BLACK, DIANE (a Representative from Tennessee)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: extend maternity leave for women serving in the military (see H.R. 4628), H4058 [9MY]

Cates, Clifton B.: urge naming of Navy ship in honor (see H. Res. 637), H5640 [23JN]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: adjust the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program in order to avoid disproportionate penalties for hospitals treating vulnerable populations (see H.R. 4188), H4061 [9MY]

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), H2362 [12MR]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (see H.R. 4058), H3242 [28AP]

——— prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care, extend and improve adoption incentives, and improve international child support recovery (see H.R. 4980), H6036 [9JY]

Constitution—U.S.: protect the separation of powers by allowing Congress to authorize a civil action against the President or executive branch for failure to execute laws (see H.R. 4138), H2147 [4MR]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1551), H2258 [6MR]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (see H.R. 4079), H4785 [21MY]

——— provide for the payment of royalties for the performance of sound recordings fixed before a certain date (see H.R. 4772), H8226 [1DE]

Courts: prohibit recovery of damages in certain wrongful birth and wrongful life civil actions (see H.R. 4698), H4783 [21MY]

Crime: provide a penalty for knowingly selling advertising that offers certain commercial sex acts (see H.R. 4225), H2746 [27MR]

——— provide justice for victims of human trafficking (see H.R. 3530), H2803 [1AP]

——— stop exploitation through human trafficking (see H.R. 3610), H3242 [28AP]

Dept. of Commerce: establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation (see H.R. 2996), H2148 [4MR]

Dept. of Defense: develop a plan to move U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) back to the continental U.S. (see H.R. 4434), H3142 [9AP]

Dept. of Energy: expedite and approve permits to export natural gas to World Trade Organization countries (see H.R. 6), H2566 [21MR]

——— recognize voluntary certification programs for air conditioning, furnace, boiler, heat pump, and water heater products energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 4219), H2855 [2AP]

Dept. of Justice: provide State officials with access to criminal history information relative to certain financial service providers required to undergo State criminal background checks (see H.R. 5320), H8133 [19NO]

——— report to Congress on the number of aliens unlawfully present in the U.S. who appear and fail to appear before immigration judges for certain proceedings (see H.R. 5105), H6215 [14JY] (see H.R. 5118), H6296 [15JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: 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), H3293 [29AP]

——— enter into contracts for provision of medical care at non-departmental facilities for certain patients, assess health care delivery system, and limit employee awards and bonuses (see H.R. 4810), H5185 [9JN]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (see H.R. 4031), H3448 [6MY]

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), H7939 [12NO]

Economy: create jobs by revising Federal labor laws, decreasing regulatory burdens, providing comprehensive energy reform, and streamlining access to investment capital (see H.R. 4304), H2695 [26MR]

Education: support State authority and flexibility in establishing student academic standards and denounce the President’s coercion of States into adopting the Common Core State Standards (see H. Res. 476), H1881 [21FE]

Endangered Species Act: publish and make available for public comment a draft economic analysis at the time a proposed rule to designate critical habitat is published (see H.R. 4319), H7189 [31JY]

English language: reaffirm as official language of U.S., establish uniform English language rule for naturalization, and avoid misconstructions of English language texts of U.S. laws (see H.R. 997), H7529 [15SE]

EPA: repeal renewable fuel standard program (see H.R. 1461), H1659 [5FE]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 3708), H2611 [24MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see H.R. 4792), H5064 [30MY]

——— review efforts to reduce travel expenses through the use of video conferencing (see H.R. 2643), H1515 [31JA]

Federal aid programs: encourage and support partnerships between the public and private sectors to improve our nation’s social programs (see H.R. 4885), H7455 [11SE]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H6656 [22JY]

——— modify exemptions for small creditors and mortgage loan servicers (see H.R. 4521), H6107 [10JY]

——— specify when bank holding companies may be subject to certain enhanced supervision (see H.R. 4060), H7455 [11SE]

Firearms: establish national standard to allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in other States (see H.R. 2959), H6860 [25JY]

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), H3242 [28AP]

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]

——— require creation of a consumer opt-out list for collected data by, free credit monitoring by, and a Senate confirmed Director of, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and improve security of collected data (see H.R. 4604), H4476 [19MY]

Government: restore the 10-year statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt by administrative offset (see H.R. 4491), H4017 [8MY]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services (see H.R. 36), H5186 [9JN]

Health care professionals: protect certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State (see H.R. 3722), H3293 [29AP]

Horse Protection Act: provide increased protection for horses participating in shows, exhibitions, or sales (see H.R. 4098), H2000 [26FE]

House of Representatives: call for civil action in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge certain executive branch actions (see H. Res. 442), H1939 [25FE]

Human rights: identify strategies to prevent children from becoming victims of trafficking, review trafficking prevention efforts, and improve trafficking victims’ assistance grants (see H.R. 5135), H6397 [17JY]

Immigration: expedite removal of unaccompanied alien children, implement tough ‘‘credible fear’’ standards, reduce asylum fraud, protect communities from gangs, and provide Border Patrol access to Federal lands (see H.R. 5137), H7129 [30JY]

——— prevent expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and prohibit granting amnesty and work permits to illegal aliens (see H.R. 5160), H6860 [25JY]

——— prohibit funding for granting deferred action or other immigration relief to aliens not lawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 5768), H8169 [20NO]

——— require consultation with State and local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or contracts for housing facilities for unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 5138), H6398 [17JY]

——— require notification of a Governor of a State if an unaccompanied alien child is transferred to the State and provide the Governor with the right-of-refusal of such transfers (see H.R. 5253), H7039 [29JY]

IRS: improve transparency and efficiency relative to audits and communications with taxpayers (see H.R. 2530), H1938 [25FE]

——— prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (see H.R. 2531), H1938 [25FE]

——— prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 3865), H1243 [16JA]

——— prohibit performance awards for employees who owe back taxes (see H.R. 4531), H3363 [30AP]

Israel: condemn murders of teenagers by members of Hamas (terrorist organization) and Mohammed Abu Khdeir by extremists and call for halt to attacks and recognition for Israel’s right to exist (see H. Res. 665), H6746 [23JY]

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]

——— ensure eligibility of certain professionals practicing in rural health clinics for electronic health records and quality improvement incentives (see H.R. 986), H7188 [31JY]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 5780), H8272 [2DE]

——— 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), H5877 [8JY]

——— provide for standardized post-acute care assessment data for quality, payment, and discharge planning (see H.R. 4994), H5817 [26JN]

——— repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (see H.R. 4015), H2260 [10MR]

——— require State licensure and performance guarantees for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 4920), H5557 [19JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: continue use of quarterly reporting period for health care providers to demonstrate meaningful uses under electronic health records incentive payment programs (see H.R. 5481), H7901 [19SE]

——— exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 1309), H5319 [11JN]

Mental health: make available needed psychiatric, psychological, and supportive services for individuals diagnosed with mental illness and families in mental health crisis (see H.R. 3717), H5065 [30MY]

Mexico: call for release of Andrew P. Tahmooressi (see H. Res. 620), H7940 [12NO]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H4064 [13MY]

Muslim Brotherhood (organization): designate as terrorist organization and impose sanctions against persons who knowingly provide material support or resources (see H.R. 5194), H7129 [30JY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H2149 [4MR]

National Day of Prayer: observance (see H. Res. 547), H3409 [1MY]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 577), H4435 [15MY]

National Teacher Day: observance (see H. Res. 571), H3446 [6MY]

National Telecommunications and Information Administration: prohibit from relinquishing control over the Internet domain name system until GAO submits report on the system (see H.R. 4342), H2855 [2AP]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (see H.R. 5739), H8132 [19NO]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2203), H2696 [26MR]

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H4064 [13MY]

Obama, President: condemn failure to notify Congress before releasing Taliban leaders detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and express concerns over their release and repercussions of negotiating with terrorists (see H. Res. 644), H6217 [14JY]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 4158), H2255 [6MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 3474), H2260 [10MR]

——— clarify treatment of health plans in which expatriates are the primary enrollees (see H.R. 4414), H3144 [9AP]

——— delay application of annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 3367), H3409 [1MY]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 3811), H19 [7JA]

——— prevent a taxpayer bailout of health insurance issuers (see H.R. 3541), H224 [14JA]

——— repeal amendments which disqualify expenses for over-the-counter drugs under health savings accounts and health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2835), H6977 [28JY]

——— require States with failed health care exchanges to reimburse the Federal Government for amounts provided for establishment and operation of such exchanges (see H.R. 4677), H4475 [19MY]

——— simplify treatment of seasonal positions relative to employer shared responsibility requirements (see H.R. 5213), H7190 [31JY]

——— study impact on small businesses (see H.R. 4728), H4828 [22MY]

Peres, Shimon: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2939), H2696 [26MR]

Pharmaceuticals: clarify the orphan drug exception to the annual fee on branded prescription pharmaceutical manufacturers and importers (see H.R. 2315), H3409 [1MY]

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

Power resources: contribute to national security and achieve domestic energy independence by producing more energy from all sources (see H.R. 3895), H1240 [16JA]

——— update avian protection laws in order to support an all-of-the-above domestic energy strategy (see H.R. 4797), H5068 [2JN]

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), H20 [7JA]

Public welfare programs: prohibit assistance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program from being accessed through an electronic benefit transfer card at stores that sell marijuana (see H.R. 4137), H2147 [4MR]

Regulatory Improvement Commission: establish (see H.R. 4646), H4058 [9MY]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 5285), H7125 [30JY]

Social Security: prevent disability fraud (see H.R. 5260), H7125 [30JY]

SSI: condition benefit eligibility of certain older disabled children on school attendance (see H.R. 4617), H4015 [8MY]

Sudan: condemn charge of apostasy and death sentence of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag and encourage U.S. efforts to support religious freedom (see H. Res. 601), H5073 [5JN]

Summitt, Pat: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3836), H134 [9JA]

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

Taxation: establish ABLE accounts to pay for qualified disability expenses of family members with disabilities (see H.R. 647), H2802 [1AP]

——— exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2870), H3242 [28AP]

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 4837), H7980 [13NO]

——— extend exclusion from gross income of discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness (see H.R. 2994), H4910 [28MY]

——— improve certain education savings plans (see H.R. 4333), H5364 [12JN]

——— modify and make permanent bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4718), H4828 [22MY]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H5767 [25JN]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 1814), H2302 [11MR]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H4685 [20MY]

Truth in Lending Act: provide that residential mortgage loans held on portfolio qualify as qualified mortgages relative to the presumption of ability to repay requirements (see H.R. 2673), H5826 [3JY]

VFW: amend Federal charter to reflect service of women in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 5441), H7894 [18SE]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H2914 [3AP]

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), H2002 [26FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 5555), H7883 [18SE]

Insurance: reform verification and reporting processes for health care premium and cost-sharing subsidies (see H.R. 5557), H7883 [18SE]

Medicare: establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program to show that reduced copayments or coinsurance can increase utilization, improve clinical outcomes, and lower health care expenditures (see H.R. 5183), H6745 [23JY]

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

——— 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]

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (see H.R. 5556), H7883 [18SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (see H.R. 4805), H5072 [5JN]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 4748), H4909 [28MY]

Constitutional authority statements

ATF: prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (H.R. 5555), H7888 [18SE]

Insurance: reform verification and reporting processes for health care premium and cost-sharing subsidies (H.R. 5557), H7888 [18SE]

Medicare: establish Value-Based Insurance Design demonstration program to show that reduced copayments or coinsurance can increase utilization, improve clinical outcomes, and lower health care expenditures (H.R. 5183), H6745 [23JY]

——— improve accountable care organization program (H.R. 5558), H7888 [18SE]

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

——— treatment of patient encounters in ambulatory surgical centers in determining meaningful electronic health records use (H.R. 5556), H7888 [18SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (H.R. 4805), H5073 [5JN]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (H.R. 4748), H4910 [28MY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2647 [26MR], H8073 [19NO]

Letters

Student and Family Tax Simplification Act: Atlanta Technical College student, H6789 [24JY]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H1467 [28JA]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3033 [8AP], H3079 [9AP]

Children and youth: prevent and address sex trafficking of youth in foster care (H.R. 4058), H4527 [20MY]

Constitution Day: observance, H7531 [16SE]

Gruber, Jonathan: characterization of remarks relative to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H7944 [13NO]

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), H6726 [23JY]

Immigration: misconception by illegal immigrants that unaccompanied children and women traveling with minors will not be deported, H5650 [24JN], H5832 [8JY]

——— provide for operational control of the international border of the U.S. (H.R. 2220), H5650 [24JN]

Medicare: reform, H3033 [8AP]

National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 541), H2898 [3AP]

Nazi Party—World War II: terminate Social Security benefits for individuals who participated in Nazi persecution (H.R. 5739), H8235 [2DE]

Obama, President: use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H9049 [11DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation of the penalty for failure to comply with the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 4118), H2261 [11MR]

——— delay provision of health insurance premium and cost-sharing subsidies until eligibility verification process for such subsidies is completed (H.R. 4805), H5251 [11JN]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2261 [11MR]

——— modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 2575), H2866 [3AP]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (H.R. 3811), H125 [9JA], H141 [10JA]

Taxation: consolidate certain tax benefits for educational expenses (H.R. 3393), H6782, H6786, H6787, H6788, H6789 [24JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (H.R. 1814), H2274 [11MR]

VFW: anniversary, H7301 [9SE]

Votes: position on missed, E365• [12MR], E543• [8AP]

Women’s History Month: observance, H2650 [26MR]

Tributes

Gray, Tom, H6299 [16JY]

Oakley, Millard and Joyce A. (J.J.), H2996 [8AP]

Wemyss, Ellen Stokes, H2650 [26MR]