BROWN, CORRINE (a Representative from Florida)

Appointments

Committee to escort Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko into the House Chamber, H7680 [18SE]

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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: welcome leaders to U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit and trade ministers to Forum of the African Growth Opportunity Act (see H. Res. 699), H7184 [31JY]

African Americans: recognize difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning home after serving in the Armed Forces, their heroic military sacrifices, and their patriotism in fighting for equal rights (see H. Con. Res. 78), H1545 [3FE]

Agriculture: provide for a uniform national standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens (see H.R. 1731), H7455 [11SE]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1084), H1772 [11FE]

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]

Armed Forces: afford each member of a Reserve component with the opportunity for a physical examination before separation from the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2841), H2001 [26FE]

——— codify the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account program to assist spouses of members in pursuing educational opportunities and career training (see H.R. 4818), H7189 [31JY]

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

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

——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1333), H2610 [24MR]

——— modify per-fiscal year calculation of days of certain active duty or service used to reduce minimum age at which Reserve component members may retire for non-regular service (see H.R. 690), H7128 [30JY]

——— restore full working-age military retiree cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3804), H1432 [27JA]

Caribbean American Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 610), H5064 [30MY]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize appropriations for firearms safety or gun violence prevention research (see H.R. 4707), H4784 [21MY]

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), H5187 [9JN]

Children and youth: allow State child protective services systems to better serve the needs of children who are victims of trafficking (see H.R. 4636), H4435 [15MY]

——— enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 5081), H6400 [17JY]

Civil rights: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner and the 50th anniversary of their murder in Mississippi during Freedom Summer (see H. Con. Res. 115), H7454 [11SE]

Congressional Gold Medal: make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (see H.R. 4488), H3240 [28AP]

Corporal Christian A. Guzman Rivera Post Office Building, Princeton, FL: designate (see H.R. 5030), H5876 [8JY]

Corps of Engineers: authorize Central Everglades Planning Project (see H.R. 5631), H7885 [18SE]

Credit: establish requirements for treatment of a private education loan upon the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner of the loans (see H.R. 4643), H4064 [13MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: preserve access of victims of trafficking to information about their eligibility to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (see H.R. 5238), H7039 [29JY]

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), H3241 [28AP]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 4582), H5559 [19JN]

——— amend adverse credit history determinations for purposes of Federal Direct PLUS Loan eligibility (see H.R. 4480), H3196 [10AP]

——— improve and expand geographic literacy among students by improving professional development programs for teachers offered through institutions of higher education (see H.R. 822), H2098 [28FE]

——— improve college affordability by increasing maximum awards, allowing year-round eligibility, and extending duration limits relative to the Federal Pell Grant Program (see H.R. 4902), H5556 [19JN]

——— make grants and low-interest loans to local educational agencies for the construction, modernization, or repair of public educational facilities (see H.R. 4826), H5248 [10JN]

Dept. of HHS: conduct outreach efforts to provide certain health information to individuals enrolled in qualified health plans through exchanges or State plans under Medicaid (see H.R. 4796), H5068 [2JN]

——— establish Frontline Providers Loan Repayment Program (see H.R. 702), H2148 [4MR]

——— increase funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program for child care for families with infants or toddlers (see H.R. 5000), H5817 [26JN]

——— prevent and treat diabetes, promote and improve care of individuals with diabetes, and reduce health disparities, relative to diabetes, within racial and ethnic minority groups (see H.R. 3322), H2362 [12MR]

——— reauthorize certain trauma care programs (see H.R. 4080), H3293 [29AP]

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

Dept. of Justice: award grants to prevent or alleviate community violence by providing education, mentoring, and counseling services to children, teachers, families, and community leaders (see H.R. 1709), H2485 [14MR]

——— improve the restitution process for child pornography victims by considering total losses, requiring timely restitution, and spreading costs among multiple defendants (see H.R. 4981), H5816 [26JN]

——— study the cost of purchase and use of body cameras by State and local law enforcement agencies and require such agencies to purchase and use body cameras as a condition of receipt of Federal funding (see H.R. 5407), H8932 [9DE]

Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 1710), H2485 [14MR]

——— 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), H5319 [11JN]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize a National Heritage Area Program (see H.R. 445), H7529 [15SE]

——— conduct a special resource study of the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA (see H.R. 4119), H2362 [12MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: carry out a grant program to provide burials for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3876), H223 [14JA]

——— clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 543), H2001 [26FE]

——— 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]

——— enter into enhanced-use leases for excess property of the National Cemetery Administration that is unsuitable for burial purposes (see H.R. 4141), H2147 [4MR]

——— establish presumption of service connection for mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (see H.R. 4344), H2744 [27MR]

——— improve the performance appraisal system for senior executives (see H.R. 4399), H4836 [27MY]

——— 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]

——— provide certain disabled veterans beneficiary travel program coverage for travel for certain special disabilities rehabilitation (see H.R. 1284), H3241 [28AP]

——— provide per diem payments to eligible entities for furnishing care to dependents of certain homeless veterans (see H.R. 4140), H2258 [6MR]

——— repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans’ dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 32), H3241 [28AP]

——— require provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all departmental medical centers (see H.R. 921), H2001 [26FE]

Diseases: develop international plans of action to address Alzheimer’s disease and dementia (see H. Res. 489), H5187 [9JN]

——— express that current Ebola outbreak in Africa is an international health crisis (see H. Res. 701), H7184 [31JY]

——— foster more effective implementation and coordination of clinical care for people with pre-diabetes and diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H5494 [18JN]

——— improve understanding of, and promote access to treatment for, chronic kidney disease (see H.R. 4814), H6860 [25JY]

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

Education: recognize importance of conducting research, education, and awareness of dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities and commend organizations dedicated to such causes (see H. Res. 623), H6108 [10JY]

——— require certain protections for student loan borrowers and provide reasonable and flexible repayment options, access to earned credentials, and loan cancellation in exchange for public service (see H.R. 3892), H472 [15JA]

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), H3058 [8AP]

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), H2066 [27FE]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see H.R. 2662), H3242 [28AP]

Father Richard Marquess-Barry Post Office Building, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 4030), H1718 [10FE]

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

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see H.R. 1141), H3241 [28AP]

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: enhance existing programs providing disaster mitigation assistance by encouraging States to adopt and actively enforce State building codes (see H.R. 1878), H7128 [30JY]

Financial institutions: clarify application of certain leverage and risk-based capital requirements (see H.R. 4510), H7129 [30JY]

Firearms: prohibit the sale or other disposition of a firearm to, and the possession, shipment, transportation, or receipt of a firearm by, certain classes of high-risk individuals (see H.R. 2648), H2991 [7AP]

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), H1939 [25FE]

Freedom Riders: award a Congressional Gold Medal in recognition of their unique contribution to civil rights, which inspired a revolutionary movement for equality in interstate travel (see H.R. 4041), H1769 [11FE]

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), H7434 [10SE]

Galvez y Madrid, Bernardo de: confer honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 105), H134 [9JA]

Hamas (terrorist organization): condemn use of civilians as human shields, recognize breaches of international law, support Israel’s right of self-defense, and support Palestinians who reject terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 107), H6860 [25JY]

Health: 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), H8366 [3DE]

Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H. Res. 564), H3408 [1MY]

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

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]

——— expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrant women, men, and families by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 4240), H2432 [13MR]

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]

IRS: implement security measures in the electronic tax return filing process to prevent tax refund fraud from being perpetrated with electronic identity theft (see H.R. 5670), H7887 [18SE]

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), H6108 [10JY]

James L. Oberstar U.S. Dept. of Transportation Building Complex, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 4644), H4831 [22MY]

Johnson, Henry: award Medal of Honor posthumously (see H.R. 5459), H7980 [13NO]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 632), H5557 [19JN]

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

Lane A. Evans VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Galesburg, IL: designate (see H.R. 5700), H7996 [14NO]

Levinson, Robert: urge intensified cooperation by Iran on the case of the disappearance of former FBI agent while on business trip in Iran (see H. Res. 435), H5399 [17JN]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 16), H2066 [27FE]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 5517), H7940 [12NO]

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

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1761), H7939 [12NO]

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), H3448 [6MY]

——— establish a market pricing program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) (see H.R. 1717), H4017 [8MY]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1761), H7939 [12NO]

——— provide coverage of certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3877), H4064 [13MY]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 942), H2962 [4AP]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1070), H7618 [16SE]

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), H2486 [14MR]

Mental Health Month: designate (see H. Res. 556), H3292 [29AP]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend right of appeal to certain Postal Service employees (see H.R. 1431), H2434 [13MR]

Middle East: prevent Hezbollah and associated entities from gaining access to international financial and other institutions (see H.R. 4411), H3365 [30AP]

Minimum wage: provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 4, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 4839), H5318 [11JN]

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

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 563), H3408 [1MY]

National Commission on the Structure of the Army: establish (see H.R. 3930), H3242 [28AP]

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

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

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

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

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

National School Counseling Week: designate (see H. Res. 471), H1544 [3FE]

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

Nigeria: condemn abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) armed militants in Borno province and urge continued U.S. support and assistance (see H. Res. 573), H3941 [7MY]

NIH: submit an annual budget estimate for Alzheimer’s disease initiatives (see H.R. 4351), H4785 [21MY]

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

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

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

Pope Francis: congratulate on election and recognize inspirational statements and actions (see H. Res. 440), H136 [9JA]

Postal Service: enhance long-term profitability through enhanced innovation, operational flexibility, workforce realignment, and regulatory relief (see H.R. 2690), H2486 [14MR]

——— improve fuel efficiency by replacing motor vehicle fleet with modern, efficient vehicles (see H.R. 3963), H2645 [25MR]

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), H7189 [31JY]

Professional Social Work Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

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

Railroads: reauthorize Federal support for passenger rail programs (see H.R. 5449), H7454 [11SE]

Real estate: provide protections to borrowers (see H.R. 4963), H8033 [17NO]

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: provide for contracting preferences and other benefits for emerging business enterprises (see H.R. 4876), H5398 [17JN]

Secondary School Student Athletes’ Bill of Rights: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 72), H3243 [28AP]

Sergeant First Class Daniel M. Ferguson Post Office, Mulberry, FL: designate (see H.R. 5089), H6657 [22JY]

Social Security: credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 5024), H7189 [31JY]

——— expand permissive exclusion from Federal health programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities and provide penalties for illegal distribution of beneficiary identity information (see H.R. 5340), H7894 [18SE]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5364), H7939 [12NO]

——— provide States with the option of providing services to children with medically complex conditions under Medicaid and State Children’s Health Insurance Program through a care coordination program (see H.R. 4930), H5820 [26JN]

Sports: provide for research, surveillance, treatment, prevention, awareness, development of rules of play, standards, and dissemination of information relative to sports-related and other concussions (see H.R. 3954), H2002 [26FE]

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

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 561), H3409 [1MY]

——— promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 2902), H6352 [16JY]

Taxation: extend the work opportunity tax credit for veterans (see H.R. 3395), H1545 [3FE]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 3086), H3293 [29AP]

——— modify substantiation rules for donation of vehicles of a certain value (see H.R. 4960), H7129 [30JY]

——— permanently extend the new markets tax credit (see H.R. 4365), H3409 [1MY]

——— provide credit to individuals for legal expenses paid relative to establishing guardianship of a disabled individual (see H.R. 1597), H5186 [9JN]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 494), H1515 [31JA]

——— reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 1918), H1243 [16JA]

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 4026), H1773 [11FE]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1354), H2148 [4MR]

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy: allow for a contract for operation of Melville Hall after receipt of gift for renovation of such hall (see H.R. 5813), H9305 [11DE]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits (see H.R. 3824), H474 [15JA] (see H.R. 4415), H3144 [9AP]

Venezuela: impose sanctions on foreign persons responsible for, or complicit in ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses against nationals (see H.R. 4229), H2611 [24MR]

——— impose targeted sanctions on individuals responsible for carrying out or ordering human rights abuses against the citizens of Venezuela (see H.R. 4587), H3939 [7MY]

Veterans: allow certain veterans with service-connected disabilities to travel on military aircraft (see H.R. 164), H135 [9JA]

Voting: require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot (see H.R. 5741), H8132 [19NO]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 3899), H5769 [25JN]

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

William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA: designate (see H.R. 4838), H5598 [20JN]

World Malaria Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 570), H4435 [15MY]

World Social Work Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H2433 [13MR]

World War I: mint coins in commemoration of centennial (see H.R. 2366), H2746 [27MR]

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

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of Transportation: ensure that minority- and women-owned businesses have fair and full opportunity to compete in rail projects and contracts and that such federally subsidized projects do not discriminate (see H.R. 4439), H3143 [9AP]

Constitutional authority statements

Dept. of Transportation: ensure that minority- and women-owned businesses have fair and full opportunity to compete in rail projects and contracts and that such federally subsidized projects do not discriminate (H.R. 4439), H3143 [9AP]

Letters

VA Construction Assistance Act: Lloyd O. Caldwell, Corps of Engineers, H7583 [16SE]

Poems

‘‘Boston Massacre,’’ John Boyle O’Reilly, E312• [5MR]

Press releases

Corrine Brown Grateful for the Service of VA Secretary Shinseki: by, H5059 [30MY]

Remarks

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, H7081 [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, H5428 [18JN]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2015–2024 (H. Con. Res. 96), H3163 [10AP]

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 567), H3979• [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), H7098• [30JY]

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: anniversary of Veterans Braintrust Forum, E310•–E313• [5MR]

Congressional Gold Medal: make technical corrections to certain laws enabling presentation to Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, and the Montford Point Marines (H.R. 4488), H3254• [29AP]

Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, H4489 [20MY]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure that minority- and women-owned businesses have fair and full opportunity to compete in rail projects and contracts and that such federally subsidized projects do not discriminate (H.R. 4439), E554• [9AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: complete nationwide access review auditing all medical centers and clinics, E721• [8MY]

——— eliminate backlog of benefit claims and delays in receipt of medical care, H4696 [21MY]

——— enter into contracts and agreements for the transfer of certain veterans unable to live independently to non-departmental medical foster homes, H5132 [9JN]

——— extend and modify the pilot program on assisted living services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (H.R. 4276), H7587 [16SE]

——— funding, H5133 [9JN]

——— improve access of veterans to medical services by improving scheduling, staff training and hiring, access to care from non-departmental providers, and administrative matters, H5428 [18JN], H7081 [30JY]

——— improve accountability to the Inspector General (H.R. 2072), H5132, H5133 [9JN]

——— improve construction of major medical facilities (H.R. 3593), H7583, H7585 [16SE]

——— provide for removal of Senior Executive Service employees based on performance (H.R. 4031), H4696 [21MY]

——— require recipients of grants and other assistance for provision of housing and other services to homeless veterans to comply with building and fire codes, H5132 [9JN]

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 (H.R. 5059), H8903 [9DE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H7098• [30JY]

Jacksonville, FL: anniversary of Jacksonville Public Library, E1495• [19SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H2788 [1AP]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), H6257• [15JY]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 5021), Senate amendment, H7175• [31JY]

Shinseki, Sec. of Veterans Affairs: call for resignation relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefit claims backlog, E737• [9MY]

Unemployment: extend unemployment benefits, H2620 [25MR]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 2258), H7588 [16SE]

Votes: correction, E1050• [23JN]

William H. Gray III 30th Street Station, Philadelphia, PA: designate (H.R. 4838), H6868, H6869 [28JY]

Women’s History Month: observance, E526• [4AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H7524 [15SE]

Tribute, H2424 [13MR]

Statements

Our Salute to Women of the 5th District of Florida, E526• [4AP]

Testimonies

VA Construction Assistance Act: Stella S. Fiotes, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H7584 [16SE]

Tributes

Attucks, Mark, E312• [5MR]

Barry, Marion S., Jr., E1724• [3DE]

Cunningham, Julie, E1094• [30JN]

Gray, William H., III, H6868, H6869 [28JY]

Green, April, E579• [10AP]

Jolly, Representative, H2384 [13MR]

McKissick, Rudolph W., Sr., E137• [29JA]

Oberstar, James L., H3437 [6MY]

Shinseki, Eric K., H5059 [30MY]

Wright, Thomas A., E1835• [12DE]