SCOTT, ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ (a Representative from Virginia)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 3471), H5830 [7JY]

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]

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

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]

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

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

Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: observance (see H. Res. 605), H5022 [29MY]

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

Children and youth: eliminate the use of valid court orders to secure lockup for status offenses which would not be judicial issues if the offender were not a juvenile (see H.R. 4123), H2097 [28FE]

——— ensure juveniles adjudicated in Federal delinquency proceedings are not subject to solitary confinement while committed to juvenile facilities (see H.R. 4124), H2097 [28FE]

——— increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 5076), H6135 [11JY]

China: call for an end to organ harvesting from prisoners, investigate organ transplant practices, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and issue warnings to U.S. citizens about organ transplant practices (see H. Res. 281), H7894 [18SE]

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]

Clean Air Act: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources (see H.R. 1154), H3413 [2MY]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1830), H4910 [28MY]

Correctional institutions: require facilities holding Federal prisoners under a contract with the Federal Government to make available the same information as Federal facilities on facility operations and prisoners (see H.R. 5838), H9305 [11DE]

Dept. of Defense: limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 5478), H7894 [18SE]

——— prohibit a reduction in funding for defense commissary system pending the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission report (see H.R. 4217), H2697 [26MR]

——— review discharge characterizations of former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 2839), H1243 [16JA]

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), H4686 [20MY]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 5354), H7183 [31JY]

——— 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]

——— protect students from inappropriate seclusion and physical restraint in schools (see H.R. 1893), H6297 [15JY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H7241 [1AU]

——— require additional reporting on crime and harm that occurs during student participation in programs of study abroad (see H.R. 5485), H7894 [18SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program (see H.R. 4162), H3242 [28AP]

Dept. of HHS: 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), H7129 [30JY]

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 5845), H9044 [10DE]

——— establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see H.R. 3902), H7389 [9SE]

——— reauthorize the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (see H.R. 4323), H2743 [27MR]

Dept. of Labor: ensure that claims for benefits under the Black Lung Benefits Act are processed in a fair and timely manner and protect miners from pneumoconiosis (black lung disease) (see H.R. 5751), H8169 [20NO]

Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 808), H5186 [9JN]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H4476 [19MY]

——— conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1175), H2434 [13MR]

Dept. of the Treasury: regulate tax return preparers (see H.R. 4470), H3196 [10AP]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H2486 [14MR]

——— set separate performance measures for motorized and non-motorized safety and allow States to set their own safety targets and to choose the best methods to meet them (see H.R. 3494), H2435 [13MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify which children to whom entitlement to educational assistance may be transferred under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 3600), H1252 [23JA]

——— conduct annual surveys of veterans on experiences obtaining hospital care and medical services from departmental facilities (see H.R. 4971), H5877 [8JY]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H21 [7JA]

EPA: regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 2825), H2434 [13MR]

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

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

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H6580 [18JY]

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), H1939 [25FE]

Green Bank: establish to assist in financing of qualified clean energy and energy efficiency projects (see H.R. 4522), H4061 [9MY]

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

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]

Israel: strengthen strategic alliance with the U.S. (see H.R. 938), H2199 [5MR]

Jennings, Thomas: tribute (see H. Res. 514), H2360 [12MR]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H3058 [8AP]

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), H5063 [30MY]

Mining and mineral resources: transfer certain funds to the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan and the United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan (see H.R. 2918), H6400 [17JY]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals (see H.R. 5294), H7126 [30JY]

Motley, Constance Baker: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 3097), H1431 [27JA]

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

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

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2553), H1938 [25FE]

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

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 697), H7190 [31JY]

National Park Service: reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program (see H.R. 5570), H7883 [18SE]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H3198 [10AP]

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]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Kailash Satyarthi for peace (see H. Res. 749), H7938 [12NO]

——— recognition of Malala Yousafzai for peace (see H. Res. 750), H7938 [12NO]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2803 [1AP]

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

Political campaigns: 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), H136 [9JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 30), H5024 [29MY]

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

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

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), H5024 [29MY]

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]

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), H2002 [26FE]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H4830 [22MY]

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

Taxation: extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H3241 [28AP]

——— make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 4933), H7129 [30JY]

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

——— provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1449), H6400 [17JY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H184 [13JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3243 [28AP]

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), H1240 [16JA]

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), H7939 [12NO]

Women: ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 1975), H7388 [9SE]

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

World War I: 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), H2362 [12MR]

Yousafzai, Malala: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 60), H3241 [28AP]

Letters

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Helen Blank and Joan Entmacher, National Women’s Law Center, H7480 [15SE]

——— Katy Beh Neas, Easter Seals Inc., H7479 [15SE]

——— Lynette M. Fraga, L. Carol Scott, Michelle Noth McCready, and Nicholas P. Vucic, Child Care Aware of America (organization), H7481 [15SE]

——— Mary Kusler, National Education Association, H7479 [15SE]

——— Randi Weingarten, American Federation of Teachers, H7480 [15SE]

——— Rhian Evans Allvin, National Association for the Education of Young Children, H7479 [15SE]

——— Richard Bland, Save the Children Federation, Inc., H7480 [15SE]

Press releases

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: Results for America (organization), H7479 [15SE]

Remarks

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3109 [9AP]

Children and youth: increase knowledge concerning, and improve services for, runaway and homeless youth who are victims of trafficking (H.R. 5076), H6703 [23JY]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H3109 [9AP]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (H.R. 4225), H4515, H4521 [20MY]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (H.R. 3530), H4504, H4508 [20MY]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (H.R. 3610), H4510, H4514 [20MY]

Dept. of Education: simplify and streamline information on institutions of higher education made publicly available (H.R. 4983), H6682 [23JY]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize and improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (S. 1086), H7474, H7479, H7481 [15SE]

Dept. of Justice: implement national standards to eliminate sexual assault in prisons, jails, and detention centers, H2895 [3AP]

——— increase authorization for Children’s Advocacy Centers (S. 1799), H6876 [28JY]

——— reauthorize the DNA Backlog Reduction Program (H.R. 4323), H2895 [3AP], H2980, H2983 [7AP]

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

Galvez y Madrid, Bernardo de: confer honorary citizenship (H.J. Res. 105), H6874 [28JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 487), H1955 [26FE]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (H.R. 5135), H6725 [23JY]

LSC: anniversary, E1213• [23JY]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H1955 [26FE]

National Environmental Policy Act: ensure application to the declaration of national monuments (H.R. 1459), H2675 [26MR]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 541), H2895 [3AP]

Newport News, VA: anniversary of First Church of Newport News, E1571• [13NO]

Philippines: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of Typhoon Haiyan (H.R. 3771), H2576 [24MR]

Portsmouth, VA: tribute to I.C. Norcom High School boys’ basketball team, E448• [26MR]

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), H4795 [22MY]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1944), H1915 [25FE]

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H4462 [19MY]

Technology: allow consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices for interoperability purposes (H.R. 1123), H1905, H1907, H1909, H1910 [25FE]

——— prohibit bulk unlocking of mobile wireless devices for resale, H1909, H1910 [25FE]

Trafficking Victims Protection Act: authorize appropriations and enhance measures to combat trafficking in persons, H2895 [3AP]

Violence Against Women Act: reauthorize (S. 47), H2895 [3AP]

Votes: correction, E451• [26MR]

Tributes

Boone, Raymond H, Sr., E926• [9JN]

Brat, Representative, H7918 [12NO]

Lambert, Benjamin J., III, E313• [5MR]