TAKANO, MARK (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4767 [21MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3294 [29AP], H3344, H3350 [30AP]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3230, Veteran Access to Care Act, H5429 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

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

American Revolution: award a Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War (see H.R. 4045), H2258 [6MR]

Amtrak: propose a pet policy that allows passengers to transport domesticated cats and dogs on certain trains (see H.R. 2066), H5495 [18JN]

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

Armed Forces: authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (see H.R. 2377), H5024 [29MY]

——— encourage Congress to debate and vote on a statutory authorization for any sustained combat role in Iraq or Syria (see H. Con. Res. 114), H7940 [12NO]

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

——— provide for behavioral health treatment for developmental disabilities under TRICARE (see H.R. 4630), H5640 [23JN]

——— provide for certain forms of physical therapy under the TRICARE program (see H.R. 1705), H6036 [9JY]

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

ATF: repeal certain appropriations riders that limit ability to administer Federal firearms laws (see H.R. 1728), H1515 [31JA]

Burma: call for an end to the persecution of the Rohingya people and respect of internationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and religious minority groups (see H. Res. 418), H2002 [26FE]

Business and industry: prohibit contracts that prohibit consumers from making certain public comments on businesses (see H.R. 5499), H8171 [20NO]

Cambodia: honor victims of genocide that took place from 1975–1979 (see H. Res. 464), H2002 [26FE]

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5468), H7528 [15SE]

CBO: prepare long-term scoring estimates for reported bills and joint resolutions that could have significant economic and fiscal effects outside normal scoring periods (see H.R. 4444), H3143 [9AP]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: reauthorize education campaign to increase young women’s knowledge of breast health and the occurrence of breast cancer (see H.R. 5185), H7389 [9SE]

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

Children and youth: bolster U.S. diplomacy and assistance aimed at ensuring children have permanent, safe, nurturing, and loving families and strengthen intercountry adoption to the U.S. and around the world (see H.R. 4143), H2147 [4MR]

——— establish and implement concussion management guidelines for school-aged children (see H.R. 3113), H3293 [29AP]

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

——— expand authority of governmental social service agencies with child protection responsibilities to access the national crime information databases (see H.R. 3923), H5824 [30JN]

——— issue a semipostal stamp to support programs targeted at improving permanency outcomes for youth in foster care (see H.R. 2149), H5559 [19JN]

——— require reporting of bullying to appropriate authorities and assist with equal protection claims against entities who fail to respond appropriately to bullying (see H.R. 4756), H7041 [29JY]

Clean Energy Consortia: establish (see H.R. 5548), H8226 [1DE]

Colonel M.J. ‘Mac’ Dube, USMC Post Office Building, Twentynine Palms, CA: designate (see H.R. 5331), H7182 [31JY]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1551), H1659 [5FE]

Copyrights: clarify definition of ‘‘widow’’ and ’’widower’’ to ensure protection for same-sex couples relative to passage of copyright rights to next of kin upon the death of a copyright holder (see H.R. 5617), H7885 [18SE]

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), H4061 [9MY]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify application of the words people, person, or citizen in the Constitution to corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities (see H.J. Res. 21), H1660 [5FE]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H6657 [22JY]

——— establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4511), H3291 [29AP]

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), H7389 [9SE]

——— issue loan guarantees for purposes of financing improvements to school lunch facilities and training school food service personnel (see H.R. 1783), H4060 [9MY]

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

Dept. of Commerce: enable concrete masonry products manufacturers and importers to carry out coordinated program of research, education, and promotion to improve, maintain, and develop markets (see H.R. 1563), H4685 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: require payment of full amount of separation pay otherwise due to former members of the Armed Forces discharged for sexual orientation (see H.R. 5009), H5827 [3JY]

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

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

——— award grants to States to improve delivery of high quality assessments (see H.R. 5807), H10318 [12DE]

——— 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), H5824 [30JN]

——— establish grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing, maintaining, and improving veteran student centers (see H.R. 5589), H7884 [18SE]

——— provide grants to local educational agencies to encourage female students to pursue studies and careers in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4515), H6860 [25JY]

——— provide grants to State educational agencies and institutions of higher education to strengthen elementary and secondary computer science education (see H.R. 2536), H4060 [9MY]

——— require that annual State report cards reflect the same race groups as the decennial census of population (see H.R. 5343), H7182 [31JY]

——— support Promise Neighborhoods (see H.R. 2195), H1512 [29JA]

Dept. of HHS: designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H5559 [19JN]

——— establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals (see H.R. 1907), H6036 [9JY]

——— increase number of permanent faculty in palliative care at allopathic and osteopathic medical schools, nursing schools, and other programs, and promote education in palliative care and hospice (see H.R. 1339), H8669 [4DE]

——— provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 920), H3448 [6MY]

——— raise awareness of, and educate breast cancer patients anticipating surgery regarding the availability and coverage of breast reconstruction, prostheses, and other options (see H.R. 1984), H1719 [10FE]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3854), H4910 [28MY]

——— require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs (see H.R. 1981), H8226 [1DE]

——— revise and extend program for viral hepatitis surveillance, education, and testing in order to prevent deaths from chronic liver disease and liver cancer (see H.R. 3723), H7893 [18SE]

Dept. of HUD: support goals and ideals of Community Development Block Grant Program (see H. Res. 668), H6978 [28JY]

Dept. of Justice: issue rules pertaining to collection and compilation of data on the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (see H.R. 5866), H9302 [11DE]

——— modify the definition of armor-piercing ammunition to conform to performance rather than metallurgical content (see H.R. 2566), H1512 [29JA]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 1318), H8931 [9DE]

Dept. of Labor: award special recognition to employers for veteran-friendly employment practices (see H.R. 5563), H8273 [2DE]

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

——— prohibit work by children in tobacco-related agriculture as particularly hazardous oppressive child labor (see H.R. 5327), H7676 [17SE]

Dept. of State: ban foreigners who have committed gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals from entering the U.S. (see H.R. 4907), H5557 [19JN]

——— establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see H.R. 5128), H7529 [15SE]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H6217 [14JY]

Dept. of Transportation: establish a pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure credit assistance pilot program (see H.R. 3978), H4830 [22MY]

——— require States with an increase in fatalities or serious injuries of pedestrians or users of nonmotorized transportation to address increase in State strategic highway safety plans (see H.R. 4507), H4830 [22MY]

——— 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), H3242 [28AP]

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), H5640 [23JN]

——— carry out pilot program to reduce shortage of psychiatrists in Veterans Health Administration by offering competitive employment incentives to certain psychiatrists (see H.R. 4234), H5495 [18JN]

——— 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), H1515 [31JA]

——— develop and publish an action plan for improving vocational rehabilitation services and assistance (see H.R. 5032), H6034 [9JY]

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

——— extend Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (see H.R. 562), H20 [7JA] (see H.R. 4149), H2198 [5MR]

——— improve the performance appraisal system for senior executives (see H.R. 4399), H3365 [30AP]

——— include the cost of applying to an institution of higher learning as part of the benefits provided under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Program (see H.R. 4793), H7189 [31JY]

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

——— provide emergency supplemental appropriations for the Office of the Inspector General (see H.R. 4948), H5877 [8JY]

——— provide for additional qualification requirements for individuals appointed to marriage and family therapist positions (see H.R. 5398), H7241 [1AU]

Developing countries: provide assistance to support the rights of women and girls (see H.R. 3398), H5769 [25JN]

Disabled: promote and ensure delivery of special education and related services to students with visual and hearing disabilities through appropriate instructional methodologies (see H.R. 4040), H1769 [11FE]

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

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 292), H7296 [8SE]

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), H2303 [11MR]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H3242 [28AP]

——— provide support for elementary and secondary teacher professional development programs in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 3243), H1512 [29JA]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6657 [22JY]

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]

EPA: take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 2692), H6036 [9JY]

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

FAA: collect and maintain data on the number of sexual assaults that occur on aircraft during passenger flights (see H.R. 4295), H4830 [22MY]

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), H1720 [10FE]

FDA: approve certain drugs and biological products for use in a limited population of patients to address increases in bacterial and fungal resistance to drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3742), H7619 [16SE]

Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building, Lompoc, CA: designate (see H.R. 5562), H7883 [18SE]

Federal employees: allow conversion of temporary seasonal wildland firefighters and other seasonal employees in Federal land management agencies to permanent seasonal positions (see H.R. 533), H6217 [14JY]

——— amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1362), H5319 [11JN]

——— increase rates of pay for General Schedule and prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 4306), H5069 [2JN]

——— limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see H.R. 2450), H6815 [24JY]

——— provide that certain disabled veterans receive competitive service employment preference (see H.R. 4247), H2433 [13MR]

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: delay increases in flood insurance premium rates under the National Flood Insurance Program until completion of affordability study, provide certain reimbursements, and accurately determine flood risk (see H.R. 3370), H1777 [14FE]

FHA: ensure stability in maximum mortgage amount limitations for areas experiencing decreases in median home prices (see H.R. 4208), H3242 [28AP]

Financial institutions: allow use of prize-linked savings accounts to encourage personal savings (see H.R. 3374), H7434 [10SE]

——— clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H8669 [4DE]

Firearms: require all handguns manufactured, sold, or imported into the U.S. incorporate technology that precludes the average 5-year-old child from operating the handgun when it is ready to fire (see H.R. 2567), H1512 [29JA]

Foreign aid: provide assistance for developing countries to promote quality and universal basic education (see H.R. 2780), H7241 [1AU]

FTC: prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 4325), H5364 [12JN]

GAO: conduct a study on the impact of the requirement that depository institutions maintain certain reserves and Regulation D relative to exemptions from SEC registration requirements (see H.R. 3240), H7893 [18SE]

Health: prohibit misleading and deceptive advertising or representation in the provision of health care services and require identification of the license of health care professionals (see H.R. 1427), H7241 [1AU]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3116), H1719 [10FE]

——— 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), H8932 [9DE]

Health care professionals: build a stronger health care workforce (see H.R. 5458), H7619 [16SE]

——— protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 3722), H5559 [19JN]

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

Homeless Assistance Act: amend definition of ‘‘homeless person’’ to include certain homeless children and youth (see H.R. 5186), H8171 [20NO]

House of Representatives: require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see H.R. 2978), H3242 [28AP]

Housing: permanently protect interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property and establish a right of action to enforce compliance with such protections (see H.R. 3543), H2645 [25MR]

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), H7190 [31JY]

——— establish legal orientation programs at immigration detention facilities to inform detainees of their legal rights (see H.R. 3914), H1515 [31JA]

——— 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), H8931 [9DE]

——— give judges and certain officials discretionary authority in removal, deportation, ineligibility, or inadmissability proceedings for immediate family members of a U.S. citizen (see H.R. 3431), H4434 [15MY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4136), H4910 [28MY] (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]

Iran: condemn persecution of Baha’is and continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights, impose sanctions for such violations, and call for release of religious prisoners (see H. Res. 109), H4476 [19MY]

Isla Vista, CA: condemn rampage and mass shooting, offer condolences to the community, the victims, and their families, and call for action to prevent such tragedies in the future (see H. Res. 608), H5064 [30MY]

Israel: 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]

Juanita Millender-McDonald Post Office, Long Beach, CA: designate (see H.R. 5687), H7937 [12NO]

Korea, Republic of: provide high-skilled visas for nationals (see H.R. 1812), H2001 [26FE]

Korean Peninsula: resume family reunions between North and South Korea, allow Korean Americans to reunite with divided families in North Korea, and encourage peace (see H. Con. Res. 91), H8226 [1DE]

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

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

Medicaid: 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), H1720 [10FE]

——— require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 855), H3448 [6MY]

Medicare: count a period of outpatient observation in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1179), H20 [7JA]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1180), H2645 [25MR]

——— enhance beneficiary and provider protections and improve transparency in the Medicare Advantage market (see H.R. 4998), H7189 [31JY]

——— 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), H3409 [1MY]

——— modify payment for outpatient department procedures that utilize drugs as supplies (see H.R. 4857), H7129 [30JY]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H5640 [23JN]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H6400 [17JY]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2258 [6MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: delay implementation schedule of the reductions of disproportionate share hospital payments (see H.R. 1920), H4830 [22MY]

Mental health: protect minors from efforts by practitioners to change their sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (see H. Con. Res. 69), H6297 [15JY]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H5365 [12JN]

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

National Asian American and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 586), H4475 [19MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2435 [13MR]

National Credit Union Administration: clarify authority to improve credit union safety and soundness (see H.R. 719), H7892 [18SE]

National Day of 3D Printing: designate (see H. Res. 767), H8273 [2DE]

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

National Freight Network Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 5101), H7129 [30JY]

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

National Middle Level Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 521), H2484 [14MR]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 540), H3294 [29AP]

National parks and recreation areas: provide a lifetime America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands Pass to any veteran with a service-connected disability (see H.R. 3976), H1511 [29JA]

National Purple Heart Hall of Honor: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3867), H223 [14JA]

National Small Business Week: observance (see H. Res. 583), H4064 [13MY]

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 525), H4911 [28MY]

Neil Havens Post Office, Simi Valley, CA: designate (see H.R. 4939), H5639 [23JN]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H5399 [17JN]

NOAA: prioritize and redirect resources to a program of attainable advances in improving weather forecasting and prediction of high impact weather events (see H.R. 2413), H2098 [28FE]

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), H7242 [1AU]

Peace Corps: subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H5820 [26JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 2697), H3293 [29AP]

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

Philmore Graham Post Office Building, Vallejo, CA: designate (see H.R. 5106), H6215 [14JY]

Political campaigns: reform system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 270), H4910 [28MY]

——— 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), H2991 [7AP]

Postal Service: improve fuel efficiency by replacing motor vehicle fleet with modern, efficient vehicles (see H.R. 3963), H3058 [8AP]

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

Power resources: promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4426), H6746 [23JY]

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), H2696 [26MR]

Professional Boxing Safety Act: amend (see H.R. 5395), H7240 [1AU]

Real estate: allow State and local financing of energy and water efficiency and renewable energy modifications to privately-owned property through Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs (see H.R. 4285), H3941 [7MY]

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]

SBA: ensure equal access for HUBZone designations to all tax-paying small business owners (see H.R. 5084), H6400 [17JY]

Science: establish a position of Science Laureate of the U.S. (see H.R. 4176), H2256 [6MR]

——— provide for investment in innovation through research and development and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education (see H.R. 4159), H2255 [6MR]

Secure Water Act: reauthorize and update certain provisions (see H.R. 4258), H2484 [14MR]

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

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

——— revise medical criteria for evaluating disability in a person with Huntington’s disease and waive Medicare waiting period for individuals disabled by Huntington’s disease (see H.R. 1015), H5640 [23JN]

SSA: confer spousal benefits to any legally married individual regardless of marriage laws in the State of residence (see H.R. 4664), H4836 [27MY]

SSI: update eligibility (see H.R. 1601), H7241 [1AU]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H3365 [30AP]

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

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1317), H3292 [29AP]

——— allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2141), H5830 [7JY]

——— allow the work opportunity credit for hiring veterans or Ready Reserve or National Guard members, make such credit permanent, and expand and make permanent the employer wage credit for active duty servicemen (see H.R. 3649), H1481 [28JA]

——— deny any deduction for marketing directed at children to promote consumption of food of poor nutritional quality (see H.R. 2831), H6746 [23JY]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness (see H.R. 5239), H7242 [1AU]

——— extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 3490), H5877 [8JY]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1738), H2001 [26FE]

——— extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4469), H5877 [8JY]

——— extend energy credit for certain property under construction (see H.R. 2502), H1243 [16JA]

——— make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3318), H5877 [8JY]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7434 [10SE]

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 4026), H2258 [6MR]

U.S. Access Board: develop accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies in institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3505), H2258 [6MR]

U.S. Boxing Commission: establish (see H.R. 5395), H7240 [1AU]

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

Veterans: include contracts and grants for residential care for veterans in the exception to the requirement that the Federal Government recover a portion of the value of certain projects (see H.R. 3180), H1719 [10FE]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 44), H7677 [17SE]

——— require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5741), H8868 [8DE]

——— 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]

W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 5109), H6296 [15JY]

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

Wildlife: prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2856), H6977 [28JY]

Women: combat international violence against women and girls (see H.R. 3571), H2098 [28FE]

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

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

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]

——— recognize National Day of Remembrance to observe anniversary of Executive order restricting freedom of German and Italian Americans and ordering internment of Japanese Americans (see H. Res. 482), H1771 [11FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Air Force: require a demonstration program on the accession as officers of candidates with auditory impairments (see H.R. 5296), H7126 [30JY]

Armed Forces: establish a Work for Warriors Program for National Guard and Reserves members to provide for direct employment (see H.R. 4363), H2801 [1AP]

Colleges and universities: require institutions to disseminate information on completion, employment, and retention rates of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance program recipients (see H.R. 4248), H2433 [13MR]

Dept. of Education: allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (see H.R. 5127), H6351 [16JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: submit a report to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs on the information technology used in administering educational benefits (see H.R. 4147), H2147 [4MR]

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 640), H5640 [23JN]

Political campaigns: limit time for the use of contributions or donations (see H.R. 5660), H7886 [18SE]

Social Security: provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 5182), H6745 [23JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Air Force: require a demonstration program on the accession as officers of candidates with auditory impairments (H.R. 5296), H7128 [30JY]

Armed Forces: establish a Work for Warriors Program for National Guard and Reserves members to provide for direct employment (H.R. 4363), H2802 [1AP]

Colleges and universities: require institutions to disseminate information on completion, employment, and retention rates of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance program recipients (H.R. 4248), H2434 [13MR]

Dept. of Education: allow State teacher and personnel training and recruitment funds to be used to train school personnel how to recognize child sexual abuse (H.R. 5127), H6352 [16JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: submit a report to the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs on the information technology used in administering educational benefits (H.R. 4147), H2148 [4MR]

Political campaigns: limit time for the use of contributions or donations (H.R. 5660), H7892 [18SE]

Social Security: provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (H.R. 5182), H6745 [23JY]

Motions

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2889 [3AP]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H4842 [28MY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 465), H1450 [28JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4800), H5286 [11JN]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), conference report, H7083 [30JY]

——— appropriate funds necessary to ensure that Reserve component members who perform inactive-duty training continue to receive pay during a Government shutdown (H.R. 3230), motion to instruct conferees, H5427 [18JN]

——— authorize enlistment of certain aliens who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and provide a way for such aliens to be lawfully admitted to the U.S. through U.S. military service (H.R. 2377), H4692 [21MY]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3185 [10AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish waiver process for school districts that find new school nutrition standards too expensive, H5286 [11JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), consideration (H. Res. 590), H4709 [21MY]

——— provide for auditable financial statements, H4709 [21MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H5427 [18JN], H7083 [30JY]

——— prohibit institutions of higher learning from using military and veterans’ education benefits for the purpose of marketing and recruiting, H3350 [30AP]

——— reestablish Professional Certification and Licensure Advisory Committee (H.R. 2942), H4862 [28MY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 4486), H3344, H3350 [30AP]

Depts. of Defense and Veterans Affairs: ensure educational assistance program recipients receive education and training that assists them in obtaining State-recognized civilian certifications and licenses, H3344 [30AP]

Domestic policy: address rising levels of poverty, H6801 [24JY]

Employment: prevent modification of definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate if it results in increased deficit or a reduction in hours or wages for employees, H2889 [3AP]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H4843 [28MY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7201 [1AU]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 700), H7201 [1AU]

Immigration: ensure unaccompanied alien children who have crossed illegally into the U.S. are taken care of and treated with dignity until a course of action is taken to mitigate the humanitarian crisis, H6356 [17JY]

——— making supplemental appropriations to address border crisis concerning unaccompanied alien children, border security and law enforcement, and humanitarian and repatriation assistance (H.R. 5230), H7201 [1AU]

——— prohibit certain actions relative to deferred actions for aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (H.R. 5272), H7201 [1AU]

——— reform (H.R. 15), unanimous-consent request, H7197 [1AU]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index, H6801 [24JY]

——— increase, and index future increases to the consumer price index (H.R. 1010), H2202 [6MR], H3306 [30AP]

National Park Service: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (H.R. 627), H3306 [30AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2837, H2838 [2AP]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), motion to recommit, H2889 [3AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6801 [24JY]

Schools: encourage growth and replication of successful charter school models (H.R. 10), H4021 [9MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), H188 [14JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3824), unanimous-consent request, H247 [15JA]

——— extend unemployment benefits (H.R. 3936), H1450 [28JA]

Veterans: require college courses that are approved for purposes of Dept. of Veterans Affairs educational assistance programs to charge veterans tuition and fees at the in-State tuition rate (H.R. 357), H1523 [3FE]

Resignations

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H2751 [1AP]

Tributes

Bernstein, Dan, E1312• [1AU]

Bourns, Marlan, H2918 [4AP]

Duran, Jesus, H2069 [28FE]

Grier, Barnett, H8078 [19NO]

Lara, Salvador, H2069 [28FE]

Miller, Representative George, H9030 [10DE]

Tegley, Richard, E1314• [1AU]

Uyehara, Grayce, E1309• [1AU]

Waxman, Representative, H9030 [10DE]