WATERS, MAXINE (a Representative from California)

Amendments

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3833, H3834 [3JN], H3893 [4JN], H3972, H4004 [9JN]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 22, Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act, H8278 [17NO]

Articles and editorials

Mobile-Home Trap—How a Warren Buffett Empire Preys on the Poor, Seattle (WA) Times and Center for Public Integrity, H2179–H2181 [14AP]

Republican and Former Treasury Secretary Paulson Slams Naysayer of Iran Deal, Karoun Demirjian, Washington (DC) Post, H5932 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: condemn Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army for crimes against humanity and mass atrocities and support efforts to end threat and remove the Lord’s Resistance Army from the battlefield (see H. Res. 394), H5769 [29JY]

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 608), H757 [3FE]

Angelou, Maya: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 247), H431 [20JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 239), H5943 [10SE]

Aviation: improve intergovernmental planning for and communication during security incidents at domestic airports (see H.R. 720), H811 [4FE]

Budget: eliminate sequestration (see H.R. 782), H867 [9FE]

Camp Pendleton Medal of Honor Post Office, Camp Pendleton, CA: designate (see H.R. 136), H4432 [16JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorize use of Emancipation Hall for a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th constitutional amendment abolishing slavery (see H. Con. Res. 83), H6787 [1OC] (see H. Con. Res. 93), H8240 [16NO]

Caribbean nations: establish U.S. embassies with consular services in Caribbean countries with which the U.S. has diplomatic relations, but no permanent diplomatic presence (see H.R. 1579), H2036 [25MR]

CFTC: impose fees and assessments to recover the cost of appropriations to the Commission (see H.R. 2474), H3505 [20MY]

Children and youth: provide for overall health and well-being of young people, including promotion of healthy relationships and prevention of unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and dating violence (see H.R. 1706), H5849 [8SE]

——— recognize importance of providing services to children of incarcerated parents (see H. Res. 322), H4491 [17JN]

China: call for an end to forced organ harvesting, investigate organ transplant abuses, end persecution of the Falun Gong, and respond to state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience (see H. Res. 343), H5850 [8SE]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H535 [22JA]

——— improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 1619), H2032 [25MR]

——— issue postage stamp in commemoration of Selma to Montgomery, AL, voting rights marches (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1613 [4MR]

Colleges and universities: support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education (see H. Res. 214), H2355 [21AP]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H5848 [8SE]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 145), H5850 [8SE]

Corps of Engineers: clarify term ‘‘water resources project’’ and ‘‘water resources development project’’ include water supply and environmental infrastructure projects (see H.R. 2689), H5776 [29JY]

Correctional institutions: eliminate private prisons, reinstate Federal parole system, increase oversight of companies providing inmate services, and end detention quotas and improve monitoring relative to immigrants (see H.R. 3543), H6136 [17SE]

Courts: eliminate mandatory arbitration clauses in employment, consumer, civil rights, and antitrust cases (see H.R. 2087), H2652 [29AP]

Credit: exclude from credit reports medical debt that is recently delinquent or has been paid, provide for a timetable for verification of medical debt, and increase efficiency of credit markets with more perfect information (see H.R. 2362), H4594 [23JN]

Cuba: facilitate export of U.S. agricultural products, remove impediments to export of medical devices and medicines, allow travel by U.S. citizens, and establish an agricultural export promotion program (see H.R. 635), H758 [3FE]

——— grant waiver to allow Cuban nationals to play professional baseball in the U.S. (see H.R. 738), H2115 [26MR]

——— lift trade embargo (see H.R. 403), H482 [21JA]

——— lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 634), H758 [3FE] (see H.R. 664), H2467 [23AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide for an equitable distribution of formula funds between land-grant colleges and universities (see H.R. 3828), H7188 [26OC]

Dept. of Defense: limit and regulate transfer of surplus military equipment to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1232), H1609 [4MR]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1434), H4544 [18JN]

——— clarify Federal Pell Grant duration limits of borrowers who attend an institution of higher education that closes or commits fraud or other misconduct (see H.R. 3512), H6074 [16SE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H5943 [10SE]

——— provide grants to health agencies and community and faith-based organizations for HIV/AIDS education, outreach, research and testing activities in minority communities (see H.R. 3396), H5867 [9SE]

——— require NIH to consider sex differences in medical research and direct FDA to guarantee clinical drug trials are sufficient to determine safety and effectiveness for both men and women (see H.R. 2101), H8362 [18NO]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (see H.R. 861), H1038 [12FE]

Dept. of Justice: incentivize States to enact laws requiring independent investigation and prosecution for use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (see H.R. 2302), H3215 [14MY]

——— require States receiving Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) Program funds to mandate sensitivity training for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 2302), H3215 [14MY]

Dept. of Peacebuilding: establish (see H.R. 1111), H5848 [8SE]

Dept. of State: establish the Muhammad Ali Legacy Grant Program to promote global respect, understanding, and communication (see H.R. 391), H641 [27JA]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1460), H8242 [16NO]

——— prohibit oil and gas leasing activities on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf (see H.R. 3927), H8242 [16NO]

Dept. of Transportation: develop performance measures for assessing transportation connectivity and accessibility for highway and public transportation systems (see H.R. 3788), H7139 [22OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H2467 [23AP]

——— deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 2766), H5849 [8SE]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 915), H1032 [12FE]

——— 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. 456), H757 [3FE]

Depts. of Energy and Labor: establish a program to provide for workforce training and education at community colleges in sustainable energy (see H.R. 1503), H2271 [15AP]

Diseases: mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (see H.R. 2722), H4135 [10JN]

——— recognize importance of a continued commitment to ending pediatric AIDS worldwide (see H. Res. 265), H3252 [15MY]

District of Columbia: statehood (see H.R. 317), H358 [13JA]

Dominica: increase relief and assistance (see H. Res. 453), H6749 [30SE]

Dominican Heritage Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 66), H667 [30JA]

EPA: eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 1548), H6189 [22SE]

——— regulate wastes associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy (see H.R. 4215), H9269 [10DE]

——— require testing of underground sources of drinking water in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations (see H.R. 1515), H6076 [16SE]

Eximbank: increase target financing of exports by small business concerns (see H.R. 2239), H2798 [5MY]

Families and domestic relations: increase availability of high-quality child care for working parents (see H. Res. 386), H8243 [16NO]

FDA: require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 913), H3758 [2JN]

Federal employees: provide leave to a new employee who is a veteran with a service-connected disability rated at a certain percentage for purposes of undergoing treatment for such disability (see H.R. 313), H1071 [13FE]

Firearms: ensure prohibited purchasers are included in National Instant Criminal Background Check System, require background checks for commercial sales, and establish a National Commission on Mass Violence (see H.R. 1217), H6893 [7OC]

Flags: urge States to remove the Confederate flag from public and State locations and on property deemed governmental speech and urge businesses to discontinue selling such flags (see H. Res. 344), H4771 [25JN]

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. 671), H754 [3FE]

GAO: conduct reviews of certain budget requests for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical care accounts (see H.R. 90), H482 [21JA]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (see H.R. 6), H4773 [25JN]

——— galvanize U.S. programs in support of brain health for global victims of autism, hydrocephalus, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia (see H.R. 1468), H1801 [19MR]

——— recognize importance of vaccinations and immunizations (see H. Res. 117), H1069 [13FE]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5867 [9SE]

Housing: permanently protect interests of tenants in the case of any foreclosure on any dwelling or residential real property (see H.R. 1354), H1635 [13MR]

——— train public housing residents to enable such residents to provide covered home-based health services to residents of public housing and federally-assisted rental housing, who are elderly and disabled (see H.R. 3467), H5865 [9SE]

Human rights: impose sanctions relative to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see H.R. 624), H2879 [12MY]

Insurance: provide for a special enrollment period for pregnant women (see H.R. 2866), H4592 [23JN]

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. 220), H8362 [18NO]

J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, Washington, DC: redesignate as FBI Building (see H.R. 3801), H7137 [22OC]

Johnson, John A. (Jack): pardon posthumously (see H. Con. Res. 14), H2271 [15AP]

Juneteenth Independence Day: observance (see H. Res. 309), H4242 [11JN]

Kenya: condemn recent terrorist attack at Garissa University College, offer condolences to those personally affected, and reaffirm U.S. support and assistance to Kenyan people and government (see H. Res. 213), H2355 [21AP]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H6307 [28SE]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 1933), H2415 [22AP]

——— provide alternatives to incarceration for youth (see H.R. 3158), H5402 [22JY]

——— provide for the expungement and sealing of youth criminal records (see H.R. 3156), H5402 [22JY]

——— provide for the humane treatment of youths in police custody (see H.R. 3155), H5402 [22JY]

Law enforcement officers: provide for a hearing before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for State criminal charges against an officer whose use of deadly force causes a death (see H.R. 429), H583 [26JA]

Marilyn Monroe Post Office, Van Nuys, CA: designate (see H.R. 3938), H8149 [5NO]

Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site: redesignate as a national historic park (see H.R. 2880), H8242 [16NO]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1221), H5848 [8SE]

Medicare: expand coverage to include eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dental care (see H.R. 3308), H5763 [29JY]

——— modify coverage requirements for diabetic shoes (see H.R. 1221), H5848 [8SE]

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7190 [26OC]

——— provide coverage of an initial comprehensive care plan for beneficiaries newly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (see H.R. 1559), H1898 [24MR]

——— provide coverage of certified adult day care services (see H.R. 1383), H5976 [11SE]

Minimum wage: increase, and index future increases to the median wage (see H.R. 2150), H2768 [30AP]

Minorities: strike outdated and disrespectful terms for minority groups from the U.S. Code, and replace them with culturally appropriate terms (see H.R. 4238), H9692 [17DE]

National Park Service: reauthorize the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Historic Preservation program (see H.R. 295), H356 [13JA]

National Voting Rights Day: designate (see H. Res. 123), H1114 [24FE]

Nelson Mandela International Day: observance (see H. Res. 368), H5593 [28JY]

Nepal: ensure unique needs, vulnerabilities, and capacities of women and girls are considered and addressed in efforts to provide humanitarian relief and assistance in aftermath of earthquake (see H. Res. 261), H2958 [13MY]

——— express condolences to and solidarity with the people of Nepal following earthquake (see H. Res. 235), H2880 [12MY]

——— permit nationals to be eligible for temporary protected status (see H.R. 2033), H2656 [29AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H7254 [27OC]

Nigeria: develop a regional strategy to combat threat posed by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) (see H.R. 3833), H8242 [16NO]

——— eliminate threat posed by Boko Haram (terrorist organization) and urge Government to conduct transparent, peaceful, and credible elections (see H. Res. 147), H4345 [12JN]

NIH: anniversary of Office of Research on Women’s Health (see H. Res. 458), H6788 [1OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H5776 [29JY]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1552), H5849 [8SE]

Political campaigns: reinstate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts (see H.R. 154), H583 [26JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H1902 [24MR]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H2036 [25MR]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H2213 [14AP]

Public Health Service: submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H7027 [20OC]

Public lands: designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 996), H1068 [13FE]

Puerto Rico: set forth the process to be admitted as a State (see H.R. 727), H811 [4FE]

Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (see H. Res. 502, 513), H8243 [16NO]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3013), H5029 [9JY]

SBA: increase funding available for certain general business loans (see H.R. 3132), H5525 [27JY]

Senior citizens: increase Social Security and military retirement benefits and base future cost-of-living increases on the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 3761), H6980 [16OC]

——— provide for cost-of-living increases for certain Federal benefits programs based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly (see H.R. 3351), H8155 [5NO]

Sierra National Forest: designate a mountain in John Muir Wilderness as ‘‘Sky Point’’ (see H.R. 979), H1067 [13FE]

Slavery: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which officially abolished slavery (see H.R. 2978), H5298 [20JY]

Social Security: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 2806), H4491 [17JN]

——— merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3150), H5592 [28JY]

——— protect system and improve benefits (see H.R. 1391), H5591 [28JY]

——— 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. 842), H5848 [8SE]

——— support policies to protect and expand and secure long-term future (see H. Res. 393), H5769 [29JY]

South Sudan: encourage warring parties to resolve their conflict peacefully (see H.R. 2989), H5333 [21JY]

Special Warfare Operator Master Chief Petty Officer (SEAL) Louis ‘Lou’ J. Langlais Post Office Building, Santa Barbara, CA: designate (see H.R. 3218), H5522 [27JY]

Stokes, Louis: tribute (see H. Res. 427), H6137 [17SE]

Taxation: assist in the support of children living in poverty by allowing a refundable credit to grandparents for the purchase of household items for the benefit of those children (see H.R. 3475), H5941 [10SE]

——— deny certain tax benefits to persons responsible for the discharge of oil or other hazardous substances into navigable waters (see H.R. 3760), H8242 [16NO]

——— eliminate lower threshold for refundable portion of child tax credit and adjust credit for inflation (see H.R. 1286), H1611 [4MR]

——— exclude from gross income any discharge of student loan indebtedness in connection with closures of educational institutions (see H.R. 3206), H5466 [23JY]

——— extend and modify the American Opportunity Tax Credit (see H.R. 1260), H1610 [4MR]

——— make improvements in the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 902), H981 [11FE]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 2061), H6260 [25SE]

Territories: terminate the exemption from certain regulations of investment companies located in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and any other possession of the U.S. (see H.R. 3610), H6259 [25SE]

Tibet: promote access for U.S. officials, journalists, and citizens to Tibetan areas of China (see H.R. 1112), H2959 [13MY]

Transportation: allow local hiring for transportation projects (see H.R. 4005), H8239 [16NO]

Transportation Security Administration: provide for the eligibility of employees to receive public safety officers’ death benefits (see H.R. 3523), H6074 [16SE]

Veterans: extend work opportunity tax credit for hiring veterans, assist small businesses owned by veterans, and improve enforcement of employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 366), H858 [5FE]

Virgin Islands: issue commemorative postage stamp commemorating the anniversary of the purchase of the territories (see H. Res. 291), H4864 [7JY]

Virgin Islands of the U.S. Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 2615), H4863 [7JY]

Voting: modernize voter registration, promote access to voting for disabled individuals, and protect the right to vote (see H.R. 12), H1800 [19MR]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 2867), H4775 [25JN]

W. Ronald Coale Memorial Post Office Building, Stockton, CA: designate (see H.R. 1132), H4652 [24JN]

Water pollution: require disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing and repeal the oil and gas industry exemption from the Safe Drinking Water Act (see H.R. 1482), H6836 [6OC]

White, George H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 3034), H5116 [13JY]

Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 52), H3212 [14MY]

World War II: 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. 118), H1070 [13FE]

Zamperini, Louis S.: tribute (see H. Res. 51), H582 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Prisons: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (see H.R. 768), H853 [5FE]

Colleges and universities: prohibit inclusion of mandatory arbitration clauses in federally funded school enrollment agreements, thereby restricting pursuit of legal claims against higher education institutions in court (see H.R. 2079), H2497 [28AP]

Courts: eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all drug offenses (see H.R. 3489), H5942 [10SE] (see H.R. 3530), H6075 [16SE]

Crime: strengthen Federal statutes designed to deter money laundering and terrorism financing (see H.R. 4242), H9306 [11DE]

Dept. of Education: improve determination of cohort default rates, provide for enhanced civil penalties, and require executives and owners to assume liability relative to for-profit colleges (see H.R. 3992), H8152 [5NO]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (see H.R. 4054), H8280 [17NO]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families (see H.R. 3090), H5290 [16JY]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (see H.R. 4209), H9269 [10DE]

——— prioritize treatment of veterans with traumatic brain injuries through the National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 4052), H8280 [17NO]

Dept. of HUD: extend agreements with public housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work demonstration program (see H.R. 3424), H5768 [29JY]

——— improve program for using amounts for rental voucher assistance for project-based rental assistance (see H.R. 3827), H7174 [23OC]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (see H.R. 3091), H5290 [16JY]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (see H.R. 2495), H3558 [21MY]

——— modify a high priority project in California (see H.R. 2343), H3212 [14MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make grants for repair and remodeling of community centers, clinics, and hospitals that serve veterans (see H.R. 4053), H8280 [17NO]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (see H.R. 3092), H5290 [16JY]

——— strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding (see H. Res. 237), H2770 [30AP]

Economy: acknowledge existence of, racial and ethnic components of, and public policy choices caused a wealth gap, and that addressing the wealth gap must be done through legislative changes (see H. Res. 159), H1769 [18MR]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 1031), H1113 [24FE]

Financial institutions: provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and protect consumers (see H.R. 2642), H3877 [3JN]

Housing: reform public housing demolition and disposition rules to require one-for-one replacement and tenant protections, and provide public housing agencies with additional resources and flexibility to preserve units (see H.R. 2231), H2792 [1MY]

National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing and Awareness Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 366), H5291 [16JY]

Roads and highways: add a national goal and performance measure to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban communities (see H.R. 3740), H6973 [9OC]

Biographies

Dunfey, Jerry, E993• [25JN]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of Prisons: provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons (H.R. 768), H856 [5FE]

Colleges and universities: prohibit inclusion of mandatory arbitration clauses in federally funded school enrollment agreements, thereby restricting pursuit of legal claims against higher education institutions in court (H.R. 2079), H2499 [28AP]

Courts: eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all drug offenses (H.R. 3489), H5943 [10SE]

——— eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for all drug offenses (H.R. 3530), H6076 [16SE]

Crime: strengthen Federal statutes designed to deter money laundering and terrorism financing (H.R. 4242), H9307 [11DE]

Dept. of Education: improve determination of cohort default rates, provide for enhanced civil penalties, and require executives and owners to assume liability relative to for-profit colleges (H.R. 3992), H8154 [5NO]

——— revise rule requiring for-profit colleges receiving a certain percentage of revenue from non-Federal sources to count military and veterans’ education benefits under such rule (H.R. 4054), H8281 [17NO]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families (H.R. 3090), H5292 [16JY]

——— authorize grants to provide treatment for diabetes within minority communities (H.R. 4209), H9270 [10DE]

——— prioritize treatment of veterans with traumatic brain injuries through the National Health Service Corps (H.R. 4052), H8281 [17NO]

Dept. of HUD: extend agreements with public housing agencies participating in the Moving to Work demonstration program (H.R. 3424), H5775 [29JY]

——— improve program for using amounts for rental voucher assistance for project-based rental assistance (H.R. 3827), H7175 [23OC]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program (H.R. 3091), H5292 [16JY]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program (H.R. 2495), H3562 [21MY]

——— modify a high priority project in California (H.R. 2343), H3214 [14MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: make grants for repair and remodeling of community centers, clinics, and hospitals that serve veterans (H.R. 4053), H8281 [17NO]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research (H.R. 3092), H5292 [16JY]

Eximbank: reauthorize (H.R. 1031), H1115 [24FE]

Financial institutions: provide sensible relief to community financial institutions and protect consumers (H.R. 2642), H3879 [3JN]

Housing: reform public housing demolition and disposition rules to require one-for-one replacement and tenant protections, and provide public housing agencies with additional resources and flexibility to preserve units (H.R. 2231), H2794 [1MY]

Roads and highways: add a national goal and performance measure to improve road conditions in economically distressed urban communities (H.R. 3740), H6975 [9OC]

Letters

Agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program: several retired generals and admirals, H5932 [10SE]

Extend condolences to victims of airstrike in Afghanistan at Doctors Without Borders (organization) hospital: by, E1472• [9OC]

Reforming CFPB Indirect Auto Financing Guidance Act: by, H8302 [18NO]

Motions

Credit: modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), H2194 [14AP]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), H497 [22JA]

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month: observance, H4424 [16JN]

Aviation: improve intergovernmental planning for and communication during security incidents at domestic airports (H.R. 720), H896 [10FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), H1881 [24MR], H1945 [25MR]

Business and industry: amend certain securities laws relative to treatment of emerging growth companies (H.R. 2064), H5148, H5149 [14JY]

——— provide regulatory relief to facilitate capital formation and to ensure greater consumer access to financial products and services, H7736 [4NO]

Centennial Monetary Commission: establish, H8324 [18NO]

CFTC: reauthorize to protect futures customers, make reforms to ensure transparency and accountability, and provide end users with market certainty and risk management to keep costs low (H.R. 2289), H3940• [9JN]

Colleges and universities: prohibit inclusion of mandatory arbitration clauses in federally funded school enrollment agreements, thereby restricting pursuit of legal claims against higher education institutions in court (H.R. 2079), H2479 [28AP]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H1945 [25MR]

Corinthian Colleges, Inc.: condemn predatory and fraudulent tactics, H2479 [28AP]

Credit: improve definitions of points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction (H.R. 685), H2189, H2192 [14AP]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), H2179, H2181, H2182, H2183, H2185, H2187 [14AP]

——— modify the definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing (H.R. 650), motion to recommit, H2195 [14AP]

——— prohibit predatory mortgage lenders from benefiting from modifications to definitions of a mortgage originator and a high-cost mortgage to preserve access to manufactured housing, H2195 [14AP]

——— provide a safe harbor from certain requirements relative to qualified mortgages for residential mortgage loans held on an originating depository institution’s portfolio (H.R. 1210), H8313, H8314, H8318 [18NO]

Dept. of HHS: authorize grants for training and support services for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families, H905 [10FE], H4424 [16JN]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 240), H1124 [25FE]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 861), H1124 [25FE]

Dept. of HUD: authorize private nonprofit organizations to administer permanent housing rental assistance for the homeless provided through the Continuum of Care Program (H.R. 1047), H5133 [14JY]

——— carry out a demonstration program to enter into budget-neutral, performance-based contracts for energy and water conservation improvements for multifamily residential units (H.R. 2997), H5137 [14JY]

——— establish position of Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs and submit a report on veterans’ homelessness (H.R. 251), H5130 [14JY]

——— prioritize hiring asset management staff in local Office of Multifamily Housing field offices instead of consolidating positions in certain hub and satellite locations, H3972 [9JN]

——— prohibit funding that exempts the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles, CA, from having a tenant of public housing sit on its governing board, H3893 [4JN]

——— prohibit funding to enforce the Fair Housing Act in a manner that relies upon disparate impact to allege discrimination, H3980 [9JN]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program, H905 [10FE], H4424 [16JN]

Dept. of Transportation: making supplemental appropriations for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program, H3501• [20MY]

——— Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grant Program funding, H3834 [3JN]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3834 [3JN], H3893 [4JN], H3972, H3980 [9JN]

Diseases: Alzheimer’s disease research funding, H905, H906 [10FE], H4424 [16JN]

——— develop plan of action to address Alzheimer’s disease, H905, H906 [10FE], H4424 [16JN]

——— issue semipostal stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research, H905 [10FE], H4425 [16JN]

——— mint coins in recognition of the fight against breast cancer (H.R. 2722), H5128 [14JY]

——— strengthen care and support for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, declare goal to prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s is a national priority, and increase research funding (H. Res. 237), H4424 [16JN]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (H.J. Res. 43), consideration (H. Res. 231), H2677 [30AP]

Doctors Without Borders (organization): extend condolences to victims of airstrike at hospital in Afghanistan, E1472• [9OC]

Economy: acknowledge existence of, racial and ethnic components of, and public policy choices caused a wealth gap, and that addressing the wealth gap must be done through legislative changes (H. Res. 159), H1750 [18MR]

EPA: prohibit proposing, finalizing, or disseminating regulations or assessments based upon science that is not transparent or reproducible (H.R. 1030), consideration (H. Res. 138), H1673 [17MR]

——— provide for Scientific Advisory Board member qualifications and public participation (H.R. 1029), consideration (H. Res. 138), H1673 [17MR]

Eximbank: ensure financial statements are in accordance with fair value accounting principles, H7707, H7708 [4NO]

——— ensure small business requirements are met, H7692, H7693 [4NO]

——— establish caps on certain sectors in order to strengthen portfolio diversification and risk management, H7701 [4NO]

——— establish discussion period and allow for appearance before Board of Directors for companies alleging economic harm from certain transactions, H7709 [4NO]

——— limit authorizations to countervailing purposes in order to meet competition from foreign export credit agencies, H7694 [4NO]

——— prohibit assistance to a state sponsor of terrorism, H7705 [4NO]

——— prohibit authorizations involving countries with a sovereign wealth fund over a certain amount, H7698, H7699 [4NO]

——— prohibit from providing guarantee or extending credit to foreign borrower in connection with export of goods or services by U.S. company unless the U.S. company guarantees repayment of certain percentage of loan, H7704 [4NO]

——— reauthorize, H4011 [10JN], H4350 [15JN], H6092, H6093 [17SE], H8980 [3DE]

——— reauthorize and reform (H.R. 3611), H6320, H6321 [29SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), H7220, H7228 [27OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 597), consideration (H. Res. 450)—motion to discharge, H7181 [26OC]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1031), H1673 [17MR], H4452 [17JN], H4610, H4611 [24JN]

——— remove Dept. of the Treasury guarantees for losses and borrowing authority, H7700 [4NO]

——— require certain assistance to be contingent on at least two denials of similar assistance from the private sector and stipulate penalties for making false claims when seeking assistance, H7696 [4NO]

Financial institutions: exclude certain debt securities of collateralized loan obligations from the prohibition against acquiring or retaining an ownership interest in a hedge fund or private equity fund, H345, H348, H349, H350 [13JA]

——— require a study of appropriate capital requirements for mortgage servicing assets for nonsystemic banking institutions (H.R. 1408), H5138 [14JY]

FRS: clarify issuance of indirect auto lending guidance by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in no way prohibits the enforcement of other fair lending laws by the Bureau, H8311 [18NO]

——— ensure costs or potential impacts to any veteran-owned business are considered and included for any future auto financing guidance issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, H8309 [18NO]

——— establish additional Federal Reserve districts in northern California, southern California, and Florida, H8340 [18NO]

——— establish advisory boards for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (H.R. 1195), H2336, H2337, H2339, H2340, H2343 [21AP]

——— establish requirements for policy rules and blackout periods of the Federal Open Market Committee and for certain activities of the Board of Governors (H.R. 3189), H8324, H8325, H8328, H8329, H8340, H8341 [18NO]

——— liquidate and dissolve the capital surplus account, H7729, H7730 [4NO]

——— nullify certain guidance by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and provide requirements for guidance issued by the Bureau relative to indirect auto lending (H.R. 1737), H8298, H8301, H8303, H8304, H8305, H8308, H8309, H8310, H8311 [18NO]

——— require Consumer Financial Protection Bureau conduct a study on potential costs and impact to rural consumers and businesses resulting from certain indirect auto financing guidance, H8310 [18NO]

——— require inclusion of veteran-owned small businesses in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Small Business Advisory Board membership, H2343 [21AP]

——— require the Federal Open Market Committee to make public transcripts of their meetings, H8341 [18NO]

Government regulations: provide additional safeguards relative to imposing Federal mandates (H.R. 50), H778 [4FE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H1124 [25FE]

Investments: repeal certain indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities (H.R. 1847), H5146 [14JY]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5926, H5931, H5932, H5933 [10SE]

Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act: amend (H.R. 2482), H5134, H5135 [14JY]

Medicaid: allow for greater State flexibility relative to excluding providers who are involved in abortions (H.R. 3495), consideration (H. Res. 444), H6320, H6321 [29SE]

Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act: reauthorize (H.R. 360), H1821• [23MR]

Nigeria: condemn the abduction of female students by Boko Haram (terrorist organization), H2254 [15AP]

Parliamentary inquiry, H7230 [27OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 546), H8980 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7692, H7693, H7694, H7696, H7698, H7699, H7700, H7701, H7704, H7705, H7707, H7708, H7709, H7729, H7730, H7736 [4NO]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H.R. 1190), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4452 [17JN]

Real estate: provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (H.R. 3192), H6859, H6863, H6866 [7OC]

——— provide for a temporary safe harbor from the enforcement of integrated disclosure requirements for mortgage loan transactions (H.R. 3192), consideration (H. Res. 462), H6852, H6853, H6855 [7OC]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H7692, H7693, H7694, H7696, H7698, H7699, H7700, H7701, H7704, H7705, H7707, H7708, H7709, H7729, H7730, H7736 [4NO], H8980 [3DE]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs (H.R. 2353), H3501• [20MY]

SEC: make technical corrections to enhance ability of small and emerging growth companies to access capital markets and reduce regulatory burdens (H.R. 37), H345, H348, H349, H350 [13JA]

——— protect retail customers from differing standards of conduct for brokers and investment advisers and confusion from rule changes (H.R. 1090), H7232, H7240 [27OC]

——— revise Form S–1 so as to permit smaller reporting companies to use forward incorporation by reference for such form (H.R. 1723), H5144, H5145 [14JY]

Securities: make shareholder registration threshold for savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies (H.R. 1334), H5142, H5143 [14JY]

Small business: prevent duplicative regulation of advisers of small business investment companies (H.R. 432), H5141 [14JY]

Taxation: repeal excise tax on medical devices (H.R. 160), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4452 [17JN]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H3501• [20MY]

Truth in Lending Act: restore private right of action by borrowers against leaders who act in bad faith, H6852, H6853 [7OC]

Votes: position on missed, E122• [27JA], E1627• [16NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H1660 [16MR], H5400 [22JY]

Tributes

Broom-Thomas, Mary, E984• [25JN]

Mosley, John W. and Edna, E1413• [1OC]

Tilles, Rosie, E676•–E678• [12MY]