SCHAKOWSKY, JANICE D. (a Representative from Illinois)

Amendments

EPA: provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 3826), H2191 [5MR]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6265, H6298 [15JY]

Anecdotes 

Unaccompanied Alien Children in Dept. of Homeland Security Custody: National Immigrant Justice Center, H7142 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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 (see H.R. 2548), H3058 [8AP]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H2065 [27FE]

American Education Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 755), H8226 [1DE]

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

Armed Forces: authorize use against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see H.J. Res. 125), H7894 [18SE]

——— 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), H4476 [19MY]

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

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see H.R. 3852), H2803 [1AP]

Business and industry: impose a tax on certain trading transactions to strengthen financial security, reduce market volatility, expand opportunity, and stop the shrinking of the middle class (see H.R. 1579), H1780 [18FE]

Canada: ensure that the Canadian government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin (see H. Res. 716), H8033 [17NO]

Cesar Chavez Day: observance (see H. Res. 529), H2744 [27MR]

Children and youth: provide for identification and dissemination of best practices for medical professionals and other health care providers relative to neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 4888), H7242 [1AU]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2932), H2362 [12MR]

Copyrights: secure rights of artists of works of visual art to provide royalties (see H.R. 4103), H5725 [24JN]

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), H5187 [9JN]

——— strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 506), H6815 [24JY]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H7939 [12NO]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H7530 [15SE]

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

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

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H4476 [19MY] (see H.R. 4622), H4057 [9MY]

——— authorize grant program to promote physical education, activity, fitness, and nutrition, and ensure healthy students (see H.R. 2178), H1719 [10FE]

——— 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 for pilot programs at institutions of higher education that support the use of open textbooks to achieve savings for students (see H.R. 3538), H3365 [30AP]

——— require institutions of higher education to have an independent advocate for campus sexual assault prevention and response (see H.R. 5277), H7619 [16SE]

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), H2258 [6MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish a program to assist in importation and care for abused, injured, or abandoned nonhuman primates (see H.R. 3556), H73 [8JA]

——— improve and enhance research and programs on childhood cancer survivorship (see H.R. 2058), H474 [15JA]

——— improve and enhance research and treatments of childhood, adolescent, and young adult cancer (see H.R. 2607), H184 [13JA]

——— improve essential oral health care for lower-income individuals (see H.R. 4395), H5559 [19JN]

——— 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 poison center national toll-free number, media campaign, and grant program (see H.R. 3527), H21 [7JA]

——— 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), H5827 [3JY]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H7242 [1AU]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 831), H5023 [29MY]

Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 808), H2802 [1AP]

Dept. of State: establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see H.R. 5128), H6351 [16JY]

——— renegotiate with Iraq provisions of original agreement relative to the return of the Iraqi Jewish Archive to Iraq (see H. Res. 505), H2256 [6MR]

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), H7242 [1AU]

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

——— provide for scientific framework relative to vector-borne diseases (see H.R. 4701), H5399 [17JN]

Drugs: exclude therapeutic hemp and cannabidiol from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 5226), H7529 [15SE]

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), H3448 [6MY]

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

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 20), H3409 [1MY] (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), H3293 [29AP]

EPA: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste in order to protect water supplies (see H.R. 1837), H7939 [12NO]

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

Fair Labor Standards Act: strengthen child labor provisions (see H.R. 2342), H3199 [10AP]

FCC: promulgate regulations that prohibit certain preferential treatment or prioritization of Internet traffic (see H.R. 4880), H7619 [16SE]

——— 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), H1544 [3FE]

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

——— withdraw approval for the drug Zohydro ER and prohibit from approving such drug unless it is reformulated to prevent abuse (see H.R. 4241), H6137 [11JY]

Federal agencies and departments: reduce discretionary budget authority of any agency if financial statement for previous fiscal year does not receive a qualified or unqualified audit opinion by an independent auditor (see H.R. 5126), H6351 [16JY]

Federal employees: limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see H.R. 2450), H6036 [9JY]

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), H2611 [24MR]

FEMA: require rulemaking to address considerations in evaluating the need for public and individual disaster assistance (see H.R. 3925), H3242 [28AP]

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]

Firearms: require homemade firearms to have serial numbers (see H.R. 5606), H7884 [18SE]

Foreign aid: ensure the provision of foreign assistance does not contribute to human trafficking and combat human trafficking by requiring greater transparency in recruitment of foreign workers (see H.R. 3344), H1772 [11FE]

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]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 4325), H2743 [27MR] (see H.R. 5010), H5818 [26JN]

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn use of civilians as human shields, recognize breaches of international law, support Israel’s right of self-defense, and support Palestinians who reject terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 107), H6816 [24JY]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H183 [13JA]

——— incentivize the development of abuse-deterrent drugs (see H.R. 486), H6107 [10JY]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 1146), H6137 [11JY]

——— support role of the U.S. in ensuring children in poor countries have access to vaccines and immunization through the GAVI Alliance (organization) (see H. Res. 688), H7242 [1AU]

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

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 715), H224 [14JA]

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]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 3513), H1545 [3FE]

Immigrant Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 606), H5399 [17JN]

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), H7529 [15SE]

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

——— 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]

——— repeal sunset of the Special Immigrant Nonminister Religious Worker Program (see H.R. 4460), H3243 [28AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4136), H5399 [17JN]

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), H2488 [18MR]

Iraq: call for urgent international intervention on behalf of Iraqi civilians facing dire humanitarian crisis and severe persecution in Nineveh Plain region (see H. Con. Res. 110), H7190 [31JY]

——— protect religious minorities from persecution by Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) (see H. Res. 683), H7242 [1AU]

Israel: authorize further assistance to Israel for the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system (see H.R. 5235), H7242 [1AU]

——— reaffirm support for right to defend itself against rocket attacks from Hamas (terrorist organization) and condemn and call for an end to such attacks (see H. Res. 657), H6037 [9JY]

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

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (see H.R. 5700), H7978 [13NO]

Law enforcement: mandate basic educational, regulatory, and management actions necessary for the prevention of racial profiling practices (see H.R. 3560), H7242 [1AU]

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), H9305 [11DE]

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

Manford, Jeanne Sobelson: tribute (see H. Res. 611), H5068 [2JN]

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

Medicare: apply exceptions process fairly for tiered formulary drugs in prescription drug plans (see H.R. 2827), H135 [9JA]

——— cover marriage and family therapist services and mental health counselor services (see H.R. 3662), H5399 [17JN]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1201), H2485 [14MR]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H9305 [11DE]

——— modify durable medical equipment face-to-face encounter documentation requirement (see H.R. 3833), H3242 [28AP]

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

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H6036 [9JY]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H3941 [7MY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H2854 [2AP]

——— provide for a primary care graduate medical education pilot project to improve access to the primary care workforce (see H.R. 487), H2610 [24MR]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H7455 [11SE]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 5644), H8033 [17NO]

——— treat audiologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing services, improve access to audiology services available for coverage, and enable beneficiaries to have their choice of audiologists (see H.R. 5304), H7676 [17SE]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H6746 [23JY]

Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H4911 [28MY]

——— strengthen mental health infrastructure and firearm prohibitions for at-risk individuals, and improve reporting of mental health records to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 4783), H5399 [17JN]

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]

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 59), H1720 [10FE]

National Council on Disability: review of certain standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act (see H.R. 5166), H6655 [22JY]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: provide greater transparency, accountability, and safety authority (see H.R. 4364), H2802 [1AP]

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

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H1481 [28JA]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H3242 [28AP]

NLRB: repeal limitation regarding requirements for labor organization membership as a condition of employment (see H.R. 5880), H9303 [11DE]

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

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H6297 [15JY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H1719 [10FE]

Poland: anniversary of Warsaw Uprising (see H. Res. 690), H6859 [25JY]

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

Postal Service: provide that the Postal Service may provide certain basic financial services (see H.R. 5179), H7190 [31JY]

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

Power resources: ban hydraulic fracturing on Federal lands leased to a third party (see H.R. 5844), H9044 [10DE]

——— promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4426), H6580 [18JY]

Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 4400), H2961 [4AP]

Product safety: ban use of bisphenol A in food and beverage containers (see H.R. 5033), H6108 [10JY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2645 [25MR]

Pullman National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 3929), H2258 [6MR]

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]

Refugees: establish processes for certain aliens located in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, Turkey, or Syria to apply for admission to the U.S. as refugees (see H.R. 5430), H7940 [12NO]

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), H7297 [8SE]

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), H135 [9JA]

SBA: establish a grant program to empower encore entrepreneurs (see H.R. 4613), H6400 [17JY]

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

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

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 728), H8226 [1DE]

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), H5876 [8JY]

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

——— 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), H7455 [11SE]

Sri Lanka: support internal rebuilding, resettlement, and reconciliation, address allegations of war crimes and other human rights violations, and allow greater media freedom and humanitarian organization access (see H. Res. 587), H5877 [8JY]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 561), H3413 [2MY]

Taxation: encourage domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing (see H.R. 851), H7128 [30JY]

——— expand and modify the credit for employee health insurance expenses of small employers (see H.R. 4128), H7529 [15SE]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H7901 [19SE]

——— 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), H1938 [25FE]

——— make dependent care credit refundable and index the income phasedown of credit for inflation (see H.R. 3740), H2803 [1AP]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H7996 [14NO]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H3409 [1MY]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H4684 [20MY]

——— 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), H8171 [20NO]

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

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H3448 [6MY]

——— provide incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (see H.R. 3015), H224 [14JA]

——— strengthen rules for approved structured settlement factoring transactions (see H.R. 3897), H1240 [16JA]

Transportation: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 4440), H6137 [11JY]

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 4026), H6137 [11JY]

Ukraine: support democratic and European aspirations and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and fear (see H. Res. 447), H1481 [28JA]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (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), H1593 [4FE]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H1545 [3FE]

Voting: revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H1687 [6FE]

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

Water for the Poor Act: enhance implementation (see H.R. 2901), H7893 [18SE]

Women: provide reasonable break time at the workplace for nursing mothers (see H.R. 1941), H72 [8JA]

——— recognize that cardiovascular disease continues to be an overwhelming threat to women’s health and the importance of providing basic, preventive heart screenings to women (see H. Res. 619), H6108 [10JY]

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

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2645 [25MR]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) (see H.R. 3544), H3144 [9AP]

——— 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]

Yousafzai, Malala: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 60), H135 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

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

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

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

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: increase and improve public access to motor vehicle safety information, enhance accountability, and protect motor vehicle consumers (see H.R. 5654), H7886 [18SE]

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

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

Constitutional authority statements

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum direct care registered nurse staffing levels at nursing and skilled nursing facilities (H.R. 5373), H7188 [31JY]

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: increase and improve public access to motor vehicle safety information, enhance accountability, and protect motor vehicle consumers (H.R. 5654), H7892 [18SE]

Taxation: provide a tax credit to businesses that invest in American jobs, provide fair wages and benefits, employ active duty personnel, recruit veterans, and maintain a diverse workforce (H.R. 5372), H7188 [31JY]

Declarations

John Marshall Law School and Roosevelt University draft model international convention ‘‘Chicago Declaration on the Rights of Older Persons’’ (excerpt), E1235• [25JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H1462 [28JA]

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (organization): anniversary, E791• [20MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3118 [9AP]

Chicago, IL: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning recipient of EPA National Award for Small Growth Achievement, E180• [6FE]

——— John Marshall Law School and Roosevelt University drafting of model international convention ‘‘Chicago Declaration on the Rights of Older Persons’’, E1234• [25JY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 377), unanimous-consent request, H7064 [30JY]

Climate: accept scientific finding of EPA that greenhouse gas pollution is ‘‘contributing to long-lasting changes in our climate that can have a range of negative effects’’, H2191 [5MR]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline, H5668 [24JN]

——— approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 5682), H7970 [13NO]

——— provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution (H. Res. 676), consideration (H. Res. 694), H7064 [30JY]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H3118 [9AP]

CPSC: increase third-party testing regulatory relief funding through reduction in IRS enforcement account funding, E1177• [16JY]

——— prohibit funding for proposed rule entitled ‘‘Voluntary Remedial Actions and Guidelines for Voluntary Recall Notices’’, E1177• [16JY]

Decalogue Society of Lawyers: anniversary, E941• [10JN]

EPA: provide direction relative to establishment of emissions standards of greenhouse gas from fossil fuel-fired electric utility generating units (H.R. 3826), H2191 [5MR]

Fair Housing Month: observance, E610• [28AP]

Fast for Families (organization): tribute, E607• [28AP]

Federal contracts: prohibit funding for contractors who violate the Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay employees for hours worked, H6265 [15JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6265 [15JY], E1177• [16JY]

Illinois Human Rights Act: anniversary, E610• [28AP]

Immigration: making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7142 [31JY]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), consideration (H. Res. 696), H7142 [31JY]

——— reform (H.R. 15), unanimous-consent request, H2664 [26MR]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4681), H5036 [30MY]

——— prohibit signature strikes against unknown targets, H5036 [30MY]

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

Johnson, Lyndon B.: anniversary of ‘‘War on Poverty’’, H113, H124 [9JA], E21• [8JA]

Medicare Rights Center: anniversary, E1468• [19SE]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), unanimous-consent request, H7064 [30JY]

Park Ridge, IL: tribute to Grandview High School for participation in We the People . . . The Citizen and the Constitution competition, E556• [9AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 3522), H7416 [10SE]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2871 [3AP]

Power resources: 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), H5668 [24JN]

Privacy: reform Federal authority to require production of business records, conduct surveillance, and certain forms of information gathering for foreign intelligence, counterterrorism, and criminal purposes (H.R. 3361), H4801 [22MY]

Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month: observance, E1635• [19NO]

Skokie, IL: tribute to Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation Fox Torah dedication, E866• [29MY]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (H.R. 4450), H6627, H6630 [22JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H124 [9JA], H5503 [19JN]

Votes: position on missed, H5340• [12JN]

Women: improve the employment situation of women by ensuring equal pay practices and increasing the minimum wage, H210 [14JA]

Statements

Effects of Long-Term Unemployment: Several Unemployed Citizens, H5503 [19JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Implementation Impact on Health Care, Coverage, Costs, and Accessibility, H7416 [10SE]

Step by Step Toward Shalom With Iran: Several American Jewish Religious Leaders, E43• [10JA]

Tributes

Alschuler, Frank, E1281• [30JY]

Bless, Dennis C., E1365• [9SE]

Carpenter, Tim, E645• [30AP]

Dennis, Mark A., Jr., E516• [4AP]

Dingell, Representative, H8923 [9DE]

Evans, Lane, H7945 [13NO]

Gabel, Gary, E656• [1MY]

Gabel, John, E656• [1MY]

Kamerman, Alexis (Lexie), E178• [6FE]

Moscowitz, Daniel, E463• [27MR]

Moshenberg, Sammie, E929• [9JN]

Roehm, Frances, E1843• [12DE]

Umanos, Jerry, E656• [1MY]