwater resources and produce a national water census to address inevitable challenges of ‘‘Peak Water’’ (see H. Res. 593), H4829 [22MY]

——— strengthen EPA WaterSense program, create EPA local conservation and efficiency program, support recycling, storage and management projects, and provide for drought preparedness (see H.R. 5363), H7242 [1AU]

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]

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day: designate (see H. Res. 533), H2802 [1AP]

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), H6746 [23JY]

William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4838), H5598 [20JN]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 56), H163 [10JA]

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

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

World War I: designate memorials to the service of Armed Forces members (see H.R. 4489), H3240 [28AP]

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

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H2002 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Americorps: making supplemental appropriations (see H.R. 4054), H1770 [11FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for District of Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run (see H. Con. Res. 103), H5640 [23JN]

——— permit commercial filmmaking and photography on the U.S. Capitol Grounds (see H.R. 4243), H2433 [13MR]

Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park: designate (see H.R. 4003), H1658 [5FE]

Committee on the Library (Joint): accept a statue depicting Pierre L’Enfant from the District of Columbia and display the statue in the U.S. Capitol (see H.R. 4337), H2744 [27MR]

Dalits: condemn practice of untouchability and discrimination in South Asia and Asian diaspora, call for an end to such practice, and put pressure on nations still practicing Dalit untouchability (see H. Res. 566), H3413 [2MY]

Dept. of HHS: 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]

Dept. of Labor: promulgate regulations implementing Good Jobs Model Employer Standards requiring Federal agencies to contract with companies that provide good jobs (see H.R. 5250), H7039 [29JY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resources study to determine suitability and feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships to operate federally owned golf courses in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 4417), H2990 [7AP]

District of Columbia: clarify responsibility of Federal agencies to remove snow and ice for areas around Federal buildings (see H.R. 5153), H6398 [17JY]

——— eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws (see H.R. 3816), H20 [7JA]

——— establish a program of voluntary separation incentive payments for nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service (see H.R. 5006), H5818 [26JN]

——— revise certain authorities of courts, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and Public Defender Service (see H.R. 4185), H2260 [10MR]

——— support and honor performers and sponsors of Lunchtime Music on the Mall festival (see H. Res. 618), H5248 [10JN]

FAA: collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur on aircraft during passenger flights (see H.R. 4295), H2644 [25MR]

Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 4055), H1770 [11FE]

GSA: redevelop the Dept. of Energy Forrestal Complex in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 5225), H6976 [28JY]

Library of Congress: obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States which overlook the Main Reading Room (see H.R. 4116), H2065 [27FE]

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

Naturopathic Medicine Week: designate (see H. Res. 508), H2256 [6MR]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (see H.R. 3919), H1241 [16JA]

Taxation: prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term ‘‘redskins’’ (see H.R. 5690), H7937 [12NO]

U.S. Commission on an Open Society With Security: establish (see H.R. 4894), H5494 [18JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Americorps: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4054), H1772 [11FE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit commercial filmmaking and photography on the U.S. Capitol Grounds (H.R. 4243), H2434 [13MR]

Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park: designate (H.R. 4003), H1659 [5FE]

Committee on the Library (Joint): accept a statue depicting Pierre L’Enfant from the District of Columbia and display the statue in the U.S. Capitol (H.R. 4337), H2745 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H5186 [9JN]

Dept. of Labor: promulgate regulations implementing Good Jobs Model Employer Standards requiring Federal agencies to contract with companies that provide good jobs (H.R. 5250), H7040 [29JY]

District of Columbia: clarify responsibility of Federal agencies to remove snow and ice for areas around Federal buildings (H.R. 5153), H6399 [17JY]

——— eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws (H.R. 3816), H20 [7JA]

——— establish a program of voluntary separation incentive payments for nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service (H.R. 5006), H5819 [26JN]

——— revise certain authorities of courts, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and Public Defender Service (H.R. 4185), H2260 [10MR]

FAA: collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur on aircraft during passenger flights (H.R. 4295), H2645 [25MR]

Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission: establish (H.R. 4055), H1772 [11FE]

GSA: redevelop the Dept. of Energy Forrestal Complex in the District of Columbia (H.R. 5225), H6977 [28JY]

Pipelines: establish State revolving loan funds to repair or replace natural gas distribution pipelines (H.R. 4339), H2745 [27MR]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (H.R. 3919), H1242 [16JA]

Taxation: prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term ‘‘redskins’’ (H.R. 5690), H7938 [12NO]

U.S. Commission on an Open Society With Security: establish (H.R. 4894), H5494 [18JN]

Letters

Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship (FUELS) Act: Scott Slesinger, National Resources Defense Council, H2266 [11MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H3367 [1MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H5357 [12JN]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1454 [28JA]

Americorps: making supplemental appropriations (H.R. 4054), E205• [11FE]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9073, H9285• [11DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), H7649 [17SE]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: reform the Border Patrol agent pay schedule (S. 1691), H8950, H8951 [10DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: permit commercial filmmaking and photography on the U.S. Capitol Grounds (H.R. 4243), E373• [13MR]

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H8201 [1DE], H8229 [2DE]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 2199), H7851 [18SE]

Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park: designate (H.R. 4003), E173• [5FE]

Clark, Jerry: Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC, Distinguished Service Award recipient, E630• [30AP]

Climate: global warming, H5604 [23JN]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (H.R. 863), H3474 [7MY]

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate): hearing on statehood for the District of Columbia, H7447–H7450 [11SE]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House): hearing on decriminalization of marijuana in the District of Columbia, H3368, H3396–H3398 [1MY], H5357 [12JN]

Committee on the Library (Joint): accept a statue depicting Pierre L’Enfant from the District of Columbia and display the statue in the U.S. Capitol (H.R. 4337), E460• [27MR]

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

Dept. of HHS: 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]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit funding to prevent States from implementing laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana, H5358 [12JN]

Dept. of Labor: promulgate regulations implementing Good Jobs Model Employer Standards requiring Federal agencies to contract with companies that provide good jobs (H.R. 5250), E1264• [29JY]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories aimed at reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels and increasing use of indigenous clean-energy resources (H.R. 83), Senate amendment, H9285• [11DE]

——— assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories to reduce reliance on imported fuels and increase use of indigenous energy resources (H.R. 83), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 776), H9073 [11DE]

——— conduct a special resources study to determine suitability and feasibility of entering into public-private partnerships to operate federally owned golf courses in the District of Columbia (H.R. 4417), E538• [7AP]

Dept. of Transportation: extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of propane and other home heating fuels to address shortages (H.R. 4076), H5603 [23JN]

——— improve State flexibility in addressing propane and other home heating fuel shortages and extend motor carrier exemption from hours of service regulations in the transportation of such fuels (S. 2086), H5603, H5604 [23JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4745), H5174 [9JN]

District of Columbia: anniversary of Duke Ellington School of the Arts, E1206• [22JY]

——— clarify responsibility of Federal agencies to remove snow and ice for areas around Federal buildings (H.R. 5153), E1192• [17JY]

——— clarify rules relative to human occupancy of penthouses above the top story of the building upon which the penthouse is placed (H.R. 4192), H3208 [28AP]

——— discourage congressional intervention in marijuana legalization initiative, H7972 [13NO], H7989, H7991, H7992 [14NO]

——— eliminate all federally imposed mandates over the local budget process, financial management, and the borrowing of money, H5356 [12JN]

——— eliminate congressional oversight of local matters, H5356 [12JN]

——— eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws, H6853–H6857 [25JY]

——— eliminate congressional review of newly-passed District laws (H.R. 3816), H160 [10JA], E9• [7JA]

——— establish a program of voluntary separation incentive payments for nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service (H.R. 5006), E1091• [26JN]

——— Murphy’s Auto Body Shop recipient of D.C. Small Business of the Year award, E1114• [8JY]

——— prohibit funding for needle exchange programs, H6125 [11JY]

——— prohibit funding to decriminalize marijuana, H6046, H6047 [10JY], H6125–H6127 [11JY], H6179 [14JY], H6853–H6857 [25JY], H9073, H9285• [11DE]

——— prohibit funding to prevent law-abiding citizens from possessing, using, or transporting a firearm, H6319 [16JY], H6853–H6857 [25JY]

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

——— provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect, H2994 [8AP]

——— restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3689), H5356 [12JN]

——— revise certain authorities of courts, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and Public Defender Service (H.R. 4185), H6152• [14JY], E338• [10MR]

——— statehood, H3060 [9AP], H3186–H3189 [10AP]

——— statehood (H.R. 292), H7447 [11SE]

——— statehood (S. 132), H7447 [11SE]

——— tribute to DC Black Pride festival, E817• [22MY]

——— tribute to Latino Pride Festival, E872• [29MY]

Drugs: prohibit Federal prosecution of residents who are acting in accordance with their State’s marijuana laws (H.R. 1523), H7992 [14NO]

EPA: change the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to certain farms (H.R. 311), H2265 [11MR]

FAA: collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur on aircraft during passenger flights (H.R. 4295), E434• [25MR]

Federal agencies and departments: eliminate or modify Federal reporting requirements (H.R. 4194), H3212 [28AP]

——— eliminate or modify Federal reporting requirements (H.R. 4194), Senate amendment, H7909, H7910 [12NO]

——— prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (H.R. 4792), H5357 [12JN]

——— require accountability and transparency in Federal spending (S. 994), H3206 [28AP]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6125 [11JY], H6179 [14JY], H6319 [16JY], H6853–H6857 [25JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 5016), consideration (H. Res. 661), H6046, H6047 [10JY]

Firearms: express that active duty military personnel who are stationed or residing in the District of Columbia should be permitted to exercise fully their rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution (H. Res. 40), H5357 [12JN]

Fowlkes, Earl D., Jr.: Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC, Distinguished Service Award recipient, E630• [30AP]

Frederick Douglass Bicentennial Commission: establish (H.R. 4055), E197• [11FE]

Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC: anniversary, E630• [30AP]

Gill, Alison: Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC, Distinguished Service Award recipient, E630• [30AP]

GSA: redevelop the Dept. of Energy Forrestal Complex in the District of Columbia (H.R. 5225), E1249• [28JY]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, H5603, H5604 [23JN]

Hillcrest Community Civic Association: anniversary, E1274• [30JY]

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

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 776), H9073 [11DE]

Howard University Pharmacy Alumni Association: anniversary, E421• [24MR]

James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway: designate (H.R. 4926), H8846 [8DE]

James L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway: designate (H.R. 4926), H8846 [8DE]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling, H5174 [9JN]

Lerner, Lois G.: find in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 574), H3907 [7MY]

National Day of Reason: observance, E644• [30AP]

Power resources: remove Government obstacles to domestic energy production, ensure transport of energy, lower energy costs, and enable businesses to access energy to create and sustain jobs (H.R. 2), H7851 [18SE]

Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week: observance, E1159• [15JY]

Project Giveback (organization): tribute, E1658• [20NO]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6250 [15JY], H7851 [18SE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), Senate amendment, H7173 [31JY]

Rock Creek National Park: designate (H.R. 3919), E99• [16JA]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H5358 [12JN]

Step Afrika! (organization): anniversary, E1686• [2DE]

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), H7649 [17SE]

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (H.R. 647), H8320 [3DE]

——— prohibit tax-exempt status to professional sports leagues that promote the use of the term ‘‘redskins’’ (H.R. 5690), E1535• [12NO]

——— provide for the taxation of marijuana (H.R. 501), H7992 [14NO]

Transportation: authorize highway infrastructure and safety, transit, motor carrier, rail, and other surface transportation programs (H.R. 4834), E974• [12JN]

U.S. Commission on an Open Society With Security: establish (H.R. 4894), E1011• [18JN]

Washington DC Youth Rugby (organization): anniversary, E814• [22MY]

Tributes

Angelou, Maya, H5060–H5062 [30MY]

Arterton, Christopher, E636• [30AP]

Barry, Marion S., Jr., E1679• [1DE]

Brita, Susan Finn, E492• [2AP]

Brown, Carrye B., E825• [22MY]

Burroughs, Nannie H., E638• [30AP]

Dickerman, Irene, E123• [28JA]

Graham, Donald E., E1819• [12DE]

Johnson, Dennis, E641• [30AP]

Karimah, Aisha, E682• [6MY]

Lawson, William, E1471• [19SE]

Maz, Veronica, E1162• [15JY]

Rehm, Diane, E1477• [19SE]

Terry, Trudi, E123• [28JA]

Vance, Jim, E1015• [18JN]