PINGREE, CHELLIE (a Representative from Maine)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: authorize the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 4307), H2695 [26MR]

——— prohibit Federal interference in interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products in final package form for human consumption between States that allow the sale of such products (see H.R. 4308), H2695 [26MR]

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

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), H2258 [6MR]

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. 683), H3058 [8AP]

——— afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2841), H1243 [16JA]

——— authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 4807), H5399 [17JN]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as the Borinqueneers (see H.R. 1726), H163 [10JA]

——— encourage Congress to debate and vote on a statutory authorization for any sustained combat role in Iraq or Syria (see H. Con. Res. 114), H7894 [18SE]

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

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see H.R. 3741), H474 [15JA]

Children and youth: expand and improve Federal programs to reduce child hunger (see H.R. 4249), H7893 [18SE]

Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Museum: establish (see H.R. 863), H3292 [29AP]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 4148), H3242 [28AP]

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), H5598 [20JN]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H6397 [17JY]

——— establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4511), H3365 [30AP]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H7894 [18SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see H.R. 5242), H7894 [18SE]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see H.R. 5012), H7893 [18SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 1783), H7892 [18SE]

——— provide incentives for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participating households to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 4904), H6137 [11JY]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits be calculated with reference to the cost of the low-cost food plan as determined by the Dept. (see H.R. 2384), H8033 [17NO]

Dept. of Defense: provide additional enhancements of sexual assault prevention and response programs and activities (see H.R. 4485), H3365 [30AP]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5024 [29MY]

——— authorizing appropriations for improving basic programs operated by local educational agencies (see H.R. 5661), H7886 [18SE]

——— 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), H7189 [31JY]

——— 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]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H5495 [18JN]

——— provide grants to States to ensure that students complete the middle grades prepared for success in high school and postsecondary endeavors (see H.R. 2316), H5826 [3JY]

——— recruit, prepare, and support principals through capacity-building measures that will improve student academic achievement in high-need schools (see H.R. 1736), H5559 [19JN]

Dept. of Energy: 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), H2611 [24MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 610, 611), H6656 [22JY]

——— extend funding for family-to-family health information centers to help families of children with disabilities or special health care needs make informed choices about health care (see H.R. 564), H2199 [5MR]

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

——— provide 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), H5399 [17JN]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H7894 [18SE]

Dept. of Justice: provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H2696 [26MR]

Dept. of State: prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H4910 [28MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: amend the definition of spouse for purposes of veterans’ benefits to recognize new State definitions of spouse (see H.R. 2529), H2258 [6MR]

——— clarify that the estate of a deceased veteran may receive certain accrued benefits upon the death of the veteran (see H.R. 4102), H3242 [28AP]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5250 [10JN]

——— 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] (see H.R. 5484), H8366 [3DE]

——— establish a registry of certain veterans who were stationed at Fort McClellan, AL (see H.R. 411), H72 [8JA]

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

——— improve the performance appraisal system for senior executives (see H.R. 4399), H4476 [19MY]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 921), H2361 [12MR]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs, review discharge or separation of certain individuals, and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 5059), H6860 [25JY]

Drugs: provide that Federal law shall not preempt State law governing marijuana (see H.R. 964), H2001 [26FE]

——— reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 4169), H7939 [12NO]

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), H1773 [11FE]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H2149 [4MR]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6353 [16JY]

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), H7297 [8SE]

EPA: regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H2611 [24MR]

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

Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see H.R. 2662), H3365 [30AP]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H7297 [8SE]

——— 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), H2002 [26FE]

FDA: ensure that certain facilities continue to be treated as alcohol-related facilities, notwithstanding the distribution of spent grains resulting from the production of alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 4430), H3057 [8AP]

Federal agencies and departments: establish prize competitions for innovation or adaptation management development relative to ocean acidification (see H.R. 4732), H5320 [11JN]

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: establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the National Advisory Council (see H.R. 5345), H7182 [31JY]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H2991 [7AP]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H5877 [8JY]

FTC: establish the Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors (see H.R. 1953), H7189 [31JY]

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

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

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4136), H5249 [10JN] (see H.R. 5661), H7886 [18SE]

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]

James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4644), H7189 [31JY]

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

Make Music Day: designate (see H. Res. 630), H5559 [19JN]

Medicaid: ensure beneficiaries have the opportunity to receive care in home and community-based settings (see H.R. 5547), H8226 [1DE]

——— provide reimbursement to individuals and entities that provide voluntary non-emergency medical transportation to beneficiaries for expenses related to no-load travel (see H.R. 3912), H1241 [16JA]

Medicare: cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 3662), H1252 [23JA]

——— 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), H5399 [17JN]

——— limit charges for contract health services provided to Indians by Medicare providers of services and suppliers (see H.R. 4843), H7893 [18SE]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H7893 [18SE]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 5644), H8226 [1DE]

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

——— require State licensure and performance guarantees for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4920), H7939 [12NO]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7938 [12NO]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1881 [21FE]

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

National Museum of the American People: support formation of a bipartisan Presidential commission to study establishment (see H. Con. Res. 27), H7389 [9SE]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H1246 [17JA]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H5598 [20JN]

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), H4477 [19MY]

NIH: expand, intensify, and coordinate programs and activities relative to Tourette syndrome (see H.R. 4221), H7979 [13NO]

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

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

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H5725 [24JN]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2746 [27MR]

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

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

Privacy: update privacy protections for electronic communications information that is stored by third-party service providers in order to protect consumer privacy while meeting law enforcement needs (see H.R. 1852), H135 [9JA]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 5033), H7297 [8SE]

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), H474 [15JA]

——— 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), H473 [15JA]

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), H7619 [16SE]

Roads and highways: encourage efforts by transportation rights-of-way managers to adopt vegetation management practices that provide habitats and forage for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators (see H.R. 4790), H5877 [8JY]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 728), H7940 [12NO]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H8273 [2DE]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H8226 [1DE]

——— strengthen by reforming the benefit formula and the calculation of cost-of-living adjustments and improving the long-term condition of the trust fund (see H.R. 3118), H4017 [8MY]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 3712), H5725 [24JN]

——— improve ability to fight fraud, prevent errors, and protect the Social Security Trust Fund (see H.R. 4090), H5319 [11JN]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H6137 [11JY]

Taxation: deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see H.R. 2831), H7893 [18SE]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4128), H2697 [26MR]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2486 [14MR]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H1938 [25FE]

——— improve certain education savings plans (see H.R. 4333), H5877 [8JY]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H2486 [14MR]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 4916), H9305 [11DE]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H8171 [20NO]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H3448 [6MY]

——— provide a tax incentive for installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation property (see H.R. 184), H1687 [6FE]

——— provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see H.R. 3726), H474 [15JA]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 1554), H1512 [29JA]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 3467), H2002 [26FE]

Tremont, ME: remove a use restriction on transferred land formerly a part of Acadia National Park (see H.R. 4527), H3363 [30AP]

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

Vietnam Veterans Day: establish (see H. Res. 235), H3448 [6MY]

Voting: 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]

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]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H7675 [17SE]

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), H7297 [8SE]

Women: remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 113), H2744 [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), H2362 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (see H.R. 4692), H4684 [20MY]

Taxation: allow certain discharged student loan debt to be included in gross income ratably over a certain number of years and disregard such income in determining eligibility for Federal means-tested programs (see H.R. 4020), H1686 [6FE]

Constitutional authority statements

NOAA: conduct coastal community vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification (H.R. 4692), H4685 [20MY]

Taxation: allow certain discharged student loan debt to be included in gross income ratably over a certain number of years and disregard such income in determining eligibility for Federal means-tested programs (H.R. 4020), H1687 [6FE]

Remarks

Augusta, ME: tribute to Maine Appalachian Trail Club for White Cap Mountain project, E635• [30AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), consideration (H. Res. 590), H4710 [21MY]

Dept. of Energy: prohibit funding for Climate Model Development and Validation program, H6089 [10JY]

Dept. of the Interior: allow coordination between Federal offshore energy management agencies with State and local stakeholders in coastal and marine spatial planning, H5786• [26JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6087, H6088, H6089 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding for related agencies to implement, administer, or enforce National Ocean Policy established by Executive order, H6087, H6088 [10JY]

Heidemann, Elizabeth: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching recipient, E32• [9JA]

Jagolinzer, Karen: NSF Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching recipient, E32• [9JA]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: anniversary, E1478• [19SE]

Lindeman, Mary Allen: SBA Maine Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E987• [13JN]

Medicaid: States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H7400 [10SE]

Navy: LPD–17 class ship funding, H4710 [21MY]

NOAA: prohibit funding to develop, approve, or implement new catch share programs along certain areas of the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico, H4992 [29MY]

Oliveira, Daniela: NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers recipient, E32• [9JA]

Portland, ME: anniversary of PORTopera, E186• [10FE]

Power resources: ensure modifications to cross-border natural gas pipelines receive thorough environmental review process, H5675 [24JN]

——— increase domestic onshore and offshore energy exploration and production and streamline and improve energy permitting and administration (H.R. 4899), H5786• [26JN]

——— require approval of construction, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric transmission facilities at U.S. borders for import or export (H.R. 3301), H5675 [24JN]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4660), H4988, H4992 [29MY]

——— prohibit funding to implement National Ocean Policy established by Executive order, H4988 [29MY]

Spear, Alan: SBA Maine Small Business Person of the Year award recipient, E987• [13JN]

Votes: correction, H8103• [19NO]

York River: designate segments and associated tributaries for study and inclusion in National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2197), H2139, H2140 [4MR]

Tributes

Gean, Don, E504• [3AP]

Glenn, Roland, E1167• [16JY]

St. Peter, Gabbie, H2143 [4MR]

Willette, Alice, H2143 [4MR]