WELCH, PETER (a Representative from Vermont)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4718 [21MY]

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), H5675 [24JN]

Articles and editorials

Winthrop Bean Remembered, Bruce Kogan, Randolph (VT) Herald, E97• [16JA]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4693), H7979 [13NO]

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]

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

Animals: prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1094), H1659 [5FE]

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

——— encourage Congress to debate and vote on a statutory authorization for any sustained combat role in Iraq or Syria (see H. Con. Res. 114), H7677 [17SE]

——— repeal authority to use against Iraq (see H.R. 3852), H8072 [18NO]

——— repeal authority to use against those responsible for hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2324), H2148 [4MR] (see H.R. 4608), H8072 [18NO]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment by closing tax loopholes for offshore corporations (see H.R. 3793), H73 [8JA]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see H.R. 532), H7188 [31JY]

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: reform the Border Patrol agent pay schedule (see H.R. 3463), H1772 [11FE]

Business and industry: clarify that no express or implied warranty is provided by reason of a disclosure relating to voluntary participation in the Energy Star program (see H.R. 4856), H5363 [12JN]

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

CFTC: impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (see H.R. 5490), H7617 [16SE]

——— take certain actions to reduce excessive speculation in energy markets (see H.R. 4996), H5817 [26JN]

Children and youth: extend, enhance, and revise certain laws on collection, use, and disclosure of personal information of children and establish additional protections (see H.R. 3481), H2854 [2AP]

——— 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), H7189 [31JY]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 498), H5559 [19JN]

Climate: cap emissions of greenhouse gases through requirement to purchase carbon permits and distribute proceeds of such purchases to eligible individuals (see H.R. 5271), H7125 [30JY]

Coal: establish a worker adjustment assistance program to provide assistance and job retraining for workers who have lost their jobs due to unplanned closures of coal and coal-dependent industries (see H.R. 5529), H7882 [18SE]

Conservation of energy: express that performance-based contracts for energy savings are a budget-neutral means to support reduced Government energy consumption while supporting jobs and economic development (see H. Res. 737), H7887 [18SE]

——— improve energy efficiency of multifamily housing (see H.R. 5004), H5818 [26JN]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 4148), H4685 [20MY]

Credit: establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions (see H.R. 5130), H7893 [18SE]

——— 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] (see H.R. 4643), H4058 [9MY]

——— require Federal mortgage agencies to consider energy costs in the underwriting process, reduce home energy consumption, and facilitate creation of energy efficiency retrofit and construction jobs (see H.R. 4615), H4015 [8MY]

Crime: protect pets of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and dating violence (see H.R. 5267), H10325 [16DE]

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

Dept. of Commerce: require more accurate calculation of propane costs and clarify impact of propane prices on Propane Education & Research Council educational outreach activities (see H.R. 5705), H8366 [3DE]

Dept. of Defense: improve energy savings (see H.R. 4536), H5640 [23JN]

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

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), H2000 [26FE]

——— modify efficiency standards for grid-enabled water heaters (see H.R. 4066), H1780 [18FE]

Dept. of HHS: designate a Health Professional Shortage Area for maternity care (see H.R. 4385), H5769 [25JN]

——— 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), H4910 [28MY]

——— provide grants for treatment of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, ecstasy, and PCP abuse (see H.R. 2130), H2434 [13MR]

——— reauthorize and modernize the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 3854), H2611 [24MR]

——— reauthorize certain provisions relating to autism and establish a National Autism Spectrum Disorder Initiative (see H.R. 4631), H5187 [9JN]

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

Dept. of Justice: establish a permanent background check system for youth-serving organization volunteers (see H.R. 3902), H7939 [12NO]

——— improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (see H.R. 4709), H4784 [21MY]

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), H4016 [8MY]

Dept. of State: extend Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Program (see H.R. 4594), H6036 [9JY]

——— prioritize fight against human trafficking according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act without increasing the size of the Federal Government (see H.R. 2283), H6107 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize health care providers to provide recommendations and opinions to veterans regarding participation in State marijuana programs (see H.R. 5762), H9305 [11DE]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 4816), H5185 [9JN]

——— establish presumption of service connection for mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (see H.R. 4344), H7893 [18SE]

——— extend the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (see H.R. 3958), H6746 [23JY]

——— pay provisional benefits for certain nonadjudicated claims (see H.R. 1739), H2802 [1AP]

Diseases: express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7242 [1AU]

——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H8226 [1DE]

——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 1508), H5559 [19JN]

——— 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), H4831 [22MY]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 292), H7529 [15SE]

Drugs: exclude therapeutic hemp and cannabidiol from the definition of marijuana (see H.R. 5226), H7434 [10SE]

——— reduce deaths occurring from overdoses (see H.R. 4169), H2611 [24MR]

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]

——— establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 5259), H7456 [11SE]

——— improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 3461), H1720 [10FE]

Elections: constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 119), H6215 [14JY]

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

Explosives: condemn bombings at the Boston Marathon, express condolences to victims and their families, and call for international reduction and support for victims of improvised explosive devices (see H. Res. 190), H4476 [19MY]

FCC: expand and clarify prohibition on provision of inaccurate caller identification information (see H.R. 3670), H2746 [27MR]

——— extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 4969), H6297 [15JY]

——— modify Federal labeling requirements for electronic devices to permit electronic device manufacturers to display Federal labeling requirements digitally (see H.R. 5161), H6655 [22JY]

——— promote expansion of spectrum-based services to exceptionally hard-to-serve populations in unserved and underserved geographic locations (see H.R. 3916), H2486 [14MR]

FDA: ensure eligible product developers have competitive access to approved drugs and licensed biological products to enable development and testing of new products (see H.R. 5657), H7886 [18SE]

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

——— withdraw approval for the drug Zohydro ER and prohibit from approving such drug unless it is reformulated to prevent abuse (see H.R. 4241), H2488 [18MR]

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board: make more independent, accountable, and transparent to improve Federal financial accounting concepts and standards (see H.R. 4678), H4684 [20MY]

Federal agencies and departments: authorize any office which owns or operates a parking area for the use of its employees to install, construct, operate, and maintain a battery recharging station (see H.R. 4645), H5065 [30MY]

——— 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), H7893 [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), H7676 [17SE]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H5319 [11JN]

——— exempt community banks from certain regulatory requirements, include a community bank representative in the FRS Board of Governors, and create a process to designate a county as a rural area (see H.R. 5786), H8365 [3DE]

——— 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), H1939 [25FE]

Forests: provide for wildfire suppression and prevention operations (see H.R. 3992), H5495 [18JN]

FRS: nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (see H.R. 5403), H7940 [12NO]

GAO: produce annual reports on the effectiveness of National Security Agency programs (see H.R. 3882), H1243 [16JA]

Health: create a patient-centered quality of care initiative for seriously ill patients (see H.R. 1666), H5023 [29MY]

——— 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), H7940 [12NO]

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

Housing: reform the housing finance system (see H.R. 5055), H6105 [10JY]

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), H182 [13JA]

Iran: ensure the emergency protection of Iranian dissidents living in Camp Liberty/Hurriya and to provide for their admission as refugees to the U.S. (see H.R. 3707), H4785 [21MY]

Lake Berryessa: transfer recreational management authority from Bureau of Reclamation to BLM (see H.R. 4166), H4685 [20MY]

Meals on Wheels Association of America: tribute (see H. Res. 526), H2962 [4AP]

Medicare: delay enforcement of two-midnight rule for short inpatient hospital stays until the implementation of a new payment methodology for short inpatient hospital stays (see H.R. 3698), H1515 [31JA]

——— distribute additional information to beneficiaries to prevent health care fraud (see H.R. 3616), H2566 [21MR]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 1180), H3364 [30AP]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 4577), H3446 [6MY]

——— establish Medicare Better Care Program to provide integrated care for beneficiaries with chronic conditions (see H.R. 3890), H472 [15JA]

——— improve accountable care organization program (see H.R. 5558), H7883 [18SE]

——— increase access to ambulance services (see H.R. 5460), H7454 [11SE]

——— provide beneficiaries greater choice with regard to accessing hearing health services and benefits (see H.R. 4035), H5399 [17JN]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 4190), H4476 [19MY]

——— provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage (see H.R. 5380), H7184 [31JY]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 5644), H7980 [13NO]

——— remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 3991), H2002 [26FE]

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

Medicare/Medicaid: provide coverage of voluntary advance care planning consultation (see H.R. 1173), H1777 [14FE]

Mental health: maximize access of individuals with mental illness to community-based services and strengthen the impact of such services (see H.R. 4574), H5187 [9JN]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H1773 [11FE]

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

National security: report on the use of targeted lethal force by remotely-piloted aircraft (drones) (see H.R. 4372), H3409 [1MY]

National Security Agency: provide reports on the use of electronic surveillance, the use of business records, and investigation of non U.S. person to certain additional congressional committees (see H.R. 3881), H1243 [16JA]

——— sunset certain laws relative to surveillance activities and roving wiretaps (see H.R. 3880), H1243 [16JA]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H1659 [5FE]

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), H4061 [9MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H4836 [27MY]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see H.R. 4736), H4829 [22MY]

Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4122), H7996 [14NO]

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

Peace Corps: allow former volunteers to use the seal, emblem, or name of Peace Corps on death announcements and grave stones (see H.R. 1573), H2302 [11MR]

——— subject volunteers to same limitations regarding coverage of abortion services as Peace Corps employees (see H.R. 4578), H6746 [23JY]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see H.R. 2697), H5877 [8JY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2854 [2AP]

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

Postal Service: improve fuel efficiency by replacing motor vehicle fleet with modern, efficient vehicles (see H.R. 3963), H4685 [20MY]

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 631), H5598 [20JN]

Power resources: promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4426), H8171 [20NO]

Public debt: provide a process for ensuring the U.S. does not default on its obligations by making permanent authority for Congress to disapprove a debt ceiling increase instead of approving it (see H.R. 3372), H1772 [11FE]

Public Lands Corps Act: provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, restore natural, cultural, historic, archeological, recreational, and scenic resources, and train new land managers (see H.R. 1351), H5068 [2JN]

Roads and highways: encourage efforts by transportation rights-of-way managers to adopt vegetation management practices that provide habitats and forage for monarch butterflies, honey bees, and other pollinators (see H.R. 4790), H5320 [11JN]

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: require the use of two-phase selection procedures when design-build contracts are suitable for award to small business concerns (see H.R. 2750), H2962 [4AP]

Smith-Lever Act: observe anniversary and recognize role in establishing Cooperative Extension system providing agricultural education through land-grant universities (see H. Con. Res. 86), H2362 [12MR]

Social Security: extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H7434 [10SE]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H7979 [13NO]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1317), H9304 [11DE]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see H.R. 3970), H5065 [30MY]

——— expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 877), H7297 [8SE]

——— extend bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4743), H5320 [11JN]

——— make permanent and expand the temporary minimum credit rate for the low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 4717), H4911 [28MY]

——— modify and extend the nonbusiness energy property credit (see H.R. 5002), H7129 [30JY]

——— modify depreciation recovery period for energy-efficient cool roof systems (see H.R. 4740), H7996 [14NO]

——— modify energy credit to provide greater incentives for combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP) energy efficiency technologies (see H.R. 4916), H5641 [23JN]

——— modify exclusion for transportation benefits (see H.R. 2288), H7996 [14NO]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 4679), H7389 [9SE]

——— 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), H7996 [14NO]

——— provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 1125), H8226 [1DE]

——— provide tax incentives for the donation of wild game meat (see H.R. 3728), H5065 [30MY]

——— reduce rate on distilled spirits produced by small producers (see H.R. 1806), H6656 [22JY]

Telephones: improve service in rural areas and express that no entity may unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in those areas (see H. Res. 536), H2853 [2AP]

Transportation: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 4440), H6816 [24JY]

Travel Promotion Act: extend (see H.R. 4450), H3195 [10AP]

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

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H1512 [29JA]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7940 [12NO]

Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 2291), H2434 [13MR]

Voting: 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]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: establish application process for interested parties to apply for a county to be designated as a rural area (see H.R. 2672), H3144 [9AP]

Wilderness Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 730), H7940 [12NO]

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), H7619 [16SE]

Women: 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), H6860 [25JY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to Monuments Men in recognition of their role in preservation, protection, and restitution of monuments, works of art, and articles of cultural importance (see H.R. 3658), H2362 [12MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Insurance: clarify definition of nonadmitted insurer (see H.R. 5388), H7184 [31JY]

NRC: ensure State and local communities participate in development of nuclear plant decommissioning plans and require public approval or rejection of such proposed plans (see H.R. 4667), H4434 [15MY]

Public utilities: provide electric consumers the right to access certain electric energy information and allow for the adoption of innovative products and services to help consumers manage energy usage (see H.R. 5073), H6106 [10JY]

Renewable energy: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard and a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and natural gas suppliers (see H.R. 5072), H6106 [10JY] (see H.R. 5301), H7126 [30JY]

Taxation: increase and extend new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles credit and enable such credit to be converted to a rebate at the point of sale (see H.R. 4584), H3446 [6MY]

Constitutional authority statements

Insurance: clarify definition of nonadmitted insurer (H.R. 5388), H7188 [31JY]

NRC: ensure State and local communities participate in development of nuclear plant decommissioning plans and require public approval or rejection of such proposed plans (H.R. 4667), H4434 [15MY]

Public utilities: provide electric consumers the right to access certain electric energy information and allow for the adoption of innovative products and services to help consumers manage energy usage (H.R. 5073), H6107 [10JY]

Renewable energy: establish a Federal renewable electricity standard and a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and natural gas suppliers (H.R. 5072), H6107 [10JY]

——— establish a Federal renewable electricity standard and a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for electricity and natural gas suppliers (H.R. 5301), H7128 [30JY]

Taxation: increase and extend new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles credit and enable such credit to be converted to a rebate at the point of sale (H.R. 4584), H3447 [6MY]

Pledge of Allegiance 

House of Representatives, H5371 [17JN]

Remarks

Agriculture: reauthorize certain programs (H.R. 2642), conference report, H1493 [29JA]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9073 [11DE]

——— making continuing (H.J. Res. 124), consideration (H. Res. 722), H7544, H7545 [16SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3038 [8AP]

Building Safety Month: observance, E736• [9MY]

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (H.R. 5468), H8005 [17NO]

Climate: global warming, E131• [28JA]

Colonel M.J. ‘Mac’ Dube, USMC Post Office Building, Twentynine Palms, CA: designate (H.R. 5331), H8006 [17NO]

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 567), H3975 [8MY]

Congress: 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), H7065 [30JY]

Conservation of energy: facilitate better alignment, cooperation, and best practices between commercial real estate landlords and tenants relative to energy efficiency in buildings (H.R. 2126), H2119, H2121, H2122 [4MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H1493 [29JA]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4435), H4727 [21MY]

Dept. of Education: allow entities with dual-enrollment programs with high schools to participate in a demonstration program for competency-based education, H6697 [23JY]

——— create Regulatory Reform Task Force to make recommendations to reduce unnecessary higher education regulations, H6698 [23JY]

——— establish a demonstration program for competency-based education to allow higher education institutions to develop innovative ways to teach and reduce costs (H.R. 3136), H6697, H6698 [23JY]

Dept. of Justice: improve enforcement efforts relative to prescription drug diversion and abuse (H.R. 4709), H7006 [29JY]

Dept. of the Interior: assemble a team of experts to address energy needs of U.S. territories to reduce reliance on imported fuels and increase use of indigenous energy resources (H.R. 83), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 776), H9073 [11DE]

Dept. of Transportation: infrastructure development funding, H3038 [8AP]

Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building, Miami, FL: designate (H.R. 4030), H8842 [8DE]

FCC: extend expiring provisions relative to retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations (H.R. 4572), H6589, H6591 [22JY]

Federal Correctional Officer Scott J. Williams Memorial Post Office Building, Lompoc, CA: designate (H.R. 5562), H8843 [8DE]

Financial institutions: revise certain regulations governing financial assistance for swaps entities, H9073 [11DE]

Firearms: gun control, H64 [8JA]

First Lieutenant Alvin Chester Cockrell, Jr., Post Office Building, Hazlehurst, MS: designate (S. 1093), H8008 [17NO]

House Rules: same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 776), H9073 [11DE]

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. 710), H7210 [1AU]

——— reform (S. 744), H7210 [1AU]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4681), H5039 [30MY]

——— require Presidents’ annual budget submissions to include the total dollar amount requested for intelligence or intelligence-related activities of the Government, H5039 [30MY]

James ‘Jim’ Kohnen Post Office, Dublin, CA: designate (H.R. 1671), H5378 [17JN]

James R. Burgess Jr., Post Office Building, Champaign, IL: designate (H.R. 1707), H5374 [17JN]

Juanita Millender-McDonald Post Office, Long Beach, CA: designate (H.R. 5687), H8843 [8DE]

Lance Corporal Joshua B. McDaniels and Veterans Memorial Post Office Building, London, OH: designate (H.R. 1391), H5373, H5374 [17JN]

Lerner, Lois G.: find in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H. Res. 574), H3906 [7MY]

LIHEAP: funding, H1493 [29JA]

Lt. Daniel P. Riordan Post Office, St. Louis, MO: designate (H.R. 5386), H8007 [17NO]

Missisquoi and Trout Rivers: designate segments as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 2569), H7493 [15SE]

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners: anniversary, E435• [25MR]

National Clandestine Service of the CIA NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office, Monroe, NY: designate (H.R. 2112), H5377 [17JN]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system, H4727 [21MY]

Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office, Cold Spring, MN: designate (H.R. 43), H5373 [17JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (H.R. 4414), H3069 [9AP], H3269 [29AP]

Power resources: ensure modifications to cross-border natural gas pipelines receive thorough environmental review process, H5675, H5676 [24JN]

——— require approval of construction, operation, or maintenance of oil or natural gas pipelines or electric transmission facilities at U.S. borders for import or export (H.R. 3301), H5675, H5676 [24JN]

Public debt: ceiling, H1483 [29JA]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), consideration (H. Res. 669), H6236 [15JY]

Rwanda: anniversary of genocide, H3040 [8AP]

Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office, Alden, NY: designate (H.R. 3472), H5375, H5376 [17JN]

Sergeant Cory Mracek Memorial Post Office, Chadron, NE: designate (S. 1499), H8008 [17NO]

Sgt. Amanda N. Pinson Post Office, St. Louis, MO: designate (H.R. 5385), H8840 [8DE]

Sgt. Zachary M. Fisher Post Office, Chesterfield, MO: designate (H.R. 5794), H8841 [8DE]

Specialist Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office, Rochester, NY: designate (S. 1512), H8010 [17NO]

Staff Sergeant Joseph D’Augustine Post Office Building, Waldwick, NJ: designate (H.R. 1458), H5379 [17JN]

Syria: authorize assistance, including training, equipment, supplies, and sustainment to appropriately vetted Syrian groups to combat threat of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization), H7544, H7545 [16SE]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and make technical corrections (H.R. 5771), consideration (H. Res. 766), H8308 [3DE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (H.R. 3086), H6227 [15JY]

Thaddeus Stevens Post Office, Danville, VT: designate (H.R. 1865), H5376 [17JN]

——— designate (S. 885), H8009 [17NO]

Votes: position on missed, E952• [11JN]

Tributes

Eardensohn, Gene, E1229• [24JY]

Giffords, Gabrielle, H64 [8JA]

Hastings, Representative Doc, H7494 [15SE]

Murphy, Edward M., E137• [29JA]