POVERTY see also Homeless; Hunger

Amendments

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

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

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S3087, S3088 [15MY]

Appointments

National Commission on Hunger, H3417 [6MY]

Articles and editorials

Ending Detroit’s Water Shut Offs a Good Start, E1200 [22JY]

For Phil Villers, Helping Feed the World Is in the Bag, E93 [16JA]

How Obama Neglects the Poor (excerpt), S49 [7JA]

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

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

That’s Rich—Poverty Level Under Obama Breaks 50–Year Record, H69 [8JA]

Bills and resolutions

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see S. 2501), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 4188), H2300 [11MR]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 4765), H5022 [29MY]

——— expand and improve Federal programs to reduce child hunger (see H.R. 4249), H2433 [13MR]

——— recognize Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for efforts to end financial exploitation of children, ensure the right of all children to an education, and commend international child protection efforts (see S. Res. 595), S6388 [8DE]

Commission on Native Children: establish (see H.R. 4908), H5557 [19JN]

Corp. for National and Community Service: establish AmeriCorps/Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) community gardens in high poverty areas program (see H.R. 4084), H1937 [25FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (see S. 2366), S3237 [21MY] (see H.R. 5242), H7039 [29JY]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (see S. 2527), S4003 [25JN] (see H.R. 5012), H5818 [26JN]

——— prohibit use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to purchase marijuana products (see H.R. 4142), H2147 [4MR]

——— provide incentives for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participating households to purchase certain nutritious fruits and vegetables (see H.R. 4904), H5557 [19JN]

——— require Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits (see S. 1922), S325 [14JA] (see H.R. 4006), H1686 [6FE]

Dept. of Education: allow for portability of funds for programs improving the academic achievement of the disadvantaged (see S. 2998), S6626 [11DE]

——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program (see S. 1968), S528 [28JA] (see H.R. 4000), H1658 [5FE]

——— amend the Rural and Low-Income School Program to include professional development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 4973), H5768 [25JN]

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

——— establish a competitive grant program assisting the development of innovative early learning curricula for low-income children (see H.R. 3983), H1544 [3FE]

——— establish American Dream Grant program to encourage States to increase access to higher education to low-income students regardless of immigration status (see S. 1943), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 3921), H1241 [16JA]

——— establish an Early Learning Challenge Fund (see H.R. 3984), H1544 [3FE]

——— improve college affordability by creating incentives for States to invest more in higher education to increase attendance and graduation (see S. 2518), S3939 [24JN]

——— increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, psychologists, and other qualified psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see S. 2753), S5217 [31JY]

——— simplify the college financial aid application process in order to maximize eligibility and increase income threshold to qualify for maximum Pell Grant funding (see S. 2340), S3029 [14MY]

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (see S. 2052), S1233 [27FE] (see H.R. 4345), H2744 [27MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish grant programs to improve health of border area residents and for hazards preparedness in border areas including bioterrorism, infectious disease, and noncommunicable emerging threats (see S. 2268), S2470 [29AP] (see H.R. 5221), H6976 [28JY]

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

——— 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]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3854), H182 [13JA]

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

Dept. of HUD: establish maximum limitation on payment standard for housing choice vouchers under the Moving to Work demonstration program (see H.R. 5374), H7184 [31JY]

——— expand the Moving to Work demonstration program (see H.R. 4868), H5363 [12JN]

——— prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Market Fund while in conservatorship or receivership (see H.R. 3901), H1240 [16JA]

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]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see S. 2452), S3544 [10JN]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 1909), S223 [9JA] (see H.R. 4773), H5022 [29MY]

EPA: revise definition of term ‘‘colonia’’ (see S. 2558), S4154 [26JN]

FCC: prohibit universal service support of commercial mobile service through the Lifeline program (see H.R. 5376), H7184 [31JY]

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

——— require that any new contract to provide project-based rental assistance under section 8 of the Housing Act have a term of a certain length (see H.R. 4478), H3196 [10AP]

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

Feed the Future Initiative: authorize to reduce global poverty and hunger in developing countries on a sustainable basis (see H.R. 5656), H7886 [18SE]

Foreign aid: end global poverty and hunger, achieve food and nutrition security, promote long-term, agricultural-led economic growth, and build resilient, adaptive, local capacity of vulnerable populations (see S. 2909), S5783 [18SE]

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

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

Housing: ensure that certain multifamily housing mortgage purchases by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase or preserve the number of dwelling units affordable to low-income families (see H.R. 4791), H5063 [30MY]

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

LIHEAP: revise formula for allocating funding to States (see H.R. 3860), H183 [13JA]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (see H.R. 4146), H2147 [4MR]

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

——— provide a standard definition of therapeutic foster care services (see S. 1992), S763 [4FE] (see H.R. 4016), H1686 [6FE]

——— provide payment for patient navigator services (see H.R. 4168), H2255 [6MR]

——— provide reimbursement to individuals and entities that provide voluntary non-emergency medical transportation to beneficiaries for expenses related to no-load travel (see S. 1940), S439 [16JA] (see H.R. 3912), H1241 [16JA]

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

——— provide for equitable treatment of residents of territories relative to low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program (see H.R. 3966), H1510 [29JA]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: authorize concurrent compacts for purposes of regional economic integration and cross-border collaborations (see H.R. 4877), H5398 [17JN]

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]

National Service Coordinator Day: designate (see H. Res. 729), H7675 [17SE]

Native Americans: provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (see S. 2960), S6205 [20NO]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania (see S. Res. 599), S6627 [11DE] (see H. Res. 771), H8669 [4DE]

SBA: make grants for economic growth, business retention, and business recruitment to economically underserved communities (see H.R. 3956), H1480 [28JA]

Social Security: continue pre-Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act flexibility in providing State Children’s Health Insurance Program coverage (see H.R. 3931), H1430 [27JA]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see S. 2461), S3604 [11JN] (see H.R. 5364), H7183 [31JY]

SSI: modify certain requirements for countable resources and income (see H.R. 4583), H3446 [6MY]

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

——— allow an enhanced credit for the rehabilitation of buildings located in low-income communities (see H.R. 5299), H7126 [30JY]

——— encourage mixed-income housing development (see H.R. 4130), H2097 [28FE]

——— establish a deduction for married couples who are both employed and have young children, increase the earned income tax credit for childless workers, and close certain tax loopholes (see S. 2162), S1775 [26MR]

——— establish Promise Zones to revitalize high-poverty communities through Federal-local partnerships (see S. 2597), S4454 [14JY] (see H.R. 4941), H5640 [23JN]

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

——— expand the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 4117), H2065 [27FE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2260), S2424 [28AP]

——— extend the new markets tax credit and provide designated allocations for areas impacted by decline in manufacturing (see S. 1896), S68 [7JA]

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

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H4828 [22MY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H2853 [2AP]

——— provide appeals process for designation as qualified census tracts and difficult development areas under the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 5198), H6814 [24JY]

——— provide for improved compliance with the requirements of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 5070), H6106 [10JY]

——— provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 2880), S5782 [18SE]

——— qualify homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students for low-income housing tax credit (see S. 2723), S5216 [31JY]

$2.13 Day: designate (see S. Res. 356), S948 [12FE]

Cost Estimates

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act (S. 2260): CBO, S2559 [30AP]

Essays

Half in Ten (organization) and Coalition on Human Needs Our American Story Project—50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty: Amy Treptow, H123 [9JA]

Letters

Dear woman behind me in line at the grocery store, H3186 [10AP]

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

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: several organizations, S3196 [21MY]

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

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

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

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

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

Motions

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S2763 [7MY]

Press releases

11 Million $2,100 ‘‘Scholarships for Kids’’—A Real Answer to Inequality: Senator Alexander, S508 [28JA]

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

Remarks in House

Affordable Housing Week: observance, E755 [15MY]

Africa: assist sub-Saharan African countries develop mix of power solutions for more broadly distributed electricity access to support poverty alleviation and drive economic growth (H.R. 2548), H2068 [28FE], H3923–H3929 [7MY], E320 [6MR], E1630 [19NO]

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

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

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

Budget: allocation of funds for children’s programs, H2410 [13MR]

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

Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey (organization): anniversary, E1111 [8JY]

Celanese Corp.: anniversary of partnership with Habitat for Humanity of South Collin County, TX, E1301 [1AU]

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

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, H7279–H7287 [8SE], H7302 [9SE], H8201–H8209 [1DE], H8229, H8230 [2DE], H8279, H8360 [3DE], H8661, H8662 [4DE], H8871, H8872 [9DE], H8939 [10DE], E1735, E1736 [4DE]

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

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2995, H2997 [8AP], H3107–H3113 [9AP]

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

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

Crittenton Services of Greater Washington (organization): anniversary, E1670 [1DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H7047 [30JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow all fresh fruits and vegetables, including white potatoes, as supplemental foods under Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC, H5283, H5286, H5287 [11JN]

——— allow veterans to file for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits under the status of disabled while their Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability claims are pending, H5304 [11JN]

——— anniversary of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC, E1638 [19NO]

——— establish waiver process for school districts that find new school nutrition standards too expensive, H4916 [29MY], H5261, H5283–H5287 [11JN], E967, E970 [12JN]

——— importance of Summer Food Service Program, H5881 [9JY], H6220 [15JY]

——— improve efficiency of Summer Food Service Program (H.R. 5012), H6220 [15JY], H6940 [28JY]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, H1497, H1498 [29JA]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H24, H31, H45, H47, H50 [8JA], H79 [9JA], H230, H452, H453 [15JA], H1262, H1264, H1425–H1428 [27JA], H1436, H1443–H1446, H1449 [28JA], H1484, H1486, H1488–H1499, H1502 [29JA], H1595 [5FE], H2245 [6MR], H2615 [25MR], H2859 [3AP], H3009, H3011 [8AP], H3134 [9AP], H3230 [28AP], H3452 [7MY], H5075 [9JN], H5501 [19JN], H5643 [24JN], H6139 [14JY], H6800–H6804 [24JY], H8044 [18NO], H8154 [20NO], E81 [15JA], E92 [16JA], E149 [31JA], E154 [3FE], E605 [28AP]

Dept. of Commerce: Economic Development Administration funding, H4885–H4887 [28MY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program (H.R. 4000), H1600 [5FE]

——— amend the Rural and Low-Income School Program to include professional development in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (H.R. 4973), H7050 [30JY]

Dept. of Energy: State Energy Program and Weatherization Assistance Program funding, H6014 [9JY]

Dept. of HUD: affordable rental housing for extremely low-income families funding by improving targeting of mortgage interest deduction, H5225 [10JN]

——— closure of certain Florida field offices, H5106 [9JN]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans (H.R. 3743), H8041 [18NO]

——— National Homeless Data Analysis Project funding, H5161 [9JN]

——— prohibit Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions to the Housing Trust Fund and Capital Market Fund while in conservatorship or receivership, H5212 [10JN]

——— prohibit funding for relocation of Office of Multifamily Housing asset management positions, H5171–H5173 [9JN]

——— Public Housing Capital Fund and Public Housing Operating Fund funding, H5155, H5156 [9JN], H5243 [10JN]

——— section 8 housing voucher program funding, H5104, H5105 [9JN], H5219 [10JN]

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]

——— tribute to Senior Community Service Employment Program, H3454 [7MY]

Dept. of State: submit a report to Congress on the status of post-earthquake recovery and development efforts in Haiti (H.R. 3509), H175 [13JA], E51 [13JA]

Detroit, MI: suspension of water shutoffs, E1200 [22JY]

Domestic policy: address rising levels of poverty, H6798–H6804 [24JY]

Economy: impact of illegal aliens, H8863–H8866 [8DE]

——— impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, H118–H121 [9JA], H1263–H1269 [27JA], H1435 [28JA], H1549 [4FE], H3229–H3234 [28AP], E129 [28JA], E670 [2MY]

Education: ensure access to quality education for minorities, H3231 [28AP]

——— impact of segregated neighborhoods on access to quality public school education, H4464, H4465, H4468, H4469 [19MY]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children, H212 [14JA]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (H.R. 3461), H77 [9JA], H1928 [25FE], H7689 [18SE]

——— increase participation of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, H4468 [19MY]

——— provide equitable funding for students of all income levels, H212 [14JA]

——— tribute to Entergy Corp., and Catholic Charities USA (organization) Pathways from Poverty simulation conducted for Members of Congress, H6818 [25JY]

Employment: promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations, H5966 [9JY]

Erie, PA: anniversary of United Way of Erie County annual campaign, H4020 [9MY]

Fair Housing Month: observance, E533 [7AP], E610 [28AP]

Families in Transition (organization): tribute to I AM ONE—New Hampshire Day To End Childhood Homelessness, E1505 [19SE]

Federal aid programs: provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent poverty counties (H.R. 5571), E1490 [19SE]

Feed the Future Initiative: authorize to reduce global poverty and hunger in developing countries on a sustainable basis (H.R. 5656), H8945, H9023–H9028 [10DE], E1814 [12DE]

Food: address global hunger crisis, H3395 [1MY]

——— address U.S. hunger crisis, H1426 [27JA], H1595 [5FE], H1690 [10FE], H1942 [26FE], H3186 [10AP], H3395 [1MY], H3452 [7MY], H4481 [20MY], H5501 [19JN], H5643 [24JN], H8154 [20NO]

Food Research and Action Center: tribute to antihunger programs, H5643 [24JN]

Foreign aid: provide assistance for treatment of hydrocephalus in children in developing countries, train health care providers in innovative methods to treat and cure hydrocephalus, and fund related research (H.R. 3525), E468 [28MR]

Good Shepherd Housing Foundation: anniversary, E1550 [12NO]

Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts following earthquake (S. 1104), H6838 [25JY]

Health: improve access to oral health care for vulnerable populations (H.R. 3120), H2004 [27FE]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H7442 [11SE]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H7093, H7108 [30JY]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: reauthorize, H6220 [15JY]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H2174 [5MR], H6941–H6947 [28JY], H6980 [29JY]

Hunger Action Month: observance, H7304 [9SE]

Hunger Action Network of New York State (organization): tribute, H8044 [18NO]

InterAction (nonprofit organization): tribute, E1183 [17JY]

Jackson, MS: tribute to Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center, E47 [10JA]

Jewish Council on Urban Affairs: anniversary, E801 [21MY]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H23, H24, H31, H32, H33, H34, H45, H46–H56, H69–H71 [8JA], H78, H79, H80, H81, H83, H86, H113, H118, H120, H121, H124 [9JA], H139 [10JA], H166, H173, H180 [13JA], H191, H212 [14JA], H230, H235, H236 [15JA], H1265 [27JA], H1537 [3FE], H1726 [11FE], H2010 [27FE], H3231 [28AP], E21, E22, E26 [8JA]

Kids Alive (organization): tribute, E167 [5FE]

Kimberling City, MO: anniversary of Christian Associates of Table Rock Lake, E1348 [8SE]

Kingston, NY: tribute to Washbourne House, H2898 [3AP]

Lighthouse Ministries LLC: anniversary, E736 [9MY]

LSC: anniversary, E1223 [24JY], E1233 [25JY], E1295 [1AU]

Medicaid: funding, H3032 [8AP], E1755 [9DE]

——— States voluntary expansion of coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H6666, H6667, H6670 [23JY], H7043, H7048 [30JY], H7400 [10SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: anniversary, E1281 [30JY]

——— curb waste, fraud, and abuse (H.R. 2305), H7391 [10SE]

Minimum wage: increase, H81 [9JA], H155 [10JA], H6041 [10JY]

National Association for Black Veterans, Inc.: tribute, E1694 [2DE]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts, E718 [8MY]

National Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Week: observance, E1658 [20NO]

National Low Income Housing Coalition: anniversary, E1601 [17NO]

National objectives: address needs of the impoverished, H13 [7JA], H31, H47, H49, H51 [8JA], H3109 [9AP]

——— economic recovery, H14–H18 [7JA]

Native Americans: establish a demonstration program to provide rental assistance and supportive housing for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans (H.R. 3418), H5214 [10JN]

Neptune, NJ: tribute to Foodbank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, E588 [28AP]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of New Haven Diaper Bank, E1625 [18NO]

Northampton, MA: tribute to Monte’s March, H8154 [20NO]

Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency: anniversary, E1193 [17JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H7397 [10SE]

Orlando, FL: anniversary of Heart of Florida United Way, E1454 [19SE]

Our Daily Bread, Inc.: anniversary, E881 [30MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: open enrollment season, E1602 [17NO]

——— repeal, H2657, H2658 [26MR], H2794 [1AP], H2847 [2AP], H4486 [20MY], H8021, H8025–H8027 [17NO]

——— repeal (H.R. 2300), H1585 [4FE], H2011, H2013 [27FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 2900), H138 [10JA], H2006, H2007 [27FE], H3384 [1MY]

——— repeal (H.R. 3121), H189 [14JA], H2173 [5MR], H2826, H2843 [2AP]

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

Public welfare programs: funding, H156 [10JA]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6798–H6804 [24JY]

Rockford, IL: anniversary of Rockford Rescue Mission, E356 [11MR], E530 [7AP]

San Mateo, CA: anniversary of Samaritan House, E748 [13MY]

Share Our Strength (organization): tribute to antihunger programs, H5501 [19JN]

Shriver Report (Internet site): results of ‘‘Woman’s Nation Pushes Back From the Brink’’ special report, H242 [15JA]

Small business: provide assistance to small businesses providing low-income individuals with green jobs (H.R. 2863), H6943 [28JY]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (H.R. 3043), H7599–H7603 [16SE], H7628 [17SE], E1469 [19SE]

——— expand the earned income tax credit, H7811 [18SE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H7984 [14NO], E1024 [19JN]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), H3963 [8MY]

Treptow, Amy: Half in Ten (organization) and Coalition on Human Needs Our American Story project 50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty storyteller contest winner, H123 [9JA]

Tucson, AZ: tribute to El Rio Community Health Center, E1453 [19SE]

Women: improve economic condition of women, H2659 [26MR]

——— improve the employment situation of women by ensuring equal pay practices and increasing the minimum wage, H209–H215 [14JA], H1927 [25FE]

World Toilet Day: observance, H8073 [19NO]

Remarks in Senate

Annie E. Casey Foundation: release of Kids Count Data Book, S4755 [23JY], S5119 [30JY]

Belgrade, MT: tribute to Belgrade High School students for fundraising for the Gallatin Valley Food Bank, S3663 [12JN]

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

Burlington, VT: tribute to Thanksgiving Community Dinner at Sweetwaters American Bistro (business), S651 [30JA]

Children and youth: expand and improve the provision and insurance coverage of pediatric dental services to medically underserved populations, S1360–S1362 [6MR]

——— reduce child poverty, S1603 [13MR]

Cincinnati, OH: tribute to Center for Closing the Health Gap, S6 [1DE]

Civil rights: continuing struggle between law enforcement and African Americans, S5474 [10SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S1782–S1785 [27MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a permanent, nationwide summer electronic benefits transfer for children program under the National School Lunch Program (S. 2366), S3239 [21MY]

——— importance of Summer Food Service Program, S4259 [8JY]

——— reform the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, S675, S688 [3FE], S730–S734 [4FE]

——— Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, S105 [8JA], S515 [28JA], S673, S680–S685, S696 [3FE], S711, S714–S718, S723, S724 [4FE], S813 [6FE], S2458 [29AP]

——— allow States to let Federal funds for the education of disadvantaged children follow low-income children to accredited or otherwise State-approved schools or supplemental educational services program (S. 1968), S505–S508 [28JA], S1607 [13MR], S2412 [28AP]

Dept. of Energy: reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program, S2836 [8MY]

Dept. of HHS: grant authority to withhold Child Care and Development Block Grant Program funds from States failing to comply with a low-income or special needs priority requirement, S1613, S1614 [13MR]

Dept. of HUD: allow agreements with private investors for energy and water efficiency improvements to project-based rental assistance and housing for the elderly and disabled, S2947 [13MY]

——— establish a pilot program to make grants to nonprofit organizations to rehabilitate and modify homes of disabled and low-income veterans, S6528 [10DE]

——— homeless assistance grants funding, S3779 [18JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit from enforcing health care reform (H.R. 2009), S351 [15JA]

Economy: impact of unequal distribution of wealth and income, S627–S630 [30JA], S1897 [1AP]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S5601 [16SE], S6508–S6510 [10DE]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (S. 1697), S106 [8JA], S3177 [20MY]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children, S3483 [9JN]

Fair Housing Act: anniversary, S2333 [10AP]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, S5849 [18SE]

Global Poverty Project (organization): tribute to Live Below the Line campaign participants, S2560 [30AP]

Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts following earthquake (S. 1104), S4434, S4435 [10JY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S471 [27JA], S508 [28JA], S630 [30JA]

Hunger Action Month: observance, S5849 [18SE]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, S97, S102, S105, S118–S123 [8JA], S344 [15JA], S474–S476 [27JA], S498 [28JA]

Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council (KCEOC) Community Action Partnership, Inc.: anniversary, S6188 [20NO]

Law enforcement: assessment of criminal justice system relative to disparate treatment of African Americans and incarceration levels, S6489–S6491 [10DE]

Maryland: tribute to efforts to fight child hunger, S1726 [25MR]

Medicaid: impact of increased funding obligations on States, S3449 [5JN]

——— reform, S95 [8JA]

Minimum wage: increase, S4 [6JA], S106 [8JA]

National objectives: address needs of the impoverished, S99 [8JA]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to increase in number of individuals on public welfare programs, S783 [6FE]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S4476 [15JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prohibit funding to implement as long as implementation has negative impact on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S423 [16JA]

——— repeal, S471 [27JA], S562–S564 [29JA], S920 [12FE], S5603 [16SE], S5980 [13NO]

Philadelphia, PA: anniversary of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania (S. Res. 599), S6698 [11DE]

Project HOME (organization): anniversary, S2193 [7AP]

Public welfare programs: funding, S106 [8JA], S474–S476 [27JA]

Reno, NV: anniversary of Care Chest of Sierra Nevada, S6940 [2JA]

Rockefeller, Senator: legislative accomplishments, S6331–S6334 [4DE]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S. 2461), S3804 [18JN]

Taxation: clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (H.R. 3043), S5686, S5687 [17SE], S5862 [18SE]

——— clarify treatment of general welfare benefits provided by Indian tribes (S. 1507), S5616–S5618 [16SE], S5686 [17SE], S5770 [18SE]

——— expand eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan (S. 2908), S5795 [18SE]

——— expand the earned income tax credit, S2459 [29AP]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S2925, S2927–S2930 [13MY], S2984–S2986, S2999–S3007, S3013, S3016, S3018–S3020 [14MY], S3050–S3056, S3059–S3063 [15MY], S3153 [20MY], S3196, S3221 [21MY], S3245–S3249 [22MY], S3350 [3JN], S6173 [20NO]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), S2559 [30AP], S3650 [12JN], S4291 [9JY], S6248–S6250 [2DE], S6282 [3DE], S6336 [4DE], S6506–S6508 [10DE], S6898, S6901, S6902 [16DE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2260), motion to proceed, S2763 [7MY]

——— extend the new markets tax credit and provide designated allocations for areas impacted by decline in manufacturing, S3016 [14MY]

——— increase access for the uninsured to high quality physician care by providing incentives for doctors to provide uncompensated care (S. 2492), S3813 [18JN]

——— provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (S. 2880), S5788 [18SE]

U.N. Millennium Declaration: support ideals and objectives and related Millennium Development Goals, and commend progress in poverty and hunger eradication, human rights, and global health initiatives, S6283 [3DE]

Veterans Support Network (organization): tribute, S4901 [24JY]

Women: tribute to congressional accomplishments and agenda relative to women, S4896 [24JY]

Reports

50 Years After LBJ’s War on Poverty—A Study of American Attitudes About Work, Economic Opportunity, and the Social Safety Net: John Halpin, Center for American Progress (organization) and Karl Agne, GBA Strategies (company), H46 [8JA]

Ryan Budget Would Slash SNAP by $137 Billion Over Ten Years—Low-Income Households in All States Would Feel Sharp Effects: Dorothy Rosenbaum, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H3011 [8AP]

War on Poverty 50 Years Later—A Progress Report: Council of Economic Advisers, H52–H54 [8JA]

Reports filed

Assessing Progress in Haiti Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 1104) (S. Rept. 113–201), S4153 [26JN]

Commission on Native Children Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1622), S5373 [8SE]

——— Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1622) (S. Rept. 113–264), S5918 [12NO]

Electrify Africa Act: Committee on Foreign Affairs (House) (H.R. 2548) (H. Rept. 113–433), H3412 [2MY]

Expiring Provisions Improvement, Reform, and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2260) (S. Rept. 113–154), S2424 [28AP]

Recognize Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for Efforts To End Financial Exploitation of Children, Ensure Rights of Children to an Education, and Commend Child Protection Efforts: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 595), S6626 [11DE]

Strong Start for America’s Children Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 2452), S3544 [10JN]

Statements

Responsible Spending Restraint and Reform—Response to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Committee on the Budget (House), H3033 [8AP]

Texts of

H.R. 2548, Electrify Africa Act, H3924–H3926 [7MY]

H.R. 2866, Boys Town Centennial Commemorative Coin Act, H7506 [15SE]

H.R. 3043, Tribal General Welfare Exclusion Act, H7599 [16SE]

H.R. 5656, Global Food Security Act, H9023–H9025 [10DE]

S. 1104, Assessing Progress in Haiti Act, S4434 [10JY], H6838 [25JY]

S. Res. 356, $2.13 Day, S957 [12FE]

S. Res. 595, recognize Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for efforts to end financial exploitation of children, ensure the right of all children to an education, and commend international child protection efforts, S6389 [8DE], S6929 [16DE]

S. Res. 599, Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania anniversary, S6631 [11DE]