SLAUGHTER, LOUISE McINTOSH (a Representative from New York)

Amendments

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 42), H492 [22JA]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), consideration (H. Res. 163), H1867 [24MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), consideration (H. Res. 129), H1384 [27FE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), insert H.R. 5 language in lieu and request conference (H. Res. 526), H8257 [17NO]

FRS: 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), consideration (H. Res. 526), H8257 [17NO]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5074 [10JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 483), H7107 [22OC]

——— amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H23 [6JA]

——— same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation (H. Res. 483), H7107 [22OC]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (H.R. 511), consideration (H. Res. 526), H8257 [17NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), consideration (H. Res. 483), H7107 [22OC]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), corrections in engrossment (H. Res. 526), H8257 [17NO]

Appointments

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, H2949 [13MY]

Conferee: H.R. 1735, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H5086 [10JY]

Articles and editorials

Conservatives Question ‘Gimmicks’ in House GOP’s Defense Budget, Tara Copp, Washington (DC) Examiner, H1860 [24MR]

House GOP 2016 Budget Resolution Is DOA, Mackenzie Eaglen, American Enterprise Institute (Internet site), H1860 [24MR]

House GOP Members Threatening To Take Budget Down Over Defense, Deirdre Walsh, CNN.com (Internet site), H1859 [24MR]

House Panel Votes To Cut Amtrak Budget Hours After Deadly Crash, Heather Caygle, Politico (publication), H2900 [13MY]

John Boehner’s Last Deal Leaves Congress Better Off, Los Angeles (CA) Times, H7269 [28OC]

Leaked Trade Deal Terms Prompt Fears for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Gabrielle Chan, Guardian (British publication), H4658 [25JN]

Poll Finds Agenda Gap Between Leaders, American People, Janet Hook, Wall Street Journal, H446 [21JA]

Train in Fatal Derailment Stopped in Maryland, Kevin Rector and Jessica Anderson, Baltimore (MD) Sun, H2899 [13MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure affordable abortion coverage for every woman (see H.R. 2972), H4954 [8JY]

——— limit restrictions on the provision of abortion services to protect a women’s right to determine whether and when to bear a child or end a pregnancy (see H.R. 448), H479 [21JA]

Air Forces Escape and Evasion Society: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 632), H667 [30JA]

Americans With Disabilities Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 66), H5589 [28JY]

Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 2849), H4957 [8JY]

——— establish a grant program to encourage use of assistance dogs by certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans (see H.R. 2493), H4345 [12JN]

——— outlaw the practice of animal crushing and production or distribution of any videos depicting such acts (see H.R. 2293), H4957 [8JY]

——— prohibit the sale or transport of equines or equine parts in interstate or foreign commerce for human consumption (see H.R. 1942), H3917 [4JN]

——— require that military working dogs be retired in the U.S. (see H.R. 2742), H5592 [28JY]

——— support global anti-poaching efforts, strengthen capacity of countries to counter wildlife trafficking, and designate major wildlife trafficking countries (see H.R. 2494), H5849 [8SE]

Antitrust policy: restore application of Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers (see H.R. 2462), H3505 [20MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 239), H1567 [3MR]

Arizona: repeal land exchange with Resolution Copper Mining (company) (see H.R. 2811), H5332 [21JY]

Armed Forces: ensure women members and their families have access to contraception and family planning (see H.R. 742), H812 [4FE]

——— grant family of members temporary annual leave during deployment of such members (see H.R. 1845), H2794 [1MY]

——— require the use of only human-based methods for training members in the treatment of severe combat injuries (see H.R. 1095), H1368 [26FE]

ATF: establish incentives for law enforcement agencies to report all recovered crime guns to the National Tracing Center (see H.R. 1858), H3215 [14MY]

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H2496 [28AP]

BLM: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 2430), H3387 [19MY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: observe anniversary of genocide at Srebrenica, support territorial integrity and civil rights, commend efforts to account for the missing, and hold those responsible for such crimes accountable (see H. Res. 310), H4594 [23JN]

Canada: ensure the Canadian Government does not permanently store nuclear waste in the Great Lakes Basin (see H. Res. 194), H2153 [13AP]

CERCLA: provide for use of funds in the Superfund program for their intended purposes and ensure adequate resources for cleanup of hazardous substances (see H.R. 2768), H4381 [15JN]

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

Children and youth: enable State child protective services systems to improve identification and assessment of child victims of sex trafficking (see H.R. 469), H530 [22JA]

——— promote youth athletic safety (see H.R. 829), H2500 [28AP]

——— 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), H5592 [28JY]

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), H664 [28JA]

——— 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), H1771 [18MR]

Coast Guard: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1683), H2500 [28AP]

Colleges and universities: support community college and industry partnerships (see H.R. 3862), H10712 [18DE]

——— support efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education (see H. Res. 214), H4243 [11JN]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 1197), H2035 [25MR]

Committee on Gun Violence Prevention (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 467), H7028 [20OC]

Congressional Research Service: provide public Internet access to certain publications (see H. Res. 34), H482 [21JA]

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. 1283), H4862 [7JY]

——— clarify definition of ‘‘widow’’ and ‘‘widower’’ to ensure protection for same-sex couples relative to passage of copyright rights to next of kin upon the death of a copyright holder (see H.R. 238), H534 [22JA]

——— provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings (see H.R. 1733), H4957 [8JY]

——— secure rights of artists of works of visual art to provide royalties (see H.R. 1881), H2307 [16AP]

Corporations: constitutional amendment to clarify authority of Congress and the States to regulate the expenditure of funds for political activity by corporations (see H.J. Res. 36), H1370 [26FE]

——— constitutional amendment to exclude from rights given to natural persons and affirm power of Congress and States to regulate political contributions and expenditures (see H.J. Res. 48), H5470 [23JY]

Corps of Engineers: control spread of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes basin and inform long-term measures to prevent the Interbasin transfer of aquatic nuisance species (see H.R. 1135), H1369 [26FE]

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]

Cosmetics: phase out cosmetic animal testing and the sale of cosmetics tested on animals (see H.R. 2858), H5776 [29JY]

——— prohibit the sale or distribution of cosmetics containing synthetic plastic microbeads (see H.R. 1321), H5849 [8SE]

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

——— strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 1415), H2271 [15AP]

CPSC: issue regulations requiring safer, child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine products (see H.R. 1375), H1661 [16MR]

——— remove exclusion of pistols, revolvers, and other firearms from the definition of ‘‘consumer product’’ in order to permit the issuance of safety standards (see H.R. 225), H5031 [9JY]

Credit: establish shared equity appreciation mortgage modification pilot programs (see H.R. 3519), H6837 [6OC]

Crime: denounce attacks on healthcare centers for women, providers of healthcare for women, and patients and affirm right of women to access reproductive services without fear of violence or intimidation (see H. Res. 558), H9079 [8DE]

——— improve Federal sentencing and corrections system by reducing crime, curtailing over-criminalization, concentrating prison space on violent and career criminals, and reducing recidivism (see H.R. 2944), H5592 [28JY]

Darwin Day: designate (see H. Res. 67), H703 [2FE] (see H. Res. 548), H9011 [3DE]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 197), H103 [7JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: ban meat and poultry products processed in China from school food programs (see H.R. 2152), H2768 [30AP]

——— disclose crop insurance premium subsidies made on behalf of Members of Congress and Cabinet Secretaries and expenses covered and underwriting gains earned by private insurance providers (see H.R. 1322), H1613 [4MR]

——— require animals in Federal research centers be included in the definition of animal under the Animal Welfare Act (see H.R. 746), H852 [5FE]

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. 985), H6795 [5OC]

——— establish Clean Energy Technology Manufacturing and Export Assistance Fund (see H.R. 1175), H1499 [27FE]

Dept. of Defense: improve prevention and response to sexual assaults (see H.R. 2026), H5031 [9JY]

——— reduce number of nuclear weapons and related programs (see H.R. 1534), H1847 [23MR]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (see H.R. 1131), H2500 [28AP] (see H.R. 1434), H1850 [23MR]

——— amend the weighted child count used to determine targeted grant amounts and education finance incentive grant amounts for local educational agencies (see H.R. 754), H853 [5FE]

——— authorize borrowers of Federal Direct Loan Program loans to modify interest rate to be equal to interest rate at time of modification (see H.R. 649), H4544 [18JN]

——— combat campus sexual violence (see H.R. 1310), H2212 [14AP] (see H.R. 2680), H4138 [10JN]

——— end use of corporal punishment in schools by prohibiting funding to any institution or agency utilizing such practices and providing assistance with positive behavior support approaches (see H.R. 2268), H2876 [12MY]

——— ensure that student loan interest rates never exceed rates available to banks that borrow from the FRS (see H.R. 3675), H6787 [1OC]

——— establish a comprehensive literacy program (see H.R. 858), H4862 [7JY]

——— establish a pilot program to promote public-private partnerships among apprenticeships or other job training programs, local educational agencies, and community colleges (see H.R. 2224), H7254 [27OC]

——— establish grant program to promote development of career education programs in computer science in secondary and postsecondary education (see H.R. 2056), H2496 [28AP]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 3594), H6308 [28SE]

——— increase participation of women, girls, and underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and industry (see H.R. 840), H916 [10FE]

——— prevent and reduce use of physical restraint and seclusion in schools (see H.R. 927), H1033 [12FE]

——— reinstate year-round access to Pell Grants (see H.R. 242), H431 [20JA]

——— support continuation of Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H. Res. 294), H4594 [23JN]

Dept. of Energy: provide loans and grants for solar installations in low-income and underserved areas (see H.R. 3041), H7333 [28OC]

——— reauthorize Weatherization Assistance Program and State Energy Program (see H.R. 3420), H5768 [29JY]

Dept. of HHS: anniversary of Head Start Program (see H. Res. 92), H855 [5FE]

——— develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 1275), H2356 [21AP]

——— establish a National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission (see H.R. 1192), H1524 [2MR]

——— establish the Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Child Poverty (see H.R. 2408), H6228 [24SE]

——— expand and improve childhood cancer treatments, research, surveillance, and quality of life for survivors (see H.R. 3381), H7028 [20OC]

——— extend advanced education nursing grants to support clinical nurse specialist programs (see H.R. 2713), H5332 [21JY]

——— limit copayment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the amount applicable to drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier (see H.R. 1600), H2031 [25MR]

——— prevent and treat prenatal opioid abuse and neonatal abstinence syndrome (see H.R. 1462), H4137 [10JN]

——— provide for programs and activities with respect to the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 1717), H2110 [26MR]

——— provide for systematic data collection and analysis and epidemiological research regarding multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological diseases (see H.R. 292), H6975 [9OC]

——— 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), H5767 [29JY]

——— provide grants to State emergency medical service departments to provide for the expedited training and licensing of veterans with prior medical training (see H.R. 1818), H2821 [8MY]

——— revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs (see H.R. 1211), H2212 [14AP]

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

Dept. of Justice: award grants to address prescription opioid abuse and heroin use (see H.R. 953), H7090 [21OC]

——— enhance community-law enforcement relations through improved accreditation, development programs, due process, and data collection, combatting misconduct, and providing medallions for fallen officers (see H.R. 2875), H4863 [7JY]

——— establish a pilot grant program to assist State and local law enforcement agencies in purchasing body-worn cameras for law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1680), H4652 [24JN]

——— incentivize States to enact laws requiring independent investigation and prosecution for use of deadly force by law enforcement officers (see H.R. 2302), H4003 [9JN]

——— provide definitions of terms and services for community-based gang intervention to ensure funding for such intervention is utilized in a cost-effective manner and agencies are held accountable (see H.R. 3783), H7626 [3NO]

——— provide for evidence-based and promising practices related to juvenile delinquency and criminal street gang activity prevention and intervention (see H.R. 2197), H10712 [18DE]

——— 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), H4003 [9JN]

Dept. of Labor: establish State Manufacturing Employment Programs to encourage employment of veterans in manufacturing positions (see H.R. 344), H403 [14JA]

——— establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund (see H.R. 1000), H1568 [3MR]

——— phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 188), H1165 [25FE]

Dept. of State: disapprove upgrading of Malaysia from Tier 3 country in Trafficking in Persons Report (see H. Con. Res. 65), H5589 [28JY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on stormwater runoff from oil and gas operations (see H.R. 1460), H1801 [19MR]

——— prevent the waste of gas produced under oil and gas leases on Federal land and collect royalty on all gas production (see H.R. 3289), H5867 [9SE]

Dept. of Transportation: ensure safety of DOT–111 tank cars by improving standards for new tank cars and upgrading existing tank cars (see H.R. 1789), H2209 [14AP]

——— establish a veterans business enterprises program (see H.R. 3997), H8282 [17NO]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify presumptions relating to exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of Vietnam (see H.R. 969), H1502 [27FE]

——— designate graduate medical education residency positions specifically for the study of optometry (see H.R. 1688), H4544 [18JN]

——— establish a national center for diagnosis, treatment, and research of health conditions of descendants of veterans exposed to toxic substances during military service (see H.R. 1769), H5849 [8SE]

——— establish a pilot grant program to acquire and renovate abandoned homes for homeless veterans (see H.R. 3970), H9329 [15DE]

——— evaluate mental health care and suicide prevention programs and require a loan repayment pilot program for psychiatrists (see H.R. 203), H104 [7JA]

——— expand membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (see H.R. 915), H2212 [14AP]

——— improve disability compensation evaluation procedures for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or mental health conditions related to military sexual trauma (see H.R. 1607), H2357 [21AP]

——— improve provision of health care for women veterans (see H.R. 1356), H5524 [27JY]

——— issue, upon request, veteran identification cards to certain veterans (see H.R. 91), H2154 [13AP]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity (see H.R. 3185), H5465 [23JY]

——— prohibit on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H. Res. 208), H2308 [16AP]

Diseases: issue semipostal stamp to support breast cancer research (see H.R. 2191), H2769 [30AP]

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

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

Drugs: establish a list of synthetic drugs known as analogues and prohibit most importation, amend sentencing for violations, and improve regulation relative to such analogues (see H.R. 4229), H9329 [15DE]

——— focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders by modifying sentencing guidelines for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 920), H2656 [29AP]

Ecology and environment: support transition to near zero greenhouse gas emissions, 100 percent clean renewable energy, infrastructure modernization, full employment, a sustainable economy, affordable energy, and ending poverty (see H. Res. 540), H8645 [30NO]

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]

Education: improve early learning opportunities for prekindergarten children (see H.R. 2411), H9376 [16DE]

Elections: change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours (see H.R. 3910), H7624 [3NO]

——— constitutional amendment on contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections (see H.J. Res. 22), H430 [20JA]

Employment: allow Americans to earn paid sick time to address their own health needs and the health needs of their families (see H.R. 932), H1033 [12FE]

——— 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. 3071), H5236 [15JY]

EPA: authorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (see H.R. 223), H155 [8JA]

——— eliminate exemption for aggregation of emissions from oil and gas development sources under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 1548), H1848 [23MR]

——— publish a health advisory and submit reports relative to microcystins in drinking water (see H.R. 243), H187 [9JA]

——— 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), H2500 [28AP]

——— take certain actions relative to pesticides that may affect pollinators (see H.R. 1284), H3565 [21MY]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 35), H2210 [14AP]

Eximbank: reauthorize (see H.R. 1031), H1166 [25FE]

Fab Foundation: provide a Federal charter for the National Fab Lab Network, a network of digital fabrication facilities providing community access to advanced manufacturing tools (see H.R. 1622), H2156 [13AP]

Families and domestic relations: support Working Families Agenda (see H. Res. 506), H7346 [29OC]

FCC: extend to private land use restrictions its rule relative to reasonable accommodation of amateur service communications (see H.R. 1301), H5332 [21JY]

FDA: approve certain drugs and biological products for use in a limited population of patients to address increases in bacterial and fungal resistance to drugs and biological products (see H.R. 931), H1033 [12FE]

——— limit quantity of inorganic arsenic in rice and rice products (see H.R. 2529), H3559 [21MY]

——— require labeling of genetically-engineered fish (see H.R. 393), H2155 [13AP]

——— require that genetically engineered food and foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients be labeled accordingly (see H.R. 913), H1526 [2MR]

Federal aid programs: provide for a supplementary payment to Social Security beneficiaries, SSI beneficiaries, and recipients of veterans benefits (see H.R. 4144), H9080 [8DE]

Federal Interagency Working Group on Reducing Poverty: establish (see H.R. 258), H534 [22JA]

Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA): eliminate gender pay inequity (see H. Res. 364), H5237 [15JY]

Financial institutions: restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 381), H405 [14JA]

Financial literacy: provide grants to promote (see H.R. 346), H403 [14JA]

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), H6836 [6OC]

——— ensure that individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and require a background check for every firearm sale (see H.R. 3411), H5768 [29JY]

——— prevent gun trafficking (see H.R. 3455), H6261 [25SE]

——— prohibit firearm dealers from proceeding with sale of a weapon if a background check on the buyer is not returned by the FBI within 3 days (see H.R. 3051), H5333 [21JY]

——— 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. 226), H3390 [19MY]

——— prohibit transfer or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 752), H852 [5FE]

——— protect victims of domestic abuse by preventing their abusers from possessing or receiving firearms (see H.R. 2216), H2791 [1MY]

——— provide for better understanding of the epidemic of gun violence (see H.R. 3926), H9272 [10DE]

——— reduce gun violence, increase mental health counseling, and enhance tracking of lost and stolen firearms (see H.R. 3830), H8242 [16NO]

——— regulate assault weapons and ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited (see H.R. 4269), H9374 [16DE]

——— require every firearms seller to conduct background checks before selling a gun and prove the purchase was approved by the National Criminal Background Check System (see H.R. 2871), H4863 [7JY]

——— require face to face purchases of ammunition, licensing of ammunition dealers, and reporting regarding bulk purchases of ammunition (see H.R. 2283), H2877 [12MY]

——— restrict ability of a person with certain Federal firearms license revocations, denials, or notices, to transfer business inventory firearms (see H.R. 2916), H4770 [25JN]

Food: provide that meat, poultry, and egg products containing certain pathogens or contaminants are adulterated (see H.R. 2303), H2957 [13MY]

Food Safety Administration: establish (see H.R. 609), H661 [28JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2740), H4242 [11JN]

Foreign trade: require foreign manufacturers of products imported into the U.S. to establish registered agents in the U.S. who are authorized to accept service of process against such manufacturers (see H.R. 3304), H8646 [30NO]

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]

FRS: allow the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide greater protection to servicemembers (see H.R. 2979), H4955 [8JY]

FTC: prescribe rules prohibiting deceptive advertising of abortion services (see H.R. 3378), H5766 [29JY]

——— prohibit the marketing of electronic cigarettes to children (see H.R. 478), H530 [22JA]

Great Lakes: provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies to adjacent States (see H.R. 1955), H2416 [22AP]

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

Herman Badillo Post Office Building, Bronx, NY: designate (see H.R. 1350), H1626 [10MR]

Higher Education Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 505), H8243 [16NO]

Hinduism: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring the holiday of Diwali (see H. Res. 32), H5089 [10JY]

Horse Protection Act: designate additional unlawful acts, strengthen penalties for violations, and improve Dept. of Agriculture enforcement (see H.R. 3268), H5589 [28JY]

House of Representatives: require all Members, officers, and employees of the House to complete annual ethics training (see H.R. 1037), H1502 [27FE]

——— require States to conduct redistricting through independent commissions (see H.R. 2173), H2880 [12MY]

House Rules: prohibit consideration of a bill implementing a trade agreement unless the final text of the agreement has been made available to the public for a certain period (see H. Res. 301), H3915 [4JN]

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]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H7091 [21OC]

——— impose sanctions relative to foreign persons responsible for gross violations of internationally-recognized human rights (see H.R. 624), H1567 [3MR]

——— provide protections for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the U.S. and create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking (see H. Res. 62), H662 [28JA]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit body-gripping traps in National Wildlife Refuge System (see H.R. 2016), H4138 [10JN]

Immigration: establish processes for certain aliens from Iraq or Syria who have been or may be persecuted by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) (terrorist organization) to apply for admission to the U.S. as refugees (see H.R. 1568), H5089 [10JY]

——— expand access to health care services, including sexual, reproductive, and maternal health services, for immigrants by removing legal barriers to health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1974), H2417 [22AP]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 551), H1372 [26FE]

Information technology: identify and document best practices for cyber hygiene to improve computer network security (see H.R. 3664), H7333 [28OC]

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 263), H3212 [14MY]

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 519), H8152 [5NO]

Iran: use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 3338), H8242 [16NO]

Jeanne and Jules Manford Post Office Building, Jackson Heights, NY: designate (see H.R. 2607), H3756 [2JN]

Jeanne Sobelson Manford Post Office Building, Jackson Heights, NY: designate (see H.R. 2527), H3559 [21MY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize (see H.R. 1814), H2960 [13MY]

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

——— safeguard electronic data stored abroad from improper Government access (see H.R. 1174), H5332 [21JY]

LGBT Equality Day: designate (see H. Res. 549), H9011 [3DE]

Medicaid: anniversary (see H. Res. 400), H5769 [29JY]

——— ensure health insurance continuity for former foster youth (see H.R. 3641), H6704 [29SE]

——— extend rules regarding supplemental needs trusts for beneficiaries to trusts established by such beneficiaries (see H.R. 670), H858 [5FE]

Medicare: add physical therapists to the list of providers allowed to utilize locum tenens arrangements (see H.R. 556), H4003 [9JN]

——— anniversary (see H. Res. 400), H5769 [29JY]

——— count a period of receipt of outpatient observation services in a hospital toward satisfying the 3-day inpatient hospital stay requirement for coverage of skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 1571), H4432 [16JN]

——— distribute additional residency positions (see H.R. 2124), H3310 [18MY]

——— enable hospital-based nursing programs that are affiliated with a hospital to maintain payments to hospitals for the costs of such programs (see H.R. 977), H1771 [18MR] (see H.R. 1784), H2420 [22AP]

——— ensure equal access of beneficiaries to community pharmacies in underserved areas as network pharmacies under Medicare prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 793), H9080 [8DE]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H2115 [26MR]

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

——— prevent increase in part B premiums and deductibles (see H.R. 3696), H7175 [23OC]

——— provide beneficiary access to eye tracking accessories for speech generating devices and remove the rental cap for durable medical equipment relative to speech generating devices (see H.R. 628), H2879 [12MY] (see H.R. 1919), H5238 [15JY]

——— 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 certain lymphedema compression treatment items as items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 1608), H2467 [23AP]

——— provide coverage of pharmacist services in medically underserved areas (see H.R. 592), H4774 [25JN]

——— provide for coverage and payment for complex rehabilitation technology items (see H.R. 1516), H2212 [14AP]

——— provide for coverage of continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS) (see H.R. 1427), H5173 [14JY]

——— provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers (see H.R. 2083), H2652 [29AP]

——— provide for the non-application of competitive acquisition rates to complex rehabilitative wheelchairs and accessories (see H.R. 3229), H7028 [20OC]

——— reform practices of recovery audit contractors (see H.R. 2156), H2880 [12MY]

——— repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 775), H4432 [16JN]

——— require State licensure and bid surety bonds for entities submitting bids under the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive acquisition program (see H.R. 284), H224 [12JA]

——— require the Dept. of HHS to negotiate lower covered part D prescription drug prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3061), H5172 [14JY]

——— waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening (see H.R. 1220), H8361 [18NO]

Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 731), H811 [4FE]

Merit Systems Protection Board: extend right of appeal to certain Postal Service employees (see H.R. 1198), H1525 [2MR]

Minimum wage: increase (see H.R. 3164), H7028 [20OC]

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

Mining and mineral resources: improve occupational safety law compliance, empower workers to raise concerns, prevent workplace tragedies, and establish rights for workplace accident victims and families (see H.R. 1926), H2656 [29AP]

——— modify requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims (see H.R. 963), H2155 [13AP]

——— place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (see H.R. 912), H1032 [12FE]

Music and dance: preserve knowledge and promote education about jazz (see H.R. 1682), H2109 [26MR]

National Cancer Prevention Day: designate (see H. Res. 86), H812 [4FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H. Res. 251), H2799 [5MY]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 3337), H5764 [29JY]

National Nurses Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 257), H2877 [12MY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 378), H5467 [23JY]

National September 11 Memorial: designate as a national memorial (see H.R. 3036), H9080 [8DE]

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

National Women’s History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 137), H1566 [3MR]

Native Americans: authorize grants to Indian tribes to further achievement of tribal coastal zone objectives (see H.R. 2719), H4863 [7JY]

Nepal: express condolences to and solidarity with the people of Nepal following earthquake (see H. Res. 235), H2654 [29AP]

New York, NY: reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (see H.R. 1786), H2209 [14AP]

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

——— coordinate and advance fibrosis research activities (see H.R. 3666), H7028 [20OC]

——— enhance the clinical trial registry data bank reporting requirements and enforcement measures (see H.R. 617), H662 [28JA]

NLRB: strengthen protections for employees wishing to advocate for improved wages, hours, or other terms or conditions of employment and provide stronger remedies for interference with these rights (see H.R. 3514), H6189 [22SE]

North Country National Scenic Trail: revise route to extend trail into Vermont to connect with Appalachian National Scenic Trail (see H.R. 799), H5943 [10SE]

NSF: support afterschool science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs (see H.R. 831), H1626 [10MR]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: ensure that Federal science agencies and institutions of higher education receiving Federal research and development funding are fully engaging their entire talent pool (see H.R. 467), H530 [22JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 265), H188 [9JA]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see H.R. 2050), H5849 [8SE]

Pensions: modify certain provisions relative to multiemployer pensions (see H.R. 2844), H4546 [19JN]

Pharmaceuticals: allow personal importation of safe and affordable drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada (see H.R. 2228), H3879 [3JN]

——— ensure greater affordability of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3513), H8281 [17NO]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 430), H478 [21JA]

——— reform the financing of congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors (see H.R. 20), H477 [21JA]

——— reinstate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts (see H.R. 154), H225 [12JA]

——— require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures (see H.R. 446), H479 [21JA]

Postal Service: ensure continuation of 6-day mail delivery service (see H. Res. 12), H157 [8JA]

——— ensure continuation of door delivery for all business and residential customers (see H. Res. 28), H705 [2FE]

——— provide authority to mail alcoholic beverages (see H.R. 3412), H5768 [29JY]

——— reinstate overnight delivery standards for market-dominant products (see H.R. 784), H854 [5FE]

——— restore pre-existing service standards relative to overnight mail deliveries and elimination of delays (see H. Res. 54), H1117 [24FE]

Poverty: strengthen and expand proven anti-poverty programs and initiatives (see H.R. 2721), H4135 [10JN]

Privacy: prevent identity theft, ensure privacy, and enhance penalties, law enforcement, and protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information (see H.R. 2977), H6706 [29SE]

——— 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. 699), H810 [4FE]

Public Health Service: designate the Chief Nurse Officer as the National Nurse for Public Health (see H.R. 379), H4651 [24JN]

——— submit annual report on the effects of gun violence on public health (see H.R. 224), H3390 [19MY]

Puerto Rico: treat as a State relative to authorizing certain government-owned corporations to restructure their debt obligations under certain bankruptcy proceedings (see H.R. 870), H7027 [20OC]

Railroads: require a minimum of 2-person crews for freight trains (see H.R. 1763), H7027 [20OC]

Russia: call for release of Ukrainian fighter pilot, Nadiya V. Savchenko (see H. Res. 50), H814 [4FE]

SBA: increase funding available for certain general business loans (see H.R. 3132), H5405 [22JY]

Schools: address and take action to prevent bullying and harassment of students (see H.R. 2902), H7254 [27OC]

——— end discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in public schools (see H.R. 846), H1085 [20FE]

Second Chance Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3406), H9329 [15DE]

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), H7190 [26OC]

——— 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), H7091 [21OC]

Small Business Saturday: designate (see H. Res. 534), H8861 [1DE]

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. 3377), H5766 [29JY]

——— extend and improve State Children’s Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 919), H1663 [16MR]

——— invest in funding prevention and family services to help keep children safe and supported at home with their families (see H.R. 3781), H7088 [21OC]

——— 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), H1720 [17MR]

——— provide for equal treatment of individuals in same-sex marriages (see H.R. 2025), H2880 [12MY]

——— repeal cap on compensation subject to payroll tax, reallocate payroll taxes to trust funds, and improve cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 1984), H2463 [23AP]

——— 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), H916 [10FE]

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

Sports: improve integrity and safety of interstate horseracing by requiring a uniform anti-doping program to be enforced by an independent Thoroughbred Horseracing Anti-Doping Authority (see H.R. 3084), H5469 [23JY]

SSA: establish a trust fund to provide for paid family and medical leave benefits for certain individuals (see H.R. 1439), H1768 [18MR]

——— require the President to transmit the annual budget without revisions to Congress and clarify process for closure of field offices (see H.R. 2169), H3391 [19MY]

SSI: update eligibility (see H.R. 2442), H3387 [19MY]

Staff Sergeant Robert H. Dietz Post Office Building, Kingston, NY: designate (see H.R. 1442), H1769 [18MR]

Sudan: condemn pardoning of Mubarak Mustafa for his role in allowing men convicted of assassinating John Granville to escape imprisonment and continue to list Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism (see H. Res. 307), H4136 [10JN]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for surrendering to authorities certain assault weapons (see H.R. 1745), H3391 [19MY]

——— allow credit for amounts paid by a spouse of an Armed Forces member for a new State license or certification required due to permanent change in duty station of such member to another State (see H.R. 1100), H5469 [23JY]

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

——— expand availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations (see H.R. 2096), H6307 [28SE]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration (see H.R. 620), H662 [28JA] (see H.R. 2103), H2653 [29AP]

——— extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 2752), H4863 [7JY]

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

——— extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 721), H1723 [17MR]

——— impose a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers (see H.R. 362), H858 [5FE]

——— increase and improve credit for dependent care expenses and provide a credit for education of employees of child care centers (see H.R. 1492), H1802 [19MR]

——— increase the deduction allowed for student loan interest (see H.R. 509), H2475 [27AP]

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

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries (see H.R. 415), H430 [20JA]

——— permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purpose of missing or exploited children investigations (see H.R. 3209), H5466 [23JY]

——— provide an additional religious exemption from the individual health coverage mandate (see H.R. 631), H1618 [4MR]

——— reduce excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 232), H4593 [23JN]

——— reduce tobacco smuggling (see H.R. 1749), H2152 [13AP]

——— reform and reset the excise tax rate on beer produced domestically by certain qualifying producers (see H.R. 767), H4593 [23JN]

——— repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 3311), H5976 [11SE]

——— restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see H.R. 297), H357 [13JA]

Tibet: promote access for U.S. officials, journalists, and citizens to Tibetan areas of China (see H.R. 1112), H3254 [15MY]

Trademarks: cancel existing and prohibit future trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans (see H.R. 684), H755 [3FE]

Transportation: prohibit transportation of horses in vehicles containing 2 or more levels stacked on top of one another (see H.R. 1282), H1611 [4MR]

Travel and tourism: facilitate international travel to the U.S. by reforming visa procedures for certain foreign nationals (see H.R. 1401), H5783 [31JY]

Treaties and agreements: prohibit entrance into free trade agreements or investment treaty with a foreign country or countries if the agreement or treaty includes investor-state dispute settlement provisions (see H.R. 967), H1067 [13FE]

Ukraine: provide assistance for fulfillment of the economic, social, and government reform requirements necessary for membership eligibility to the European Union (see H. Res. 122), H1568 [3MR]

——— support right to freely elect their government and determine their future (see H. Res. 348), H4861 [7JY]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 333), H1071 [13FE]

——— 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), H535 [22JA]

Voting: constitutional amendment on the right to vote (see H.J. Res. 25), H480 [21JA]

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

——— permit an individual required to present identification to vote in a Federal election to meet requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual’s identification (see H.R. 3364), H6076 [16SE]

——— require States to ensure individuals who provide identifying information to motor vehicle authorities are automatically registered to vote in Federal elections unless eligibility requirements are not met (see H.R. 2694), H5943 [10SE]

——— revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to certain protections against racial discrimination in voting (see H.R. 885), H1038 [12FE] (see H.R. 2867), H5849 [8SE]

Water: anniversary of community water fluoridation (see H. Res. 416), H6938 [8OC]

——— reauthorize EPA WaterSense program, create State and local conservation and efficiency programs, support recycling, storage, and management projects, improve water data, and provide for drought preparedness (see H.R. 291), H356 [13JA]

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), H1850 [23MR]

Wildlife: prohibit breeding and private possession of captive big cats except by accredited zoos and facilities and require registration of big cats currently in possession by private owners (see H.R. 3546), H8242 [16NO]

——— prohibit import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species (see H.R. 2920), H4863 [7JY]

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

——— ensure access to the best-available health care and support the right to make their own reproductive health care decisions (see H. Res. 47), H532 [22JA]

——— ensure reasonable workplace accommodations for workers whose ability to perform the functions of a job are limited by pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition (see H.R. 2654), H3913 [4JN]

——— ensure timely access to affordable birth control (see H.R. 3163), H5402 [22JY]

——— remove deadline for ratification of constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 51), H2957 [13MY]

——— require breast density reporting to physicians and patients by facilities that perform mammograms (see H.R. 716), H810 [4FE]

World War II: award a Congressional Gold Medal to 23d Headquarters Special Troops known as the ‘‘Ghost Army’’ (see H.R. 2170), H3254 [15MY]

Yousafzai, Malala: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 69), H918 [10FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

FDA: enhance reporting requirements pertaining to use of antimicrobial drugs in food animals (see H.R. 2459), H3388 [19MY]

Health: provide protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1856), H2306 [16AP]

National Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 1721), H2111 [26MR]

National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week: designate (see H. Res. 149), H1635 [13MR] (see H. Res. 151), H1661 [16MR]

Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office, East Rochester, NY: designate (see H.R. 1884), H2307 [16AP]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1552), H1848 [23MR]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see H.R. 1943), H2416 [22AP]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (see H.R. 764), H853 [5FE]

Constitutional authority statements

FDA: enhance reporting requirements pertaining to use of antimicrobial drugs in food animals (H.R. 2459), H3390 [19MY]

Health: provide protection for retiree health benefits (H.R. 1856), H2309 [16AP]

National Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (H.R. 1721), H2114 [26MR]

Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office, East Rochester, NY: designate (H.R. 1884), H2310 [16AP]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (H.R. 1552), H1849 [23MR]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (H.R. 1943), H2418 [22AP]

Treaties and agreements: enhance reciprocal market access for U.S. domestic producers in the negotiating process of bilateral, regional, and multilateral trade agreements (H.R. 764), H856 [5FE]

Explanations

Previous Question Vote—What It Really Means, H24 [6JA], H492 [22JA], H1385 [27FE], H1867 [24MR], H7107 [22OC], H8257 [17NO]

Letters

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: by, H6873 [7OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations: Jeh C. Johnson, Sec. of Homeland Security, H1378 [27FE]

Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: several medical and public health organizations, H446 [21JA]

Motions

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select): dissolve, dismantle, and release all unclassified transcripts of interviews and depositions, H6857 [7OC]

Proposals

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select) dissolution and dismantlement and release of all unclassified transcripts of interviews and depositions, H6844, H6856 [7OC]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit taxpayer funded abortions, H2045• [26MR], E1046• [13JY]

——— prohibit taxpayer funded abortions (H.R. 7), consideration (H. Res. 42), H485, H487, H489, H492 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), H485, H487 [22JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (H. Res. 38), H446, H447 [21JA]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (H.R. 36), consideration (H. Res. 255), H2893, H2896, H2897, H2898, H2900 [13MY]

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend, H4658, H4659 [25JN]

Appropriations: making continuing, H6728, H6729 [30SE]

Budget: revise defense and non-defense spending levels, provide offsets, and temporarily extend the public debt ceiling, H7269, H7270 [28OC]

——— setting forth the Federal budget for 2016–2025 (H. Con. Res. 27), consideration (H. Res. 163), H1859, H1861, H1863, H1865, H1867 [24MR]

CBO: provide a macroeconomic analysis of the impact of legislation, H14 [6JA]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: conduct study to determine how efforts to incentivize development of new antibiotics may impact antibiotic resistance, H5074, H5075 [10JY]

Charleston, SC: offer condolences to the community, families, and victims of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting, H4497 [18JN]

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): establish a Select Investigative Panel to investigate matters relative to fetal tissue procurement and abortion practices (H. Res. 461), H6870, H6872, H6873, H6874, H6878 [7OC]

Congress: legislative priorities, H7102, H7106 [22OC]

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 (H.R. 1283), E1753• [9DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (H.R. 2393), consideration (H. Res. 303), H4029• [10JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 1735), consideration (H. Res. 255), H2893, H2900 [13MY]

Dept. of Education: allow certain student loan borrowers to refinance current loans (H.R. 1434), H1865, H1867 [24MR]

——— extend temporarily the Federal Perkins Loan Program (H.R. 3594), H6280 [28SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making continuing appropriations (H.J. Res. 35), consideration (H. Res. 129), H1378, H1379, H1382, H1384 [27FE]

Dept. of HUD: Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes funding, H3830• [3JN]

Dept. of Labor: extend the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, H4498 [18JN], H4659 [25JN]

Dept. of the Interior, environment, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2822), H4979, H4980 [9JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2577), H3830• [3JN]

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

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: reauthorize (S. 1177), insert H.R. 5 language in lieu and request conference (H. Res. 526), H8256, H8257 [17NO]

Eximbank: reauthorize, H6701 [29SE]

——— reauthorize (H.R. 1031), H4611 [24JN]

Firearms: gun control, H4639• [24JN]

Flags: oppose display of Confederate flag, H4979, H4980 [9JY], E1046• [13JY]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4228, H4229, H4235 [11JN], H4497, H4499 [18JN], H4658, H4659, H4660, H4662 [25JN]

——— impact of trade agreements on economy, job creation, human rights, and environmental standards, H1716 [17MR]

FRS: call on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect veterans from predatory payday loans, E1626• [16NO]

——— 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), consideration (H. Res. 526), H8256, H8257 [17NO]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, H4658 [25JN]

Graziano, Michael: tribute to ‘‘Resistance’’ documentary on antibiotic resistance, E394• [24MR]

Haiti: extend preferential duty treatment program, H4658 [25JN]

Health: accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), H5074, H5075 [10JY], E1046• [13JY]

——— accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of 21st century lifesaving cures and devices (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 350), H4979 [9JY]

House of Representatives: remove Confederate flag from the House wing of the U.S. Capitol and any House office building, E1046• [13JY]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 255), H2893 [13MY]

——— amend and adopt (H. Res. 5), H14, H15, H22, H23• [6JA]

——— open versus restrictive rules, H446, H447 [21JA], H8255 [17NO]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H1378, H1379, H1382, H1384 [27FE]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), consideration (H. Res. 412), H5883, H5890 [10SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), consideration (H. Res. 412), H5883 [10SE]

Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act: find that President Obama has not complied with section 2 relative to congressional review and oversight (H. Res. 411), consideration (H. Res. 412), H5883 [10SE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 305), H4228, H4229, H4235 [11JN]

——— provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 495), H7269, H7270 [28OC]

Journal: question of approval, H1870 [24MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: reauthorize, E1298• [16SE]

Libya: investigation and report on attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, H6728 [30SE]

Medicare: repeal the sustainable growth rate and improve payments for physicians and other professionals (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 173), H2044• [26MR]

National Endowment for the Arts: anniversary, E1386• [29SE]

National Park Service: allow display of U.S. flag, POW/MIA flag, or restricted display of Confederate flags in national cemeteries and reaffirm policy to request removal of Confederate flag from concession stands, H4979, H4980 [9JY]

National Women’s Rights History Project Act: reauthorize appropriations (H.R. 1721), E444• [26MR]

National Youth Orchestra: tribute, E1065• [14JY]

Native Americans: clarify rights of Indians and tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act (H.R. 511), consideration (H. Res. 526), H8256, H8257 [17NO]

Officer Daryl R. Pierson Memorial Post Office, East Rochester, NY: designate (H.R. 1884), H6205 [24SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4499 [18JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation, H1863 [24MR]

——— repeal mandate requiring certain employers to automatically enroll full-time employees in health plans, H8257 [17NO]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), consideration (H. Res. 483), H7102, H7104, H7106 [22OC]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), corrections in engrossment (H. Res. 526), H8256, H8257 [17NO]

Pharmaceuticals: preserve effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials used in treatment of human and animal diseases (H.R. 1552), E394•, E400• [24MR]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services, H6728 [30SE]

——— provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (H.R. 3134), consideration (H. Res. 421), H6102 [17SE]

Point of order, H4497 [18JN]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 430), H8256, H8257 [17NO]

Privacy: prohibit bulk collection of business records, allow challenges to national security letter gag orders, reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, and strengthen national security (H.R. 2048), consideration (H. Res. 255), H2893, H2900 [13MY]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs, H2893 [13MY]

Social Security: extend State Children’s Health Insurance Program (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 173), H2044• [26MR]

Taxation: allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 321), H4497, H4499 [18JN]

——— allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals from governmental plans after a certain age (H.R. 2146), Senate amendment, H4658, H4659, H4660, H4662 [25JN]

——— expand denial of deduction for certain excessive employee remuneration, H14 [6JA]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 338), H4658, H4659, H4660, H4662 [25JN]

——— modify rules relative to inverted corporations in order to prevent tax avoidance by domestic companies moving operations to foreign countries and transfer such revenues to Highway Trust Fund, H14, H22 [6JA]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 305), H4228, H4229, H4235 [11JN]

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: impact, H6922 [8OC]

——— ratification, H1716 [17MR], H4029• [10JN], H4497 [18JN], H4658, H4659, H4660, H4662 [25JN]

Transportation Security Administration: conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 448), H6728, H6729 [30SE]

——— conform to existing Federal law and regulations relative to criminal investigator positions (H.R. 719), corrections in enrollment (H. Con. Res. 79)—consideration (H. Res. 448), H6728, H6729 [30SE]

Votes: position on missed, H618• [27JA], H654• [28JA], H685• [2FE], H9341• [16DE], E1063• [14JY], E1140• [28JY], E1685• [1DE], E1695• [2DE], E1802• [16DE]

Wall Street Journal: results of poll taken on national objectives priority assignments, H446 [21JA]

Women: condemn violence that targets healthcare for women (H. Res. 558), H9035 [8DE]

Women’s Equality Day: observance, E1208• [4AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H5520 [27JY]

Transcripts

Celebration of the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights (excerpt): Harry A. Blackmun, H15 [6JA]

Tributes

Cuomo, Mario M., H209 [12JA]

Lucyshyn, Steven, E725• [15MY]

Wiley, Ronald, E460• [13AP]